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Big Changes ♥
🕑 Added 2022-12-19 12:47:35 +0000 UTCHello, my fellow adventurers!
Big news from me and big changes for my Patreon. In any case, I'm trying to see it all in a positive light and as a step forward, although it took quite a mental resource from me to actually feel that way. And I'm really looking forward for your support here!
• First of all: my patrons won't be charged in January, all the pledges will be paused for the next month. I'm taking this month for a winter break which I really need. I might deliver some loot if I have the mood and the time to draw some and you won't be charged for it in this case.
• Most important of all: I had to get back to the office and back to my previous profession (not as an artist, but as a business consultant) due to the reason that I can't make money by doing art anymore. My country is under a huge amount of sanctions and the last ones took away the last payment method I could rely on. I can't legally withdraw any money from Patreon and other marketplaces and platforms. This is terrible news for all the freelancers, who all tried to be a part of the global world, and we all have to adjust to the new reality somehow. Some of us try to relocate, some try to find unofficial workarounds, some try to look for an office job. We all have to make our decisions based on our personal situations, which are all different. None of it is what we wanted, but it is what it is.
I myself took a lucky ticket and got a great job offer I could not refuse. I am very lucky to get back to being a business consultant after a 5 years break in such a short time. During all the November month I had to get used to the fact of my new status and try to update my CV and try to find a job to make money, pay for my food and bills. That is the reason I has not been very active lately, I hope you understand.
I am scared but also very excited to prove myself in my new position, trying to revive all the knowledge I've had and learn new things which has changed over the past 5 years in this sphere, which is hard and takes a lot of time and resource. And even though I'm getting back to my previous profession, it actually feels like a step forward. I think I got rusty a little bit by being a home-based freelancer, and now I need to get my brains to work and build new neural connections, which is a good thing. So now I'm fully concentrating on proving myself as a good employee. Another good thing is that I will be able to have a stable source of income. And I hope it lasts.
• And that is the reason I have to move my Patreon to my hobby-based part-time activity from now on. That means that, unfortunately, I won't be able to produce as much content and as often as I would like to, but as long as I have another stable source of income, I wouldn't rely on Patreon that much and I can happily reduce the amount of monthly pledges for my patrons. Which is great news for all of you - is that I'm retiring all the tiers but 1$ tier, which will include ALL the perks I'm providing: all the digital files + Foundry VTT Compendiums + Dungeondraft assets etc. Everything you could have had for 5$ you can now get for just 1$ a month starting January (which also won't be charged for), which I see as a great deal for everyone. As always, you can pledge and unpledge anytime and consider this 1$ pledge monthly as a small pay for all the digital backlog you have access to.
• So please feel free to edit your pledges to the 1$ Wanderer tier which will include ALL of my Patreon benefits. You can also stay within your current tier and generously support my work even more by paying the original price, but you will have the same rewards for 5$ and 6$ tiers as for the 1$ tier. This is the step I have to take and I feel like it is be the proper thing to do to keep my work-hobby-life balance. I will update the files access in the nearest future so all my patrons have the access to all content.
Of course, in case you experience some troubles accessing any of the files - feel free to message me and I will try to fix it asap!
All the profits I make from my Patreon I will use to cover my Moulinette cloud storage + my pledges to support other creators. And the rest of it, if any, I will save and maybe sometime in the future I will have some way to withdraw it (maybe I could use it when I'm retired or smth :D).
So this is a heads up post so you can have some time to edit your pledges and I can have some time to update all the access settings. I know you've already been charged for December and, thankfully, I've got some spare content I can share as this month's loot which I will do in the nearest future. Because, honestly, I did not have any inner resource to create anything new during the past month. I am hoping that you will understand and forgive me for that.
It was such a long journey for me to gain as many patrons as I've got now, and I wouldn't want to lose it, but I don't want to overcharge people, so I hope that this change would be the right one and it would be the best one for all the parties. I would feel less stressed, and my patrons would be charged the smallest amount possible.
If you have any questions or worries, feel free to message me and I will try to answer all of them! I hope this creative activity of mine will last as my hobby for a long period of time and will continue to bring joy to me and people who like my art!
Stay adventurous!
Oixxo ♥
