Acheroth
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Rewards and Voting News
🕑 Added 2016-09-07 02:10:07 +0000 UTC The rewards are out! Please let me know if you haven't received a message, or you believe that I have made an error, shoot me a note! As always, comments and criticism is greatly appreciated <3Now, moving on to other matters...
I want to go back to the original intention of this patreon page, and make it more user driven.
LOOKING BACK
Last year there was a vote and dragon growth 4 won. You might have noticed that I haven't done a whole lot of work on that one. After the vote, I worked on the concept for part 4, but couldn't animate until I knew what I wanted to do. I worked on some tech tests, but I felt internal pressure to be more productive, so I decided to fix up and re-render some of the shots for the original animation. I decided to add one or two extra shots, and by the time I knew what i wanted to do with part 4, I found I was half way through he first remake. I decided to just finish that one off first so I wasn't splitting my efforts. From there, the first remake just kept growing in terms of scope because I got so excited with it, and now almost a year later I haven't really made any inroads on part 4.
So for that I apologise; I didn't intend for this, but it is how it has evolved. I will still make part 4; I'll move onto it as soon as the remake is completed. However, I haven't really kept my end of the deal so far. So, if you voted in that election, and you are dissatisfied with the course I've taken, please send me a note and I'll refund your contributions for the 2015 months.
MOVING FORWARD
I'm going to be working on two projects at any given time; I think its a good balance for me to have the variety to stay passionate with my work, without spreading myself too thin. These projects will all be aiming for between 1-2 minutes. In addition, there are two scenarios where I might take on a smaller third one:
* A small , quick animation I really want to make for whatever reason. These will be made over the course of a month or two
* A third larger project which I open as a commission. I will only do this if my real life freelance work hits a lull, and I am able to dedicate full time to furry stuff ^^. In these cases, I'll be working part time on my regular patreon as usual, and part time on this third commission.
At any stage, at least one of my projects will be user driven. Desktop growth will ship soon, leaving that slot open. So, there will be a vote next month as to what my second major project will be, along side the dragon growth remake.
VOTING INFO:
I need to go through the records and tally up everyone's voting and nomination rights. I'll then send out the info to everyone to check next month; you will be able to let me know if you think I've made a mistake and I'll investigate.
The ballot will be made of two options I nominate, and a whole lot of user nominations form my higher tiered patreons who have banked enough nomination credits.
voters:
You will be cast ONE vote, which will be multiplied by the number of votes you have earned. Votes will be based on a preferential (or Instant Runnoff) system. This is the fairest, most accurate system to finding the most preferred option.
I will give more details on this system next month; but for now, this video explains the system if you are unfamiliar with it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xs1TUGwqiE
nominees:
If you have enough voting credits for a nomination, then you'll be asked to send me a nomination. I will accept it unless it fails any of these three tests:
*It contains copyrighted characters or species (this sadly includes Sergals)
*It contains illegal or content which is reasonably likely to offend my audience. Naturally, I'll make anything as sexually explicit as you want; what I'm talking about here are things such as underaged sexualisation, bestiality, gratuitous gore or body waste etc. I will not shy from destruction and death if people vote for a rampage; but I won't have close ups of guts spilling or characters dissolving in stomach acid. Blood is fine, so long as gory details aren't the focus..
*It can not be easily achieved in the space of 1-2 minutes, or would require an inordinate amount of work to complete; I'm just one man, I can't animate a stadium full of people running for their lives just yet ^^.
If your nomination fails any of these tests then I'll work with you to try and make it pass. If your nomination is similar to someone else's, then I'll merge them together. The ballot will be big enough without having almost identical options on them ^^.
If you know that you'll have a nomination based on your contribution history, you can start to note me about it this month.
Cheers, and thanks everyone for their support! I genuinely appreciate it, you are allowing me to work hard core on the stuff I love <3
Comments
Acheroth
Thanks! I really appreciate the feedback; its good to know you're liking my stuff ^^. Thanks so much for supporting me
Acheroth
Unfortunately yes, its too late for the last months rewards; however I can link you to the rewards package from a few months ago when I was giving it away for free so that you don't go away empty handed ^^. I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for signing up! EDIT: sorry I just noticed that the links arent being displayed here? I'll note you
Etherious001
Is it too late for the reward, as I just signed up for a pledge, or do I have to wait until October?
Acheroth
I've sent you a message
Thomas Regel
Fantastic work! I love every piece of animation you make. Desktop growth looks fantastic, and of course I can't wait to see the full 1st part of Andre's growth! He is one of my favorite dragons. :-) And PokemonGro is a wonderful surprise! He is such a cutie, let's hope he (and the animation ;) ) will grow bigger and bigger!
Kreither Rusdraac
hello archeroth I not received the rewards as you have send me please them ^^
CtrlAltElite
Sweet, sweet update! 200mb's of vids and over 5 minutes of content! If you keep growing at this rate my computer will run out of space. Also neither me or chameleon can wait for that great ball... π
Acheroth
I've sent you a note
Cameron Holmes
I didn't get my rewards
Acheroth
Good question! No, only the WIPS were given out as a reward over the period my patreon was on hiatus; everyone was paying the same ($0) so it would be unfair to giver out uneven rewards :(
Midnight Yamikidate
does being a donator during the months you had things "free" count toward nomination credit? also, imagining Midnight in an animation by you? I'd die! :D can't wait till i get enough nomination points :D
Echoen
Thanks a lot for this post! I look forward to the nomination process - and the commissions.
Gelty Drake
Just imaging Gelty modeled and animated by you.... π
