November Update

I just wanted to write a small update and catch up with you guys.

Recently I took a 2 week break from my art and social media following some stress I was experiencing irl, so I've been a bit quiet and haven't been putting out much art at all lately. The reality is that nobody probably really noticed, and I'm likely not being scrutinised anywhere near as much as I think I am, but I feel the need to apologise anyway.

I think when you build a platform that is based largely on interaction, you create a certain expectation that you need to be constantly switched on and constantly performing, and so when you encounter periods in life where you're not able to, for whatever reason, there's a tendency to really beat yourself up over it. Another side to this is that because you're technically your own boss, it's not like you can just take breaks and have somebody else fill in for you, which frequently leads to burnout.

I also need to apologise as I was supposed to put out a poll for October/Halloween, but I ended up missing the publish deadline due to the aforementioned stress, until it got to the point that it was way too late to upload it. I will have to find a way to make it up to you guys.

Some good news however, I am starting a new project—my first comic!

All the way back in March I was initially commissioned to create a 10 page comic. At the time I actually started working on it right away, but having never worked on a comic before I found I was running into a lot of problems, largely as a result of my inexperience in the medium. I'm really particular about my art and will agonise over every little detail before I hit upload, and I really, really didn't want my first foray into comic artistry to be total garbo (especially since I have a personal interest in the theming and concepts of the story for this). I took a long break from working on it to go back and study up on my anatomy, colour, technique, and the overall comic process (which is a lot more complicated than I thought it would be), and I'm at a point now where I'm happy to properly resume work on it, though I'll definitely be redoing the pages I did work on from the ground up.

The bad news is that due to the workload I'll be taking on, there'll be no poll for December. In order to compensate for this though I'll be uploading private pre-release pages of the comic, as it's completed, for my £5 and up patrons in place of the poll.

Thank you all as usual for sticking with me, my art, and your continued support! I hope you're looking forward to the comic!