Update

Here’s the straight scoop on the last... weeks...—keeping it clear. Posts slowed down a bit because I’ve been sick (fever’s no joke) and wrestling with a ton of changes. Dropped a new art model, all cartoony and juiced with my old sketch vibes—y’all ate it up, and Patreon subs tripled, leaving me with a way bigger crew to manage. Tier 3 peeps got monthly custom images as a perk, your pick within my rules. Then Patreon slapped an 18+ tag on me, so I rejigged tiers to keep it all smooth—nobody’s losing benefits, and prices are locked.

Leakers got under my skin, so I built deepvesper.com—a tight, no-compression site you access with your Patreon login, running fast and secure. The server’s souped up now too, handling wild traffic and dodging DDoS nonsense. Added a Story Reader there—clean chapters, slick font, phone-friendly—for a better story fix. I’m shifting to quality over quantity: 2-3 top-notch SFW sets and 1 NSFW 3 out of 4 weeks each 4 week cycle, plus a week for stories and Nina’s Leap game stuff. Been sick from overdoing it, so I’m easing back after that reality check.

The Tier 3 waifu fanart? Only 3 people asked for it, and it shows, so I’m thinking of scrapping it. Might swap it for a new (Tier 3 + Commission) tier soon—single AI+human commission per month which includes fanart and anything your heart wants but a singular image unlike Tier 4 which is MORE STUFF. Subs tripled, which is dope but intense, so the server’s overprotected to keep up. Regional pricing might dip a bit soon for some of you—still sorting that with support. That’s it: slower posts from sickness and fixes, but we’re rolling strong. Thanks for hanging in there!

IMPORTANT INFO: There are 4 NSFW posts minimum a month, weekly for the NSFW-only gang (will be here as well as an extra), and one week fully on stories/game dev—might mean no post that week, but it’s a trade-off you’re backing. Sickness screws it up? I’ll slide sets to another week or double up later. We’re set, and I’m stoked—thanks for riding this out with me!

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OLDER POST - DECIDED TO TURN TO A RUNDOWN AS I WRITE THESE AT RANDOM.

Now that I’m much more recovered from my cold, I want to use Friday to Sunday to focus on the remaining work and prepare what I need for this next set.

As I continue to work on the Skater Dreams story, I plan to make a small piece of fanfiction available exclusively for everyone. I was down to a new draft and didn’t like it, so I’m rewriting it into something shorter, mostly expansion-focused. I’m all about overwhelming the reader with the expansion stuff instead of piling on too many details and ruining the story.

We are moving away from using polls to choose stories, as we are now focusing on larger projects and game development. It’s April already—month 4! There will be slightly shorter stories to find a monthly cadence! as mentioned in previous posts. Why not using polls? Because I planned on stories for the year.

I hid the Patreon number because it was growing way too high for comfort. I know people with 10 times my following on X who have less on Patreon, but they’ve got zero CTAs (calls to action) or pathways to conversion anywhere. It’s my way to dodge jealousy or stop people who hate me from hating me more. I hid it.

This kind of thing happens when someone loses their job and throws all their mental energy into one issue, lol. There has been a surge in the number of leakers.

Art Sets! So, from the poll, I found a middle ground—maybe doing a bit more than you suggested, but a whole week is dedicated to other works on Patreon.  2–3 SFW and 1 NSFW, 3 times each month! Additionally, we dedicated one week solely to story and game development. That’s what I think is the BEST way to balance it—keeping the focus on other content too! The SFW sets will be tier-directed: an XXXL set for Tier 1, with the NSFW post covering all NSFW activities in that cycle (all things in one post). Therefore, there will be three cycles per month, with one week devoted to other content.

So! I’ve got promises to keep to my Patreon members. Getting the site back in order was a doozy that almost killed me. I discovered a startling revelation: not a minor attack, but a massive one. Why was it crashing every 10 minutes? It could have been an army of bots! They came from a location I found curious.

The data here is no more than 3 days old... We installed cybersecurity protections! Service is GOOD!

 I’ve got a theory—I can’t prove it; it might just be normal—but a site open for 2 weeks getting thousands, maybe tens of thousands, of bot attacks in such a short span? I mean… I assume it’s the leakers, angry at me for the paywalled website. If that’s the case, well, that’s why I had to endure a Cybersecurity 101 course last weekend. Holy fuck. Of course, they make the website work badly and freeze it up, and it makes us look bad. Couldn’t believe it—stuff’s more complex than it seems.

So, I’ve been chatting with some of you—leaving, joining, or just chilling—and found a curious fact about Europeans, South Americans, and other currencies. Patreon isn’t making prices cheaper for lower-cost countries; it’s making the platform more expensive instead. My plan is to eat the extra cost at first, then later lower prices on certain tiers a bit—not a massive drop, just enough to help those forced to pay way more than I’m asking. I’ll first attempt to see if support can let me reduce pricing by region. If that approach is not successful, I will explore alternative solutions. Either way, I’m pumped!

tl;dr: 1 story a month, 3 weeks of image posts a month, maybe reduce some prices.

I'm still a bit under the weather, just more conscious there is some bug in the AIR; I'm taking steps to keep myself away from death's door.

Back to work!