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kate_starling
kate_starling

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Well, really I don't want to whine, but every month I see something like this: "Summary: - [...$] in pledges, - [...] patrons". I'm loosing patrons and their support every month for about half a year (maybe longer). I can't reach my goals, I feel like people don't enjoy my stuff like they used to do before. It makes me feel depressed. Like, really depressed. It even became harder for me to draw or to do anything else. And I want to ask all of you: what is the problem, guys? What am I doing wrong? I suipposed that I had improved my drawing skills from 2016, but maybe I was mistaken. What do you think?

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I can see you are improving with every piece. You are one of my favorite NSFW artists the very, very few who I support on patreon. I hope you will just continue to be awesome and crank out your fantastic work. I suggest using other soc. media to expose your work and link to your patreon. Good luck, you're great!

Matty Thunders

Да, было бы интересно, чего же ждет большинство. Возможно, стоит добавить больше фанарта.

Ничего, если я так напишу? Мой Английский недостаточно хорош, чтоб показывать его на людях. Когда я наткнулся на ваши работы, я очень обрадовался. Для меня это было что-то схожее с нахождением алмаза. Я сразу же пролистал их все, и был удовлетворен результатом. Я решил, что вы развиваетесь, делаете большие шаги вперед. И считаю так до сих пор. Я искренне считаю, что проблема не в вас. Может быть сейчас это не тот контент, которого ждет большинство? Может быть просто нужна какая-то реклама. В общем, что угодно. Но не вы. У вас получается великолепно.

I really enjoy your art, it's great! Some patron churn is normal, so maybe part of the problem is discoverability? I noticed your Twitter account isn't active any more and I found basically everyone I support on Patreon there

Thanks a lot for staying with me!

Your stuff is amazing and it has definitely gotten better. My only real gripe would be that I want more pics more often but I'm an artist too and I know there is only so much you can do so fast. I personally wouldn't have any other complaints, although I would like to see more male on female explicit sex stuff and less pics where the subject is more animal than human.

Philo Hunter

It's definitely not your art style which has improved a lot, and your subject matter is good and interesting too. If I were to guess, I'd say you're not finding new subscribers at a fast enough rate. Old ones are dropping off because it's too expensive or whatever and new ones have such an abundance of artists to pick and choose from that they're simply not finding you. If it's any consolation, because of financial reasons I had to remove my pledges from basically all of the artists I was supporting, but I kept yours because you put out high quality and interesting work in a consistent basis.

ALC

Of not if, typo

I think, my goal is more like many people with average pledges rather than one or two people with very big pledges, but thank you for such detailed feedback anyway, and, of course, for support.

I'm sad to hear that, you're a great artist and I wish more people saw that. I don't think you're doing anything wrong, and your art has gotten better even in the short time I've been around. You might be losing patrons because of the way Patreon has been increasing the costs for pledgers, which disproportionally affect small pledges. I know a lot of people who have been dropping smaller ones because of that. Besides that, it's normal to lose people, but usually they get replaced with new ones. What usually seems to draw people in is the ability to get some form of custom art every month, even if it's of lower quality than what that artist usually does. (so things like sketches, linework, or just regular commission quality but with a *slight* discount) That also helps because people tend to post/share the art they've gotten, which in turn might draw in other people.

SpineWhack

I am sorry that people are dropping away. I hope more come along. I will remain as long as you do. Do what you wish in terms if content management

You are amazing, Kate. I hate the thought of someone else having to learn to draw my Jess the way you do so perfectly. I’d support you more, if offered higher tiers with more perks. Maybe focus on creating tiers for your big fans that support you the most?

"I have an idea, for monthly rewards have 2 things, a futa and a normal vote because alot of winners are futa and I usually want normal women material" But Kate usually does both futa and non-futa versions of her illustrations, so everybody should be satisfied?

Do you think that voting is less fair than hat lottery we used to make? What perk for top tier can you suggest?

Your skills have got way better! I support you as a Patron and regular customer. One thing I don’t like is voting on the monthly reward. My suggestion always seems to finish second place. Maybe additional perk other than the one birthday drawing for top tier? It sort of only makes sense to bump to that amount around your birthday (though I’m keeping mine there out of support). Just some thoughts


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