Patreon Tier Updates!

Hello everyone!

There have been some changes to the Patreon tiers effective today. As discussed in the Discord and on previous posts here, I have unpublished the $20 tier (for now), along with making some edits to other tiers already posted. I have done this today on Jan 31st so that (hopefully) this all happens before everyone's billing dates, so that if you are not satisfied with any changes, you can cancel without having already being charged.

First off- new tier: Pre-Show ($15)

Pre-Show is sort of like VIP Experience (the old $20 tier), except it does not include monthly sketches. However, it also does not have a limited number of slots- so anyone interested in a 15% commission discount, priority access to commission forms, exclusive discord channels, and suggesting alts for Patreon pictures should be able to join without any pressure from artificial scarcity or FOMO : )

I'm hoping that without the monthly sketches (and with some restructuring to how I do Patreon pictures), more pictures and higher quality alts will come out far more frequently. This doesn't mean OC raffles are going away forever, but rather that they are going to not be a promised monthly thing, and instead be a soft bonus for patrons that I do as often as I am able to. I am going to start relying more on patron suggestions for characters and scenarios, whilst also contributing pictures just from me. This means that the $5 and $10 tier were also updated accordingly:

$5 (General Admission)- Provides access for voting in polls. All the old benefits are still included, but this role will not be able to suggest characters/scenarios/alts for patreon pictures (for now?). This does not mean you will have no say in pictures- as you will be able to both vote for the suggestions you like to make it into the finalists, and it also means you will be able to vote on those finalists.

$10 (Backstage Pass)- The 15% commission discount is now a 10% commission discount, but in exchange, you will be able to submit both characters and scenarios to be the subject of patreon pictures. This will look like you submitting some of your favorite characters from media to see them subjected to scenarios of you and your fellow patron's choosing, to be voted on by every tier.

I hope that these changes will let me upload far more frequently, as I am not satisfied with my output the way things were structured. As always, please leave any and all comments/complaints/suggestions here below so that I can better gauge how you all feel about these changes, and adjust accordingly. Thank you for all your support, and don't forget to join the Discord : )

- Buntomo

TLDR;
Patreon pictures will be done differently from now on- instead of monthly raffles, there will be more frequent character polls (characters/scenarios suggested by you).

OC raffles no longer guaranteed monthly thing, but will still occur.

New tier ($15/month) with 15% discount on comms, exclusive channels, and suggesting alts.

$5/month tier can't suggest characters/scenarios for Patreon pics, but they can vote on them.

$10/month tier comm discount went down from 15% to 10%, but they are able to suggest characters and scenarios for Patreon picture polls now.