Future ahead, retrospection and introspection

Hello everyone!

2023 is coming closer so i want to make this post as a half-year retrospection and half-year planning.

What lies ahead

1. There will be no release in January 2023 - BILLING CYCLE IS PAUSED, SO YOU WILL NOT BE CHARGED. 

At the same time - Merchants keep their licenses active, would be unfair otherwise IMO

2. New Patrons who join in January will receive December release.

3. Starting from February, releases will start again, so in early January there will be a poll like it was for almost 1.5 years before (the time flies so fast, wow!)

4. Until July i want to "return to the roots" and make releases mostly related to armed forces (so, less special forces and civilians). This will mean two things:

4.1. Ban on making US Army and USMC had been lifted, they will be added to the list of themes. 

4.2 Polls will be changed to following - (previous second place)+(two random themes)+(my chosen theme of the month)

5. And the most important - as you may remember, Payoneer and PayPal  are unavailable in Russia anymore, which affects whole situation in a bad way. 

I am monitoring situation as of now, but unless Patreon decides to ban me, i will continue making releases until July 2023 and then decide if i should freeze all activities (which is worst-case scenario). 

Maybe i will invite you all to join my Boosty (which is sorta also bad, but we will see).

Maybe i will be able to find the way to make the current system work somehow (as I'm not the only one in this trap).

Anyway -i will keep you posted.

What happened in the past

Long story short - is was a hard year, both personally and overall. 

I've never expected so many hardships to come at once yet I'm still happy that I've started this Patreon.

Once more, i am thankful to all of you for supporting me and i hope to bring you more, MORE releases over years to come. 

What i will strive for next year.

1. To make things faster - obviously, as my experience grows i can speed-up some parts of work, but i want to make things even faster to get proper rest.

2. To make realistic promises content-wise - in reality it might mean "no, i will not make three more weapons for this release" sometimes, but it is better than make a promise and then deathmarch yourself to it. 

3. To make female faces and anatomy better - for me it is much harder than male one, but i will work on it.

4. To make my beloved fabric folds look even better - folds is what makes model look better, more contrast in my eyes and i will continue practicing to make them even better!

And we'll tak' a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.