CakeInferno
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Free Patreon Month (December)
🕑 Added 2016-12-25 01:08:36 +0000 UTC With this post I announce that patron's accounts wont be charged here on the transition from December to January. There are a few reasons why I'm turning down payment this month, the most prominent one being the delay of the Halloween animation.Despite my efforts I've been unable to deliver the recent animation in a reasonable time frame after the completion of its visuals. Granted, this taught me a lesson not to outsource certain production steps anymore. I've furthermore tried compensating the additional time with bonus sequences. But overall I felt that it wasn't sufficient, which is why I want to sincerely apologize to all patrons who have supported me with this.
I'm hoping this will reassure that this Patreon doesn't primarily exist to make any kind of big money, but rather to secure the ongoing creation of these animations. With films as ambitious as these there are sadly delays that can occur from time to time. Whether they are caused by a fried GPU (Happened during the Jackal animation), ludicrous fur render times, or outsourced labor. If they occur, then I'll always try to communicate them and keep people updated about the progress. For the future I've taken notes and can minimize certain delays by approaching things differently though.
All things considered, producing animations of this quality on my own is a task that requires both full time attention and often working overtime. However, should a really ambitious project take longer to produce than stated in the tier (max. 4 months), then I'll freeze payments until the animation is finalized, this way patrons aren't paying for delays. In general I'm always trying to find a way to make up for things if problems occur. And while the current pledge amount sure looks great, it seems to be of higher moral integrity not to take it this time, therefore this month is going to be free for all supporters! It's Christmas as well after all, I assume that this month has been fairly hard on everyone's wallets already.
Until early January, payments will be paused so patrons won't be charged during this month's transition. Things will then revert back to normal early this year. Merry Christmas everybody, I couldn't be more happy about your support! (:
Comments
CakeInferno
Thanks so much Sylvie! Hope you're enjoying the 4k goodness! ^_^
CakeInferno
Thanks Cynoce! Happy to hear you think this way! (:
CakeInferno
B-But you've already done so much for me Cougr! ;-;
CakeInferno
Oh, no need to give me even more Robert, especially with the amount of pledges already being on the moon! .o.
CakeInferno
Merry Christmas Gallo! ^_^
CakeInferno
That's actually planned for the next ones, but I'll elaborate more on that soon!
CakeInferno
Thanks Coty! I still don't identify as a good business man, perhaps more like a boy with a big lemonade stand! I appreciate the kind words though! <3
CakeInferno
Merry Christmas Robert! (:
Sylvie
I upgraded t o15 teir because of your amazing work~ looking forward to continuing to support u, great work :3
Cynoce
Personally, It was all worth the wait !
KenCougr
Oh, shut up and take my money!
Robert Houle
Just upped my pledge amount after this.
GalloViking
That's actually very kind from you! It's rare to see such actions. And Merry Christmas to y'all!
Fidchell
I think it might benefit to work on shorter animations from this point on and perhaps trickling in some effort towards a bigger one in the backdrop. Happy holidays!
Coty Clogston (Ticklefish. ItsMe)
If someone asks what the difference is between a businessman and a good business man, I'll show them this OwO
Robert (dark441)
oki^^ and merry kystmas^^
