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Whoa, calm your tits Mr. Ninety. I mean be true to your school and all, but calm your tits. Music - www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7sLDz…
 

:reading: I'm sorry, I'm failing as an artist lately and I really can't do much to fix it. I don't have the hand coordination anymore to draw out proper lines, and even before my lines were always questionable. I'm not really sure why, it could be because I've been having a lot of anxiety and sharp heart pains lately and I just over all don't feel well. I don't sleep well, I have night  terrors. They totally screw up my day to day schedule, but I can't really afford to get myself medically checked out. Because of stress, I've had stage 1 hypertension over the past few months. I'm trying very hard to get it under control. I'm really young for this to happen, and all I can do is sum it up to the amount of stress and heartache I've been dealing with over the past year. Two cats passed away, a beloved family member, two  house floods and a gas leak. Car breaks failing, an assortment of medical problems with my stomach from taking prescription medication, and then severe reactions to prescription medications that I think led to my heart problems. I'm kind of scared.

I am losing motivation pretty massively to work on this story and really could use some uplifting. If I can't draw it, it's difficult for me to want to finish the scripts. I'm trying.  I'm trying to do both. Completing book 5 and working on the comic are both very demanding of my time. They are my creative outlet at the same time, and I need that.  I need something that lets me divulge my little head world. I'm actually crying as I type this, but it just sucks so freaking MUCH that I'm losing the coordination in my hand, and these heart pains, and the fear these things put into me. I wish I could honestly afford one of those Wacom tablets with the screens, because I think  I would be okay to draw, without so much lack in coordination. Grinding into a tablet with my eyes glued to the screen is starting to feel distant to me, and this is really alarming and confusing for me, especially when I draw just about every single day.

I try very hard  with this comic, but I feel like I'm failing. I would like to mention on another note, regardless of how scratchy my work comes out,  I put a lot of character development into Betas Ninety  and that's something really positive I can reflect on. He's a lot deeper of a character than just what was exposed in the scripts. He's a very nervous, high strung and overly zealous patriot of Wormwood Academy. In his own mind he would defend Wormwood to the Death for the sake of humanity, even if he comes off as being rather double edged and disturbing. I also didn't want General Laplani to be a cookie cutter military character. He can be as cool as a cucumber, raging hot the next minute, and totally fucking around with you for the hell of it, while all at the same time remaining totally professional. Probably one reason why Ruga is the way he is. But that an author's comment ;). I love working on these characters, I don't want to let them go.

If you would like to support on Patreon, you'll get a larger version of the comic page for $1, with an early updating schedule with the pages. I will always post the pages here to DA, but they will always be posted early on Patreon, at larger sizes and sometimes with how to's, when I can find a break. I will do whatever I can to try and continue on with this project, in both visual and written. I am sorry for failing everyone lately. If anything were to happen to me, I would make sure that someone in my family would post a status update. I wouldn't leave anyone hanging too with the end of Galaxy Magnolia. I would make sure that was posted too. Thank you for all your support over the years, thank you for helping me get this far :heart:.


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Chibi-chan88's avatar
I remember I followed your gallery before you had even started drawing this comic and I very eagerly awaited each new development you released, but I've been away from dA for YEARS and just remembered this story the other day. I was ecstatic to be able to look it up again and find so many wonderful pages drawn!! I just read everything in one go!

I'm usually too nervous to leave comments for artists I really admire (which is why I never really said anything before), but I just wanted to let you know I'm really rooting for you! I'm sorry you've been having a tough time of it, and I really hope your health improves and things take an upturn for you! It's great that you work so hard on this and are willing to share it with everyone for free, but I really hope you are able to take care of yourself first and foremost.

In the meantime, know that I am seriously in love with this story. The characters are so great, and all of your designs are amazing! Now I've got some catching up to do on all of your side comics... :)