I'm taking a new approach to blogging! Instead of monthly roundups, which haven't always been easy to stay on top of (evidenced clearly by my current three-month backlog 😅), I'm going to start posting in the moment and each post will focus on a single topic. I've been changing a lot about my workflow recently, which also changes what I have to share here, anyway. In other words, no more monthly roundups! Instead, I plan to share things like finished artwork reveals and Patreon reward announcements whenever they're ready. The only regular monthly post I plan to make is this one: my charity fundraising report 💸
Just yesterday, I finished making my donations to our June and July charities. Each month, I choose a pro-animal charity to feature on Twitch. I run a fundraising campaign on my channel to which viewers can donate, and I also make my own donation based on my unique viewers count for that month, which means you can help make a difference for animals without spending a dime 👌
First I'd like to share the donations made by Studio Mikarts viewers. Once again, the amazing Wolfaxe2 came through with a $15 donation to our May charity, Food Empowerment Project 🥳🎉 This is the second year Wolfaxe2 has donated, too! Absolutely epic, thank you so much!!
The rest of Studio Mikarts fundraising for this period comes from my unique viewers count. Here are the viewership numbers from May, June, and July:
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| We had 32 unique viewers in May. |
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| 22 unique viewers in June. |
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| And 11 unique viewers in July. |
It makes sense that the number was so low in July, since I had hardly any time to livestream 😬 The short of the story is, I had to serve as a witness in a criminal trial, which took time away for preparation—and to keep my stress levels down—and then I got sick afterwards! (I tried to keep the stress in check but it obviously wasn't enough...at least it's all over now 😮💨) But regardless of the low number, I always donate at least $10 (or equivalent currency) so I made those donations to all three of our charities!
Food Empowerment Project had their annual school supply drive for children of farm workers going when I donated, so our funds helped a very specific group of people this time!
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| Click here for more information about Food Yoga International. |
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| Click to learn more about The Vegan Society. |
My donation formula is $0.10 USD per unique viewer, so once we finally top 100 in a single month, I'll be able to donate more than the $10 minimum (not including covering processing fees 🤑) so I hope you'll help me out! Just watch one of my Twitch streams and encourage your friends and family to join! Click here to check my schedule and to follow me for notifications whenever I go live.
Here's a recording of the last stream of July, during which I started coloring my Hallowed Sun chibi using Copic markers:
Our charity of the month for August will be Tower Hill Stables Animal Sanctuary, founded and run by my vegan athlete hero, Fiona Oakes! I hope you'll join me during my artstreams, help bump up my viewers count, and make a donation of your own to help the animals 💚 Thank you for reading and see you soon!!
