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Polygon5

Update - State of things

It's been a while since I posted an update so here's the rundown.

I'm doing fantastically.

Since recently I have a full time job of 7.6 hours a day. This means that drawing time is significantly reduced. Getting this job has made me a lot happier and more productive when drawing however, so that's a plus. Overall the speed at which drawings finish will still be significantly reduced. I'm simply not drawing as often as I could on a good day. But this is not a bad thing.

I still have 4 commissions pending (2 full colors and 2 colored sketches), and the Fanbox rewards are still continuing and are backing up as normal. As it stands now I'd like to scale down commissions to near zero. As in, I only reopen if I need the extra cash to do something, and never again as a necessity. Which is something I'm very pleased about. As for rewards, I'd like to keep offering those, but if there are too many people that buy them, I may close rewards sometimes or incentivise people not to ask for them. I can only make so many drawings lol.

Beyond that, everything's going alright. Money is no longer an issue for as long as I can work, which means when the backlog clears, I can draw for fun again. Which is something that has been exclusively for streams for a very long time. As personally, I always felt bad drawing for myself, since I always had better things to work on (commissions). This feeling compounded and snowballed into a very low productivity commission cycle. Having a stable income now should help me clear that and make drawing more fun for me.

That said, finishing the backlog will still take a bit, as the commissions happen to be gargantuan. Even if it's only four drawings. It will take several months before I am able to do my own projects again. So, here's to a better time making art!
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Added: 7 months, 1 week ago
 
JManime
7 months, 1 week ago
It sounds like your situation may have been similar to mine so I'm really glad that you were able to find a job and better financial security. I haven't had steady income since last year and it's so hard to accept that finding a normal job would really be the best way to fix my situation even though I really want to focus on art and other talents. Other people I've talked with feel like the steady income would actually make me more productive with my art but when I always feel like I never have enough time, I'm not so sure..

Making a living on art alone does seem to be quite a challenge though and I know plenty of other artists who seem to be much happier when they can just do it as a hobby. It's really great that you've found a nice balance that works for you! ^__^
Polygon5
7 months, 1 week ago
Just another one of those things I suppose!
frchpk
7 months, 1 week ago
I’m glad and happy to hear that and with everything!

Btw, You could raise your reward prices too (possibly by a lot)
frchpk
7 months, 1 week ago
Or only do some rewards not all.
Polygon5
7 months, 1 week ago
I've raised the prices of rewards this year already. I think I'll hold off for now. At the moment they allign in value with other commission options. If I increase them it'd be for the fact that they're basically on demand (albeit once a month).
frchpk
7 months, 1 week ago
I see.
ShiftyGuy1994
7 months, 1 week ago
Glad to hear you are doing ok Poly!
Inkbunny229
7 months, 1 week ago
and the next playkids comic is still in development?
soggyfroggydabaddest
7 months, 1 week ago
Awwh im so happy for you!!! Im excited to see what your more fun things look like!!! ^^
ThePhantomMeanie
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Will you be posting anything new soon? It's been nearly two months and you've done at least three streams so far.
Polygon5
5 months, 2 weeks ago
It's true! I haven't posted a lot despite having drawn tons of different things. I'm gonna be doing a Holidays stream this Tuesday. I'll likely upload all the things I draw on that stream. Other than that you can always peek at what I've been making by joining my Fanbox :D.
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