IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR EVERYONE in regards to this month's $8 tier

Hello everyone! I've got a bit of unfavorable news, and while this affects the $8 tier group, I feel it's important that everyone supporting is aware of the current situation.

I'm giving a heads up that this month will not have an $8 tier reward. I believe people need to change their pledges themselves as deleting the tier amount does not stop the pledge money, so I hope this is an advanced enough warning for those who need it! I'm counting on people seeing and reading this post, but I'll also toss out emails as the month closes to anyone still pledging $8 that hasn't changed (I don't want anyone to feel cheated out of their money!!) 

In these past few months it has been harder and harder for me to draw -- especially to make good, finished pieces of work -- and I'm sure it's been obvious that I've been scraping together what I can to fill my $8 tier lately, with illustrations sometimes being finished on the last day of that month. Whether it's my depression and anxiety interfering or just an extreme sense of personal inadequacy with how I currently draw, I'm not sure (maybe a sprinkling of both), but regardless my work lately has been suffering.

In truth, I've almost shut down my patreon a few times because I felt I couldn't put out the quality and quantity of work justifiable by the money per tier, but patreon is my lifeline and the ~$200 a month keeps my head just above the financial water so to speak, and I'm very thankful to have all of you currently supporting me! But I can already tell for this month that I won't have any illustrations done, therefore making the $8 tier null, and rather than trying to dish out last-minute subpar work I'm shutting that tier down.

I'm not sure when it will be back up, but I'll return the $8 tier when I know I can fulfill it again. It might be just next month, it might be a few before I get my groove back and feel confident again, but in the meantime I'd like to inform you all so you can do what you think is best with your money! The $5 tier still has plenty of content for this month (the sketchdump itself being pretty full BECAUSE i havent been able to finish any of my illustrations haha) and even a dollar is always appreciated. I know this'll cut into my monthly earnings by a hell of a lot, but I should be ok for a few months since I've been doing my best to save my money. Again, I'd rather take the hit than put out less than stellar work! 

Thank you very much for your time and understanding, and I'm very sorry for the inconvenience!