Your Support Is Appreciated! (Patreon)

Thank you so much for your enthusiasm and support. This Patreon page is still quite new, and is a way for me to move towards my NSFW artwork being much more then an occasional post on my Hentai-Foundry page (as my work has been quite staggered over the course of my NSFW art career). Patreon, hopefully,  is a way for me to correct course on that front.

Work-life balance and general stability, of any kind, is difficult for any professional. As a working artist, I've managed to squeak by as a freelancer for many years, but the grind of trying to stay afloat while still producing personal work that I enjoy, is a familiar struggle to any artist.

The big shift towards making my personal work, work for me, as a viable and semi-substantial part of my stability as a professional, has a nebulous and often daunting learning curve. At a certain point, I decided, I have nothing to lose by making Patreon a part of my plan to grow. My goal is to make more art I enjoy creating, and above all, share it with a receptive audience who also enjoys it. 

We are at the beginning of this journey, as far as I'm concerned, which is exciting and a bit scary (in a good way). 

I pretty much look at most of the work I've created up until this point as "training". I've tried many different styles, techniques, motifs, themes, etc. At this point, I can safely say, I know where my "style" lives, and what works over what doesn't (for me). My influences are very diverse, ranging from comics to animation, and I think my work has matured quite steadily, finally arriving ( but always still evolving) at what you see before you. 

I'll end this post by saying, to all patrons and followers, I want to have an open dialogue as much as possible. Feel free to message me through Patreon or any other channel of communication, for any questions, concerns, or even if you just want to  drop some suggestions. 

Thanks for enduring my little rant. Cheers!

- Jiang Shi