With the new year slowly creeping up, I realised it was time for me to bump up my commission prices to match the supply and demand of the modern world. In the times coming up to '23, I'm also closing future reservations for commission until I announce the new prices. Patron rewards and recently reserved comms will still be worked on , but I will not be taking anymore reservations for this month.
In addition, I've also added a new tier, the biggest one, solely for those who wish to have a bigger detailed sketch every month. Hopefully this new tier will be convenient for both me and my patrons.
That's it for now. I've got to get back working on the last few commissions of the year.

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I've discussed it with my Patrons over on Discord, and I decided to implement a new Patron perk (in place of an existing one) this coming month. But first, a bit of a backstory.

Last year, I implemented an upfront charge to my commission rates, to prevent people ghosting me once they got the roughest of rough sketches (No joke, the last time this happened, it was two different people at the same time). Not so much an impromptu price rise, it was more an assurance the commissioner was actually willing to pay for the full piece.

Nowadays, I realise the patrons are more than trusting with payment, so for them, I've decided to dismiss the upfront charge for their commissions as of November. This will be included to all the tiers, including the lesser ones.

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https://forms.gle/KEPhL5YJHYiGhVNw7
Opening up another sketch prompt form. I know it's been a while, but things have gotten hectic this last month. This time, anyone can suggest something involving Ryoko and Tenchi from Tenchi Muyo!

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At some point this month, I decided to re-open coloured sketch commissions. For a while, it seemed like a really good idea, as a lot of people were interested in getting one. Unfortunately, I couldn't have predicted how much blockage would've occurred throughout the following weeks.
It seems like a cosmic coincidence we had a long heatwave around the same time the kitchen was being rebuilt. I know the joke is that Americans can tolerate high temperatures more than the British, but I especially hate it; the heat leaving me sticky and horrible, the sun blaring down at me, and even at night it becomes near unbearable to sleep. So between being the spare pair of hands for the kitchen and being flash banged by the sun, I've been held back to get these commissions done. So I apologise to anyone who wanted pic from me; at the moment I'm trying really hard to play catch up.
These lineups are starting to look more like soap boxes

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With the departure of the Monthly sketch themes, I wanted to find a new way to reach out to people and do more for those outide my patreon, so I came up with this single-character prompt form.
https://forms.gle/KHqSBUTfALfDfrop8
Princess Melony belongs to @C-Rocket1

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After careful consideration, for myself and my patrons, I have decided to retire the monthly sketch suggestions. Truth be told, it was hard enough for everyone involved to keep up with one poll, much less two. Plus, at the worst of times, it'd be near impossible to come up with relevant options, and even then they don't match the trends.
In placement of the monthly sketch themes, I would like to announce that I will be starting character drawthreads regularly and on most, if not all, my platforms. This will hopefully give me more flexibility and control over what I sketch in the future.

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You ever feel you need to be more productive, but everything seems to be holding you back or keeping you away from progress, even yourself? That's how I've been feeling throughout the month. I don't blame anyone particular for it, just to make clear. It might be I need a break from being on the computer all the time. On June, I'm undoubtedly going to take bigger breaks away from the computer, and stabilise my sleep schedule while I'm at it. Hopefully when I come back, I'll have a clearer mindset.
Additionally, I've decided to show my sketches to public earlier, since they're only sketches and it would be unfortunate to have to show them all at the beginning of the month and barely have anything for the rest of the month.

That's it for now, hopefully the rest of summer will be a bit more uplifting. Catch ya later!

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Hope you all recovered from your chocolate egg induced sugar high. For me, the month has been pretty straight forward;
I've managed to catch up on my work and I've got some fresh ideas in the event I find myself staring at a blank screen. I've also made some plans in an attempt to boost my productivity, involving livestreaming. If I can stream more frequently, I can put more hours in my work day.
For The monthly Sketch theme polls, I toyed with the Idea of making it a Strawpoll this month, but then I figured if I can get people to engage in my Patreon more, the better.
That's really all I have to share for now. Here's to a bright May

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Yeah, sorry about that. Thought I try and do a fun little April fool gag, didn't quite work so well. maybe I ought to be productive for April 1st, like Homestar Runner.

Since I've not been able to finish The Rough to Render for March, I'll be working on that before I do another poll. Additionally, I plan to make the monthly sketch suggestion poll on Strawpoll next time, so people who don't have a Patreon account have a chance to vote.

Speaking of Patreon, you may notice I've added new tiers with similar names to the old ones. The idea is to unpublish the old ones once the Patrons have migrated their tiers so I can freely work on rewards on the new tiers the month after.

That's it for now. See you all in the merry month of May