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I just noticed I'm hitting 100k pageviews in less than a month.
Should I offer some kind of kiriban prize?
So the 100k came and went and I found myself too busy to do anything with it... I've been working really hard on this story in Woohooligan - Amy's adventures in heaven and hell - as a kind of parody of Dante's Divine Comedy. That's been taking up a lot of my time, when I'm not busy with software engineering work, errands (I'm the only driver in a house of seven), and household chores. And people have been really enjoying it for which I'm truly grateful. I've been working hard to transition from engineering as my main source of income to entertainment -- making you guys laugh, obviously! It's a really challenging road and I really actually can't see the road... I don't know how I'm going to get there from here... but I'm making steady progress and I'm going to keep going.
Also I'm truly grateful for all you guys, my wonderful DA family! I just got through going through the list of people I watch here and removed almost half of them. A lot of the people I removed haven't been active on here in a year or more. I know I've heard people here lately talking about DA being a "ghost town" and I don't think so... that's not how I would describe it. Most of the people who I've made good friendships with here are still here, so I think right now DA is more like the after-party at a convention. After all the casual fans have gone, the truly committed remain and have a great time!
The reason I found myself going through my friend list here is because I've been feeling kind of frustrated in the past couple weeks as I've worked on the last couple updates. These two strips that featured Ayn Rand in hell and I didn't want to just throw them together, I wanted my treatment of Rand to be reasonably close to reality, which meant I did a lot of research and reading on her beliefs and her life. Watched several videos of interviews she gave. And I have to say that, while I think I've done a decent job keeping my wits, studying Rand has been somewhat challenging. I imagine people who work in criminal psychology have a similar issue -- it's difficult to continually expose yourself to that kind of consistent negativity without it affecting you in not always desirable ways. In the last comic I tried in the commentary actually to humanize Rand, because I wanted to try and help myself and others have a better understanding of the apparently sort of tortured internal life she had. And I think the comic ended up being heavier than I wanted it to be...
Having this experience reminded me that I've made a lot of really good friends here on DA, and that I haven't talked to many of them in a while now. So I cleaned out my metaphorical closet and I sent notes to a handful of people I haven't talked to in a while... and hugs to people I'd like to know better. Being autistic, I often just forget to keep in touch with friends, so I'm trying to change that and be a better friend. If by chance you consider me a friend and I didn't note you, that probably means one of two things: 1) I think we talked pretty recently or 2) I just overlooked you in my friend list. In either case, feel free to drop me a note and I'll try not to let it sit in my inbox too long.
In other news I finally got a video up on my Patreon recently www.patreon.com/woohooligan and I put up a comic I made just specifically for the Patreon page as well... I have plans to make several more of those short strips for the Patreon page when I have time. In the meantime, I'm really grateful for the few supporters I already have over there. (Also I'm still considering switching the 20% discount and the access to the alt endings and bonus panels -- it's just that I'll have to go through about a hundred (?) updates and edit them each individually in order to make that happen, so it's another time issue.)
Oh, and yesterday's update is probably the last we're going to see of Ayn Rand for a little while... she was kind of an important plot point -- or at least related to one. Hopefully you'll understand in a few more updates ... there are at least three more major turning points coming up.
Also I'm really excited about Bernie Sanders campaign for the Presidency!
Thank you all for reading and for being good friends.
Should I offer some kind of kiriban prize?
So the 100k came and went and I found myself too busy to do anything with it... I've been working really hard on this story in Woohooligan - Amy's adventures in heaven and hell - as a kind of parody of Dante's Divine Comedy. That's been taking up a lot of my time, when I'm not busy with software engineering work, errands (I'm the only driver in a house of seven), and household chores. And people have been really enjoying it for which I'm truly grateful. I've been working hard to transition from engineering as my main source of income to entertainment -- making you guys laugh, obviously! It's a really challenging road and I really actually can't see the road... I don't know how I'm going to get there from here... but I'm making steady progress and I'm going to keep going.
Also I'm truly grateful for all you guys, my wonderful DA family! I just got through going through the list of people I watch here and removed almost half of them. A lot of the people I removed haven't been active on here in a year or more. I know I've heard people here lately talking about DA being a "ghost town" and I don't think so... that's not how I would describe it. Most of the people who I've made good friendships with here are still here, so I think right now DA is more like the after-party at a convention. After all the casual fans have gone, the truly committed remain and have a great time!
