April Fool's

Thanks! I'm glad I got you back, trick or not.

This made me become a patron again, not because I was fooled, but because it reminded me of your sense of humor. Did always like that, especially in the Skyrim comics, which, by the way, are amazing.

LordAsshat

Art was always like this though, artists that 'made it' in the past were generally paid by powerful patron's to exclusively create art for them and the patrons decided if the art would ever be revealed. Much of what we have 'publicly' available sadly was made by artists that did not make it huge.

SorrowBorn

I do love the continuation of the tracer butt-gate joke.

LordAsshat

I believe art is meant to be shared. The effort put into creating it feels wasted when only a few will ever get to appreciate it. I specifically support art to encourage further creation, not exclusivity.

unicornCrimes

Fucking brilliant, well played Mark.

Law1080

It all kinda depends. I've only very rarely drawn/written things that I'm too embarrassed of to even post on Patreon, and for a while I've refused to do anything like that ever again. Besides the money I make from doing the commission/pledge, I still need the art to serve a secondary market, which is the general exposure of HF and Tumblr. . . . . . . I'm re-reading your question and realize it was for the Fool, not me :P

I personally find exclusives okay. Some artists do others don't do it. You for instance do only a few exclusives a month which is perfect because you keep producing regular stuff to the public while giving your patrons a special gift for helping you financially. It's a win-win in my book! Side note to the Fool, do you pledge to those who do provide mostly exclusives or is this a pet-peeve that really grinds your gear? Mind you I mean no offense I just want to talk to someone who has a different view then mine.

Pretty cool, even when i have nothing against Patreon exclusives, except that is a bad choice. Amazing pic, you really made a really cool one here.

Ace

haha

Ophis

That Tifa looks really badass. Nice job

Ryochou