now, i'm probably just being stubborn about this, but i wouldn't personally describe any of my comics as "webcomics". they've exclusively been released in their entirety, all at once, without any semblance of ongoing updates. what you see is what you get. that kind of drip-fed release cycle sounds like hell for me, since i'm someone that gets stressed out by the prospect of not being able to go back and tweak/revise things easily.

cough anyway, i've talked about this before, but i don't mind rehashing things. it took me a while to settle on a process that consistently works for me. i tried a number of different approaches over the years—notably, hubris debris didn't have any formal planning involved at all (though i did have a pretty solid idea of the initial premise going in). i can only talk about what i prefer doing, as a person, which might be different from what works from you, or anyone else.

starting with elysium, i consistently began each project by writing a loose text outline of the entire story. some parts would be more or less specific, or even take multiple drafts, depending on the project. when that was done, i'd iron out any major remaining designwork that needed doing (mostly characters), and then draw a height chart of every major character. this is also when i would figure out the project's color palette.

a note: you really don't have to do a height chart, or stick to palettes, or whatever. it's a lot of work. i just have animator brain, which strives to maintain an internal "model" of a character to roughly adhere to over time. having too much freedom with color choice for a longer project also stresses me out, so it makes more sense for me to adhere to palettes. the height chart is pretty funny, regardless, since it'd often be my first time drawing most characters, therefore by the end of the project i usually end up drawing them fairly differently... still helpful to have as reference, though.

after the height chart, i usually go through and lay down text/dialogue for each page, arranging them in a way that helps me simultaneously figure out panel layouts + the final pagecount. thumbnailing just doesn't work for my brain, so this is the next best thing i can do.

and then i draw the pages...! for ~my first 3 original stories, i went with very tight linework over my already-tight roughs. with most projects thereafter, i chilled out a bit, since this was simultaneously very time-consuming and also just not the kind of art i actually had the most fun making. plus, i felt like i was losing a lot of nuance+energy in the process of going over my lines.

i often don't design the cover until i'm at least halfway finished with the pages, if not more. it's not a rigid rule i adhere to, i just tend to not have a good idea of what i want to be on there until then.

making comics is an extremely taxing experience. it's also not very financially sustainable, for the amount of work that goes into it. i had been releasing my comics exclusively on itchio from the years 2018-2025. 16 different comics, in that timeframe, all PWYW (though elysium was initially paywalled, along with my first art archive).

over 7 years, i earned a bit over $3k usd. in doing so, i worked my body and spirit well beyond a breaking point multiple times.

i'm not sure if i'll make more (longer-form) comics, at this point! maybe someday, but maybe not. i am currently having a nice time working on my VN, at a much slower pace than i would work on my comics, historically. in theory, i could probably float it by JAST if i wanted to monetize the completed version... but i don't. i'm tired.

i don't want to be acclaimed. i don't want to be famous. i don't even want to be perceived, generally speaking. i write with my dick, it's not an especially unique or enlightened process. my dick just coincidentally wants to see very eccentric things, which the world i was born into is currently doing everything in its power to eradicate.

that's fine. i am happiest among the roaches, scuttling quietly in the spaces between. and i would prefer to see my works proliferated amongst this joyous infestation of perverts as freely as possible, for as long as i can sustain it.

thank you for caring.