I spent my afternoon today tweaking and polishing up a new feature for the site - the navigation menu now has subsections under the Gallery and YCH pages for easier filtering, browsing, and finding what you want to see more of! You can expand the sections by pressing the arrow next to either one of them, and they automatically open if you're on the respective main page.

It took a lot of tinkering to get working just right and I haven't tested it as thoroughly as I'd like, so if you encounter any issues please let me know.

This was also a step I wanted to take towards dusting off and improving the YCH system again, since it's been neglected for so long. That's definitely something to look forward to in case you're interested at all in the feature being revived.

Until then, watch this space.

Hey there! For a while I'd been wanting to add transparency to the pledging system on the site; basically allow guests to see how many folks were pledging, estimated totals, that sort of thing - much like it was on Patreon.

To that end, I thought I'd start by adding a persistent perk for you all by implementing a little credits page, which you can opt in to and have your name visible as long as you have a membership active. Although the page/section itself hasn't been set up anywhere visible just yet, the ability to opt-in has already been implemented on your profile settings page.

I'm still figuring out exactly where to put the listing so it's both visible and presentable, but until then, you can help pre-populate the list by opting in!

Update: After some coding tweaks and poking the right buttons, the Patron credits listing is now live on the front page. I figured that was the best place to put it, at least for the time being. Your name will appear there as soon as you opt in to taking credit for your generous patronage. Thanks again!

After tinkering a bit this afternoon, I've managed to implement Discord notifications for new uploads to the site!

If you find it tricky to keep up with when I post here with email notifications, then there's no better time to set up your Discord account integration on my server.

NB: I do realize the irony of posting this to those of you having a hard time seeing email notifications as well as those of you already seeing this on Discord, but I figure it's better to say this somewhere that has the most visibility to get the word around.

What, hadn't I mentioned this before?

Yup, after about a week in development the Candy Shop now has patron-exclusive YCH slots! You can claim one (or several!) right now if you're pledging at the 2nd tier or higher - Click the new link in the site's menu to check out what I've got available. I picked a small selection to start out with, but I'll be adding more to the listings as I go along.

You should have already received a notification for one of the available slots along with this post's, so you know what to look out for or set your email filters to notify you about in future.

This is a feature that (say the line, Choco!) I've been wanting to implement for a very long time now, even more so because the idea came to me before this site was even a thing.

The original concept focused primarily on listing commission ideas that customers could make use of; with the way this has turned out, I've extended it to all kinds of purchaseable premade artwork; from traditional YCHes based on already-finished art, to simple concepts and art ideas I've had in the past.

Here's a brief breakdown of the main categories of what I've been calling "Art Slots," in case you're curious:

• Template: art customized by palette-swaps, recolors and/or minor edits to the base image's linework.
• Premade: finished or relatively-polished artwork which I designed for the purposes of customization, allowing you to put your character in the place of others within the piece.
• Concept: commission prompts based on existing work or a text description. These are used when I want to open up a themed image set or an as-yet unmade idea for you to include yourself in, or get your own version of.
• Sponsored: pending Candy Shop artwork which you can buy a slot in, speeding up the production process. I'm still figuring out the specifics of how this category will work, which is why there are no slots of this type just yet.

Patrons at tiers 2 or higher can claim any open listing, while tier 4 patrons can claim any listing, even when closed. I will be writing a more detailed guide with further information and how how to claim these slots later on, but I've made every effort to make it as straightforward as possible so you can grab one right away.

Start by clicking on one of the listings you're interested in and read the details and options available. Once you've chosen the slot you'd like to buy, click the Order button to head over to my Commiss.io page and submit your request. If you've already commissioned me or are familiar with Commiss.io, this shouldn't be much different.

Since this is very much brand new, please let me know if anything is confusing, unclear or in need of improvement. There's only so many options available to me given the systems I'm working with, and I took what felt like the best decisions I had available to me at the time. Your feedback is invaluable to me.

I was given the fantastic suggestion by Kazard to add a Like button to the site, and after a quick bit of tinkering, the site now has a fully functional Like button at the bottom of every post!

I appreciate that words don't often come easy for the sake of commenting on content, even when you really, really enjoy it. This will let you give me quick and instant feedback with just the click of a button - or a tap on your screen, it won't judge either way.

I'm able to see who left a like on each post to keep it just a little bit personalized, but your likes will otherwise be kept entirely anonymous to guests and other members.

Why not go find your favourite post and give it your vote right now?