Monkeyspirit
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Patreon revamp, moving, and pysical health updates
🕑 Added 2023-10-12 10:38:37 +0000 UTC-To start off, this year so far was a bit of an experiment on my Patreon. In an effort to try and make getting art from me more accessible, and available to my patrons, I created a guaranteed monthly art tier (Kivu's Den) that at the time made a lot of sense, but no longer does.
-My Kivu's Den tier was taking far too much time for what the majority of my patrons got out of it, and also didn't make sense financially either, after doing some analysis of my time spent on the rewards vs. how much the tier brought in. So from both a Patreon-content and a financial perspective, it didn't work, unfortunately. I've only got so much art time available due to physical constraints, and I would rather juggle just a couple plates really well than try to juggle five poorly!
-I'll be keeping the Kivu's Wolf Pack tier and catching up on that shortly, because it gives a fairer chance of you all to get art from me and also makes more sense time-wise as this Patreon shifts to becoming more comic-focused.
-My Patreon going forward will be focused heavily on whichever ongoing comic I'm working on, interspersed with Kivu's Wolf Pack patron suggestions, my personal OC art, and some rare R34.
- I'll also be introducing "special feature" posts that expand on the personality or lore (in horny ways especially, of course!) of characters in the comic. These will be illustrations or sketches that might not be fully canon to the story, but round off a character's personality, show their past, or elaborate on them in other ways!
-MOVING! Moving is going well and we're on track to be in the new place (which has a much better working space wooo) by around the end of next week - almost surely before November. So if I'm a little inactive these next 1-2 weeks, that'll be why!
-Physical health: every single day is a battle with my hands and back. I won't lie and say that it's easy, but I'm holding it together the best I can and hopefully on the path to healing rather than either getting worse. I've got new appointments on the horizons to figure out more about what's going on, but either way, I'll keep drawing for you all as much as my body allows me to!
Thanks again for the support all these years. I really do love the little community we've built here. Please do come join the Patreon Discord if you haven't!
Comments
Drizzle
Right, and I don't know the behind the scenes enough to know if income will be fine if you draw a little less. So that wasn't a not-so-subtle suggestion, if it came across that way. I am kinda surprised you still haven't gotten answers. Hopefully soon though! Always glad to hear other things are going well :D
Monkeyspirit
Thanks a lot Drizzle ❤️. Yea, it's been the hardest and longest-lasting battle in my life. Unfortunately for my wrists, art is my job, so I can't just quit drawing. I've gotta make a certain amount of money every month, so I can only do so much to let them rest. I'm not sure what's wrong with me yet, but we've got a scan coming up, then a chat with a hand/arm specialist. At least with my back, we know what's wrong and it's fixable. The hands we still have no idea, but we're going to do what we can to find out. Everything overall is looking up in significant ways though, so I'll get there! Thanks for sticking around~
Drizzle
Idk what Patreon changed, but the old hearts I did don't show up anymore... Just imagine one at the end there lol
Drizzle
Every time health comes up, I wish there was something I could do, moreso than any other topic. All I've got is telling you to draw less but that's none of my business. It always sounds like you've got a handle on it anyway, so I just hope everything gets better <3
