Hi! Thanks to everyone who's read my Aladarius comic (I'm still not sure if it's fair to call it that, lol). This post is abot my plans related to comic, why I decided to wrap it up, and why updates took so long, as well as my overall impressions and future plans.
Even though the comic is sort of finished, I still have some ideas, which I want to do in some form. It either be a fanfic-like format with illustrations, or just posts where I talk about it. Anyway, here's what I plan to do:
1. Compile all the comic pages into one long post to make it easier to read;
2. A short epilogue showing what happened right after the comic end;
3. A short epilogue about the events following TOH finale (actual Aladarius romance, heh)
-Why the updates took so long and why I'm ending the comic (I'll try to keep it short)-
When I started drawing the comic, I was in love with TOH and was still in school, so I had a lot of free time. Plus, I was kind of doing it just for myself, not expecting anyone to like it. And I also expected it to be something I'd finish quickly. As you can tell, my expectations didn't pan out, ahah.
People liked my comic and it really inspired me, so I started truing to draw better. Which was good, but it also meant that drawing took more time. And then I started college, and I nad A LOT less free time. Drawing the comic stretched on much longer than I wanted...
And I started to feel anxious. As I spent so long drawing each page, I began to fear dissapointing people with the long wait. But at the same time I didn't want to cut corners with my art. And it became kind of a helpless situation for me, heh. These feelings, plus my fading enthusiasm for TOH, made working on the comic feel difficult for me.
I still enjoyed drawing, I still enjoyed thinking about the characters, I still enjoyed TOH. But forcing myself to just sit down and start drawing was hard. And I know it's stupid.
Over time, I realized it would be better to just finish the comic to spare myself and the readers. So I drew the final pages and... It took me three months to work up the courage to publish them (and evem longer, considering I kept putting off drawing them). Irrational fears are such a nightmare, haha.
Well, that's roughly the reason for the delays and for the end of the comic.
-Overall thoughts and plans for the future-
Even despite everything described above, I enjoyed drawing the comic; it was a pleasant experience for me. I like seeing the progress in my style. And I also want to thank everone who read and liked it. I really appreciate this.
I'm not exactly sure I what I'll do next. But I think I'll focus on my OCs and maybe get into game development, which interests me. The only thing I know for sure is that I want to publish all the art I haven't posted, because I felt obligated to publish the comic pages firts.