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Last word on tiers

tl;dr: One last post to say never mind about deleting tiers, and miscellaneous other business

Today was the day I penciled in to delete the $3 and $6 tiers, but considering how:

a) *Most* people have either altered their subscription accordingly or acknowledged the situation
b) The few remaining have had various posts in the feed and at least a direct DM from me about it
c) Deleting tiers complicates things by placing people in "No tier" support levels, and
d) Deleting...

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A clarification on tier changes

tl;dr: if you're still subscribed to First Bl8d or There Will Be Bl8d, either unsubscribe or confirm to me that you are aware that continued payment comes with no benefits. If I don't get 100% confirmation, the tiers will have to be deleted.

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Hi all! I think I've done a fairly thorough job getting the word out about closing the two higher tiers and leaving only the Bl8d Simple tip jar tier. That one comes with no promised benefits beyond a sma...

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Patreon Benefits Done

Hey all, the time has come that I warned you about previously. Now that the last poll is resolved, from now into the foreseeable future there won't be any more benefit posts. The two pending poll winners will be posted publicly at large resolution, including any alts.

I have decided to leave the tip jar level open indefinitely and even give a small commission pricing perk on it, with the caveat that commissions are still rare and supporting doesn't improve chances on a slot. I'll see if...

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Morgan introduces a friend to a friend WIP

Started this a long time ago, put it down because I didn't like how <name pending> was turning out. Revisited since I have a better handle on faces now.

Thought about having <name pending>'s junk out as well for a size comparison, and maybe I still should do that. IDK.

Equations are (from top to bottom):
volume of a cylinder
fluid continuity equation
rocket thrust equation

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Patreon updates

tl;dr: I'm not accepting new supporters above the tip level. In a couple months or so, this Patreon will be on indefinite hiatus.

Hi supporters! If you have been paying attention on Discord you'll have seen me mention the possibility of this already, but I have frozen the First Bl8d and There Will Be Bl8d tiers to new subscribers. This is in preparation to indefinitely freeze the Patreon as my art priorities are pulling me away from the kind of work I post here.

I want to...

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Upcoming updates to the Patreon for 2023

Hi all, it's been just about a year since last time I changed the Patreon benefits so it's high time to re-evaluate.

tl;dr: Commission-related patreon benefits are ending. Highest tier supporters will have one more priority batch. Considering other benefits to replace, but no promises. Future comms will be less regular, mostly at-will, and available to general public.

The Change:

It is with heavy heart that I announce that I'm discontinuing priority commissi...

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Patron's Choice 15: Morgan in a Box

I am aware that Morgan's demeanor and dialog here don't really line up with the outfit (see the Lonely Island short), but more accurate didn't seem right for her so this is what you get.

The first three are a proper sequence. Also included are a bunch of alts, a few of which may even be something someone wanted.

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Patron-only sketch commissions open!

As usual, the rule for patron-only batches is limited style options. In this case, I'll be going for stylized sketches, grayscale with simple shading. It's hard to describe exactly what I'm targeting with this new style practice, but think of it as a different angle towards the "cute/cartoony" look I did earlier in the year.

Pricing for a single character is $50 USD, with my normal pricing for additional characters (second +25, additional after that +50 each). This is open to all patreo...

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Fitting Room

Normally I wouldn't request actionable feedback on a finished piece, but I am wondering about whether you buy the spraying through the pants. Other thoughts are also welcome-- I won't be posting this piece publicly until tomorrow (Sunday) so I might make a tweak or two depending. I was debating: should I give her the original Morgan arcade controls shirt design or not? The "are you winning" idea is cute but idk.

Morgan's special friend has shown half of his face now but I'm not gonna bo...

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Perspective on Morgan WIP 2

In response to suggestions from the discord, pivoted a bit from the last version. Also flipped the angle but that's kinda arbitrary. Unnamed boyfriend doesn't look too bad, I think. Not sure I'm satisfied with the cock though and I'm very open to suggestions on it (without breaking the main idea of it straining against a pant leg somehow). Actually, that might be one of those situations that needs shading to look right, idk.

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Perspective on Morgan WIP

result of random doodling. Like to finish, but the perspective is hard and I think I'd prefer giving her a semi or something because I'm not a fan of the head-on dick view there.

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Year of Morgan

First straight redraw, but I have some others in mind soon. Morgan was introduced a year ago yesterday so she's celebrating at various levels of festivity. The original is included as well, cringe and all.

