patreon payment changes finally went through this week. if you are a patreon donor, please make sure you're donating what you want to donate. donation amounts were multiplied 5x (with the exception of people who had a cap on monthly donations; it took that into account). i am unsure what to offer on the patreon lol. because now monthly asking prices are high for the various tiers patreon forced me into making (long story!!!!), i am currently considering offering monthly commissions. the vast majority of the tiers are sketch commissions with the $50 a month tier offering a flat color option. these new benefits will officially begin in JANUARY. if i get overwhelmed i will wind them down and offer something new. but right now, on the membership page, you can see examples of what you can get for each tier. do YOU have anything that you want that would inspire you to sign up?? let me know below!!!
otherwise: i dont really have any doodles this week. i do have this t-shirt design i did for someone who needed a design for their boat's crew! :)
let's go through my manga recs and see what i've read lately:
-Hey! Devil Girl!: really cute, unpretentious manga about an elementary school girl who learns that her crush is moving away to tokyo. in a desperate bid to keep him in the boonies, she puts her heart and soul into crafting the most captivating mystery possible in the hopes that he will choose to stay out of interest. her idea is insane. not spoiling it because seeing it in the first chapter had me loling.
-Spacewalking With You: a friendship blossoms between an autistic teen and his "delinquent" friend, who appears to have a pretty profound learning disorder that no one has picked up on until now. they learn and bond over a mutual interest in space and learn how to cope with life by teaching each other how to navigate a world that both find difficult to traverse. cute. light and fluffy.
-KAMI KILL: crime manga by the "odd taxi" guy, this time featuring no animals. this one revolves around small city drama between a pair of brothers whose father went missing under shady, yakuza-related circumstances. quite action-packed despite ostensibly revolving around a barber shop. features a cast of interesting, complicated characters who are all a little weird. funny and nerve wracking. im enjoying it. no idea where its going lol.
-Bibibitto Izuma-kun: a BL (? i think??) about a high school kid who just kind of pointlessly drifted through life until he was forced to join a club. intrigued by the physique and discipline of the archery club senpai, he joins and now has to actually participate in something for the first time in his life. another cute, fluffy one. not a lot of substance yet. but it's a breezy read.
-Home at the Horizon: this is another comic where nothing happens but it's nice to read lol. i've been really into those lately! this one is about a unflappable, but highly-driven introverted teen who helps his grandfather run a bathhouse after his father's passing. to everyone's surprise, his father had another son out of wedlock, and this son shows up out of nowhere one day after being abandoned by his mother. there is mild conflict at first, but both boys learn to appreciate and understand each other in such an unusual situation. its just nice to see everyone kind of get along lol.
lots of pleasant reads. i also have a few im reading that i dont really know if they're good or not yet lol. time well tell. well. hopefully i'll have some doodles next time :)