Thank you for the Support! (Patreon)

I just want to thank everyone for their support thus far.

I'm fully aware that my stuff gets leaked every once in a while on other sites, mostly the weight gain related artwork. I'm not blind to it. I've always known that it'd happen in some way shape or form and I'm aware of the people who post them. I know specifically who posts them, it wasn't hard to figure out. I know some of you pop in every once in a while after some time has passed in order to get whatever new content has appeared within that time due to how I don't time limit my comic work or other content. None of these things were beyond my comprehension or that I didn't think that people find ways to get things for free, I just didn't address them as I'd simply look at the feedback from those posts and learn whatever I could from those situations. Hell, it was about 6 years or so before the first leak actually happened for my weight gain content outside the initial comic leak back in 2015.

I appreciate everyone's support of my work whether it be though subscriptions, buying an art set, word of mouth, leaks on some random site(s) (there have been several that I've come across, even on different language sites that didn't translate my work but posted anyway), and whatever other way you've journeyed over here.

Could I make changes to better optimize my ability to make things more financially viable for myself? Sure, of course I can. I'd rather not toss out the idea of posting comic pages for free with a small gap between public and subscriptions. I mean, that just made sense to me when I grew-up with web comics while all other content I'd considered to be extra and thus would pay for it if I wanted it. Am I able to find stuff for free? Sure, it's not hard to come across paywall content for free even by accident, it just happens. How their creators want to handle those situations is up to them (and sometimes it's not due to differences in laws in other countries). Can I use some DRM program to get everyone's info, change comic pages enough to identify each individual with my work if they were to post them, put in hard time limits so that if you weren't here on the day I posted then you don't get it, or any other method to create FOMO (fear of missing out)? Again, sure, I can do all of that if I wanted to. I just don't cause I'm more interested in improving my work in whatever way possible. Nothing against artists who want to protect their work, completely understand the mentality behind that long as they don't resort to things like doxing.

I get it. I've likely been taken advantage of in several ways through out the years. Some ideas I've gotten for my content, I've adjusted over time so that I can be as fair as I can while still being able to make some form of living off my work. I try to put stuff that I feel is important as work I can post for free with a time gap while other less important stuff is behind a paywall cause it's not actually needed for the main comics. I'm not oblivious that they'd eventually get leaked out in some way, I just deal with it the way I have. Could this be a domino effect that may lead to me drawing less or have to make some major changes to make up for the leaks? It's possible. If I get to that bridge then I'll be sure to let everyone know and what I'd have to do.

As for everyone who has supported me, whether following me on various art sites or subscribed on pay sites, again thank you. Thanks for indulging me by hopping on this ride to see where I'm going with my comics and characters. Whether you have been around since: World Gates, Buckle: Slave & Monster, IHHAT, Black Circus, WARNING: Cream Filled, or any of my other work, thank you for sticking around this long.

I know my artwork still needs improvement/refining in various areas and I'm slowly working on that. Time is definitely a factor that I am working on. I don't like lowering quality for quantity, but I'm aware that I can't always do fully rendered work for comics and realistically I'll have to use other methods to help speed things up. So I'm working on changing how I do things before deciding if using something like Cell Shading should be the method for comics while other single pic pages should get the fully rendered treatment. This is more of a me thing so I'll announce any changes if they are needed in the future, still experimenting so it'll be a while.

Anyway, TLDR; Thank you everyone for your support. I know my stuff gets leaked or posted somewhere that I'm not aware, but the best I can hope is that it draws in more fans who will critique, follow, talk about, support, and whatever else comes of it. I know I can improve and I will continue to improve so thank you for joining me and my artwork.

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If you're wondering what sparked this, had a short discussion with Faf on staying focused on their content rather than wasting resources on leaks. There was another discussion about swapping comics to animation, but that's a slightly different topic. But attached is the recent chat between us.