Letting you guys hear it first...

Chantie here!

I want to talk about something important that I’ve been thinking about a lot. I’ve finally came to a conclusion.

So I wanted to talk about Capital Extinction and it’s future.

When I first started up my Instagram the goal was always about the pilot. Very early followers probably remember me making updates about it all the time and showing sneak peeks in posts and on my story.

However I was also balancing creating art so my page can grow and so more people can get to know my characters and the world building.

As you guys know I put a lot of thought into developing characters and this world they live in.

The same is with the pilot. I’ve invested more than a thousand dollars into this project, I can’t 100% make an estimate on the exact amount but I know I’ve spent a lot.

And this didn’t bother me because I didn’t care about the money, all I cared about was making sure the story gets told.

BUT I’m only one person. And I’m a college student.

I’ve gotten a question or two about what’s my overall goal? Do I want this to be pitched to a network? Do I know how much money goes into an animated series? Why am I doing it?

My answers were always along the lines of “oh it’s just a niche little passion project... I know it’ll be expensive or take a while but I’m determined to get it done”

BUT... realistically, me just working passionately on a pilot that I want to become an online series is not sustainable.

At least not right now.

Even if I finished the pilot , my plan was to continue telling stories and more episodes. Like I have this whole overarching storyline I wanted to do.

I have settings developed! Character interactions! All these lore sheets as well.

But animation takes time AND money, and even though the sneak peek got so much praise it took way too much of my time to make.

I crammed creating it during spring break. I didn’t leave the house and forced myself to labor for hours. Of course I could’ve pushed the due date further but I didn’t want to disappoint people who saved the date.

Right now I’m just too small to be worried about animating a pilot, it’s too ambitious for me as one person.

Perhaps if I had a team and tons of money it would make sense, or if my Patreon was a safe source of income I could fall back on or if I got thousands of ad revenue money it would make sense but it doesn’t. I just can’t work on an animated project this big with where I am right now, it would be self destructive.

SO! I’ve decided I’m just going to turn CE into a comic. I know you guys want serialized on-going stories, I know people want to learn more about their lives and stuff. So I’m just going to do it this way.

Perhaps I’ll continue to grow to a level where I’ll have enough influence and money to reasonably do what I wanted to do but right now I can’t.

Sorry if this is disappointing news but I’m just being realistic. Things like Camp Camp and Hazbin Hotel do well because they have time, money and hard work put into them.

Don’t get me wrong! I work hard! But it would be very naive to work so hard on something and not get anything back in return. Like I said, it would be an act of self destruction.

I earn money doing what I do but not enough to justify what I had planned. It’s a hard pill to swallow BUT...... yeah.

I hope you guys understand! Love you all!

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P.S. I can still do little animated shorts or possibly animate the one shot comics, and still use the girl’s voice actresses but they just won’t be apart of something super big like how I planned.