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The future of VioletGarden (and a bit of a status update)
4 years ago
Hey everyone! We've both been putting it off for way too long, but we wanted to give a status update on things and an idea of where VioletGarden will stand going forward.
I've had to come back and write this journal quite a few times now, and each time it's something a bit different, so I am hoping to just get it out without worrying too much about wording or anything. If anything doesn't make sense, please feel free to ask questions in the comments or shoot us a note!
As for where we've been the past, who knows, year or more? Lots of life stuff has come up, we don't want to get too personal but have both dealt with a lot the past year. Now we feel as though things have mellowed out a bit, we now both have a job, but due to that we end up not having much time aside from work and sleep. We wanted to work on things full time on here, but it just wasn't working out, so we have decided to change how we view the account and how our work process is going forward to account for having full time jobs.
First off, before we get into changes we would like to make, we really appreciate all the support we have received from everyone so far, and would really like to thank everyone for being so patient with us. We're both very sorry for having taken so long to get an update out, but things are what they are.
The first change we would like to announce is that we will be shutting down our Patreon on the 25th of this month. It has been going for far too long, and we have tried to pause the billing cycle every chance we got for too many times. We just don't feel we can keep up with the workload of it right now, and thus we would like to just shut it down for the time being, that way there is no pressure to deliver on anything.
We've already tried to get in contact by sending messages to our patrons to issue refunds for all months of this year that we have been absent, but if any patrons have not seen said message and would like a refund please send us a note and we will send any refunds for any months we have missed. Again, we're super sorry for letting it go on for this long. We kept wanting to make a return, but circumstances just didn't allow us to do so, and now we have settled on that we just can't deliver anymore like we used to be able.
The next thing is that we will not be accepting any commissions for the foreseeable future. We would like to view our account as more of a side hobby, for fun rather than as a business and having a consistent schedule.
To put things short, any content posted going forward will be for fun, done on our own time, and not following any kind of upload schedule. This could mean not posting frequently whatsoever, really just as frequent as we feel, and as we have time between work and sleep.
Mysa has already started working on art again and has been missing creating it, but it has mostly been doodles and personal stuff, which we've been thinking about posting anyway! So who knows, we might get back into it a bit, but definitely not with the same consistency. Anything we do post going forward will probably not have the same quality as before, probably a lot more doodles and sketches. If we start to upload primarily doodles and sketches going forward, would you all prefer them to be posted to our gallery, or would you prefer them to be posted to our scraps?
One last note I'd like to add, we haven't been on much of anything for a while, so I'm sorry for any messages that may have been missed. I'm going to be setting up my discord again within the next couple of days, and will catch up on any messages, along with give an update to those on our discord server. So if anyone has any questions there, I will be available to answer them if my status is online. I will not be using Telegram going forward, as I am unsure if my Telegram account still even exists.
I've had to come back and write this journal quite a few times now, and each time it's something a bit different, so I am hoping to just get it out without worrying too much about wording or anything. If anything doesn't make sense, please feel free to ask questions in the comments or shoot us a note!
As for where we've been the past, who knows, year or more? Lots of life stuff has come up, we don't want to get too personal but have both dealt with a lot the past year. Now we feel as though things have mellowed out a bit, we now both have a job, but due to that we end up not having much time aside from work and sleep. We wanted to work on things full time on here, but it just wasn't working out, so we have decided to change how we view the account and how our work process is going forward to account for having full time jobs.
First off, before we get into changes we would like to make, we really appreciate all the support we have received from everyone so far, and would really like to thank everyone for being so patient with us. We're both very sorry for having taken so long to get an update out, but things are what they are.
The first change we would like to announce is that we will be shutting down our Patreon on the 25th of this month. It has been going for far too long, and we have tried to pause the billing cycle every chance we got for too many times. We just don't feel we can keep up with the workload of it right now, and thus we would like to just shut it down for the time being, that way there is no pressure to deliver on anything.
We've already tried to get in contact by sending messages to our patrons to issue refunds for all months of this year that we have been absent, but if any patrons have not seen said message and would like a refund please send us a note and we will send any refunds for any months we have missed. Again, we're super sorry for letting it go on for this long. We kept wanting to make a return, but circumstances just didn't allow us to do so, and now we have settled on that we just can't deliver anymore like we used to be able.
The next thing is that we will not be accepting any commissions for the foreseeable future. We would like to view our account as more of a side hobby, for fun rather than as a business and having a consistent schedule.
To put things short, any content posted going forward will be for fun, done on our own time, and not following any kind of upload schedule. This could mean not posting frequently whatsoever, really just as frequent as we feel, and as we have time between work and sleep.
Mysa has already started working on art again and has been missing creating it, but it has mostly been doodles and personal stuff, which we've been thinking about posting anyway! So who knows, we might get back into it a bit, but definitely not with the same consistency. Anything we do post going forward will probably not have the same quality as before, probably a lot more doodles and sketches. If we start to upload primarily doodles and sketches going forward, would you all prefer them to be posted to our gallery, or would you prefer them to be posted to our scraps?
One last note I'd like to add, we haven't been on much of anything for a while, so I'm sorry for any messages that may have been missed. I'm going to be setting up my discord again within the next couple of days, and will catch up on any messages, along with give an update to those on our discord server. So if anyone has any questions there, I will be available to answer them if my status is online. I will not be using Telegram going forward, as I am unsure if my Telegram account still even exists.
And of course, RL first!
Don't feel bad for not having time for your commissioners, if you two work the whole day of course you can't follow up this business too.
And honestly seein' some personal, fun art from yours looks enticing.
I think posting it in the main gallery would be better since people rarely see Scraps. But it's my personal view of course.
Welcome back my ladies
I well and truly am happy for all that you've shared here and look forwards to what you will continue to do as well, you both are very talented artists and I'm sure you will continue creating magnificent work.
It's a delight to know you two are doing well and once again I wish you both nothing but the best wishes and most powerful of luck too, keep being amazing and hopefully, things in the future can become a bit more easy and convenient for what you seek.
-Happy derg to know that some of his favorite artists are still doing well.
It's been a while since any last sign of life.
I think I maybe saw you over on twitter, but it's hard to say.
Most importantly: Please, do take care.
You two are wonderful and worthwhile, regardless of how much art you do. We'd just like to know things are alright :)