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So the hard drive with all my important/recent files on it has been damaged. I’ve lost… basically everything I’ve done since 2019, as that’s the most recent backup I’ve been able to find on my older devices. It would be easier to list what hasn’t been lost:
– Battle Kreaturez – Comeback is safe and sound in a folder on my desktop.
– As are the upcoming image packs I’ve been working on for Patreon.
– And also a handful of PSD files and scripts for upcoming coming pages.
Butyeah, everything else between 2019 and now is gone.
SIIIIIIIGH
Hi, I’m alive! Sorry for the lack of updates. 2020 was a pretty rough year for me, though I’m hardly alone in that respect. I’m making decent progress on Chapter 08, and I’ve basically cleared my plate of other obligations WRT commissions and such. I’m hoping to be able to spend 2021 working on more of my own stuff.
Anyway, I’ve updated the main art gallery with my best work from 2020, in slightly higher resolution than on DA! Well, most of it. There’s some Patreon exclusive art that I’m pretty proud of. If you’re interested in seeing it, perhaps you could contribute to my Patreon and check it out 👀 Every new subscriber really helps!
I was interviewed recently for the webcomic blog Ink, Sweat and Tears! You can read it here:
http://www.inksweatandtears.com/battle-kreaturez/
Hey everybody! Just reminding those who don’t follow me on Twitter who may not be aware that I’ve made some recent updates to the Kreature Archive! Profiles for Gorgok, Scootada, Ruggedon and Axeserpent are up. Depending on how long it’s been you may want to comb the archive for other Kreature bios you may have missed!
The holidays are just around the corner! I’ve noticed in previous years that readership is low during December; I guess nobody reads webcomics during the holidays. Going to take the opportunity to get caught up on comic pages and commissions and stuff. Updates will resume January 4th 2020.
But fear not! I will still be posting content on my Patreon! And I’ll probably add some character bios and Kreature profiles too. So, keep an eye out for that.
With the most recent page, Chapter 05 has been concluded!
Now that Chapter 05 is done, the comic is going to take a short, itty bitty break. I just need a couple weeks to get caught up on commissions and comic pages. Updates will resume on November 5th.
In the meantime, if you’re starved for Battle Kreaturez content or just want to support my work, then contribute to my Patreon! I’ve got a good chunk of content uploaded there, including the very first Battle Kreaturez comic I ever drew, way back in 1999 when I was in Grade Eight! Your patronage would be highly appreciated!
Now that the comic is coming back proper, I feel my readers deserve an explanation for why I went on hiatus in the first place, and why the hiatus lasted so long.
It all goes back to when I first started the comic. In the spring of 2015, I decided that I would launch my webcomic in the September of that year, to commemorate its 16th year of existence as a personal project. I intended to spend the summer working on a backlog so that I’d have plenty of pages in reserve before starting. Unfortunately the flash drive with all my artwork on it failed and I had a hell of a time recovering everything from it. The incident set me back and demoralized me, and I started with far fewer pages than I’d planned. The deck was stacked against me from the start.
Being a webcomic artist is hard; one has to be a writer, editor, storyboarder, penciller, inker, background artist, colourist, publisher, promoter and web designer all at once. I’m basically doing the work of an entire small studio by myself for free. Keeping my head above water, combined with my anxiety and drama in my personal life, were a recipe for disaster. Once I finished Chapter 04, I figured that since my webcomic barely had any readers anyway I could afford to work at a leisurely pace on a much thicker backlog before starting the comic back up back up in earnest.
That said, I’m happy to be back and I’m eager to see my readership return and grow.
NextGen finally stopped breaking the Visual Editor. It’s much easier to update the Kreature Archive now. So, I uploaded a new Kreature: Amphisnake! I hope to keep updating the archive on a semi-regular basis from now on. The site needs SOME new content while I get my shit together with the backlog olol
Also, I have a new digital art device: a Yiynova Slim! An official review will be pending, but I love it so far. My workflow has never been so smooth and satisfying!
Laptop battery died, I’m basically tethered to the wall until I can get a new one.
Oh god it’s already the webcomic’s second anniversary
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank my readers! Thank you all for being so awesome and supportive. To celebrate the event I uploaded some of my crappy old art from when I was a kid to the art gallery. Check it out here!