helveticastandard
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IMPORTANT: Monthly Report July 2018.
🕑 Added 2018-08-13 08:00:11 +0000 UTC Preface:Greetings my cherished benefactors.
Allow me to give you my deepest heartfelt gratitude for supporting my art and helping me realize my passion. :3
I love drawing and I'd like to keep doing it for the foreseeable future. And thanks to your help, I'm able to sustain myself as a freelance artist.
Sometimes life gets on the way, sometimes I don't get much sleep or I have to announce delays, but rest assured I will fulfill all of your rewards in due time.
I hope that you guys stay with me and are able to support me in the long term, I'd be very grateful.
In the event that you can't, please don't worry. Investing in art is a luxury and it's perfectly understandable if you need to use your money for other things. Don't hurt yourselves in order to help me.
July 2018 wrap-up:
Rewards : 5
Reward fulfillment: Completed w/delays
Rewards: 5
- Character art poll #1: Hifumi - fulfilled
- Series art poll #1: Megumin - fulfilled
- Series art poll #2: UMP40 - fulfilled
- Character art poll #2: Uni - fulfilled w/delay
- Chef's recommendation: Chiru - fulfilled w/delay
Bonus:
- Hatless Megumin
Misc:
Samplers: 1
Blocked Samplers: 1
Fake pledges/bot pledges: 0
Frauds/scams: 0
July was fairly productive. My delays with June produced in turn more delays for a couple of the rewards but thankfully we're on schedule at this point in time. All rewards were fullfilled and we even had a bonus artwork!
Now, however, it's time to discuss a couple of important changes which will be taking effect in October:
Commission rates are getting a boost:
I'll go straight to the point. Times are tough and support has slowed down since its peak last March. Strong supporters left and I have had to accept more commissions to compensate. I want to keep things accessible but indeed the base price for all commissions will be higher than before.
Here's the usual model with the rate change:
Old base price: 10 USD (1 character with no specifics added)
New base price: 30 USD (1 character with no specifics added)
(So now one character is 30, two is 60, three is 90 and so on)
Extra charges rates comparison:
Old price for specifics (pose, expression): +5 USD to base price.
New price for specifics (pose expression): NO CHANGE. same price.
Old price for alternate outfit: +5 USD to base price.
New price for alternate outfit: +10 USD to base price.
Old price for Lewd and or nudity: +10 USD to base price.
New price for Lewd and or nudity: +20 USD to base price.
Dakimakura commissions:
Old price for 1 sided dakimakura: 50 USD
New price for 1 sided dakimakura: 70 USD
Old price for 2 sided dakimakura: 100 USD
New price for 2 sided dakimakura: 150 USD
That's all for new rates which will be in effect come October.
*Please tell me your honest thoughts about it. If these seem to steep for you guys, we can talk about it and come to an agreement.
Futura Pro patrons are getting a new reward:
With the new rewards model implemented a few months ago, there's space in my schedule to fit another reward for the $10 tier (and above)
Which lacks in the specific rewards department compared to lower tiers.
So I will be adding a new reward available for this tier.
As for what the reward will be, I'll make a poll and add some suggestions to it. You can also make a personal suggestion yourself.
Once the poll is over, we'll go with the most popular option.
*This new reward comes in effect come September.
That's all for the projected changes and July's report.
Any doubts or questions don't hesitate to ask.
Thanks so much for your patience and understanding.
Hugs and love to you all :3
Many thanks for your continued support and let's stay together for a long time ;)
Comments
Helvetica Standard
That's a very good idea! Thanks! I'll do that :D
Helvetica Standard
That's something I considered too. Depending on the profusion of details in the background I may discuss extra charge with the client personally. Then perhaps add it to the cost model later on.
Ram
With the increased prices and higher people left, i think you could do something with the discount that 10 Dollar has 20% as i guess most Patreons may be 1 Dollar Tier or 5 Dollar Tier, so that 5 Dollar Tier gets 10% discount to see if some people will jump from 1 Dollar to 5 Dollar etc. ?
Dasher
Can't really say much, as I haven't commissioned anything. Those who can afford commissioned art would probably see these prices differently than the regular patrons. I could only suggest perhaps adding extra optional charge for a vague background request, since you've been experimenting with those.
