January 2022 Update - A Potential Change (PLEASE READ!) (Patreon)
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Hello again everyone, thanks for your input on the poll I posted yesterday.
I wanted to say my piece about something that's been on my mind for a while, please give this a read and let me know what you think in the comments below.
(I'm sorry about the huge wall of text, but it's the only way to format this.)
I've not been feeling the monthly polls for a good while, and I'm thinking about scrapping them entirely going into 2022. (This doesn't mean the end of Monthly Reward Images at all.)
The polls feel too often like sending out ideas to die while two other ideas are clear winners, it's not fair on people who wish to see those ideas, and not fair on the ideas themselves when they could appeal to those who didn't vote for them if they saw the finished piece.
Forcing four unique ideas each month too is creatively draining, especially when I try to not repeat ideas each month and have to shelve two ideas each month that fail.
December this year was so much fun because it was just me being left to my own devices and drawing ideas that I really wanted to draw, and I feel the reward images turned out great because of this, as well as my enjoyment of doing them being so much more.
I would very much like to continue doing Reward Images in this manner going forward into 2022.
To reiterate, this doesn't mean the end of Monthly Reward Images at all.
The difference would be that instead of voting for ideas that I'd draw each month, I'd pre decide the ideas myself, announce what the ideas will be before the month ends and debut the finished pieces at the start of the following month.
I could still do occasional polls to choose characters if I'm stuck between some, or ask about the potential of themed months, but in general I'd do away with idea polls and stick to just drawing what I want to draw, and what I think you'd all like to see from me.
I think my mind is made up on this, but I implore you to tell me what you think below.
Thank you all for all your support up to this point, and I wish you all the happiest of holidays!