:: UPCOMING CHANGES for December Roll-over :: Please Read! (Patreon)

Hey everyone! tl;dr at the bottom, also accepting suggestions!

I'm going to be making some changes that will be effective starting December 1st. Most things will be staying the same but I'll mostly be reworking how I would like to do discounts. Pricing my commissions has been tough for me lately because it's a balance between my hourly rates, how long I spend on commissions and how appealing I want the prices to be. PayPal fees can feel like a substantial dent on top of discounts that I give out (which can be discouraging), so instead I would like to give Patrons a flat dollar discount, or prices in general that would be cheaper than if I opened commissions publicly. It will not be based on what tier you are, and will simply be available to all Patrons; this saves me some time having to look up what tier a patron is, doing the math and sanity checking myself. Examples of discounts may come in the form of experimental sketches that are say, $45 instead of $50 regular. I also count the fact that the commissions are available as "first dibs" to Patrons as part of the deal/bonus as well, as I typically charge a rush fee for those who request an immediate commission out of Patreon slots or a waitlist. Another bonus is typically when I open slots, they are done on the same day I give them out. Reminder that I only do all this via Discord !

Other things I would love suggestions on is what I could replace speed-paints with, as I have not been delivering on that goal in addition to streaming which those two go hand-in-hand since the stream is how I record videos. The process of video editing also just takes a really long time since I don't have the greatest software to do it.

tl;dr: removing % discounts from all tiers, replacing with flat $ first-dibs discounts for all Patrons.
removing speed-paint goal, looking to replace it with something else.

If you think this change affects your pledge, please make sure to change it before the December roll-over! In addition, if you guys have any suggestions on what you'd like to see as a Patreon reward, please let me know in the comments below! Thank you ?