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Important update about.... well, updates!
🕑 Added 2020-04-24 13:42:38 +0000 UTCHey guys! I hope you're having an okay time, considering the madness that is happening in the world right now.
I have some important news! I can't promise this will be accurate, and I will do my best to make it happen, but.
As many of you might already be aware, because of the pandemic, all my conventions are currently shut down. I had 5 conventions so far, at minimum, be completely cancelled, or postponed until next year, or some later date. 80% of my income disappeared essentially overnight.
Since then, I've been in hella focus mode on my etsy. I've made a ton of new designs, taken lots of photos, like I'm REALLY pushing my etsy because somehow it has become my primary income.
Also, the stress and.... well, honestly, depression losing all my shows have caused me, has made certain things very hard to do.
For example, making Gloomverse. Gloomverse is updating as it always does, because before the pandemic began, I prepped all these pages. Yep, they've been in queue that long! But I prepped them, because I knew convention season was about to start, and I needed to make sure I could travel, and not have to worry about updates.
Essentially, what was meant to be a 'convention update queue' has turned into a 'pandemic update queue'. And it has taken its toll on me.
I'm still drawing, but I have been working at a snails pace when it comes to Gloomverse updates. I don't write scripts for Gloomverse, I write the pages as I go. I give myself a sentence or so synopsis of what I want a chapter to be about, and then go from there. (That's actually how I keep track of the most important plot points, too). Usually I can zoom through drawing pages, when I'm in a really good mental place. Creative writing definitely works best when you're happy and content.
But that's definitely not how things are right now for everyone, myself absolutely included. I've been drowning myself in yard work, and tarot card designs, and keychain designs, and photos for my etsy-- all very mindless tasks, especially compared to writing stories. I've also been sort of reeling over the fact that, this was the year I was going to dump every extra penny into a house savings fund, I had more conventions planned than any year before, and a lot of them were REALLY good shows.
Essentually, the queue runs out on May 5th. I have no more pages done after that, and every time I try, it's been very hard to do so.
The hope is that I will still definitely get it done, especially since the weather is getting nicer, and working on a picnic table somewhere would be nice, but I'm just giving a little advanced warning if I am unable to get my creative brain going again. And, since that brain hasn't wanted to work all of April.... well. Who knows. ):
Thank you guys as always for all your support, and I really hope everyone is being safe, and healthy. Remember: I have a patreon-exclusive discord chat room, if you attach your discord to patreon! I talk a lot in there too, to keep up with people.
Please be safe, okay? Thanks a bunch. <3
Comments
RedMonsoon
Been a while since this was posted, but I just wanted to throw some extra encouragement your way. Take all the time you need! Your health and happiness are more important than a comic schedule. We can wait however long we need to!
Foxy-Sierra
The pandemic has everyone seriously dragged down, so no worries, okay? Please make sure you take care of your mental health during these times and stay safe.
