I’m just gonna copy-paste this one from my Patreon; Update starts below the lon. A lot of the phase 5 updates are for patreon specifically, but there are a few in here that go for everything. Some of the latter information of this post are updates that you’ve gotten here on the site, but Patreon missed!

A lot to go over here!
So, I worked through most of January on the back end to get things sorted and figured out.
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After my previous Phase 3 (and 4, if you are following along on my website) updates, I began working on more changes.

Here are some quick breakdowns!

Patreon:
As of this morning, I’ve removed all of the NSFW rewards from my page, and deleted all of the NSFW posts I had, at the behest of Patreon Support, so as to get this account set up for all-ages.
As I stated before this will allow me to have more functionality on Patreon, and I’m hoping it will open the door to more users jumping on here.

I haven’t started it yet, but I will be putting together a completely separate Patreon page that’s specifically for NSFW content, OR I will be limiting that to subscribers on my website. Subscriptions on my website have not been set up yet, so don’t go there looking for that at the moment!

For Patreon, at the moment all I can think to do is provide the commission credits as rewards, however I’ve also reactivated DIscord benefits and have been working on my discord, as I’ll get into below. First, however, there are larger updates to talk about!
Also, I’m currently reworking my special thanks page on my website, so it’s currently been taken down but it will be live again soon, so that all of you lovely patrons who are recieving that as a perk will still be getting it!

Streaming:
As many of you know, I spent a good deal of the last couple years attempting to get myself se tup on Twitch. Things went OK on the back end, however I had a lot of technical difficulties and issues to fight through, so streams were spotty and erratic, and they killed my commission workflow.

It’s been a long time coming, but now that I’m settled into my new living situation and things have stabilized from last year, I can take advantage of my new monster of a computer to start streaming again!

I’ve already ran multiple test streams that have laster 4+ hours on Twitch this last week; My page is currently on a 3-day suspension due to a miscommunication between myself and Twitch, but moving forward that won’t be an issue again. Starting on 2/7 I will be publicly streaming any and all SFW artwork that I create, on my Twitch channel. Again, this link won’t be valid until around 2/7.

As for any NSFW artwork that I may do, I will be streaming that on Picarto.

Youtube
Now, I haven’t been really big on using youtube. Obviously I’ve tried to make timelapse vids and get them posted, and even showcased them in advance here on Patreon as they are made. However there’s a lot about youtube that I haven’t really gotten the hang of.

That said, with the advent of my streaming finally being feasible, I will be starting to upload any streams I do on Twitch directly to my Youtube channel the day after I go live.

If you miss a livestream, it should be no problem for you to go ahead and watch the reruns there!

I’ll still be attempting to work on timelapse videos, but with the fact that I’ll be streaming most of my art, I may have to step away from that a bit this year. We’ll see how it goes.

Other Updates
Along with the above updates I have also been working on the back end to get my discord server set up. I added a bot today and managed to get a bunch of functionality automated; Fairly soon I’m going to go deeper with that and have a few more bots and such, I just need to figure out what I need in the server and how to get it.

In the meantime everyone is welcome to jump on there and interact and have fun!
I’m still planning out rewards and events for the Premium Passholders on Discord, so there’ll be a lot to come in that regard.

I’ve also begun changing my workflow to try and catch up a bit, and the new process is fitting me like a glove, in the futu you’ll be able to find updates on my website and my discord regarding which commissions I have in progress, to more easily see where you may fall on my commissions list, how long it may take, etc. At the moment this new workflow process IS new, but you can find the first such update on my website here.

Phase 4 Updates that didn’t make it to Patreon:
Now, the last update I gave here was specifically about Patreon, and the two prior ones didn’t touch on any of this.

My website has been completely overhauled as of Jan 1.
This overhaul includes a brand new look, but also a ton of changes.
You can now request a commission through my website, right here.
On top of that, you can view my prices publicly both this page of my website, and on my discord, under my pricing channel.
Finally, you are now able to pay for commissions or send one-time or recurring tips/donations, directly through the website, here.
This is a huge change, as previously I had no way of accepting credit card payments, and now the website offers payments protected by Stripe.

More functionality will be added later, such as potentially a premium newsletter or a members-only area of the site, but if I do that I want to find a way to link it up with my Discord so that premium members automatically get access to the premium discord channels. I’m still working those details out!

AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW!
There may be a lot of new changes upcoming, and phases 5 and 6, but for the moment I have to finish these updates.
I’ll let you all know when the page has been converted to an all-ages page, and then we’ll go from there!

Once again, thank you all so much for your continued support! I love you all and I’m so thankful to have you here!