It's something I constantly struggle with; whether it's worth it to spend a ridiculous amount of time on something if the product is beautiful.
In webcomics time is of the essence, too many missed updates and your fans will stop checking back. In the seven (eight?) years I've been reading webcomics I've seen three finish where they were intended (and two of those were by the same person), but I've lost count of how many that have just up and died. Some of the comics I follow now are showing signs of imminent failure, updates have been slower and slower over the past few years, a few are down to once every month or two. Hell, I failed the first time I tried it, six months and ten pages.
I really hope I can do it this time. I just went back and recolored all the trees in the five pages I have finished to make them match and look more aesthetically pleasing. It took me two days. I don't think I'll have to do it again, but the wasted time really put a dent in my production schedule. I'll probably only have up to seven done for tomorrow when I wanted eleven. I was banking on those to get me through the next eleven weeks in England in case I don't have time to make more while I'm there. If just a little slip up can put me this far behind can I even keep the comic going? Should I have just left all the mismatching trees? I could have got more done, but I'm a perfectionist, and I do have to say they look nice now.
Oh well, now I have to go write all the dialogue in. Ugh.
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