AUGUST 2019 - REWARDS AND IMPORTANT UPDATE

Heya!

Thank you guys for waiting so patiently!

I've done some thinking and have decided to make some changes to my workflow and thus my SubscribeStar as well. Firstly, after some talking with a few friends it seems that I've been overworking myself to an unhealthy level. Mainly pushing myself to take in more work that I should and pushing myself to maintain a certain level of quality that not only makes things inefficient at times but also adds more stress on my shoulders. Not to mention some recent events in my personal life that have further disturbed my workflow (you may have seen a glimpse of the details from my Twitter). I have been trying to take things more easy while but it has pushed back work on rewards unfortunately. I don't want to keep making a whole essay with every update so I'll try to keep things concise ^^

First off, I will be sending off rewards to subscribers by chat/messages shortly after I post this update. Unfortunately, I haven't finished the time lapse video and process gif that are provided in the "Thigh Highs" tier and "Shimapan" tier so they are not currently included. I'm still trying to get that finished this month and will be sending that out separately to subscribers of the respective tiers when they're ready. Again, thank you so much for your continued patience if you are looking forward to those rewards ; w ;

Secondly, and the biggest change to my SubscribeStar, I'm unfortunately discontinuing photos for the time being. I believe I had jumped the gun when I initially decided to offer them as rewards. I had underestimated how much work goes into them (mainly trying to keep a consistent look when editing and trying to figure out the right angles while also finding the proper camera settings all within the short time frame of proper sunlight I have in my room). There's quite a learning curve and I want to be able to get by it and figure out a more streamlined way to get photos done before I can confidently offer them on Substar. Because of this, I will be removing all the tiers that include the "Hoodie Tier" rewards. This means that my SubscribeStar will be limited to art rewards only. I'm unsure of when I'll be bringing back photo rewards but when I do, I'll be sure to announce it on my Twitter!

What does this mean for those who are subscribed to tiers including photos/"Hoodie Tier" rewards? I will be messaging them and asking for their Paypal so I can send over refunds for the difference. From the looks of it, I can't see any option to handle refunds through SubStar's very limited platform. Since I'll be closing any tier that includes photo rewards I won’t be able to contact those subscribers for their September rewards after the tiers are removed. Because of this, I'll also be asking for emails to send their September rewards to. I'll hold off from officially removing the photo tiers til I receive all those emails.

Thank you everyone for your continued patience ; w ;!! I'm so so sorry that the first month of my SubStar has been quite the mess, everything has happened at a very inconvenient time. I will be providing a survey along with rewards to gather some feedback. You don’t have to fill it out but it would be helpful if you did!

TL;DR: Due to overworking and some personal life situations, I haven’t been able to push out work as quickly as I had planned. I'll be sending out rewards through chat/messages to subscribers. The timelapse video and process gif included in the "Thigh Highs" and "Shimapan" tiers are not yet finished and will be sent out at a later time when they are complete. Photos are discontinued and photo tiers will be closed. I will be asking for the Paypal of those who subbed so I can properly refund them as well as their emails to receive their September rewards (as their sub will likely be removed when I remove the tiers they subbed to, preventing me from messaging them). Surveys will be sent out for feedback as well ^^!

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REWARDS FOR AUGUST 2019 HAVE BEEN SENT OUT!!

Feel free to message me if there are any issues or conflicting info I may have missed!

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I'm still learning the ropes of creating subscriber paid content on a monthly basis so I hope you can be patient with me! I'll be taking everything so far (as well as the future) as a learning experience to help improve my work in the future. Albeit it was a bumpy first ride, I'm hoping things only look up from here ^^ Hopefully the removal of photos will help me focus more time into art rewards

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28 Aug 03:34

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AUGUST 2019 REWARDS UPDATE

Heya guys! Hope your guys’ month has been great!

As always, I’m really grateful for your support! It’s because of that generous support that I want to provide you rewards at the highest quality I can provide.

(TL;DR: This month’s rewards are delayed and won’t be released til early next month. If you plan to drop your subscription before getting charged for next month please read the latest post for instructions on how to receive your rewards in case I can't contact you through SubscribeStar.)

