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Posted 6 years agoso instead of trying to figure out how to fit posting to FA and stuff into a schedule, I'm probably gonna post things in large batches, so incoming art flood be warned~
The truth on my issues
Posted 6 years agoYou guys might have noticed I stopped posting things here- stopped updating furaffinity or twitter or any of those places entirely with my own art and stuff- the only thing I've been focused on getting out there on a regular basis has been my comic and my patreon... and that's because I'm obligated to do so, I've claimed it's due to laziness in the past- or said that it was a hassle keeping things updated but honestly that's just not true- not entirely at least. (the more of a backlog that formed, I admit the more of a slog I imagined it would be to get through)
Something my patrons definitely noticed was that I stopped doing livestreams, and that my art has been pretty much strictly business for the past year at least, the other day I had to actually admit to myself that it's all related- all of it, my lack of posting, my aversion to streaming, my stage fright, my discomfort when joining in as part of a larger group, the fact I've been keeping to myself and finding it difficult to communicate with others...
about a year ago I had some stuff happen that was a huge blow to my self image- I got kicked out of the biggest art group I've ever been a part of, the only art group at the time I'd been in, and actually did multistreams with, a place where I could freely and openly communicate with a bunch of other artists I knew of by reputation alone. the reason I got removed was a personal issue with one other person in the server, but nonetheless it was a huge blow to my self esteem to basically get kicked out of what was for all intents and purposes in my eyes the "cool kids club"
since then I've been afraid to open up or reach out for fear of continued rejection, I've tried a few times to get my feet wet with other groups but every time I find that I keep relegating myself to the background and assuming that nobody knows or cares about who I am or my work. every time I think about maybe reaching out and finding myself a real community to interact with any bounce ideas off of I get stopped by what can only be described as paranoia that events are going to repeat themselves and that I'm just not good enough or important enough for anyone to care.
This is why I've been too shy to stream, this is why I've been to scared to post anything but highborn, the one thing I've done that people actually pay for so I can't ever say it doesn't have some value, but I recognize that staying like this isn't healthy, and I've got to try and get past all of this somehow.
I've been trying really hard to work on my comic and get things to a point I can feel proud of the work I've made on my own merit alone, and the continued support of my patrons has been a large part of what's kept me going at all, but I feel like I need to get all my feelings down on one spot for people to read so that maybe I can actually move on and start to heal. I want to be a part of something again, I want to be able to join in, I want to have people to talk to, I want to feel like I'm not a nobody that people have never heard of nor should they care.
I want to feel like I'm somebody again.
I'm hoping that now that I've gotten all of this out (I hope) and put it all in one place I might be able to start posting again and get out of this damn bubble I've been hiding in for so long.
Something my patrons definitely noticed was that I stopped doing livestreams, and that my art has been pretty much strictly business for the past year at least, the other day I had to actually admit to myself that it's all related- all of it, my lack of posting, my aversion to streaming, my stage fright, my discomfort when joining in as part of a larger group, the fact I've been keeping to myself and finding it difficult to communicate with others...
about a year ago I had some stuff happen that was a huge blow to my self image- I got kicked out of the biggest art group I've ever been a part of, the only art group at the time I'd been in, and actually did multistreams with, a place where I could freely and openly communicate with a bunch of other artists I knew of by reputation alone. the reason I got removed was a personal issue with one other person in the server, but nonetheless it was a huge blow to my self esteem to basically get kicked out of what was for all intents and purposes in my eyes the "cool kids club"
since then I've been afraid to open up or reach out for fear of continued rejection, I've tried a few times to get my feet wet with other groups but every time I find that I keep relegating myself to the background and assuming that nobody knows or cares about who I am or my work. every time I think about maybe reaching out and finding myself a real community to interact with any bounce ideas off of I get stopped by what can only be described as paranoia that events are going to repeat themselves and that I'm just not good enough or important enough for anyone to care.
This is why I've been too shy to stream, this is why I've been to scared to post anything but highborn, the one thing I've done that people actually pay for so I can't ever say it doesn't have some value, but I recognize that staying like this isn't healthy, and I've got to try and get past all of this somehow.
