Heya! I personally update once a month! I find it easy to do even though I am writing a novel series because I've fleshed out my world-building, character development, and story arcs ahead of time. I also have my art and music for it prepared ahead of time as well. That and I may or may not think about my story 24/7. xxD (Hey, the obsessiveness is good lol! I'm also obsessed with ancient Egypt which is driving me to get a PHD in Egyptology so yaaay)
It usually takes two weeks for me to finish a page for Aegis. These pages are fully colored, shaded, and rendered, so it takes a lot to get them done. It used to take one week, but I got to go to work and classes, work on other art projects, and write the story for the series.
Man, I wish I had more hours in the day.
Last month I made like 10 pages/week plus edited my comic into a webtoon format at the same time, but now I can thankfully take it easier. Now I try to make 5 pages per week (and upload 5 pages every 9-10 days, so I can create some buffer as well at the same time) for my re-drawn version and 1-2 pages per week for the current chapter of my comic, and sketch some future pages as well. Still waiting when the burnout is gonna catch me though lmao ^^'
I update once a week. My chapters are between 1.2-4k depending on the content.
I write between 4-5k every week, so I have an extra buffer that is gradually increasing.
I also send over 1 chapter every week to my editor.
And once it's sent back to me, I review it and then send it for some final editing and then it's ready to be uploaded.
I usually have a buffer of 4 edited chapters, 7 chapters on Patreon and 10 extra overall. The last one is increasing slowly and the most recent chapters are all hitting the 4k mark.
Although I create four panel comic strips, I usually update once a week. I just started creating comics about a month and a half ago, so I'm still getting used to creating on here and on Webtoons. Plus, I'm busy doing other things.
However, I usually like to stay three weeks ahead in case life happens.
I have a wild host of health problems (mostly undiagnosed... though hopefully stemming from malnutrition from a recently-diagnosed celiac disease??? Please??? I'd like to be healthy again...) which make me a very slow worker. I WISH I could update every other week for my comic (I think right now it's taking me 15 hours per page, but my workflow is inefficient... I'm confident as I work on it more, I'll find ways to cut down the time). I cannot draw on days I have my money-paying job because my body is shot by the end of it, so I have to do it on my days off, and it's usually about 3-4 hours of work that I can do per day (unless I'm in pain, in which case, I get no work done at all). I USED to only be able to do one hour of drawing a day before I lost all strength and responsiveness in my arm (nerve problems), thankfully that's gotten a little better. In theory I do have time to bang out a page every two weeks, but between the drawing, visual studies/development (I had nothing prepared in advance...), I'd only have time to work on my comic so I'm p sure I'd burn out. I want to be able to draw other stuff too and not feel guilty about the comic.
So for now I'm looking to update 18 pages a year (which works out to 1 or 2 times a month) and I'm trying to be ok with it. It's not a super long project, I'm estimating about 130~ pages for the 13 chapters to complete it, but it's still gonna take a long-ass time at this rate D: If I could just streamline the workflow a bit more/recover more of my health and get to 2 pages a month, I would be so happy...
I have a fair few chapters already written, so I'm currently updating The Silent Swansong once a day. I'm going to keep doing this for two weeks, then switch to three times a week. I feel this should keep me in the "Fresh" list frequently enough to catch the eye of any reader who is after a romance with a twist...
Once a week.
I think about ideas and conceptualize pages / draft in daytime. I try to free around 1~2h early morning to draw. One episode of Effy generally takes 1 to 3 sessions of drawing (black and white / ink). So that rhythm means that I produce more than I post; but since I like to experiment, not all episodes pass the cut, and I won’t post all. Overall, I have little to no buffer.
Varies depending on book and workload.
For example, sometimes I write a book without buffer (His Obsession is an example of this) where I at times add buffers which I plan to do. Other books I write completely offline into Wattpad drafts before I start publishing anywhere. When that happens, I can update up to thrice a week if the book is considered particularly long and it fits the platform.
Though, I would advise updating at least once a week when you're starting up somewhere new with your work.
I do updates of generally 2 (and very rarely 3) pages, once per week. When I first started, I was able to update twice a week, and then I dropped down to a kinda weird three updates every two weeks schedule, but eventually I decided to stay at once a week just so I could use the extra time to really polish my pages so I'd be happier with them. I also tend to take breaks between chapters to give myself some extra work time. Depending on the content of the pages, I can go from easily finishing them in 4-5 days to needing more than a week to finish off the more complex ones.
As my free time is minimal.
Sketching/layout Mon-Thurs on portable tablet.
Cleanup/writing on Friday on desktop.
Final checks Saturday. Post on Sunday.
Been doing 2-3 strips per week so have a back catalogue (my life requires me to have a spare time window in case anything comes up)
But will stick to a strict one update every Sunday.