Note to patrons (and possibly non-patrons) (Patreon)

It was brought to my attention a few days ago that my Patreon archive was leaked on a piracy website. I'm setting this only message to Tier 3's because I believe the person that did this is in this group of 28, and I sent a DM to some of you whose account seems suspicious, though it could be any of you.

I do ask that you stop, I saw my latest post get uploaded on there last night. If you decide not to and this gets archived too: to all lurkers, my entire archive can be unlocked legally at https://www.patreon.com/vyet3d for just $8. You can also get a majority of them for just $1-$3. If you enjoy my content and do want me to make more, it's the best thing you can do. I've spent 2.5 years and hundreds of hours making these sets for people's enjoyment and to express creativity. Just lurking from a distance when I don't see any of that, it's a neutral. But a negative is finding out people are lurking at stolen content of mine.

To get more personal, the last month and a half have not been great. I lost my job a few weeks ago and then two weeks later, my grandmother passed away unexpectedly. My grandfather was affected heavily by this, and also died two days ago. Life has been challenging lately, but posting like usual and making art has kept it feeling somewhat normal. However, the fun of making stuff for people and keeping most of it behind a wall I feel comfortable with, just breaks when I find out my  Patreon's content has been leaked on a piracy website. My patrons have been my little private community for so long but now it feels like that's been tainted. 

I'm revealing this all because if guilting and getting the people that are wronging me to see a person behind the fun, smut art is a way to get you to stop, then that's what I'll do.

I sent a DMCA claim to the website but it's yet to delete my archive. I want to make more images and sets, but this is just pushing me to want to quit. I still have new sets coming this month and I'm thinking through options to password protect some of my work if possible, though.

To all my patrons that are not involved in this and have simply supported me however, I appreciate all of you and you being here is what keeps me going, thank you.