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The Pitch Post
🕑 Added 2014-12-16 15:29:23 +0000 UTC I don't really get to draw too many pretty boys, so I admit I'm a bit out of practice when it comes to it. In this rough sketch, I know I'm gonna buff out his chest a bit or shrink his legs but the idea of the sketch commission still seems to be one of that really comfortable in their own skin kinda deals. A bit lanky, and young, and incredibly confident, are things I'm going for here. -deep breath- Anyway, I also wanted to talk to you guys a bit about the "stretch goals." As you can quite plainly tell, a lot of things I've wanted to happen haven't happened. Instead what happened was we broke through to the high end start a comic goal with Cassiopeia in a way that I hadn't expected. And to that end, it's taken up a lot of my time. Two things are going on in my life right now, which honestly makes finances something I need to pay closer attention to. One, I've moved to a new place. I can pay the bills just fine, and in fact just sent out some more money for some unexpected expenses. And Two, my day job is practically dead for the next few months which is tough as this is the season I'd sure like to be making more money for things. I'm not begging you guys for more money than you're already putting in. It's helping out quite a lot. But I'd like to know how I can be doing better or how I can attract more Patrons. We're inching ever closer to a hundred of you dudes and that's amazing! I'd love to have more people on, maybe make a couple higher tiers available. But I also want to be sure I can commit the time to earn that money people will send my way. So lemme know if you've got any ideas, or anything you'd like to see happen! If you have friends who might like this stuff, well let me know what it'll take to get em on board. I admit, some of this message feels a bit like "Gimme all your money!" and to tell the truth it kind of is that. But I don't want to be pressuring people into feeling bad for me. I just want to make sure people who are sending me money are getting their dollars worth. And that if more people come on by, then I hope they like what they find! Take care everyone!
Comments
ARBco
I thought it was pretty funny when I realized who the subject was! As far as slots go, the main issue I'd have is that that Patreon doesn't have any way to handle the waitlist equitably, and how it's handled is a mess, to put it kindly.
Boilerplate
Anyone else getting vibes of Gilgamesh from the Fate series?
Aleksandr
Or maybe increase price for sketch? So that there could be some rotation of people. $40 is just fine :)))
Michael Brewer
I'm just gonna say that I've been on the waiting list for the sketch tier since I first joined Patreon (which might be my own fault more than anything else, because I have no idea when those openings pop up, but I thought I was supposed to get an e-mail or something). Anyway, more to the point, yes, I would love opening up more slots in the commission tier. Alternately, a Technomancer Julie mini-comic or something would be cool too.
Secret Sketchbook
I was going to suggest the commission thing myself actually, along side a new tier that just adds color sketching and nothing more, I fear if you have too many tiers you become a slave to it and cant focus on the fun we all come to enjoy
Aleksandr
Add a link to Patreon in your HF account. And add more of your pin-up images there.
Psudonym
I think in response to that, id rather just open up special sketch commissions for patrons, with maybe some of the patron money maybe put towards the sketch commission itself. It'd be easier than opening a new tier however temporarily and I could open as potentially available.
xiakha
Could you open up temporary tiers until your job picks up again? With a lot of early announcement/warning for the opening and closing of the tiers, and a lot of indication that the tiers are only temporary and will be gone by X time, I don't think anyone will feel cheated. Hopefully.
