Weekly Update 08.17.2020... (Patreon)

…Yo! I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing weekend!

This week’s page of BLACK LABEL is going to be a fun one! I also want to finish the detailed sketches for the next page of GR. It’s half finished, but the first half has been a real challenge. Excited to get back to it as the story is about to get very interesting!  Website is coming together and will hopefully be up next month!  Also, I came up with a fun sketch last night that’s going to make a great warm up drawing this week! :D

So it’s finally sunk in that my old job is gone, making comics my full time profession.  I’m finally over the shock (There was a couple weeks where it felt like the world was coming undone) so I can start getting serious about it. So I’m going to invest in an iPad. I’ve been holding off for a long time, but my friend Mel got a refurbished one for a really good price last year. She’s let me test it out this weekend, and while it definitely is going to take some getting used to, I’ll be able to take my work with me and hopefully get more comics done! Also, I’ll be able to make and post art videos, which was something I tried doing before, but never had any luck with (I've never been very tech savy). Mel let me watch her work on a video she made for her Patrons and I couldn’t believe how quick and easy it was. And all of it done on the iPad!

I don’t usually geek out about tech stuff, but man, the possibilities! Speed drawings, art breakdown videos, unboxing, etc. Also, this may solve all of my live streaming issues.

It’s a scary time to be investing in anything, but I think this will be more than worth it. I’m not asking for donations, but I was trying to think up a way that you guys can help out if you want to. So here’s a rough plan.

Step 1: If anyone is interested in helping out (I’ll run a poll in a little while), I’ll create a $10 tier and pick up the iPad. This tier will be active until I get the iPad paid off (maybe a couple months). The tier reward will basically be a video scrapbook as I experiment and figure out how to integrate it into my work set up (Mel's gonna help me with that). Posting will be random as I go, but you can expect something every week. Also, I’ll keep a tally of how the money is being used (iPad, iPencil, Apps, etc.).

Step 3: Once everything is paid off, I will close the $10 tier and try to add a monthly video at the $5 tier.

Step 4: If I am able to produce video content consistently without interfering with BLACK LABEL, then I’ll restart the $10 tier for people who want more video content. Again, this last part will depend entirely on how efficient I am. This is about producing more comics, not just video. BLACK LABEL is the priority!

So that’s the plan. I’ll post a poll in a little while to see if there’s any interest.

Alright, lots to do, so let’s get started! New page coming soon! Have a great week!