May + June Philanthropy (Pinup Suggestions!) (Patreon)

Hey folks! Three things:

1) As most of you know, I came down with a strong flu virus in the middle of May which kept me out of commission for 3 weeks, and I was unable to make the pinup suggestion post last month (getting out of bed wasn't an option for me most of the time), but with this month's suggestion post, you can use your unused vote from May along with your vote with June.

So, you get double the votes as you normally would! And although the suggestion criteria says that you can't use multiple votes on one character, because this is a combination of this and last month's votes, you can vote twice for the same character (if you wish). However, it caps off at twice; if you have more than two votes, the other ones can also be doubles, but must be for different characters. If you were not a $5 patron last month, you just get the one vote for June (I only have to mouse over your name to check this, so please don't lie <3)

Also, please mention if you are doubling your votes! Otherwise they are indistinguishable from folks who just have one vote for June! Thanks in advance!

2) Although I am behind on the pinups, I will not be skipping any month's pinup rewards!
The current pinup suggestion sheet shows that I have already done the randomizer for the may pinups and will be moving onto those after I finish the last pinup from April. And to expedite the catching up process, I will be doing 4 pinups a month until I'm caught up. (However, due to being behind on *most* of my work due to my illness, I'll likely only be able to finish 2 pinups for June.)

3) You all will be getting new privileges related to the development of Hello Eastwood-- I'll give the specifics when I make that post.

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To reiterate the two latest changes:

1) If you support me with more than $5 each month, ($10, $15, up to $20), you gain 1 additional suggestion per each $5, but it *must* be for different characters--up to 4 characters total.

2) You can now view the current character suggestion sheet!:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gMaF3tIkrqOrN-VlsFWyO9c7UwosFPYFxERKRAJPXRs/edit#gid=0

About the sheet: The sheet you see is *not* the one I use for selection; this sheet has been organized by alphabetical order, as well as past chosen characters listed. The sheet actually used for selection is not organized, and characters are added as they are suggested.

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Criteria:

This is strictly fanart (no original characters) and they have to be a character I'm able to google and find reference pictures, and the characters have to be adults; 18 years or older.

Characters who have already been chosen by the randomizer CAN be suggested again!

Starting in 2019, anthropomorphic characters can be suggested.

How the pinup is decided:

I am going to take your suggestions and add them to a numbered list. Then I'll use a random number generator to pick a number, and with the number, a character is chosen!

How to suggest:

Comment which character you'd like me to draw on this post!

People who support with more than $5 a month may suggest multiple characters for each multiple of $5 ($20 a month = 4 suggestions).

What happens when a character is chosen:

When a character is chosen, that character, and any multiples of that character, are removed from the list, and they're drawn for that month. The reason multiples are removed from the list is so that other characters have a better chance of getting picked next time. *However* the next month, you can suggest the same character again.

Although it's randomly determined, if a lot of people ask for the same character, it increases the chances that character is drawn for that month.

I hope that's a sufficient explanation, I look forward to seeing what characters you have in mind!

I will use the random number generator to pick the characters on Monday July 1st.

Note: only suggestions from patrons whose $5+ payments have gone through will be added to the list (I'll be checking this)

Because an additional funding goal was met, 3 characters per month will now be chosen!

Finally, as an additional reminder, all the suggestions from last month are STILL on the list, only those selected are removed, so if you really wanted to see a specific character, feel free to suggest them again, they'll be on the list twice (or more) and will increase the chance they're selected!

**ADDITIONALLY**: Since the third and final additional pinup slot has been added, I've decided to use that slot in two ways:

One: if a character gets suggested 10 times and STILL hasn't been chosen, it gets added to a second list, and a second randomizer will be used to pick from that list to fill the third slot. This way, characters that are suggested multiple times are guaranteed to get drawn in a more timely manner. There are a handful of characters very close to this point, so hopefully they'll be chosen very soon!

Two: if there are no characters on that second list, it functions like a regular slot.

Thank you for your continued patronage!