New Years update
Added 2025-01-09 14:19:54 +0000 UTCYou may have noticed that I've been a little bit less active recently. Between the holidays and the New Year's, I have managed to overwork my hand severely.
I thought that I've learned how to deal with my hand issues, but it seems that I was wrong. Looks like I still have a lot to learn. Mainly, how to slow down.
I am, slowly, getting my hand back into working condition. Right now I can handle about an hour and a half of drawing each day. Which is a big step down from my average five to six hours before.
I'm going to have to slow down for the foreseeable future. It's something that I should have done last year, but I just didn't want to. I think I can still manage to get Alfie done every week, but everything else has to be put on back burner for now.
Meanwhile, I'll focus on actually recovering my hand. I'm gonna have to make some changes. For example, right now I am dictating this post instead of writing it by hand. Windows voice to text software seems to actually be pretty good.
I thought that this could be a good time to do a roundup of all of my projects. I do get questions every once in a while about when is this or that is getting updated and I think it's a good time to lay it out.
Alfie: No changes here. Finishing Alfie remains my top priority. You can expect two pages every week.
Nun and Witch comic: Secondary priority. As soon as I have any breathing room I will commit time back into finishing this one.
Patrons suggestions and votes: I'm afraid that I will have to cut those for now. Which is a shame, because I've been really enjoying them recently. I feel bad about not having a weekly vote But I just cannot afford anymore projects right now.
GrimLewd: this one is in an awkward spot for me. While while I do like a lot of the designs and ideas I've put into this world, I think the format was wrong. The NSFW work comics focused way too much on individual characters, instead of establishing the world. I do want to come back to this project one day with a different angle. A GrimLewd 2.0 of a sort. For now, it's on ice, but not dead.
Midlife Crisis: Believe it or not, this one is not dead. I think that after I finish the Nun and Witch comic I will commit some time to finish this one.
The invitation: once in a while, I still play around with the idea of continuing the Invitation. It is my favorite work to date. But then I remember how much of a pain in the ass was to draw. Then I look at my achey hand and decide not to think about it too hard. Perhaps one day.
Any project of mine that is not mentioned above is one hundred percent dead. It's never coming back. It's never, ever getting finished.
It's dead.
And that's all I have for you today, folks! I hope that you're having a good start to the year. Despite my issues, I am.
I hope that you excuse typos and weird sentences in this post. While dictating is easy, editing requires two hands. I had to go easy on that.
Cheers!
Comments
Some experts say Van Gogh's greatest genius was as a sketch artist, above his spectacular use of color. You sir have had a genius for portraiture since your earliest days, both sketched and color-drawn. I continue to hope there is some path "Out There" that will allow you to work with either hand you choose. For the sake of whatever you may choose to do in the future, limited only by your own creativity. If you ever get bored, watch the documentary by John Maloof on Vivian Maier. If you ever get crazy-ambitious, contact Maloof about how to approach doing a museum exhibit of your work. In some place where local laws allow, of course :-) Just sayin'.
asaoka
2025-03-14 20:40:22 +0000 UTCMain prevention of cramps: 1 measured teaspoon (tsp) of L-ornithine L-aspartate. 1 tsp of L-carnitine, no added acetyl or HCl, it's too acidic unless neutralized. 100mg of Thiamine HCl (somewhat acidic). Mix it up in 50-100ml water and drink it slowly; causes belching. Last resort prevention of cramps: Diclofenac gel, 1% or 2%, the brand name is Voltaren. Might work better if you wore a finger-less glove over it. Poor man's muscle relaxant: 1,000mg of guaifenesin, tablets are rough and should be chewed, tastes hideous. YMMV.
asaoka
2025-03-14 20:25:16 +0000 UTCHope you are doing well❤️
Strawberrybutt900
2025-03-09 18:34:32 +0000 UTCHey. Just checking in to see how you are doing. I hope you are doing everything you need to take care of yourself. Waned to share how grateful I am for all you have produced!
Chris
2025-03-05 00:21:04 +0000 UTCKeep making what you love.
Matthew Smith
2025-01-24 04:09:24 +0000 UTCjoined cause youve already given me some of the best art in my lifetime and enough to last another ten lifetimes. you'll get my dollar even if you stop. <3
Zoetropes
2025-01-22 03:31:59 +0000 UTCJust subscribed to help encourage you to slow down and let your hand heal!!
SomeYoungGuy
2025-01-19 22:57:18 +0000 UTCEven as a paying customer, I'm much more interested in the well-being of the best web artist than getting timely updates on my art porn. Be well.
Mecca
2025-01-18 01:58:45 +0000 UTCGet well soon, I love you(r art)
Toma Toshi
2025-01-16 16:19:02 +0000 UTCFor the love of any and all gods that may or may not exist, PLEASE START TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF AND LET YOUR HAND HEAL!
