Smoke, 2016
6×6 pen & ink on Bristol
Photoshop
Decided to start the day with a warm-up image based on this week’s IllustrationFriday topic. Been a while since I’ve done one of these, it’s a habit I’d love to pick up again.
Dang, is it April already?
So, this past few weeks time and attention has been dominated with moving into a new apartment. This is pushing my schedule for new Ellie Connelly pages off a bit, unfortunately. It’s an ongoing process, we’re still moving stuff over from the old place, and don’t yet have internet hooked up at the new place. Everything should be resolved in the next week (or two, worst case scenario). I did manage to squeeze in a few hours to put together a full-color version of the cover for Chapter 5 (Preview available exclusively for my Patreon supporters!), but not much else.
I still have a timeline to completing Chapter 5, though! My goal is to have the chapter complete and printed in time for the Artist Alley Comic Fest in August. So, that gives me about 17 weeks to get it finished. If I can hit a goal of 1 page a week I should still be in good shape to hit that deadline. I’ll be continuing to post the new pages here at Lunarbistro, but my Patreon supporters will be getting them a day or two early. Ideally I’ll be able to get into a habit, and hit a regular weekly posting schedule. It’s been a long time since I’ve even tried to do that, but hey, I’m an optimist!
My plan to continue working on Chapter One pages in the meantime has fallen by the wayside in favor of having a new chapter out in time for the August show. If I can get far enough ahead of schedule, though, I’ll be jumping back into redoing those older pages as well.
I’m also looking for other small conventions to exhibit at. Something that wouldn’t take me too far out of town, preferably a 1-day Sunday show within easy driving distance of PDX. We’ll see what I can find. If you’d like me to come to your town, let me know of a show, or a shop I can do a signing at and we’ll see what we can do!
Alright, back to packing!
The Adventures of Kathlyn (1913)
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Hey, all: Just a heads-up that I’ve changed the pricing structure on the Patreon rewards. Everything’s gone up a little bit, but I’ve tried to keep the prices in-line with the rewards you’re getting and the amount of work that goes into producing them.
NOTE: Your pledge on Patreon is based on a support level, not a dollar amount, so your pledge was automatically increased by Patreon to match these new prices. Please feel free to modify your pledge to the level you feel most comfortable with!
Here’s the details on the new levels:
The Process Feed tier has been bumped up to $2 per Chapter, making room for the new $1 Early Access pledge. This new level gives supporters access to the finished pages before they go live on Lunarbistro.com, but includes only the finished pages. Perfect if you want to continue to follow the work, but don’t want to keep getting 3 or 4 update emails a day when I’m working.
The Digital Rewards tier is now $5, which bumps the Printed Comic pledge up to $8. This pricing more accurately reflects the costs of materials and time in laying out the various files needed to publish these. This also will allow me to use sturdier envelopes for shipping the print comics, as well as the related increase in postage. The price also includes all of the smaller support tiers as well.
I’ve also created an International Print Comics tier, which includes an extra $2 for international shipping, to help simplify that process for patrons.
The Custom Art tiers (sketchcard and Fan-Art portrait) have been combined into one single reward level at $25, with the option to choose which of the two types of art you’d like. And the Original Page tier hasn’t changed at all.
Please keep in mind, when you support LunarBistro at any tier you’ll only be charged when a chapter is completed, which so far has only happened three times since I started this campaign a couple years ago. So, I think that considering the amount of material you’re getting in each chapter, any of these prices are still a great deal. I thank you as always for your continued support, and I hope you’re looking forward to future chapters as much as I am!
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