#project reaper

[project-reaper]

Moving forward into 2024!

I haven’t really had a proper chance to say Happy New Years, so this will have to suffice, with a little breakdown of what’s been going on and what’s to come!

WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO

I’ve been spending the better part of the last year working on new projects and endeavors. Both with Time Gate and outside of it. From vendoring at markets and working expo’s for the first time to working on art pieces completely outside of Time Gate, 2023 was a hell of a year and it makes me all the more hyped for 2024. That said, I’ve been carrying a weight with me through 2023 that’s made it difficult to enjoy it to the fullest - the weight of knowing that [AFTERBIRTH] is still on hiatus.

This isn’t the longest hiatus that I’ve been on, but it’s certainly starting to approach the record and I wanna get it back on track. Like getting back in shape after spending an entire winter hibernating and eating nothing but junk food, getting back into drawing [AFTERBIRTH] on a schedule is gonna be a process of rebuilding good habits and learning what I can do better to keep those habits alive and well.

The fortunate side to taking hiatuses is that it always does give me a new sense of perspective. In this case, I learned that I put myself through a lot at the start of [AFTERBIRTH]’s production. Like, way more than I realized. At the time I thought I was super capable - and I am! - but now in hindsight I can recognize it wasn’t healthy or sustainable for me to manage that sort of output all on my own. I’m still grinding away at comics like I always do with those other projects I’ve mentioned, but it’s still nothing near the amount of work I put myself through just to meet my own deadlines with [AFTERBIRTH]. I also have this thing called help now in the form of a background artist who’s been working with me on those other projects, which has been an amazing and enriching experience.

Having that time away from [AFTERBIRTH] not only gave me the breathing room I needed to recuperate from the burnout I got myself into, but also got me out of the routines I had stuck myself into, which has given me some new tricks and skills that I’m really hyped to bring back into Time Gate with me.

This does, in a way, mean that I’ve had to really reflect on Time Gate, a lot. It’s a project I’ve been writing since I was a kid, and drawing as a webcomic since I was around 18-19. It’s changed a lot in that time, but I’m finding while a lot of those changes have been reflected in the comic as it is, there are still so many more I want to make - because like the comic, I’ve changed a lot, too, both as an artist and as a person, and considering Time Gate’s always been a sort of personal extension of myself, I no longer resonate with a lot of parts of it that I’ve since outgrown. It’s not so much that I want to hide or take for granted those parts of it that are ‘uglier’, but I want the writing and art to be expressed in the best way it can be because at the end of the day, I’m trying to tell a coherent story that’s enjoyable to read and experience. I’m also the sort of person who learns best by just getting their hands dirty and learning what not to do, and boy, have I spent a lot of years doing just that through Time Gate.

GOING FORWARD

So, going forward, I’ve adjusted my schedule with my other projects to accommodate the time I need to both get back into Time Gate: [AFTERBIRTH] as well as prepare for the upcoming convention season. I’ve got a bunch of plans for this year’s markets with new ideas for prints and stickers and other goodies that I’m really excited to make! And I just, overall, want to pull myself out of the burnout funk. You can’t force recovery to happen on your own time but there does come a point where you gotta start taking steps otherwise you get stagnant, and I feel like that’s where I’ve been the last few months.

AFTERBIRTH FORMAT CHANGE

[AFTERBIRTH]’s format will be changing back to page format in its second season. Vertical format works for some projects and stories, but not for Time Gate. It’s been fun, but part of learning what I’m best at is learning what I’m not best at and the vertical format is too limiting for what I want to do with Time Gate in the future. Color will still be remaining!

REAPER RECOMPILED

I will also be working on the Recompiled editions of Reaper. These will predominantly be the first few volumes redrawn and rewritten to accommodate a tighter story down the road. I know, I know, “don’t get trapped redrawing/rewriting stuff”, but I feel the changes that I wanna make are so necessary that they’re part of what’s holding me back from continuing with [AFTERBIRTH] into Thread of Fate and beyond. There are a lot of really silly and otherwise unnecessary writing decisions I made back during Reaper that I currently feel aren’t working for what I’m trying to accomplish in its sequels, and let’s face it, I wrote it almost ten years ago when I was still very much learning, so it’s due for an upgrade. It'll be the last time too, because it'll be putting us on Loop 9999 and remember what Matty said about surpassing 9999-

This will be something I’ll be picking at slowly but surely. When it’s ready I’ll basically be replacing the old pages and updating any new mirror sites with only the new version (I’m currently planning on trying out NamiComi and Lemoon and of course I'll be continuing to post on ComicFury and GlobalComix).

