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Brb

This post is way overdue.

Sorry I haven’t posted in a while, I’ve just been finding it really hard to be creative lately.

The short version is I got hit with burnout again. It’s been a bad one. I felt depressed, lost, and I basically ran off into a metaphorical forest to hide for a while.

I started questioning everything. Do I still enjoy drawing comics? Do I still enjoy anything? Do I even have hobbies outside of all this? What’s my goal here?

Eventually, I started making new Plucked Up comics for patrons again. That seems to be my post-burnout ritual at this point. They’re a longer format than my usual Loading Artist comics, and I think that shift in structure makes the wall I’m banging my head against feel a little softer. Maybe doing something different is part of the answer? :loadGive:

While all this was happening, I was also lucky enough to watch Li Chen’s Detective Beans graphic novel series come to life. Helping with edits and seeing the whole thing take shape was incredibly inspiring. It pushed me to start developing my own graphic novel ideas, which I’m starting to get excited about (something I haven’t felt in a long time). But that reveal is still a long way off.

As for Loading Artist comics, I want to return to them. Right now my brain just refuses to hand over any ideas, and forcing it only makes everything worse. So instead I’m putting my energy into other projects, like the graphic novel. I’m hoping that giving my brain something different to work on will eventually loosen whatever is blocking the Loading Artist part of my mind.

On the plus side, I’ve started getting back into streaming on :twitch: Twitch again. And I’ll get back to posting on social media too, before they close my accounts due to inactivity, lol. :loadRIP:

Thanks for understanding. See you again soon, hopefully! :loadHi:

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Biggest Sale Ever

Loading Artist sale! Featured product is t-shirt with the new I AM NOT [OK] design, but everything is on sale

If you’ve ever thought about grabbing some Loading Artist merch, now’s the time. Why? BECAUSE I SAID SO Because we’ve never done a 20% off sale before!

And judging by the numbers coming in, I’m starting to remember why: turns out 20% off is… basically my entire profit margin on some of this stuff. Whoops!

Anyway! You get a great deal, I get to learn a valuable math lesson. Everybody wins!

🎉 Sale ends May 31st! Don’t miss it.

Oh yeah, here’s your super-secret coupon code to get 20% off: TWENTY

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Character Creator

Randomized characters with random features showing off the Loading Artist Character Creator!

Character Creator 2.0 is out!

Featuring a brand new, optimized interface for desktop and mobile, new export options, and a bunch of new character items!

Try it out here ➡ loadingartist.com/character

New interface!

Character Creator interface

The character no longer overlaps all the buttons on smaller screens! And speaking of buttons, they’re now nicely spaced out — so there’s a 97% lower chance of accidentally randomizing your whole character when you meant to just COPY an item. (You’re welcome.)

Export your character!

Export options showing how you can Export as PNG

One of the biggest additions: Export options!
You can now download your character as a PNG!

It’s a bit funky on mobile (the colours are always green), but you can still press COPY ALL and paste that text at the end of the URL to load your character in a desktop browser.
Like this!

New items!

🎩 Hats

  • amogus (fixed)
  • angel
  • astro
  • bob
  • combatcap_pony_hb
  • construction_hb
  • devil
  • wintercap_hair1_hb
  • wintercap_hb

🧍‍♂️ Bodies

  • beans
  • catpat_f
  • generic
  • guitar
  • megaphone
  • popcorn

👀 Eyes

  • 3d
  • eyeliner
  • groucho
  • monocle
  • robber
  • terminator
  • veiny

👄 Mouths

  • bubble
  • drool
  • spikey

Have fun!

Tag me if you post your character on social media! If you want to, that is. This isn’t one of those “use my hashtag to unlock the power of engagement” things. I’d just genuinely love to see what you make.

And if you run into any issues, feel free to email me at:
[email protected]

Custom VIP Characters

VIP portrait of TheRealBlakrose, cute girl with glasses surrounded by black roses

Got something more specific in mind? I draw custom characters for patrons at the VIP tier on Patreon!

VIP characters get a reserved seat beneath every comic they support — and they even show up during :twitch: Twitch streams!

👉 Become a VIP

Oh and also this