Update // Spooptober hath arriveth! (Patreon)

Hello my lovelies, and welcome to Spooptober- month of the dorkness. I can hardly believe I'm saying this already. The whole of September has basically looked like this for me:

Anyways, as per usual here's my customary round of announcements in this first day of the month!

General updates:

- As pledges have finally finished processing, all points have now been allocated to those that went through. As always, availability will open progressively throughout tomorrow, so please keep checking back for new slots to open in the system through the day.

- Our monthly FFXIV art party is likely to happen on Sunday 10 or Sunday 17 and it will be Halloween Themed! I do encourage you to try to come to this party, as I hope to make it a special one. More information on that will be available in the next few days, once we have a date, in a Patreon exclusive post.

Work Updates:

- As most of you know, I'll be in the Artist Alley of MCM London comic con this month (Oct 22-24) selling prints and merch. If you're in London and you plan on going, let me know! I'd love to meet my patrons there!

Having said that, this is my first con so the prep took a major wedge of time (and hair) in September, as I suspect it will this month. Because of this, I ask you for two things:

For those of you booking art sessions with me, please book your slot in ASAP so that I can organise my month as best as possible. You can check the calendar here and DM me with your prefered date: https://teamup.com/ksf4jbvvx6tkd8oo7f - if there's no dates that suit you, please DM me and I will work to fit you in. (For those of you reading this on Patreon- the art sessions happen via Discord, so make sure you join us in there by going to your settings > apps > connecting your account. If you're a patron, this will automatically throw you into the server)

For those of you expecting rewards and commissions, things are further behind than I'd hoped. I am currently working on the September rewards and I will be prioritising these and pending comms before moving onto October rewards/comms.

Unfortunately I had no way to really gauge the impact Comic Con was going to have on my already tight timeframe when I designed it (mainly because I didn't realise I'd get in), so despite setting estimate times for comms back when I designed the table, I have not been able to keep to those so far.

To that end, I have reorganised my workflow to be more linear- things will be approached in this order and those waiting for comms will be informed with 2-3 weeks before I am ready to start on their project:

You can see my workflow here: https://trello.com/b/LbCXPm0T/onyrica-patreon 

Other updates

-Finally, just a quick one to let you know that I will be extending the 'Bring a friend' bonus promo to this month, so if you know anyone who's inclined to join us make sure you wrangle them in to get a boatload of points.

- Additionally, I will be opening 2 more Extreme Tier slots (50$) soon. This will give you 50 points a month on StarStickers as well as a merch bundle every 8 months (which, for those currently in the tier, I will send out in November after the con. Please look forward to it!). This slot will be available to patrons for a few hours before I announce it publicly.

- I would also love it if you shared my art and website with people whenever you can. Last month was pretty unstable for many reasons and any measure of support is greatly appreciated!

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And as a wrap up, I just want to thank you all for your patience and support and kindness. I'll admit that things have been hard for a while- the pressure of juggling things and having few avenues to escape to is making me feel a little crushed and although I look forward to it, I can't wait for Comic Con to be over and life to get a little more normal.

In the meantime, I so appreciate having you all here keeping me sane. You guys make me happy and I dunno where I'd be without you.

And with that, I leave you to the spoopening with this picture of the prints I received in the mail today! After the con, these will go on StarStickers as rewards you can spend points on. 

Happy October my guys ❤️