Unfortunately, I’m quite confident that I won’t be able to provide this month’s rewards before the end of the month (without rushing them all and negatively affecting the quality.) The art piece I plan to create a time lapse video and process gif for (provided in the Thigh Highs tier) isn’t complete so that not only delays the Thigh Highs tier but also the Shimapan tier since those rewards are also included in that tier. While I can technically release Seifuku tier’s rewards out right now, it would be missing the hi-res and sketch of the art piece I was planning to make a video and gif of and the pack would feel like it wouldn't be complete, at least to me. As an extra apology for the delay, I’ll be adding layered PSD/CLIP files of some colored sketches to the all tiers above the $1 tier ^^

As for the tiers including lewd photos (Hoodie, Mini Skirt, and Shimapan) I already have the photos taken and can edit them in time but they’re not to the quality of my liking. You can blame the iPhone 5S camera’s annoying automatic adjusting exposure (at least I think exposure is the right word) which made it difficult for me to keep my photos’ exposure consistent. Thankfully, a friend of mine had reminded me that third party camera apps exist and that they allow me to have more manual control of my camera, similar to a DSLR. I also ordered a dedicated selfie stick and it’s on its way to my house right now. If you saw my grey night dress photos on Twitter you may have noticed that I already have a selfie stick. Unfortunately, due to that selfie stick being a hybrid of a tripod and stick the legs around the area you would grip makes holding the thing really awkward and straining on my hand/arm. The selfie stick is expected to arrive by the end of this week and I plan to retake the photos after I receive it. Like the art tier, as an extra apology for the delay I will also be including the original photoset with the retakes as well. I was originally planning to leave the photos unedited but considering the delay I feel like you guys deserve the extra polish ^^

SubscribeStar’s system for viewing subscribers seems limited. At the moment, I can only see/contact active subscribers (as you can see from the image below). Unsure if the option to see/contact inactive subscribers will appear after/if someone decides to drop their subscription so I'm unsure if I can send off August rewards to though who drop, at least through SubscribeStar. To remedy this, I have come up with a substitute though. (I will be making a post only view able to subscribers that addresses this issue right after I post this so please view that if you wish to drop your sub after this month).

Again, I’m so thankful to everyone for their wonderful support and I apologize for the delay, especially considering this is the first month of my SubscribeStar. There has been a learning curve for me getting all these rewards ready (mostly for photos since I don’t have as much experience creating those) and I’m hoping that experience will help prevent delays like this in the future! Every subscriber will be receiving a survey along with your rewards to help provide feedback on how I can improve the experience for my wonderful subscribers ^^.

(As an extra extra apology, subscribers should view the post I make after this!)

Mishy

JustSpicy

18 Aug 08:23

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We're currently at 4 subscribers for my first month of SubscribeStar. I honestly wasn't expecting to get this many so fast. The generous support means a lot to me I can't thank you guys enough!

As this is my first time using SubscribeStar I still have much to learn on providing rewards in a monthly subscription based system like this one. I have experience with Patreon with my SFW work but even then my Patreon wasn't as updated as I would have liked. I'm already doing a lot better as I've already prepared some this month's rewards (previews can be shown below). The only tier I'm lagging behind a bit on is the Thigh Highs tier (and any tier including Thigh High's rewards).

The one thing that's pushing me back the most with that tier is preparing a time lapse video as I will have to record my work on a piece from start to finish. ~~Well, actually the video will likely pick up after I finish a rough sketch as I like rough sketching without eyes (or camera) on me heh.~~ If I weren't such a slow artist this wouldn't be as much of a problem but full colored pieces take me so long and I still have some commissions to work on. (I still had a number of commissions in my queue when I decided to open up SubscribeStar). ~~This was a mistake on my part, I had been too excited to open up this page o w o;;~~ I wouldn't want to rush my work either as it would likely lower the quality of my content, something I definitely wouldn't want to give to paying subscribers. If I do not manage to complete the rewards for the Thigh Highs tier before the end of the month they will be sent out the next following month (early September in this case). So, if that does happen, anyone subscribed to the Thigh Highs tier or Shimapan tier will receive their rewards a bit later than other tiers. I apologize for the wait and will properly update you guys if this does happen! I hope you understand!

On another note, the first goal I had prepared was a $50 goal, one that would unlock a physical reward tier. Considering I would have to prepare physical goods for both my art side and modeling/photos side $50 would only cover a small proportion of the cost to get the goods ready but I was willing to eat up the remaining costs. That was until I realized that not only do I need $150 minimum to have my earnings deposited from SubscribeStar to my bank (at least I think that's the rule) but I also have to purchase a PO box. Because of this, I pushed my goal up to $150. It may be a small thing to note but I figured it wouldn't hurt to be transparent!

Anyways, that's all I have to update for the time being. Thank you for reading and I hope you have a wonderful rest of the day/night where ever you are ^^!

August Rewards Preview (Not Final)

(The final hoodie photoset will be edited/touched up. The images you see below are just a preview of what I have so far, they are not final)

JustSpicy

13 Aug 00:42

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Unless I bring up an extra bonus poll this month, this month's poll was publicly available on Twitter to help get the ball (that is this SubscribeStar) going!

The poll determined the outfit I would wear for this month's photoset. Hoodie won by quite a lot! I ended up taking some practice photos with the grey night dress so heyoo the people who voted for it still get something in return (though the socks were different than in the drawing). The miniset will be included as a small welcoming bonus in every tier for this month's supporters ^^!

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