Ian
2025-01-14 20:58:50 +0000 UTCI can't remember. But, the short story about this student who were having sex in a library. Was that story finished?
Zixil
2025-01-13 09:54:50 +0000 UTCI too support taking the time for a thorough recovery. And I want to add that I really love The Invitation. You're style of lewd has always deeply appealed to me. And I'm also a huge fan of cosmic horror. The way you combine the two is unlike anything I've seen anywhere else. I'll keep my fingers crossed that you some day feel inspired to return to that. But I'll still keep enjoying all your other work in the meantime.
RunningGentles
2025-01-12 21:48:00 +0000 UTCI concur with what others have said about wishing you well and taking the time you need. Separate from that, and just to offer a varying opinion, I have to say that the Invitation is my least favorite of your works. Obviously others feel differently, but for me it's too dark (visually and spiritually, actually). But I do honestly believe you should work on what you want to. Thanks for everything you've done so far!
Fred Frieburg
2025-01-12 20:14:07 +0000 UTCTake the time you need
Roger Junior Chabot
2025-01-12 16:58:05 +0000 UTCEvery thing is so good, but the Invitation was really special. Remember Count Rugen - "Get some rest. If you haven't got your health, then you haven't got anything."
Generic
2025-01-12 03:05:28 +0000 UTCDo what you’ve got to do to stay healthy. Been following your work for a very long time and will continue to do so.
neet-oh
2025-01-10 13:02:12 +0000 UTCNormally I wish people a 'speedy recovery'. This time I just wish you a recovery, forget abot the 'speedy' part. Take your time! Get well. Your work is outstanding, we can wait!
Jon
2025-01-10 09:37:40 +0000 UTCHappy New Year to you too. Yes it is very important to us that you heal properly because your artwork would be sorely missed in the world. Perhaps with your limited drawing availability you might consider doing one page each of Alfie and the Nun and the Witch, we won't mind losing the second page weekly, that way you could still work on each and move both projects along and finish the Nun and the Witch to free up some time for other things without over working your hand. You would still be doing two pages a week but on two projects instead of just one. That's my opinion anyways. Good luck and a speedy recovery. Thanks for the art.
Robert B.
2025-01-10 08:31:27 +0000 UTCTake your time. Patreon is also there for artists not working and in between works, not only for those publishing currently
Em Gla
2025-01-10 06:49:17 +0000 UTCFor what little it's worth, you have my prayers and good wishes. Thank you for working so hard for so long to make these things we enjoy. I know it will be hard to make such significant changes, but nobody wants you to hurt yourself for any reason. Kick back, read some good stuff, and look forward to that glorious day when you've rested enough to allow real healing. Live long and prosper and all that good stuff, to you and your lady and everyone you care about.
Grendel's Stepmother
2025-01-10 05:23:29 +0000 UTCWill enjoy everything you put out, just wishing that there were ways to help expedite your healing so that you can do everything that you want.
z
2025-01-10 03:25:26 +0000 UTCI'm so sorry you're having to deal with that. I just want to say, anything you create in the future will be a joy for us to experience, and everything you have created in the past will live fondly in our hearts (and other places). Thank you, and please take care of yourself.
OftenSane
2025-01-10 01:17:56 +0000 UTCSo sorry you're having to deal with all this. As a fellow repetitive stress and chronic pain sufferer, I relate! Would love to see you continue the Puazi stories, but totally understand. Take care of yourself!
Zack benYosef
2025-01-09 23:48:49 +0000 UTCI'm sorry you're dealing with this Incase. Having to put your passions on hold - or slowing them down - just sucks, and it's understandable why you'd not want to right away. We loved your art before, we love it now, and we can wait however long it takes - so long as you're put as the priority. Your well-being first, always.
Cole Blackblood
2025-01-09 23:12:52 +0000 UTCI've loved your content for years, and I'll gladly support you during your recovery. Your art, story, and human elements to your drawings/comics are what make you so unique. You're also the Brandon Sanderson of drawing, so I'm sure even at a reduced pace you'll be cranking them out! Get better and heal correctly :P
Vanafier
2025-01-09 23:06:36 +0000 UTCAh shoot, and just as it looks like my tank loving lesbians were pulling ahead in the polls. Nevermind though, it's alright. Get your rest, and hope your hand gets better, and doesn't get worse. Seriously, don't let the later happen, even if it means stopping a while, or giving us stick figures with dicks and boobs. Hand is important. Health and no pain is important. Don't over do it.
Alexander El Cazoro
2025-01-09 22:37:53 +0000 UTCI’ve been following your career for many years now and as an artist myself I always admired your amazing ability to create so much so quickly! I hope all that hard work has gotten you to a place where you’ve found your audience and you can find a new and better balance for your new few years. You were always insanely productive, I’m sure even at 50% speed you’ll be blowing other creators out of the water.
