First things first: A shoutout to @EyeSores for being the one that put us to 400 fans! Congratulations and thank you!

So first things first: I started a Patreon!

It's under review...

UPDATE: It's been approved, so I have a Patreon now too!

However I also started a Subscribestar and Ko-Fi, which are now fully open. Ko-fi offers one-time donations, so if you don't want to commit to a subscription, you can go there to offer support as I'm basically making it a tip jar for the time being. Subscribestar seems to be largely identical to Patreon in functionality, with tiered subscriptions for support that offer different perks. As of right now, I don't have the financial stability to offer much more beyond WIPs, updates and early access to completed projects, but if enough support is provided, I can expand.

One perk I intend to offer is alternate variations of my animations and right now, if you sign up for the $10 tier on my Subscribestar, you get access to an alt version of my last animation:

So this is the big leap for me. It means they'll be some big changes one way or the other, but support from you folks who value my work will be the determining factor on if I'm able to continue making it.

RIght now, I have one animation to finish up:

After this, I'll begin my next projects with these platforms in mind.

Things were pretty dire last we spoke and that hasn't changed too much, except for two key moments. One was my tax return, which has allowed me a lifeline and my 'promotion' at work from seasonal to regular employee. This promotion gives me access to options with the company that mean that if this last ditch effort to get some income through my art falls through, I can drop it entirely to focus on my current employment options, which I'd have to do. I don't want to, but I can breathe much easier now knowing I can if it comes to it.