I'm still not entirely sure what to do. I really don't want to close the Patreon, but I can't decide which options would work the best. i'm going to lose patrons either way, I'm sure.Two people have suggested other ideas to me.NEW IDEA A: Keep the option to have a guaranteed picture drawn every month, but increase the support point to a higher level, so that people who definitely MUST have art done by me every month can get it, but it won't be such a low price that it's so attractive that everyone decides to jump on that reward level.I both like and dislike this option. I like it because it means that the people who DEFINITELY MUST HAVE ART every month can have that, but I don't have to be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of art being done as rewards.I dislike it because I feel like a dick, like I'm rubbing my hands together in a "jewing intensifies" GIF while I watch and wait for someone to support me at ~50$ just to get art from me FOR SURE every month.NEW IDEA B: Introduce "Minbucks" or some other equally dorky name. The idea being that every person gets a number of Minbucks equal to their monthly support level, and they can use those bucks to big auction-style on being in one of a few themed patron-reward images each month.That way patrons have the option of being in images they have an interest in, but people who haven't gotten into an image in a while have more minbucks to bid on getting into the picture.This is another like/dislike thing, though. I like the idea of having a bidding-based system, and I like the idea of having a theme for the monthly reward pictures - having a theme I'm interested in is a good way of getting me more interested in drawing, and when I'm drawing a lot of things in one theme, I can get better into the flow of things (Just look at the Alpacalypse, Daddening and MILFening, they all went exceedingly well!)But at the same time, the people who are supporting for more each month have a ton more minbucks to throw around, and could easily outbid the lower supporters each month for several months.ADDENDUM:Part of what makes this so frustrating for me, is that I don't want to lock my art behind a pay wall. I don't want Patreon to be essentially a pay site for my art - I still want to post Dungeon Bois, Rita Drinks 1 and 2, and the other stuff I've drawn for Patreon on my FA. I don't want to be one of those artists who only ever draws to put things onto a pay site, because I don't feel that that's a audience-loving thing to do.However, that seems to be the best way to be successful on Patreon. The most successful Patreons that I'm aware of almost never post art publically, the only way to get art from them is to be a Patron, and the only way to see any art that they draw is to be a patron - and they probably only do private streams.I don't want to be that.But I need to make a decision soon, because the end of the month is nearly upon us.P.S. I don't think I'm going to be able to finish the Patreon Project for this month. Between suddenly getting sick, and a general lack of motivation due to all of this Patreon overload hubbub, I haven't been doing art very efficiently. Blugh.
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