Important changes/image call for image FEB/MARCH tier patrons

Hi folks! 

I need everyone to read this as it's important!

The times finally come where I'm sorting out my patreon so I can better manage both it and my work/life balance. 

I was having a long debate as to whether to just close my patreon entirely and go via regular commissions, but even with the cons, the ability to easily sort out my tax via a known sum coming in weighs out. 

Now.

Long and short of it is nothings really changing aside from finally bringing my prices up to that of my current commissions for now. 

So as of April 1st (no its not an April fool!) my 2 character image tier will be $130. 

You may have noticed I've deleted the current tier, theres a good reason for that I assure you! 

Because I completely understand some folks dropping quickly, I don't want anyone else jumping on the slot as my patreon charges up front. This is good to stop scraper bots, however it does make refunds in these situations difficult (I have to wait until the following charge period to refund). 

I WILL be emailing everyone on the image tier to link them to this post just to make sure they see it and remove their current pledge. 

I CAN remove folks from my patreon, however I believe thats only through blocking-then-unblocking. Due to patreons rating system (patrons and creators have this attached to our accounts) I dont want to inadvertently bring down someones score through this (not sure if it DOES do that, but I dont want to risk it). 

My end goal is to have a much more pleasant work/life balance, as at the moment the constant trying to make up losses is making me miserable (and has been for almost a year now). 

So long as everything continues well, I'll be adding a $65 inks tier (like the upgradable current tier, 2 months will allow for these to be coloured. 

This gives me more time to get things done, as its not lack of business thats bringing me down at the moment, it's literally lack of any time to myself. 

I also want to do some personal projects that I'll be sharing here and want to start doodle streams for those who arent on the image tiers. 

My plan is to make the image tier live again on the 1st of April to current patrons, but will be announcing publicly on the evening of the 2nd of April. 

I've created a telegram announcement channel here: https://t.me/bloodoodlespatreon

I will announce when the slots go live, when emails have been sent out and also a warning before the cut off. 

And I cant stress enough that the backlog has to stop. I MUST have images in each month, and going forward any that arent will need to become a full coloured imaged the following month. Its been too much, and I hope with me sending out a form things will be easier for folks to keep up with (I completely understand how things get forgotten.. thats the reason I've been struggling so much myself XD). 

I want to do better with keeping up with everything, so going forward there's going to be a schedule I'll be working to. 

Week one - Forms sent out, sketching

Week two - sketching/ink tier when it arrives 

week  three - colouring

Week four - any unfinished work to be completed, personal projects, weekend patreon stream. 

I believe this will reduce any missed months/delays going forward while also letting me actually do some stuff for myself while also providing something for those not on the image tiers :). 

Any questions, please email me at littlebluewolf@gmail.com 

Image folks, please shoot me Feb/March images ASAP as I'm almost caught up on the backlog and I want to make things as smooth as possible during the transition! 

Many thanks to everyone for their patience, understanding and support <3

I greatly appreciate every single one of you more than I can put into words and I want to make sure I do better by you all going forward <3