>Recent Events 2018-03-17 05:43

> Hello Patrons,

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> Patreon Trust and Safety staff have notified me of the temporary hold on my account while they looked into matters of mass complaints against me. The investigation found that the conversation happened before my patreon account existed, and was outside of the realm of my involvement here, so the account is being reinstated this Saturday evening. I've been asked to inform all of you about what has been happening over the past two weeks.

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> Most of you are probably aware that there's been a lot of drama on twitter about a private telegram chat between myself and Cobalt. It was a discussion about an art commission involving a character of his (Briannah, which has since been purchased by another), with a tentative plan to age her down for an adult commission. It has been my policy for some time to keep works of that nature unposted and for the owner's private collection.

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> To be clear, our discussion pertained entirely to furry characters and contained absolutely no illegal materials (contrary to people's claims). In the end, the commission was dropped for lack of interest and/or funding. I've had time to reflect on the words used in the conversation and how they were inappropriate, especially when juxtaposed next to photos. I don't personally use photographic reference for drawing characters, apart from bodybuilder musculature and animal head/body reference. That discussion itself happened in November of 2016, and I had a followup discussion with Cobalt in July of 2017 addressing her concerns of the words used, and we both agreed to not again have an exchange resembling the one we'd had the prior year.

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> To clarify, no artwork involving minors will ever be posted to patreon, or be associated to my patreon account.

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> I've also been getting a lot of questions as to how the chat logs were obtained and why they were released. The person who leaked the information was an ex roommate who was living with me during most of 2017, and who had access to my home computers and iPad (which I didn't keep passcode locked, since it rarely left my home). The photos were taken by my girlfriend at the time without permission, who soon after confronted me with concern that this was a discussion of real people. I explained the nature of the brainstorming (art commission), but for the sake of needing validation, the photos were shared to my roommate who had been close friends with me. He held on to them for the following year and a half without my or her knowledge. Threats were made on kiwifarms by him to release information, as well as doxxing my address, but it wasn't until March 3rd that he sent threats over text message demanding that I delete a backup of his laptop from my home server, which he had been using to keep his data backed up until he obtained an external hard drive. I ignored his demands and blocked his number, and the chat logs were distributed to lulz.net the very next day from an anonymous account. His involvement is ongoing, and is being documented for legal reasons.

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> Activists on twitter are falsely presenting the idea that there was illegal activity going on, which has lead to groups of individuals filing complaints to FA, twitter, Patreon, and others. These claims also include false accusations of sexual assault as well, which I've addressed in 2010, as well as 2014. If you're interested in my response to that specifically, you can find a copy of my journal complete with chat logs here. To clarify, I have no criminal record of any kind, and can stand by my words on this matter.

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> Thanks for reading this, I hope it helps clear up any questions you may have about what's been going on. Thank you for the support as well, it keeps me drawing, which I love to do. My goal has always been to create art that excites the imagination and passion of others in the furry community, and you all help make that possible.

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> If you have further questions, I'm always available over DM.