I've been trying really hard to work on my comic and get things to a point I can feel proud of the work I've made on my own merit alone, and the continued support of my patrons has been a large part of what's kept me going at all, but I feel like I need to get all my feelings down on one spot for people to read so that maybe I can actually move on and start to heal. I want to be a part of something again, I want to be able to join in, I want to have people to talk to, I want to feel like I'm not a nobody that people have never heard of nor should they care.
I want to feel like I'm somebody again.
I'm hoping that now that I've gotten all of this out (I hope) and put it all in one place I might be able to start posting again and get out of this damn bubble I've been hiding in for so long.
Still alive~!
Posted 6 years agosorry I haven't been updating my gallery's lately. I've been struggling to keep up with my workload and just focusing on getting my patreon and website updated. Flux has been keeping the Highborn U18 thread updated so that's the best place currently to see Highborn.
I'll look into getting the rest of the pages posted here in a bit. just need to break out of this cycle and put myself onto a more rigid schedule.
I'll look into getting the rest of the pages posted here in a bit. just need to break out of this cycle and put myself onto a more rigid schedule.
in regards to Highborn
Posted 7 years agoBecause of some severe debilitating pain caused by a wisdom tooth, I've not been doing completed pages of highborn, and have instead been uploading toned inked pages to Patreon exclusively because keeping up with just that has been difficult enough to manage.
I've also had some time to really think about it and I've decided I'm going to make a bit of a buffer, releasing pages on patreon sooner than I release them on other sites, currently there are 3 more pages posted to patreon than anywhere else.
you can find them on my patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/Highborn
I've also had some time to really think about it and I've decided I'm going to make a bit of a buffer, releasing pages on patreon sooner than I release them on other sites, currently there are 3 more pages posted to patreon than anywhere else.
you can find them on my patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/Highborn
Highborn
Posted 7 years agoafter an agonizingly long hiatus, Highborn updates should be resuming next week! (and patreon payments will be starting back up the following month, so june 1st)
in anticipation of the comic proceeding, I'll be posting some other content from the patreon here on FA such as filler and reference sheets!
in anticipation of the comic proceeding, I'll be posting some other content from the patreon here on FA such as filler and reference sheets!
updates and incoming art flood
Posted 8 years agoI've decided to go ahead and throw the pages I have of highborn out all at once instead of attempting to keep an update schedule when its fallen so far behind the patreon.
in the meantime while my tablet is broken/my new one hasn't shown up yet, I'll be posting all my artwork to this gallery as well as my others (except Sofurry because it's randomly telling me my emails not verified for some reason)
just wanted to give everyone a heads up.
in the meantime while my tablet is broken/my new one hasn't shown up yet, I'll be posting all my artwork to this gallery as well as my others (except Sofurry because it's randomly telling me my emails not verified for some reason)
just wanted to give everyone a heads up.
Moving, Hurricane, and me. [update]
Posted 8 years agoU18 should have a page ahead from what's on FA atm for Highborn.
I was almost done with this weeks page, but had moving day and a hurricane sneak up on me when I wasn't looking. literally we moved up our moving day because hurricane.
anyways, update might be late, hoping we have internet in the new place, might be a bit of a disruption in activity from me. just thought I'd let everyone know.
I was almost done with this weeks page, but had moving day and a hurricane sneak up on me when I wasn't looking. literally we moved up our moving day because hurricane.
anyways, update might be late, hoping we have internet in the new place, might be a bit of a disruption in activity from me. just thought I'd let everyone know.
Patreon
Posted 8 years agostop eating my patrons! D:
stream notes
Posted 8 years agoa few things about todays stream.
a few of my patrons won't be able to make it, so I'm going to make this an open stream posted here today.
I will start it up a little later after I finish yesterdays page so that I can genuinely work on the NEXT page (next weeks) in the stream
a few of my patrons won't be able to make it, so I'm going to make this an open stream posted here today.
I will start it up a little later after I finish yesterdays page so that I can genuinely work on the NEXT page (next weeks) in the stream
Page
Posted 8 years agoshadings done, dialogue isn't. I've singled out what's causing these delays for me and I should be more prepared in the coming weeks with the assistance from 
darknesshaven helping.
page should be up later when I get finished, sorry it's late (again)
darknesshaven helping. page should be up later when I get finished, sorry it's late (again)
Comic
Posted 8 years agopage is done, Dialogue isn't. gimme a bit, I'll have the new page posted asap.
