TL;DR -
I talk about therapy and some changes to Patreon and my commission queue!
PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/goattrain
KO-FI: https://ko-fi.com/goattrain


So there's a couple things going on right now that might mean changes coming soon.

First off, I've recently started therapy to deal with some issues I've had for years. Physical and mental health matters have gotten to the point where I can't really ignore them anymore. The short version of the story is that it's possible that I may need to devote much less time and energy to art in the near future so I can, you know, stay alive better. I wrote up my thoughts in a pastebin also if you want to read a bit more about it (this was written before my first session, so a couple things are outdated now): https://pastebin.com/ss8HAUDB

Secondly, a couple months ago I changed up my Patreon a bit to include commission discounts at various tiers. I have sadly not been able to allow most of my patrons to make use of these discounts due to my large backlog of public commissions. That isn't fair to the people who pledged to those tiers to get those discounts, so starting in June I am making a bit of a change to how I work on commissions again. Every month I'm going to open for a short run of patron-only commissions. I will not be able to fulfill every patron's order every month due to health and energy reasons, but I will take on a few so the people who are pledging at those tiers get what they're wanting. This puts my public queue at a slightly lower priority, but I still fully intend to complete all the orders I have confirmed as taken. For those of you on my public queue, I apologize for the wait you have already endured for me to get to you, and if this new arrangement is unacceptable to you, please reach out and we can work something out. But take this as reassurance that, if I have accepted a commission from you, I DO still intend to complete it. I know some of you have been waiting for a while and again, I apologize for that wait, but I AM doing my best to get to you.

Speaking of my Patreon, the commission discounts are not the only benefit I offer! I also offer full-resolution files for my artwork, the ability to suggest ideas to me for use in the large Patreon-funded illustrations I do twice a month, and archives off all my public art released on a monthly basis. If that sounds good to you, you can support me here! https://www.patreon.com/goattrain

And if the idea of monthly pledges doesn't appeal to you, but you would like to support me in creating art full-time as I have been lucky enough to do for the past few years, I also have a ko-fi you can tip a few bucks into: https://ko-fi.com/goattrain

I apologize for the wall of text in this journal, but thank you for taking the time to read it! And thank you for supporting me in my art, even if all you do is lurk. I do my best to make things that people will enjoy, and I do my best to brighten peoples' days when possible! I'm happy to think that you all are sticking with me as I do that.