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Sands of IRON Post-Mortem/AMA
4 years ago
Welcome to the Sands of IRON post mortem and AMA. I’m going to be talking about what Sands of IRON has meant to me personally. But if you have questions please feel free to leave them below, no need to read all my ramblings XD.
I’m not positive on how I could even begin talking about what SOI has meant for me personally. It’s a work that spanned two years, and changed my life more than anything I have ever done!
Let’s start at the beginning though. When I first started making Sands of IRON, I was in a failing relationship. Feeling like I was a failure of an artist as well. Just wanting to make something that would get viewed. It was hardly a good place to start from. Of course the idea for Sands of IRON was older than that, and I chose and wanted to make it. But that early time ended up tainting my view of the work.
After the 8th page I took a long hiatus. During that time away I would think about the scenes I had planned for it so much that I knew I needed to return. I guess you can say it’s been love/hate. But with the growth my channel was getting from IRON I finally had the confidence to leave my horrible living situation with my parents. I moved into my then boyfriend's place across the country, and started my new life.
I put a lot of work into IRON after I moved, growing closer and closer with the project with things like the comment short stories. Eventually I took a 3 week break from IRON where I released the comic “RoomMates”. During this time I completely rewrote the last half of Sands of IRON. Finally having it hit the artistic notes and themes I wanted to!
Then came the SubscribeStar, My fan Discord, and even IRON themed commissions. It really ended up feeling like this story I started making for views actually meant something, especially to me.
And now Sands of IRON is over. And I find myself at yet another life transition. Without going into too much detail. My failing relationship ran it’s inevitable course, and now I’m looking to move once again. It’s almost poetic in a way, this massive life changing project put to rest as I close this chapter of my life as well.
But while Sands is completed, this is not the end of IRON.
A new IRON comic is in the works. And I hope it will be every bit as exciting and meaningful as the next chapter of my life.
I’d like to take a moment here at the end to thank all of my SubscribeStar Subscribers. If you enjoyed Sands of IRON, I’d hope you’d consider joining. My subscribers are the only reason there can be a new IRON Comic:
https://subscribestar.adult/infinitydoom
Also if subscribing isn’t in the cards, you may consider a 1 time donation at:
https://ko-fi.com/infinitydoom
Thank you to all the IRON fans who read this, and to everyone who enjoyed the comic in general. Don’t forget to put any questions you have below <3!
I’m not positive on how I could even begin talking about what SOI has meant for me personally. It’s a work that spanned two years, and changed my life more than anything I have ever done!
Let’s start at the beginning though. When I first started making Sands of IRON, I was in a failing relationship. Feeling like I was a failure of an artist as well. Just wanting to make something that would get viewed. It was hardly a good place to start from. Of course the idea for Sands of IRON was older than that, and I chose and wanted to make it. But that early time ended up tainting my view of the work.
After the 8th page I took a long hiatus. During that time away I would think about the scenes I had planned for it so much that I knew I needed to return. I guess you can say it’s been love/hate. But with the growth my channel was getting from IRON I finally had the confidence to leave my horrible living situation with my parents. I moved into my then boyfriend's place across the country, and started my new life.
I put a lot of work into IRON after I moved, growing closer and closer with the project with things like the comment short stories. Eventually I took a 3 week break from IRON where I released the comic “RoomMates”. During this time I completely rewrote the last half of Sands of IRON. Finally having it hit the artistic notes and themes I wanted to!
Then came the SubscribeStar, My fan Discord, and even IRON themed commissions. It really ended up feeling like this story I started making for views actually meant something, especially to me.
And now Sands of IRON is over. And I find myself at yet another life transition. Without going into too much detail. My failing relationship ran it’s inevitable course, and now I’m looking to move once again. It’s almost poetic in a way, this massive life changing project put to rest as I close this chapter of my life as well.
But while Sands is completed, this is not the end of IRON.
A new IRON comic is in the works. And I hope it will be every bit as exciting and meaningful as the next chapter of my life.
I’d like to take a moment here at the end to thank all of my SubscribeStar Subscribers. If you enjoyed Sands of IRON, I’d hope you’d consider joining. My subscribers are the only reason there can be a new IRON Comic:
https://subscribestar.adult/infinitydoom
Also if subscribing isn’t in the cards, you may consider a 1 time donation at:
https://ko-fi.com/infinitydoom
Thank you to all the IRON fans who read this, and to everyone who enjoyed the comic in general. Don’t forget to put any questions you have below <3!
Looking forward to the next IRON comic - I know it'll be as great as this one was!