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Hi! Here you will find out what stage the project development is at by date.
January 11, 2026 I thought about drawing 20 pages and then publishing them, but then I thought... it takes a long time and waiting is hard. So I think I'll continue drawing manga and publish 4 frames more often.
January 1, 2026 Witch's Pie: Hi! The continuation of the story is ready, and I need your support. Donate to baymeacoffe/patreon to help the story move forward faster. $1 or $5 from everyone who reads my site is awesome! While we're getting ready to contribute to the project's development, I'm working on a romantic mystery +18, Ace Magic Academy.
https://buymeacoffee.com/punnypanda/wishlist
https://sites.google.com/view/ace-magic-academy/home?authuser=0
ACE The script has been written and I'm preparing the illustrations. Visit the site often and stay updated on the news and developments by subscribing for free to the project's Patreon.
December 24 The project is on hold for now. I need to prepare the 18+ magical detective story “Ace Magic Academy” and a portfolio for my drawing services. Please donate to byumeacoffe to help the project move forward quickly.
December 13 I reworked the project presentation, removed the dramatic moment, and added more exciting moments.
December 3 Awesome! I'm still alive, and it's been a year since I started the website, and I only launched the webtoon Witch's Pie in September. At first, it was in manga format, but now it's a webtoon because I know you read it on your phone. I thought about launching it, but since I don't have many followers on social media, I couldn't organize it. Now it's time for me to work on Chapter 3 to familiarize you with the story. Chapters 1 and 2 are completely free. And Chapter 3 will be in color.
November 26, 2025
I've already been banned twice for trying to invite people to read my manga. Blusky and Cara 🥲. Huh
November 22, 2025 I have to pause my marketing activities due to Russian shelling. I lost electricity and cannot study, work with clients, do household chores, or create content for the website, including videos and marketing materials at one moment.
The site will be filled, but without activity on social networks for now.
November 15, 2025 Over the course of a year, I managed to attract 130 readers per month to my website. Taking into account the statistical error I noticed, there may be around 200 readers. That's not many, right? But! Without advertising, without bloggers recommending me on TikTok with cool music playing in the background... mmm... Well, something like that.
November 09, 2025 I'm still working on the overall brand concept and ideas. The thing is, I analyzed the needs of the entertainment niche audience and figured out what I need to do to meet their desires. At first, I chose something cute and funny, but it turned out to be childish. Viewers won't want to be sponsors if the project is too childish. Because I rebelled against the top companies, I realized I needed to do something bold. But at the same time, I don't like drawing caricatures. The image continues to be cute.
November 01, 2025 Although I have 30,000 views per month, which is a good result, my audience is still cold. Why? I don't have a system. So I've outlined an advertising plan for art and videos. People don't like overt appeals.
October 18, 2025 I feel like I'm in a zombie apocalypse. Dear diary... today Joe died... you write texts... but people don't want to read them. I evaluated the conversion rate and it's stable for working without advertising. People enter the funnel but don't go on to read... so something needs to change.
October 11, 2025 I decided that the manga format would be a color webcomic, which even large publishers are now switching to. I also lowered the prices so as not to scare readers away.
October 05, 2025 I've redesigned the comic for the web format. It will be black and white because I need to do the animation and I just can't find the time. I want to say that I got two free subscribers on Patreon and I'm just shocked... aaaah! Understand how I feel when no one notices you at all *_*
September 30, 2025 "Witch’s Pie” will probably switch its format to a more convenient webtoon style, moving away from the manga format. I tested the manga format, and I really like it, and it seems readers do too—there’s activity on social media. But I’d like to make the reading experience as comfortable as possible, especially since most of you usually read on your phones. So, Chapter 1 is in manga format, Chapter 2 as well, but from then on I’ll move to the webtoon format. This way, we can have free chapters as well as chapters for those who are looking for something special and unique, and who are ready to support the brand on Patreon.
September 13, 2025 As I expected, the launch was a failure; people showed no interest in the presentation at all. I didn't have any money for advertising, so I was hoping for some organic interest. It didn't work out.
September 01, 2025 While studying business, I learned that it takes 5-15 attempts and 200 tests to finally make a sale... oops! Well, let's keep working.
August 15, 2025 I updated the presentation and cover, chose the main shade, got rid of unnecessary elements, redesigned all pages, changed the price to $8 because of inflation, and determined a different positioning.
August 09, 2025 There is a mathematical concept called conversion. To make 100 sales at $6 each, I need 5,000 website visitors, but I only have 200. So the launch will be a failure. Yes, I know. I'm trying to learn and test how the numbers work, how to increase the conversion rate for a small audience.
August 04, 2025 A video plan was created, music was selected for the intro, as well as mini-comics.
July 27, 2025 It's funny, but I consulted with the GPT chat, Gemini, and Grok about whether I should go ahead with the launch. Only Grok said yes. I thought about disagreeing with him, but then I realized that I didn't want to miss the opportunity to hold the event.
July 22, 2025 I decided not to do the launch.
This is due to the change of consumer interests from 2024 and my own positioning.
The thing is that bloggers (actors) do launches, but I am not a blogger. The manga will be published as soon as I create an anime teaser.
July 21, 2025 I started making animation, although I haven't read 2 theory books yet and limited myself to 12 rules, which by the way the Japanese don't adhere to. The 40 pages for the launch are ready to go. I need to prepare materials for marketing
July 14, 2025 I study animation theory and programming. I tested a couple of videos for social networks to see if people liked the topic.
July 12, 2025
I have 3 pages left to draw and 40 pages will be ready for release. Now I need to prepare materials for the marketing phase.
Difficulties:
- No money for advertising...
- I'm skeptical about the option to store on Etsy because of the strong competition in the digital goods niche. In addition, I need to create a brand image.
- Drawing 40 pages is too long, it took 5 months! I had to pick up the style, character design, and come up with a plot for 2 chapters at once.
- This manga doesn't have +18, will people buy a subscription on Patreon?.... 😵💫
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