Is there anything I can do to make Drunk Duck even fucking slower than it already is????
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i'm not having a problem. with anything other than my wife's d@@@ computer. i'm beginning to believe that it may not be the harddrive. if i had a means to power up hte harddrive without hte computer, i would do so. (as this bamf of a laptop i have now has sata connections inside the usb connections)
also, maybe it's just that my internet is so fast, as i used the one invented by dan quail, and not al gore.
I just can't seem to hold on to readers no matter how hard I try. It seems like no matter how much my artwork or writing ability improves, I just can't hold peoples attention for very long. And it drives me nuts. Granted, for a first try I've done exceptionally well, but the inner self-abusive taskmaster in my mind just won't let up. There's always this little part of my brain that keeps beating me over the head telling me I'm just not good enough at this stuff to succeed or have my audience grow. And even though I'm not obsessed with pageviews ( I'm actually purposely ignoring them because of this stupid little voice in my head. ), on the rare occasions I do look at them to see if my audience has grown any, that little voice just keeps on jabbering about how I should have more people reading for the number of pages I've made.
It makes me want to stab a brush pen into my ear to see if I can kill the little bastard, just to shut him up. If this is what being driven to succeed is like for everyone else, I'm starting on thinking that being a lazy slacker could be a great career path. I don't like having an obnoxious little self-doubting voice in my head telling me I suck.
Recently my brother's been coughing up blood and I'm afraid various parts in his throat will become infected and will bloat up and he'll suffocate over night.
Woo I'm optimistic.
Whoa. Um, he should see a doctor. Like definitely. O_o
As for me? I'm at the age where I'm supposed to be deciding my future- like university and all that stuff… but I'm getting a total blank. I have no idea which university or even what kind of major. If it's anything artsy I have to make a portfolio, which I know needs several months to prepare.
Hmmm… maybe I should just work at McDonalds for the rest of my life. >_>
stuff about losing readers.it's not that you lost a bunch of readers, just that you lost me. (not your fault at all, i've become bored with everything, and the only comic i've kept up to date with is Gods of Arkeelan) and i would everyday go thru your entire archive.
not really, but i would check multiple times a day because i was hoping you'd update twice somedays when you were exceptionally funny.
Hmmm… maybe I should just work at McDonalds for the rest of my life. >_>
Well, that's better than my plan, which includes dying on the streets because I have no money.
Ouch. I'm not sure if that's the best plan… but good luck with it.
Seriously, depends where you live but that's usually easier said than done. @_@
As for me? I'm at the age where I'm supposed to be deciding my future- like university and all that stuff… but I'm getting a total blank. I have no idea which university or even what kind of major. If it's anything artsy I have to make a portfolio, which I know needs several months to prepare.Just bug your nicest stuff together and hope for the best. That always works for me :)
As for Uni, careers etc… Think about the industry you'd like to work in (not necessarily the specific job), find Universities that you like that offer good courses related to that field, and see which ones you like the most :)
I just can't seem to hold on to readers no matter how hard I try. It seems like no matter how much my artwork or writing ability improves, I just can't hold peoples attention for very long. And it drives me nuts. Granted, for a first try I've done exceptionally well, but the inner self-abusive taskmaster in my mind just won't let up. There's always this little part of my brain that keeps beating me over the head telling me I'm just not good enough at this stuff to succeed or have my audience grow. And even though I'm not obsessed with pageviews ( I'm actually purposely ignoring them because of this stupid little voice in my head. ), on the rare occasions I do look at them to see if my audience has grown any, that little voice just keeps on jabbering about how I should have more people reading for the number of pages I've made.I've read a few of your rants on your comic with my time here, and i've honestly always wanted to tell you that you get waaaay to much stress out of it for what you get back. :'( I strongly agree with the statement that 'Webcomics should be fun for the artist as well as the readers.''
It makes me want to stab a brush pen into my ear to see if I can kill the little bastard, just to shut him up. If this is what being driven to succeed is like for everyone else, I'm starting on thinking that being a lazy slacker could be a great career path. I don't like having an obnoxious little self-doubting voice in my head telling me I suck.
You have a lot of drive to do last words, it's awesome. But with the state you say now why not put it on haitus and actually experiment with another comic? Go all out with trying to get readers knowing it's just an experiment- no harm done. And either proving the voice wrong, that you don't suck you just needed a change of strategy. Or prove it right and it disappears having nothing to complain about anymore.
