Hey guys! Just wanted to let you know what I've been up to the past few days (if you haven't been watching Discord). Mass Effect: Andromeda was released and I've been making my way through that in hopes of avoiding spoilers by waiting too long. Well, mission successful. I finished it up yesterday evening without being spoiled to any major plot point - yay!
Mass Effect: Andromeda (spoiler free)
While I do have criticism for the general level of polish the game has, I really enjoyed the journey. The story and setting really snagged me, and I'm looking forward to any DLC content they'll be releasing.
I wanted to thank you guys so much for keeping the Patreon feed and Discord chat free of spoilers, as I know many of you are playing through it as well. But just because I'm done with it now, doesn't mean we can go ham just yet Let's please continue to keep our chats spoiler free as many people are still enjoying it.
I mentioned it before in Discord, but I'm pretty interested in doing female angara and turian adopts soon when I find the opportunity to design them. Any $5+ patrons interested will get a healthy discount on them. I'll know more details when the time comes.
Monthly and Bonus Raffles
It's looking like this will be our first month where we've made our $125 goal; meaning that the 'Monthly Raffle' winner will have their bust upgraded to a collaboration portrait of their character with a background done by Darbaras@FA. I'm greatly looking forward to working on this, and can't wait to see who we'll be drawing for!
This month is also the first time I'm altering the second raffle (previously dubbed 'Early Bird Raffle'). Now that we're approaching our third pay cycle, I'd like to start giving everyone who has yet to win a raffle prize more chances to win some art in the newly renamed 'Bonus Raffle'. So here's how it will work:
- The Bonus Raffle prize will continue to be a bust, and will not be upgraded to a portrait collab at this time.
- For every month that a patron has pledged without winning one of the two raffles, they will get an additional Bonus Raffle entry. For example, a patron who has pledged for three months without winning one of the raffles will get three chances to win in the Bonus Raffle. While someone who is a new patron, or who won a raffle the previous month, will have only one chance.
- The Monthly Raffle will always be held immediately before the Bonus Raffle, and the winner of that will have their Bonus Raffle chances reset to zero for that month because they literally just won.
To clarify, everyone who pledged that given month will always have an equal shot at the Monthly Raffle (for the upgraded portrait). Regardless of whether or not they won anything before. So winning the Bonus Raffle will not hurt your chances at winning the Monthly Raffle the following month.
I hope that makes sense? If you have any questions, please comment below or message me privately and I'll get to you as soon as I can. As usual, the raffles will be held after all payments have cleared (likely on April 2nd), and I'll be doing the drawings via LIvestream which I'll record for anyone who isn't able to make the stream.
In Closing
I also wanted to extend a warm welcome our newest Patrons. I always get so excited whenever I see a new person join us. I'm very excited to see our community come together and grow. If you haven't already given Discord chat a chance, maybe consider checking it out sometime. We've been having some great conversations lately.
Hm, what else? I'll be getting the full reso packs out to my $6+ patrons on the first. And will be diving back into art full on tomorrow (my sister-in-law is visiting today and staying the night), so expect WIPs and streams soon!
I think that's about it for now? Again, if you have any questions about the raffle changes, or anything else, please let me know. Thank you guys so much for your continued support. You mean so much to me <3