Hey sweeties! Iโve been thinking A LOT about my future as an artist and my aspirations. During the quarantine I havenโt had a lot of familiar support about my goal to be an artist (in fact, they have shown openly their disagreement) but these days Iโve meeting my friends and people I love, and they have encouraged me to continue with my dream.
So after this random introduction (sorry!) I want to explain what Iโm planning to do from now on. I want to continue [Muraka Project] as an illustrated novel, since, considering my current skills and the length of the story, I think itโs a better format than the webcomic. My original idea was to save enough money to pay for a proper translation (a lovely person offered with a more affordable price!) but I want the final file to be free, so any person will able to download and read if they want. At the end, itโs a personal and passionate project I want to see finished, and not a way to make money.
But recently, because of all the commissions, my thesis and other works, I havenโt dedicated that time I would have liked to, since well, I canโt stop working to have some income while I finish my studies ๐ฅบ
So the decision I found is putting more strict deadlines, and a way to get it is the โpressureโ of having to share it somewhere regularly. And Patreon seems a good place, since I will feel that people will be paying a bit for reading it, and also, it will help me to save the money I need for the proper translation!
Itโs not at all the main reward of Patreon, I donโt think people can be as interested in my story to pay for it heheh but I wanted to give it as an extra to the basic rewards of each month. Because of this, I decided to adjust a bit the tiers, since it didnโt seem very balanced now that I wanted to include this as a reward of [Capuccino $1] tier!
You can check the tier updates in the next pics!
Also as Iโm starting to paint with traditional supplies again, I thought I could add more rewards related to them :) I really hope you like them!
As you know, English isnโt my mother tongue, and Iโm writing the story in Spanish. But I had the luck to find a person who is going to help me with the corrections with the chapters (I pay with art heheh) ๐ฅบ
So the plan is uploading a new chapter (.pdf) every 25th of each month, both in Spanish and in English! About the art, I will try to have the art finished for each chapter, but maybe I will just be able to share an unfinished concept in the pages, depending on the time!
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I have no idea how long it will take to finish the novel, but Iโm sure thanks to this I will be able to go faster and with more motivation! โบ๏ธ
Also itโs my first time writing a story this long, so aaaa please be patient ๐ญ I hope I wonโt do a mess with the narrative and those things! But that definitely will help me too to see what things I may change in the future when I correct and edit the final draft ๐๐
Thank you so much for reading sweeties, and I really hope you like this news!
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Also oh! As this is a public post, I just wanted to say that my next goal is earning 500$ from Patreon to being able to move from my parentโs house and pay the rent. Is quiteeeeee far away but heheh the good point is that I have enough time to prepare myself mentally that I will have to talk in videos ๐ (which is the new reward if I reach that amount)
Have a wonderful day sweeties ๐