Ruaidri - I think it's time for a change!
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Skip to the TL;DR below if you don't feel like reading.I've been thinking about this for a while, and after seeing the "do whatever you want" option win the monthly vote twice in a row, I'm taking that as a sign that it might be time to jump on it and shake things up here a bit. I haven't been super satisfied with the way my Patreon is set up for quite some time now. I have had multiple people on multiple occasions tell me about how it kinda sucks putting forth suggestions only to see them not get voted for. A few people have even been quite negatively mentally affected by it. This is literally the opposite of the effect I want my presence on the internet to have, so it hasn't sat well with me for some time, but I've never quite had an idea for what to do about it that worked for me either. But it's also more than that... I've had this place for many years at this point and in all that time, to my recollection, I've never once skipped out on a monthly painting (nor animation, though they didn't start 'till a little later on if I remember right). Even when I had surgery I still got that month's work done. And to be honest, I'm gettin' kinda tired, lol. It's not the workload, setting aside a few days a month to get them done isn't at all unreasonable, it's more the interruption. I am a creature that is fueled by ADHD; if I'm working with it I can spend hours and hours working on a project and barely notice it, I frequently put in 14 hour days when I'm letting inspiration take the wheel where it wants to go, but if I'm trying to fight against it it's like pulling teeth trying to work at all. I've lost entire days struggling to pull myself away from what I want to be working on so I can get started on the monthly patreon stuff I should be doing, only resulting in me not getting anything done on either. Don't get me wrong, I haven't been hating it- some very cool ideas have come as a result of these, some of them have resulted in some of my best work or pushed me in ways I might not have otherwise, which is neat. But they're starting to grind away at me a bit now, and pair that with the negative effect they have on the people making the suggestions, and it makes me feel like they should go. So, I think that's what I'm gonna do!TL;DR: We'll go through one more month to give everyone time to react however they're going to react, and then that'll be the end of the monthly suggestions/voting/painting/animation. So, what am I gonna do in their place? Well... I think I'd like to try just feeding the ADHD monster for a while. No specific schedule or anything, I'm just gonna work on stuff. Wherever my brain wants to take me at the time. If you like the stuff and feel I'm putting out enough stuff to continue being worthy of your support then it will of course be highly appreciated (and of course my 6 dollar tier will continue to offer high-res content whenever possible!), but I understand that I'm changing the way things work around here pretty dramatically so if you wanna dip you have my blessing, not that I could or would stop you anyway... To give you some idea what I've been feeding the ADHD monster lately, I'm still working on wolf woman! Her outfit may also give you some clues as to what I'm thinking of doing with her...
She has been eating a tremendous amount of my time lately. It's not just simply making a model which is time consuming enough, but I'm also trying to come up with a rendering style that I feel will be enjoyable in comic form which is proving quite difficult. I don't think it needs to look 2D exactly, but fully 3D looking comics just don't work well for me for some reason, so it's got to at least have a 2D "flavor" about it which is what I'm trying to capture. Also trying to design an outfit that fits all the limitations I have for the setting, while also being something I can feasibly rig (rigging clothing is kind of a nightmare), it's been tricky tricky tricky. But I do think I'm headed in a good direction here. Clothes still need some work... still fiddling with the exact style... something about the spear head kinda bugs me, like it's a little too detailed maybe? Fingers kinda disappear into a blob but I can fix that with a bit of a gradient on the fingers I think. But overall I could see this style looking alright for a comic, right? What you y'all think? I have other comic ideas too. I've got at least two involving Rasa that have been bouncing around my head for years, one of which being the origin story. Maybe we could go back and see how Blue and Gale met! A comic would also be the perfect medium for the two of them to finally get married which know a few of you have been pestering me about lol. The museum's definitely got a few stories to tell...It's not just comics though, I have lots of ideas floating around that seem like prime fodder for the ADHD monster. I'd love to build more high-quality sets so my characters have more cool places to hang out in animations, kinda like I did for Isaac's bar (The museum? Cinnamon's Bakery? Blue and Gale's apartment?). Got a few tutorials in mind that might like to see the light of day. Wanna start experimenting with voice acting in animations more, start making my characters a bit more alive. I have SO many more characters floating around in my head that want to exist , and some that exist that still need models (lookin' at you marten girl). Will all that happen? I dunno, that's up to the ADHD monster, but even if it's not that specific stuff I guarantee you it's gonna be eating something, so stick around if you wanna help me keep feeding it and see what it chooses next. :P
