Where Have I Been and a New Direction for this Blog:
Hello my guys, gals, and non-binary pals, Katzy here. Things have been much more different than expected on my blog, huh? I think it’s about time I explain myself:
What’s up with the uploads lately?
So for those who bother to check out my stuff, you might be confused on why I haven’t been producing more Smg4 content as much lately.
Well there are a lot of reasons (I’m going to try and word this as best as I can since I’m not the best at organizing my reasons and my wording. These are not meant to be excuses for my behavior, but rather explanations)
It’s mainly got to do with the fact that motivating myself lately has become much more difficult. I don’t really find making one-shot artworks of Smg4 to be as fun anymore as it’s not having as much of an impact as I initially thought.
I often need to take medication (since I also have symptoms somewhat related to ADHD), in order to motivate myself or just to get my head straight to get tasks like art done. Yet those pills never last very long.
And if you’re wondering why I was able to upload every 3 days at first, it’s because I was on summer break with my meds during that time and I’m now in high school. I don’t have as much time as I did to complete and upload stuff daily to my blog. Hell it’s because of school that I have to use my meds and when I get back home, I am just exhausted and the prescription’s effects run out during that time.
That is also not to mention that I am just really slow as an artist. It takes an average of 6-8 HOURS just to complete one artwork.
Finally, there is also the reason that I just didn’t know what to do for my content for a long time.
Where is Digital Heartshot?
For those who are wondering about my Mr. Puzzles and Mr. Wpnz dating sim I promised back in November, I have truthfully not made much progress and haven’t been working on it as much as I said I would.
FOR THE RECORD: THIS DOES NOT MEAN THE GAME IS CANCELED.
I still really want to make this a real product, but I soon realized that it’s probably not the best idea to start on the game right now.
Digital Heartshot is what I plan to be my biggest Gunshow project yet as I have stated that it’s going to be far more than a dating simulator. Because of how big this project is going to be, I realized that this would become a lot for me to manage as I don’t have very good prior experience with managing projects and I also feel as if my animation skills are still underdeveloped. Therefore, I feel like working on it now could result in the final product being messy.
Again, the project is not being cancelled, but rather it’s being put on hold.
Do you have anything to say regarding your promises to your audience?
I do. (This part is pretty corny with how I word this)
I just want to come out here and apologize for my lack of responsibility I have been displaying in regards to my blog. I am incredibly lucky to have an audience that is willing to appreciate my unique views and artwork on something I have been passionate about for the longest time now. Though I realize that now that I have an audience, I have to learn how to be more responsible with managing such success.
I’m sorry to those who have been wanting Digital Heartshot sooner rather than later as I promised.
I’m sorry for how poorly I have been planning things in regards to my promises and products.
More importantly, I am sorry for not giving you guys the content you truly deserved.
The Blog’s New Direction:
Ever since I decided to make Smg4 content, my main goal was to make a big impact on the community so that I could inspire others. But I didn’t know how to at first.
While my one-shot artworks did get a surprising amount of attention, I soon realized that it’s not making that much of an impact when looking at my follower count. Realistically, no one is really going to remember what I create as I am basically doing what every artist does.
For the record, I am not placing any blame on my audience for this as I would definitely be the same if I was in your shoes. With how slow I am as an artist, it feels like I am wasting time on something that won’t stick with many people and I would much rather put that time and energy into something that could. I feel like I could do some much more with the skills I have.
So I have decided that I am officially done with having one-shot artworks as my main source of content. This isn’t to say I will never do one shots again, but rather it’s not what I will have this blog be known for.
With that in mind, what will my content focus on now?
I am going to be focusing on making SMG4 AUs and Animation projects.
For so many years, I have looked up to many artists who share their own unique vision of media they love. Brightgoat with his Cuphead AU: Casino Cups, Eliscz with her yumeship AUs: Broadcast Madness and Behind the Broadcast, and Starteas and Crypticscarecrow with their Human AUs and The Armory Family.
I realized that they became successful because they brought something meaningful to their audiences.
It was because of them and a bunch of my friends who make these AUs that I have recently been getting ideas on making some of my own.
I want to make long term projects where I could express and develop not just my art skills, but my writing skills and all sorts of mediums I want to try. I want to make the exact type of content I once failed to deliver.
With these projects, I plan to achieve my original goal and improve enough to work on Digital Heartshot.
With that being said however, this will mean my content will be coming to a halt once again, but I feel as if this wait will be more worth it if it means I can provide something worth seeing for the community.
From now on, I will not be making anymore promises on what’s to come. I will only promise when something’s coming out when I KNOW it’s ready. Things will come out when they come out and I will no longer have a specific schedule that would be easy to break.
Anyways, that’s it from me. Stay beautifully chaotic my friends. <3