Eliza
2025-01-09 22:14:49 +0000 UTCTake care and get well soon but most important - be patient with yourself!
Andrea (Maurizio)
2025-01-09 22:07:34 +0000 UTCi love your work and would like for it to continue but in all honesty me and most of your fans can wait until you get better.
joshua n justus
2025-01-09 21:57:42 +0000 UTCPlease prioritize your health. Thank you for all of your production to date. It remains among the highest quality of erotic artwork I've ever seen.
JohnR
2025-01-09 20:15:49 +0000 UTCTake your time and get the rest you need. Also so overjoyed to hear that Midlife Crisis is coming back in the future. Was so worried you moved on from it. Love those characters so much and so interested to see where that story goes.
BoomstickN7
2025-01-09 19:55:39 +0000 UTCPlease take proper time to rest! 100% of the people on here willingly patronize to support you and the majority of your supporters will have patience and will be happy whenever you can update, please don't get more bodily trauma oAO
Tokifuji
2025-01-09 19:10:37 +0000 UTCFor what it's worth I'd love to have some kind of a framework for playing GrimLewd as a potentially horny ttrpg.
Drivestort
2025-01-09 18:51:52 +0000 UTCRest well!
Twelve Seal
2025-01-09 18:16:53 +0000 UTCPlease rest and heal!
Stephen Wells
2025-01-09 18:03:23 +0000 UTCHeal up, and congrats on closing out some projects whose time had come--unfinished work comes with a toll until you walk away from it.
sigsegv
2025-01-09 17:59:06 +0000 UTCYour talent shines through regardless of the output. Your priorities are valid.
John
2025-01-09 17:24:15 +0000 UTCOne suggestion: I would love to read more about the world building in GrimLewd. No drawings needed. I find the concept unique and want to read more! If you want, you could even do polls to find out what to write about next or dive into deeper. If the speech to text is working, this could be a creative outlet that places minimal strain on your hand. Once you finish Alfie, you’ll have enough written that you can add drawings to cover what you (or polls) most want to see drawn.
Brent Sieling
2025-01-09 16:49:19 +0000 UTCRest well!!!
Saint Nick
2025-01-09 16:42:11 +0000 UTCDon't feel bad about taking your time, and doing only what you can/want to do without hurting your hand further. Anyone who enjoys your art should want you to recover fully rather than quickly. That means more porn long term! <3
Fukata
2025-01-09 16:22:20 +0000 UTCTake care! Your well being is the number one priority. Happy to hear you're making healthy choices.
E. Lye Morgen
2025-01-09 16:11:11 +0000 UTCI’ve got chronic wrist injuries and also do comics! Wrappings and small wrist braces while drawing help a lot, as do frequent breaks and gentle stretches. Chunkier wrist braces while not working helps a ton! Good luck, thanks for updating :]
CorvidsCorpse
2025-01-09 16:05:05 +0000 UTCWhatever you need to do! You have been, are, and will be an incredible talent.
Simon Penni
2025-01-09 15:56:15 +0000 UTCBy all means rest! Health comes first.
Carlos Elías Pineda León
2025-01-09 15:55:03 +0000 UTCA successful recovery will be valuable to others as well. Set the example as a big wig artist and don't over do it. :)
Dare
2025-01-09 15:44:14 +0000 UTCHonestly brother, just take your time and recover at your own pace. I'd rather you be healthy and whole than suffering while you work. You will always come first, so please do not push yourself while you are healing. Take as much time as you need.
Zen
2025-01-09 15:35:39 +0000 UTCTake your time and recover. 👍
Kit H.
2025-01-09 15:25:09 +0000 UTCI was kind of wondering if something happened with the silence but figured it was just the holidays. Sorry to hear about your hand. Trying to balance work and recovery is always delicate. Hope it recovers swiftly.
Einsem
2025-01-09 15:21:33 +0000 UTCMidlife Crisis HYPE!!!
Richard Givens
2025-01-09 15:17:44 +0000 UTCHope you are better every day
Harold V. Campbell
2025-01-09 15:17:38 +0000 UTCI hope your recovery goes well. That’s what is important. I am extremely hype that the Invitation is not completely dead. It is also my favorite project of yours. I enjoyed the glimpses at the streams you did do. I could see why it was so time consuming.
Ain3z
2025-01-09 15:05:23 +0000 UTCFocus on yourself, king
Grandflame
2025-01-09 15:04:12 +0000 UTCThere is no art without the artist and there is no fans/community without the art. Therefore, keep the artist happy and healthy. Take care of yourself. The stuff you’ve done more than warrants patients for more.
