Important General Update for my Subscribestar Page!

Hey all!

I'll try to be as brief as I can, but I'm starting to learn that I tend to ramble on about junk way more than I probably should, I'm sorry! I suppose I do it because I'm always worried about being misunderstood, so I feel the need to sorta cover all my bases or over explain everything. I'll sum up the important points at the end though with a TL;DR if you just want to skip to the major news/changes! ;;;>>

To begin, I mentioned last month that I'd be taking a break from Suggestion Polls and Sketches for the month of October. This is still happening, and it's mostly because I will be away from my computer/drawing tablet towards the end of the month. I've looked into activating "Vacation mode" since that's a feature on here. So I should be making a post using that by the end of this month with more exact details on that such as the time frame and a pause on billing so you all aren't being charged for a month I don't do anything for. ;;;><
It's also just been increasingly difficult for me to keep up with the current reward structure. I feel like I've been burning out more often, and it's become more difficult for me to find the motivation to work on commissions, or even art for myself. That's the price I'm paying for turning my hobby into a job i guess...

With that said, I want to use the time off to rethink/restructure how I'm running things here. I've been thinking about scaling things back, but I don't want to remove rewards that I'm sure a lot of you come here for such as the Suggestion Polls and Stream Sketches. So the best thing I could think of was at the very least, discontinuing the unique announcement pics I make every month for Suggestion, Vote, and Result time. I initially only wanted to keep them as quick little low effort sketches, since having a drawing to look at is usually more interesting than none at all. Honestly it's my own fault really for how it all sort of grew out of control. There have been months I legit have a ton of fun making them ( the old animated memes month for example ) but others I struggled to come up with and make. These also take time away that I could be using towards working on more commissions, etc.

Something else that's always been in the back of my mind doing these announcement pics was that I never really wanted to paywall any of my art. I strictly kept to drawing me and my OC's for said posts cause I didn't want to upset anyone who wanted to see any fanart I make but can't afford or doesn't want to sub. But ultimately at the end of the day I still technically have a bunch of exclusive art behind a paywall so like...I feel stupid I don't know...
I've been thinking if I plan on discontinuing to make any more exclusive or new ones every month, should I make the ones I've made and shared on here public? Once again i feel sorta caught between a rock and hard place because it feels like I'm removing an incentive, thus decreasing the value of subscribing to me in the first place. I want to make subbing to me, even for as little as it costs worthwhile to you all, so I don't want to make anyone feel like they've been ripped off or anything. No one is forced to subbed to me I know, and I do urge anyone to cancel their sub if they aren't happy with how I'm running things, or don't feel like I'm providing enough to warrant it. Which leads into my last point here...

I would really like to hear from you all honestly. Mostly any form of constructive feedback for how I'm running things here, or even just some ideas for rewards I can potentially offer that aren't too much extra work either.  Would you guys prefer fewer but more finished and colored pictures? Or perhaps more chances for ideas to be sketched out instead? etc. I've had a few ideas tossed my way before such as Monthly Commission slots, a Discord server, YCH stickers/emotes, but I'm not really sure if these are things that you want to see or I can sustain. ( Discord server is the least likely because I don't like being in or partaking in such big groups, let alone needing to moderate one sorry;;;>> ) But yeah I don't know, please leave any sort of feedback or ideas in the comments. I do read them all, but I'm sorry in advance if I don't respond to everything.

I'm really sorry for the long winded essay I wrote here. I feel like I really do struggle to condense my thoughts down, they feel so scattered lately I'm not sure. But yeah, if you've read all the way through this sincerely thank you so much for your time and support. I want to try to do my best with this page and not have to give it up, but I feel it's important I be as transparent as I can be about everything and hopefully find a solution that'll make most of you happy! ;;;>>

TL;DR
- For the month of October, I will be in "Vacation Mode", thus will not be doing my normal monthly rewards such as the poll and stream sketches! You shouldn't get billed for it either!
- Going forward, I will not be drawing anymore exclusive announcement doodles. ( Suggestion, Vote, and Result Time drawings ) I will still be doing Suggestion Polls and Stream Sketches.
- Should I release previous announcement doodles publicly since I'm not planning to make any more new ones after October?
- Do you have any constructive feedback for me and how I'm running my page here? Please share them in the comments as well as any potential ideas for rewards or incentives I could offer in the future.

That's it, I'm done now, I'm sorry!!! aofshoa8hfo8hj;oa8hfo;a8shjfasfo8dhafosdhiohsao;hasfoao;ifsjasfo