Hi homies
I know it’s been awhile since I posted anything on the site so I figured now that I’m prolly gonna try and get back to it soon I should do a lil status update type thing
So in case you missed it, a few months ago I decided to cut back on the time I spend drawing and working on games and being online in general. Nothing serious happened or anything, I just felt like I was putting too much time into it for what I was getting out of it, and I decided I oughta cut back and use some of that time for other stuff
That isn’t really changing, so my overall online presence and output will still be less than it used to be. idk, I guess I just feel like I already hit my ceiling with this whole BraveBengal/BRAVE BANGERS thing so I’m just taking the foot off the gas for now and just cruising lol
As far as the site goes, I’m kinda unsure what to do about it. After the old one got taken down and I had to go through the hassle of transferring the domain and making a new site and all this, it just kinda hit me how much work I lost and I kinda gave up for awhile. I’m gonna pick back up on reuploading stuff still, but yeah that’s kinda why the site’s been dead the last few months
But beyond reuploading old stuff, I’m not really sure where I should go with all this. Outside of MOMMY MANHANDLER, most of my OC drawings and projects don’t feel like they’ve been going very well. The site gets less views than the old one, I have to constantly delete all these stupid spam comments that come in, and idk I just feel like all the planning and work I’ve done on the lil BRAVE BANGERS universe thingie feels like maybe it wasn’t the right move or something?
idk how to explain it, but I just feel like it’s too much work for not enough gain or appreciation or whatever? Not tryna whine and baby about people not caring about dumb lil porn OC story stuff by a guy who isn’t even a writer or anything lol but idk I guess all the work I’ve done on it feels like it just kinda drained me and I don’t have much to show for it, which makes committing to it again not feel like the best idea
I will still be doing some OC drawings and stuff from time to time on Patreon, especially if they win request raffles or whatever lol, so new little drawings and short story scenes will pop up on here from time to time. I’m also still working on MOMMY MANHANDLER and BLOOD BITER BEATDOWN 2. The site’s not shutting down or anything, and I still have until August this year before I’d have to re-up the payment to decide
I have also recently started a SFW side account where I’m just kinda having fun chilling and making up new characters, and I’ve actually started writing stories about some of them that I’m having fun with. Once I get a decent way through those, I was thinking of uploading them online and seeing if there’s any interest. I mean, they’ll prolly just stay as obscure as my shit on this account lol but hey maybe if it turns out decent enough, maybe I’ll just restart this BRAVE BANGERS stuff over there idk. Or maybe I’ll come up with a good way to reframe this site and the OC stuff here and find the right kinda project to work on to inject some new life into it idk. We’ll see
But yeah. Sorry if it’s disappointing or a bit of a downer, but that’s kinda where I’m at with this whole OC thing and the site rn
Honestly it’s good to hear you’re not forcing yourself to keep doing something you aren’t feeling. Art isn’t fun if you feel like it’s something you have to do rather than something you want to do. So if you don’t want to be breaking your back for something you aren’t really feeling, I think that’s a good idea. But I can say I do still really enjoy the worldbuilding and characters on this site! Maybe I’m kinda biased since I’ve helped with some of it, but it’s honestly been real fun learning about everything you’ve done to flesh out the brave bangers world and the characters that live in it. I may not be the majority in this realm of thought, but actually putting the effort in to give your characters histories and personalities and character arcs just makes the porn stuff that much better. And it also is just fun to read as a story!
All that to say, I fully support whatever direction you take things, but I would definitely be sad to see all the work put into brave bangers go to waste. A reboot/rebrand would be pretty cool, but that is up to you of course. Most of all I hope you can keep making shit you like making and I’m sure people will see it and see how much effort you put into it. Keep on keeping on goat, you got this.