Potential Changes For March
Added 2020-02-02 00:34:46 +0000 UTCHello everyone!
I have some news, mostly involving potential changes that will be implimented near the end of this month. This has been something I've been muddling over for the past few months, and I was trying to find a good time to go with it. I'll try to make this as clear and concise as I can, but sorry if I ramble.
Towards the end of the month (or even a little before that), I considering possibly ending the Monthly Sketch rewards tier. I have a couple of reasons for this:
- Time - Sadly, as the months have passed, the monthly rewards have eaten more time away from my commission work time. (2 weeks for commissions / 2 for Patreon), and sometimes vice-versa, leading to projects being a bit rough to finish. This is mostly due to the process for drawing the Patreon rewards growing more intensive every other time, and because I may be in need of a some practice in my effiency.
- Personal projects - I want to focus on personal projects and find a way to make this Patreon more about said content. I know I made a similar statement before last year, and as much as I hate to admit it, I didn't fully know where I wanted to go with said personal content besides the monthly image packs and that was it. This year, however, I do have a clue on what I want to for the Patreon this year such as: comic(s); 3D models; doing more study work (self improvement); maybe image packs again, and maybe more things.
As for the rest of the Patreon, I am considering my options at the moment, but for now, this is what I have been considering:
- Possibly lowering the amount needed to view content, as well as change how content is separated in terms of SFW or NSFW. (Might eliminate that separation). This is most likely be brought to $10-15 or so, but I haven't decided fully yet. I want it to be a price that would be fair to the Patrons but would also allow me to generate steady income.
- Keeping the "Piggy Bank Tier", since I've gotten some good feedback on it from folks. So to those who are in the $50, if you wish to switch to the $25 tier, plz let me know.
- Going back to Patreon-exclusive content. I've muddled it over, and while I've been scared to do it again because I didn't want to "paywall" anything and have folks be mad at me, but in the end, it's my Patreon and it seems like people don't mind anyway.
- I do think I will be moving more into the "Patreon first" setup for posting work. (As in, posting pics and other stuff here a first and then other places a few weeks or a month later.) I did this during the earlier days of the Patreon, but fell out of as life made me a bit on the lazy side and I had trouble keeping track of things. Now that I have ways to schedule posts and such for Twitter and FA, I could potentially do it a bit more ease. Plus, it's an incentive that I'm realizing might be more important than I thought.
That's all I have for now, but I'll making a follow up on any more developments. Please, message me if you have any questions or any concerns/suggestions.
Again, I need to thank you all for your support with through all the changes I tend to go through. I'm always trying to learn and grow as a person/artist. It means alot to me to know that so many of you still care, ^^