sonderfairy

My name is Ren, and this is my art account for all things related to my comic, The Moth Prince. You can read that here.

While you‘re at it, you can join my discord server to meet other fans and artists.

Thanks for stopping by! My inbox is open if you ever have questions about my work.

⇩ All My Stuff ⇩

Linktree: https://t.co/iagT2b2OI9?amp=1

The new TMP 5th Anniversary Merch is HERE!! You can check it out now on my shop using this link: The Moth Prince Merch!

Also, nearly EVERYTHING is on sale until July 1st!

And if you spend at least $30 (and don't have any other coupons from patreon or the plushie rewards), you'll automatically get an extra 5% off of your entire order, but only during this month.

Please note that it will take longer than usual to ship people’s orders out while I get through all of them. The sooner you order, the sooner you get in line for shipping.

I just found out that my plushies announcement was missing the image that should’ve explained all of the rewards you can pick from for pledging as an early backer.

You can see them here:

The early access phase ends in literally 5 hours, so I’m sorry for anyone who misses the opportunity due to any confusion about the whole thing.

But yeah, if you are an early backer, make sure that you’ve filled out this form before tomorrow if you want to claim your reward from the list above:

TMP Plushie Pledge Rewards

3 new pins vs the 2 old pins on the left

The pins came in today.

FERCADE PLUSHIES ARE HAPPENING!! :D

To help get the plushie campaign approved for launch, we need at least 100 pledges. You can pledge now for $4, and we have 10 DAYS to reach the 100 pledge goal.

MAKE SURE to read the images for important information about the campaign, and to learn what ✨rewards✨ I have to offer for early backers.

Plushie Campaign Link: https://www.gimmeswag.com/products/the-moth-prince-official-fern-arcade-doll-duo

Earn your reward for backing early by filling out this form: https://forms.gle/dmmsgLwSE2M4DXvR9

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I can’t wait to get my hands on those plushies… ₍₍⚞(˶˃ ꒳ ˂˶)⚟⁾⁾

I’ll be posting more big announcements and updates throughout this week and the next, so stay tuned. Have a good rest of your day/night y’all!

Before my hiatus, I was regularly getting 700-900k views a month. During the hiatus, it dropped to 200k views. Now it’s 4 months into season 2, the plot is finally getting more interesting and intense, Fern and Arcade are in their peak mutual pining phase, and I’m still only getting 300k views a month.

I’m sure other creators lose readers during hiatuses and it’s probably the norm, since some folks are subbed to a million webtoons and genuinely forget it exists—but it still stings a bit, I’m ngl.

I was so worried about how my ad revenue would plummet DURING the hiatus, but since that was my first hiatus ever, I had no idea they wouldn’t recover after I returned. I expected the faster paced s2 to bring back a faster paced view-count and earnings, but all of my numbers are lower than they’ve been in years. I’m barely getting any new subs, I’m making less money off the comic than I did before I took a break, and the only reason I’m able to pay bills is because many of the Patrons that wanted to support me during my hiatus are thankfully sticking around. I don’t know what I’d do without them tbh.

I’m hanging onto hope that somehow TMP can gain traction again and start earning the same numbers it used to, or more. But even some factors outside my control are limiting that. For example, Webtoon changed how the algorithm ranks canvas series that have reward ads, by making the popularity/Weekly Top rankings look at the numbers on the most recent ad-locked episode instead of the most recent free episode. So, ad series are having to compete for exposure/discoverability with free series at an inherent disadvantage (since many readers can’t even watch ads due to various limitations, or just choose not to). My series used to be in the top place in the fantasy genre all the time, and now I’m lucky if I get in the top 10.

I really want to post about my comic more on social media and make like, reels and tiktoks about my work to get new readers, but I just don’t have the time to make anything good quality.

I think my biggest hope is an AU spinoff I’m planning. It’s not going to be as polished as TMP, and won’t update as often, but if it’s successful enough, it could make a big difference. It would bring new readers to TMP (since it’s based on the same characters), and could even generate its own revenue. I’ll be posting several short episodes of it as filler content for TMP right after the 5th anniversary in June, during a sort of mini hiatus (like 4 weeks long), and if readers like it enough, I’ll turn it into its own webcomic. If you haven’t heard about it yet, the premise is an alternate universe where Fern and Arcade are a vampire and were-dog (respectively), and they go to a summer camp for monsters. I’m excited about it, but idk everything just feels so uncertain at the moment.

5 years of art improvement!

Also have some memes: