Published: December 18th 2016, 1:51:06 am
First off, I can't apologize enough for dropping out of sight lately. The usual bag of whining and excuses, you've seen it all before, I'm sure. I'm feeling like I'm on the other side of the worst of it now, so I'm trying to get back into the swing of things.
For one, I'm going to be doing more stream sessions this month, trying to see if I can get this #Dadcember theme to get passed around. There's a few Dadomizations in this Pack, and I'll be doing more Dad streams where people can get their OCs Dadomized. Most will be commission based, but I'll do some Patron-only ones, too. I'll try to set a date and give you guys a heads up in advance for those!
I've finally made some minor tweaks to the wording of the rewards, to better reflect what I actually end up delivering. The most significant is changing the wording of the Fetch-a-Sketch streams, but it's not changed how they actually work! Some of you have heard this before, but for those who are new, I'm gonna try and explain it again.
The intent for fetch-a-sketch streams wasn't meant to be "put enough pledge tokens in me, and eventually art will pop out," though I admit my method of trying to focus on who hasn't had one in a while fed into that perception. To be clear, the free sketches for Champion patrons are meant simply as a way of saying thanks and giving something back. The reward for that pledge tier is neither guaranteed art, OR a ticket for a chance at art. It's simply eligibility to throw requests out when I do free request streams. Some people will end up catching every stream and get several sketches, others may miss most streams and go a long time without getting one. Part of the sack of Mental that had me sorta implode recently was anxiety and such from any stream turning into a pile of separate people whispering at me, upset they hadn't gotten a sketch in X months, but other-person got something and they had one from the month before. I'm going to try to keep it fair, but to be blunt, each fetch-a-sketch session turned into me just feeling guilty because whether I got a lot done, or barely managed much at all, there's just always going to be more people feeling left out then people I get something to.
So, from here forward, I'm going to do my best to not be a poor little mentalbaby and actually get back on track DOING things, and I'm gonna ask everyone to please bear with me and forgive me if the free sketches don't happen for you specifically as often as you'd like. If you'll be at all upset by not getting a sketch even after a few months, PLEASE, by all means, hang on to your money and just directly commission someone. I'm not gonna be upset or mad or sad at people dropping pledges because they want to spend their money on more certain art returns, that's entirely your choice, guys.
To those who stick around, I hope to be more present and responsive and interactive and engaging, and hopefully it'll be worth your continued support and the free sketch streams can be more fun and light and casual for everybody. <:3
In the meantime, here's a bag of dicks! Enjoy! ^_^
https://www.dropbox.com/s/klynv9p0bbrd2gj/PatronPack12-17-16.zip?dl=0