November newsletter + wallpaper (coming soon)

ETA: Calendar attached :) 

2X HEAT thumbnails done!

Yup. Looks like 18 pages. Good.

Credits survey

I realized in October that I have been posting the credits survey to all Patrons, when credits are a Advanced Access ($2) and up perk. I just wanted to let everyone know that I will be double checking against the Patreon subscription for the surveys I've received so far, and I'll only be including the credits of people who are subscribed to a tier for which that is a perk. Basically, it was my error to post the survey to everyone, but it's not fair to those who are paying for the perk if members who are not paying for the perk receive it! Sorry for being potentially misleading here. (Note that the only tier which doesn't include a thank you credit is the $1 tip jar tier - everyone else is elligible!)

Storytime with Jude

Many of you following along with my marathon of health issues on the server will be pleased to know my back injury from MAY is finally healed up. I'm back to lifting heavy things and sleeping in weird positions. However, you're probably interested to hear about the October thing which I teased, so here it is: Basically in October I thought I was going blind. hahahahaha!!!!

Yeah, I started experiencing all kinds of vision issues, including constant flashing, dramatic floaters, reduced peripheral vision, blinking spots, blurring, streaking, and some really fun ocular migraines. So through all this while I was waiting to get in to see a doctor, I basically stopped using screens for two and a half weeks, during which I basically didn't draw anything, didn't work on Familiar, and coasted on a backlog of art and so on. So that's why this month's content was so reduced. I was spending most of the month with a face mask on trying not to panic.

The resolution: The doctor says my eyes are fine. The problem is that I had an undiagnosed astigmatism in one eye and my prescription is 8 years old. That combined with overworking myself, my new monitor that I had on full brightness, and probably the last year using the Huion on full brightness, has uh. Been stressful for my eyes apparently.

So anyway nothing permanent has happened. I'm waiting for new glasses to come in (with blue light filter) and I've made a ton of adjustments to my screens and screen use to reduce eye strain. I've already noticed improvements. I just have to be kinder to my balls. My eyeballs.

Patreon changes are nigh!

Good ones! We're inside $100/month to the next milestone, which is for a new tier and a merch shop. I am also considering opening a second new tier which includes a monthly tarot card reading from yours truly. You get to pick the deck. Would anyone be interested in such a thing? Let me know in the comments or in DM. I'm interested to know what you think and I'm trying to add perks that are in character with the Patreon.

I'll finish up the wallpaper later today and upload it as an edit to this post, as well as post the credits survey in a separate post for the appropriate tiers.

As always, thanks for your love and support.

Jude