Monthly Report (January 2024)

Preface:
Greetings my cherished benefactors. Allow me to give you my deepest heartfelt gratitude for supporting my art and helping me realize my passion. :3 I love drawing and I'd like to keep doing it for the foreseeable future. And thanks to your help, I'm able to sustain myself as a freelance artist. Sometimes life gets on the way, sometimes I don't get much sleep or I have to announce delays, but rest assured I will fulfill all of your rewards in due time. I hope that you guys stay with me and are able to support me in the long term, I'd be very grateful. In the event that you can't, please don't worry. Investing in art is a luxury and it's perfectly understandable if you need to use your money for other things. Don't hurt yourselves in order to help me.

January 2024 wrap-up:

Rewards: 5

Reward fulfillment: Completed

- Hinoa beach episode - Fulfilled
- Mio onsen episode - Fulfilled
- Towa study session/textless - Fulfilled
- GalGun dakimakura side A - Exclusive *
- Beach Maid Sango - Fulfilled
* full body preview is Patreon exclusive.

Bonus:  4

- Hinoa v2 - Exclusive
- Towa v2- Exclusive
- Towa v3- Exclusive
- Sango v2/v3- Exclusive

Total rewards for January: 9

Misc statistics:

New supporters: 3
Pledge upgrades:  1
Pledge reductions: 0
Patron departures: 0
Pay, take and run: 1
Frauds/scams: 0

A very fruitful month in terms of artwork quality. I know it's odd for me to say it but I'm very happy how pieces for this month turned out. Excellent reception in socials as well! That being said, there's another good thing to announce and that is that the backlog is now fairly small and barring any eventualities, will be cleared pretty soon.
As a final note, I will have to ramp up Visual Nover project development. general artwork output is good enough to allow it and if all goes well, I'll have a demo to show to people in hopes of getting much needed extra financial support. If the VN project becomes a reality soon, the passive income of a released game will make it easier for me to diversify and allow me to take more time consuming commissions and bigger art projects for your guys.
Tough times are ahead financially due to global recession and the USD nosediving, but I will keep doing my best and delivering quality content for you guys. Thank you all again for your amazing reception and support. Thanks so very much! *bows*

Google drive link for January:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1In9SHFXxsF__Z7g5BWsDVnuWQh563kVW?usp=sharing

Tiers 3 to 6 rewards in this post:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/january-2024-97961027

We're moving to February, guys and gals! :3

That's all for January's report. Any doubts or questions don't hesitate to ask!

Hugs and love to you all!

Many thanks for your continued support and let's stay together for a long time ;) bows