Hello there, dear deviants!
I think I'll finally take a minute (probably more, knowing my rambles) and talk about what's going on with me right now.
First of all, my new comic is out! I'm talking about
seXXY or Serial Experiments XXY of course. I know I didn't promote it much during development, but it was so fast and demanding that I didn't have much time to play marketing and such. Sorry for that. As you might read yesterday it's out and costs
5$, available at my
web page. If you want to check the details, please go ahead and visit
this deviation.
Now, I feel like I need to do some explaining. First of all - why is it the first part again, and not the whole thing, with the main action? Well... that's because of three things - one is I wanted to feature a story. Yes, I know it's not popular with most of you and I understand that. I didn't mean it to drag on, but it just came this way - characters were talking, scenes were flowing... And when I arrived at page 50 and discovered that a certain arc has come to an end it would take another 50+ pages to do the heavy stuff (I mean pervy) and another ~30 pages for a proper closing... I would have this long, probably costly thing, with elements that some of you might find unnecessary or unappealing. So I decided to split it into two or three separate chapters, later re-released as a whole. That way if you decide you don't want to read, just watch you could skip this one, save some money and go straight into the main stuff.
Second reason is that for it to be considered "complete" it would take me another 2 or 3 weeks. But don't be discouraged by it being the first part - I know how I'm with starting things that I cannot end for some reason or another. This time it's not the case - in reality I already had around 10 pages for chapter 2
before I even released the first one. I know I can finish it, I am actively doing, I already planned the whole thing, prepared the scene and characters in a proper way, and I'm actively working on it every day in some way. That and my new renderfarm tool helps a lot too, doing the heavy lifting while I try to catch some sleep.
And there is also the third reason... The worst one, I'm afraid. I'll be blunt and say it out loud - due to some sh*t that kept happening last month I'm broke. Had to fix my car after an accident, been to the dentist a couple of times (I'm not under any dental plan for your information), had to pay an overgrown bill for electricity (renderfarm slaves waiting idly the whole day for a job, that was before I coded my app - it conserves so much energy putting them to sleep when not needed!), had to pay for a lawyer (those... prices... wow...). All in all - I'm in kinda deep trouble right now, as I'm not able to pay my rent as for today. And the deadline was... yesterday. Hm. You know - I really want to be an artist and I get it - it's tough as nails, especially if you don't have a good start. My back hurts, I've ran out of coffee today, recently I'm eating a whole one meal per day (I cook myself, ordering is a waste)... But even if that's the reality I
still want to do what I've been doing so far. I want to do it more efficiently and I'm improving (after coding my app making seXXY took about 2 weeks!), I want to bring what I've promised so much, I want to... And I'm working on it, day by day. So to summarize - if I wanted to keep doing what I had envisioned I had to release something! I put all my strength into this project, hoping it will be a fun read. And hopefully it is, for some of you. If you find it fun - than that's what counts! Thank you!
So here you have it... If you have any questions about anything - just write, you know how to find me.
Also, I have to ask... If you would happen to have
any idea how I can improve, what I can do better (or differently), where should I and my works appear.... Anything that could help me stand on my feet again - just please let me know! I would appreciate it in a way you probably can't imagine! I'm really fighting for this and I don't want to give up no matter what! Had some thoughts about that, but then I realized that if I let go this "career" (I don't really consider it a job... more like a... lifestyle?) I have really nothing to look up to, nowhere to go and nothing to do.
pandoramail