Important update!

Hey everyone! I'm back with another update, this time it's a bit more fun (if a bit long - sorry)!

Since starting that job I mentioned in my previous post, I've had a lot of time to think about how I could turn my art into a full time job that can support me. Over the course of several days, I have come up with a couple ideas on how to make it work, and would love to know your thoughts! (If the new ideas have a good reception I'll probably just see about putting them into action on like, the start of October I think!)

New Patreon Tiers:

For a while now I've wanted to make my Patreon page a little more engaging, with more than just one tier. I currently have 3 additional tier ideas that I'm likely to go with.

- Sketch Poll Tier. This tier will let supporters vote on a monthly (maybe bi-monthly, depending) poll to choose which of a set of sketches gets upgraded into a fully shaded piece.

- Game Supporter Tier. Some of you may know I'm making a weight gain game. This tier will let supporters have 1 month early access to any patches, and I'm also planning on changing up the server for my game to have a special section just for any supporters of this tier.

- Sketch Comm Tier. Supporters of this tier will get a monthly sketch comm of a character of their choosing. However, instead of getting to choose all the details of the comm (pose, scene, etc), you'll just get to choose the character and size you'd like. This comes with the upside of the comm being at a reduced price, and guaranteed every month. (It's also worth noting that this tier will likely be limited to 2 slots max).
I'm ALSO planning on having the comms done here be guaranteed to show up in next month's sketch poll (and possibly in future if they don't get picked!), so there is the chance your comm gets upgraded to a fully shaded picture.

I haven't fully figured out the pricing system for these yet, but the most expensive tiers will have access to all the lower tiers. (Sketch comm tier will be able to vote in the sketch poll, and have access to the game stuff).

New Commissioning System:

I'm also going to update my commissioning system too. To help with price of rent and such, the prices will likely be going up, but that's not the only change. I'm a fan of the current form system I have currently, I will just be refining it a little:

The form will go up at the start of every month, and will be open for 3 days. After those 3 days, I'll pick the comms I want to do for that month, and let all the commissioners know that they've been chosen. I'm also considering having this form be patron exclusive for the first day or something along those lines.

That's everything! Sorry for the wall of text, I hope it all makes sense, and would love to hear any thoughts any of you have. I'm going to try my best to make this Patreon worth it for y'all, and see if I can try do art full time!!

Thanks everyone <3