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Shutting down soon

Added 2023-04-09 16:13:30 +0000 UTC

You read that right. Sorry folks, I'll be closing my patreon indefinitely at the end of April.

I am very happy to say that I'm doing it for the best of reasons, which is that I'm doing great and don't need the money. See, I opened this patreon as a contingency during the pandemic. Argentina was going to shit and a lot of companies started pulling out of the country, and I was afraid my employer would follow suit. I had just moved out of my parents', scared shitless about the lease I had just signed, and having anxiety attacks.
I expected to get just a little bit of extra income in a more stable currency as a safety net to ease my anxiety, but the support kept coming and coming. The peace of mind allowed me to focus on my career and get a better paying day job, and the USD income helped improve my living situation. So many amazing things happened to me over the last three years because I had the financial security to take those risks. Words cannot express my gratitude for your support, it legitimately changed my life.

Unfortunately, my new day job is way more demanding than the previous one, and mantaining the patreon schedule over the last year or so has become incredibly difficult for me. I had little free time before, but now I have next to none. All I've done the past year is work and draw. Even without doing commissions (and, I'm ashamed to admit, cutting corners here and there), it's not enough.
I kept it going until things got stable, and I'm finally at a point where I don't need to keep killing myself working two jobs. I'm good. I don't want to look back on my late 20s, maybe early 30s, as just an endless grind for something that might lose its value to inflation or some shit.

I do love what I do, it still warms my heart when people tell me the stuff I draw cheers them up, or makes them feel more comfortable with who they are, or just gets a laugh out of them, so I will continue doing it for the sake of it. Just at a pace that is healthier for me.
I will wrap up the current set of strips (for the people that did the math and noticed April has only 3 Saturdays to go, yes, I'll be posting two strips one week to get part 10 out before the month ends), and the last two drawpolls will be the usual runner-up stuff I do around September, picking the second most voted options throughout the last year. After that I'll take a break, do some work on Minotaur Hotel, and then keep making stuff. Or fuck it, judging by the last time I attempted to take a break, I might just draw some shit for fun right away.
So make sure you follow my Twitter (and FA or Itaku, considering what a shitshow Twitter has been the last months) to see that.

The one sad note I want to end this on is that Argentina, sadly, has not stopped going to shit. It has, in fact, gone way past shit a couple times over, and is apparently still going just to see how far down it can go. So I would appreciate it a lot if you guys could consider taking the money you would have given me and continue to support Argentine creators on this platform.
I'll link a handful down here, but one I want to highlight is Roddorod and his visual novel Nerus. Roddo is an immensely talented guy, Nerus is great, you guys should read it and consider supporting it here on patreon.

TLDR: I'm doing great but I need better work-life balance so I'm closing the patreon after this month, but I'll keep drawing, just at a slower pace.
Sorry for the wall of text. I hope you guys enjoy the last month of content, and as always, a huge thank you for your support.