A little bit of background informationHey everyone, first of all, thank you for the messages concerning my shoulder issues. I've doing physiotherapy over the past 2 weeks and it's showing good progress. So I appreciate the support! This situation also made me put some things into perspective, concerning both physical and mental health. After doing this for a little over 10 years, it's important to re-evaluate how the system is working for me, so I can keep doing it in a healthy way. And something that's been bothering me for a few months now is the "monthly structure". This end of the year turned out to be specially taxing for me because I'm renovating my place + had my shoulder issue, and I also lost a half a week of work due to a power outage caused by a tropical cyclone. And instead of simply "allowing things to delay" due to circumstances out of my control, I was constantly stressed over how the monthly pack is late and all that.
The monthly pack made a lot of sense for me over the years to organize stuff, but nowadays I see more and more patreons of other artists working simply as "access to the current content" instead of monthly packs. And frankly, it's time for me to make this change as well.
Another thing the "monthly pack" also causes, is having to make those "previews" in advance just to show everyone what the monthly rewards are going to be (For example, Lune's preview was posted on November 26th, and the final image posted on December 18th). It's really disruptive for me to be forced to stop working on the current image, start a new idea, make a preview for it just so it's posted on the "correct month" and then get back to working on the previous image. And then get back to that image weeks later.
What it might seem "just a detail" to you guys, for me it means I can't turn my brain off. Because instead of painting an image, finishing it, take a day, reset my brain and THEN think about the next one, I have to think about 2-3 images at the same time. There's always "the next image" in my head.
So my plan for 2026 is instead of having a fixed "2 pinups + 1 voyeur" per month, I'll simply "work" at my own pace. And when the image is finished, it will be available on the timeline. I'll still be doing roughly the same amount of content per year, it will just be less tied to specific monthy packs.
How is going to look starting on 2026?
$3 tier wont be available anymoreIf you are a patreon on the $3 tier, don't worry, you'll still retain the same access that you always had. It's simply not going to be available as an option anymore to new patrons.
The $3 tier lost it's purpose many years ago, considering over 95% of people are on the $5 and $10 tiers. The idea going foward is that all patreons should have access to the content posted here, and not have this "oh this is for this tier, and that is for that other tier".
Every image that is finished, the files will be posted directly on the timeline
The $5 and $10 tier will have access to all the files when the image is finished (psd, videos, all nsfw variants etc). Those files will remain available on the image's post for 2 months.
At the end of every month, I'll simply wrap everything that was made on that month and send to you guys via message like I currently do.
So for example, if I made 3 images on November, on December 1st I'll send via message a link with those 3 images as a "pack". So even if you just leave the subscription running and check once in a while, the rewards will be on your message history. And even if you unsub, you'll always have the download links available on your message history. Exactly the same as it is today.
The "pin-up" or "voyeur" classifications will no longer exist
They were a classification I created to differentiate the rewards, since different tiers had access to different rewards. They basically meant the pin-ups were usually a "soft nude" image, and the voyeur the "sex scenes".
Over the years, there were several images that I wanted to paint that were sort of in between and didn't fit either category.
For example, the next image I have planned, is a pin-up, but will have a sequential image, and the nsfw version is more like a post-voyeur.
And since the $3 tier won't be available in the future, there's really no need for "categories" anymore.
$10 tier will still be able to request "past rewards".
But in the future, the "monthly packs" will simply be "the images made that were made that month" and not really a "2 pin-up + 1 voyeur" structure that we have today.
In order to make a "smooth transition", the next images made will be available on the new model and sent "as a pack" by the end of january. To compensate for that, I'll make another post early in january where you guys can choose an extra past reward.
All in all, going foward, the content you guys receive is going to be very similar to what we have nowadays. The same amount of tits and ass, so no worries there =D
Those changes are mainly to take the stress out of my head so I can focus more on making the images, and less on "when the images need to be finished"Also, if you have any questions, feel free to ask!