Hello 2024 - The Future of Scape

3/10/2024

Howdy!

Sometimes Scape resurfaces as a project I ruminate about, and 3-ish years out on indefinite hiatus I've had a lot of time to figure out just...why.

It's been a period of growth on my part, where my relationship with comic work was not good. A lot of it was mental health, a lot of it was life happenings and a full time job post-grad, and a lot of it was just a dissatisfaction with everything that made me...ME. Comics have been kind of content-locked behind some paywall in my brain and while I keep promising "hey, I feel it coming back!" I know Scape is not going to be a part of that formula. My pride kinda stood in the way of that inevitable fact, because putting a project down, for lack of a better word, fucking sucks!

In the interim though, I've done a lot of work to reform my relationship with my creative work. Doing it for ME first and foremost, and not to generate an audience or even income. I hardly post to main socials anymore and keep a lot of my art and character ramblings to incessantly ramble about to friends. I've learned a lot about myself from a personal perspective, and creatively in execution and a lot about what makes a story stand on its own, and my god I feel a lot better about the direction of a future story when that cap comes off of the comic section of my brain. My priorities shifted in what makes a story Good, and funnily I think if Scape ever DOES bounce back it may take an entirely different direction.

Being out of college 4+ years now has given me time to reflect that I just...want to make art for me, because I love doing it and always have. There ARE projects I want to do, and I think the path has been cleared for some sort of fruitful future.

I still love Scape, and I'm shelving the concept for future potential, but my interests and priorities have shifted and, whenever it happens, something new may be on the horizon.

Thanks to folks who still follow my work, even without a comic behind it. I love comics so much, and the ability to tell stories and share those stories. I've met a ton of cool and creative people because of Scape and that will always be the greatest takeaway from this experience. I've lived and learned and am relatively hopeful for the future.

-Nuke

UPDATE 3.26.2021

Hello! It has been a minute. 

I just wanted to do a quick update on life--and the life of Scape, because I feel like I owe any waiting or new readers a little rundown so it doesn't seem like I disappeared off the face of the earth, haha

2021 was very heavily a year of working on myself. I had to be a little selfish and take care of myself and improve things within my life, and Scape was feeling more like work than something fun. Depression is a difficult thing to overcome especially when it starts impacting your creativity, and being creative lately has felt like pulling teeth. 

I never want to make any promises, but I definitely don't want to just abandon this project. In fact, I have some behind the scenes work on Creative Things that'll come to fruition pretty soon, and I'm excited to share. 

It's a slow go, and still hard, but I'm just happy to say things have looked up a bit and my confidence slowly improves.

But yeah, Scape has been far from my mind while I just work on getting through my. Me. Especially since I work full time on top of that. It impacts me a lot, I miss the project a LOT. But, depression.

I truly appreciate the support this comic has had til now and I hope all of you are hanging in there with life as well.

Bye for now, and thank you!

- Nuke

Next week is the final page for chapter 1! Finally! This chapter in itself has been through a phat journey of revisions and complete scrapping and redoing, and I can say now that I am satisfied. More next week 

I might do a little character Q&A for an interlude as I prep up next chapter. Feel free to ask your questions below in the comments! 

Thanks for stickin' with me through this! Believe it or not, this chapter really was just....setup. The real fun begins soon :3c 

HEY! I hope you are all taking it easy and having a lovely day, but also make sure you VOTE if you haven't already!

Love you guys, see ya next week!

Flats were done by my friend Rosemary! You can check her stuff out here: https://twitter.com/shieldsparkle

Hi! It's been a minute

To put it short, this year has sucked. Due to personal life and the general state of our world, of course. It's definitely not over, but I am in a better place than I was earlier this year, at the very least. I finally feel motivated enough to start updating again! The chapter is so close to concluding, and I am ready to get it done. 

Thanks to those of you for being patient and sticking with me, your continued support has gotten me through and motivated me to get back on the horse sooner rather than later. When it comes to this comic, I want it to be my best effort since it is such an ambitious project. 

So here we go! 

Update 6/17/2020

Just another quick update, I apologize for all the delay! It's been crazy, obviously, and while I was planning to start uploading again this month due to recent events I feel it's more important to amplify and give a platform for the folks who need it most. 

Aside from the world craziness, life has still been hectic BUT improving, slowly but surely. I'm trying to refine some thumbnails for this chapter so I can create batches to get ahead a bit. I'll be moving around the beginning of August, so I wanna get ahead of that while I can as well as doing some freelance work.

Shit's crazy, man! But I promise Scape will be returning soon, I'm so sorry for making everyone wait.

In the meantime, amplify those who need their voices heard and help donate, advocating for change! 

Here is a handy link to donate in support of protesters and Black lives: https://linktr.ee/blacklivesmatter

And for pride month, a handy collection of donation links to support Black LGBT+ https://linktr.ee/btfacollective

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Hey guys, I know it has been a month or so since Scape went on a sudden pause. I figure I would give a formal explanation so you know I don’t intend to end Scape! 

To start with the obvious, Covid19 caused complications, I was let go from my full time job due to it. But other personal life things, family, relationship, have thrown a curveball at me and has left me feeling strained to work on Scape while not all mentally there, when it should be a fun thing.

Thats it, really! I apologize for the radio silence, I’m usually active on Twitter where I keep things most up to date. The world is in a weird state, and while I suddenly have ample time to create, it just can’t be a priority at the moment as I work to take care of myself. 

Take care of yourselves, and others in these weirdass times. I am in the process of working on myself, and hope to get a buffer set up so Scape can be back in action. Thank you for reading, we will get through this!

Well, that's one way to do it

It's the final update of 2019! Wowee! 

Thanks for following Sula's adventure so far, 2020 will be the year things really start swinging into motion and things get even crazier and stakes get higher, hope to see you there and I hope everyone had a happy and safe holidays this past week!