Efudeea
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Upcoming changes (I posted the same on deviantart so dont read it if you already did)
🕑 Added 2020-01-07 15:06:47 +0000 UTC In the next few months, I will be making a few changes.
As you know, I'm trying to grow as an artist and ideally, I would like to hit sufficient revenue to quit my job and commit to art fully.
Lately I've felt like I have been stagnating a bit as I usually post 5 to 8 pictures every 2 or 3 days and with my work and personnal life, it leaves me little to no time to really experiment new stuff unless I don't have anything to do like today and I've already posted a set the day before (which is why I am currently rendering a very experimental video attempt.) And I love making pictures, but I feel like lately I have been going for quantity over quality and I really dont like that since I can just imagine this leading me straight to a burnout in the long run.
I will also change the format of the I will never surrender serie (again) back to a manga/comic style as I dont think that seeing the picture and then reading the text makes it full of suspense in anyway.
Another issue is that I've seen a few cases of people selling/giving away my Patreon rewards. Also a lot of people seem to be alergic to Patreon and I dont want to deny them the possibility to access my content and to support me. To fix these issues, I will remove all the posts on Patreon that are more than 2 months old. So I would suggest to all my Patrons to download them as soon as you can if you want to still have them. If you could not download them, you can always send me a message, I have a list of all the Patrons that pledged, at what months so I can check if you were entitled to that reward at the time and send it. For people who missed the chance to get that reward when it was on Patreon, I will start looking at different alternatives and look for a site to sell bundles of pictures. Some people here are only there for one type of content so it is not fair for them to pay for stuff they dont want to see.
My last issue is that I dont like that I have people who pledged me since the start and I would like to give people who have supported me for a certain amount of time at least a little something. From now on, if you are Bronze tier or above( the 3 dollar tier) and you have been supporting me for a year (the Patreon is not a year old yet but some people are getting close to that) you will get a free commission work.
I'm sorry if some of you don't like some of the changes, but please understand that if I want to become a full time artist and give you all the quality and quantity of content that I dream of, some changes need to be made. And I think or at least hope these changes are fair.
One last thing, I would really like some feedback from you all. What rewards would you like to see. For people that are hesitating to pledge but can't what could tip the balance, what am I doing wrong?
Ps: this was a messaged I adressed for both deviantart and Patreon so some of the things said in that message might not fully apply to you.
Comments
yakeal
Donner aux autres sans recevoir, n'est jamais facile et on a parfois un sentiment de trahison ou d'abandon. Maintenant, donnez a votre travail une nouvelle voie, vivez votre vie et vos souhaits pour vous, les "fans" seront là...J'ai compris aussi que certains vous volaient votre travail pour le mettre sur d'autres sites, alors effacez vos archives...Vos vrais admirateurs ont certainement déjà gardés votre travail qui leurs plaisait... Figth and never surrender, bonne chance... Pascal
Efudeea
Merci beaucoup. J'ai juste l'impression de stagner ces derniers temps et j'essaye d'adresser des problèmes comme les gens qui s'inscrivent a Patreon le temps d'une heure ou deux, prennent toutes les photos et les publient quelque part. Au cas où vous ne l'auriez pas compris, je vais effacer le contenu du passé pour éviter ça donc j'ai conseiller à tout le monde de tout télecharger tant qu'il est encore temps.
yakeal
Difficile pour "un mangeur de grenouille" de traduire tout votre message, mais je pense en avoir compris l'essentiel. Je vous ai découvert sur deviantart, j'ai aimé votre travail et suis devenu Patreon. Vous êtes un (ou une) artiste et je comprends votre souhait de vouloir vivre de votre passion et de privilégier la qualité à la quantité. Je vous souhaite que vos voeux s'accomplissent, et resterais un de vos "fan"... Pascal
