RIP Cintiq (Patreon)

Ok ... uhm ... dear patrons unfortunately I have some bad news, really bad for me especially because I'm desperate, let's call it bad luck. 

I 'll show you in the next post the new page that I finished today with a thousand inconveniences because as you will see from the picture I had to create lettering and baloons with a laptop with a very small ( and too bright ) screen and no tools except the "finger mouse" ( I don't know what it's called that part of this laptop where you move your finger to do things ...).

From the picture you can see my precious Cintiq which I bought by making enormous sacrifices ... and which is dead. 

I'm done. 

In a moment ... while I was working on the final touches of this page, the monitor turned off, while in my headphones I kept listening to an mp3 song... Panic. 

When I've disconnected the Cintiq from this laptop on the small monitor my work appeared, everything was still intact, so the computer wasn't broken thankfully ... but after borrowing a second computer where to install the Cintiq to see if that was the problem ... unfortunately I had the confirmation that my Cintiq doesn't turn on anymore, with no computer, it is broke! 

I've already read dozens of posts in various forums, there's nothing to do.

So ... for me it is a tragedy, because I loved this tool with all my soul, was my very first upgrade in my job and it cost me a lot, but right now I'm desperate because I have nothing else to work with, not even a simple tablet used because when it broke I threw it and bought Cintiq.

So here are my conclusions: I can't buy another Cintiq22 HD because I can't afford it, so I'll buy something else, Chinese maybe.

This month I will spend all of Patreon's money on this emergency ... and luckily I have you !!! Oh my god...what am I could do without your support ??? I would have ended up because if it broke during my poverty I would never have been able to afford a replacement again.

You guys can't understand what lifesaver you are right now for me.

I am blessed.

Ok, of course I won't be able to buy another Cintiq from 1500 USD for the next ... 10 years? But who cares, I will take something that costs half, I'm sure it will be the same for me, and maybe better!

And then I will sell the parts of this Cintiq on ebay to amortize the expense. I discovered that I can sell the pen with all the tips (which works) and the stand separately.

But guys, I have to warn you that I can't work right now ... I can do two things: write and make new sketches and scan them to give them to you as next rewards.  Obviously I will make many layouts of the comic but only sketches because I can't ink or color. 

I hope you won't abandon me, this is a very embarrassing moment ... I apologize in advance!

And this week I will take "advantage of it" to prepare a portfolio to "sell" in a special reward, so if you wish you can support me by getting my work on paper at your home too! 

Sorry again, it's just bad luck, I'm sure it will change. I will keep you updated on what I will buy and as soon as I get home my new tablet you will be the first to know! Maybe I'll do an unboxing and show it to you. But I still have no idea of what I will buy.

V.