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🕑 Added 2019-02-21 16:39:01 +0000 UTC

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Lisa Brenner

It's okay, I might have escalated a bit. Thanks for explaining how you meant it though :)

Anders

Just so we're on the same page, I didn't intend to say that older characters are "better" than your usual ones, only that they have a somewhat different appeal to them.

Lisa Brenner

One more thing. Adult characters were never interesting to me because it seemed like they could just do what they wanted. I don't like "normal/easy" love stories, yet I still want to explore different forms of affection, be it romantic, family related, friendship, all mixed together, whatever. I could do that more easily with teens because they feel strongly and don't know much about anything and aren't as formed as adults. I also like "first times" because they're exciting and I haven't had some of the more common ones myself yet. I understand that followers are more fond of adult characters since you always search for yourself in media. Maybe I'm searching for myself in young boys, haha. (I'm a little creeped out by myself whenever I have new thoughts about this.) Sorry about the lengthy answer! Had to get this out >>

Lisa Brenner

The snippet-thing has been going around in my head for some time now, too. I see others post some snippets of their patreon content on Twitter every few weeks and link to their page. I'll see what I can try. It's always a matter of time when it comes to preparing posts. Linking to a Patreon post is quick, but making a crop from an image - preferrably always the same size - and posting the link+the pic takes a few more minutes. About the followers - I don't get that many likes on sketches on Twitter (around 60?), Instagram is way more like-friendly. I think most people follow me for G&G, same as the patrons here. I feel a little torn between G&G and my other stuff because I'm somehow growing out of G&G which leads to your last paragraph! For the longest time, I was completely focussed on drawing younger boys. I still don't know exactly why. The growing up part is still interesting to me, not really knowing who you are and dealing with being different etc. I also like their aesthetics a lot. But lately I'm coming to terms with myself a bit more, accepting the grown up phase of my life and that reflects in the characters I draw. Just like you say.

Anders

I'd suggest posting a snippet from the patreon post on Twitter at the same time, with a handy little link to the full post underneath. The goal being to try and tempt as many twitter-followers into becoming patrons as possible. I mean, you've got like, a couple thousand followers, but only 60 or so patrons. There's got to be some room for expansion there. --- I find myself looking at these two (and also Phil and the professor) differently than teens smooching. With these I can actually self-insert to an extent, with teens it's more like "awww, look at those adorable little kids playing grown-up."