April News! (Patreon)

Hey ya'll! Just wanted to give a little news update on some things and then some.

First off, this month marks my 2nd year of being on Patreon! Your continued support means so much to me, I can't thank you all enough. Quite a lot of you have been here since the beginning, just amazing! I must apologize that production has been a bit slow the past month, I have been working hard towards a promotion in my regular job which has been taking all kinds of time and energy out of me. Once the dust of that settles though, I'll have more of a routine again!

Secondly, I have slightly reworded the main page and the tier descriptions for a bit more clarity. Overall, nothing has changed, except for the addition of a new perk available to the $10 tier Patrons: TIME-LAPSE VIDEOS of completed artwork! The timelapse videos will be posted within the full-resolution posts. However, a small disclaimer: not all drawings will have a timelapse video, as there's a chance there will be an error with recording or perhaps I use alternate software to create the image. But I will do my best to utilize the feature! The $10 tier description previously stated "possibly more rewards in the future", and the future is now! 

(Reminder: the past few full-res posts currently have a timelapse video in them! So far no problems with recording them.)

I thought of channeling my recent real-life nervous job interview shenanigans into this month's poll image, but I decided I'll simply do an image based on that anyway, without it being a poll... instead, the upcoming poll will be more seasonal, based on giraffe mom and spring cleaning! I have some ideas in mind and will get the poll up sometime tomorrow, but if any of you have any input on the matter feel free to let me know! Brainstorming ideas is a lot of fun.

Also, with the 2nd year anniversary of Patreon, I was once again thinking about something more I can do for all patrons. One option has always been a Discord server, but I'm honestly uneasy on the idea of having one, as it requires a surprising amount of maintenance to follow along. I'm also not sure if it's even something people want. I did also consider a vBulletin style forum instead, though that'll likely be even less popular of an idea than Discord. But what about... a Minecraft server? Would anyone be interested in a Patreon Minecraft Server...? Namely when the "Caves & Cliffs" update comes out. I personally haven't played the game in a couple years but I think it would be a good time to see if people would want to come on board with something like that. Might be fun. Let me know what you think on that idea! 

Anyway that's it for now, I hope you all are having a great day and have a great weekend!