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thinking about some changes

Hello my dear pervy followers!

I must apologize to you again because I'm not very active on my patreon as I should be, I always think that I could do more but in this time of my life this is what I can do.

I use to live in Germany for 8 years but I'm moving back to Italy for some personal reasons and the last 6 months were exciting but very demanding and stressful, traveling back and forth from Germany to Italy and viceversa.

I'm also thinking to apply to the university again, even though I'm already 32 but I feel that I must learn a lot more about comics and drawings.

I hope that would improve my porn and not-porn works.

All of these things and changes in my life are slowing down my production of comics and illustrations for you, and the management of my patreon.

For this reason I'm thinking to make some changes, mostly about my rewards.

1: the PAPA BEAR TIER

I thought that do a bunch of monthly doodles would be easy and fun, but this tier is giving me a lot of problems. Do 15 personalized doodles and a final poster is very demanding for me, and not so satisfying. It's a real mechanical job and the final result isn't really appealing for me. Every month I must work a whole week for this reward, and I think that I could spend my time for do more exciting stuff. Also, I'm getting stressed to think at sexy scenarios to draw and different characters and positions. For all these reasons I'm thinking to cancel this Tier, because I can't really think about something else to offer for $20.

If you have ideas, please tell me. I would suggest to all the patrons that are subscripted to this tier to switch to the $10 one, so you won't lose anything.


2: the SILVER FOX TIER

Also this Tier is giving me troubles. I started this thinking about doing commissioned illustration, but it ended up all about commissioned comics. Doing 5 commissioned pages for each patron subscribed to this reward is really demanding, and very often I can't finish the commissioned page within the month, so I tend to accumulate more pages all together, and at the end I must do 5-6 pages all together. This can be fun, but also very stressful. I don't find the time to keep on working on my personal projects, and it's very difficult for me to keep in touch and communicate with all the patrons subscripted to this reward. Mostly considering my personal life mess.

For all these reasons I'm considering to limitate this tier just for illustrations, and create another Tier just for comics, limited for maybe 2 people. This tier would be more expensive though, I think maybe $100. I think isn't fair that I charge the same money for illustrations and comics, because comics are like 5 illustrations together.

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What do you guys think? Please read this boring text and let me know your thought and suggestions!

a big hug

FREEBO23


Comments

thanks for the suggestion Jeryn75! It would be actually a good solution. I think I will cancel the higher tiers for some months anyway, I need some time for myself and my personal projects. Meanwhile I will think how to manage the tiers for commissions and personalized stuff and probably I will open them again during the fall and the winter ;)

freebo23

A comment on your tiers: a friend of mine is on Tippee, a French equivalent of Patron, and his upper-tier supporters get original drawings, not full comics. Also those drawings are usually redrawn versions of stuff he's done in the past. I still think it's fair and he doesn't have to think up new ideas for every cartoon.

Jeryn75

that's partly true, patreon is a real job for me, in a positive and negative way. It gave me the possibility of drawing full time and earn a living through it, but so as I build my page I must accomplish too many mechanical assignment and it makes everything more boring. And sexy stuff can't be done by a bored artist! So, I must figure out how to manage my page in a way to have fun again ;)

freebo23

thanks for the support and the kind words! I'd like to do more too, and I'm trying to find a solution to improve my results (and my fun)

freebo23

I've always had the impression that this patreon, though very lucrative for you, was a fun outlet for your creativity. To me it seems you were doing it more for the fun and creativity rather than $$$$$$. Now, it seems to have shifted to demanding. That's not good. I applaud you for your honesty. I have already adjusted my tier. I still enjoy your comic style and will continue to offer support to you as long as You continue to have fun.

Thomas Taylor

Howdy Freebo! I am more than willing to continue to donate at my present tier. Even just to keep you fed (: I will agree with most comments in that furthering your education is priority and ultimately will contribute greatly to your craft. We all love your work and it must be so good that your audience wants more all the time! But it does get demanding at times and I'll take some of the blame. Best Hugs!!

ahhill

thanks :) You guys are so nice! I will keep on publish on patreon for sure

freebo23

yeah, sometimes I feel very consumed by drawing so much, every time I publish a long comic I feel empty for some days and I can't even think of draw XD But I love it so much, and I want to keep on drawing daddies and publish them on patreon, so I'll probably just drop the higher tiers...maybe just for a while, maybe forever!

freebo23

thanks eduardo <3 your words are really nice. I'm not considering to close patreon, because I love it and it's also my only income right now, so it's very important for me. But I think that dropping the higher tiers would make the patreon even better ;)

freebo23

yeah, I think that drop them is the best choice! Maybe I'll start again with commissioned stuff when I'll have the time. thanks

freebo23

I think I'm gonna do that! It's gonna be just 2 years studying comics...something that I never did, so would be so great!

freebo23

thanks guys! I want to say that I'm just considering to do these changes, nothing is already established ;) And if I'll do something like that, I would finish all the pending rewards anyway!

freebo23

I get it. Life happens. I would say whatever changes you make is yours and yours only. We are able to give suggestion but what comes first is your own life. I came because of your work not because of how frequent you deliever. I see the nxt comic and wither i like it or not i will be happy because you are delievering and also you doing what u love

Gary Chen

I totally get it. Erotic art/fiction isn’t something you can churn out on a schedule. You need time to get the inspiration to make it great. Otherwise it gets a bit boring. Instead of monkeying around With subscriptions, I’d rather see the option to log into an archive gallery in small purchases to see what’s new. That way your fans can see the goods when they are in the mood, and you can create when you are in the mood.

Joe Burns

Well.You are a very thoughtful man and smart man.If you need to go to University then do as You will.I agree with Mark that the two on top should be be removed...Follow what you believe is better for You...I will miss you and understand your decision. ..I will continue to follow you always...💙

eduardo alexander

I suggest you drop the two top tiers and focus on the most popular tier, Hunky Bull. The two lower tiers are, I surmise, by-products of this tier. Thank you for bringing us into the discussion.

MarkOnMac

First, if you want to go to University, and you have the means and opportunity, do it. Your age is irrelevant.

MarkOnMac

Nice idea, I'm not sure if it would be practical though...

freebo23

Maybe a raffle for each tier? 1 person has a chance of winning a comic page in the $50 tier, and 5 people can win the $20 tier? Idk if it's a good idea though.

WallowinMuscle


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