Rewards updated and changes

Hi everyone!

How you've been?  Hope you're doing great, we're just starting the week!

I just arrived home this morning after a tiring week with a business, let's hope that doesn't happen again soon.

The real reason for this post is to talk about the recent changes I'm implementing, I know it is a sudden change but I believe this will be a good transition for our small community to grow a little more in the days to come...

This post have lots of text to read, the previous images work as a 'TLDR' in case you want to skip the main notice. In case the images are not loading, here's the TLDR;

• Monthly packs(Shiny and Prestige) are now removed from all tiers
• All patrons will now receive the Reward Archive(Dropbox folder with all the content ever created by me) 
• You will receive an updated link for the Archive in your mails in a few hours, then you will receive it monthly on your Patreon DM's.
• Suggestions, polls and commissions are unchanged
• The Archive folder(MEGA) will be deleted on July 7th.
• Previous monthly content will be added to the Reward Archive
• The items in the Gumroad store will be deleted
• Tier descriptions will be updated soon.

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On my previous posts about updates and future changes I mentioned that the monthly packs were in an oddly and weird position, the main reason for that is they weren't a solid option and, since July 2021 I've been having problems, delaying the content for various reasons and I feel guilty for keeping you waiting for it... After thinking on various alternatives I think I managed to find the right one that solves this and other inconsistencies.

From now on, the monthly packs will be removed on all tiers but they will be replaced with the new Reward Archive which can be considered as its successor. 

So what is the Reward Archive?

As it's name says it, is an Archive with all the images I created from the beginning up to date and willing to expand with the future content. There you can find all the content that was available in the MEGA Archive, exclusive images from the monthly packs(Yes, including previous months), sketches, practices and more.

Then why the change?

By creating this I can manage my time in creating, practicing and sketching more content by removing the time limit and the stress the monthly packs caused when a new month was about to start. It also allows you to download just the content you want instead of downloading the whole .rar files just for the content you were interested. 

Some of you were interested in getting access to previous content, now that is going to be possible without spending more money as all the previous monthly packs(and their exclusives) will be available in this new Archive, said that, the packs I was selling in the Gumroad store will be removed.

How is it going to work?

During the 1st and the 3rd day of each month(the days the pledges usually proceed) I will send to your Patreon DM's a personal message with the link to the archive. This link will depend on the tier you pledge and it will grant you access to different benefits within the Archive.

There will be two kinds of Reward Archive and will work on a similar way. Before describing the differences between the Archives, you need to know that I will work with a two platform basis, Patreon and FANBOX. Things won't change here as you still get to suggest, vote in polls, order commissions and decide the main monthly content. By other hand, Fanbox supporters will help decide weekly sketches for both platforms. Those sketches are based on ideas given by them, listed on a document and selected randomly by an external app. 

Said that, the content you can find in the Reward Archive is the following:

Archive A: For Donut and Ice Cream Tier

• Access to the monthly content illustrations(the girls you decide on polls). These images will be in full resolution.
• Access to the monthly sketches. All the sketches will have 50% of the original resolution. In some cases the sketches will be colored.
• Access to weekly sketches(the ones requested on Fanbox).
• Access to current, new and past content and rewards.
• Access to special content when available(Like mother's and father's special, Inktober, etc)
• Access to commissioned stuff
• Access to reworked files(old content reworked to match the current quality)

Archive B: For Milkshake tier and higher

• Access to the monthly content illustrations.
• From now on, the sketches will be finished to become complete illustrations. These artworks will be available only for this Archive level.
• Access to weekly Fanbox sketches.
• Access to current, new and past content and rewards.
• Access to special content when available.
• Access to commissioned stuff.
• Access to reworked files.
• Access to the future Queen of the Month.
• Access to other project previews, sketches and practices(stuff like doujins, style variations, etc).

From now on, watermarks will only appear on public images, discord, sketches, Patreon and Fanbox feed posts. All the artworks in both Archives will not include watermarks.

What's going to happen to the Gumroad Store?

Gumroad at the moment is not a necessity for anyone, I'm truly thankful for everyone who supported by purchasing the content listed in there but I truly think it's pointless now; for that reason, all the items in the Gumroad Store will be removed as they will be part of the Archives.

My Gumroad store will remain active with no items at the moment and will work for future items like specific image sets, doujins, timelapses/process videos and other products. The discount codes will be temporary removed and will be adjusted once the store has items back on it. Discount codes are going to be higher this time

Last details but not less important...

This change may seem rude, and I'm really sorry for not consulting it before, I didn't wanted to make you lose more time without seeing results. but I think it's a good change for everyone and may correct the mistakes and problems I couldn't fix before. 

The Reward Archives will be sent to your mails in a few minutes/hours. The next time you'll receive it it will be on August 1st~3rd on your Patreon Messages box. If you prefer another social to receive the updated link (like Twitter, Discord or another social)  please, let me know.

In the Reward Archive you will find the content from 2021-B(July 2021) up to May additional sketches. June artworks will be sketched right now and July suggestions should start soon too. There are pending content to be uploaded to the new Archive, please be patient, everything will be there.

The old MEGA Archive will be deleted by July 7th. Don't worry about saving the contents as you will find everything in the new reward system(in higher resolution).

The last instruction; The URL for the Rewards Archive will change each month. Every time you renew your pledge you will receive the updated URL. This is a security step in case other eyes want to take down the link or in case it become problematic for the platforms. Usually Dropbox doesn't have problems with their server but if you do or cannot see the content, please text me back to find a solution~

The listed changes will be reflected on Fanbox too for the equivalent tiers. The description on rewards and tiers will be updated during the week with the updated terms. Suggestions, polls, commissions and requests will not be affected by the these changes. Discord content will be resumed with caution since their guidelines changed a few months ago(only sm0lly content will be restricted), concept/ideas will still be running, once the ideas for a character are finished they will be marked as "Finished artworks"

If you make it up to this point, thank you so much for the time and support you've given through all this time, it means a lot to me, Hope you like the changes, they're intended for good and stability in the future, always trying to improve. I should enable suggestions during the week and upload a lot of sketches and illustrations for the girls. 

Thank you so much for your support, attention and love, I'll see you soon again, stay safe! And sorry for the scroll up there!

- Sam