Artist's Update! (Patreon)
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Hey everyone!
I feel like I really needed to give you an update of how my work schedule is going and the general status of this Patreon.
First of all, thanks a lot everyone for keeping up with me during this time! I know it hasn't been easy with the reduced rewards, but I promise, I'll be working on making them return eventually. I'll explain why this has been happening for some time a littlle further down below.
I've been working non-stop with the Indiegogo Campaign rewards and I'll show you some updates soon! In short, the inner design of the book is finished at last and it's now 152 pages long, including extra art and lore that has not been posted anywhere else. I also just finished the second bookmark of the series of five, and I'm working to have the rest finished real soon. The art for the rewards is advancing correctly and you still have time to pick a tier if you haven't yet.
This of course has impacted on the number of rewards I can do for Patreon. But that's not the only reason, sadly.
In the past three months I saw a reduction of around $150 in patreon pledges. That in addition to an increase on local taxes (which I hate) and a dollar-mexican peso currency exchange that's not favorable to me anymore, has caused a reduction in my monthly income. This of course gets translated into less money to pay my family's monthly bills and the need to work on commissions whenever possible to compensate the losses. Everything as a whole, causes a reduction of the time I can use to work on Patreon rewards.
Right now, I have no intention to reduce any of the existing rewards (four monthly comic pages, one pinup and one memoirs page). But as it was probably noticed this month, I didn't manage to finish the monthly Memoirs page in time. The chances are, I'll need to adjust rewards once more as the trend of my patreon pledges seems to be downwards.
As I said, do not expect changes in the immediate future. I'm just telling you this because I wanted you all to be aware of the challenges we're experiencing right now and that potential changes could come in the future.
I'm also trying to find alternative sources of income that can be somewhat regular, like Gumroad, RedBubble, Subscribestar or KoFi. I have not surrendered yet, but I'm feeling we reached Patreon's ceiling and it's time to complement that source of income with others, to keep the projects alive and regularly updated.
Keep an eye open for future updates. And if you have suggestions or complains to give, please let me know below!
There's still so much more to come, guys! Do not despair. I'll figure out a way to get out more monthly rewards soon. Hopefully you'll be willing to support me for a while longer until we get there. Thanks a lot for being so amazing!