Fuck. (Patreon)

So Arsministrator, our lead pixel artist, informed me today that because of some circumstances in his real life, unless things change (which seems unlikely as of now), it's possible he might have to stop working on Crisis Point in the future. Ars was recently hired, and he was going to be in charge of all character pixel art in Crisis Point, including Alicia's rework and any future enemies added to the game. This leaves me in a position where, yet again, I don't know what the fuck to do moving forward. Do I continue having him rework character art, knowing that it's very likely he won't be here for the full game and any future art won't match up? Do I go ahead with Alicia's old design and have Arsmin work on Brawler Bits, a less important project? Do I try to hire yet another pixel artist who will be able to pick up the pieces if/when Ars has to leave the project? I just don't know anymore. I don't have a damn clue.