greeneyedwolfking

Outdated goals versus real progress

Added 2019-05-24 12:01:06 +0000 UTC

Hello everyone,

my milestone goals are outdatet. I created them very early at the beginning and back then a single comic page or a poster seemed to be huge projects, but I make progress faster than my milestone goals are reached. I created several comic pages in the past, I am finishing a complete original character comic within these days, I am working on two other comic series, I am in the preparation process of a graphic novel game, I did collaborations with other artists leading to a x-ray animation and an illustrated story sold on a convention in Paris (France), I founded an artist group, I am a patron to support other artists, in short: My milestone goals are outdated and I have no interest in keeping them.

There is also another reason you can not see. I have to deal with fake patrons regularly.
They create an account, click the pledge button, but they do not pledge for real.
I guess those people hope to unlock my creations without donating anything or that I share things with the official "thank you" message. Especially the milestone goals attract them. Each time I was close to reach one the number of fake patrons increased.
And what also happened: Patrons deleted their pledge instantly that moment when I announced, that a milestone goal was hit. What should I think about that?!

Patreon thinks the milestone goals motivate creators, but in my case it is annoying. I do not want to wait to improve my skills with new ideas and projects until an artificial goal (limit) is reached. When I want to do something I do it now.

I don't need milestone goals, because creating art is my basic attitude and urge.
Thank you for reading.