kradeelav

going forward, i'm uploading everything with a "Creator Chose Not To Use Warnings" policy and retroactively scrubbing tags when possible. (here, ao3, bsky, etc). I will still put sensitive content under the cut.

(nothing personal if it's a deal breaker for following; also been there.)

copypastin' a bsky thread of mine:

i've already shown this to the doujin circle, but seeing the final shop visits for the latest comic campaign per incoming domain is *fascinating*. here's the breakdown:

    bsky --------- 830
    itchio -------- 155
    kradeelav.com 115
    tumblr ------- 90
    google ------ 25
    dreamwidth - 9
    other -------- 4

a few notes:

*there was roughly equal marketing on bsky/kradeelav.com/tumblr/(mastodon!baraag).

*kradeelav.com being above tumblr (solidly no3!) shows you the power of personal websites, doesnt it?

*itchio's visits started slow but then ramped up when the comic hit the front page for a few tags.

this whole campaign was not profit focused in the least (the slim $$ after shipping/printing is mentally sorted as "seed money" for future doujin), but broad data like this is still useful for estimating where to focus for pre-orders to save on mental energy. work smarter, not harder.

why the transparency?

indie doujin/comics is horrifically niche and opaque money-wise with a lot of headwinds (to use a corporatism) right now. i don't believe in competition with your peers. i really don't. the more mental pain i can erase for somebody through knowledge sharing is a net benefit.

wind down from projects. bottom two are wips from a scene i may or may not post. #zihark

good job, heinrix. #mscfanart

heinrix, babydoll; why are you Like That.
#mscfanart

showing off some interiors of this doujin ~ old hats will remember this all got started when I was genuinely annoyed at how it felt like Gunter was the sole #fefates character who didn't have one, haha.

the longer i worked on this, the more I had fun with (dare i say?) the subversiveness of making him as an old man the focus in some incredibly sexy strips, as well as rummaging around the sheer variety of nuanced topics this ship has. i'm glad it resonated with y'all too. thank you ~ ♥