last thing i dropped in there was a handful of frames from a set that is not out yet. three photos, no context, just a caption asking which one hit hardest. a few hours later i posted the answer to my own question. that is the whole rhythm of my stelarhoshi telegram, in miniature.
the free stelarhoshi telegram channel
this one costs nothing. no card, no account beyond telegram itself, just t.me/stelarhoshi and you are in.
what actually goes in it:
- previews of a set before it is finished, sometimes one photo out of the eventual 120 plus
- an update the moment something drops, so you are not finding out from anywhere else
- the photos that did not make the final cut. every set produces more than 120 photos and some of the best angles still get left on the floor. those land here instead of nowhere
- me, actually reading it. if you reply i see it and i answer
that last part matters more than it sounds. it is the closest thing to a group chat i run, and it is the cheapest place i can point you if you are not ready to spend anything yet. read the free channel for a while before you decide if a set is worth buying, that is exactly what it is for.
the vip channel
there is a second room, separate from the free one, and it is not open to everyone. it is for verified buyers only, meaning you need to have bought at least one set first. once you are in:
- you see previews before the free channel does, sometimes days earlier
- you get a vote on which character i shoot next, an actual say in it, not a suggestion box nobody reads
- clips that never go anywhere else. not the trailer version, the exclusive one
the honest version of the difference: the free channel tells you something is coming. the vip channel lets you help decide what it is and see it first. i am not going to pretend that gap does not exist, or that you can get into vip without buying anything. you cannot. that is the whole point of it being verified.
a set like the yor forger one above is exactly the kind of purchase that gets you verified. buy it on gumroad and the vip door opens.
if you have not bought a set yet and want to know what one actually contains before you do, what you get without paying a cent walks through the free side of things in more depth. and if you are ready to see what buying actually unlocks, how to buy my sets on gumroad is the short version of the whole process.
which one you want
if you are curious and not sure yet, join the free channel. it costs you nothing, it is where the previews and the leftover photos live, and you get a feel for the pace of things before you spend a cent. if you have already bought a set and want to be first on the next one, ask to move into vip, that is what verified buyers get. do not overthink it further than that. one is the waiting room, the other is the front row, and the only ticket into the front row is a set you already own 🖤
either way i am in there. not a bot, not a scheduled feed. me, still deciding which frame hit hardest.