Hi! So I have 6 drawings left to do, and need to finish writing the text, but this should be done by late March, early April. At that time, I'll send a PDF to everyone, and s...
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Larime Taylor / Gimp Comics
17 days ago
Future Works
Hey, everyone. I wanted to talk with you about my work and career going forward. There are several reasons why.
First, MAKER ART DO CRIME is still in progress. I have about 2...
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Larime Taylor / Gimp Comics
4 months ago
Latest Status
I've made it a year, today.
I'm not entirely sure how. I'm not great, mentally/emotionally, but I'm stable existentially. Part of me thinks I'll be fine, I made it through the ...
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Larime Taylor / Gimp Comics
9 months ago
Half Done!
Back at it, and just crossed the halfway mark on the art! Some of these are my best work so far. Here's the one that got me past halfway:
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Larime Taylor / Gimp Comics
11 months ago
Hospital
Taking Zoey for her daily run, then checking myself in at Sunrise Hospital. My wound is forming an abscess and not draining like it usually does. This is only the second time in...
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Larime Taylor / Gimp Comics
12 months ago
Back In Action
I'm back to work full time on this, and the book will be going to print some time in late April. I'm charging final things to cards now! I had been holding off until I knew I wa...
Hi! So I have 6 drawings left to do, and need to finish writing the text, but this should be done by late March, early April. At that time, I'll send a PDF to everyone, and ship the original drawings to the backers who bought one. I'll also send PDFs of any other add-ons I can for those of you who bought copies of the coloring book, old comics, etc. I need to go through the add-ons and see what I can do.
Just wanted to let you know I'm still working on this, and the end is in sight!
Hey, everyone. I wanted to talk with you about my work and career going forward. There are several reasons why.
First, MAKER ART DO CRIME is still in progress. I have about 2/3 of the art done, and some of the writing. This will be completed and delivered in PDF as soon as it's ready. Art will be shipped at that time. The printing and shipping of the physical book will take a while longer as I gather funds to do it.
Second, working on the Strip drawing caricatures is getting to be too much wear and tear on my body to do long term, so I need to create new works to support me, especially as my aidcare now that I'm on my own is more than my rent each month. I have to survive, and art and storytelling are all I have as useful skills. My delay on this project is not that I got bored or flaked out - my co-creator died and I had to use the funds to survive.
Third, with the current state of things in the US, my existence as a disabled person is far more tenuous than ever. I need to survive and make a living.
All of that said, here is my proposal: Any future projects I launch, you will get for free. I will price in printing and shipping for any of you who want a copy, and will NOT ask you to pledge for it. Maybe it's not your thing, which I understand, but this offer will stand on every one of my future works until you have received content equal to your pledge on MADC.
Future projects will not be as Larime Taylor. No, not because I'm trying to hide the fact that I couldn't fulfill this project on time - if that were true, I wouldn't be writing this update. Anything Sylv and I made together will remain by Larime and Sylv Taylor, like if I do more with A VOICE IN THE DARK, or KEEP STARING. You never know!
All work made by me after Sylv's passing will be made by Lenore Soleil. Hi. I'm trans. I've always been trans, as was Sylv, but it wasn't until I was alone that I realized so much of me passed when Sylv did. There's a reason all of my leads are women.
Future works will not be put out for crowdfunding until everything is at LEAST 75% complete, and the last 25% will be finished by the time the crowdfund ends. I've never had the luxury of completing a work before soliciting it for funding because I've needed my art to pay our bills. I still do. So what's changed?
How I work has changed. I'm using DAZ3D Studio to make my comics, with line art and various after-work done to make it more comic book in feel instead of plastic looking renders. Yes, I'm still drawing, it's not just pushing 'render' and it's done. There's way more to it than that, but it is SO much faster. All the characters are completely designed by me, taking generic male and female models and shaping the hell out of them. I often retexture outfits, background elements, and put a lot into camera work and lighting. Doing things this way, I can make as many as 5 finished pages over 24 hours. I average 3. My average before this, the old way, was 1 every two days.
I'm working the Strip for one last year to support me while I get new content ready. The first, called HEXED, is about half-way done in 2 months. It'll be finished by the end of March. You can actually go see it in webcomic form right now at hexed.thecomicseries.com. It's a queer romantasy set at a college for magik. Yes, it's fluffier than my previous stuff, but have you seen the world we live in? In dark times, lighter fare does best. Readers get enough grim/dark in daily life, enough struggle and adversity, and look for escape. It's also much better for my mental health to be making something fun and ultimately uplifting right now. My daily existence as a crip trans femme is fraught enough. It's about a young woman on the spectrum with pure empathy trying to navigate college life in a magical world. Her best friends are a blind woman of color and a trans man of color. It celebrates ALL bodies, all types of beauty and love. It even has a minotaur instructor that, I've found, many are surprisingly thirsty for.
Maybe it's not your thing! I get it. Maybe what I do next will be. At any rate, you can have anything I make going forward for free. If I get to a place where I'm comfortable financially, I'll offer refunds on this project for those who want. I'm doing the very best I can to do right by you and still support myself.
I'm open to feedback, and won't flip out if I don't like everything I hear. I'm trying. I appreciate you.
I'm not entirely sure how. I'm not great, mentally/emotionally, but I'm stable existentially. Part of me thinks I'll be fine, I made it through the first year, which should be the hardest. Part of me has no idea HOW I made it, and doesn't think I can do this. I know instinctively that I can, and will, because I don't know how to do anything else EXCEPT survive, and I kind of hate that. I hate that I get to keep surviving but not truly living. No donations or projects can make that different, either. It's just how it is.
I AM finishing this, and I'll print and ship it with my own money as I can. This year has wiped me out financially on several occasions, and I'm not asking for more from you to give you the thing you already paid to get. I wish I didn't have to use the funds to survive, but I had no other choice. My problem, my responsibility. It may take awhile, but you'll get it. I will also never ask you to back another project again. I'm so very sorry.
I love you, Sylv, and I still miss you so fucking much.
Taking Zoey for her daily run, then checking myself in at Sunrise Hospital. My wound is forming an abscess and not draining like it usually does. This is only the second time in the 20 or so years I've had it that it's done this. The first time, about ten years ago, I was in for about a week. Hoping it's not as long this time.
My aids are still going to come over twice a day to clean up for Zelda and Zoey, make sure they have plenty of food and water, and give them a bit of company. It's leaving them home alone that I'm most upset about. They get very sad and mopey, especially after Sylv passed.
I'll be leaving instructions with a few people on what to do if the worst happens, but I'm fairly sure it won't come to that. Still, since it's just me, now, I need to be prepared.
