Rewards, Patreon Revamp, 3D Sculpts (Patreon)

Hey guys got important things to talk about so let's get to it!

TL;DR at the end!

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March Rewards Sent!

Pretty self explanatory, I've just sent out March rewards and you should have received a message with the rewards link. Thank you as always for your support!

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Patreon Revamp

After much deliberation, I will be changing how my Patreon works going forward. In summary:

• No more Fanart Suggestions after May 2024 which is the last one (note that I paused Patreon in April)

• I will focus on personal projects going forward (mainly ero VNs/games/storytelling)

• I'll draw fanart but only stuff I'm into (currently FE and Unicorn Overlord)

• Pausing for June to update my Patreon

Before anything else, if you're not okay with any of these changes or for any other reason, please feel free change or cancel your subscription. Please don't feel obligated to keep supporting me and please know that I am really grateful for all the support you guys have given me all these years.

Also keep in mind that if you cancel your sub now but you paid for May 2024 rewards, you will still receive a rewards message once I send out the rewards.

That being said, I've reached a point in my art career where I just want to focus on personal projects. I'm just not good/fast enough to deliver monthly fanart or keep up with the hottest new stuff, while doing personal projects on the side. 2-3 monthly illustrations seems low but it honestly takes me so much effort to do them and I'm simply burnt out.

There's only so much hours in the day and only so much creative juice. I want to spend all those on stuff that I'm truly passionate about.

I can only blame myself though because I made this system in the first place... Change is hard sometimes, especially when you're set in your ways or you're lazy like me.

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Enough drama. Let's talk about what's next for me and my Patreon.

• 3D sculpting

• Quick Fics: A Taste of Freedom (Loki & Anna ero VN)

• Emerald Dawn: Dance of Life (Rhea's VN)

• Original Story/Game

3D Sculpting

So I recently got into 3D sculpting because I was working on Quick Fics and I had a scene that was giving me so much trouble so I tried to mock up the scene in 3D. Problem is I've never modeled good/correct-looking human characters before and I didn't want to use other people's models.

But by some miracle, this stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLR-2cVvk5E&t=4468s was recommended to me and I saw how the guy (his name is Nikolai, amazing artist, pretty funny guy, and seems like a great dad too!) sculpted a character in just over 1 hour!!!! I was so impressed and so inspired that I bought his course immediately and started learning how to sculpt in 3D. 2 weeks later, after many hours of practice, this is what I came up with.

I'm still a newbie, obviously, I have a lot to learn but I honestly feel like I have a shot at 3D sculpting. More than that, 3D solves my problem of poor composition. I'm no longer limited by refs because I can make my own damn references myself lol I can't stress how life-changing that is to me.

I wish I was good enough to draw stuff without needing bajillion references, but on the other hand, this deficiency led me to 3D sculpting - and now I feel so liberated I feel like I can take on anything hahaha I'm sure I'll be humbled very soon but for now I feel like a god ^^

Alright so 3D. Long-term I want to be able to do everything from sculpting to animation. I'm also thinking of making the .blend files available if there's interest in them.

Short term though? I'm using it to mock-up scenes as references for drawing. This leads us back to my current project: Quick Fics. With the help of 3D, I feel like I can solve the majority of my problems and I feel like I can finally finish it. I was so excited that I began recreating stuff in 3D. Here's a recreation of a tent BG from FEH that I'm using for lots of sexy scenes in Quick Fics ^^ The tent BG that I drew was kinda bland so I went for what FEH already has haha

Close enough to mock up scenes ^^ I'll prolly end up painting over it anyways because I don't want the 3d look to it.

I'll talk more about Quick Fics in a different post. But after Quick Fics, I plan to finish Emerald Dawn: Dance of Life because I put it off for so long I need to give it love ^^ And finally after that, I'll start my own original story. One thing at a time.

Actually though, I'm always writing a bit here and there. I just never get to a point where I commit to any of my own stories. BTW, I recently read a manga called Mato Seihei no Slave and I got some amazing inspirations from it, love the "rewards" system specifically and I want to explore the concept, I think it can tie up well with Persona 5's dating sim gameplay. Fubuki best girl btw! ^^

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This post is getting long so let's wrap it up. Here's the TL;DR:

• No more Fanart Suggestions/Polls after May 2024 (the last one, which will start soon)

• I'll focus on my projects going forward, mostly ero VNs/games

  • Quick Fics: A Taste of Freedom -> Emerald Dawn: Dance of Life -> Original Project

  • Finish what I start, One thing at a time

• I'm diving deep into 3D art; 3D sculpts could become a reward

• I'll never give up drawing, if there's any doubt about that. I'll still draw fanart but it'll mostly revolve around Fire Emblem, Unicorn Overlord, and random stuff I find interesting

• I'm pausing for June to give me time to revamp my Patreon (give it a facelift, update stuff, change rewards, relax lol)

I want to see what I can do if I dedicate myself to my own thing and stuff I personally enjoy.

A friendly reminder that only you can decide if supporting me is worth it. Whatever the case may be, I just want to thank you for your support!

Onward! ^^