A Request! (please read!) (Patreon)

Hi!
This is something that's been causing me a lot of trouble...

I made the mistake of promising 2160x2160 renders for patrons (instead of 1080x1080 like I usually do for DeviantArt)

That's 2x more resolution.

Unfortunately, now that I've been working with such high resolutions, I realize that it's just too much for my computer. Render times are EXTREMELY slow (not 2x slower, but 4x slower, because if you do the math, 2160 pixels is the same as FOUR images at 1080 pixels, therefore, 4 times slower renders!)

And it's been very unstable for my CPU, I've had crashes multiple times, including BSODs (which is one of the most frustrating things ever) it slows me down a lot, and I end up actually making LESS content for the comic for the sake of saving some time!  (and definitely less "Bonus pages") 

There's also the problem that textures simply wont look good at such high resolutions. I've been doing my best with Photoshop, but Opal's textures weren't made for such high resolution images...

Renders are 4 times slower... Add to that my instable CPU that eventually crashes, and me trying my absolute best to improve textures using Photoshop! And you'll realize that this suddently turned into a helish hobby! (specially because I don't want to disapoint anyone!)

It was my fault to promise such high resolution textures... I thought I could handle it a bit better, but this has become WAY more time consuming than before... If I could simply decrease the higher resolution versions to something like 1500pixels, it would make me a HUGE difference! (It's the perfect balance of quality and time!)

Wouldn't it be better if I decreased the resolution to 1500? (This is still higher than Deviantart's version, which is 1080) That way I could focus more on actually creating more content, instead of dealing with all the problems I just described above! (everything feels forced now)

I also thought about decreasing the price, but... I feel like all the bonus content is worth a lot more than the extra resolution...

But you're free to disagree! (and even choose a lower tier, if all you wanted was the 2160 resolution version!) 

(Whoever, I'll drop the price from the $4 tier to $3,... it's that tier whith higher resolution images but no bonus content, and no one seems to be using that tier at the moment anyway....)

NOTE: I'll finish Opal's comic at the promised 2160 pixel resolution! This will only apply to any future comics!

Let me know what you think! I honestly feel awful for making this change, but I spent the last days trying my best to optimize rendertimes and thinking about alternative solutions.... Hopelessly..... It would be much easier to just say the truth and ask for your feedback on this... 

So please comment something! Otherwise I'll assume everyone is mad! :/

(I finally finished RENDERING the next 10 pages plus a few extra shots. The next step is to fix everything with Photoshop. I believe I'll have the next ZIP ready in the next 5 days)