The reason I found myself going through my friend list here is because I've been feeling kind of frustrated in the past couple weeks as I've worked on the last couple updates. These two strips that featured Ayn Rand in hell and I didn't want to just throw them together, I wanted my treatment of Rand to be reasonably close to reality, which meant I did a lot of research and reading on her beliefs and her life. Watched several videos of interviews she gave. And I have to say that, while I think I've done a decent job keeping my wits, studying Rand has been somewhat challenging. I imagine people who work in criminal psychology have a similar issue -- it's difficult to continually expose yourself to that kind of consistent negativity without it affecting you in not always desirable ways. In the last comic I tried in the commentary actually to humanize Rand, because I wanted to try and help myself and others have a better understanding of the apparently sort of tortured internal life she had. And I think the comic ended up being heavier than I wanted it to be...
Having this experience reminded me that I've made a lot of really good friends here on DA, and that I haven't talked to many of them in a while now. So I cleaned out my metaphorical closet and I sent notes to a handful of people I haven't talked to in a while... and hugs to people I'd like to know better. Being autistic, I often just forget to keep in touch with friends, so I'm trying to change that and be a better friend. If by chance you consider me a friend and I didn't note you, that probably means one of two things: 1) I think we talked pretty recently or 2) I just overlooked you in my friend list. In either case, feel free to drop me a note and I'll try not to let it sit in my inbox too long.
In other news I finally got a video up on my Patreon recently www.patreon.com/woohooligan and I put up a comic I made just specifically for the Patreon page as well... I have plans to make several more of those short strips for the Patreon page when I have time. In the meantime, I'm really grateful for the few supporters I already have over there. (Also I'm still considering switching the 20% discount and the access to the alt endings and bonus panels -- it's just that I'll have to go through about a hundred (?) updates and edit them each individually in order to make that happen, so it's another time issue.)
Oh, and yesterday's update is probably the last we're going to see of Ayn Rand for a little while... she was kind of an important plot point -- or at least related to one. Hopefully you'll understand in a few more updates ... there are at least three more major turning points coming up.
Also I'm really excited about Bernie Sanders campaign for the Presidency!
Thank you all for reading and for being good friends.
Gay Pride and Prejudice
Hey, All! I know I haven't been on DA much lately, I'm sorry. This past year my comic has been really on hiatus while I've been putting out fires around the house and working on my YouTube channel. Speaking of which, I have a video about Pride Month premiering tomorrow at 2pm EST. I hope to see some of you in the chat! :D
If I can help with any of your projects, please let me know. Lately it's easiest to get my attention with a DM on Twitter, in case I'm not responding here. http://twitter.com/datafaucet
Thanks for sharing yourself and stay awesome!
Sam
p.s. My friend Angel is going through a rough patch if you can help out.
Batman v Superman and the Keys to Success!
Hey, Hooligan! Sorry I've been absent recently. Things have been crazy around the house in the past 3 months since we took in some extended family from TX who lost a house. So there are now 11 people and 11 animals and it's super stressful at home.
Having said that, I finally completed a big video project I've been working on and it's premiering tomorrow! :D I'm excited and a little nervous. This video was long so I divided it into three parts.
Part 1 premieres tomorrow at 3PM EST.
Refine Print #1 Mindset - a comedy book review of Carol Dweck's cognitive science research about how to get the most out of life.
There's No Place Like Hell
Hey, Hooligan! I haven't been around DA much lately, and I just noticed this pic my friend Adriana made of Amity from my Hellbent story. It's awesome! I didn't even know she was reading Hellbent. :D
The webcomic has been hanging for weeks and I feel a bit bad about the slow-down to be honest... but other parts of my life and work are going well. Well... my work... when I CAN work. Things at home have been crazy.
A few weeks ago we took in my ex's extended family until they get back on their feet. My former father-in-law let his taxes and 2-liens on his house go until the final notice to renegotiate had come and gone and they were about a mo
Catching Up After My Birthday
Hey, Hooligan! Thanks for all the birthday wishes.
I published this comic review for a friend on YouTube:
I'm sorry I haven't been around DA much lately. Last month, Tiff and I had to take an emergency trip to Florida... I won't get into too much detail, but the short story is Tiff's sister is being held against her will by a couple she's been living with for a while who's gaslighting her, in part because she has some cognitive impairment (formerly known as "mental retardation") as a result of a high fever after her birth, which makes it easier for people to take advantage of her.
Tiff and I just weren't aware that this was a problem until
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Congrats man! Awesome stuff!