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subscribestarThe wait is over!
Chemical Attraction's successor--or rather its rebirth--has had its first page posted over on Patreon and Subscribestar! I wanted to do another longform comic featuring transformation and also explore the comic that I never got to finish. In a way, I'm happy to be doing this because it means that I can finally tell the story properly. I originally started Chemical Attraction in junior high, officially started drawing it in high school, and posted the first chapter when I was still in it, so the comic was very much outdated even before I posted it to the web. But it came with its own trials and difficulties: I didn't know what I was doing. I just had a dream and dove in forgetting I couldn't swim. I didn't drown, but I was barely treading water, too.
I was throwing up pages as I drew them, the plot wasn't cohesive, and people critiqued it pretty harshly--which was deserved lol. I was drawing a comic simply for things I found 'cool' and as such, it was...a mess. By the time I was starting to figure out what I wanted to do with it, it was already nearing its end, the harassment over not drawing it fast enough o how bad the story was got to me, and I was just ready to be done with it. I made the tough decision to just end it prematurely and it ate at me. People...loved that comic. I'm not sure how or why. But it made me realize that I loved it, too, deep down. And I think it deserves another chance.
This time, I decided to try and learn CSP. The first few pages are admittedly....rough LOL I won't even lie. CSP is difficult to use after years of doing everything in Paint Tool SAI. I wanted to make things a little faster, more streamlined. So you're gonna see things like premade backgrounds, effects, all that stuff to make it a little easier, a little faster. As I learn the program, hopefully it looks a little better, but yeah--oops on the first few pages. I could redo them, but that will probably be later on when I have more time.
As it stands, three things will be guaranteed going forward:
1. The comic will be EXCLUSIVELY on Patreon and Subscribestar. I have no goals to post the comic to the general public at this time.
2. I am aiming for pages to be up weekly. Currently, I am aiming for 1 page a week guaranteed, possibly 2 depending on how much or how little a page has. Obviously a 3-panel page isn't going to be as intensive as a whole action-packed page so I can whip them out quicker. This means that at minimum there'll be three pages a month, at maximum there might be six.
3. The comic tier is USUALLY $8 on each website, but since I am not planning on making this comic have sex pages (so far), I decided to make the 'general' comic page only $5. You can read the comic for less than the price of a burger at McDonalds every month. I want to be able to work on the comic at my own pace while also not breaking anyone's bank. The more comms I do, the less time I have to work on comic stuff, since I still need to fit in my therapy sessions, streaming, general life at home stuff, and everything else.
"But Lily," I hear you cry, "I can't afford the comic! Why is it going to be behind a paywall!?"
And this is a question I know a lot of people will ask. But the thing is, a LOT of artists post stuff behind paywalls because this is our JOB. I NEED to get paid so I can pay my rent and my bills, and obviously as an American, shit is NOT good right now for anybody. Even the big artists are struggling to sell commission slots. A $5 donation a month is literally a drop in the bucket for most people. However, I also know that money is tight for everybody, and as such, I am planning on selling the chapters as they release for a cheaper price, so that, for example, instead of 5 bucks a month for let's say a year, you can drop like 10 bucks on 30 pages at a time.
Now, I AM contemplating releasing the pages after two months, like I did with Hellish Delights. This let people who wanted to read early read the pages early, and those who couldn't (or chose not to) do that could also read the comic. Depending on how the comic is received by Patrons/Subs, I'll consider it. I don't know how big this comic will be nor how long it'll take me to finish even with a set schedule so I can't offer any estimation on time.
That said, thank you ALL for the support over the years and in the coming ones. It means a lot to me and I can't wait to show off the new cast and story! It's been a long while since I felt so excited to do art again and I do think this comic will be incredible for that.
Chemical Attraction's successor--or rather its rebirth--has had its first page posted over on Patreon and Subscribestar! I wanted to do another longform comic featuring transformation and also explore the comic that I never got to finish. In a way, I'm happy to be doing this because it means that I can finally tell the story properly. I originally started Chemical Attraction in junior high, officially started drawing it in high school, and posted the first chapter when I was still in it, so the comic was very much outdated even before I posted it to the web. But it came with its own trials and difficulties: I didn't know what I was doing. I just had a dream and dove in forgetting I couldn't swim. I didn't drown, but I was barely treading water, too.
I was throwing up pages as I drew them, the plot wasn't cohesive, and people critiqued it pretty harshly--which was deserved lol. I was drawing a comic simply for things I found 'cool' and as such, it was...a mess. By the time I was starting to figure out what I wanted to do with it, it was already nearing its end, the harassment over not drawing it fast enough o how bad the story was got to me, and I was just ready to be done with it. I made the tough decision to just end it prematurely and it ate at me. People...loved that comic. I'm not sure how or why. But it made me realize that I loved it, too, deep down. And I think it deserves another chance.
This time, I decided to try and learn CSP. The first few pages are admittedly....rough LOL I won't even lie. CSP is difficult to use after years of doing everything in Paint Tool SAI. I wanted to make things a little faster, more streamlined. So you're gonna see things like premade backgrounds, effects, all that stuff to make it a little easier, a little faster. As I learn the program, hopefully it looks a little better, but yeah--oops on the first few pages. I could redo them, but that will probably be later on when I have more time.
As it stands, three things will be guaranteed going forward:
1. The comic will be EXCLUSIVELY on Patreon and Subscribestar. I have no goals to post the comic to the general public at this time.
2. I am aiming for pages to be up weekly. Currently, I am aiming for 1 page a week guaranteed, possibly 2 depending on how much or how little a page has. Obviously a 3-panel page isn't going to be as intensive as a whole action-packed page so I can whip them out quicker. This means that at minimum there'll be three pages a month, at maximum there might be six.
3. The comic tier is USUALLY $8 on each website, but since I am not planning on making this comic have sex pages (so far), I decided to make the 'general' comic page only $5. You can read the comic for less than the price of a burger at McDonalds every month. I want to be able to work on the comic at my own pace while also not breaking anyone's bank. The more comms I do, the less time I have to work on comic stuff, since I still need to fit in my therapy sessions, streaming, general life at home stuff, and everything else.
"But Lily," I hear you cry, "I can't afford the comic! Why is it going to be behind a paywall!?"
And this is a question I know a lot of people will ask. But the thing is, a LOT of artists post stuff behind paywalls because this is our JOB. I NEED to get paid so I can pay my rent and my bills, and obviously as an American, shit is NOT good right now for anybody. Even the big artists are struggling to sell commission slots. A $5 donation a month is literally a drop in the bucket for most people. However, I also know that money is tight for everybody, and as such, I am planning on selling the chapters as they release for a cheaper price, so that, for example, instead of 5 bucks a month for let's say a year, you can drop like 10 bucks on 30 pages at a time.
Now, I AM contemplating releasing the pages after two months, like I did with Hellish Delights. This let people who wanted to read early read the pages early, and those who couldn't (or chose not to) do that could also read the comic. Depending on how the comic is received by Patrons/Subs, I'll consider it. I don't know how big this comic will be nor how long it'll take me to finish even with a set schedule so I can't offer any estimation on time.
That said, thank you ALL for the support over the years and in the coming ones. It means a lot to me and I can't wait to show off the new cast and story! It's been a long while since I felt so excited to do art again and I do think this comic will be incredible for that.
Kagerou
~gadrac
I think starting next month I can pledge again, hopefully! By then I should have my bills sorted out, and can get the pledge flowing again!
