YetiG
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Future talk stuff
🕑 Added 2023-06-06 22:41:20 +0000 UTCI'll be venting a bit here so apologies in advance
There will be a TL;DR at the end
I've been trying to keep making things that people would enjoy, maybe enough to support me with a living wage, but it's either not frequent enough or not quality enough or something else as I keep bleeding supporters faster than I can gain them. I appreciate all of you who have stuck around through thick and thin the most. You have no clue how much your support helps me.
However,
There have been some very shitty things happening to me in my real life that I won't go into detail for sake of brevity, but I'm going to need a larger income stream than just this, Instead of doing this as a full time gig I'm going to need to find a job. So even more so than I already have been I will be slowing down my output of content, hopefully not immensely but I don't know how much energy I will have to put into art after spending most of it at a day job. If I can't pay rent with it then I need to push it aside for more financially viable options. I'll never be "giving up" on art, but with a job I'll have to balance my extra free time between my friends, family, partner, and to be honest myself.
I still dream of being able to live off of your support, and maybe someday something will change and I'll have an influx of supporters, but until I figure out the secrets to being a successful Patreon artist, I won't be able to work full time like I used to. I've tried many different things to get people interested in my work, and it's probably just petty, but the dissonance I have every day of seeing almost 40k followers on my twitter and only the 80 loyal patrons I've ever garnered max, compared to artists with a few thousand in the follower counts and a thousand patrons is detrimental my will to continue chasing this goal and isn't exactly a positive influence on my mental health.
If you choose to stop supporting me I won't blame you in the slightest, at the end of the day, I'm a product that you are paying for and if the product isn't outputting then it's not worth your hard earned money. But if you still wish to believe in my lofty goals and like my work enough to stick with me through hard times, I would appreciate it greatly!
Thank you for your support over the years as always!
TL;DR
I'm going through some really rough times IRL and I'll need to slow down work to focus on looking for and working at a real job because I'm nowhere near making a living off of what I'm getting through Patreon now. I will try to work on my art still but I will have much less time to do so.
Comments
YetiG
yeah life is rough sometimes
WarsunGames
You weren't the only one in rough times. I almost missed a payment to a debiter.
YetiG
I really appreciate it Means a lot And I have tried many different voting things, Posting very frequently, polls, roulette, etc And while that gave some growth over the years, no where even close to be something actually sustainable Maybe I was doing them wrong but I will say, the amount of effort and anguish I went through trying to chase down and give people what they paid for took up more time that I'd spend on art sometimes Not really a worth while use of time
cyborgturtle
damn, sorry to hear that dude, i hope everything goes ok! i would have guessed that more request/voting things (and a more consistent upload schedule) could help the patreon grow (at least that's what i generally look for, but your page was cheap enough that i am/was satisfied signing up and leaving it) but i trust your judgment and that investing even more time isn't feasible i am a huge fan of your art and edits and wish you the best! happy to stick around and see what happens haha