Highborn Comic Announcement
Posted 8 years ago(Reposting here to get the word out on multiple mediums)
Hey guys, I've mentioned a serious project for Highborn in passing to a few people in comments and have been pretty hush hush (unless you follow my twitter and it spoiled the surprise)
After completing the first chapter (purposely a short one) of Highborn, I decided I was ready to really take it one as a serious project. I want to be able to put my heart body and soul into this so that I can write a story that I feel people might enjoy. Because of this, I've decided to open up a Patreon for Highborn.
HOLD UP, PLEASE READ.
Nothing of my posting schedule will change for highborn, and no pages will be withheld EVER! I intend to make sure that this Patreon thing is purely a positive aspect of my work, instead, I've set up stretch goals based on the idea of having more time to work on Highborn based on it becoming my primary form of income. I want to maybe someday do this comic fulltime and actually churn out 3 pages per week (as insane as that sounds) and I really think I could do it too! if I scheduled myself and worked fulltime on it, I definitely could get the story and comic flowing at that sort of pace, but I'd need to devote all my time on it, and that means it would need support me.
Back when Patreon first launched, I saw people jump on like a bandwagon of "get paid to do what you love" and that soon turned into "get paid to do whatever you want". I saw people putting paywalls and restrictions on their work and it really made me frown, I draw because I love to, and I show it off because I want to, I have some rather choice opinions about crowdfunding in general.
1. I feel that people who get supported should have a specific product or service that the patrons can see, and actively want to support before ever considering crowd funding.
2. I feel that I needed to make sure I actually had something of worth before even considering it, I don't think Patreon should be something that people do on a whim
3. Paywalls and patron only content feels inherently wrong to me, therefore I will not use such methods to seek revenue.
4. I feel like having anyone support my work at all is something I should be grateful for.
Basically, if you like my work, want to see it more often, and have a couple spare bucks a month, I'd be flattered if any of you chose to support me. No one has to, this could just be a blink and you missed it type thing, this doesn't mean I will stop working on Highborn. I will continue to work on it with the higher level of quality shown here on a weekly basis regardless. Things will only start to change in positive ways if I hit a stretchgoal.
The Patreon can be found here: https://www.patreon.com/Highborn
Also, I've added a few rewards and would like some feedback about them, I've never done this sort of thing so I haven't a clue what a reasonable pricerange of different reward tiers should be.
ALSO, ALSO, even if you don't feel like supporting, can't right now, or never want to, please leave me feedback, I want to know if this is a good idea or not, and how I can improve. I seriously haven't had readers before, so this is all really new to me! and I care about what you think of me and my choices about the comic!
Hey guys, I've mentioned a serious project for Highborn in passing to a few people in comments and have been pretty hush hush (unless you follow my twitter and it spoiled the surprise)
After completing the first chapter (purposely a short one) of Highborn, I decided I was ready to really take it one as a serious project. I want to be able to put my heart body and soul into this so that I can write a story that I feel people might enjoy. Because of this, I've decided to open up a Patreon for Highborn.
HOLD UP, PLEASE READ.
Nothing of my posting schedule will change for highborn, and no pages will be withheld EVER! I intend to make sure that this Patreon thing is purely a positive aspect of my work, instead, I've set up stretch goals based on the idea of having more time to work on Highborn based on it becoming my primary form of income. I want to maybe someday do this comic fulltime and actually churn out 3 pages per week (as insane as that sounds) and I really think I could do it too! if I scheduled myself and worked fulltime on it, I definitely could get the story and comic flowing at that sort of pace, but I'd need to devote all my time on it, and that means it would need support me.
Back when Patreon first launched, I saw people jump on like a bandwagon of "get paid to do what you love" and that soon turned into "get paid to do whatever you want". I saw people putting paywalls and restrictions on their work and it really made me frown, I draw because I love to, and I show it off because I want to, I have some rather choice opinions about crowdfunding in general.
1. I feel that people who get supported should have a specific product or service that the patrons can see, and actively want to support before ever considering crowd funding.
