Patreon Revamp & Ko-fi Launch

Hello! I am reopening my Patreon and launching Ko-Fi!  Ko-fi is a patreon alternative, it's very friendly to content creators. For anyone who has ever wanted to jump ship from patreon, I highly recommend it.

ko-fi.com/yokura

Membership tiers have been revamped, and they're the same on both sites. All tiers are the same! Just with different discord titles.  And when I can, I'll add discord badges as well.  Please think of it as a way to show your support, nothing more, nothing less -- your support is my most cherished treasure.

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I've been thinking on this for a few months now -- Patreon had been paused because, simply put, I couldn't keep up.  Trying to keep up just made my mental, physical, and small business suffer for it.  At times, minutely, but suffer nonetheless.

At one point, I had actually considered just stopping the patreon-style support permanently, because I couldn't in good faith take my fans' hard earned money without fulfilling all the things I, myself, had promised.  I didn't have anything else to offer.  Frankly speaking, my patreon rewards were relatively simple -- you only need to browse a few other content creator's patreon to see much more ambitious regularly scheduled content. It's also one of the reasons that I tried to keep up as long as I did -- it's kind of embarrassing to think "wow, I can't even do this much."  I thought, my tiers were already so minimal, what use to ask for support, when there's nothing left to offer?

I didn't really know if I could revamp, what would be worth keeping, what I could even offer anymore -- Thus, when I brought up the idea of revamping patreon, I asked the private discord channel "hey, what kind of things do you want out of my patreon, why are you here, what keeps you here" --

I'm not good at feelings, but i must admit I was very touched and definitely not ugly sobbing.  I've always been told that I'm kind of intimidating, kind of unapproachable, kind of blunt, kind of cold, and kind of a robot (I kind of always felt like one). And I like it that way, ok.  Less social interaction ahoy. Relationships are easier when they're transactions, I am more comfortable with people when I understand their motivations.

The idea of wanting to give support, without expecting anything in particular, isn't a new notion to me.  I find great joy in giving money to my friends, supporting their dreams, encouraging their journeys. Sometimes I can give more, sometimes less-- always within my means.

It's just hard to be on the other side -- to think of what I do as something that can inspire others. The idea of receiving support, without any expectations, is so monumentally difficult to accept.

Anyways, that's not important, I just wanted to give some context to the reason for the revamp, and the reasons for the structure of the tiers.

The discord roles (and eventually badges) are a way to show off your support. The wallpapers and secret shop are small tokens of gratitude.  The wallpapers you are welcome to share, post, personalize.  The secret shop you will only pay for material cost and shipping -- they are simply my thanks to you.  Secret shop items, where applicable, will also have a free digital copy available.

Patreon and Ko-fi are now very simple, very straightforward. It is a way to show your support. I make no grand promises, I will not lie to you, I will only do my best, doing whatever the heck I want, as happily as can be.

anyways i'm gonna go back to making cool merch, because that makes me happy

also don't comment, i'm allergic to sentiment. just.... just decide quietly which tier you want to move to, and I will say it again -- don't feel bad to cancel entirely. I am glad to have had your support until now.  gtfo and live your life

Patreon will continue in December.