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I've been tight on cash lately and the artist I was commissioning character designs from raised their prices (I supported her in that decision, although she's now gotten work to the point where she's out priced me)
I'm trying to figure out ways to raise money to continue commissioning the artist to keep providing characters for you guys to enjoy. If anyone has ideas, PLEASE let me know.
I was considering trying the patreon route-- although I fear people may view me as a greedy money grubber like they did during the comic days. One thing about patreon is there are supposed to be tiers of better things for people who pledge a little more-- and I don't know how to fulfill such things-- all I've got is writing-- I mean-- I suppose I could be showing patreon people drafts or maybe even post it there first and a week or two later release it publicly-- but I hate not posting work right away-- I could also allow patreon people to help choose outfits or what characters are next.
if you actually read these journals now would be an ideal time so I can get ideas and also see if there is even enough interest out there for me to try anything. (If it takes off we could start seeing characters not yet designed-- like Willow and Karah-- and see Andie and Rachel in volleyball outfits, or just misc other outfits for characters.)
I'm trying to figure out ways to raise money to continue commissioning the artist to keep providing characters for you guys to enjoy. If anyone has ideas, PLEASE let me know.
I was considering trying the patreon route-- although I fear people may view me as a greedy money grubber like they did during the comic days. One thing about patreon is there are supposed to be tiers of better things for people who pledge a little more-- and I don't know how to fulfill such things-- all I've got is writing-- I mean-- I suppose I could be showing patreon people drafts or maybe even post it there first and a week or two later release it publicly-- but I hate not posting work right away-- I could also allow patreon people to help choose outfits or what characters are next.
if you actually read these journals now would be an ideal time so I can get ideas and also see if there is even enough interest out there for me to try anything. (If it takes off we could start seeing characters not yet designed-- like Willow and Karah-- and see Andie and Rachel in volleyball outfits, or just misc other outfits for characters.)
AG Journal #39 (Freefall)
For any AG readers under a rock-- I've now posted both parts of chapter 9, aka Gods! I really hope people have been enjoying it as I've been enjoying responding to people's questions and comments.
The next chapter has been slow in progress so far, as it deals with a lot of new material not in the comic and I also consider it to be a pretty heavy chapter-- so today I decided to take a quick detour from the chapter and do a quick side story I've had bouncing around in my head.
Its a a completely non-AG related story-- in fact-- it's essentially fan fiction for my little pony. I had this idea a while back and I felt inspired to write it after
AG Journal #38 (Gods Decending)
At the start of the September, I will be posting Chapter 9 of Abstract Gender! I am already on the last scene of the chapter and I am certain I will get it done (one way or another!) by the end of the month. I have had some days off and found some good music to listen to that has really gotten the creative juices flowing.
Perhaps-- flowing too well-- Chapter 9 is an important chapter-- and I knew I'd be putting a lot in to it-- but without feeling the need to fluff up scenes-- the chapter is ALREADY at 31 pages long... the longest chapter before this was Unwanted Ryan which was only 25 pages-- and other recent chapters have been falling in a
AG Journal #37 (Gods Within)
I have had good progress so far with Chapter 9 and am already probably a third of the way through the chapter-- give or take-- its looking like this might be the longest chapter to date-- but why shouldn't it be? It's one of the most important chapters in the story and is also the conclusion of the first 'book' (I figured the story is smoothly broken up into 3-- 9, 8, and 8 chapters).
I did list the chapters already and those who saw that list know what this chapter is called-- and some further probably read some of the scripts or the fan comics someone based off those scripts and have an idea of whats coming-- for those of you who don't kno
AG Journal #36 (Flip Side Posted)
Hey Bobcats we are back with a bang! Chapter 8 of AG went live yesterday giving everyone a look at the flip side of AG as we followed Evan and Brett for a couple days.
I am really disappointed with how things went-- I had planned to do a chapter every 3 months-- which meant this chapter should have gone up at the beginning of April-- we just hit August (which means chapter 10 should have been going up at the start of next month-- and ive still got chapter 9 to go). I'll be blunt with you-- work picked up and race season started which took what free time I had and just tossed it out. When I do get home at the end of the day I usually just veg
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Hope this helps in some manner, but I don't care for character portraits in novels. I totally ignore the covers of books so I don't get an impression of the characters that perhaps doesn't coordinate with the way the writer portrays. So my advice is save your money, unless you find you need the physical image in order to write them correctly. I've seen the characters you mention above: Rachel and Andie in Volley Ball outfits: I see them in my mind when I read the story.