An update, and a question! (Patreon)

Hello all, Yamino here!

I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for supporting Ash and I, because the work we do literally couldn't be possible without you!  Whether you've been a longtime supporter or just recently joined us, thank you, so, so much. <3

I also want to be frank and transparent with you, our friends and supporters, because as you may have noticed I haven't been updating here as much as I should.  Some rewards have been late or not published, and for that I apologize.

The past years have been a real struggle for me mentally, and as a private person I have avoided talking about it online and tried to just power through.  Unfortunately I fear this may have resulted in people taking my silence and lack of updates as lazyness.  The truth is that I have been struggling with  managing both ADHD and depression, on top of some major life changes.  This was exacerbated by having very few work-free days, and so my enthusiasm for comic work plummeted, I lost track of work and time, and I retreated away from social interaction.

The good news is, in the past year I feel like I've made good progress with the help of therapy, medication, and learning new coping mechanisms.  With the upcoming chapters we've planned for Sister Claire, I feel a renewed sense of excitement for where the story is going, and I'm very eager to share it all with you!

That said, I think in order to keep up this Patreon with the consistency and quality it deserves, some changes are in order!

 One of the changes I have planned is to upgrade it from a Sister-Claire-specific Patreon to encompass all my artwork, so I will update even with  non-Claire related content when available.  Watercolors, Sculpey creations, etc!  This will keep us more in touch and give me more opportunities to share other processes. Not to worry, Claire-specific content and reward tiers will still be here!

I am in the process of getting a brand new, much more powerful computer which will theoretically allow me to run livestreams with higher quality and consistency.  (My current computer can barely handle them at this point!)  I want to resume the bi-monthly streams and start posting the recordings to Youtube again.  I also want to start streaming traditional art when I work on it, such as watercolors, etc.

I am also interested in opening up some brand new tiers for one-on-one art tutoring, or taking tutorial requests, or even redlining submitted art for critique.  Let me know if that's something you're interested in!

Lastly, I'd like to hear from YOU.  What would you most like to see from this Patreon in 2020?

Thanks again, and talk to you soon,

-Yamino