Patreon tier changes in JUNE + Life update! IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ

Hello everyone! It has been a while. This is a two part journal both about how I and my art are doing, and the upcoming changes. I'll keep the first part short.

CHANGES:

Fluffy potato dragon($12) & Full-fledged fluffbutt ($25) tiers

These two tiers will be REMOVED and REPLACED with a new tier. I really appreciate the interest you guys showed in the sketch rewards, but I'm afraid I have to remove them in the current form they are, as they take up a huge chunk of my time and are heavily underpriced (50% of the usual price of my commissions).

Fluffy potato tier ($5)

This tier still stays, but now includes:

- bonuses from $1 tier (HD versions, access to sketches and WIPs)

- access to future art tutorials and videos which I plan to start producing this year

- ability to vote on polls for future artworks

NEW:  Adept of fluff ($15) - 20 slots

This tier is a replacement for the $12 and $25 tier, and includes:

- bonuses from previous tiers

- fullbody sketch every THREE months (around 10% cheaper than regular prices)

NEW: Patron of fluff ($10)

This tier is equivalent to the $5 tiers, but it's just there if you wish to support me a bit more and still be cool. <3

It's quite likely that I might rework it more into a "token" system eventually, but for now, I hope to stick to this. Sorry for the caused inconveniences, but I'd be happy to find a system that works the best for me while still letting me provide as much as I can for you guys, since you are all awesome and deserve something for your support. 

Thank you all. <3

For the second part, a life update!

It's been a very turbulent time, I haven't had classes since early March. So much happened in life, I've already given hints on it in the discord server, but I guess time to compile it here.

I know I've been rather dodgy with providing uploads lately, and I am sincerely sorry for it. I think it's time to admit that I haven't been doing as great as I've been pretending to, and it hasn't been easy to get by. Monetarily, I'm doing fine, but my mental health suffered a lot ever since I moved, unknowingly. I took on a lot of responsibility when I in fact just didn't know what I was doing. 

There have been some bigger changes in my environment and family - I don't receive any extra income from parents anymore, as they can't afford to help me out because of the current pandemic and our tenant moving out (my room was rented out once I moved out), other than that, a lot of health issues in the family, separation across borders, and a few other things. University hasn't been any easier either, but I think I can manage that, at least. 

All in all, I don't want to bother you with the negative stuff - I want to start changing for the better and have this journal mark the start of a time of improvement. It's a start to ease my workload and make life more livable - I'm way too guilty of being stressed and anxious every day, not resting on weekends (or ever, for that matter), and not caring enough about myself because of the constant feeling of not doing enough and disappointing people. I feel like I've been underpricing myself, which ended up with me working way more than I should ( full time art + full time studying pharmacy is really not a good combination) and getting me deeper into the mess whenever I tried to take a break and relax more.

TLDR - I've been really fighting burnout and don't want the workload to build up again and ruin another year for me.  It's time for change!

If you got this far, thank you very much for reading. It's been kinda more rambly than I wanted it to be, but it's honestly also for me to finally admit my failures and move on and be better.

That is all. Have a wonderful day everyone!