Billing Cycle Unpausing in May + Tier Updates

Hey guys! I'm opening up Patreon in May. As such, I have not paused the billing cycle for next month. :3 We're just about back in business! (I also am aware this is April 1st I'm making this post but this is not an April fools or anything.)

I'll be making some adjustments to the Patreon page itself via the tiers and the style. I figure the Patreon could use a face-lift before Spotting Basil III drops.

Here as some adjustments to the Patreon tiers moving forward.

Bronze:
- Bronze will still get 2 pages of Spotting Basil a week. Eventually, with the help of an art assistant I've hired, I hope to move this up to 3 pages a week. But for now, 2.
- Bronze tier will get pinups right away instead of waiting and will be granted 3 months worth of exclusivity before going public.
- Bronze will no longer have access to higher resolutions of pages of Spotting Basil, instead getting resolutions equivalent to other social media platforms (this is out of necessity, as pages are lower resolution than Basil 2 across the board.)

Silver:
- Basil sketch pages will now contain dialogue boxes with temp-text, effectively making it so you can read pages 1 week ahead.
- There will only be one pinup drawn a month instead of two, but tri-monthly, we will do a fursona/OC/R34 colored sketch raffle, making this a commission tier. Take note that I will not draw characters that are human -- they must be furry unless stated otherwise.
- Timed exclusivity for pinups are no longer applicable to bronze tier but Patrons will be granted 3 months worth of exclusivity before going public.
- I came out as bisexual earlier last year. While I will lean toward gay oriented pinups, heterosexual, female oriented, transgender art will all be produced by me at some point.
- Instead of doing a pinup for 2 months, I may occasionally do a short animation instead or a Basil QnA mini comic.

Gold:
- Gold tier will get thumbnails for Spotting Basil 3 weeks ahead of schedule, reading 6 pages ahead of all other tiers.
- PSDs will no longer be supplied as there was very minimal interest, but behind-the-scenes journals for Spotting Basil will still be posted on a semi-regular basis as well as any concept art that I draw up.
- Higher quality pages will be supplied, but the resolution this time is overall lower than with Basil 2 as the resolution has been lowered across the board.
- This tier will receive high quality PDFs of Spotting Basil 1 and 2 with all the most recent artwork and dialogue tweaks, effectively matching the publication editions of Spotting Basil.
- The ability to have your silhouette show up as a character in the comic is still available for this tier and above.

Diamond:
- A new VIP tier that is $30 a month and for people who really want to support me and will be limited to 5 subscribers total.
- I'm currently 6 weeks ahead in terms of pages. This tier will grant the ability to read pages in real-time, meaning 6 weeks ahead from when we launch. This number may reduce depending on how behind I get, but any new pages I make will drop immediately for these readers via emails sent directly to them.
- Thumbnail sketches will be given 3 weeks ahead of whatever Diamond tier has read, meaning 9 weeks ahead from when Patreon opens.

If any of these changes make up reconsider your pledge, then thank you for supporting me so far and I still look forward to you eventually reading Spotting Basil III!

All the best,
MIkro