Print-tier has launched!! ft. November Patreon Rewards

     Hi Patrons!! I am very excited to announce that I finally have a print tier here on Patreon!! 🎉🎉 I now have a $10 tier that includes a patreon-exclusive artwork for a 5x7" heavyweight print to be sent to your mailbox!! In celebration of my first month of physical rewards, I'm also including a bonus sticker of the "Strawberry Purrfait" tier artwork for everyone pledged to this tier! (this sticker will also be exclusive to this month only - I won't be printing it again, and I won't be selling it when I open a storefront!) It's a 2.75" glossy vinyl sticker!

It took me a really long time to decide what I wanted to do with a print tier - I went back and forth with the idea of doing a non-exlusive artwork for the longest time... my bigger goal is still to eventually open an online storefront to sell prints, stickers, etc., and as of right now, I don't have a lot of artwork that would transfer well to being made into a print. With the pandemic, my art production has been really minimal, so I initially would've preferred the idea of Patreon print rewards being an "early access" artwork to a print design that I'd eventually sell - but I asked on my instagram and a surprising amount of people preferred it to be an exclusive print! I toyed around with doing an exclusive size (4x6) or an outsourced exclusive finish (i.e. holographic finish) for a while, but in the end, I decided I'm going to stick with a Patreon-exclusive artwork, and printed on 5x7 paper. (I bought and tried out a 4x6 matte paper (and it's surprisingly hard to find a heavyweight matte photo paper!) but the paper wasn't as heavy as I wanted, and I wasn't super impressed with the quality of print on them)

     For the time being, I will be printing Patreon prints at home just because that'll be easier for me on a smaller scale, but eventually if I have a lot of pledges for this tier, I'll switch to outsourcing! 

     Thank you so so much to those of you who have been my Patreon throughout not having physical rewards! I am truly amazed at how many of you guys are willing to support me without having any kind of physical material in return,, thank you guys so much!! If you want to switch over to this tier mid-month, Patreon should let you pay the difference between tiers instead of paying individually for both tiers!

Have a wonderful week!

♡ Chrissy