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I come bearing new emotes and a 1-week comic delay notice
🕑 Added 2023-11-10 21:05:48 +0000 UTCUsing the pill-sweetening tactic :'> These haurchemotes are going public tomorrow, 11.11, they're free-to-use with credit as usual. Download the zip archive with all the variants in this post's attachments.
Now, the less fun part. I wrote the previous post after a breakdown that I'm still recovering from, even though those of you who responded to my plea for help actually did turn things around for this patreon, and freed me from having to do the dreaded self-promos for the time being.
I felt like I was doing that a lot - too much - in the past months, yet the fresh blood from those promos was barely enough to replace the leaving patrons. And my lost mental hp wasn't being replaced. I spent a long time worrying and blaming myself for each leaving patron, then I finally used my stat-loving brain, went to talk to other patreon artists, and found out that the patron-bleeding is not only normal, but that my number's lower than some of my peers'. The more people join, the more visible this phenomenon will get. It's new to me because I'd never had so many patrons! I just need to accept it and keep doing what I'm doing.
I didn't expect much from the post asking to raise your pledges if you can afford, in fact it was terrifying, a last resort from me because I slipped too far down the misery pit. But you've shown that you trust me and that it's okay to talk honestly. Thank you, and sorry that I have to announce a 1-week delay on the comic in the same breath.
Basically the bad thing's over, but my brain's still catching up. I tried bruteforcing my work yesterday but just couldn't. I'm taking one week to pull myself back together, give the episode 35 the love it deserves, and maybe draw something else on the side because I haven't been doing much of that lately, due to the things I explained above. I wanna draw something cool as a special thanks to those of you who helped putting out the fire in my brain.
Comments
NextLVL
Yeah it's.. A lot. My sheer passion on one end of the scale, all the stressful things on the other. But thank you for adding your bit to that positive end of the scale and keeping my passion alive ;w;
Amon
i am relieved to hear that you are allowing yourself time to relax and recover from things. i am no artist, so i can only imagine how stressful things like this can be.i have been here from the start, though only contributing a little due to my own finances, but i have every intention of upping my pledge as soon as i am able — you 100% deserve that support and, though it may be weird coming from a stranger on the internet, i am proud of you for asking us to do more. a week is not very long, but i hope that it can help ease even a little bit of that exhaustion.
Shaliara
No worries and take your time :)