Skip to the TL;DR below if you don't feel like reading.I've been thinking about this for a while, and after seeing the "do whatever you want" option win the monthly vote twice in a row, I'm taking that as a sign that it might be time to jump on it and shake things up here a bit. I haven't been super satisfied with the way my Patreon is set up for quite some time now. I have had multiple people on multiple occasions tell me about how it kinda sucks putting forth suggestions only to see them not get voted for. A few people have even been quite negatively mentally affected by it. This is literally the opposite of the effect I want my presence on the internet to have, so it hasn't sat well with me for some time, but I've never quite had an idea for what to do about it that worked for me either. But it's also more than that... I've had this place for many years at this point and in all that time, to my recollection, I've never once skipped out on a monthly painting (nor animation, though they didn't start 'till a little later on if I remember right). Even when I had surgery I still got that month's work done. And to be honest, I'm gettin' kinda tired, lol. It's not the workload, setting aside a few days a month to get them done isn't at all unreasonable, it's more the interruption. I am a creature that is fueled by ADHD; if I'm working with it I can spend hours and hours working on a project and barely notice it, I frequently put in 14 hour days when I'm letting inspiration take the wheel where it wants to go, but if I'm trying to fight against it it's like pulling teeth trying to work at all. I've lost entire days struggling to pull myself away from what I want to be working on so I can get started on the monthly patreon stuff I should be doing, only resulting in me not getting anything done on either. Don't get me wrong, I haven't been hating it- some very cool ideas have come as a result of these, some of them have resulted in some of my best work or pushed me in ways I might not have otherwise, which is neat. But they're starting to grind away at me a bit now, and pair that with the negative effect they have on the people making the suggestions, and it makes me feel like they should go. So, I think that's what I'm gonna do!TL;DR: We'll go through one more month to give everyone time to react however they're going to react, and then that'll be the end of the monthly suggestions/voting/painting/animation. So, what am I gonna do in their place? Well... I think I'd like to try just feeding the ADHD monster for a while. No specific schedule or anything, I'm just gonna work on stuff. Wherever my brain wants to take me at the time. If you like the stuff and feel I'm putting out enough stuff to continue being worthy of your support then it will of course be highly appreciated (and of course my 6 dollar tier will continue to offer high-res content whenever possible!), but I understand that I'm changing the way things work around here pretty dramatically so if you wanna dip you have my blessing, not that I could or would stop you anyway... To give you some idea what I've been feeding the ADHD monster lately, I'm still working on wolf woman! Her outfit may also give you some clues as to what I'm thinking of doing with her...
She has been eating a tremendous amount of my time lately. It's not just simply making a model which is time consuming enough, but I'm also trying to come up with a rendering style that I feel will be enjoyable in comic form which is proving quite difficult. I don't think it needs to look 2D exactly, but fully 3D looking comics just don't work well for me for some reason, so it's got to at least have a 2D "flavor" about it which is what I'm trying to capture. Also trying to design an outfit that fits all the limitations I have for the setting, while also being something I can feasibly rig (rigging clothing is kind of a nightmare), it's been tricky tricky tricky. But I do think I'm headed in a good direction here. Clothes still need some work... still fiddling with the exact style... something about the spear head kinda bugs me, like it's a little too detailed maybe? Fingers kinda disappear into a blob but I can fix that with a bit of a gradient on the fingers I think. But overall I could see this style looking alright for a comic, right? What you y'all think? I have other comic ideas too. I've got at least two involving Rasa that have been bouncing around my head for years, one of which being the origin story. Maybe we could go back and see how Blue and Gale met! A comic would also be the perfect medium for the two of them to finally get married which know a few of you have been pestering me about lol. The museum's definitely got a few stories to tell...It's not just comics though, I have lots of ideas floating around that seem like prime fodder for the ADHD monster. I'd love to build more high-quality sets so my characters have more cool places to hang out in animations, kinda like I did for Isaac's bar (The museum? Cinnamon's Bakery? Blue and Gale's apartment?). Got a few tutorials in mind that might like to see the light of day. Wanna start experimenting with voice acting in animations more, start making my characters a bit more alive. I have SO many more characters floating around in my head that want to exist , and some that exist that still need models (lookin' at you marten girl). Will all that happen? I dunno, that's up to the ADHD monster, but even if it's not that specific stuff I guarantee you it's gonna be eating something, so stick around if you wanna help me keep feeding it and see what it chooses next. :P
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