Hey guys! I’m going to distill my two recent Patreon journals.

Tl;dr:

Have you ever been one of my patrons? Would you like to get free, occasional, exclusive art updates from me in your email box as a thank you for being one of my patrons during a difficult period of my life? Please shoot me an email to Corvuspointer(at)gmail.com with the subject line “Please send me art updates” along with the email you use for Patreon (if it is different than the one you use to contact me) and you will be added to my list!

Long version:

Due to the unpredictable nature of my mental health and real life, I must conclude that I cannot produce enough consistent content to justify having a Patreon. I made this decision many months ago and stopped charging my active members. I’ll be shutting it down in full by the end of this month or the beginning of the next. I’m sorry I did not come to this conclusion sooner, but my mind has only recently cleared up enough to finally realize this.

I think the fear of letting my customers down turned into a vicious cycle that prevented me from accessing the head space necessary for creativity. "I cannot get work done; I am letting people down" -> I beat myself up and experience an increase in overall anxiety; I get less work done -> "I cannot get work done; I am letting people down" -> I beat myself up and experience an increase in overall anxiety; I get less work done -> etc etc. It's time to break this silly pattern. I really miss making art.

At the same time, in spite of such terrible inconsistency, so many people remained my patron and supported me. I’m wildly interested in expressing my gratitude to those who tossed me money over the last few years, and have a proposal:

I’ve downloaded spreadsheets of my patrons over the last few years and decided to create an email list to shoot occasional packs of art to. After thinking about it, I realized that this could be considered spam to some people, and that I should probably actually ask who would like to be included in art update emails.

Would you like to be added? As I said above, just send me an email to Corvuspointer(at)gmail.com with a subject line like “Please send me art updates” and you will be added to my list! You’ll get random little packs of adopts, comics, and any WIPs I’ve got on my bench in front of me.

If you’ve been my patron before, please include the email you use for Patreon. Again, I downloaded a copy of all my patrons over the last few years, and will make sure that the people who have supported me the most get first dibs.

I would be sending these emails using the blind carbon copy feature (BCC) so that only your email would show up any time I send you something.

And if you ever want me to stop, please don’t hesitate to let me know.

I’ll be closing this Patreon page at the end of this month or the beginning of the next. Apparently, you can reactivate it if you wish, so we’ll see if I get my art production back to a point where that seems appropriate. Until then, like I said before, I think I need to return to art as more of a hobby than a job as I rebuild my connection with it and try to move past the utter, embarrassing failure of my life over the last few years.

I’m doing this because you guys have supported me during my worst years, and I don’t know how to properly thank you. Let’s start with this.

Thank you for enjoying my work and thank you for sticking by me. The least I can do is give you a sneak peek at what’s on my bench as I reactivate.