The Future of Patreon Raffles
Added 2016-10-07 20:11:10 +0000 UTCThis is a question open to everyone:
Are you okay with Patreon raffles being done by someone else?
The long and short behind this question is this: I've gotten to the point where I dread waking up on Saturdays, because it means working on Patreon raffles. I just don't find them fun anymore, and I would much rather spend that time working on film projects.
I suspect that most people would prefer I work on film projects that I enjoy and am interested in, as opposed to Patreon raffles I don't care about and cause me stress (such as what the Christie raffle has been doing to me for the past 4 weeks...).
But I don't want to just shut down Patreon raffle animations outright. Assuming people are okay with it, I would much rather simply contract out the animation work to other people.
$150 for a 30-second animation, done in about 30 days, I think is more than fair compensation. It may even be overpaying, but honestly, just getting the stress of these Patreon raffles out of my hair is worth $150 a month to me.
The last 3 Patreon raffles (Christie, Paine, and the one being decided for this month) are the last Patreon raffle animations I would probably ever do.
Depending on how people feel about this contracting, they might be the last Patreon raffle animations I ever direct.
Feel free to comment your opinions below, and please vote!
Comments
Alrighty, well it seems that I have overwhelmingly positive support on this change. I will put together a formal post and begin hunting for an animator soon. If anyone has suggestions of animators to approach, they'd be much appreciated. Due to some personal things, I don't really keep tabs on the scene as a whole.
Lord Aardvark
2016-10-11 19:00:49 +0000 UTCwork on what you like, please
Don
2016-10-10 21:48:04 +0000 UTCI prefer longer vids too. Short raffle stuff doesn't interest me as much. Go ahead and outsource.
Maria Luna Celeste
2016-10-08 19:28:13 +0000 UTCIf it helps to speed production of your main projects and new daz models, I'm all for it.
Derples
2016-10-08 09:27:27 +0000 UTCI think you're misunderstanding. I'm not discussing Patrons revoking their Patreon raffle winning to someone else. I'm discussing someone who isn't me ANIMATING their Patreon raffle.
Lord Aardvark
2016-10-08 07:51:33 +0000 UTCI still don't understand how it causes a problem? As long as you get your pledge why does it matter if they want someone else to get their reward?
2016-10-08 00:53:00 +0000 UTCYea go for the film stuff, I dont like short loops n animations these days anyway unless they are really hot. Not many ppl do the film stuff so keep standing out!
Ladies Man 7777
2016-10-08 00:11:05 +0000 UTCAssuming the quality is ok I'm all for it. Would be nice if that animator communicated with the community too btw.
Tubal
2016-10-07 21:44:32 +0000 UTCPartly because of the funding, partly for legacy's sake - they were THE very first thing my Patreon ever offered as a reward. As of right now, there are 23 people pledged to the raffle, which amounts to $460. Even with throwing $150 of that to an animator to get the raffle animation done, that still leaves $310 to go toward projects. That $310, by itself, funds over 5 minutes worth of voice-acting. I would MUCH rather keep that if I can, so that I can continue to fund projects. To bring it into focus, Blue Star Episode 2 ended up scraping by with less than $50 left over - losing that $310 would put it nearly $300 in the hole, meaning, well... I would have had to cut down the episode length in half. And I don't think ANYONE wants that.
Lord Aardvark
2016-10-07 20:35:59 +0000 UTCHow is it trouble if a raffle winner declines?
2016-10-07 20:35:30 +0000 UTCWhy do you want to keep raffles, if they cause that much trouble? Just throw them away.
John
2016-10-07 20:30:40 +0000 UTCraffles are nice, but not necessary to me..whatever you decide ok by me.
divebomber
2016-10-07 20:24:28 +0000 UTCI am totally cool with, so I voted yes.
Supreme Overlord Llama
2016-10-07 20:17:04 +0000 UTC
