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Regarding Terminal (fans of the comic, please read!)
12 years ago
I have officially decided to restart Terminal. Completely, not just revamping the old pages.
Since my big goal for last year was to start a comic, when the end of the year started drawing near I began to panic. I had been working on the story for Terminal in various incarnations for two years, and finally had something I was happy with. And since Halloween was drawing near, I decided that would be the optimal time to release a comic with a horror theme. Due to that time constraint though, I cut a LOT out of the story. I wanted to jump into the action faster, to gain more readers. But almost instantly after starting the comic, I regretted doing that. I feel it made the characters a whole lot less interesting than they are in my head. They came off a lot more flat and clunky on the pages. And that isn't what I want. And making that decision caused me a lot of mental and emotional strain. I knew the story wasn't being portrayed in it's full glory, and that I was ultimately not going to be happy with it. I started to get really depressed every time I had to update. I got really angry at myself. I actually had a full on panic attack/mental breakdown right before the release of the comic where I had to go to the emergency room because I thought I was having a heart attack, but it was actually just anxiety due to the stress. That isn't what I want. I don't want to feel chained to this current version of the comic just to keep making other people happy, when I'm falling apart.
So I am currently completely revamping the comic. Everything. Certain aspects of the story will be changing entirely. The beginning will be much longer, and hopefully make people much more empathetic to the characters. Certain character designs will be getting overhauled. And it will be done in traditional art, even if that is a more expensive option I feel that in the end I will be much more proud of it because traditional art is really where my heart lies. I'm hoping to put out something much more quality, and hope you all will stick with me while I figure it out.
Thanks for reading,
~Kira
Since my big goal for last year was to start a comic, when the end of the year started drawing near I began to panic. I had been working on the story for Terminal in various incarnations for two years, and finally had something I was happy with. And since Halloween was drawing near, I decided that would be the optimal time to release a comic with a horror theme. Due to that time constraint though, I cut a LOT out of the story. I wanted to jump into the action faster, to gain more readers. But almost instantly after starting the comic, I regretted doing that. I feel it made the characters a whole lot less interesting than they are in my head. They came off a lot more flat and clunky on the pages. And that isn't what I want. And making that decision caused me a lot of mental and emotional strain. I knew the story wasn't being portrayed in it's full glory, and that I was ultimately not going to be happy with it. I started to get really depressed every time I had to update. I got really angry at myself. I actually had a full on panic attack/mental breakdown right before the release of the comic where I had to go to the emergency room because I thought I was having a heart attack, but it was actually just anxiety due to the stress. That isn't what I want. I don't want to feel chained to this current version of the comic just to keep making other people happy, when I'm falling apart.
So I am currently completely revamping the comic. Everything. Certain aspects of the story will be changing entirely. The beginning will be much longer, and hopefully make people much more empathetic to the characters. Certain character designs will be getting overhauled. And it will be done in traditional art, even if that is a more expensive option I feel that in the end I will be much more proud of it because traditional art is really where my heart lies. I'm hoping to put out something much more quality, and hope you all will stick with me while I figure it out.
Thanks for reading,
~Kira
Oh and just to throw it out there...I'm a writer of various gothic, macabre, supernatural, occult, and various horror related things...in case you ever need help on a comic project... =3
*Shameless self pimpin'*
I eagerly await to see what the new version holds!