Hello all!
I have a lot to get into so I'll get right into it
What took so long?
Let me start off by apologizing for taking long, and thanks for those who stuck through and supported me during this time.
I think there are many factors I that play into what takes my projects so long this time.
1- I took on way too many complicated commissions than I was able to handle, and it really got in the way of my work for the poll winners and my own personal projects.
2- I allowed too many character for the poll winners. There's really no excuse here. I feel my habit of creating a pack as a "Set of characters" allowed me to think it was okay when it really wasn't
3- I have an Identity crisis with what I want to do with this project, and this creates a lot of clashing of expectations with my followers.
I feel that what I want to do with this project is produce good content that feels personal and gives the spotlight to popular characters that deserve it, as well as not so popular characters that might not ever get the chance otherwise. This is why I made it a motto to create "every character I could in a series" when I first started this project. However those projects take much longer to make than one or even two months, and does not line up well with the "monthly character poll" system with the priority polls. That is why when I started doing polls, I would get into the habit of doing more than I needed to in character polls and do an entire omega pack, which takes super long when I initially gave the expectation of character polls and rotations would be much shorter than that.
I am going from making polls, to doing commissions, and then also doing my own omega pack projects like marvel rivals which take long in itself. In doing so, I don't give a clear idea of what to expect at the end of the month, and I owe it to you guys to give you clear expectations of what you will get when you sub to me.
4- I have a very bad habit of not giving many updates until the project is released. This part of me does not want to spoil many things about the project, and find personal life excuses to never be acceptable or to be shared. I would rather focus on working on the project than give excuses - because we're all going through our own personal issues and showing the effort in my work means a lot more to me than giving excuses, but this may come off as very tone deaf to the situation in my case.
Sadly, really don't think this part of me will change, so I will have to change how I operate in order for this to not be an issue anymore.
5- and lastly, I'm definitely not active on patreon enough. I expect most people to be in the discord I spent so much time putting together, but not everyone will go on the discord and see me active talking to people. So to a lot of followers it may seem that I'm dead or something, when I'm just more active on discord than on patreon.
To get around these issues:
1- I will not be doing commissions anymore. It's just not a good use of my time.
2- I will put the focus on doing projects that I want to do. My subscribers will be able to see the projects I am currently interested in doing, and will vote on which ones I will do for the specified deadline. More on that later.
3- Priority polls will still be a thing, but they will take a back seat to the projects I am motivated in doing and will go on less frequent On that note as well, "updates" will have their own separate poll and "group poll votes" like "dragon girls" and "pokemon milfs" will never be a thing again - I think my habit of creating multiple characters anyways allowed my to think this was okay when it really wasn't.
4- Even if I do not have anything to release, I will try to post updates on patreon as well so that people here are also in the know of what I'm working on.
That all being said, it's a crazy world out there for everyone, and I'm happy to be able to do this for my fans.
But I also see I have a lot of enemies. I'm trying to do better, and constructive criticism is fine, but being an edgelord because you don't respect the industry or just want to knock down the guy in power is cringe, and I can care less for people who are just here to be haters.
Thank you for those who have been patent and understanding. I appreciate every one of you
Where's Princess Bluna?!
I've been going back and forth with her a lot actually. I've finished the premise of her character, but I can't seem to be able to correctly portray her the way I want to with my current resources. I've considered writing songs, and even tried talking to some people to use vocaloid to maybe make something with her but it all ended in dead ends. Maybe I'll go into hiring a voice actor or something, but we'll see what options I have available as I look into it a bit more. It's difficult to manage every single aspect of this project and still have time to look into these thingsso please understand. I'm trying to introduce her with a bang.
Thanks for your patience.
That's all I wanted to talk about this time I guess.
You all stay safe!
LordOfShade99
2025-05-30 15:22:06 +0000 UTCdoylemort
2025-05-30 13:32:30 +0000 UTC