Status Update (Patreon)

So... where to begin...

Well let's state the obvious first: COVID. While I personally haven't contracted it yet, this damn disease has affected everyone, everywhere. And not for the better. I don't really think I need to say more than that. We all know the score with this pandemic.

I'm not trying to be depressing here, but I will let you know some of the stuff that's been going on in the background. A very good friend of mine lost his mother in December. Then a different, long-time friend lost his mother on Christmas Eve. Going for the trifecta, my roommate's mother has been sick with cancer for a long time, and she finally passed in February. So he's been dealing with that for months as she slowly declined and finally left us.

Sigh... it's been... a sad time...

I'm not posting this for sympathy, which is why I didn't post about it earlier. After all, everyone is having a hard go of it these last few years. I felt like it was time to let you know though. 

Despite all this, I have kept up a fevered pace since about October of 2021. This was by choice, I assure you. It's not like anyone was forcing me or anything. I was really into the extra comics I've been doing, such as Lillith Library, and felt like they should be given their just due. I am pretty happy with how most of them turned out, and enjoyed making them.

You may have noticed that I tried doing a couple of them in a new style: full page everything. This isn't a unique style. Quite a few other artists that do similar work to my own do this, such as TGTrinty (whom I respect greatly as an artist). We even did a poll about it, and the early results said I should switch to this "full page" style, but my "normal style" actually ended up winning when I went back to check on that same poll at a later date. I may need to do a new poll about this to see how everyone feels now that we have a few comics around in both styles.

I will be perfectly honest. I prefer working in the "full page" style. I honestly enjoy it more, and it actually seems to increase my production rate. Which makes no sense, but is still true. Somehow it just feels easier to work with, and I think that makes the comics a little better. Because if you are really into a work that you are producing, then that shows in the quality of the end product. And being stressed or struggling to produce in a certain style detracts from that.

At least, that is what I think. :)

I'm not saying we're going to switch to that style, I'm just sharing a bunch of stuff that's been on my mind for a while. 

Anyway, let's get to the point of this long-winded rambling...

The pace of my production over the last few months has finally caught up with me. I need a break. I need to slow down for a bit. I can't keep doing a comic on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday every week over the long term. Trying to accomplish that task was an intentional experiment for the last few months. I wanted to see if I could produce all that. I did, and I am pretty proud of myself for accomplishing my goal. :)

However, I do need to slow down for a while. We might return to that fevered pace at some point, but I will need to slow production for a few weeks - maybe a month or two. This is a real feeling out process, or I would give you a better ETA. We'll just have to see how I feel after I slow down for a bit.

The other factor to all of this is that it simply is February. Winter always drains my energy, especially my creative juices, and makes my depression and other "issues" flare up. Couple that with what has happened over the last few months and... well I probably don't need to say more than that. We kind of already covered it really. It's been kinda crappy.

But I have done a much better job of keeping up with my workouts this winter season, and that has really helped to mitigate all the bullshit in my life. Crap like this is just part of life, though. No sense wasting energy on being all, "woe is me" about it. Push through, move on, render more boobies. :P

Sorry, not trying to make light of things. We each just have to move on and deal with things in our own way. Thankfully my way of "dealing with things" usually means more growing boobies for all of you to enjoy.

So... what does this actually all mean?

I'm going to stop extra comics on Fridays. I will finish the special comic, "Bathing Suit Shoot Two, Part 2" on Wednesdays for Tier 3 Patrons, but I might take a few Wednesdays off once Part 2 is complete. We will have to see. Normal production on Saturdays of weekly comics, Sunday pinups, and biweekly videos will all continue as usual.

I'm not taking a full break, just slowing down. So our usual pace of production will resume, but I'm going to slow down on the new, extra stuff that I've been doing for the last few months.

At some point, I will want to finish those extra comics and we now have a couple of them. When production of those comics resumes, I will want to know which one you would like to see finished first: Valentines 2022 or New Years 2022.

I will likely do a poll about that too, when the time is right. :)

Well I think that's it for now. At the end of the day, I'm fine. Really! I just need a bit of a break. I hope all of you have had a better time of it, and my heart goes out to those that suffered similar things or had an even harder time of it recently.

Keep your heads up! Unless they are buried in cleavage. :D