Hey, wasn't there...? (Patreon)

Hey peeps! Before I go on, let me give you another tremendous thank you to everyone who supports me! It still blows my mind that anyone is willing to do that! You are all fantastic, and you have my deepest gratitude! =)

Which is why I have a bit of bad news for my patrons, but some good news as well. As usual, I'll start with the bad news. As you may or may not know, Patreon is currently at odds with adult content creators, which is why you might have seen those creators having to reduce their visibility on this site and shifting in and out of a state of being banned and unbanned. This is largely due to payment processors such as Stripe and PayPal forbidding their services from being used for adult material and putting pressure on Patreon to do the same, lest they stop doing business with Patreon itself (which would spell certain doom the company).

Patreon would prefer to keep adult creators such as I funded, but when it comes to dealing with payment processors, the old adage "you give an inch, they'll take a mile" is uncomfortably prevalent. Patreon has placed terms on what material is and isn't allowable on their site in order to appease the processors on which they're dependent, and while much of my work has been safe to show here so far, some of it falls into a gray area. 

After reviewing recent actions taken against other artists of my ilk who use Patreon, I've determined that another shift in focus has taken place and certain works of mine are no longer safe to upload here without risk of having my account suspended again-- more specifically, artwork involving particularly non-personified animals. Therefore, I have removed a couple pieces of artwork that fall into that category (the Simba/Timon piece was also removed, but that was entirely by accident. Sorry 'bout that! >< ). That's the bad news.

The good(ish) news, however, is that all but one of those pieces were WIPs that have either since been completed and/or posted publicly, so little as far as what can only be found here was lost. Unfortunately, one removed piece was exclusive to Patreon. To me, that's one piece too many to deprive you wonderful people of for the sake of corporations that can't tell the difference between a drawing and real life. I will be uploading that picture publicly on my FurAffinity and Inkbunny galleries in the near future. Also, to make up for this crap, I'll be uploading another WIP I've really been on the fence about showing off at all-- one that those of you who have been long-time fans of me will appreciate!

Rest assured, it will take a total, gratuitous ban of adult artwork on Patreon to make me stop posting my work on this site, because the support I have found here has not only surpassed my expectations when I signed up, but empowered me to give you wonderful people more of what you came here for! And even if Patreon does decide to go that route, there are still other means with which I can deliver art to you! I merely wanted to offer an explanation as to why a few pieces suddenly disappeared from my feed.

Don't fret-- I'll make it up to you. =)