My dear Patrons,
about two or three weeks ago, I was made aware that raffles aren't allowed on Patreon, and it turns out that there isn't any good way around it. At first, I was hoping that such benefits are banned only when physical prizes of real value are given away, but sadly, only those two points are taken into account to determine if the raffle should be disallowed:
- A patron has to become a member of a paid tier.
- The winner is drawn by chance.
Just like many other artists, I don't think I'd be comfortable with trying to stay under the radar and risk getting banned, and at the same time, I would hate to ask anyone to write a fanfic every month to select the winner, basing on their creativity or writing skills. The reason such benefits were even included in the tiers in the first place is because I was setting up Patreon long before its actual launch, and the benefits were the last thing added right before its start.
I sincerely apologise for this massive fuck-up on my side, especially to people who joined the higher tiers mainly due to the raffles. Unfortunately, they have to go, and instead, I'm most likely going to start creating timelapse videos or/and create some kind of suggestion box so you can drop your ideas there for the future artworks you'd like to see as sheets or random projects. I also considered learning how to animate in 2D, but that might take a while to bring any juicy results..
Again, I'm really sorry about such outcome, and please let me know how you feel about it.