September + October Updates

Edit: some of you wanted me to keep the pledges instead of receiving a refund, and honestly I can’t thank those of you enough for how sweet that is <3 However, that isn’t possible as I have to refund everyone at once :( But if you’d still like to have your pledge go through, I have a ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/imabunbun or you could save it up to use for next month ^^ Thank you all for the kindness!

If you want to skip to the main part of this post, read after "The changes I'll make:"

Hey all buns! Hope you're all doing alright ^^

I'm here to update you on the plans I have for the next two months, after going through some changes in my personal life. I.e; the situation with my wrist and attending school. (For those curious, my wrist seems to be improving after following the advice of my psychal therapist!). My semester recently just begun, as I attended my first class monday last week. Luckily it seems I my school schedule isn't too hectic, and I only have classes 2-3 days out of the week.

I can definitely continue to keep my Patreon up and running. However, I've shifted my focus to different priotrities. Number one priority for me now is to IMPROVE! to Improve my art skills with all my might! That's the number one reason for why I went back to school, too. Learning is currently more important to me than focusing on marketing myself. Second priority is you guys. You are a big reason as to why I want to improve so much. The more I improve, the better, faster and more content I can provide. I want to make your investment in me as an artist worth it. My freelance carreer is now my third priority. While being financially stable is still very important to me, I'm more interested in investing in things that will help me improve while I'm in school. (Better equipment, paying for my school semester, online courses taught by skillfull artists, and cool projects that could be rewards for you guys!)

With all of that in mind, I need to adjust my workload to keep my life balanced. I don't want to come out on the other side of this with a burnout, nor do I want to fail at providing you with the rewards I promise. Therefore, I've decided to edit the tiers to something we're both (hopefully) satisfied with.

The changes I'll make:

(the image above is a screenshot of the unchanged tiers, for comparison!)

Baby Buns ($5):

+ Access to 1/2 monthly illustrations made per month. (the one made from the Bestie Bun tier!)

Buns with Benefits ($10):  

+ Price reduction from $12 to $10

+/- Concidering adding the ability to request feedback on your art + helpful tips from me. (Would include: written criticizm, drawing red guide lines over your art, helpful tips pertained to your skillset, adding notes + edits on your drawing for comparison, sending helpful art videos I've found on youtube, short videos of me demonstrating how I draw something, etc).

- Only the second monthly illustration is exclusive to this tier now, instead of the first and second.

Bestie Buns ($60):

- No changes, except the monthly illustration made for those in this tier will be shown to the $5 tier to view as well. (Previously only available for the $12 tier to view).

The plan:

August: Due to my inability to draw most of this month I wasn't able to provide the promised rewards. I will refund those billed for August on September 1st.

September: Will be run as normal, and all the uncompleted August rewards are moved into this month for completion.

October: The tier changes go into effect, and rewards will be provided from this way onwards. (May or may not make more changes up 'til this point since I'll have more school experience by then)

Please feel free to give me feedback on these changes in the comments or in DM's!