[Blog] Ides of November Thoughts

There are only 3 available slots remaining for the Dungeon Master reward tier.

Plan: What's next?

My primary focus for the remaining half of the month will be drawing our Patron Sketch Requests for the Dungeon Masters and sketching some concept art.

Thoughts:

I haven't produced much for the patron sketch requests yet, but I'm feeling okay about them currently. I've noticed a few benefits from their inclusion. It's reasonable to suggest that I've felt a bit less pressured this month due to the extra income via the Dungeon Masters. Evident by:

- I've streamed art a few times simply to chill & hang out.
- I've drawn a handful of sketches purely for fun.
- I've created 4 comic pages during the last week.

So I've got a bit more opportunity to just do what I want, as long as I eventually draw those requests during the month. They're quite a bit of content, but don't feel too stressful since they don't need to be super high quality. Though I do still need to improve my general work balance...

Still Not Enough:

That said, I'm still not earning enough money to be financially stable. I suspect I may have until June 2024 before my savings are gone, which means I must do more - like commissions. But there are issues with that and exhaustion is still a very serious risk for me. 

Publishing games & image sets will likely help earn some extra money, but both take quite a bit of time to produce and I've struggled to consistently put out image sets in the past. Even if I were to try producing smaller games, my lack of musical skill would still slow me down.

There IS an upcoming Black Friday Sale on itch.io in 9 Days... It'd be nice if I could make something worth selling in that time, though I don't know if I can manage that. In which case, it might not be worth doing, but I don't think I could really participate in the sale without any new content.

Anyway, that's it for now. Just sharing my thoughts and stuff.

Don't forget to eat & sleep.