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Retrospective: 1 year in

Hey all, hard to believe it's been a year running this thing. I hesitated to start a patreon because I was concerned about how being obligated to rewards would eat up my time, and I am not a fan of paywalling content. Still, after the early hiccups and reorganization we've settled into a nice rhythm so far. The monthly poll is always fun, and it's been great getting WIP feedback.

COMMISSION PRACTICE CHANGES

The one point that I am still iffy about is commission priority. While it ...

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Big Girl

A bit of speed-shading practice and messing with a post-effect or two, while Morgan goes for maximum cute.

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Morgan WIP

Sneak peek of what is going to be a less sneaky peek. A pose struck me while I was watching Tremors tonight (no relation) so I worked it up.

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Morgan tease

I posted some old Morgan pics on Twitter saying I should draw her again and the response was a bit out of control. I figured I'll strike while the Morgan is hot.

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Patron-only Commissions Open!

I've kept you waiting long enough! This is open to all support levels. I asked around the discord to see what style might be wanted and didn't get a strong push in any direction, so I'm gonna offer any of the following:
1- B&W shaded sketches - quality similar to this and other gift pieces you might see from late last year on my Twitter
2- Toon style - quality similar to recent stylized w...

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Cartoon Network Palette Challenge

I've been interested in trying out this form of non-painted lineless on a limited palette anyway, so when meme came around explicitly focused on that, I had to try it. Bonus exclusive for y'all is a swap over to El's standard colors.

The actual pose could easily be another announcement template and I might start using it that way. I don't think I nailed the foreshortening super well on that hand in the foreground but it doesn't bug me too much.

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Commission: Lynx taur

Belated anytime commission from the old patreon tier for Yourginger. This is my first time dipping into this toony style for a commission, but I might be doing a batch like this imminently -- the next patron-only batch is due and I just need to decide how to theme and price it.

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Hair care with Lance

nuff said

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Comm: Velyn in the locker room

squeezed in @veyllure's commission just under the wire of the last commission batch for a nice render. I'm not sure I'll ever be satisfied with a render workflow but at least it turned out a solid result here.

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Trade: Alex Greene

Recently arranged a trade with Jonpa/Nosunato (@greenfitfuta on Twitter), who is working on an Inga pic for their half. Their style is a really distinct combination of borderline-hyper muscles and hugely exaggerated curves that really *shouldn't* work, IMO, but somehow it does. It's fun to try to translate some of that character design to my own style.

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Merc Flare

SFW commission for flicker/flare.

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Patron's Choice poll #9

Themed edition! I prompted the poll suggestions channel for '<person> as <thing>' ideas, and got a few interesting options.

Note: I'm still including the fanart option but I've dropped the regular redraw option as it's never won before and I may as well just pick some to do for myself at some point.

Refs:
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Patron's Choice 8: Lance posts a selfie

Here's what we know so far:
-his name is Lance, short for Lancelot but who would ever actually go by that?
-born with four arms
-big dick
-vain and narcissistic

The main pic I did for this poll winner didn't exactly match the actual poll prompt, so I went ahead and added a follow-up of our boy enjoying the response.

And tacked on a close-up of my new best face.

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New Personal Best

Alternate title: the last time bluebl8d ever draws torn pants (jkjk but seriously tricky)

Commissioned by @SomeHentaiPage1

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Toni and Daniel

Commissioned by @whosthisguyeh on Twitter, it's the unbearably cute and enormously endowed Toni (whom you might recall from my favorite of the seven faces thing) and her extremely fortunate boyfriend.

Throwing in a face close-up because I really like how the hair turned out

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Patron's Choice Poll #8

Don't forget to vote you can vote for more than one choice!

References:
Unnamed boy -- expect some design changes if picked
Saya
Elouise braiding

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Patron's Choice 7: A Sigh of Relief

I could sure go for a comforter like that. Special thanks to the supporter who DMed me with some great constructive criticism following the wip I posted yesterday.

This is, of course, Morgan taking measures to avoid another nocturnal experience like this one.

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Mostly done Morgan WIP

Patron's choice tied this month, so I picked the easier option (and more importantly, the option I felt like I wouldn't botch). I'm open to course correction suggestions but mostly what's left is bg and the obvious alts.

And even as I'm posting this I realize I forgot the choker... one might obviously ask if she *should* have a choker at bedtime, but I think I've already drawn her with one in the dream sequence thing.

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