It's time to summarizes the first year of my Patreon existence.

 Yes, my friend! My Patreon is one year old! And this is marvelous!
We all know that I create artistic photo sets, as well as ero cosplay since 2008. Photo sets were made as I could afford them. Usually 1 photo set in 4-8 weeks. I've put a lot of efforts in buying the required paints and materials for outfits and decorations creation. Also, I rented a small room for making the art I like. It was a call for my soul. I just wanted to make and create. I didn't look for admiration. And I published my work on the Internet for free. Usually it was 4-8 photos.

Lot's of people helped me by sending some paint or some moneys and things that they didn't need that I could use for the creation of new outfits. The time went by and in 10 years the number of my fans increased. Some helped me with the website and supported me with the domain fees. Thank you a lot, friends!

I got a lot of requests to create new outfits more often and faster. More, than I could do in my free time away from my daily job. It continued for a long time, till some of my fans, who became my friends after all those years, suggested that I start a Patreon. The Patreon would help me communicate with you and help you in supporting my creation of new characters.

When the Patreon began I could:
- do 1 cosplay-bodypaint in 4-8 weeks. The amount of photos in each photo set was about 4-8.
- No video shoot
Creation of:
- my photo set depended on the amount of free time I had
- outfit depended on decoration, saved money and unexpected presents from kind fans who sent me paints, paper, carton and other important things for my art works.
I did about 10 characters a year.

After starting my Patreon I was able to
- focus on my art
- create 1 character per week +backstage
- produce 2-3 videos a month
- buy any required materials for my work and I had left over to not starve to death
- feed my models with real cookies, not paper ones.
If we look at the amount of characters done before and after the Patreon and your supports, we'll have:

2016
- created 8 characters, 6-8 photos in each set
- no video
- created 4 outfits

2017 (with your supports)
- 36!!! Characters!!!  40 sets and about 40-70 photos in each set
- created 31 outfits!!!
- 31 video!!!
Thank you very much for your support! I wish for this new year to be even more productive than I was in 2017!
Stay awesome!