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Well... (Patreon)

Published:
2026-04-28 20:50:12
Edited:
2026-05-01 11:46:56
Imported:
2026-04

Content

INFORMATIONAL POST - skip if you hate to read, or you just don't want to bother.

First, I don't want you to think I'm looking for pity. Just going to be transparent about what I was hoping for. A couple of you know that I intended to offer a free copy of a book for long-time supporters and sell at a low price (at cost) to all others. The store would offer full price (11.99 + full shipping quoted before sending).

But it's just not going to happen. My husband finished the taxes two weeks ago, and I made a total of $304.12 from this project after fees, Adobe subscription, and PayPal transfer fees. I switched to Stripe®. Stripe® is free for me. PayPal railed me good! And not in a good way!

Other projects in the past had equal issues. Occultation was a Kickstarter. I did all three books, and it was so stressful and costly that 5 years of work netted only about $900.00 after fees and the extremely high cost of shipping. The UK, on average, was around $100.00 to ship! They were extremely nicely printed books! Hardcover with heavy pages.

I've had other projects that never made it to print. So, I gave up on Kickstarter. I think it was 10 years after I finished Occultation III. I literally had nightmares during that process.

Some stories went to waste. Kickstarter was dead to me. Intimidator was a story about a young man suffering from an overactive metabolism. Unable to gain weight, no matter how much he tried to work out or eat (a real issue a friend of mine had), he was so thin you could see the outline of his pelvis when he wore shorts. Relentlessly bullied, he discovers an old biomechanical android that has been put out of service. Lonely and in need of a friend, he steals it and works to reinitialize it.

I have so many stories to share, but my audience is quite a niche. I know if any of you are old enough to remember HEAVY METAL, you would probably see my inspiration in some of my work. Mostly RANXEROX, Den by Richard Corben, Nikopol Trilogy by Enki Bilal. And who doesn't love Morbius!

Anyway, thought you all should know. I'm still not giving up hope!

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Comments

TYLÈR

I appreciate your artistry.

Alexander Scott Bullitt

I loved all three volumes of Occultation, and The Laqueus Amulet bids fair to surpass it, IMHO. I wish there were something that I could do to ensure your success. It has a fascinating and varied cast of characters and an involving storyline. I will continue to support you wherever you turn up - as long as you let me know in advance where that will be.

JoyfulOtter

I will never get tired of your stories. Your determination is inspiring!

Black Horn's Workshop

Sorry to hear that you're having difficulty to hit the audience with your products. It impress me when an artist is able to get their content on a physical support though, very much O_O ! ...Now that I'm reading all this, I do have a question for you. Did you ever considered trying to make your creation through a Visual Novel? I don't know what gameplay mechanic could be attached to it but... You basically have the whole characters, poses, background... Adding music and some motions, with choices in dialogues to investigate more in details about the lore or the character/area/whatever... :/ On my end I'm trying to come up with the ressources and energy to work on something like that, but seeing what you're doing here... Worth giving a try, with an up to date "Work in progress" release for the patreon, and "late release" for the public to discover your work? (most VN's goes that way)

Alex

Wow Heavy Metal, I saw one of the movies on TV when I was wayyyy to young to be seeing that kinda of stuff. Did always wonder if the comics ever expanded into lgbt+ content.

PaulGamerDaddy

I am so pleased that I stumbled across your work. I’m always looking forward to your next post, both to see more of your amazing art and to find out what’s going to happen next in your stories. I would love to be able to read Occultation, and other stories that I have missed!

5ive9ine2wo

I am planning to release Occultation as soon as I figure out how to do it effectively. It... is... a LONG story. For those who don't know, it was my first and longest effort. I started the concept in the eighties. At first, it was all hand-drawn until I discovered I had a major flaw as an artist. Character likeness consistency. It turns out I am unable to always visualize a character's features in my mind when presented at different angles. It wasn't until my job at the time got us Z-Brush and sent some of us to training. I loved 3-D immediately, but I didn't like the renders of people. So one day I exported a "clay model" into Photoshop and started painting the skin texture. After about 30+ Photoshop layers, I found my calling. After Occultation was put on hold indefinitely, I experimented with this newfound process. Occultation had a shit ton of references and hidden Easter eggs most never noticed, even down to their names and affiliations with those names. For example, Ellis (of God, a God) and his best friend Oswin (friend of God) - no, it is not based in religion or faith, just wanted connections. Plus, all the characters are based on real-life friends. One more hint, the story is about meeting over and over again through time. Different times, different people.

5ive9ine2wo

EDIT: GoFundMe should have been Kickstarter (EDIT MADE)