Thinking of returning to the Long Hike Early
10 months ago
What it says in the title. Been working on the House of Salt and Oil and to be honest, I ain't feelin it.
Now granted I've pushed myself to draw through burnout and have always turned out better for it, passion really doesn't have much staying power in my experience and discipline to follow through on the ideas that passion starts to me is a good skill to have. So I can and likely will keep on drawing The House of Salt and Oil, though considering there are about 10 more weeks of drawing the comic, I can't help but find myself just wanting to return to The Long Hike.
Now The current plan is to not abandon the comic, I haven't abandoned a project in progress in 6 years and I don't really take doing that lightly, I try my best to follow through on a project to completion. But I also cannot lie, it's been a bit of a slog for the past month of drawing the comic when I really just wanna jump back to The Long Hike. It's also not that the comic isn't getting eyes, seems like folks are reading and enjoying it! Which I deeply appreciate! It's just I don't feel my heart is in the current side story and I worry that may be reflecting in the quality of the art, writing, etc.
Anywho Not sure if there is some call to action here, just wanted to get that off my chest is all. Thinking about a decision, may poll the Discord server, one way to find out what will happen after all. Be well and take care!
Now granted I've pushed myself to draw through burnout and have always turned out better for it, passion really doesn't have much staying power in my experience and discipline to follow through on the ideas that passion starts to me is a good skill to have. So I can and likely will keep on drawing The House of Salt and Oil, though considering there are about 10 more weeks of drawing the comic, I can't help but find myself just wanting to return to The Long Hike.
Now The current plan is to not abandon the comic, I haven't abandoned a project in progress in 6 years and I don't really take doing that lightly, I try my best to follow through on a project to completion. But I also cannot lie, it's been a bit of a slog for the past month of drawing the comic when I really just wanna jump back to The Long Hike. It's also not that the comic isn't getting eyes, seems like folks are reading and enjoying it! Which I deeply appreciate! It's just I don't feel my heart is in the current side story and I worry that may be reflecting in the quality of the art, writing, etc.
Anywho Not sure if there is some call to action here, just wanted to get that off my chest is all. Thinking about a decision, may poll the Discord server, one way to find out what will happen after all. Be well and take care!
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I support all of your lizards o7
It's just the reality of holding down a job with side gigs with life going on. I wish I could have more time for the comics but reality is what it is.
As for revisiting it maybe! For now I am gonna keep drawing, see if I can push through the burnout like I normally do, but we will see! I do know lots of folks enjoy the comic so I am gonna keep with it for now. Perhaps I am just being too dramatic