Re: Exit Survey for My Former Twitter Followers

I'm actually going to go out on a limb and say that I really enjoy positive feedback and want as many people to follow my work as possible. Would being symbolically compensated for my creative work make me genuinely happy? Yes of course it would, don't be ridiculous.

I am a very delicate flower when it comes to hurtful comments and bullying, but the truth is that I'm even more sensitive to compliments. If like one person says one nice thing in response to a specific piece of my work I will be in a good mood and free of bad thoughts for the entire day.

Like, to be honest. To be really super honest. I'm much more productive in the morning not because I'm a morning person but because that's when I get my "You got kudos" emails from AO3.

Art Schedule

Now that I've committed myself to devoting more time to visual art, I'm trying to work out a schedule.

When it comes to writing, I generally work on three projects at a time, and I usually devote a block of time to each project every day (unless I get really inspired by one project or find myself uncomfortably close to a deadline). The first is a professional writing project, the second is a creative "portfolio piece" that I'm submitting for publication somewhere, and the third is whatever self-indulgent trashy garbage novel I happen to writing.

I think it might make sense to apply the same strategy for art. The three projects I should be devoting a block of time to working on every day are:

(1) Fan art, for audience and exposure
(2) A portfolio piece to be submitted for publication
(3) The Demon King illustrations and comics

For fan art, I should probably go with a ratio of at least two Legend of Zelda pieces for every one indie game illustration. I really love drawing indie game fan art, and it always gets retweeted by the official accounts of these games, but I can't emphasize enough how little attention these illustrations receive otherwise.

For portfolio pieces, there are always non-fandom zines and small-press lit mags looking for submissions of themed illustrations and comics, and I think my style stands out in these circles. Truth be told, I've received a far better response for my illustrations and comics than I have for my fiction.

As for The Demon King, I think it's probably good to work out a daily division of tasks, with like, Monday being scripts and thumbnails, Tuesday being the initial panel and text layout, and so on. I've never tried to serialize anything on a consistent schedule before, so it will be good to time each step in the process and adjust my daily tasks accordingly.