Happy Thanksgiving! (Patreon)

Today is Black Friday! That doesn’t really mean much in the way of myself, as I can’t often super-discount anything like a big box store can, but it’s time for my yearly sappy thank-you.

On my own, I'm thankful for my family, who supported me all my life,my friends, who have been there through everything and gave me tons of laughs and good memories and advice, and my gf Rei, who really tries to help out as much as she can and whose company and dedication I really appreciate. But here on Patreon I want to direct my thanks to you all.

I’m going to be upfront an honest: I don’t know where I’d be without this kind of support. I know I say ‘thank you’ and ‘I appreciate it’ a lot, but I’d never expected this level of self-support as a simple furry artist. I want to say that I feel lucky, but I also feel that luck only plays a small part of it. Moreover, I feel a bunch of things. On one hand, I’m delighted that so many of you enjoy my work enough to take your own hard-earned money and collectively turn it into my own income. Your consistent feedback and suggestions help me worry less about if I’m going in the right direction or not. I still feel pressure.. and stress, to some degree, that when I grow in support, I feel pushed to make more or better content, and kind of harass myself to get to it already. “I really shouldn’t be as slow as I am” i tell myself a lot of times. I try to meet a monthly quota of categorized images, because I want as many people as possible to feel like their pledge is being made worthwhile.

In that regard, I’d like to break it down some. I don’t have numbers on me, I’m at my parents’ house for Thanksgiving, but much of what I make goes into savings; you guys have helped me build a safety net, savings for simple things like car, health, general living expenses.. I may make a more complete drawn listing at the end of the year, but TL;DR: your support, collectively, goes a long way, and have helped me in more ways I can think of at the moment...

So! Looking ahead. Here’s my general thoughts.

I’ve talked about reworking the pinup vote near the end of the year. December is almost here, so I should put up a fresh post about my idea and feedback for that. I want to have it a bit more timely as far as suggestions and picking goes. Less snowballed votes, long wait times, etc.

I wish I could also think of a better idea for handling requests too, to reduce waits but honestly I don’t think there’s an answer for that.

I think comics are the way of the future for me. Between Predators, my main scifi story, and even some small others, I have a lot I want to tell, and test, if you guys think well of them. Everyone loves a good story. yes sometimes it’s porn, but I want to tell a good story alongside that, can’t I? So stuff like request-sketch-quality comics, or b+w comics perhaps. Even suggesting having a colourist or some such position to help get this done, but we’ll see.

For now, the things on my plate now that the turkey isn’t, are stuff like finishing page 25, finishing the pinup, and next week attending MFF. I hope to see some of you there!

And thank you all, past, present, and future supporters, for helping me get my stories, characters, and life off the ground, up and going. I mean it. Happy Thanksgiving!

PS- Still looking for good possible Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals for gift ideas for friends, family and such, if you see something neat, feel free to comment with a link!