Patreon changes

Hello everyone! 

Remember we mentioned that some things would change in 2024? Well, here comes a list of what! And don't worry, it's nothing drastic!

MONTHLY MYSTERY BOX

The monthly mystery box is mostly just that now, a mystery box. Even if you are still able to join it as a challenge we first advertised it as, do we understand that the majority won't be able to join it every month.  Nothing will however change with the box itself, only the text on the tier and in the text in the post will change a bit. In other words, it will only be a box with mystery items, most likely a theme in each box, but we will not make it a challenge. If you want to make it a challenge, then you are of course free to!

THE TIERS

We have done some slight changes to many of the tiers, but nothing huge and nothing you in general will notice, but:
- We have changed the free edit request to one free yearly horse portrait (with simple background) instead in the gold tier. This because neither of us really edit much anymore on a general basis, so it ends up with 90% drawing anyways.
Both this new addition + the annual commission that has always been on the gold tier, will be printed and sent out to the patron who ordered it.
- We have also added one free annual horse design/offspring to each patron that's a part of the bronze, silver or gold tier. This will replace the previously advent/christmas batches we have done in the past

Please keep in mind that all free annual requests is your responsibility as a patron to request, so if you would want to place your annual order, please contact us!

THE ESTATE

Yes, we know, we know, we have totally abandoned the whole thing and we are truly sorry for that! But to be fair did we realize afterwards that it was a bit too much work for us to have two separate, different estates (one sso inspired free to use for the public + one made from scratch for the patrons).
The plan now is to remake it and instead work on just one estate together. This new estate will be one only patrons can use, both if you just want backgrounds (for example you and your horse travel to a stable to train in your rp), but you can also board there if you want to.
We will however not push it as a boarding stable at all, just to not feel overwhelmed into making a lot of backgrounds in a short amount of time. So backgrounds will be coming out from time to time. The old estate backgrounds will still be up, just not as the NorthStar estate backgrounds.
The estate will be available for bronze, silver and gold patrons.
This means we will eventually delete the estate discord, since we all will be gathered in the normal patreon discord. But some changes will happen there too in regards of the new estate, maybe you have already spotted something? 👀 

COMMISSIONS

Some changes will also happen with the commissions, but since that's a whole topic by itself, we will post that info in a separate post!

If you have any questions regarding these changes, don't hesitate to ask us!

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