I've been struggling for some time now to manage some acceptable form of income, I have yet to acquire any sort of proper job irl after graduating, which is something that I need even more now that it looks like I'm probably not going to be going for a master's degree. My current income with commissions is a fair amount, but the fact of the matter is that it quite simply isn't enough to make a living off of. I can manage a good pace with writing work, but I need to be opening up and doing a lot more than I currently am if that's going to amount to anything worthwhile, and I'm not sure if I even would want to do that because that would leave almost no room for me to work on anything for myself. I started doing coloring commissions as a way of alleviating that somewhat with a secondary source of income, but interest in that has proven to be extremely limited and I only have a handful of returning customers.

I have considered the possibility of other forms of receiving funds. Patreon seems like too much of a burden, I don't know what I'd offer as rewards in return and I don't think I can trust myself to work often enough to meet a regular schedule of content. The next best option would be exclusive paid content - I wouldn't want to put everything I do up behind a pay wall, but I thought of the possibility of a few special projects that would be used for story packs that can be bought. I want to try doing something like this, at the moment I'm only struggling to think up proper ideas and get the motivation to work through it.

I will probably be opening up for commissions again in the imminent future, and I will be attempting to make it a fuller round without as many of the limitations as before.