I hope everyone’s having a Valentine’s Day. Or should I say, had. For some reason I didn’t consider posting this on the main page, so I’m doing it now and changing the post-time to earlier. Sneaky. I think I’ll make it a habit of posting these single image posts to the front page blog, so keep your eyes PEELED.
Also, posting this with the CORRECT SPELLING. Facebook’s version will forever haunt me.
This year was HUGE for Loading Artist!
I switched to doing this full-time, started a Twitch stream, and created as many comics this year than 2013 and 2014 combined! (Well, one short). I know I say this all the time, but thank you so much for sticking around (and extra special extra warm thanks to my patrons for making it all possible). 2016 is going to be even huger.
Like last year, I thought it would be interesting to see which comics were the most viewed. Starting from the 5th most viewed, to the 1st! Bear in mind I can only see the stats of views of the actual comic page, so any direct image linking or rehosting (e.g. on imgur) isn’t counted.
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that #4, #3, and #2 are the first 3 comics of 2015. I think them being around longer, and also being what people typically click on first when they view the Archives, achieves this effect.
By far and away the most viewed Loading Artist comic of 2015 with over DOUBLE the views of #2’s Love Game. This was due to reaching the front page of /r/funny with the actual comic page (instead of a rehost). Thanks to redditor /u/Gengho for submitting it!
I hope that was interesting. Have fun with the new year, see you in 2016!!
– Gregor
Hey everyone! As of now my Patreon is set to be PER MONTH instead of PER COMIC! This is a good thing! Want to hear my reasons? Sure you do!
Simpler! Now you don’t need to think about setting a pledge per comic and a max monthly limit because your pledge IS the monthly limit.
Accurate! The $ number on my Patreon page will now show exactly how much I will actually earn this month. Back with ‘per comic’, the number only showed how much I’d get for the first comic in the month, and then actually be less and less as I continue posting comics throughout the month (as people’s max monthly limits would begin to kick in).
More comics! The main reason I originally went ‘per comic’ was because I started Patreon back when I was still going to my non-related day job every day and didn’t always have the time (or energy) to post a comic. Now that I’m doing this FULL TIME (all thanks to my patrons) I am dedicated to posting AT LEAST once a week, and now even posting TWICE a week!!
That pretty much sums it up.
If you haven’t already checked out my Patreon page but love the idea of supporting Loading Artist financially, give it a look!
Thanks everyone!
Gregor
One of the benefits of having been a games user interface artist is that I’m never completely happy with anything, therefore I’m always on the look out for ways I can improve on the site’s interface.
So.. welcome to a (slightly) improved version of Loading Artist! I’ve taken all of your suggestions (and bug reports) into consideration and got together with my go-to web developer Jordan (from Extra Ordinary comics) to do some stuff!
Redesigned front page! Now there are more blog posts visible as well as highlights from other areas of the site. I’ll change these highlights every now and then.
Super Supporters are now visible on mobile!
Improved functionality of the Super Supporters! Now the special animations play on hover (on desktop) and play on tap (on mobile/touch devices)! If you haven’t seen them, or didn’t realise there even were special animations, try it out under the comic here!
Keyboard support! Browse between the comics using the left and right arrow keys on your keyboard! Press the ? key for a random comic! (doesn’t require the Shift key, just the / will do)
New bug! Using the arrow/? keys whilst editing a comment will now browse between the comics, oops! (Thanks to Daniel Wilson for pointing this out (I’ve added it to the new list of things to consider for next time))
Improved merch options beneath relevant comics! Now comics have the ability to have specific merch links relevant to that comic (instead of just a generic “shirt!” link that points to the shirt store). Here’s an example, and here’s another!
Mobile drop down menu is easier to access and has larger text.
Better ad replacements if ads are not being shown. (no more messy text)
.. and a bunch of various minor positional tweaks and fixes, as well as some behind the scenes improvements.
Anyway, that’s it for website stuff for now. Time to go back to focusing on filling up that comic archive of mine! Thanks for reading!
I don’t do very well in front of a camera. My cheeks flush red, my eyes get glassy, and overall I look (and act) completely stoned. Not the ideal look to have on a children’s television show. Luckily a combination of the lighting and the resolution of my webcam disguises this pretty well.
Something else that’s disguised pretty well is the uncomfortable anxiety I’m hiding behind my eyes. I feel awkward talking on the phone. I feel awkward being on a webcam. Talking into a webcam is the ultimate awkward combination of communication for me (especially when I only receive audio). I almost think I would do better in a face to face interview. We’ll see how it goes when I’m [eventually] on Conan O’Brien.
Anyway, I’m just happy it didn’t turn out to be something to post to /r/cringe.
