SpicyLeche
patreon
Updates onward for Patreon
🕑 Added 2025-03-25 17:23:54 +0000 UTCIn 2020 I started drawing 5 exclusive pieces a month just for Patreon. I started this patreon intended to every now and then do more than I claim to offer and 5 years ago my art was distinctly different:
A lot in my life changed since then, even between 2022 to now, and so has my art. Patreon has been harder to promote bc of Twitter being so against promoting of other platforms (I'm working on using BlueSky more!) that I have dipped in earnings from Patreon in the past couple of years, and late last year Apple has forced patreon to take a percentage of all Patreons earnings for profit from IOS-users.
I never made a lot on Patreon, but it's been notably less and its been harder to afford the time and energy I use to operate it as I do. I've always made less than what people may assume of me, but I've always been okay with it though a lot has changed in the world in 5 years and I too, need to adapt. I'm also becoming old :( SGJHDBJKDHBJHKDGSJKH-
I'm sorry for those who feel upset, or taken offense to me doing less, I tried keeping my Patreon the same as long as I could 💔 Having this Patreon has always been a blessing to me, it showed me that I can do more than what I've been capable of. I started this Patreon at a pretty low point where I was forced to drop out of college a month before the pandemic began and needed money to pay for my late-dogs medical bills that averaged $200-400 a month and bc of this Patreon, I had him longer than I could've before. So even if you decide to leave now, I'm thankful.
tl;dr I have to reduce my workload and streamline my process since the amount of work I do on Patreon for a multitude of factors. Changes are below!
$5 Tier: 1-2 Exclusive ~ 1-2 Early Access
The quantity remains the same and I've sort of started implementing this, where I post old exclusive's from a year ago to the public! So this is basically the same right now lol.
$10 Tier: 3 voted exclusives ~ 2 voted exclusives
1st and 2nd place will both win. Last year I introduced drawing 2nd place voted character since i felt bad when people got disappointed when 2nd place was close to winning.
I initially did "three" for this to offer more than what was being asked
OTHER NEWS~
There are other projects but I can't say a lot about it, it's not under-NDA but it would unwise to divulge too much right now. There's attached previews with no context for now if you're curious :)
Also uh, please don't worry about me? Financially I mean. While it can be perceived I'm upset and need to change, I'm kind of welcoming changes so I can do more and who knows where that might go! I'm actually a little excited, I've been speaking to insanely skilled artists who want to collaborate, but since Patreon was so demanding most of the time it took me MONTHS to finish collab work.
I have been HEAVILY interested in establishing a sort of regulated commission again, people have been asking me for years about comms but my energy was so balls deep into Patreon that I couldn't.
Thanks for being here with me.
Comments
Alex the Frog
what's that piece on the right? where can I find it?
Kaiyeti
Damn that sucks patreon is kinda screwing you over. Have you thought of having a different site like subscribestar, they let you get away with more stuff, along with patreon? Regardless we will always be here to help you out my friend. *supportive comforting yetihug* hang in there.
