Info post (Patreon)

Dear patrons, it will be a long post but it directly related with my current work. As you know right now in the center of Europe going is something that was impossible to believe recently - Putin's "special ops" (what does he call it) against Ukraine. I live in Russia and for me like many of my friends here it came as a shock. It was a shock for a reason - I have a lot of friends in Ukraine whose lives were in danger in a short time. Just recently your friend wants to come to visit you in Moscow and now he has hiding on underground station for the third day because of the explosions. Other guys are trying to leave and find themselves in a huge flow of the refugees forced to leave their country. The worst part is that the war is not over yet, but it has already turned into a tragedy for many people and there can be no excuse for this. I did everything I could in this situation to help my friends there - all money from Patreon for this month has been send to help these families. No one around me approves of this war despite the propaganda. Literally everyone I know wants this to end as soon as possible. 

But there is a price - enormous number of sanctions have been imposed on Russia. This makes impossible to continue working internationally cuz our economy has been locked inside itself now. Due to family reasons, I'll not be able to leave the country in the near future. So, here's the thing - I'll make animations this month and after that my Patreon will pause. You ask how long it will be? The honest answer is I don't know. Maybe for a month or two or maybe forever. This is not an escalation of drama, these are facts from the reality that is happening and which I cannot influence.

I hate to think that these animations will be the last. I had a lot of plans and I really love what I'm doing. Passion in my animations as a reflection of my passion for working on them so you can imagine what I think about this. 

The update will be at the end of the month. I'll finish the sequence for bar and make a few standalone stages I guess. 

Take care of yourself, guys.

GN