Socials are hard to keep track of, especially when many people have been exiled from platforms like Twitter for reasons beyond their control. I want to take this time to emphasize that I am also on the Bluesky platform, which has been picking up momentum particularly because of recent events.

I plan on posting more frequently (and casually) onto that site - including things like work in progress pieces, additional tips that I have picked up over the years, and so forth.

Make sure to follow over me there by the username shown in the bottom image!

As the seasons shift from summer to autumn (and the worries of raking loads of leaves comes to mind), I've taken the opportunity to clean up all prior Denizens of Ruckusville strips to reflect changes that will be seen in the September strips onwards. This change is currently applied to both the Ruckusville entries on this site, and on the official webcomic's website (which can be found here).

None of the images have seen any complete redraws, but elements that have changed range from correcting any outstanding issues with certain strips (including font changes), a overhaul in how colours look (they should pop more now!) and a changing in how the "old comic paper" look is handled.

Here is an example featuring the first ever strip, as a comparison. It should give you an idea on what to expect.

Top is the original May copy, bottom is the cleaned-up August copy:

I want to also take this time to thank everyone, from the bottom of my heart, who has supported this webcomic.

Though I say I make these for myself (and I still hold myself to that statement), I will concede that if it weren't for your active support (be it sharing these around with friends, liking them on socials or just letting me know personally that you love them), chances are I would have lost the drive to make more way earlier.

Have you ever wanted your own li'l art piece done by yours truly? Now is your chance!

UPDATE: COMMISSIONS ARE CLOSED UNTIL THE FIRST OF NEXT MONTH. THANKS FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE FILLED UP THE SLOTS!

This post will update whenever slots have been filled / general availability of commissions. First come, first served. The funds go towards doing more art and upkeeping the Denizens of Ruckusville webcomic - everyone wins!

Check the sheets for details before reaching out!

So a overhaul to the way the Art Portal functioned was released today, and I say it's a good update on the whole!

Unfortunately, a bug appears to have arisen where every post after January 2023 is hidden from the user's gallery. I was hit by this bug, and it seems a lot of other people have as well.

I've taken the time to republish each and every single one of the posts that vanished (luckily every post is still there if you go to the "My Projects" tab but republishing each piece is a monotonous task), even using the opportunity to use the new multi-author feature for February's "Gabe" piece. Please take a look!

So this was probably a long time coming, but I have chosen to sunset my Twitter account. I do not trust the management there with any decisions, and the site has become an unreliable pillar which I don't use much anyways.

My current aim is to be more active on these other accounts (which you can see linked in my profile). It doesn't feel right to me leaving these as simple galleries with little interaction or explanation. In the coming weeks, I'll be working on ways to get more involved on each site, and hopefully work towards a better upload schedule.

Eventually my goal will be to create my own self-hosted website to serve as a portfolio, but I'm going to take things one step at a time here. Anyways, I'm here again!