Interest Check??
Hey so I suck at keeping this art-blog updated, particularly because it’s primarily for personal art and I don’t have much time for that anymore. I do art full-time, and while that’s VERY rewarding (furries pay my bills and they are extremely nice, chill, and fun folks but also there are only so many cartoon animals you can draw before it starts wearing u out!!), I do find myself REALLY pining for the days when I was just churning out Silent Hill sketch pages and RP art 24/7, and my own original content for that matter.
It’s just hard to justify (or find the energy for) doing that in the mad scramble to make ends meet each month. So while I’m happy and truly do love what I’m currently doing, I still would really like to make some time to do my own thing too.
SO, I was thinking of starting a Patreon specifically for more personal stuff-- probably with a heavier lean towards horror content than my usual workload (which is very cartoony and cutesy a lot of the time-- not that I don’t ever draw cute personal art or anything, I just wanna be able to draw stuff on the other end of the spectrum too lmao). There would be no tiers, no big rewards for joining outside of maybe voting on what sort of projects I start, essentially just a monthly tip jar for anyone who likes my work and would like to see me make more of it instead of popping up once every few months and posting a single random image with no context and then disappearing again.
If I was able to get a little stream of extra cashflow going in addition to work-work, I could conceivably:
- go back to working on / illustrating Gravity (my obscenely long Silent Hill 2 continuation fic that’s halfway done but hasn’t updated since Trump became president)
- draw more fanart for things I really like in general instead of waiting and hoping for someone to commission it lol (stuff I already draw like SH, FMA, and Pokemon go without saying, but there’s a bunch of other things I’ve been aching to draw more of too-- NITW, Little Nightmares, Doom Patrol, etc etc the list goes on and on)
- revisit my own original characters and concepts, which have been gathering dust for many years (anyone remember Leo? Anybody? ANYBODY??)
- get crazy and start dabbling in traditional media / experimenting with new programs and mediums again (I studied watercolor in college and just never?? have time??? to do it????? :()
- maybe... someday... if the stars align....... I could write Four and Twenty Blackbirds. You know, that Gravity sequel that I was already drawing art for 10+ years ago but never, ever started? (this is a long shot but goddamn wouldn’t it be nice)
So uh, if anyone would be interested in such a thing, particularly if you are interested enough to toss me one (1) dollar each month, please do me a solid and Like this post. Before I go nuts and set anything up, I want to get at least a loose idea of whether or not it would be worth doing.