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Hello, my lovelies, it is Nemesis as usual.
So I have some very important things to touch on because my mental health has not been doing very well. I've been feeling like absolute shit, and things have taken a turn for the worst, even while I came back from a weekend break.
With that, I will be on another break. Much much longer. Because I need this. I'm very tired, I'm exhausted, I haven't been getting the sleep that is required and I've been extremely stressed out about moving in with my fiancee, Foxy. And, a lot of other things have been going on as well, which is finishing commissions, working on both a videogame AND 3 other webcomics and a plethora of problems that I feel like aren't dying down even with as much care that I've been taking to take CARE of said problems.
Here are some things I'm addressing:
1.) My patreon page isn't going anywhere, in fact it is getting a huge revamp. I've been trying to invest my time into looking at other popular artist's patreons and seeing how theyre doing it. I REALLY want this to be the major source of income for me for everything, whether its my stories or my art, or even a mixture of both. Commissions are very lovely and there are some that I do enjoy doing, but Patreon is better because people are directly supporting me doing something I absolutely adore, which is working on my own stories. I have a huge dream of turning my stuff into canon franchises that people will recognize online and I feel like I haven't gotten anywhere with that. A lot of the frustration that I've been feeling of late is contributing to this feeling that I have to amount to huge greatness with my characters and my stories because everyone around me is doing better but I'm at that skill level, and it's a lot of peer pressure.
2.) Because of this, once I move in with Foxy, commissions will be heavily limited to the public. The only people allowed to commission me will either be people who are apart of my Patreon and they'll have my regular commission sheet or people who are within my discord and are interested. Public commissions will be arranged in slots that I'll be doing for the month, at the most of 5, with 2 commissions per person's slots. They'll be at a set price that I set. This way, it's much more manageable to me, and I can work on my own stories without any fear. I really do not like hard paywalling; it's unfair and puts a bad name on Patreon itself. But soft paywalling is a little more pressure and adds more uniqueness and exclusiveness to my art by doing so; and everyone wins regardless.
3.) My Patreon will still be focused on my stories, in that anything that I post up with pertain to previews, and sneak peeks to things, and not just some sketches but flats and full colored stuff as well, which is what I've been doing more of as of late. I'll be working on Disastrous Events during December, so any in game art and concept art will be immediately posted to my Patreon while I am on this break. And not just in game art; a full beta will be worked on and released by the end of December. Anyone pledging will get immediate, exclusive access until I post it later in January, where it'll be for the public.
-Adding ontop of this, I will be making my discord server more pronounced in being about my stories and patreon. I still allow for people to have channels and be active in the server posting their own stuff, but I really do want to make a category for posting up Patreon exclusive things there. Since I'm already active on Discord, it would make sense that my server could be both. This also makes me want to modify the channels in my server and start deleting ones that either really aren't used or could be merged with other channels; once I get back to my own discord, I will announce that and talk with people on that, but anyone who is a patron here, please let me know your thoughts.
4.) I will be bringing back drawing fanart every month to my Patreon so that there will be something of attention grabbed onto here besides my own videogame and comics. I will try this out for December, so patrons pledging will be able to have a voice in what I'll be dishing out for fanart and pick their favorites or what they would be interested in seeing. I still get the squicks with underaged characters being aged up to 18+(unless they've recently turned 18, but again like, underaged just gives me the squicks), but i will try my best to accommodate to people's likes by sticking to adult and already of age characters.. To make it more fun, I'm going to stick to franchises that I'm familiar with first, then it'll sort of expand from that point.
5.) I'm thinking of also starting a Kickstarter or Indiegogo page so that I can work on Distastrous Events and Dark Wonderland without the worry of finances and resources holding me back. I'm still on the fence about this since those two sites are a little more infamous due to people taking their sweet time with projects, delivering shitty quality or just not delivering at ALL. And I don't want that to happen because you guys know how it can be with my schedule... Just wanted to say that's also a consideration for the future.
-Moreover on this subject, Merchandise that is created off of my stories, if people are pledging high enough once I rework my rewards, they will get it for free. Leftovers I can sell to people in lower tiers at a discount, and in public, full price + shipping to whatever location. Foxy and I have been discussing of making things like plushies off of popular characters(so Calamity, Catastrophe and Delta for Disastrous Events, and Ursula + Francine for Dark Wonderland), keychains, and even candies and food, like partnering up with a company and making the special cakes and drinks that are served in Dark Wonderland(you know except without the debilitating drugs)
I think that's pretty much everything that I've been wanting to get off my back, and I'm glad I figured out the root to all of my issues I've been having lately and my outright unhappiness. I hope I can take these revelations and these ideas and put them forth, and not just that but for the sake of my future with my stories, my art and being able to flourish as a person. I hope to see you guys in December once I will be back from this extensive break. Francine month is pretty much wrapped up with me doing this, so I'll be posting up a scheduled announcement for Nemesis' month.... which is the same month as my birthday(Born December 24th, so I'm a Christmas babeh)
