Changes to Patreon / Profile for the Future

     First off, hello. I know some of you might not be in the discord per say but I want to at least explain things here as well. I've given this some thought lately and I have decided to change things on how I handle stuff from here on out. This will be a long post so people have a lot of insight without needing multiple posts.
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    This section is for context for people about mental / physical health issues. Feel free to skip this section as it's a bit heavier than I try to talk about. I apologize.

    (Alright. As for me, personally. I am not well. My family is not well. Not really new information for some, I'm aware. But let's just be upfront about it. I am mentally unwell and am suffering through some bad stuff such as psychosis and depression. My physical health has been on a decline as well but I have been working on things as time goes on. (Thank you for the well wishes and check-ups it has been very much appreciated as the time ticks forward.) My family has had some pretty bad shake-ups that has caused fluctuations (to put it nicely...) on my ability to draw / upload / interact / etc. The current present thing at the time of this being written out is that my Aunt has been diagnosed with Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer. Very serious and they can't cut it out of her since it's spread throughout her body. My mom, has the same kind of cancer. She's getting a procedure done the start of next month. We have no idea how bad hers is until then so it's been a constant worry and tax on my mind since then. I'm trying my best. I will always.

    Aside from the current things, I have mentioned this before but I have been processing things that were hidden away and bottled up from my past that have doubled down and came back to effect me severely now. Traumatic things that you don't have the ability to process as a kid but know the full weight later on in life kind of things. It's a long list of things that I won't lay out here, but I'll eventually lean into it when others ask. Something I'm trying to do is be more open. You know.)

    If you read this part, thank you. It's hard for me to bring up for obvious reasons, but I'll still be here. Doing what I can. You can at least count on that. <3
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    Onto the next order of business. I owe people a lot of stuff, that part isn't going to disappear. However, I'm going to be stopping the rewards as they were so that I can focus on getting that fixed and given to people. I appreciate everyone's understanding that things were and continue to be quite rough in my real life.

    So, how are things going to continue from here? Well. I have given this some thought and have hinted at some things to change around how I handle this sort of membership thing. First of all, I will be introducing exclusivity towards content made for the Patreon Crew members. This is something I have picked up on from other creators and will be adjusting into my uploads. I'm thinking anything voted for or requested will be held back at the very least 3 months.

    Patreon Crew? So, I know people dropped out of membership over time. That's perfectly fine, but I incentivized that anyone who supported me received the "Legacy" role on the server so they could remain in the hidden rooms as long as they wished. What exactly does the "Patreon Crew" get as of the change?

    - Repurpose Redeem(s)
(Simply put, they are modified YCH's that aren't going to be charged. If you want to request another character in the same line as something I've drawn before just hit me up! We can work something out.)

    - Monthly Poll Voted Image(s)
(It used to be an incentive on this page before but now it'll just be a part of the monthly rollover for people to vote on now for any patron. I'll have these set up automatically to roll out on the 6th of every month starting July of this year.)

    - Content Exclusivity
(Mentioned before above. Anything I make for you, or any content voted for, requested, etc. will be held in the secrecy of the chunk of the server until 3 months or so passes. I'll make exceptions if need be of course, this is just an idea.)

    - Heads Up!
(I admittedly fumbled this before but this is meant for any future events / collabs / trades / commissions / your character here's / etc. that I may host, join, or offer ahead of the public. Simple and sweet.)

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    I will be working on fixing things around still, but this is what I wanted to share as of now as I am trying to focus on getting back up to speed. Getting better, and finding my rhythm again so we can return to how things were. If you have any questions, you may ask me via Discord, Twitter, FA, DA, E-Mail, etc.

    Thank you for reading this, I hope you have a good rest of your day.
                                                                                                   - Pixel Star / Itoakami
                                                                                                                     5-21-2023