Important update regarding future of my patreon

tl;dr: I'm not sure if I’ll be making models for a while, previous WIPs I will have to get rid of, but I'm keeping my patreon open so people have access to all of the models, and tip me if they want to.

Hey there. I made a post lightly touching on this on bluesky, but wanted to make a more thorough post on patreon explaining things and the situation to my patreons supporting me

I wanted to open a patreon to motivate myself, and to get another reliable, steady source of income on the side, opening my patreon up as a tip jar. but after a while it started to do the reverse, rather than being motivating it became a burden. It was a bit of a secret thing, but I wanted to have a goal of a model per month, but it started to become stressful, and I would start to actually feel relief if I missed it since I would have time to relax and not worry about crunching hours to finish a model I'm not satisfied with!

I've shown sneak peaks of models to hype them up, but it's become a problem because then I feel like I really have to deliver on them, and I'll be struggling with responsibilities, or even to relax since I know I need to get the models done. It always stays in the back of mind.

The economy has been pretty terrible all around and with what I get out of patreon both on a emotional and financial level, I think it's more realistic for me to admit I just can't do it at my current point in life

Because of this, I think I'll have to scrap all of the WIPs I've shown and done, so I don't have the weight of “I owe people (Insert model here)," and can do things more freely. I still think I'll keep my patreon open, so people can access the older models though.

I still plan on making models too, but I don't want to pressure myself too hard into doing more, or feeling like a failure if I do a character I promised, but it didn't turn out as well as I expected. I've tied my identity to my work way too much, and it's been ruining a lot of aspects of my life

The good news (potentially) about this, is I think this reset will help me to make more models. I need to devote some time to soul searching and revisiting what I want as an artist not a content creator. Ultimately I don't think I'll ever stop art full stop. but taking these steps back and realizing I can't do it as a full time job is important to me to keep it close to my heart.

I apologize for having to make this decision, and thank you all for supporting me on my patreon. I hope this is a temporary lull