And I'm looking forward to seeing myself again in the next arc of your comic

Pay-when-you-pledge has been an option for me that's been a big boon. I imagine it may be an option for others by now. But it mitigates that pledge-cancelation wave.

Good to know you're doing well. Let's chat more.

The fake bidders are there to pull not just there money but copies of your content. Pretty much piracy, since alot are pissed about the paywall.

Please take care of yourself, too much stress can make a mess out of you.

Think of yourself first. And yeah that's my hesitation with Patreon...

At least you cannot say no one cares.

Go with the pay-when-you-pledge option. That's guaranteed bot killer.

Your complaint about Patreon is a common thread I frequently hear, and frankly why I never bothered.

Tae Kwon Do? Well goood for you. You might find that the martial art will give you new ways to focus your concetration and operhaps give you a bit more dicipline in your daily life. It's also handy to know how to strike, hold and throw an opponent if one ever needs to.

And good for you for volunteering as I know whom ever your providing services for can always use the help.

The art can wait. There will be time for it, once you make the time for it.

I hope we'll get a chance to visit some day so I can ask more questions about your Lapine Ladies.

Stay safe, and keep well.

Greetings Dustmeat!

I am glad that you are happy. It is a wonderful state of mind

The art will be great when it comes, in its time. I think happy artists make the best art, not suffering ones.

Good to hear you're fairly happy at least!

Here hoping things get better for ya and Live Long and Prosper

Thanks for the update! (peacock nudge nudge... heh!).. Extra glad you are in a very happy life place! ^V^

I just can't believe people would do stuff like that. I mean come on. No one's making you pledge, if you're going to do it you need to follow through.

Heh... Yer preachin' to the choir, kid! There's always soooo much art for me to do, and always sooooo little time to do it when you have to spend so many of your waking hours adulting like that. Work is most assuredly the curse of the drawing class! Fortunately in my case, I've since learned to stop stressing and obsessing about what I can't do art-wise and just accept the fact that I simply can't spend as much time drawing as I used to. I may forever live in obscurity, but hey - I'll get stuff done when I can get it done.

Good attitude.

Thanks, but I can tell you it was a long road to get to where I am now, and it came at a cost. Creatively-speaking, I went through a pretty dark and rough few years not that very long ago. Course, when you pretty much tie your self-worth on to how much interest and popularity you're able to generate from your art, you're either going to soar like a rocket ship, or crash and demolish like one. Mine eventually became the latter.

Course, it's just at that time when you're fighting those demons of self-doubt and hate like that that you know who your true friends are. Anyone can be a pal when things are going great. But when you're hitting a rough spot you're quickly able to separate the sycophants and hanger-ons from your true friends. I did lose one or two people I had previously looked up to and been close to, but fortunately I also had more true friends and fans who finally helped me find my footing and put those demons to rest once and for all. When I lost my domain name because I couldn't update frequently enough, yeah, it kinda hurt, but at the same time it was liberating, as now I can keep all my stuff on a Facebook page and not only is it all free, I can upload whenever I feel like it (infrequently as it is).

So, what little free time I do have any more I seem to measure out with coffee spoons. But as I said, I got way too many other interests and irons in the fire besides art to obsess about what could be or could not have been. I have friends here I've followed since their debut, and I won't lie and say I'm not at least a little jealous of how much of a name they've since made for themselves. But I also share in their joy, and wish them the best - if not at least a little live vicariously through them. Now, I've found liberation doesn't mean how much art I'm able to do. Liberation means being content with being second-best.

Create what you feel inspired to do, when you are inspired. Hopefully, the results are something you feel like sharing.