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Been thinking about removing the $40 restriction on requests. (Read the front page orange text) And allowing all tiers to make requests.  (With the exception of the $60 and $150 tiers)



Largely because i'd want to want to do more for those who even want to support what I do. (Even tho it's messy and inconsistant at times)

I'm personally a bit skepitical on the idea.

Largely because, I DO want to do something nice and give back for everybit of support I've been given up to now in my own little way. But I kinda don't want to turn the patreon into a place you come to really just.. make a request/get cheap art and that's it. (I don't mind it too much. But it is a tad discouraging as an artist who's trying to find his muse and keep folks interested enough to ride along.)


Doesn't feel geniune. Just feels like robotic business that i've forever grown tired of.


I want to explore and hopefully find/meet like minded inviduals on the way.



Originally, the idea was a place to be more talktive, shares ideas and even listen to ideas you guys had. (Regarding my work or even your own stuff) That's what I wanted the patreon to be.

I dunnoe, Kinda wanted to make my own little corner outside all the communities like tumblr/FA where i could just talk, draw and share. (Art-Related or not)


It's somewhat lost that bit of flare/ambition to go down that road. But i'm seriosly wishing to try again, being a proactive with you all and my work. More posts, more streams and speaking up more on my end. Hopefully leading in a far more positive 2017 experience then 2016 was.




Anyway. Excuse my rambling. Outside of that. What do you guys think about this? (This post has been made public. So both Patrons and even non-patrons can weigh in if they choose to.)

Comments

Anonymous

I think it's a good means of communicating more with your followers. I haven't been really contributing except more-so to the RPG comic on the other page. But I wouldn't mind voicing some models to try out as well.

Kanel_Art

Hey, that's understandable, Giga! Any input you choose to share with me will always be much appreciated.

Kojiro V Ishimaru

Something more common that I've seen is offering to open suggestions to everyone for what to draw then let your patrons vote on them. Regardless though its really fun to just watch you work and draw and hang out in the chat full of silly folks. Even if all that comes out of it is doodles or ideas.

Anonymous

Ah I'm bad at giving advice on what people should do and considering I moved up a tier I'd feel like I was interfering with what others would want (even if these are just suggestions) but I'd probably say to avoid letting non-patreons make request, as I've seen a few artists have people dropping their pledges by doing this before.

Kanel_Art

I may have mis-typed. Requests would only BE for patrons. (But there will be no requirement that you must supported $40 or more to be eligible to request.) This post is public, so I'm asking both patrons and non-patrons who are interested/want to voice their thoughts. Gonna adjust the text at the bottom a bit.

Anonymous

(Can't reply to comments for some reason) Sorry read that last part as if it were including non-ptreons in the requests ;;;; As for letting the $1-25 tiers get requests I'd say that works, so the $5-25 are sort of a pledge more if you want to but with more bonuses kind of tier. I'd definitely not do voting on idea's though and just leave that up to what you want to draw instead, mostly due to what happened when your Comics Patreon was your main and people were allowed to vote in their OC's for the monthly pin-up (Someone ruined it by constantly voting for themselves until they won it).

Anonymous

I think it would be a good idea to try, and what you could do is like a trail run of it. Such as try it out for a few times to see how it goes. (There was something else I was going to say but it slipped my mind, perhaps I'll remember it later when I am not tired orz )