Taking time off November - January for baby reasons (Patreon)

Hey!

The more I get to know about the first months after giving birth, the more clear it is to me that I will not be able to work for the first few months at all.

I am writing this update, to make sure everything is out there before I go into labor and I will be too busy to inform about the upcoming changes. I will repost this info on the top of my Patreon profile as well, to make sure nobody needs to dig through the posts to find this.

I will be taking a full time-off starting November until at least January.

I was overly optymistic about how I will live during the first months after childbirth and I totally did not take under consideration that I will not only need to take care of the baby, but I will also need to take care of myself (yes, really, I didn't expect I will require care too). I thought I will be able to maybe do a sketch or 2 when my boy will be sleeping. But now, the more I learn, the more I realize it will be the time to take care of myself, eat, exercise, wash all the dirty laundry and sterilize all the bottles and the breast pump etc. And it will be highly harmful for everyone if I spent this time sitting in front of my tablet, even if just for half an hour daily. I need to take care of my spine (it's in such an awful condition I had to start rehab even before delivery).

So starting November all my work is going to be put ON HOLD.
All rewards on Patreon will be on hold too for the same reason.

I won't be reachable on the internet, FA or any other art-related sites, I won't be able to reach through PMs or any other communicators strictly for the first month minimum. I will see how I do in the next months. But to be safe I will give myself 3 months off (2 months for my flesh wounds to close and to take care of myself and one additional month to settle in and get used to my new routines).

I will not close my Patreon during this time. For anyone who wants to support me through this hard time and stay with me on Patreon - thank you a ton! But I will not be posting any new arts for these 3 months, starting November (at least) :(

Later I will try to post some updates as to when I expect to be coming back and slowly starting to take maybe one, up to three sketch commissions. Patrons from tiers 15$+ will have priority in getting these slots and I will resume the Baby shark tier possibly (will see how many slots I will be able to open).

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For any commissions I will not finish before November

I am positive that I should be able to finish off all my current commissions before delivery, as I tried to plan my work until November very carefully.
But in the unlikely case of this not being possible (in the case if my boy decides to come to the world early) - if wanted I will offer refunds, or I will continue working on them after the 3 months of absence. I am sure we can work something out :)

As always, thank you for your understanding and support!
It means the world to me and thanks to you I've been able to get through some of the hardest times of my life so far.

Mamma Lana