Request Stream, 25$ tier change, Next Comic, more

This is kind of a general update/news post! I like being able to just explain where I am on things and get your guys' feedback.

Request Streams - So the first week of July was eaten up by Anthrocon for me, and I haven't done the request streams yet. I'm scheduling them for the next two Sundays, the 24th and the 31st. Both should start at about 4pm EST.

25$ Change - I've been wanting to figure out how to better value the bonus 25$ patrons get for the request streams. If someone can't make it, or misses the very start, I don't want to just say "well tough luck, I put up a notice". 25$ is a lot per month to one creator so I want to make it a bit more worth it. What I'm going to try out starting now, for this month's two streams, is, instead of getting ideas from the people currently present on the stream for the 25$ pick, I will ask ALL 25$ patrons, whether they are present or not.

If they are, I'll draw their image during stream, as normal. If they aren't, I'll move on to the 10$ pick and so on, saving their name for later, and if they enter the stream later, I'll draw it then. If they don't make it at all, that's fine, I'll get another idea for the stream, and send the 25$ patron winner a PM here on Patreon about what they'd like to see, and I'll do it off-stream. They only take 1-2 hours generally speaking, it won't be that much time out of my month to help make it more worthwhile for that tier, and doesn't negatively impact the other tiers. I don't think this qualifies as a raffle as there aren't any prizes given and per-pool, all have equal chances. But I'll ask Patreon if I have to.

Next Comic - This is kind of been eating at me for a while. I finished the Ayn comic earlier this month, but I haven't been able to decide on just what the heck I want to do with another comic. I know I took that poll earlier about what characters people wanted to see, and a lot wanted to see Vikna. However I don't think I have a compelling story for her, and even if it were a no-story vignette type comic, I'm still not sure what it would be about.

I have the next story for Predators I'd say 85% done, written down. While I could start it, I still want to flesh it out more, and do another short or medium length comic before jumping back into a longer one. The next Predators would likely be longer than the first, probably around 32-36 pages. Maybe more if people are diggin' it.

So I either need to think of a story/setting idea for Vikna, go ahead and try the Sahara or Nyt-Zofie ideas, or try my other option: a male/shemale story with Twix. It'd be a short comic, between 8-10 pages most likely, but it's also not very well fleshed out, I just like the basic idea in my head so far. I may just make a poll and put it up to you guys again to help me decide, but I apologize in advance if I don't get it started til the start of next month; I'm working on another pinup for July to try and meet my stretch goals and such first, and if I can't start the next comic, I might try to do even another one. We'll see! I just don't want to rush into the comic thing again, I kind of did it with Ayn's and it resulted in a lot of self-doubt, edits, stress, and wondering what I was doing. I hated that feeling, and comics require more thought and care than sole images I'm realizing. I'm just not that quick in coming up with ideas.

So, thank you guys for any comments and feedback in advance, and the support you're keeping me standing with!