2. I feel that I needed to make sure I actually had something of worth before even considering it, I don't think Patreon should be something that people do on a whim
3. Paywalls and patron only content feels inherently wrong to me, therefore I will not use such methods to seek revenue.
4. I feel like having anyone support my work at all is something I should be grateful for.
Basically, if you like my work, want to see it more often, and have a couple spare bucks a month, I'd be flattered if any of you chose to support me. No one has to, this could just be a blink and you missed it type thing, this doesn't mean I will stop working on Highborn. I will continue to work on it with the higher level of quality shown here on a weekly basis regardless. Things will only start to change in positive ways if I hit a stretchgoal.
The Patreon can be found here: https://www.patreon.com/Highborn
Also, I've added a few rewards and would like some feedback about them, I've never done this sort of thing so I haven't a clue what a reasonable pricerange of different reward tiers should be.
ALSO, ALSO, even if you don't feel like supporting, can't right now, or never want to, please leave me feedback, I want to know if this is a good idea or not, and how I can improve. I seriously haven't had readers before, so this is all really new to me! and I care about what you think of me and my choices about the comic!
lightning
Posted 8 years agoI swear to god if I lose my inks again cause of the power going out I'm gonna flip a table.
XD just letting people know ahead of time that I'm working in hazardous conditions!!! saving often though! UGH screw you too nature~!
XD just letting people know ahead of time that I'm working in hazardous conditions!!! saving often though! UGH screw you too nature~!
Page
Posted 8 years agoUpdate will be delayedcause i have no internet!!! Page is finished. I just cant post it!
update
Posted 8 years agosorry the comic update's late, had some complications about my medication I had to work out, next page is 80% completed, I just need to figure out what day I wanna set up as a reoccurring day to post updates for it... friday? I dunno, I want input!
comic
Posted 8 years agoalright, moving right along I'm intending to continue work on my comic, though I was wanting a bit of input from you guys about that.
I haven't updated it in a couple weeks I think, so I was wondering if you guys think I should just post updates as I get them finished (doubles or triples when I get down to working on them) or should I save up finished pages like a buffer and release them on a schedule?
ALSO, I had been thinking about swearing in my comic after the last page I posted, and at first I was against the idea but after realizing that my comic is intended to show sexual scenes and such I realized it would be pretty silly to shy away from swearing, so I'm going to just use it differently depending on the character.
I haven't updated it in a couple weeks I think, so I was wondering if you guys think I should just post updates as I get them finished (doubles or triples when I get down to working on them) or should I save up finished pages like a buffer and release them on a schedule?
ALSO, I had been thinking about swearing in my comic after the last page I posted, and at first I was against the idea but after realizing that my comic is intended to show sexual scenes and such I realized it would be pretty silly to shy away from swearing, so I'm going to just use it differently depending on the character.
on a side note
Posted 9 years agoDesigning clothing for an actual comic setting is difficult as hell!
all of these things to consider, how does it fit? where does it go? is it tight? gaaaaaaah
kind of impressed with my literally bullshitting an entire army batallion on a page just now though, you guys will see later...
all of these things to consider, how does it fit? where does it go? is it tight? gaaaaaaah
kind of impressed with my literally bullshitting an entire army batallion on a page just now though, you guys will see later...
an open apology
Posted 9 years agoI'd like to apologize to my friends and contacts on skype/phone/telegram/twitter for having not responded much if at all in the past few months.
I have a few people I just didn't ever respond to after being introduced, and still others whom I've neglected to the point a conversation starter would be awkward to the point they must hardly remember who I am.
to everyone I know, I'm terribly sorry, I've been super depressed/busy with stuff and lately I've either been in bed, playing games, moping about, or working my ass off.
there really honestly hasn't been anything in between... that said, I really really REALLY want to fix this. like, you can't comprehend how much I want to fix this and Talk to people again.
starting now, I'm going to always make sure I was the last person to respond on anything. and I'm gonna do my best to try and reach back out. If I know you, I'm sorry for missing out on so much time with you, if I don't, I've obviously squandered my opportunity to get to know you, and therefore I'm gonna try my best to start over again if you'll let me. if not, I understand.
I want to get myself back out there, mingle, work hard talking with people and enjoying all of your company again like I used to. I know I'm not the most social butterfly, but dammit I'm gonna try. I promise.