Thomas Sutter
2025-01-09 15:03:31 +0000 UTCThis is inspirational I have about 40 projects that I should just declare dead instead of letting their ghost haunt me for all eternity
Rae Esterlina
2025-01-09 15:03:16 +0000 UTCPlease take all the time you need. Listen to the hints your body is telling you before it forces you to shut down. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Your art is worth the wait and your fans are patient.
Tiara McSpeedy
2025-01-09 15:01:42 +0000 UTCLove your work, you do so much amazing stuff. So happy to hear there might be more invitation one day, it's my favorite of yours. Please take good care of yourself, I'm sure it's hard to pull back on how much you're drawing each day, when it's obviously your passion. Rooting for you!!
Del
2025-01-09 15:01:10 +0000 UTCrecovery is the most important thing! we can wait, absolutely
HaloDracoris
2025-01-09 14:58:02 +0000 UTCtook me 6-8 months to heal my rotator cuff and hand injury. I had to incorporate stretches into my life that now i have to to do on a daily basis that activate my neck, shoulder, hip flexor, hand and arm. I'm hyper aware of where I place my arm and how long i lean on things like tables, car middle console, especially my drawing tablet. Also holding my head up with my elbows or holding a phone in the flexed position, all that is a thing of the past and I cant do it anymore. i have a cushion under the tablet at the edge of the table so if i lean on the tablet to draw something it doesn't lean on the edge of the table. You should take this injury seriously as it can impact your life forever, i also use compression gloves along with arm elbow braces, cbd creams, tiger balms and very careful with all pain killers and anti-inflammatories bc they are just means to fuck up another part of your body when used regularly. I hope you feel better <3
Stem Quin
2025-01-09 14:49:18 +0000 UTCTake care of yourself. Your art is amazing but your health means more to us .
Terry Blackmill
2025-01-09 14:45:35 +0000 UTCTake your time recovering, your work is so good, it is always worth the wait. Quality far outweighs quantity, in my opinion. Super happy to see Invitation mentioned, but I can fully understand your reason for not continuing it now. Maybe one day. Best of luck with the rest of the projects, I am sure I will enjoy all of them, no matter how quick or slow they roll out. ✨️
Madamka
2025-01-09 14:42:35 +0000 UTCTake care dude and focus on recovery, i know how hard it can be so don't force yourself. You have a wonderfull mind and and it'd be a shame to damage your health any further. Stay strong king we love you.
Tumsh
2025-01-09 14:42:00 +0000 UTCSpicing Things Up fans, it's joever
Yoko52
2025-01-09 14:38:35 +0000 UTCIndeed, The Invitation was phenomenal and I am glad to see that a sequel is not officially dead. But no pressure! Go for it of you think the time is right, not sooner!
Windsaw
2025-01-09 14:35:53 +0000 UTCI wish you a steady recovery and am overjoyed that mid-life crisis ain't done yet.
Tannerbot
2025-01-09 14:33:10 +0000 UTCLearning to go slow is tough! Take care of yourself <3
Erin
2025-01-09 14:31:48 +0000 UTCGet well soon! Def take it easy. Didn't know you drew that much before wow.
Daniel Lee
2025-01-09 14:31:45 +0000 UTCMan, take the time you need and spend as much time as you feel is necessary making the changes that will help your workflow, and do not stress yourself about arbitrary deadlines. Your physical health comes first.
Seb Jones
2025-01-09 14:29:37 +0000 UTCFirstly, take care of yourself! Secondly, I actually really enjoyed the "Seeing the world of Grimlewd through a variety of different, specific viewpoints." Speaking of someone who's done TTRPG stuff for quite a while, that's actually how to get people invested in learning more. I think it may need less of a rework than you think.
Julian
2025-01-09 14:29:14 +0000 UTCI said to myself "I can feel that." upon reading "Midlife Crisis is not dead". Then I remembered.
Smiling Walrus
2025-01-09 14:27:24 +0000 UTCI hope you can recover properly this year. Don't overwork yourself and I'm sure that most of your patreons feel as I do, that you have nothing to feel guilty for. I'd keep my monthly plan with you even if you went on months old hiatus.
nano
2025-01-09 14:26:58 +0000 UTCSuper bummed to hear about Grimlewd, but understandable you have a lot of irons in the fire. Still happy to see that so much else is trucking along!
Daniel Gore
2025-01-09 14:26:26 +0000 UTCThank you for soldiering on. I wish you a steady and rapid recovery, and I hope that in the coming year you will be able to return to all the projects you love.
Michael Butchin
2025-01-09 14:26:08 +0000 UTCAppreciate the update, speedy healing to you!
SiberianHussy
2025-01-09 14:24:05 +0000 UTCGood luck with the healing and thank you for the update!
TheAoHna
2025-01-09 14:22:58 +0000 UTCTake care of yourself 🩷🩷
Jocelyn Badgley
2025-01-09 14:22:22 +0000 UTC
