My New Proposal / Outline for my Patreon-supported comic ^^ (Patreon)
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Now, the process for making a comic is not so linear that I can do it one page a month so I'm going to leave Patreon as monthly and keep putting out everything else I've been doing.
[Each phase is quite a big deal so it may take more than one month]Here is my proposed schedule:
First month: Work on character refs, probably some setting and mood sketches to familiarise myself with the stylistic feel of the comic.
Second month: Plan out first chapter and script for it.
Third month: Thumbnails for first chapter.
After these initial planning months I'd like to try putting out one page a month. Given that ... in the long run I hope for this to be hundreds of pages ... I really need to pump out more otherwise it'll take my whole life, ahehehe. ^^;
Therefore, in addressing the concerns I have, I hope to work out a style that's visually effective but also allows me to pump out more than one page per month. Also I would like to work with an art program better suited to comic layout than Sai. During the first few months I hope to get more comfortable with both a new program and also comic experience (via Hardblush and the comic I'm currently working on).
In upcoming news: By the point of the second month (November) I hope to open up a new tier that allows people access to the script and future ideas, as well as the ability to make suggestions (with no guarantees). The current $5 tier will have access to WIP stuff, perhaps I can post finished pages monthly through e-mail or something. Also in regards to Patreon goals I can probably set one for pumping out more than one page per month. We will see.
In conclusion I would like to add that I'm actually really fucking stoked about this, the theme is of great interest to myself and I've had years to work out the world in the back of my mind. I also actually hope to get this into a printed book some day or sell it digitally afterward, I'm not planning on the whole thing being released for free online. In order to gain interest for my Patreon platform I am thinking about posting the first handful of pages to my gallery so people know what's going on.
Sorry for the wall of text, if you have any thoughts/comments/questions please do share!