THE BIG GREEN ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM-

All of that will basically be working towards my biggest step - getting the flying fuck off Webtoons. Because let me tell you, I've basically spent the last two years like this:

Y’all know that I’m not really one to roll over and take shit from massive platforms, and Webtoons is no exception. I’ve been posting to it since 2016 and I’m very very much done with it; just like with Tapas it’s no longer the site it used to be and there’s fresh competition entering the market that I’d rather put my focus on. At the very least, I want my independence back, if I’m gonna be stuck having to market and network my own work anyways I’d much rather be doing it for my own site or platforms that aren’t constantly undercutting its creators by removing core features and not implementing necessary ones. I as well as many others have been doing our own investigating into Webtoons and we’re basically feeling like canaries in the mineshaft right now, picking up on some massive warning signs that we want to get ahead of. The worst that can happen is that I pull the same stats I pull on Webtoons somewhere else, what a tragedy that would be LMAO

LIVESTREAMING

And then of course there are my livestreams. Like learning the hard way that I shouldn’t have been drawing [AFTERBIRTH] on such a strict schedule, I’ve learned that streaming on the schedule I used to be streaming on just ain’t for me. Call it the ADHD but I’d much rather stream when I have something to legitimately talk about or showcase rather than force myself to stream even on days when I’m really not feeling up to talking. And I’d like to get back into doing actual video editing content, whether it’s speedpaints or gaming videos or commentary stuff, whatever have you. Now that I have a proper PC rig that’s actually built to do heavy duty stuff, the possibilities of what I can create are a LOT more vast and I wanna take full advantage of them!

That said, if you wanna see an example of what the streams will look like when we return, check out this lil’ time lapse demo:

Definitely couldn't do that on my old setup! It might not be regular streaming like before, but it’ll damn well be higher quality and more fun to watch haha

WELL THAT WAS A BIG WALL OF TEXT WASN'T IT

So yeah! That was a lot of words but I hope it clears up everything that's been happening on my end. Thanks for following along with my work all these years, whether it’s Time Gate or my lil’ secret projects or my streams, through all the ups and the downs. Long-term projects like these may take their toll but there’s so much joy in seeing them change and grow over time, and I want to fully embrace and reflect that growth as best as I can through what I bring you guys.

Thank you all so much, let’s make 2024 a good year <3

#time gate #comic #webcomic #project reaper #twitch #twitch streaming #hiatus #announcement

[genericpuff]

an epitaph

#no salt but i get this question a lot because a lot of people naturally assume rekindled is my first comic project ?? #y'all rekindled couldn't be made the way it is WITHOUT experience #please don't use me as an example of a wunderkind #i'm a 27 year old with a dowager's hump and hip problems because of how long i've been doing this #i get that people are saying this with good intentions because they want to see me “be more” than just an LO shitposter #but this is the end result not the first step LMAO #just hurts my soul a little bit because damn those 10 years really didn't amount to anything huh TT-TT #nah ok that's harsh i have readers on the time gate side who i'm very thankful for #and those 10 years were necessary to get me to the point i'm at today where i could create rekindled for you all <3 #so trying to be grateful not upset LOL #always the alt never the main #lo critical #antiloreolympus #anti lore olympus #lore rekindled #lore rekindled comic #original work #time gate #project reaper #projectreapercomics

[pratchettquotes]

People get exactly the wrong idea about belief. They think it works back to front. They think the sequence is, first object, then belief. In fact, it works the other way.

Belief sloshes around in the firmament like lumps of clay spiraling in a potter's wheel. That's how gods get created, for example. They clearly must be created by their own believers, because a brief resume of the lives of most gods suggests that their origins certainly couldn't be divine. They tend to do exactly the things people would do if only they could, especially when it comes to nymphs, golden showers, and the smiting of your enemies.

Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

#gods #reaper man #discworld #terry pratchett #discworld pantheon #belief #reality #creation #cause and effect #dieties #greek gods #wish fulfilment #manifestation #projection #smiting #like lumps of clay

[reds-skull]

Reaper concepts from my Revenant AU! The first one is Reaper of the Pull (Gaz and Konchar's Reaper), second is Lumity as it looked by the end of part 1, and the third...

Is one I'll leave unnamed for now (:<

#revenant au #cod fanart #not tagging everything because this is barely cod at this point #unnamed third reaper is mentioned in text maybe in one or two lines... but it will be very prominent in part 2 #lumity my beloved... beautiful fucked up creature that you are <3 #anyways this took like. 5 days when i couldve finished in one. bc uni is beating me with a stick. multiple sticks actually #its the end of the year so i got many projects to finish... so i cant draw my ideas :( #but be assured im thinking about rev part two the entire time... among comic ideas and those rev oneshots that i said ill continue #but got busy with bloodhunger...

[storfulsten]

my silly viera wol alt bc reasons uwu

#very messy tablet doodle could be better but eh it's something lol #anyways ye this is my edgy bunboi alt whom I like very much #it's about the vibes #I guess #if you don't get the vibes then congratulations I envy you I wish I wasn't so hung up on them tbh geez #ye he's silly af but I'm just having fun so lol #and really he doesn't look all that silly ingame I'm just projecting nonsense quite a lot I guess ha #his hair is actually black with purple details not all dark purple but I improvised and it ended up like that so eh #it works I suppose #he ninja'd his way up through hw danced through sb and is now reaping his way through shb and beyond yeehaw #shame his favorite facemask is bound to ninja only though bc the one he has to use as reaper is so clunky but eh it works #and there's always the bandana options for variety I guess ha #gonna continue through shb with this guy soon when I get the time #catboy's 'bout to ruin this poor bunman's life even more letsgooo #anyways enough random rambling sorry #enjoy or don't it's whatever #ffxiv viera #wol #idk if I should tag the finger flipping but eh let me know if I should I guess idk lol #I draw what I want #also unrelated but go stream DISDAIN on your platform of choice or don't I'm not your mom but either way yay music highly recommend yessir #anyways next artpost will be bombeep or at least fnf related in some way I swear to jeebus #fingers crossed something'll be doodled soon yeehaw

[space-lamplighter]

💊💊💊

#artists on tumblr #art #artwork #drawing #fanart #illustration #traditional art #poppy playtime #project playtime #mommy long legs #my art #dark deception #reaper nurse #укртумбочка #украрт #artdrawing #illustration art #game fanart

[adrinennn]

ruinene real

nene is reaper and rui is junkrat btw but you could probably guess that if you know them

this is a redraw btw im not gonna show the original bc ermmmmm i dont wanna!!

#pjsk #project sekai #pjsekai #pjsk fanart #fanart #rui kamishiro #nene kusanagi #overwatch #junkrat #reaper

[indatsukasa]

The Grim Reaper Waiting with Cluster Amaryllises and Fog

#illustration #touhou #touhou fanart #komachi onozuka #phantasmagoria of flower view #東方 #イラスト #小野塚小町 #東方花映塚 #死神 #grim reaper #三途の水先案内人 #shinigami #guide of the sanzu river #彼岸帰航 #riverside view #彼岸花 #cluster amaryllis #東方Project #touhou project

[aeliem]

entry for @moccasins's dtiys

thank you for giving me an excuse to draw a really funky night sky

timelapse under the cut

#my art #liem art #moccasins100dtiys #dtiys challenge #dtiys #dtiys entry #reaper sans #reapertale #stars #starry sky #but the stars are actually souls #because the light represents life and the darkness represents death #and the point of the og scene was to be like #the darkness of death makes life shine even brighter #so i thought it was a cool design choice :) #i didn't spend a lot of time on this so there are some stuff i don't like #this was kinda meant as a break from a really complicated drawing #sometimes i start a gigantic project with like 15 characters and then get surprised when i don't finish it in a week #so “small” drawings like this one that i can finish in a few days are a really good boost to my confidence #and sometimes i just like to draw shiny things

[crystalline-filesystem]

Which of these pieces of media that I like do you think would fix Mafuyu Asahina?

