1 Comic. But I've been thinking about starting a new one soon lol
I laugh because I don't know how I'm going to work that out while working full time. I've just kind of gotten used to doing the 1 while occasionally putting out illustrations. I don't want my pace for illustrations to get any lower than they already are, so if I do it, my current comic will probably have to give a little.
5 active comics, and more than 30 comic scripts.
Most of them are short comics, so I've mostly been making buffer on and off. Moreover, the 3 of the 5 comics are short as well. Still making buffer.
All in all, I'm just taking it easy. I don't really have a set schedule for the five I have now since I'm taking it easy. I'm mostly getting all of my try-outs out of these to understand what does well for me. I think that's the best advice I can give -- if you're working on several comics at once, think about what you've learned from the process.
Then, when you get more ideas, you can kinda understand what to expect later. For myself, it was making sure I had a strong buffer and just keeping up communication with my audience.
Two.
A comic which is now on hiatus but I am very slowly trying to to finish while juggling my personal life.
Another project which will not be posted to Tapas/Webtoons. It's targeted at educators who work with young children.
Future plans...
- I want to get my comic to a point where I can take a break from it. I do intend to add more to a gag comic I started. I am currently brainstroming a new series but it may be months before I start posting that. I do have some ideas for some one shots, which might be what I work on before the new series. I also want to do more concepts for the game I want to make, I feel like I have been too busy to work on that.
Oh dear. I'm working on 5 projects. Average is 2.82. I think I need to slow down.
1) My graphic novel here.
2) a monster hunting book I'm gonna kickstart in january
3) a horror mini-anthology I'm gonna kickstart in february/march
4) CODENAME: ROBOT FARM
5) a gothic horror one-shot based on a novel
so many things.
Four comics currently but only three of them are on an active page making schedule and one of them I’m still writing.
1 of them is a sequel to a comic that is being sold as a trilogy and for that one I draw 2 pages a day Monday-Friday.
The other I haven’t released yet anywhere but I’ve been posting lots of page progress stuff for it. That comic I ink one page a day every single day of the week. I usually knock it out between the hours of 8-9 sometimes 10 if its complex and then use the rest of my workday for other comics.
The other is a series I release 20 pages at a time of and for that one I ink just 5 pages a week usually on the weekends or during any spare time.
I guess I also sometimes draw a bunch of strips and/or illustrations for the week to post on social media but that’s kinda just promotional stuff and not the stuff I would consider projects.
Just 2 for now...my webcomic and my print only series, The Clique. If my body gets better and I'm not so stressed out next year, I want to work on a Patreon only limited series. Right now I've been trying figure and decide if I want it to be black & white- which would be easier/quicker to do, or color- which would take longer, but I could really push the limits of what I want to do on the story.
Then there's trying to put together my website.
I'm also trying to figure out what I want to do with my Patreon as well. I want to sell certain exclusive prints & stickers as well as create a NSFW tier in which I can post some "more risque" stuff.
One comic and one illustrated novel.
For now I am only publishing the comic, so for the novel I can work at the speed I want.
I find it ok to work on both because the format and the stories are different enough, it gives a bit of variety and I don't grow bored as easily as when I was only drawing the comic.
More than 2 projects, I could not manage I think.
by a technicality about 5. there's these four who i'm either working on updates or trying to build a backlog/buffer via scripting sketching or thumbnailing
and then the fantasy series that I'm desperate to start but I'm also wholly aware of the fact that I'm nowhere near ready to start on it (still need a decent outline to work from and more character references because i know i'll forget certain details if i dont have em)
I fully regret trying to do so much but at the same time working on just one thing for ages would do nothing but piss off my brain
I'm kind of working on 3 projects.
An ongoing comic that I publish and sell on comixology.
The short spin off stories that I publish here on tapas.
https://m.tapas.io/episode/1901155
And I'm currently plotting out an all new mini series, that's looking to be in danger of becoming another ongoing. Lol