Important announcement about commissions! (Patreon)

I guess a lot of my commissioners are my patrons simultaneously, so I figured i should start here before any other platform. Let me explain, this is kind of a rough one.

I need to take a substantial break from any commissioned work. Maybe a month, maybe longer. I realized I've been doing this for years without any meaningful breaks and that led to a huge burnout and to be honest I've been feeling myself like total shit lately, constantly super stressed out and second-guessing every decision I make. Originally I'd planned to finish all of my work in July and take a month off in August, but well, here we are. Work kept piling on, I started to forget about some folks who've been waiting their turn for months, couldn't find strength to respond to messages, just a horrible situation all around. It feels like I can't even take a deep breath with my chest sometimes, you know.

I also started to question my pricing. The demand is throught the roof (at least by my standarts) and I wish to think that the quality of my work is getting better even though I doubt it all the time, however I never actually significantly upped my prices throughout the last three or four years. I need to think this one out as well.

However all that said patreon has been and IS a life saver for me. Times are super rough financially for everyone lately and me and my family is not an exception, an example rather (and it will probably get even worse, thanks to the goverment's impeccable handling of COVID). To be honest without this page and without everyone's support here I'd probably get exhausted from overwork on commissions to the point of loosing my mind.

Patreon specials are always super fun for me to do and I've been enjoying this whole interactive poll schtick, so no worries! My patreon will still be going next month and onward. I'd really like to concentrate on reward pieces more, I'd like to try out different styles or post more sketches and wips, and I already have some bigger, spicier ideas for the next month rewards, however for now I need to finally get all of the current stuff done and get some damn long-awaited rest and just watch a TV or something.

One last thing though: I will contact everyone who messaged me about commissions lately, I'll most likely accept one next month somewhere in between patreon work, because chances are I'll still need money outside of my patreon income. Counting on your patience and I hope you understand. As always thank you for your support!