Heya there~
Just wanna do another lil check-in. More updates on:
- the state of my projects & what I plan to work on
- what I’m thinking of working on
- any other updates
- and let any of you all ask open-ended questions you’d like me to answer.
— Projects & Plans —
I still haven’t found a way to ship stuff outside the US and to Europe, so the two dakis people ordered to be shipped over there may have to get refunded soon. My plan is to offer those two persons the option of a refund or a commission, since they’ve already paid. I feel bad that I’m not able to figure out a way to do this, but now I know for the future that if I plan to ship products myself, I should only ship to the US. This first round of selling dakis has been an interesting experience.
I’ve completed 11 of my 12 commissions. I only have one left, and then I’ll be moving on to finishing the animation YCH collab that me and Ninevolt sold. Once that’s done, I’ll move on to continuing work on Pathwarden’s PMD comic. I really like working on that comic and I miss it!
I realized why doing the writing for my Buttons comic is taking so long. I have only been doing writing sessions on my days off from drawing, but those days are kinda rare. So instead, I’m doing writing sessions in the morning on some days before I start drawing, that way I get both things done that I want to do. I know writing sessions only last 2-3 hours, and I like having about an hour to chill after doing them, so if I block out a 4-hour period for some mornings in advance, then I’ll be able to get both writing and drawing done in the same day.
Oh yeah! So when October was coming up, I decided to do the Inktober challenge on a whim. I like doing seasonal stuff when the holidays come around to get me in a seasonal mood, but I couldn’t come up with any ideas, so I decided I would try Inktober again. For context, Inktober is an annual thing where you make a drawing every day for the month of October based on a set of 31 prompts; some people make their own prompts, but the most common one is from inktober.com. The last time I did this challenge was in 2021, and all the drawings I did were SFW. This time, I decided to make them all NSFW instead. (I haven’t posted them everywhere, just to Inkbunny, Itaku, Twitter, and my Discord servers.)
Also, some of you may have noticed my old art being removed from FA and being uploaded to Itaku. I’m finally getting around to doing this in accordance with the new FA rules. I don’t know how long it will take, but I’m taking it slow and steady regardless.
— Ideas —
I mentioned wanting to draw more Lantha and Buttons last journal, but I haven’t drawn that stuff as much as I want ever since, mostly because I’ve been doing the Inktober challenge. I also want to make another animation, but with my own voice acting and sound effects, as opposed to the free library of sounds I downloaded and have been using. Maybe I’ll be making a new animation in tandem with when I’m doing Pathwarden’s comic. I think I could handle that. Some days I may do writing and work on the comic, some days I may do work on the animation and the comic.
— General Updates —
I’m 2/3 of the way done with Inktober so far, and here is how I’m feeling about it:
I like it, but I’d rather do something else. I feel really good that I’m so active in general. I like keeping up with the daily prompts, and posting every day feels really nice. However, I’d prefer something that gets me in a more seasonal mood - something that’s Halloween or Autumn-themed. And I’d rather be making a few really nice, seasonal, fully-colored drawings for this time of year as opposed to a bunch of sketches that aren’t even seasonal for the most part. I plan to try doing something like this next year, and this upcoming Christmas season too.
Also, if I want to do Inktober again, I recommend myself to come up with all my ideas for the prompts before October begins. When I started the challenge, I only had half the prompts filled out. Then, while in the middle of making these daily drawings (on top of my normal work), I had to spend even more time coming up with ideas for the prompts without ideas yet - so definitely come up with all the prompt ideas during September.
— Feedback —
If you have any feedback you’d like to give or questions you’d like answered, feel free to ask. Suggestions, technical stuff, how I do certain things, if I’m okay with something, anything.
