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TLDR - Got depressed and a bit burned out, took a break, during the break I decided to hit reset! I will have content to show at the end of this year! sorry!

Hello,

First of all, I apologize for not having communicated my absence these last months. I didn’t know how to convey what I was going through but I think now I’m able to.

The reason I disappeared is because I needed a long break from everything. A year and a half ago both my dad and older brother passed away, I wasn't close with either of them but that didn’t stop me from progressively falling into a depression which started to fuel a burnout. You might have noticed that this whole year I've been delaying stuff. I was trying to pace myself and failing. I even made a post about how I was changing my art-style because I thought if I worked in a rougher, more sketchier style it would alleviate the burnout I was feeling. I was wrong. I needed to take a real break to process everything. 

Some time into the break I began reviewing the work I had completed this past year with clearer eyes and I felt really unsatisfied with what I had produced. The depression had affected my work, it seems. So I had a conundrum: do I continue with what I had already created or do a big reset on everything and redo things with more thought put into it going forward? I chose the latter.

It has been a slow process retooling and redrawing my comics but it has also been an immensely enjoyable experience. In a way, not posting anything has been the greatest contributor for my enjoyment, it has given me an opportunity to adjust things to my liking without locking myself into things I retroactively start disliking, allowing me to sit with my art until I feel good about it or just scrap pages because they just don’t work. Additionally working at this pace has also been very helpful in alleviating my depression. So I hope you can forgive the long wait once again. 

However you might have some questions, such as:

Why not just complete the comics that are ongoing? I'm planning on retooling and redrawing the art and story for each comic which means I can’t continue any comic I previously made. Yes, even the SECRETSEX comic which only had 1 page left. I know this is frustrating, and I apologize for that.

Which comics will you remake first? The first comics I will be remaking are: HORNYCRUSH, DOLL and ADVENTURING.

Why those three? HORNYCRUSH is my most thought-out comic so far, I also took the time during my break to re-sketch the whole comic, so I’m the most confident about this one. With the comic DOLL I already started doing a remake a while back and it has been itching at me ever since.  And with the ADVENTURING comic I promised a remake forever ago and honestly I just really want to draw silly fantasy stuff.

What about the other comics? the WITCHES: luna bloem & MY ENDER GIRLFRIEND comics were originally made to be short 1 chapter stories (like the SADNESS and JESSIE comics from last year) but I want to make them full comics and that will take time. With the SECRETSEX comic I want to completely change the story. I wasn't happy at all with how that one turned out so it will take me longer to puzzle out. I also won’t be adding any new comics until I'm completely done with all of them.

When will you post the new pages? At the moment I'm working at a steady pace but I can already tell, if I want to do this the right way, it’s going to take me till the end of this year before I can start posting pages. I recommend unsubscribing if you don’t want to wait, there isn’t much I can do to hurry it up, sorry.

Lastly, I know I have left comics unfinished and I can't 100% guarantee this won’t ever happen again in the future but what I can say is that HOW I'm doing things now is completely different and I feel more positive about my work than I ever did before. But no matter what I say, really, only time will tell.

My hope is that I can create art that I’m proud of. 

Thank you and speak to you as soon as possible!

PS. I have added some completed pages and rough sketches as samples for what to expect! Some of which will be changed and/or adjusted.

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Jetta

I am so so sorry for your loss. No worries about needing to take a break, your mental health comes first. I’m glad to hear redrawing the comics has ben an enjoyable experience for you, sometimes we have to go backwards to go forwards. Wishing you well and I’m glad you are beginning to come out of this! Take all the time you need *thumbs up*

Kodiak

Glad to see you're okay, hope things continue to get better for you.