Compact Youmu on Patreon (Patreon)

This is a follow up for the bi-weekly journal. For a brief introduction, please see the post on the sub-reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Compact_Youmu/comments/16w9xyb/biweekly_journal_entry_6/

Now that the Patreon page is open, I'll explain a bit further about the purpose for crowdfunding.

I am currently underway with the big animated project. The Touhou 17.5 animated short is just the beginning as the real goal for the channel is to make an adaption of the 15th Touhou Project, Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom. It is my favorite Touhou game and if I could have anything from Zun, it's an animated adaption of that game. Though I didn't set out to make it at first, I just wanted to learn animation for my personal projects. In fact, I thought I couldn't do it at first, thinking it was an impossible task. But after receiving such good responses from my Touhou cartoon shorts, I figured if it's going to happen at all, then it's up to me to make it a reality because nobody else is going to do it. It will never happen, so if I really want it to become a reality, then let's give it a shot.

But it's not as simple as that. Animation by itself is already a difficult task, but to do everything else which includes backgrounds, compositing, and voice acting will require additional assistance. There's only so much I can do by myself and even if I did everything, the final product won't come out the best it can be.

My original plan was to create the 17.5 animated short to show you guys what I can do before I opened up Patreon, but it's clear this is going to take at least 1-2 months to complete. And in that time, I realized that if this short is going to take that long, then an animated feature will take even longer. If I want the Touhou 15 adaption to become a reality, then I have to start thinking about it right now and make plans accordingly. That is why I decided to set up this Patreon earlier than expected, to prepare for the future.

I'm right now concentrating on the 17.5 short so my updates will be about that. You will see the journey from its beginnings right up to its reveal so you can see what can come from it when the time comes to work on TH15.

I am looking forward to seeing TH15 come to life and I'm sure many fans of that game and Touhou in general will look forward to it as well, but it can only be done by a team effort. If you like my work and want to see it grow, please consider being a Patron. At this time, I don't have any rewards but in the future I will provide perks for your patronage.

Thanks for reading and I'm happy to have you here.