Five Months of Raw Diffusion – Growth, Gratitude & What Comes Next

I’ve been thinking about writing this post for a while now.

Today, I want to take some time to look back at the last five months, talk openly about where we are now, explain a few changes that are coming, and share some ideas about what might come next.

I started this journey on February 1st.

And in the beginning?

Things were moving very, very slowly.

This whole project started as a hobby. I simply enjoyed creating images, experimenting with characters, building scenes, and especially creating cinematic and wallpaper-style images.

When I started posting on X in March, things slowly began to pick up.

And then, somehow, everything changed.

Especially since June, the amount of support and the number of requests I receive have grown to a point where I sometimes genuinely don’t know where to start anymore. Almost all of my Personal Pack Tiers are fully booked, requests keep coming in, and I am slowly discovering where my actual limits are.

I am still trying to figure out how much I can realistically create.

Because what started as a hobby now takes almost as much time as my main job.

And somehow, I still love doing it.

During a normal week, I currently spend around 40–50 hours creating new sets. When I have more days off from work, it can easily be even more than that.

Of course, every now and then I also give myself the freedom to do absolutely nothing for an entire day. :P

Well...

Except for X.

X never sleeps.

Five Months in Numbers

Looking back, it is honestly difficult for me to understand how quickly everything has grown.

In the last five months:

• I reached around 18,500 followers on X in only about four months.

• This Patreon community has grown to around 430 members. Thank you so much to every single one of you!

• I have uploaded around 100 GB of images to my cloud drive.

• I have created approximately 150 different character sets since February.

• I have published around 165 posts here on Patreon.

My cloud storage actually had to be upgraded already.

I now have 2 TB available, so it should take a little while before I manage to fill that up...

Probably.

I’ll keep you updated. :P

I have also invested in my local setup.

I installed a NAS system with 8 TB of local storage at home, and I would also like to expand my system RAM in the near future, although hardware prices and availability are making that a rather painful topic at the moment.

For those who are interested in the technical side of things:

Everything I create is generated locally.

I currently use two desktop PCs that generate images in parallel. Both systems are connected through my local cloud infrastructure, which allows me to access the generated content, make adjustments, organize files, and continue working between both systems.

I love improving this setup, because every hardware improvement ultimately gives me more possibilities for future content.

Why I Started Creating This Kind of Content

One thing I have learned from countless conversations over these five months is that many of you especially enjoy my wallpaper-style and cinematic images.

That makes me particularly happy, because this is one of the main reasons I started doing this in the first place.

I wanted to create something that I personally felt was difficult to find elsewhere.

There are countless AI creators out there, and many of them create incredible work. But I wanted to develop my own direction: character sets that don’t just show a character, but also include atmospheric scenes, detailed environments, cinematic moments, and images that could actually work as wallpapers.

That has always been one of my favorite parts of creating.

And apparently, many of you feel the same way.

Some subscribers come and go. That’s completely normal.

At this point, I gain new members almost every day, while others cancel their memberships at the same time.

But what continues to surprise me is how many people stay.

How many people message me.

How many people actively look for contact, send suggestions, discuss characters with me, share ideas, or simply write to say that they enjoyed a set.

I have had so many interesting, funny, and genuinely wonderful conversations with people from all over the world.

The amount of positive feedback and support I have received is overwhelming.

And there is something else I want to mention:

I am currently writing this text in my native language, and AI will translate it into English afterwards.

My English is actually quite good, but for a post like this, writing in my own language simply feels more natural and allows me to express what I actually want to say.

So yes, this one comes directly from the heart.

Personal Packs and Pricing Changes

There is another topic I have been approached about very frequently.

My Personal Pack prices.

Interestingly, this topic has not only been mentioned by subscribers, but also by other creators.

My personal opinion has always been that many creators price custom content too high.

From the beginning, one of my goals was to do things differently.

I wanted to offer affordable Personal Packs that more people could actually access.

And that is exactly what I did.

The response has been incredible, especially during the last three weeks.

I regularly receive messages asking whether I can open additional slots for the highest Tiers because people want more Packs. Almost every Personal Pack Tier is currently at or near its capacity.

I have now reached the point where I sometimes have to tell people that their Pack may take several days, or potentially even a week, before I can start or complete it.

I don’t want to rush these Packs.

I don’t want Personal Packs to become something I quickly generate just to clear a queue.

If someone supports me through one of these Tiers and gives me the opportunity to create something specifically for them, I want to take the necessary time to create something I am happy with.

Because of the enormous increase in demand and the amount of time required to create all of this content, I have decided to slightly increase the prices of the Tiers that include Personal Packs.

The change will apply starting today.

The higher the Tier, the greater the relative discount for the included Personal Packs will be.

I also want to make one thing very clear:

This change only affects the Lover Tier and the Tiers above it.

The Explorer Tier will remain at its current price for the foreseeable future.

That is very important to me.

I want everyone to have the opportunity to access my complete library of Sets for only a few dollars or euros per month. The basic full-access membership is not something I currently intend to increase.

The Adventurer Tier, which includes Character Requests, will also remain unaffected by this change.

