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The State of Facing Worlds and a New Proposal

Arnox

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Alright lads, I'm getting tired and want to propose something new... But first I wanna discuss what's happening with the comic. Honestly, it's just very demoralizing to do because of how much damn work it take just to get ONE strip out. A single strip basically requires me drawing four separate portraits who's perspectives and proportions all have to be just right due to the quality standards I (perhaps unintelligently) set for the strip. Now admittedly, the second strip had more details than should be the usual, but I feel this is just a portent of things to come, drawing wise. For example, just drawing the M4 rifles alone must have taken up 25% of the total time it took to get that strip out. And I didn't even get them 100% correct!

TL;DR - Drawing just a single Facing Worlds strip is exhausting and takes so much time.

Secondly, I think I've been avoiding spending more money on this site for too long. I could probably in the future make the content needed for people to start coming here regularly, but I'm starting to feel burnout, and that is a very bad sign. I should be clear though and say that SANCTUARY IS NOT SHUTTING DOWN. Nevertheless, I think I should probably try something new, which means to start paying for advertising or just straight up paying people to host their content here exclusively for a time. The possible issue with hosting content exclusively though is if we have the hosting bandwidth to handle that and who exactly would accept.
 

Houseman

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due to the quality standards I (perhaps unintelligently) set for the strip.
Yeah, there's the problem.

Lower your standards until it takes a tolerable amount of time to produce. Fewer details. Lower quality.
Then as you improve, you'll be able to draw higher quality art in the same amount of time.

which means to start paying for advertising
I've been offering to pay for reddit ads since forever-ago, so I'm on-board with this idea.
 

gaijinkaiju

Lord Inquisitor
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Sanctuary contributor
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Yeah, there's the problem.

Lower your standards until it takes a tolerable amount of time to produce. Fewer details. Lower quality.
Then as you improve, you'll be able to draw higher quality art in the same amount of time.
This
Don't aim for crtical miss/erin dies alone if you can't hit cyanide and happiness.
 
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