Guest comic by Seiryuu Kami

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Read today's comic.

Thanks for writing and drawing today's comic, Sei!

[Edit 2017-04-03: Updated link.]

Comments

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Something I'd perhaps suggest, is enjoy the hiatus for a while.. every artist struggles for inspiration and time to let their well of ideas replenish without strain or pressure. But set yourself a benchmark, a set date that you will either have new material to post, or to decide to extend the hiatus if you're still busy or uninspired.

Also, you don't have to post things as soon as you're finished with them. Say you're struck with a flash of inspiration tomorrow, but you have three weeks until the benchmark.. enjoy the inspiration, and use it to build yourself a buffer of pages to post that'll help carry you through a dry spell. This is a technique employed by just about every webcomic artist I've talked to. Sure, you don't get the instant gratification and immediate feedback for what you've drawn, and that's hard for some to get past. But it'll hlp teach you to appreciate your work for itself instead of what others think about it, a fallacy many webcomic artists I feel start out their projects with.

It'll also give you time to perhaps decide if you want to continue this project or redirect your attention and energy elsewhere, and let this project expire gracefully and definitively. I can tell you have the selfless desire to tell stories and express yourself in ways that other people can enjoy and appreciate... but chaining yourself to a project that you aren't enjoying yourself, only serves to create a forced and lackluster work. Instead of rewarding your efforts with further inspiration, it becomes a chore that you have to drudge through.