So I'm deeply considering starting a Patreon...
Posted by Silent_E 7 years ago
It's becoming painfully apparent that I'm not going to be able to sustain myself on commissions alone, and I'll need to be extremely desperate to go back to my burgers and fries job at this point, so I'm thinking about starting a Patreon as well as a regular art stream on Picarto. The trouble is coming up with Patron rewards that won't become more of a time sink than I can afford. Some of the ideas I've had in mind...
YCH raffle tickets: Pretty much any time I need to add a character into a scene but it really doesn't matter who that character is, I can raffle the slot off as a YCH. Higher backer tiers would get more tickets, and the tickets wouldn't be expended when I raffle off a slot. All the patrons would have to do is opt in and request the character.
Sketch giveaways during weekly sketch streams: Naturally these would be on a higher bracket, possibly $20 but maybe lower, but basically every week I'd have one art stream where I just did sketch requests for patrons, and every month patrons on that tier would one free sketch per month.
Exclusive Patron content: This one would be kind of tough, but the more money I can pull in through patreon the more possible this will become.
Early Access to Content: Basically certain content would be posted on Patreon for a week or so before getting released everywhere else I release it.
Constant project updates: Basically I would provide WIPs for what I'm working on as I'm working on it.
That's basically all I've got in mind so far... but I need more ideas. I'd also be at least attempting daily art streams to drum up interest and interact more directly with fans, and in general being more active all around, which will be nice.
Posted by Marked 7 years ago Report
Early access to content is the most attractive for me as a patron on the site. It's a fair balance between exclusive content as a reward, but making sure your art is available to draw in interest from outside. Raffles don't seem great to me, since when I have an idea I rather just just commission it. Oh course, all that is just what I like, so take it with a grain of salt.
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Posted by Silent_E 7 years ago Report
Well, the YCH raffle would be less "buy tickets" and more "Patrons get free tickets, the more you contribute, the more tickets you get". It would be a way to give my patrons a way to involve themselves in what I do, and allow me to create extra patron benefits without sacrificing much of anything... Because me drawing "Random guy #23" into a scene works the same for me as if I was drawing someone else's OC into it, but having your OC in a scene is attractive to a lot of people.
Still though, I do appreciate the input, and I'll definitely keep that in mind!
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