zaush
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Quick Update
🕑 Added 2023-02-22 11:42:38 +0000 UTCHi everyone!
Now that the dust has settled, I wanted to get everyone up to date on what I've been up to and the future of some of my projects. Art has been kinda light for a few reasons, one being an out of town trip the other week, and the other being work on the art site. (more on that later in the post)
Patreon
Patreon this last month has asked me to remove a few of my drawings, as well as edit at least one of them. These are decisions I don't agree with, but I have no say in the matter according to them. This isn't the first time they've done this, but it's accelerated my plans moving forward to host my own art outside of here and get as many people to switch over to SubscribeStar as are able. As a result of this, I will have to cancel the continuation of Tommy and the coaches. It's possible I could draw a sort of continuation for SubscribeStar peeps, but the ratio of support there is currently outweighed by my support here, so it's difficult to prioritize content for one and not the other at this time. I'm sure there are exclusives I can post there, but as for new content, I need to pivot to some other projects to crosspost that I don't think they can dispute. I'll be re-evaluating my priorities as the landscape changes.
Art Site
I've been super hard at work on a website for my own art over the past few months, particularly this month. (All of the routes I'm working on are hidden behind a beta key, so there's not much to see at this moment other than a splash screen) I need a place I can put all my past works, starting with my comics and crowdfunded content, then filling in all the work over the past 20+ years. It's been a huge undertaking so far and I'm really excited to have it up for all of you to check out as soon as possible. Patreon and SubscribeStar have notoriously terrible "lazy load micro blog" browsing experiences for art, so I want to provide fans with something easy to use and convenient.
Patreon has made it clear that they have every intention of controlling what I do on other platforms that are connected to Patreon. I'd originally set up Patreon and SubscribeStar API integration, but will have to remove integration to Patreon to avoid having my presence elsewhere further interfered with, and I won't be linking to Patreon from it either.
Tanta's Bargain
The script for most of the next Tanta arc is completed! I'm in the process of blocking out pages for it. Just the other day I streamed some concept work for the characters she'll be interacting with, as well as the hunter camp. I'm expecting to have enough blocking in to start a round of pages inside the next week or two. Website work has been a huge undertaking, but any time not spent on that is put directly into Tanta.
Dragon Wife - 3D Animation
Some of you might remember the dragon lady who has a late night visitor from a big fellow that proceeds to break her bed frame. (Their names are Maya and Tusk, respectively) I've finished the modeling for her, with hair, texturing, and rigging next in the pipeline. My goal is to venture into some 3D animation with her and her large friend in the near future, so keep an eye out for that. I'm actually pretty excited to see where it goes.
eSpoused
The next arc for this series will probably be worked on in parallel with Tanta, and the plan is to start on it after I've gotten a half dozen or so Tanta pages complete. I've been tossing around the idea of a certain model stopping by at the studio, someone Levi offers to take home, and the model she met up for food with giving Amber a greeting of his own before dropping her off at home to a very horny Connor.
I've still got a few days in the month to toss some sketches your way! Thank you for all your support and well wishes, I hope to have more to share very soon on the art site and Tanta. I think you'll all love what I've been working on.
Comments
Zaush
Rad!
Zaush
I'm continuing it, but it'll be specifically for Substar users unfortunately. Patreon won't allow further posts with him
Spyke
For now, I've also swapped over to subscribe star. I wish they had a handy app like Patreon does but Cé La Vi.
Legion
Do you plan on continuing the Tommy series later on?
Mircea Kitsune
Not yet, but from what I've heard from others I'm almost in a state of waiting for it daily. Patreon is clearly turning into a Twitter 2.0 of its own category... or not quite given the issue with Twitter is its toxic community, for Patreon it's the sheer control by the owners of the service. Now there's talk they may want to "age verify" creators... I will NOT show ID to create art or software, if they ever pull that on me I'm most likely done then... hopefully that's just for RL NSFW stuff which I have nothing to do with so I'll stay among the lucky ones for longer.
Bjorn Hagen
Oh that I know! But I’m just gonna see if you fully/completely ditch Patreon and move to Substar or some place else I mean haha
Zaush
<3
Zaush
It's such a shame they did what they did. As for confirmation, do you mean confirmation of having a substar? I've actually had one for a couple of years now!
Zaush
<3
Zaush
See you there! I'll do what I can to resurrect Tommy for the substar peeps
Zaush
Thank you <3
Zaush
It would be one thing if their rules had stayed the same, but it seems like they change every other month, and they interpret them in whatever way they want. There's apparently a new rule that just went into effect that could even have them demanding the removal of rule 34 work, and with how outlandish they've been, I don't doubt it will happen. This is seeing the writing on the wall and getting out while I still can.
Zaush
Is there a way to contact support and see what's up? I've been sending them issue reports and they've actually responded to a few of my emails directly concerning other things
Zaush
This patreon isn't getting shut down, not unless they decide to for some reason even with me meeting their demands. I'm sure there can be some way for you to keep up to date though.
Zaush
Thanks! See you there~
Zaush
Are they harassing you too? I heard as much from some other artists I know, that sucks they're giving you issues as well.
Latency
Same, cancelled here and swapped to subscribestar :)
Bjorn Hagen
Aw that's unfortunate, I'll be cancelling my Patreon once you post confirmation! I really love the Tommy series!!
Crimson Fhang
just canceled here and moved my support over to Subscribe Star
Zatora
I was so looking forward to the final panel of the Tommy series.
Sangie Nativus
Sign up and use a virtual card from Privacy.com.
Vixie Wilde
Fuck patreon and their puritan bullshit. You shouldn’t have to do this, hope the best for you zaushie
Crimson Fhang
that was 1,000% Paypal's doing, not Subscribestar, they refused to bow down to PayPal's draconian rules
Silverpaws
I tried both Master card and Visa credit card and no good
QuantumAge
I don't have a problem to swith to Substar, when the content there is the same. Actually I'm for some time now here and I think it's the best to switch to Substar because the restrictions Patreon has to specific nsfw content is not my cup of tea. I like that you want to keep the content like you ever did and don't care about Patreons shit, not all artitsts do that.
Drizzle
Yeah, that's a real problem with SubStar. I contacted support about it about a year ago and they said they were looking into other options, but nope... nothing. Not sure if it's an option, but MasterCard works for me.
Drizzle
You can thank PayPal for that one...
minoan
They don't take American Express for whatever reason. Visa works for me on the site, not sure about other cards.
Silverpaws
sadly i been trying to move to subscribe star but they keep rejecting my credit and debit cards
NilaPomf
CAN'T do, will NEVER do, Subscribestar & their lack of Paypal,option.....
Nightdancer
I will move to SubscribeStar at the end of the month
Mircea Kitsune
I'm prepared to be kicked off by Patreon for not obeying the next garbage they may come up with. If and when it happens good riddance... I may lose the only barely existent income I ever had, but I won't be bowing down to a demented cult and its Victorian era ideologies. Obviously not everyone can do that so I understand your decision, at the same time we're giving them power by letting them terrorize us using their monopoly to threaten creators they'll be left without an income... and yes I know about Subscribestar but like you said it barely has any users so it doesn't count as much of a competition.
