Free Patreon Month (December)

With this post I announce that patron's accounts wont be charged here on the transition from December to January. There are a few reasons why I'm turning down payment this month, the most prominent one being the delay of the Halloween animation. 

Despite my efforts I've been unable to deliver the recent animation in a reasonable time frame after the completion of its visuals. Granted, this taught me a lesson not to outsource certain production steps anymore. I've furthermore tried compensating the additional time with bonus sequences. But overall I felt that it wasn't sufficient, which is why I want to sincerely apologize to all patrons who have supported me with this.

I'm hoping this will reassure that this Patreon doesn't primarily exist to make any kind of big money, but rather to secure the ongoing creation of these animations. With films as ambitious as these there are sadly delays that can occur from time to time. Whether they are caused by a fried GPU (Happened during the Jackal animation), ludicrous fur render times, or outsourced labor. If they occur, then I'll always try to communicate them and keep people updated about the progress. For the future I've taken notes and can minimize certain delays by approaching things differently though. 

All things considered, producing animations of this quality on my own is a task that requires both full time attention and often working overtime. However, should a really ambitious project take longer to produce than stated in the tier (max. 4 months), then I'll freeze payments until the animation is finalized, this way patrons aren't paying for delays. In general I'm always trying to find a way to make up for things if problems occur. And while the current pledge amount sure looks great, it seems to be of higher moral integrity not to take it this time, therefore this month is going to be free for all supporters! It's Christmas as well after all, I assume that this month has been fairly hard on everyone's wallets already.

Until early January, payments will be paused so patrons won't be charged during this month's transition. Things will then revert back to normal early this year. Merry Christmas everybody, I couldn't be more happy about your support! (: