Journal 33: To Journal or to Carte-du-Jour?
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Dear Patrons,
Here’s the 3rd update owed for September, and soon I will post the first update for October. And as a sneak preview, either for the next update or the one after, expect a full CARTE DU JOUR post similar to that of no. 326-328, now that I’ve managed to complete enough finished artwork of a particular project. Will it be more of BIZARRE BAZAAR? Or DOOMED RAIDER? Or something else? Stay tuned!
I’ve been thinking about the journal approach. I do hope that you will still find them of value in some way to keep subscribing. In some way, you’ll get to see a wider range of my ideas worked on concurrently. Perhaps the variety shows. And it also allows you to see and track the journey of each artwork and that they are done via human hands. Or maybe some would rather see complete artworks finished in color. Should I open a poll asking the question? Well, here you go!
Now for some good news, I feel that I will be settling on a rhythm for the foreseeable future which means, more regular updates. I’ve been debating on whether to focus on just this website and leave the other social media platforms lean. It does suck up time to post here and there, posting on X, forums, Reddit, and on the various payment platforms I’ve set up. I wished we live in a world with a single and simple avenue of subscription, instead, I’ve to post multiple times on multiple platforms to keep my social media presence alive, which helps with finding new subscribers. I’ve been seeing the trend of successful “clipping” methods used by Youtubers to work around their deplatforming, using fans and followers of their works and I wonder if there’s a way to employ this approach. I would love to be able to just focus on my stories and art, and while I don’t have enough of a budget to afford a social media manager working on such a niche NSFW subject. Perhaps I shall put this question out to my folks on Discord to answer. What do you all think?
As to the content, there’s not much of a theme for this update, more along the lines of a range of pleasant random surprises regarding various projects as I’m working through some of my commission requests.
Bon appétit!
The following are projects along with synopsis. It will mostly be repeated from previous journals but I will make some updates as the story evolves. If you see the project name without images, it means there are bonus images available through the exclusive download link found below below.
Bon appétit!
BIZARRE BAZAAR (more artwork in bonus content)
Young women from around the world go missing. Were some of them kidnapped? Or did they fall victim to a mysterious and cryptic internet rabbit hole concept referring to a trend found in the dark web, the one they call the Winding Stare? Not much is known as all its participants who completed the challenge would vanish without a trace. Selfie photos would eventually turn up through dark web chat rooms, the victim holding a note in various languages, saying “Eat Me”, along with a strange symbol and a tattoo and sometimes a presence of a plush toy pig, deer and various other domesticated animals. Are they AI generated fakes? Are they part of a sexualized stunt of this macabre game? What could this mean? And the meaning of the note can’t be that literal, can it? Internet rumors abound about this tried being connected to a mysterious group called the Spiderfly Society and an event called the Bizarre Bazaar. Nobody but those involved knows.
Featuring, the American Wild Child…
… the Chinese girl who makes a horrible discovery…
… and more scenes from the Vietnamese…
MOVEABLE FEAST: XANADU
A real estate agent hoping to land the sale of her lifetime, a once beloved mall in her neighborhood. Many memories were formed in the old abandoned megaplex, a sad tale of times past, the golden age of the 90’s and the 00’s of happier times where the young go out to eat, buy and play. Like old VHS tapes and Atari game consoles, it too has gone out of style. This time, the mall will embed within its place a terrible and indelible memory of its own, a fleeting and temporary reverie, before burying all its secrets, destroying all evidence of horrific ritual acts that had consecrated the ground of this condemned building for its new dark purpose for the Kronos Consortium.
LOBSTER’S BALL – AGONY OF DEFEAT (more artwork in bonus content)
The dreaded cargo vessel LOBSTER’S BALL makes its port of call in New Orleans. Masquerades. Mardi Gras. Processions. Voodoo. A celebrated collegiate gymnast who has drawn the ire of the sports commission executives with dark appetites. But first, they would like to watch her use those fine muscles to run, jump and escape. You could call it, staying with the seafood theme, a kind of a “Squid Game“.
LÉGION IMPOSSIBLE: CALIPHATE (more artwork in bonus content)
Rumors grow of a fearsome rebel group growing in the Middle-East causing the deaths of peacekeeping solders and the disappearances of female combatants, journalists, missionaries and civilians. What did they do to their bodies? Did they take them as sex slaves or for something much worse? A lone female agent codenamed “Judith” is sent into the heart of darkness to uncover this dark secret.
PAINTED BIRD IN LOST CARCOSA (more artwork in bonus content)
An accountant finds some financial discrepancies within her corporation and as a reward, is invited by her higher ups to a corporate event in a secluded rural part of Southeastern US. In the end, she finds herself caught in a conspiracy of hidden secret societies of the Old World who has a hobby of hunting the most beautiful game.
HAND-DRAWN WORKS FROM YORE (more artwork in bonus content)
This section is where I revisit and dig up some of my old physically drawn artworks that I’ve scanned. I’ll try to do this once every so often. I’ve not really set up anything officially yet, but I’m slowly opening the door to the thought of selling these original hand-drawn artworks for those who are interested. Full artworks are found in the download link.
I’ve also dug up some occasional comic strip style works I’ve done way way back, one you see here with the uncensored version in the bonus content section. If folks are interested, I could keep posting them in each update, almost like what the old newspapers do for each publication.
ODDS AND ENDS (more artwork in bonus content)
And again, here’s a reminder that there are more bonus artworks exclusive for DISCIPLE members and higher. Some of these include rough sketches, ideas I’ve been playing around with or artworks that are not currently attached to any project.
This time, like the last update, we have more spit-roasts again!
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