EDIT: THE STORE IS NOW OPEN, let me know if anything seems off or doesn't work right for you, I THINK IT'S ALL SET UP NOW *o*
Hey guys! Thanks for checking back in! ;u; This is just a check-in on my part and Runewriters isn't restarting yet, but I wanna give you guys a heads-up on what's going on with me!
First! If this hiatus stuff is news to you, I've got
a full explanation of what led me to this decision over here, but the short version is that I'm living with my grandmother, and I've decided to put my most intense personal projects on hold so I can focus on being with her. :")
If you want to keep up with me in the meantime,
you can still
follow me on twitter for comments about, just, like, my life,
you can
follow me on tumblr for sketches and stuff I inevitably post,
you can
watch me on deviantart if you only want to be alerted to FINISHED ART,
you can
follow the Athena Studio twitter if you want to be alerted by tweets when I come back but don't actually want to be inundated with tweets about my life,
and you can
follow Runewriters on tumblr if you just want to be there for whenever Runewriters starts up again!
So here's what's up with me!I have two grandparents right now: my mom's mom, whom I live with (we call her "Grandmother"), and my dad's mom (we call her "Granny") who lives about a mile away. Grandmother is startlingly fit for her age, but Granny needs a lot of care, and I ended up leaving my job to be more available to spend time with both of them!
At the moment, I know I don't have the time to update this comic consistently, but I'm definitely still working on it in the background -- it is not lounging around unloved! I'm always working on designs for characters and places that are gonna show up later, fiddling with thumbnails and page layouts for upcoming pages, working hard on making sure the script and story is the best it can be! I think that time for extra care will do it a bunch of good. I'm still really excited about this comic and, Lord willing, I still can't wait for the time when I'm able to share it with you all again! But I don't wanna start it back up again until the time is right. ;u;
REST ASSURED I SHALL BE QUITE VOCAL ABOUT IT WHEN THAT TIME COMES.
I've been looking around for what I
can do, and result of this is,
keep an eye on my online store in the next couple of days! :D Lord willing, I'm planning to open it up again very soon, for a little while at least, and
finally make the Runewriters chapter books and all four TNH books available to buy!
Okay, thanks for sticking with me through all that text! I feel I owe you guys some art after all this talking, so
I put up some concept sketches of an upcoming (KIND OF????) character redesign over here, something I started working on pretty early in the hiatus! :D
Also if you've missed the RW crew,
you might wanna check out some of the questions I took on tumblr about them!And a few people have seen this, but if you want to see what I've been working on the most, you can VOTE for a picture of, uh, the plot????
I think that's everything for now. Thanks to EVERYONE who's sent me so many messages of love and support over this hiatus!! ;u; It really, really means a ton, and I really am just blown away by what awesome readers you guys are to support me and care about me even while the comic is paused for so long. ;u; Thank you all so much!!!
Vote Incentive for This Comic.