Heyos!
I just realized that while I've given a few sneak peeks, I never officially announced that I'm working on an artbook!
The ARTBOOK
Here is an overview of the artbook:
The point of the artbook is mainly to test out the process and see what it's like to actually print a book to prep for when I actually want to do so down the line... It is also for testing out the art process and for getting a rough gauge of how long a chapter of the manga will take me to draw.
It will also showcase some characters, some worldbuilding, and have a dedicated "Expected Manga Quality" section where I'll be testing out my manga workflow.
The artbook itself will probably be B5 sized and while the pdf version of it will be available on BuyMeACoffee for free when it is done, the Hardcover/physical copies MIGHT be available on Lulu (Print on demand) - but not quite sure yet.. will reveal more once I get closer to finishing the artbook.
I started the artbook back around Q4 of 2025 - though at the time, I did not go all in so I was partially working on this and partially working on some other stuff like getting my ACGGOODS store set up, a few T-shirt Designs, etc.
Speaking of Tshirt Designs, I now have a T-shirt shop over on printify!!
T-SHIRT SHOP
https://mitsukis-merch.printify.me/products
Right now, I only have two T-shirts on there.. but I'm definitely working on more designs.
But the fact that I was able to find a good POD service for this makes me sooo happy!
Now, you might wonder, bruh, you don't even have a manga yet, why are you making merch..
But you see, that is all part of the plan. In fact that's how the plan always was since I started making HACK. There was always a building up of momentum of multiple different facets of the project that then come together for an explosive release of the trailers and manga.
Which leads us to.. the Roadmap!
The Roadmap
I've come a long way since starting HACK as a concept back in 2017. It's been almost 10 years and I'm finally deciding to move out of Phase 1 Pre-production to what I call Phase 2 of Pre-production.
For years, I've been plotbuilding and worldbuilding and developing my art, music production, coding, compositing, and other skills, setting things up, and now, it's time to get serious.
A manga will not work out without a good story.
While I've had lots of good ideas that mesh together over the course of the years, and have written over 700k words in relation to HACK, I've not gone through and outline the entire 24 arc story from the beginning to the end - a much needed effort which I plan to do after finishing this artbook probably sometime next year (I hope.)
As I work full time, HACK, being my passion project, will not have specific milestone dates, but as you can see in the roadmap above, the Green is what has been completed, the Blue is what I'm working on now and the Red are things that are not yet complete.
So long as I keep moving forward, I'll get there someday - but as some people say, the Journey is the Destination. I'm so happy to be working on HACK with every spare minute I have.
And I'm happy that you're here, following along with my journey :)
It means a lot ^u^
Thank you for reading and hope you have a nice day!
- Mitsuki