FIRST OFF... PATREON VOTE IS LIVE! (Patreon)

http://www.strawpoll.me/10623791

You can vote multiple times. Top two will get the draws.

SECOND OFF! There will be a LIVE REQUEST STREAM ON THE 1st 3PMEST, since last month we hit the 500 and you are rewarded for it THIS month. But on the 1st. Because I'm swamped! I'll post the rules for it tomorrow. It will be heavily moderated and a lot of stream bans will potentially be handed out. It'd be bad if got... really crazy... The last time I did a live request stream I ended up with well over 500 attendees, all screaming. Let's try to have a civil and sane stream!

THIRD, I've come to see some problems as the Patreon has grown. Growth is good. But once again I'm not able to make as many people happy as a I could for a similar amount of effort.

• When it was just a few people it was fairly likely that your request would get drawn at some point. At this point, there's simply too many requests. You'll never see your day in the sun.
• Doing a full scale completed piece doesn't always work out. It takes a long time vs a colored sketch, and in the end, it is no more or less likely to be well received by or popular with the community.
• I'm old. I don't even recognize a lot of these requests! I barely keep up with what anime is on TV, if at all. Usually not at all. The last anime I watched was Kill la Kill which is now THREE YEARS OLD. So trying to research all of these is time consuming and usually pointless since only two characters can win a vote.

SO! Starting next week I'm going to rearrange the tiers in an effort to make more people happy. I'll simply do five requests of my choosing over the course of the month. That's more than double what you'd normally get. It also lets me vary the choices a little more than ALWAYS the most popular thing. And it lets me avoid having to end-of-month rush. I can space out nice and easy.

And that's all! SO mark your calendars for the 1st at 3PMEST, and don't forget to vote this month!http://www.strawpoll.me/10623791