— Mod Reaper 🪽

#mod reaper 🪽 #disclaimer: this is all in good fun etc etc etc #mafuyu asahina #project sekai #pjsk

[unsafescapewolf]

Colored sketch commission for @leoalvarez-clowncarcommittee!

#furry #furry vn #echo project #the smoke room #tsr #tsr vn #kane #reaper #overwatch

[project-reaper]

just some concept doodles <3

#concept art #original art #original characters #concept sketches #character art #project reaper

[genericpuff]

oh no i'm starting to put my blorbo's together-

they weren't meant to co-exist and yet here we are

let's face it, these two would be thick as thieves LMAO

(persephone from LORE | REKINDLED x uzuki from time gate)

#what is this a crossover episode??? #lore rekindled #lore rekindled comic #lore rekindled art #time gate #time gate comic #project reaper #projectreapercomics #crossover #doodle post #OC #original characters #oc memes #blorbo #blorbo memes

[ave661]

Oooopsie

I haven't been very active lately, sorry for that!

I got a new pc and for the last few days I've been installing programs, transferring data and on top of that preparing for a big trip on friday, but get your juicy asses ready for new renders, because I'm switching to blender

I will catch up with all the notifications now, if I miss anyone, I apologize ;-;

#got 3 projects to finish in sfm #and then bye bye sfm #but i did first render with gilded reaper skin in blender yippeee #i'll post it on patreon tomorrow♥

[yellow-computer-mouse]

Talk about Nightmare! Everything and anything you want to talk or say about him! Do it!

ACK!! Omg thank you!!! uauuaua!!!!!

HEADCANONS

He's autistic

He's transmasc

He's pan

He has CFS, CWP, POTS, and arthritis

He's afraid of cats!! Not super afraid but decently!

He can only drink coffee if it is 90% milk and sugar!

His favorite season is summer!

He's afraid of water!

He never figured out how to talk to people so he stands in the corner and makes bad puns at them until they go away!!!

HE HAS A PET TURTLE!!!!

SHIPS

Inkmare!!

He and Ink would date in secret for a month or two before a peace treaty would be signed and allow them to be seen in public. They'd meet up in a Fluffytale variant or somewhere similar, never a main universe. Nightmare would use his shapeshifting abilities to disguise himself!!

Deathmare

I just love this ship it's so soft!! So soft and fluffy!!! Auauuugh!! All I know is they're cute!

All of this strays so far from canon but oh well, ehhe. Nightmare definitely has cat ear gaming headphones. He probably has a Minecraft server with the rest of the gang and all he does is build manual farms and sort storage systems.

I like the idea of him collecting little trinkets!! And having them all on a shelf in his room! And he'll call meetings just to be like "This. Is a cool rock from the courtyard. I will show it around. You are not allowed to touch it."

HIS FAVORITE COLOR WOULD BE NAVY BLUE!!

Okay I think that's all! ^^ thank you!!!!!

#nightmare sans #utmv #headcanons #inkmare #deathmare #ink sans #reapermare #reaper sans #not art #whoo!! #thank you so much for asking nullneo!! #he's my favorite :) #a lot of things on this list are projection but not all of them! #i don't have any chronic illnesses and I don't have a pet turtle and my favorite color's yellow and i'm not afraid of cats or water but yk! #YIPPEEEEEEE!!!!!!

[space-lamplighter]

pajama party 💤

#poppy playtime #project playtime #resident evil village #re8 #re8 village #monster beach #motor city #star vs the forces of evil #dark deception #reaper nurse #mommy long legs #donna beneviento #donna and angie #traditional art #fanart #art #artwork #my art #drawing #illustration #artists on tumblr #украрт #artist on tumblr #small artist #укр тумбочка #укртумбочка #український tumblr #game fanart #dark deception fanart #crossover