Upcoming Changes - Aug 2019 (Patreon)

tldr: Stuff. Blah Blah. Stuff Blah. New schedule, new rewards, new tier, who dis?

First of all let me just acknowledge that August marks the one year anniversary of this Patreon page and I have learned and grown so much in the last year that I can hardly believe it. I have every Patron, follower and tagger who supported me to thank. It gave me the time and ability to experiment and enjoy the experience and I am truly grateful.

A few weeks ago I was feeling a little lost. I love doing what I am doing but I also felt like I wasn't working towards my dream of working on a comic of my own. So I put it to a vote and you guys voted by a landslide for me to start work on my first comic, Doc Wottsit. Since then I have been researching and planning how to incorporate the comic into my schedule and tiers, without upsetting the work I do now. My overall goal is to adapt what I do, not to fundamentally change the layout of my rewards.

New Schedule:

After a lot of debating I have put together a new fixed schedule for drawing, posting and social media etc. 

From August onward, every Monday and Tuesday will be dedicated exclusively to working on Doc Wottsit and keeping you updated with WIPs, storyboards, character designs, plot outline and polls to give you a say on the direction it's taking. 

Thursday and Friday I will work on that week's NSFW picture, with a view to posting WIPs on Thursday and the finished product on Friday.

Saturday is my flex day and will be used for miscellaneous art such as speed sketches, commissions, freelance art projects etc.  It will also be dedicated to social media interactions like competitions, livestreams (if I can get the app to work), Q&As etc. 

Wednesday will be my day off while Sunday I belong to my boyfriend and is therefore my day on. ;)

I want you guys to know when to expect an update so you can look forward to it.  

New Rewards:

Hopper and Robb Stark were a test of sorts this month. With the new schedule planned it was important that I know if I can push myself hard enough to deliver pictures to my standards in a two day window. I was happy with the results and in fact they are two of my favourite pictures, so I am confident in my ability to deliver regularly. 

However, to accomplish this I had to cut out the idea of variants. Presently variants are just supposed to be experiments in style, colour, clothing etc that I may or may not do during the process of creating a picture. But somehow along the way these occasional optional things got out of hand, and I was creating dozens of variants, big and small. Instead of variants I will be making Image sets ( a series of altered images that tell a story - for example pre-fuck, mid-fuck, cum-shot, post-fuck). They will have a cap of four versions per set.

I will also be offering timelapses, video processes, gumroad discounts, pages of the new webcomic as they become available and as mentioned before the ability to provide input  on the direction of the comic itself. Polls for Doc Wottsit will let you guys have final say on a variety of things ranging from character design to plot points to next chapter destinations etc. Next Monday I will announce the full additions to each tier. 

New Tier:

I have also been working to find, organise and combine as much of my art as I can into a single Archive. I will be a creating a new ongoing tier that has access to this full archive. It will have all pages of Doc Wottsit, every Patreon pack, every Furry commission, every sketch, time lapse or brushes that I currently still have access to. 

Final Thoughts:

We're heading off for the next few days for our anniversary and I am not sure if and when I will have time to reply to comments but I will get to them as soon as I can. When I return I will post up the new tier details the following Monday, letting you know who gets which shiny toy.

I really am so grateful for the sense of freedom and purpose that Patreon has given to me. I am changing for the better with each passing month, both as an artist and as a person. I don't think I can express how thankful I am that people believe in me and my ability to do what I do. Honestly, thank you for giving me the ability to show pride in myself again. 

Creating my own comic with my own characters will be a lifelong dream come true.

xoxo Blitz 

- Ben Turner