Patreon Policy Updates

Hi. Recently SubscribeStar updated their policy and it seems to be even worse than Patreon's. So I'll be sticking around on here. Just wanted to provide a few quick updates about my art and on Patreon's policy and some commentary herein.

1. NSFW can no longer be free.
   "To address one of the most common areas of confusion, we further emphasized that works featuring nudity, sexual activity, or sexually explicit imagery must remain behind the Patreon paywall and accessible only to paying members. Public-facing areas (including profile images, banners, tier descriptions, previews, and posts available to free members) must not include that material."

   Okay. Guess my stuff on this site will have to paywalled. Sorry for the free members!

2. There must be explicit consent
   "Adult/18+ creators must: Demonstrate consent between adult participants or characters in all works (e.g. animated, illustrated, written, audio)."

   This was in their policy before. Also fine. You might see some pages in my comics and games that are like "DO YOU CONSENT?!" "YES I CONSENT!!!!"

3. Furry / anthro stuff is OK.
   "Permitted only on pages categorized as Adult/18+:

   • Non-real depictions (e.g. animated, illustrated, written, audio) of sexual interactions between fictional or mythological creatures

   • Sexual interactions between a human character and a fictional, mythological creature that is more humanoid than animal (i.e. anthropomorphic, bipedal, and/or sapient)

   • Non-real depictions (e.g. animated, illustrated, written, audio) of sexual activity between anthropomorphic characters such as furries"

   I might become a furry artist tbh. Human x furry is also OK.

4. Incest is NOT ok:
   "Sexualized depictions of incest are not permitted in any works, regardless of how the works were created (e.g. real, hand-drawn, cartoon, text-based, hyperrealistic, AI or digitally-generated, among others). Incest refers to sexual activities or relationships between immediate or close blood relatives and legal parent/child, legal guardian/child, or legal sibling relationships. This includes: parents and legal guardians of children (biological, adoptive, step, or foster parents); full, half, or step siblings; aunts and uncles; nieces and nephews; or grandparents and great grandparents."

   Sure. Oh, but apparently cousins are OK:

   Sexual activity between spouses, domestic partners or cohabitants, in-laws, or cousins in animated, illustrated, or written works

   So stupid honestly. So step siblings (see: For the Fans, Nyla K) are NOT ok - but cousins are OK. Lmao?! Maybe I'll make a game called "My Cousin's Scent" /joke

Honestly, overall it's not too bad. I'm glad Patreon is listening to creator feedback. Seems like internet censorship is getting worse and worse by the day.

You can read more about Patreon's guidelines here:
https://www.patreon.com/policy/guidelines#adult-works

Just a general update: my next comic will be released in a week. Sorry it's taken so long - I've been trying more and more complicated animations and it just takes forever.