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PLEASE READ - 2025 Patreon - Big Changes!
🕑 Added 2025-01-14 19:50:30 +0000 UTCIt has been pretty much exactly one year since the last big changes to my Patreon and the biggest revision is about to come:
T1 and T2 will get new reward polls! No other changes for you!
Heavy hearted I decided to discontinue all higher tiers: Mega Supporter (T3A), Mega Supporter Max (T3B) and Ultimate Supporter (T4) by the end of January.
Furthermore the Discord will be discontinued by the end of February.
From February on, patrons will be billed on a monthly basis after they subscribed and not at the first of the month.
A new Telegram Channel for my art has been created that is free to join for everyone (will be posted once ready)!
The Patreon as a whole will stay and I plan to continue doing art full time!
(Sorry for the wall of text that is about to come, but I have a lot of explaining to do. The bold text above contains all info you need if you don't have the time. xP)
This announcement probably comes as surprise to you but there are multiple reasons for that decision:
I would like to concentrate more on commissions and public YCHs featuring size difference that is not macro micro. I have now in total almost 50 scenarios drawn with the macro micro formula since the inception of the Patreon and I'm sure there are still infinite ideas to explore, but it has become a bit stale for me and I need a change. I would like to open up this a bit with scenarios that include only one micro or sub character that gets all of the attention. Of course there will still be macro micro content made by me but maybe a bit reduced in the future. You are of course still welcome to commission macro micro from me.
T3A: I noticed a slight lack of interest in this tier. It is not a big drop but still noteworthy. Maybe a break would be good regarding this. Maybe I will bring them back next year again, depending on how 2025 goes.
T3B and T4: As much as I like the personal edits, a problem with them is that they take away time for me to work on normal commissions and new original art. My goal would be to upload at least something every week. The edits are in the way of that. I usually don't post edits here on Patreon or on FA.
Internally Patreon is always changing things and they decided to change how patrons are billed. I presume because of Apple App Store regulations they are forced to drop the original premise of Patreon: Bill Patrons at the first of the month. Right now if you are to subscribe on the 31st of the month, you'd be billed again on the 1st of the next month which is not ideal. Creators have until the end of 2025 to switch away from this system. While not ideal it helps creators to keep track of monthly rewards such as I offered in T3A and T3B. Of course it would still be possible for me to check when who subscribed and what reward they'd get but it makes things more difficult for me. From February on new patrons will be billed from the day on they subscribed on a monthly basis and not on the first of the month anymore. Also do not subscribe from the Patreon Apple App, because it will add additional app store fees to your bill!
It is no surprise that Patreon has been increasing the rate of censorship on the platform and I would like to reduce my dependency on it. While others had their whole page taken down I was spared from big consequences thankfully. I was forced to censor/take down two WIP sketches from my Patreon catalogue. They have been chosen by random by an AI I presume (the sketches had to go but the finished artwork not...). So yeah i don't know what Patreons plans are in the future but there is always the possibility that they change their regulations again and find new stuff to take down...
My Patreon is set to deal with Euro. Unfortunately, the Euro has been getting weaker over a longer period now and I suspect the USD will become stronger in the next year if there is not any crash caused by US-politics. Unfortunately Patreon doesn't allow you to change currency, so I am stuck now with Euro. However this is good for all my patrons because you will benefit from the EUR conversion!
I decided to discontinue the Discord because it was never really active to begin with. Of course this is also my fault because I was not really active there myself. I never felt at home on Discord and I prefer to hang out in Telegram much more. That is why the Discord will be replaced by a new Telegram Channel that will be announced soon! This also means that the discord benefits will be scratched from all tiers.
This all sounds very negative but I will do continue doing art! If anything I would like to increase my output with more commissions and YCHs which will be posted here! Additionally there will be new polls accessible to all of you where you can decide over new diverse scenarios to come. However if the scenarios are YCH, they will be public to enter trough auctions or sales and are not Patreon bound.
If you are part of T1 or T2: Nothing changes for you! Look forward to more art, WIPs and polls!
If you are part of T3A, T3B or T4: Please unsubscribe or switch to a lower tier until January 31st!
NEW Telegram Channel: To make up for the discord closure I will open a new telegram channel where my art is posted too. It will be basically a mirror of my Furaffinity gallery where you can like, share and comment to my art inside Telegram. Of course you will still get art early on the Patreon and WIPs will be exclusive to Patreon. Once the Telegram channel is ready it will be announced here!
Thank you for your continued support! All of this would not be possible without you! If you have questions pls post them here or via the Patreon Direct Messages.
Comments
Thaz
You can always ask me directly for coms :)
SiliconMage
You have to do what you think is best for you! We'll always support you any way we can, Thaz! <3
Thaz
Don't forget there is still this months reward!
Galax Operi
I'd love to commission you whenever I can, I love your work and will continue to support!
