END OF MONTH BLOG POST: Sketch Icons with a Stream Yote too! & A review of Mixer!

Hey there guys!
I hope you all are about to enjoy a wonderful extended weekend! August freaking FLEW by, what's with these months blinking by at the speed of light? (It FEELS like it!)
But, August was a GOOD month for sure!
I got my first ever merch created and was able to send one to all of the people supporting me here! I know I've already talked a good bit about this, but I do want to be able to send freebies to y'all every so often.. So, I think I'd like to make some goals for it!

And, if we can hit a certain amount I think it would be awesome to add an extra perk to the Merch support tier here and make it a "sticker of the month club!" (or bi-month if more feasible) where I can design a sticker every month (or every other month) and everyone on the tier would get one for free just for being on that tier. Just an idea, I'd def love some feedback on that plan!!

Additionally, the second half of my "SWAG ORDER" from sticker mule has arrived, so I'll be making a review post on their quality and service soon!
(In short, though, StickerApp has better quality and is more expensive)
but here's some of the rad lion buttons that came in today!
(These will be freebies in future merch orders. )




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Mixer review!
Today I tried out Mixer to stream!
I multi streamed with OneBigFloof again (https://twitter.com/OneBigFloof) ! We were aiming to give Mixer a solid try and, honestly, It was GOOD. Sure, there were a few snags with UI stuff but that's to be expected with something new like this. Overall, the quality was better, there was less lag and it was less taxing on my PC to stream through that service. ALSO, I got to meet a ton of new people and my art was able to reach beyond my normal audience! It was really encouraging to get a bunch of random people (probably not even furries too!) coming in, complimenting the work that Floof and I were doing and follow us!

So, soon I'm gonna refresh my stream overlay! My current has been with me a couple of years now, so It's about time for a new one!
I hope you guys will join me on mixer again next week, cause I'll be wanting to try it out for a good few streams before I decide if It'll be my new home or not.

Please feel free to let me know what you thought of it!
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Sheptember? Sneptember?
What plans are coming for next month?

Oh, I do have some fun plans!
First of all, I'll have to have a poll up for all my patrons. You guys need to help me decide: Sheptember? or Sneptember?

The winning option will bring your next free base! Your OC can celebrate fall as a Snow Leopard (a snep!) or as a cute pupper German Shepherd!
(August's patreon reward was stickers, so I didn't include a free base for August! <3)

Eventually, I want to also work on a base megapack as i've been requested to do so by a few of you! I'd like to start progress on this! Since it's a bigger project, though, I'll need some time to complete it.

But, It'll include:
+A front view, headshot and partial back view.

Species included (SO FAR):
+Canine
+Big Cat
+Lizard (OR Equine)
+Bird

Tune in for the next couple days to be able to vote on rewards and, my Voracious patrons, you will have a specific post with your roll call (and some info) for this month since It'll have to be just a LIIIITLE different <3 should be fun.

I'm not gonna lie, I'm excited for the following month. OCTOBER! I have to cook up some spooky rewards and fun things for October, for sure.
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As always, I thank all of you for your support. Without you I wouldn't be able to even plan all these fun things. It's really afforded me a lot and changed things around for me. You guys, all of you, are amazing.
Thank you,
Growl


Here's some life update pics!