Continue / Unlaunch / Rolling pauses
Added 2020-10-24 22:33:32 +0000 UTCHeyo, how's everyone holding up? Looks like much the world is getting another COVID wave, my country included, to which brings me to raise this topic.
A 3rd wave of COVID is going on and my district has been declared a Red Zone with new nearby clusters almost everyday.
I'm surviving restrictions well enough, arting keeps me occupied and I'm naturally indoorsy. My folks... don't take it too well, deprived of their outings. Two weeks into a raised alert and there've already been a few stepped toes.
If the gov plans for another extended CMCO after the 27th, it's gonna be a repeat of May all over again; weeks to months of cabin fever and jostling for personal space.
If things go bad, once again, Patreon is the expendable part of the equation. It goes a few ways:
CONTINUE - I keep at it. If I treat the pledged amount to commission rates, that'd realisticly cover 3 single characters, colored; or 4 - 5 inkings. Which are doable even at the worst of times. I'm not hurting for money though, got a decent commission list until December.
ROLLING PAUSES - I keep pausing by the 3rd week of every month until situation normalizes. Patreon is still live, I can still post the occassional updates, but I have to remind myself to check my pausing status.
UNLAUNCH - I turn the lights off and my patreon goes dark. Everyone remains in their subscribed tiers, no one gets charged until I'm comfortable restarting, whenever that is. This is disaster-level option if things go full curfew-and-military-lockdown, where I have more pressing matters than arting.
By tomorrow the gov would announce whether my state is gonna be Code Red, then I'll weigh whether to close shop, do another pause or if I have enough for a month's artpack. It'll be tight but I can manage an inking a day
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I also concur with KenCougr - I'm content and able to continue my support. It personally brings me happiness to support creators during these darker-than-usual times. Regardless of what you decide - do take care.
2020-10-27 00:37:55 +0000 UTCI'm with Ken up there... I've got no problem continuing to contribute. Whatever you want to do, see to your life.
Brian Prochaska
2020-10-25 13:34:35 +0000 UTCi would say "continue" 😅 but only if you do as you wrote there. Basically turning this down several notches, as you are currently doing the equivalent of 2-3 times what you wrote and pausing patreon every time you can't deliver the incredible demand you put on yourself. This should be money that you use to "commission yourself" or (basically) spend it on your personal projects.
Simone Spinozzi
2020-10-25 08:21:10 +0000 UTCI have no objections to continuing to support you through whatever situation comes up. Even if you don't produce for the month, I'm still fine with you getting my contribution. Do what you think is best, but know my Patreon support is for you to be able to continue.
KenCougr
2020-10-25 07:29:05 +0000 UTC
