thebubblepup
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Regarding rewards & the future(All reward tier Patrons please read)
🕑 Added 2019-08-22 05:01:41 +0000 UTC
Hi everyone! Hope you are having an amazing night/day!
So! It´s been around two years since I first started Patreon, in that time and thanks to you all I managed to do art as a job and well develop and improve my work a lot, and the only thing I can say is how grateful I am with everyone, I honestly don´t know where I would be if I didn´t had this chance, not just economically speaking but also with all the experience I´ve made here. :)
That being said, with the growth of this platform, the workload also became bigger and well, leaving me little time work of other stuff like portfolio or just to rest, aside from the holidays I barely took any time off in the last couple of years and even then, I´ve come back with the stress of knowing I owe work.
And well, as some of you might remember this year started in kind of a rough patch with the surgery and other personal stuff affecting me, ever since I´ve felt like I might have been neglecting other stuff in order to focus in Patreon and well, this had been affecting my mental health, the quality of my work and my relationships.
So, after thinking a lot about it in the last couple of months I´ve come to a decision:
SEPTEMBER WILL BE THE LAST MONTH I WILL BE SOING REWARDS IN 2019
After that I will deleting all reward tiers aside from the $1 in case some people want to keep supporting me, and then will be taking a break, a true one this, time for the rest year.
I feel this in something I´ve needed for a while not just to recharge myself, but also to reevaluate where I´m going and what I want to do moving forward, some opportunities outside of here might be opening soon so I need to think about that too. Probaby I will be back early next year but I will be taking less work and well I will try to be more clear with the rules, since I think it´s one of the things I´ve struggled a lot here.
SO! HERE´S HOW THINGS ARE GONNA WORK FOR SEPTEMBER!
After the rewards for the month are charged(Reminder rewards are charged upfront) I will deleting the reward Tiers from the main page, but please be sure to check if you´re still being charged/delete your pledge afterwards. I will poke everyone during the month to remind you, if you decide your delete your pledge right now please tell me so I can start to delete the spots and they don´t get claimed again.
For the people with delayed rewards, try to claim them before September 15th, if you don´t I will not be able to do them until december/january. If you´re not ok with this I can also issue you a refund for the delayed work.
Finally, I say this every month, but for septerber this will be even more important. Please, answer as soon as possible to the message asking for details on your reward, if you don´t I might not be able to do your reward for a while.
So there you go, I´m sorry if anyone was expecting a more positive message but this is something I really need to do.
Once again, this doesn´t take from how grateful I am with every single one of you. Thanks for the support, for trusting in me, for being patient when I wans´t able to fulfill on time, for all the experience and improvements I made while working with you and just for keeping a roof on my head hahah.
And well, also I want to apologize for any mistakes I could have made, for being so disorganized or if I ever came up as rude with any of you, I´m only a dumb human trying hard with a lot to learn. but little by little I feel I´m moving forward.
Have a great day/night! And if you have any questions feel free to ask here or in a private message!
Comments
Take all the time you need. There's no point in doing what you love if you don't really love doing it. If and when you come back I look forward to continuing with my support (plus get art if I can :) ). You've done such a great job for so long anyone would need a break. Have fun on your break and always remember to stay cute and crinkly!
Auviere
All good things must come to an end. I can't say I'm not surprised though. Of all the Patreon's I've given to, yours has definitely been the most consistent of all of them in keeping up with rewards. You reply deserve commendation for it. It'll be sad to see you go, but I do hope you end up finding whatever it is you are looking for by moving on from Patreon. I hope my requests were never the source of any negative emotion, because I find you a truly wonderful person and I would hate to have that effect on you. Hopefully in the future I'll be able to commission you again or even get a reward slot if and when the time comes. Regardless, I'll be happy enough seeing you happier and seeing your wonderful art day in and day out. Please keep doing what you're doing and I'll see you around 💜💙
Winfrey Reed
I hope you have a nice break away from it all, enjoy it and relax :3
It's been really awesome to get art from you (almost) every month and I can totally understand that you need some time to recharge and whatnot. Heck, I can only imagine how much you need a proper break after all of this, and you absolutely deserve it. I'll still be watching you make amazing art on Twitter and that will never change! c:
Erakir
Oh, and thanks for putting up with all my vague TF related requests. I hope they weren't a major source of pain for you ever, and I'm sorry if they were ;w;
Erakir
In the end, you gotta do what you feel is best for you. I hope the patreon experience has been more beneficial in the grand scheme than negative, but it's understandable that as things have progressed and you've grown more that this platform would likely need some revisions at some point - if it's now a constant drain on where you want to go, then, well, you're doing the right thing. Appreciate all the things you've put out for us here over the past few years! For what it's worth, of the people I support on patreon, you've been one of the absolute best at delivering on what you've advertised here, so thanks for being an excellent creator. If I'm lucky enough to be able to partake when (and if) you find yourself setting up again here next year or whenever, I'll be here. Thanks a bunch!
