Resuming activity
Added 2019-06-22 19:49:19 +0000 UTC Hello everyone!
I’ve finally finished that monstrous chapter I’d been working on for my fic (40k+ words!) and so I’m getting in gear with drawing again, getting ready to pick back up Patreon come July :)
I'm working a small something for this: https://twitter.com/IncorrectBMBLB/status/1137259418435891200
Which I'll post here (and nowhere else) when I'm done. The result of the 2nd poll of last month will be posted in the following days, as will be the new thread for July poll.
Now the most important news: I had been thinking for a while about updating my tiers (and adding some), so I’ve been wondering what perks you guys would like to have. If you have ideas, I’d like it you’d also mention what tier level you think it’d be fair for me to offer your idea at. I’m open to consider anything you might think of, so please don’t feel shy to post a bunch of ideas!
As is, what changes I’ve got set in stone is upping the 1$ to 2$ after being made aware of this:

(thread: https://twitter.com/jonathanvair/status/1127713366514913280 )
Besides that, I’m also considering adding a tier for some drawing-coaching. Sort of like, you can send a few illustrations of yours on which you want pointers? Maybe. If there’s any interest for that. (please tell me if there is!)
And maybe prints too? I don’t know. Maybe commission lottery? I’d offer 1 commission a month through that.
Anyways, I’ll make a poll with the perks you suggest that I could realistically offer. This way I can see if there’s interest for them, and then I’ll distribute the perks that people are interested in into the tiers. They’ll be distributed according to how much effort they require of me.
Please comment a ton! I want to know your thoughts :)
Comments
Listen, I know it's kind of late and you've already posted the poll. But I just wanted to add something. And this doesn't have to be something for all. Honestly I personally would pay for this. But i just bought a Wacom tablet myself. I'm still figuring it out but if you have any tips or possible tutorials I'd like those too. There are tons of tutorials out there, I get it. But I like learning from artists what it is that they do specifically or the best functions they have used. Sorry that's really it. I wish I had more. I want to help but I'm a bit tight on money as well. But if you need help with something, feel free to reach out. Love your work, hope to meet you at RTX this year 👍
MK
2019-06-28 03:43:29 +0000 UTCThat is the beautiful of it. You can pick and choice the topic of the questions. For example, One month you can say you'll be answering the questions by Art like best way to shade or something. Then the next month your answer questions of the topic of tips of writing and coming up with story idea. Then if you want a month which would you rather or a million dollars but question. You know just whatever you feel like answering that month.
Kaiyeti
2019-06-23 20:54:01 +0000 UTCI hadn't thought about time-elapsed stuff! I'll need to look into getting a program that records my screen, it shouldn't be too hard to figure out :) I love doing stuff from Brighter. I'd do more polls to see what scenes to do next and stuff and draw more scenes about it, but I feel it's a bit unfair to the people who haven't read it who are pledging haha :')
Y8ay8a
2019-06-23 20:25:50 +0000 UTCI think that's what we wanna do for you! I'm always down to help a fellow artist achieve their goals! If it takes a few more $$ out my pocket then that's what I'm gonna do :p
AirDrawnDagger
2019-06-23 20:24:20 +0000 UTCthis piqued my interest! questions you mean like about the art or some sort of IAMA?
Y8ay8a
2019-06-23 20:21:48 +0000 UTCthank you for pledging at all! :)
Y8ay8a
2019-06-23 20:20:25 +0000 UTCIt's a tier that'd demand more of my time, but then again I think that if I do have that tier, I might reach my patreon goal and be able to work 4 days a week instead of 5 at my day job. So then I would definitely have the time and actually be doing something I love haha ♥
Y8ay8a
2019-06-23 20:19:46 +0000 UTCThank you so much u_u I don't intend on making writing part of my patreon because of how much time I take to release anything, but it means a lot to me that you would've pledged with that in mind :') I absolutely am gonna draw more from Brighter though, so let me know what scenes I should make as a single pic or which ones as comic pages !
Y8ay8a
2019-06-23 20:17:54 +0000 UTCTrying to think what I could add to this.... i like everyone's inputs so far. The drawing coaching is a really good idea, if anything this should definitely be added to a tier. I also think it would be cool to watch a time-elapse of your art as well. Doesn't have to be colored I just like watching the process even if it has some mess-ups. and maybe for the commissions, depending what someone asks, you can give varying degrees of the cost of commissions. Like a difference between a torso-up instead of a full comic. Also I would absolutely pay for a comic that's a small snippet of the Brighter chapters. I enjoy those the most
MK
2019-06-23 17:48:11 +0000 UTCAwesome Work 👍👍👍👍👍👏🤗😇😀😆😸🎂
Blue-LeadersQ
2019-06-23 02:11:40 +0000 UTCI really hope you enjoyed taking some time for yourself, or that you at least got what you needed! The drawing coaching is something I would be super interested in. Though I'm not sure what the best tier would be for it; coaching, in particular, is a much more involved process so you'd know best on how much it's worth to you. Somewhat related, I think it would be cool for a tier to include access to sketches and lines, if just to have a look at the process. I also love the idea of the prints and commission lotteries. Of course, it'll be essential to lay out how complex of a commission that somebody can get for, more or less, free. Again, it's great to see you rested! This reminds me that I really need to catch up on Brighter, too.
HarmlessChristine
2019-06-22 23:47:58 +0000 UTCFirst off, Magnificent and brilliantly awesome chapter of Brighter, it got my feels with so many emotions! *yetihug* thank you for the emotional rollercoster. SECONDLY! I think the prints and commission lottery are great ideas. You could also make a new tier where you have zip folders of all the masterpieces you made in a mouth with the extra of never before seen doodles and wip pictures OR a comic of you answering questions from tumblr in comic form, "YAYA'S TOP FIVE QUESTIONS! this mouth."
Kaiyeti
2019-06-22 21:43:36 +0000 UTCCatch me out here getting prints and framin em
gh0st
2019-06-22 20:59:01 +0000 UTCYeah! when I saw that the tier was $1 I was surprised since you do a great work. Anyways, I'll stick around for that $2 tier anyways! Thank you, it's still really affordable. I wanted to support other authors but their tier is $10, I think it's fair enough but I don't have that much money to spend every month on lovely art.
2019-06-22 20:29:44 +0000 UTCHell yeah! I think the coaching would be great for aspiring artists! I'll probably end up upgrading my tier if you do so. I'd like to get some pointers from a highly respected bee artist :)
AirDrawnDagger
2019-06-22 20:25:28 +0000 UTCJust so you know... I just upped my tier... Because *fuck* that new chapter of Brighter was great. S'not just great art I'm here for. ;)
Psiah
2019-06-22 20:13:14 +0000 UTCI'm fine where I am. If it costs $10 to get hi-res pics, then I'm happy to pay. Anything to help support artists.
Emmanuel Barrales
2019-06-22 19:52:14 +0000 UTCSo glad you're back, as a $1, I'll definitely stick around for $2!
Yumiko
2019-06-22 19:51:18 +0000 UTC