Happy New Year! ♥

Hello my shooting stars! This post has been scheduled to go live at 1am (italian timezone), so I want to send you my best wishes for the new year! ♥

Even if you don't celebrate Christmas, even if you do but your holidays are not as you'd like them to be, please take a moment to pat yourself on the back and celebrate: you did it.
Another year has gone by, and even if the world we live in can be cruel and complicated, you're still here, holding on, and for that I am super proud of you!

I am personally a bit disappointed in myself because of all the resolutions and plans I had last year, I managed to achieve basically none of them, but you know what? That's also ok, and I need to accept that. I still did the best I could, I managed to find a better living place despite all the problems that came with it, and I managed to keep working, thanks to you! Being fed and having a roof over my head is enough to make me happy, so thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for supporting me during another year. It truly, truly means a lot to me♥

So, what may my plans for the new year be?
To be honest, the last year has been really depressing, art-wise. I haven't drawn as much, and I found that, despite being grateful for the monthly base work because it pays my bills, focusing so much on bases really made my art stagnate...actually, I think it's gotten even worse tbh :,3

So, while I will continue the monthly base rewards as it became the core of my Patreon support (thanks again!) I wanna aim to draw more "regular" stuff more often, even if just sketches, even when I don't feel like it. I really want to push myself to improve, and make you happy of supporting my art! ;w;

(If you have any suggestions on other rewards, how I can improve your patreon experience, etc. please, it'd mean a lot if you could leave a comment below! Thank you! ♥♥♥)

All previous plans I've failed to see through during last year still stand, especially the comic work and going back to draw fanart and original stuff more frequently, and if by some miracle I manage to make progress on the animatic and visual novel projects, then great!

I will have weekly scheduled work return soon after my birthday (reminder that I'm mostly offline/in "holiday mode" until my birthday on January 12th!), hoping that will help with the workflow too.
I'll also see into getting wifi at home asap so I can ditch my phone's hotspot and get back to stream too! My mental health has honestly gotten worse this past year and I don't feel like chatting in the server, so streams sound like a good way to tiptoe my way back into interactions, I really wanna connect more with you all ;o; ♥

Speaking of the discord server, there's gonna be a few minor changes made to it!
---The "Lady of the Castle" section will have a new channel dedicated to my OCs; that way I'll have place where to ramble about them, show silly doodles and story snippets, as well as art I receive of them! ^^
---The Patrons Room will be deleted as it was confusionary (it was meant to be a place where you post art you've commissioned, but I can see how people would confuse it as a place for Patreon talk); commissioned art will now go to the Children's Room, as I assume if you commission stuff it'll be of your OCs, and Patreon talk still has its place in the Star Altar section!
---The Celebration Room will be wiped and remade; that way pinned posts with birthday list and what gifts you can get should be more visible, and I'll also start a little game or two! (more on this when I implement it, but basically we'll have a "birthday pal" of the month, picked between birthdays that month, where people will be encouraged to draw for the birthday pal in exchange of either art of bases, and another little thing where if for your birthday you make a doodle of your sona/oc with your birthday icecream from the chart, your gift will be of bigger value!)
---The Heavenly Fair will be also deleted and made into its own section, with different channels dedicated to different sales (commissions, on base adopts, off base adopts, base packs, etc.), that way it should be easier for people to find what they're looking for!
---The suggested Pokemon channel will be implemented, thanks for the suggestion! ♥
---We may have a monthly art event going on, courtesy of my friend and mod KurosuAi! I've seen the talk about it, so I'll discuss things with Kuro and see if we can start it ^^
---....and that's all future changes for now, but if you got more suggestions I'm always all ears! ^^

Sorry for the long winded post (had to stop myself from going longer, ahah), and hope you're all healthy and happy! Love you all, looking forward to tackling 2022 on with you <333

-Desi~✦