Update/Road map

Lastly, reach out to the few other VAM patreon creators. There aren't many of you yet, but if you all link to each other, rising tide raises all boats. What I love about patreon, and especially since every VAM user already has an account, is that you can easily sub to a bunch of creators really quickly, and for $2 you're in the impulse purchase territory. And no one will ever unsub unless they're done with VAM completely or it gets too expensive.

Jordan Howard

Agreed on avoiding lookalikes. Unless they're perfect, it increases the uncanny valley feeling. Personally, I've never seen a lookalike that I actually kept, and I've tried them all. Keep doing what you're doing, we're all fans of what you've done so far. I think you can boost your patreon by keeping completed looks patreon-only for a week and sharing previews with a link to sub. Also, one patreon exclusive a month would add some hype. This will let the public use your looks for free and those that support you get them sooner and some exclusive looks. Win win and you'll grow your patreon.

Jordan Howard

Thank you for the feedback. To your point, it' s a lot more rewarding for me to make the types of looks I've been posting over random look a likes. I'm glad people seem to enjoy these

Ren

I will add: working for paid requests (and I think that's what a request tier would feel like) may strip away the fun from what you're doing. It always did for me, working on other people's timelines and expectations; especially with the assumption that because they've paid you (even if it's a pittance), you owe them. It can turn into a burden, real or otherwise. Anyway, keep up the awesome work!

TL,DR: You're doing art; no need to do forgery... For what it's worth, I signed up for your original work. As excellent as your look alikes are (and they are *excellent*), these originals that you've posted have been superb. Personally, the celebs are fun for a goof to have in a scene, but it quickly loses its appeal for me. Natural proportions, imperfections, all the things that celebs don't appear to have (but do before the production takes over); these are what impress me in VaM models, and what I've found so compelling with your work. Keep it up. I'd rather see 10 girls-next-door than one perfect "Friend" (although I do have that now, thanks to you!). My two cents. Of course, I'll appreciate the quality of your work regardless, so do whatever you need to to keep publishing.