Patch Notes ::: 010119

• A New Year (Thoughts)
• The Month(s) of Silence
• Streaming
• Restoring/Renewal Project
• Websites

A New Year

Friends, fans, watchers, people close and far, as of posting this journal, at the very least for me, it is the first day, of the first month of the new year. It’s been a wild, wild ride, this year. At the very beginning, I’d found myself thoroughly invested in a new relationship. Soon after, I’d delve deeply into artistry, from there I’d come to meet many of my new friends, strengthened relationships with friends of old, rediscovered passions long since forgotten, and have come to be surrounded by hundreds of people who are content to watch, to cheer in quiet.

One hundred and seventy eight pictures posted across 356 days, several of which were lost, some have yet to be posted. A move that spanned over a thousand miles. Hardships. Elation. I’m happy to be alive. I’m happy to be here, with all of you. I’m happy to be here with her. I’m happy that I could have come this far, and that there is still much left to do. If I have come this far, in but one year, it’s honestly quite difficult for me to imagine what I’ll be able to do with another year in my pocket.

I’ll be sharing my plans over the course of this post -- and hopefully it’ll be good news for the new year. Much of it is definitely geared towards positivity, however there is something of grave importance that I do feel the need to discuss, that being;

The Month(s) of Silence

During the month of February, I’ve decided that I won’t be working on any Patreon projects, and focusing entirely on cleaning up my commission queue. That isn’t to say that people who are on my Patreon won’t be obtaining art if they’re of the respective tiers that obtain art every month -- but rather, no progress will be made on any art pieces during this month. Art earned through patronage will still remain queued for those individuals (so if they join in January and have 3 pieces owed in February, they’ll always have those 3 pieces in queue until I finish them) -- so they won’t have to worry about losing anything, persay.

However -- with my attaining a job soon, I feel as though this is essentially my last chance to finish as many commissions as I can (hopefully all of them). I used to very much pride myself on the speed in which I could do commissions for others, however since June, out of necessity, I’d taken on far, far, far more than I could manage. It was for a cause that was very deeply important to me of course, and I don’t regret doing this for even a second. However, it’s about time that I became laser focused on returning to a level of standard that I used to hold myself to. People may be used to waiting a long time for work to be done for them -- but that doesn’t make it any more acceptable to me to take this long.

Now -- you may note that there’s a (s) there, after Month. I feel as though -- if I’m unable to do an acceptable amount of work during the month of February, then I’ll simply take another month or so, with the same rules taking effect in regards to Patrons and the like. And, of course, this also means that I won’t be taking on any more commissions until all of these commissions are done, no matter how much I need the money.

I’ll be honest. At this point -- I’d definitely still need the money I get from Patreon to stay afloat, which is why this is a very scary move for me to make. It’s my hope that folks won’t be way too upset about my doing this -- and things for my Patrons should go back to normal afterwards. If there are those that wish to shift their focus elsewhere because of and/or during this time of silence I entirely understand. To those who wish to stay or those who wish to end their support for me -- I deeply appreciate all that you’ve done for me. It’s thanks to your efforts that I’ve been able to continue committing myself to art like this for the past half a year now, and I can’t be grateful enough to all of you.

Once the Month(s) of silence are over -- I plan on bringing a few things back -- including the monthly pin-up (and I haven't forgotten about that wallpaper I promised for reaching over 140$!), and of course that also means a huge amount of time dedicated entirely to catching up with you guys's's's's art, so don't worry too much about that. More than anything -- this is a necessary evil to birth more unnecessary evil into the world~

Streaming

Now -- onto less stressful talk. So, I do plan on streaming things in the future. For the most part -- it’ll be drawings eventually -- but starting out onto goodness knows how long it’ll likely just be games . I’ll be there of course, with my little picture in the bottom somewhere making the faces and clicking the buttons. For the most part I don’t plan on making it big or turning this into anything wild or dream like. I just thought it’d be kind of cute to have a little metaphysical couch for folks to sit beside me while I mess around with some games.

Through this -- maybe we’ll get to know each other more too~ Folks can ask questions, talk amongst themselves -- I’ll talk and junk too of course -- ‘cause I’m like, there, with a mic and such. I’m not exactly the shyest gal, I assure you~ Chances are these streams will be on a schedule, like once a week or so -- and there’ll be announcements and the like before each one as well~ I already have a few games in mind that I'm planning on sharing with you all (including but not limited to Metal Gear, Megaman, some indie horror titles and others), and hopefully we'll have a good and/or relaxing time together.

Restoring/Renewal Project

So, on the subject of a new year and so on -- a lot of my old art had been taken down around April or so due to someone breaking into my account. Much of this art was made around the years 2015~2016 I believe -- and while they were really old and much worse than what I had now -- people still seemed to like them and there were questions asked about where they’d gone. Thankfully -- it just so happens that during my move I’d discovered the binders where all of my old art was -- so I’d say around once a month or so (possibly more), I’ll be reposting some of the old artwork that I had up -- alongside a redraw of that particular piece. This process will likely start taking place after The Month(s) of Silence, so it might take some time~ But more or less -- it’s just more content. Oh yeah -- and for those of you who somehow remember my older work, yes, there may or may not be more bursting in there somewhere that you might not remember being there before (at least in the redraws) <u<

Websites

Lastly, there’s this whole thing about websites. There are a lot of them. So many. Just a floating around. Right now I’ve been keeping up largely with Patreon and Deviant Art, since Tumblr has sunk into the bottom of the ocean and FurAffinity feels strangely clunky for me to use. Chances are, after the Month(s) of Silence, I’ll start branching out to more websites and the like. I’ve been informed that Inkbunny is a thing that I should be look into, same thing with Pixiv, Hentai Foundry and New Grounds. I feel a bit strange posting things to Pixiv though since I don’t really speak Japanese x~x;;; But I’ve been told a lot that such a thing doesn’t really matter -- so I may give it a try later as well.

In Conclusion

Last year had a lot of huge peaks, of which we were able to stand upon. However, there were many lows as well. Never the less, the trek forward is looking more and more promising. We'll be starting the year with something scary however, but hopefully when that's left behind, we can all be closer and happier than we were before. Life, life is a strange thing. But we're no stranger to strange things, not if we're sifting around this portion of the internet. The term wish, it's a cute one too. I enjoy its presence. Especially around now, when everyone's wishing that other folks will have a Happy New Year. The intentions are lovely, and I adore these wishes. Tie them to stars, let them join the many wishes that float about in the blackened sky. For myself -- I will do much more than simply wish. I'll do whatever I must to make this coming year better than the last. I will make this year a happy year.

Only to be overshadowed by the next.