The adjustment is specifically focused on Tiers that include Personal Packs, because these Packs require a significant amount of additional individual work and because demand has grown far beyond what I expected when I originally created the Tier structure.

I hope you understand this decision.

My goal is not to make Personal Packs inaccessible.

The goal is to find a sustainable balance that allows me to continue creating them without sacrificing the quality of the regular Patreon content or completely overwhelming my available time.

A New Support Tier and the Hall of Fame

I will also introduce an additional high-end support Tier.

In terms of content benefits, it will be similar to the Overlord Tier, but its main purpose will be different.

This Tier is intended for people who want to support me, my work, and the future development of this project beyond the regular content itself.

The additional support will directly help me continue improving the infrastructure behind everything I create: hardware upgrades, storage expansion, online cloud storage, editing tools such as Canva, my X subscription, AI model subscriptions, software, and all the other smaller and larger expenses that come with creating this amount of AI content.

As part of this, I will also create a Hall of Fame.

I want to permanently recognize the people who have supported this project in an exceptional way, including those who join the highest support Tiers.

And I am already thinking about additional things I can do for the highest-level supporters in the future. :)

There will be more information about that soon.

A Few Words About Discord

I also want to talk briefly about Discord.

When I originally created the server, my idea was to be active across Patreon, X, and Discord at the same time.

I wanted to post content there, talk with everyone, discuss ideas, collect suggestions, and create another active place for the community.

Many people joined the Discord server, which I am very grateful for.

But the reality is that it has remained relatively quiet.

And a large part of that is probably my responsibility.

The simple truth is that I currently struggle to find enough time to actively manage another platform.

Between my main job, creating Sets, Personal Packs, Requests, Patreon posts, messages, organizing files, and maintaining my presence on X, there are simply not enough hours in the day.

At some point, I may look for a moderator who can help me bring a little more life and structure to the server. :)

I still think the Discord has potential.

I just need to find a realistic way to manage it properly.

My Current Relationship With X

Since X played such a major role in the growth of this project, I also want to mention something about my activity there.

For a while, I was investing several hours every single day into posting, reposting, uploading content, interacting, and trying to grow my reach.

It worked.

Reaching approximately 18,500 followers in around four months is something I never expected.

But the amount of time required was enormous.

I have therefore reduced my activity somewhat.

Currently, I usually spend around one to one and a half hours per day on X.

That allows me to continue growing my audience without sacrificing several additional hours every day that I would rather invest into creating actual content.

For me, that feels like a much better balance.

What Comes Next?

So, what comes next?

First of all, I am currently working on restructuring the Tier system a little.

The community and the amount of content I create have grown much faster than I ever expected, and some of the current Tiers were created at a time when this Patreon was much smaller.

I want to adjust the structure so that it better reflects where we are today, while keeping the basic idea behind my Patreon exactly the same:

Lots of content, fair prices, and something worthwhile for every level of support.

But restructuring the Tiers is not the only thing I am currently thinking about.

One of the next types of content I would really like to introduce is something completely new for me:

Stories.

The idea is to create image series that work a little like comics, with connected scenes, dialogue, text, and an actual storyline instead of simply being a collection of individual images.

I think this could be a really interesting way to combine character Sets, cinematic images, and storytelling into something new.

I am already preparing and experimenting with something in the background, but it will still take some time before I can show you anything. :P

And to be completely fair...

Maybe it won’t work at all. :P

This is still very experimental for me, and I first need to figure out a good workflow that allows me to keep characters, scenes, and visual details consistent while also telling an interesting story.

But I definitely want to try it.

There are still many ideas I want to explore, and I don’t want Raw Diffusion to become a project where I simply repeat the same thing forever.

I want to experiment, improve my workflow, try new formats, and see what is possible.

And by the way...

If you are still reading this incredibly long post...

Don’t you have anything better to do? :P

Just kidding.

Seriously, thank you for still being here and actually taking the time to read all of this.

It means a lot to me.

Thank You

Finally, I want to thank all of you.

And I genuinely mean every single one of you.

Paid members.

Free members.

People who have been here for months.

People who joined yesterday.

People who comment on almost every post.

People who never write anything but continue supporting me quietly.

People who send me ideas.

People who request unusual characters I would never have thought of myself.

People who simply send me a message to say that they enjoyed a Set.

Thank you.

I especially want to mention kekekekeke, my very first member and subscriber, who is still here today and is even supporting me through the highest Tier.

That means more to me than I can properly express.

A huge thank you also goes to Nekovivie, with whom I have already had so many wonderful conversations and exchanged countless images and ideas.

To D-Wolf and JeffBig65, who joined more recently but have already become people I genuinely enjoy talking to and creating for.

To Messiah, even if you are a quiet one. :)

And, once again, to every single member of this community, regardless of whether you are a paid member or a free member.

Thank you for being here.

Five months ago, I had no idea where this would go.

I still don’t.

But now there are hundreds of people here, thousands of images have been created, more ideas are waiting than I could possibly count, and somehow this small hobby has grown into a huge part of my everyday life.

We will see where this journey takes us next.

All I can say right now is:

I am more motivated than ever.

Thank you for these incredible first five months.

And we are only getting started.