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Closing down my Patreon, Recompensating my Patrons and the Future of Streams
🕑 Added 2017-06-26 19:20:10 +0000 UTC Hey everyone. I'd just like to take this time to wholly state the changes that I will be making to my art streaming process, so that there will be no confusion in the future. I apologize for not making a clear official statement sooner.So, currently I am out of town at a friends place. I was hoping that I'd be able to squeeze in one more stream this month since I would have the place to myself for a few days, but unfortunately due to plan changes and hardware issues this won't happen. Sorry for the misinformation and disappointment this may have caused. I do intend on fully compensating my patrons who have not had a chance at their drawings being made, by guaranteeing any current patrons that I will do those drawings at their convenience when i return next month around July 7th. If this is still unsatisfactory, I recommend my patrons to withdraw their patronage before they are charge.
Either way, this will be the last month I will be using Patreon, for the time being at least. The streams have been fun, but also stressful and all the modifications I have made to the process hasn't seemed to improve things much.
I will still be streaming, but they will be organized differently. For the general public, I will occasionally have free art streams that will work as they have in the past, with the drawings being randomly selected so long as they fit the theme and I am okay with the content. I will try to have at least one of those a month, though since they are free streams I can't guarantee that.
In addition, I will try using the "art slave" stream method for people who wish to have a guaranteed shot at having something quick drawn for them. I will do more research as to how to do this with maximum convenience for my supporters, but I am fairly certain this is the route I would prefer. I won't lie, this will be more expensive per unit time than the Patreon method, but I hope the peace of mind of knowing that your drawing will be done for sure rather than let up to chance will be worth it. Besides, it was a little hard to justify the time I've sunk into the streams for the compensation I've recieved. (I do not feel any of my Patrons have taken advantage of me though, I am grateful for the support I have received up until now)
Since I will probably be shutting down my Patreon, I will do further announcements on FurAffinity, Discord and Tumblrs. I don't know if anyone particularly wanted the .psd and.sai files for my art, but if you still would like those I will simply send you the files if you ask, no charge requred.
Thank you all for your support and patience. When I started drawing I didn't expect such to receive such a positive response from the communities. Your kindness and enthusiasm makes drawing that much more rewarding for me.
tl;dr - Shutting down Patreon but I will still stream both paid and free streams on occasion. Current Patrons, if they don't withdraw their support for this month, will have art guaranteed next month. I'll be back early July. Love you all.
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Illuminati Games
Good work!
