This website, my courses and the YouTube channel have been rather quiet since 2017, I should probably address that shouldn’t I?
In short, I needed a break, before I broke. While at times Apptly Creative has been successful enough to be done full time (for that I am very thankful) I’ve always maintained a day job as well. Doing both takes a toll, around 2017 I started a major project in my day job and I really wanted to focus all of my energy on it to make sure that it was successful.
That project is now complete and I’m glad to say it went pretty well. I do however really really miss my creative work.
In planning to ease back in to things, there are two major products that I will be launching in the coming days and weeks:
“Northy Miniatures” YouTube Channel - While I still love programming, I’ve also rekindled my love for the arts and in particular model building and painting. I have a lot of plans to start sharing that soon in entertaining and educational videos.
“Hobby Life” App - As i said, i still love programming. Heading back in to the miniature hobby scene I saw a gap in the market for a progress tracker that had a few advanced tracking features with a lot of colour and flavour. If you like the miniature hobby, i think you will love this app!
So how much will it cost you? I’m actually planning to launch both for free and without advertising (as much as possible, YouTube has a few restrictions).
This is something new for me but I’m planning to fund the project through patreon. Once people start getting value out of my videos and apps, if they want more regular content and updates and to provide input in to the product direction, they can support the products via patreon for a very fair monthly fee.
I don’t know if this project will work but I’m pouring my heart and soul in to it and I’ve planned this in a way that the day job won’t hold it back.
If you’ve ever supported my products before, thank you, it means the world to me and it allows me to do things that I love. I hope you love this too.