(p.s. make it a fetish based comic if you're out of ideas, they always get readers);)
Too many ideas. The muse grabs me, sits me in a chair and makes me work on something totally different for 12 hours a day for three days. I discovered Comic Book Creator and it's so much fun… like Indesign or Quark for comics… woo-hoo. Instant gratification.
Then the "Damn this sucks", "Holy of Holies, this is way over the top", creeps in.
And my webcomic lies abandoned and alone while I frantically work on this one.
On the good side, I have started testing to find out why I blacked out back in June and smashed up my car and head.
Keep readers, shit I want to get them. Maybe it's time to trot out the rampant and gratuitous nudity.
I've read a few of your rants on your comic with my time here, and i've honestly always wanted to tell you that you get waaaay to much stress out of it for what you get back. :'( I strongly agree with the statement that 'Webcomics should be fun for the artist as well as the readers.''
You have a lot of drive to do last words, it's awesome. But with the state you say now why not put it on haitus and actually experiment with another comic? Go all out with trying to get readers knowing it's just an experiment- no harm done. And either proving the voice wrong, that you don't suck you just needed a change of strategy. Or prove it right and it disappears having nothing to complain about anymore.
(p.s. make it a fetish based comic if you're out of ideas, they always get readers);)
The weird thing is, I actually do enjoy doing all of the work for it, that voice just bugs the living crap out of me all the time. Generally, I'm pretty low stress in reality. No matter what it's about though, that obnoxious little voice is telling me "not good enough". Even with things like freelancing. I'm way ahead of the curve on having commission work still being in the first couple years of school, but it still prattles on at me anyway. And I am toying with other ideas since I've been wanting to play with full storylines for quite a while. Either way, I've got an enforced vacation coming up in the next week or two since I lose my computer when I move. I'll probably spend that time working on other stuff.
I get that little voice too. It's why I never do anything worthwhile, I always tear myself down before I even get started.
And then people tell me to just get over it, as if it has a fucking switch I can just flick on or off. And they're just making it worse, because it makes me feel like there's something wrong with my brain because I can't find the switch.
Just bug your nicest stuff together and hope for the best. That always works for me :)
As for Uni, careers etc… Think about the industry you'd like to work in (not necessarily the specific job), find Universities that you like that offer good courses related to that field, and see which ones you like the most :)
Ah, thanks for the advice! Now time to make "nice stuff", lol.
(I am so unproductive when it comes to art…)D=
i think one of my friends, is going to commit suicide. when? i have no clue, but he's teetering on the edge. the thing's he's been writing, the last time we talked. and i can't get ahold of him lately.
also, i can't just drive over to his house and smack him around till he comes to his senses. as he is someone from highschool, in indiana.
i hope everything turns out alright……
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also, i think that if DD is going to be doing maintenance that is going to stop us from logging on and all, that they should have a page up that tells us.
i think one of my friends, is going to commit suicide. when? i have no clue, but he's teetering on the edge. the thing's he's been writing, the last time we talked. and i can't get ahold of him lately.
also, i can't just drive over to his house and smack him around till he comes to his senses. as he is someone from highschool, in indiana.
i hope everything turns out alright……
——-
also, i think that if DD is going to be doing maintenance that is going to stop us from logging on and all, that they should have a page up that tells us.
Hope your friend hangs in there.
I know how it feels like. Its not a good feeling. And if not for the fear of God I would have done it. It was just that thought of eternally burning in hell for murder (suicide or abortion is murder is "thou shall not kill") that stopped me.
At least that bought me some time to get my head screwed on straight.
Ummm…i think one of my friends, is going to commit suicide.Hope your friend hangs in there.
That reminds me of the time people were leaving condolences on the Nightgig site for someone good who had died… Someone said:
"May heart is with the family, I've given all I can afford"*
…A little more that most people could afford…
*Or words to that effect.
I hate when the student housing people just come in your room like your five years old.
They always interrogate me at the worst time (like early in the morning, still half asleep in the business clothes from yesterday, in a room thats completely covered in art crap) Then you try and explain yourself for all the bad things at school you've done, not that they will believe you of course. And then you have to go into school and face people who don't really want to talk to you in the first place, otherwise you still woudn't be in this mess. After all this, you are still being threatened with them ruining your entire life. I paid good money dammit, just leave me the hell alone, and quit trying to punish me with bullshit!
EDIT: I'm so done with place, it makes me completely miserable to the point of shutting down.
Okay. RAWR. Why are some people who are in power just SO obviously f**king stupid and arrogant and hypocritical? It's so goddamned frustrating because you can't oppose them for fear of getting your ass whooped by the power of their interwub haxx. This really doesn't make sense. Just…RAWR.
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