End of Something Old / Beginning of Something New (Patreon)

[EDIT FOR CLARITY: I will keep this Patreon page up for another month, with payments paused do it doesn’t charge anyone, and then I will be shutting down and deleting this whole thing. I may start up another Patreon in the future or just use Twitch’s Subs system instead.]

Heya Patrons! Boy, it's been a while, huh?

But I haven't just been sitting around. I took some time to rethink how I want to approach my creative work. Creating weekly art was really beginning to feel like a job. It started out as a fun thing. Normal people played videogames after work, and I made art. But with Patreon and feeling like I owe you awesome supporters consistent art output really weighed on me. I felt the same crushing deadlines I do every day at work, and that's when I knew this wasn't the way forward.

So I am closing that chapter of my life. I will still make art. I have to. The need to express myself is a part of me. But it'll be on my own time. Fortunately, I have created a really fun outlet that I can use to continue interacting and hanging out with all of you, and hopefully many more folks to boot!

It's called Hang Out With Ziggy! It will be a weekly (maybe twice weekly -- I still need to nail down the schedule) stream. What will we be doing? Who knows! Playing videogames, watching me animate, answering questions, discussing things, watching YouTube together. Just sort of whatever. Freeform. Because I couldn't settle on just streaming one thing forever. I will announce the topic ahead of time, so you can decide whether to drop in or not. Check out the above video for a little intro, and visit HangOutWithZiggy.com for more info, my Twitch channel, etc.

I will leave this Patreon up (paused, so it doesn't charge you anything) til the end of June, so folks have a chance to see this message.

But I also hope to see you dropping by my streams! I never really succeeded in building a community around this Patreon -- in terms of working with y'all, interacting more, etc. But I think this Twitch channel will be a much better way of doing so... since it's literally just me interacting with y'all for 4-6 hours every week.

Lastly, I want to once again thank each and every single one of you for your support and kindness. Y'all are truly superstars and most importantly friendos :3

See you Thursday (8pm-11ish Eastern)