I have quite a few unfinished series, as many of you are aware. I have a bad habit of not finishing a project. Especially since my best works always tend to be ideas I come up with on a whim, and drawn the same day.
See these, which were all same-day on-a-whim pictures:
Then take some planned pages, which are not as entertaining:
I have unfinished series for New House, The Hinterlands, The Great OC War, a storyline involving Bates jr and Manic (Sonic and Sally's son), the remake of "I Love Dicks," "Convicted," as well as many thread concepts I've thrown out randomly, with intention to have follow ups (like this lovely unanswered scene from mid 2017. I also have a partially completed abridged version of my original "Crossing of the Universes," which I was working on to allow easier reading of my large collection, for those who have not followed along for years.
I have yet to follow up here for over 6 months https://inkbunny.net/s/1636878 I also have had an entire plot in mind for The Great OC War, involving Rick and Chia. But the more I think about the project, the less I like the concepts I had in mind.
There are a few reasons I don't finish series. 1. I come up with other ideas that hold my interest more. 2. I receive poor feedback, few faves, etc on pages that ate up a lot of time and energy (i.e. I feel my time is better spent elsewhere to entertain my watchers). Take this one I spent a lot of time on, but proved unpopular. I had other ideas for this plot-line, but I will likely drop it https://inkbunny.net/s/1638823 3. I have other real life obligations, which allows for even less free time than in the past to work on series.
I've had endings in mind for all my series since starting them (with the exception of New House; perhaps this is why these pages come out so much more often). But my planned ideas tend to take more energy and be less entertaining. I am thinking I may never finish all these. It is a bit of George RR Martin Syndrome; my storylines are so big and complex, in a way, that it is difficult to even tackle the projects and try to bring a proper conclusion.
Given the time I'm committing to my new less humorous, and more sensual party game in development, it's unlikely you'll see conclusions any time soon to older series. I think the party game is a better investment of artwork, and I'm excited for its outcome. The big question is whether to finish some of these series at all, or pretend they have never taken place and remove them altogether.
Nothing becomes instantly popular. Sometimes you need to give people time to appreciate something, especially when it's a comic because people need to get into the story to like it. If you stop a comic because it gets few favs, then you are not giving people the opportunity to fall in love with the story.
Also, many fans like to see regularity in an artist, leaving projects unfinished drives them away.
P.S. All this is advice I fail to follow myself.
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