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February updates - and happy new year !
🕑 Added 2023-02-11 00:29:26 +0000 UTCHello everyone, I hope you're all doing well ! Happy new year a bit late, I wish you good health and a year full of productivity !
So, what's up?
First you've maybe seen you all got a refund, this is because I had forgot to disable the payment option for february. My mistake but it's all good now.
I think it is a good moment to make a tiny update of the current situation, what's going on in my life and the plan for patreon's page.
So first, let's do a review of my planned schedule and what I am *actually* doing.
Professional job :
- π«
Nebula's Kickstarter : Good news, 940 order have been sent ! Bad news, there's 550 order that still need to be sent ! This of course create stress, anxiety and is mentally exhausting. I've already planned a trip to get the remaining stock and parcels in my new flat in France. By mid-april, friends will come at home to help me deliver those last remaining package and we will be done FOR GOOD. As a team of 4-5 person I'm confident this will be done like finger in the nose. - β
Secret project : I'm full head, brain, eyes and hands on this project right now. My deadline is February 27 so it will be there very soon. No spoiler, I can't tell what it is ! - π‘
Songs of chaos : I'm 62% in the coloring since the last update ! Slowly getting in the trail, but I actually can't take much delay as now I've some really more final deadline. By june is my goal, but by october I've no choice, everything have to be finished. This means that soon (but keep it to yourselves) I'll be able to communicate a release date soon !
Personal life : "be cautious with health", I don't have any big problem but I'm going through a very stressful moment in my life. With my partner we're moving to France (what is itself a stressful and complicate event) and right now I'm facing stress over deadline (the secret project), kickstarter, comic but also all the administrative related to french artistic status. You know what this all means ? I don't do sport, I sleep in bad schedule and I eat "easy, quick & not healthy food". With my condition it's not good and I hope that it will be over very quickly.
What does this all mean for Patreon ? I took the decision to not rush the re-opening and schedule it either in June or July. Why ? Because I'm still in remission from burnout, depression and generalized anxiety. I've been diagnosed with ADHD, what means that even at full capacity managing a lot of thing in the same time is a challenge.
The big, BIG priority once the secret project is over is to finish my comic. I want to start the patreon back with the best situation, so I can take care of everything and give good content. I believe that postponing is the best decision so I don't rush the opening, the content and don't overwork myself. I hope you won't be too disappointed and that you will stick with me until I get back to you π
In some planed things I want to improve the content with tutorials and video, but also make some insight about art perspective and journey. I believe I learnt a lot of thing with the kickstarter, and I believe it is interesting to share it with you. I've also started using notion, what have been a great help especially to manage everyday task despite burnout/adhd.
As kickstarter was a success, I could invest some money to useful good for the next years (printer, laser printer, cricut). So I definitively hope to be able to create goods on my own now! I already had to write my own tutorial for... myself to use the cutting machine of hell, so I believe there's definitively knowledge to share about this here!
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Big hugs for you and your partner all waiting for you and your projectsβ¨
