{"id":9736,"date":"2024-03-29T11:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/?p=9736"},"modified":"2024-11-04T12:22:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T17:22:27","slug":"march-2024-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jpawlik.com\/blog\/03\/29\/9736\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2024 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"

The end of March is here and it’s an extra long weekend so here’s a newsletter for y’all to read!
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Here’s how you can keep up on these newsletters (they’ll always be free)
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Public March Art<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Fun art goes up every Friday! These can be seen & shared over on tumblr<\/a>, mastodon<\/a>, cohost<\/a>, pillowfort<\/a>, bluesky<\/a> and jpawlik.com\/blog<\/a> with sketches and thumbnails up early for patrons<\/a>, VIP members<\/a>, and kofi members<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Webcomic Updates<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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We’re into the 100s now for Alola Darumaka, and three new pages went up this month! And if you want early access to pages, sketches and thumbs check out my Patreon<\/a>, Kofi<\/a>, or VIP Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read from the beginning<\/a> | Read the newest pages<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Page 5 of my HRT diary comic is up! People around me are noticing things and it’s really exciting! I’m currently only making these pages as those changes happen but pages will go up on Tuesdays early on Patreon<\/a>, Kofi<\/a>, and my VIP Blog<\/a>, then up 2 months later for free on Topaz Comics.<\/p>\n

Read from the beginning<\/strong><\/a> | Read on the latest page<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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A new page of “After All” went up for my Private Collector tier! This is a NSFW Jigen\/Zenigata comic written by Max. It’s been a bit slow coming out lately because I’ve been swamped with other work but we’ve only got four pages left now!<\/p>\n

Read on Patreon<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0| Read on my VIP Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Two new pages of “The Curtain Falls” are up! This is a Lupin III fancomic I’m working that focuses on Lupin in his 60s and dealing with change and retirement. We’re getting into the meat of the issue now as Lupin monologues a bit.<\/p>\n

Read it on Patreon<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0| Read on my VIP Blog<\/a> | Read on Kofi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

March’s Sketchbook<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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This month’s sketchbook is up for the Grab Bag tier on Patreon<\/a>, VIP Blog<\/a> and <\/strong>Kofi<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

It’s been a real busy month and I wasn’t able to dedicate too much time to sketchbook art but I really like what I did do when I had the time! Lots of original comic concepts in this one, plus a sneak peek to my comic for the upcoming OJST pledge drive, some forum weekly art prompts and more! As ever, thanks to my patrons for their support and shoutout requests.<\/p>\n

Other things<\/strong><\/h4>\n

I just finished up a secret OJST comic for their Patreon Pledge Drive<\/a> again this year. It’ll go up sometime in April so keep an eye out for that, then I’ll post it on my own Patreon\/VIP blog in December! I posted a sneak peak of it in March’s sketchbook~<\/p>\n

Still working fulltime on a video game with a studio until the summer, I’ve been really enjoying the experience and video games might be something I’ll look in to doing more for my daytime work!<\/p>\n

Lots of internet stuff happened this month, with more sites like tumblr including more AI garbage and Gumroad and Patreon putting up more walls against NSFW art it’s looking really bleak out there. It was a tough time but I really believe that if people continue to make art that we’ll persevere through all this.<\/p>\n

Patreon hasn’t outright banned NSFW art so I’ll continue posting there, but if they ask me to remove it then I’ll have to comply. On the upside I am working on a membership site of my very own that will act a lot like Patreon, my VIP blog<\/strong><\/a> it’s not very pretty yet but it does work! It doesn’t have the immense backlog yet like my Patreon does but having a back-up just in case makes me feel better. It does use Stripe because there’s no other options for me right now, but I’ve added a little addendum to my TOS that might be a good work around for now. Here’s hoping Patreon doesn’t give me the boot!<\/p>\n

And if you want to fight against payment processors and credit cards banning NSFW media, please check out this form<\/a><\/strong> and this petition<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you want a nice place to hang out and like Lupin III I highly encourage you to check out the Lupin Forum<\/a>. I’m over there hosting weekly art prompts for folks to feel inspired by. It’s been a real fun time and nice to have somewhere to go that’s a bit more niche and not subject to the whims of big corporations.<\/p>\n

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Another month down. Thanks for reading, I like posting these newsletters so I hope you like them too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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