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2025 Kick-off: Membership Pause and Future Outlook
🕑 Added 2025-01-04 08:31:43 +0000 UTCHappy New Year, everyone!
This is a long post but I hope you get to read till the end.
I want to start by expressing my heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you for supporting my work throughout the past year. Your pledges have been incredibly helpful, especially in covering my rent and groceries, and I truly appreciate your generosity.
I'm writing to let you know that I've paused membership as of January 1st. This decision wasn't easy, but I've got a lot on my plate right now. I'm in the midst of moving, managing my day job, and dealing with some personal family matters. This pause will give me some much-needed breathing room.
- If you were a patron before January 1st, you won't be charged for this month, so there's no need to worry about double billing.
Despite the pause, I plan to still share January's rewards for free, prioritizing requests from my Gold patrons. I feel it's only right since I won't be able to post as frequently as I have in previous months. No guarantees, but I can try.
This break isn't just about resting; it's also a chance for me to learn and grow. I want to experiment with new art techniques and compositions.
For those of you who have been here for a while, you might remember when I started posting one image at a time, each with a few different variants. After that, I experimented with image packs, which a lot of you preferred, leading me to abandon the more refined solo arts. The early image packs were quite low quality—only 512 px wide and with over 60 images per pack. As I learned and improved, I was able to deliver higher-quality, HD image packs with 20+ images in them.
But I've noticed that the generations are starting to look a bit too similar. With the influx of requests from Gold members, I find myself swamped, unable to explore all comments from other patrons or keep up with new tech and techniques.
I'm planning to make some changes and would love your input:
- Fewer images in a set, but with more characters. I’ve noticed that some packs have a lot of images (sometimes over a dozen!), and I’m wondering if you’d prefer a smaller set—maybe 6 images per pack—so I can focus on adding more characters to the mix. 🤔
- Diversifying body compositions: This could mean experimenting with different body types and “positions”, or try exploring pairings where characters “interact.”
- Bringing back polls: I’ve been thinking about reintroducing polls to give you all a chance to shape the content in a more direct way.
- More focus on authenticity: I want to get better at replicating the body types of the original actors/characters. This is something I’ve been working on and would love to improve.
I really value your feedback, comments, and direct messages. Recently, I've been trying on back views 🍑as per your feedback. They help me improve and adapt. Please understand, though, that I'm only human and can only manage so much with the resources and time I have.
I'll be making a separate post soon to detail more about what you can expect moving forward. Your thoughts on the above ideas, or if you have any new ones, would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you again for your understanding and continued support.
