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Gosh. I don't even know where to start! But basically I've already spilled my guts here at my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/discontinuing-111147417
TLDR: For years, I dreamed of making a comic (and I still do). But being too young and inexperienced, I wanted it to be perfect from the very first attempt, and I ended up putting a huge weight on my own shoulders. My life at the time didn’t help: I was closeted, anxious, undiagnosed.
There's also a lot of emotional burden with this project. This whole thing took a very long time to unpack, unfortunately I am very slow when it comes to personal boundaries and feelings (I'm working on it!). At one point in the very beginning I've asked a close person to help me with writing on this project. Let's just say that didn't work out. I do appreciate that they tried to help at the time, but in the end, it left me completely disconnected from the project, even disgusted by it. Even now, in my current relationship, I sometimes find it hard to come up with new characters and ideas because I got used to feeling that “nothing is ever good enough, everything is wrong somehow - for one reason or another.”
But I’m learning to silence that voice. I’m healing, slowly, and I’m lucky to have someone by my side now who helps me believe in my ideas again.
What was supposed to bring me joy slowly became something painful, it slowly decayed into a festering obligation that drained all joy out of it, something too serious of a project for a beginner like me. I bit off more than I could chew, to the point where I couldn’t even look at these pages without a bitter feeling.
These six pages took hours, days, months.. years to figure out. It felt like I was trapped in this project for nearly 10 years, until last year when I finally managed to let go. To leave it behind, and to make space for something new. Something fresh, something that feels entirely mine.
Now, after all this time, I feel ready to finally show these pages, so here it is. I'll post the first page right away, and then the rest of them within the next few days. And then I'll make a closing remark as well.
Hope you enjoy it! Please do let me know what you think. Despite everything bad associated with the making, I'm excited to finally be able to share this cancelled project with you.
Gosh. I don't even know where to start! But basically I've already spilled my guts here at my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/discontinuing-111147417
TLDR: For years, I dreamed of making a comic (and I still do). But being too young and inexperienced, I wanted it to be perfect from the very first attempt, and I ended up putting a huge weight on my own shoulders. My life at the time didn’t help: I was closeted, anxious, undiagnosed.
There's also a lot of emotional burden with this project. This whole thing took a very long time to unpack, unfortunately I am very slow when it comes to personal boundaries and feelings (I'm working on it!). At one point in the very beginning I've asked a close person to help me with writing on this project. Let's just say that didn't work out. I do appreciate that they tried to help at the time, but in the end, it left me completely disconnected from the project, even disgusted by it. Even now, in my current relationship, I sometimes find it hard to come up with new characters and ideas because I got used to feeling that “nothing is ever good enough, everything is wrong somehow - for one reason or another.”
But I’m learning to silence that voice. I’m healing, slowly, and I’m lucky to have someone by my side now who helps me believe in my ideas again.
What was supposed to bring me joy slowly became something painful, it slowly decayed into a festering obligation that drained all joy out of it, something too serious of a project for a beginner like me. I bit off more than I could chew, to the point where I couldn’t even look at these pages without a bitter feeling.
These six pages took hours, days, months.. years to figure out. It felt like I was trapped in this project for nearly 10 years, until last year when I finally managed to let go. To leave it behind, and to make space for something new. Something fresh, something that feels entirely mine.
Now, after all this time, I feel ready to finally show these pages, so here it is. I'll post the first page right away, and then the rest of them within the next few days. And then I'll make a closing remark as well.
Hope you enjoy it! Please do let me know what you think. Despite everything bad associated with the making, I'm excited to finally be able to share this cancelled project with you.
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I both write and draw. Getting critique on art is something I'm used to and can view objectively. But getting critique on writing often feels way more personal - because it's less about "did you get this arm anatomy right" and more like picking apart the thoughts in your head.
It takes a long of experience to get used to writing critique, and it also takes a lot of experience to be good at GIVING writing critique. It's just something so complex, and so easy to cause damage, even if it's well-intentioned, because writing really is about putting your thoughts and dreams out to the world.
Thank you for sharing what you made so far! I can imagining taking the step to share them must have been hard and emotional. I'm glad you were able to heal and find comfort, and I'm looking forward to any new projects you try!
It takes a long of experience to get used to writing critique, and it also takes a lot of experience to be good at GIVING writing critique. It's just something so complex, and so easy to cause damage, even if it's well-intentioned, because writing really is about putting your thoughts and dreams out to the world.
Thank you for sharing what you made so far! I can imagining taking the step to share them must have been hard and emotional. I'm glad you were able to heal and find comfort, and I'm looking forward to any new projects you try!
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