I have a few people I just didn't ever respond to after being introduced, and still others whom I've neglected to the point a conversation starter would be awkward to the point they must hardly remember who I am.
to everyone I know, I'm terribly sorry, I've been super depressed/busy with stuff and lately I've either been in bed, playing games, moping about, or working my ass off.
there really honestly hasn't been anything in between... that said, I really really REALLY want to fix this. like, you can't comprehend how much I want to fix this and Talk to people again.
starting now, I'm going to always make sure I was the last person to respond on anything. and I'm gonna do my best to try and reach back out. If I know you, I'm sorry for missing out on so much time with you, if I don't, I've obviously squandered my opportunity to get to know you, and therefore I'm gonna try my best to start over again if you'll let me. if not, I understand.
I want to get myself back out there, mingle, work hard talking with people and enjoying all of your company again like I used to. I know I'm not the most social butterfly, but dammit I'm gonna try. I promise.
updates
Posted 9 years agoalright, this is my last month to work on the DH comic (which has had way more setbacks than I can count)
that being said, afterwards I will be finishing up my commission roster and updating/accepting new ones as well.
my page layout took a dive in the middle of all this stress too so I'll need to repost my commission pricing an whatnot and get this journal header properly updated.
for future reference, I've been paid already by
and 
so I'll be needing to finish their commissions first
Afterwards, I'll get back with
Zach, and a few others about what they were wanting to see from me.
once that's done, I'll formally open commissions again and get this all sorted nice and proper (finally!)
seriously, with the way things have been, you'd think I was riding the dick of Korne himself on my offtime what with all the chaos lately.
that being said, afterwards I will be finishing up my commission roster and updating/accepting new ones as well.
my page layout took a dive in the middle of all this stress too so I'll need to repost my commission pricing an whatnot and get this journal header properly updated.
for future reference, I've been paid already by
and 
so I'll be needing to finish their commissions first Afterwards, I'll get back with
Zach, and a few others about what they were wanting to see from me. once that's done, I'll formally open commissions again and get this all sorted nice and proper (finally!)
seriously, with the way things have been, you'd think I was riding the dick of Korne himself on my offtime what with all the chaos lately.
Comic stream? (trying again)
Posted 10 years agoanybody wanna see me stream? if I can get some interest I'd be happy to.
comic stream?
Posted 10 years agoworkin on the comic, anybody wanna see a stream?
finger woes, back on track [general update]
Posted 10 years agohad a stress fracture on my right index finger lately preventing me from drawing and causing me all around issues until only just recently. looking forward to it making a full recovery so I can jump all over my art again, been working on some unconventional projects on the side in the meantime
probably going to do more streams and post more art in the near future
probably going to do more streams and post more art in the near future
had some time to think (commissions simplified)
Posted 10 years agoso I've really been looking over my pricing and the way everythings been working so far
and I really think it could be done better/made easier.
SO HERE IT IS
my art will now be separated by foreground/background.
Foreground
Sketch 10.00
Ink 10.00
Color 10.00
Shading 10.00
Background
Sketch 10.00
Ink 10.00
Color 10.00
Shading 10.00
Additional
Character/panel/view +1/2
All prices are USD, and each stage will only require payment after agreement on completion
I have removed the idea of a deposit because it just seemed too complex and it was much easier to just make my prices based on the art, and paid after work had been done.
Feel free to message me on my skype fenris.ignis or email fenndragon@gmail.com if you have any questions or would like a commission!
I will give example pricing on my work from now on to help show what it's worth~
oh yeah, I'm still open for commissions~
and I really think it could be done better/made easier.
SO HERE IT IS
my art will now be separated by foreground/background.
Foreground
Sketch 10.00
Ink 10.00
Color 10.00
Shading 10.00
Background
Sketch 10.00
Ink 10.00
Color 10.00
Shading 10.00
Additional
Character/panel/view +1/2
All prices are USD, and each stage will only require payment after agreement on completion
I have removed the idea of a deposit because it just seemed too complex and it was much easier to just make my prices based on the art, and paid after work had been done.
Feel free to message me on my skype fenris.ignis or email fenndragon@gmail.com if you have any questions or would like a commission!
I will give example pricing on my work from now on to help show what it's worth~
oh yeah, I'm still open for commissions~
*grumps*
Posted 10 years agoI feel like I've been stuck in stasis lately. apologies for my disappearance lately. will work on art ASAP.
