*** Big Announcement! ***

Hi and hello Patrons, Happy 2022!! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season!

I have something BIG that I'm finally ready to announce! Drum roll please.... Coming up soon is...

The Great Ragonia Patreon Remodel!

Launching March 1st, 2022 (to coincide with the 4 year anniversary of Ragonia!)

That's right, this Patreon is getting a remodel.

Away from articles and towards making more art, more regularly.

The Real Arty Business articles were the friends we made along the way...

No but seriously, I'm so happy so many of you have joined for and loved the Arty Business and Making It article series.

But after three years of monthly articles it's time for me to pivot the Patreon away from them because:

• I've been pretty solidly out of topics for quite a while, the well's run dry!
• Interest and engagement in them has been steadily coursing down.
• It's too limiting for patrons who like art but aren't interested in a career in art.
• I need to spend more time making personal art for my career and creativity.

*** All the previous articles will still be available here on the Patreon forever ***

If you signed up for a year of Arty Business articles and you aren't interested in the new future art content, send me a DM and we'll work it out!

• $50 reward is discontinued. Honestly, no one signed up for it!
• $15 reward will be remodeled. No one really asks for their doodle portrait!
• $2 Monthly Newsletter update will be remodeled. Every month will be a podcast version with pictures, because I type too much!!
• The monthly Arty Business/Making It Article reward is now discontinued. All the articles will still be available to read any time, but I won't be writing any new ones.
• The $5 tier will be remodeled to an Art Club. So that I (and maybe you) make new personal art once a month, damn it! It's the big one, it's the reward most of you get most frequently, and it'll come with the biggest change, that I hope you'll like even MORE!

I had SUCH a fun time at December's Arty holiday party that I want to do that every month!

Here's how it'll work:

+ 1st of Every Month: That month's prompt and livestream date will be voted on or announced!

+ Midway through Month: Get together on Twitch and CREATE, based on the prompt or whatever you want to work on, or you can just watch and chat! (I'll do an AM and PM stream again!)

+ Anytime during the month: Patrons drop their work in the secret Ragonia Patreon Discord to be admired on the livestream, and I'll share them on my socials so the whole WORLD can admire them!

+ End of the month: I'll share the VOD of the livestream, and a process video for what I made that month!

Yeeeeee I'm so excited at the idea of having such a big creative boost in the middle of every month, and I hope you're excited to watch me make more art more regularly!

I also really want to make some stickers and pins that announce to the world that you're part of this club, something cute like a badge that says "I Support Artists". Maybe shirts! Open to ideas here!

What do you think of the Art Club and other changes? Let me know any questions, ideas, requests, or hearty enthusiasm you might have in the comments!!

(I'm also open to any name ideas you might have: Arty Party? Creativity Skwad? Haha uh I'll brainstorm more, I promise.)

Oh yes, I'll finish up January with a 2021 Year in Review here on the Patreon for all tiers.

In February I'll keep you guys with updates to the remodel, anything I want your thoughts on, and a test drive of the Art Club Arty Party Creativity Skwad!

I'll keep the content goin for ya baby!

That's all for now!

I know that's a lot, but it's some big changes that I wanted to give you a big heads up about! I hope you're excited, and I'm here in DMs or comments with any questions at all.

I appreciate your support for me and my art so much, and I hope with this change that you'll get even more of the art part. Thanks guys, talk again soon!