October Newsletter

OCTOBER PERKS SCHEDULE

• 8-14: Collector exclusive art poll

• 15-30: Influencer poll #2 (20 HOME)

• 19 (8AM PST on Discord): Collector exclusive art stream

• 25: November wallpaper poll

(Calendar wallpaper will be coming in a little bit.)

Hi!

First: Read my September newsletter if you didn't already, which contains information about how this Patreon will be changing based on the Apple store changes that are occurring.

TLDR: If you don't want to pay an additional 30%, subscribe through your browser and not through the Apple store.

Last Seeker tarot reading for October

It's the last one. I'll be doing a full celtic cross spread for the $40/Seeker tier later this week. Thanks for coming along on this experiment! If you're interested in what all that looks like, and/or you want a Spooktober tarot reading, and/or you want to do a one-time subscription at a higher tier, this is the month to do it (not to mention you get access to all the previous illustrations I've done for the past 2 years for it).

New drops in the shop

• Diamond-tie hip bags (3 colors)

• And of course, the 5th Anniversary print

There's also an embroidered sweater coming but I'm waiting to see the proof first. Hoping to add some more knitted sweaters too.

Familiar's final chapters

As I mentioned in September, chapter 20 HOME is the season 3 finale and last plot chapter before the Familiar finale. It feels weird to be here! I'll be talking about this more as we get further here, but I have outlined what the ending of Familiar looks like. I'll be sharing it with you all probably early in 2025. As of right now, I am planning at least 4 filler chapters before the 3-part finale. If this all goes according to plan, we are looking at chapters well into 2026, so don't fret.

For something to look forward to/speculate upon, here are the working titles for the 4 filler chapters: SAFE, TOY, CAGE, VANILLA.

Other projects

That being said, I'm also rolling forward with the serial comic I plan to do after Familiar ends, UNORIGINAL CHARACTERS ("UNOC" for short). Starting in November of this year, I'll be releasing behind the scenes/WIP/developmental content for UNOC to the $40/Seeker tier. Further into 2025 I may begin dripping this to the middle tiers as well, depending on how things are going.

I'm also planning to work on a stand-alone short called SOIRÉE, which you might be able to guess about if you have been following my work for a while. I'll also be sharing dev and WIP work of this to the Seeker tier. I'm not sure yet what I want to do with the final thing (as in, where/how I want to publish it) but that's a problem for future me. I'll plan to post the final pages to the Seeker tier at least (possibly Scholar or Collector too).

End of the year schedule, regularly scheduled break

Now that I have a pretty strong understanding of where I'm at and where I want to be with Familiar, here's the schedule for the remainder of the year and into 2025:

• OCTOBER

  • Working on Chapter 20 HOME (2-part chapter)

  • Influencer poll: HOME #3

  • Thumbnails for 19 CALL to $5+ tiers

• NOVEMBER:

  • Finishing Chapter 20 HOME

  • Influencer poll: HOME #4

  • Chapter 19 CALL drops

• DECEMBER/JANUARY: SCHEDULED BREAK!

  • Patreon will not pause

  • Influencer polls will be about a poster/print

  • I will still do the Collector Exclusive prompts and stream

  • Hope to lay out at least 5 chapters of Familiar German translation

  • Working on SOIRÉE

• FEBRUARY

  • Working on Chapter 4X SAFE

  • Influencer poll: SAFE #1

  • Thumbnails for 20 HOME pt 1 to $5+ tiers

• MARCH: FAMILIAR RESUMES!

  • Finishing Chapter 4X SAFE

  • Influencer poll: SAFE #2

  • Chapter 20 HOME pt 1 drops