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Shelving Any Personal Projects and Lipomancer Shit
7 years ago
Over the past few years I've been having doubts about how appealing my original content has been to people. It seemed as though it might have been promising at first, but as things have languished while I worked to improve my skills, it looks like any interest others had has faded as well.
This is more likely than not to do with things like Curse of the Lipomancer being more a novelty than any real indication of a good, original idea. Back when I first conceived of it (Nearly ten fucking years ago now), there weren't as many weight gain stories that had that sort of Dungeons and Dragons-esque, sword and sorcery appeal. Now you don't need to look that hard to find stories, artwork, or even games that fill that niche a hell of a lot better than I could ever hope to.
I will give myself some credit for that fact that, over the past several months I've been achieving the personal goal I've set for myself to put out finished pieces of similar quality to what I've created before at a much faster pace. The problem is it still isn't fast enough for what I envision, and the quality still isn't near high enough to meet standards I've laid out for myself. The problem is, I doubt I can ever possibly get there.
After posting the recent images and writing to my assorted galleries and after finding that simply nobody really cares, I just don't think it's sane to continue like this. The things I'd like to do would be fraught with obstacles that would be astoundingly insurmountable. I'd like to think what other people think shouldn't factor into personal goals like that either, but the shitty thing is it does to me, and I can't shake that. So instead of wasting time on projects confined to a niche within a niche within a niche, projects people within those communities don't see any worth in either, I think it's time to focus on something else. If not something more constructive towards my life, than at least something more fun.
To the few of you who have enjoyed my original works, and those who have supported my interactive, I want to say thank you. I sincerely appreciate all you've done. To anyone who might somehow still be saddened by me withdrawing from all this, I simply ask you look elsewhere for content that's simply better and more enjoyable than anything I can produce.
Thank you all. I won't be deleting my gallery, and I'll probably still post the occasional fan art when I need to get this weird fetish horseshit out of my system, but beyond that take care of yourselves and farewell.
Infinite-Loup/Wuff Fox
This is more likely than not to do with things like Curse of the Lipomancer being more a novelty than any real indication of a good, original idea. Back when I first conceived of it (Nearly ten fucking years ago now), there weren't as many weight gain stories that had that sort of Dungeons and Dragons-esque, sword and sorcery appeal. Now you don't need to look that hard to find stories, artwork, or even games that fill that niche a hell of a lot better than I could ever hope to.
I will give myself some credit for that fact that, over the past several months I've been achieving the personal goal I've set for myself to put out finished pieces of similar quality to what I've created before at a much faster pace. The problem is it still isn't fast enough for what I envision, and the quality still isn't near high enough to meet standards I've laid out for myself. The problem is, I doubt I can ever possibly get there.
After posting the recent images and writing to my assorted galleries and after finding that simply nobody really cares, I just don't think it's sane to continue like this. The things I'd like to do would be fraught with obstacles that would be astoundingly insurmountable. I'd like to think what other people think shouldn't factor into personal goals like that either, but the shitty thing is it does to me, and I can't shake that. So instead of wasting time on projects confined to a niche within a niche within a niche, projects people within those communities don't see any worth in either, I think it's time to focus on something else. If not something more constructive towards my life, than at least something more fun.
To the few of you who have enjoyed my original works, and those who have supported my interactive, I want to say thank you. I sincerely appreciate all you've done. To anyone who might somehow still be saddened by me withdrawing from all this, I simply ask you look elsewhere for content that's simply better and more enjoyable than anything I can produce.
Thank you all. I won't be deleting my gallery, and I'll probably still post the occasional fan art when I need to get this weird fetish horseshit out of my system, but beyond that take care of yourselves and farewell.
Infinite-Loup/Wuff Fox
Unless you meant the weight gain itself was slow paced, which I kinda felt like the opposite. Like I was worried there might have been too much immobile/near immobile stuff, especially in the chapters I was writing funny enough.
I'm not sure if I should try to talk you down. I'll say that I'm not sure about the supposed wealth of pulp fantasy. I mean, there's certainly more than there was a decade ago, but the majority of it either leans much too hard on their D&D influence... Or just doesn't cater to my orientation/particular taste. CotL, despite being hosted on a flaming dumpster of a website, remains the largest single work and likely a progenitor of a number of the things you think are outdoing you. I can't say for sure, but being first has got to count for something.
I'm not sure what you want to do now. I've been spending some time around https://forum.weightgaming.com/ recently. With how disillusioned you've become, I doubt you'll want to spend a lot of time around their yourself. It fills me with some kind of hope, though, that there are people who'd give any of my nonsense the time of day. Maybe you'll find something like that, too.
I've lurked at weight gaming before and I might make an account myself sometime down the road though. It seems like a good site, with a few people actually getting things done. Maybe one day I'll come back to all this, but I doubt it. I'm tired of feeling like I've been stringing people along too long without any reward for it with my stories, everyone deserves better than that.
Maybe it's just me and the groups I'm in (and how much I interact with them) but I find I get similar feedback with my stuff. That and it's real-time whereas comments or tweets can take as long as one wants to make.
I know a lot of my stuff isn't for everyone though, so these days I don't care as much about feedback. It'd be nice, but much of the things I create fall under a niche within a niche. As long as I continue to improve and work better and faster though I'm happy, for now I feel like I'm in a good place with my writing and art.
I'm curious though, what sort of niches does your stuff fall under? I imagine there's some interest in it. You never know until you post some. I've been trying to post more stuff, though. Mostly trying to do more art.
Oh, and like that other person said, weight gaming is a pretty cool site