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What to expect form this Patreon in the Future
🕑 Added 2022-11-02 19:05:29 +0000 UTCHallo everyone! This post is long overdue. I wanted to post it in October and I'm sorry I didn't let you know earlier.
In short: Starting next month, I will stop uploading art to this Patreon and I'll turn it into a tip jar.
Before I do that, I'd like to tie up some loose ends. I plan to finally release my comics as PDFs and I'd like to give them to everyone who supported them and want them. Same goes for my daily sketchbook.
And until then, of course, I'll continue with my regular uploads.
After that, starting December, my Patreon will become inactive for the foreseeable future. Probably at least for the whole of 2023. My reasoning is simply, that while I appreciate every single one of you for supporting me, it's just not enough to justify the work.
--- a bit of venting/sobbing/pitty party here ---
I honestly don't do this lightly. I'd honestly prefer to continue and draw comics and think bigger and wider and better. Feedee Fantasy was the last experiement I wanted to finish, before I'd make the big decision. And it didn't work out. I'm honestly pretty sad about it, but I don't want anyone to read this and think I'd be blaming anyone of you. No, I'm really thankful for everyone here.
I'm just stretched very thin over the years and I feel like no matter what I give, it's never enough. No matter how much time I invest in improving, I'm not improving fast enough, I feel like I draw all day, yet there is little to show. I try to blast my comic on social media, I try to connect with people and try to learn from those who're successful, but I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I'm just not going anywhere.
And it's not about status or fame or some bs, it's that I'm not even making minimum wage while my friends buy cars and build houses. And it does something to me and my self-worth, as an artist, but also as a human being.
--- venting/sobbing/pitty party over---
With this being said, I'd be really really appreciative of everyone who can afford it if they decided to stay a little longer. I can always use the extra money :^)
Future Comics?
I made hints about an upcoming comic. It would have been commission work and it didn't work out in the end.
I don't plan to give up comic work all together, but it'll be a long time until I start a new one. If I do, I'll post about it everywhere ;^D
TLDR;
November will work as always, after that this Patreon will be a tip jar.
Thanks to every single one of you for supporting me all this time <3
