Patreon Soft Launch
Apr. 13th, 2017 05:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tealinWell, someone's been busy today ...
I've set up a Patreon account, mainly to have some backup income between freelance gigs, but the psychological benefit of having real live strangers paying to see me make progress is a big, big thing, a really big thing, like a massive thing.
I'm planning an official release/announcement day in May, but as you lot have been my loyal community for longer than anyone, I thought I should let you have a first look and have your say:
TEALIN ON PATREON
What do you think of the tiers? Am I being too generous or not enough? What sort of content would you be interested in, if you were a subscriber?
Coming from a background of Can't Afford It, I feel rather ambivalent about charging anything for my web presence – 14-year-old me would have felt so excluded if one of my favourite artists suddenly went behind a paywall, and I've never quite got past being 14. However, if I'm going to devote serious time to something that is paying me nothing now and might never do so in a meaningful way, it helps to have an income stream that allows me to focus on it, rather than take time out to earn rent and groceries. And I can assuage my conscience by letting the free platforms (here and Tumblr, principally) be like second-run theatres, so the modern analogues of 14-year-old me won't miss out on too much in the big picture.
As you can see in the rewards, I'm also opening some online shops, though they don't have anything in them yet. If you have ever bought any merchandise from online type arty people, on places like Society6, RedBubble, InPrint, etc., what are your thoughts on that? Which of those sites is nicest from a buyer perspective? Any ideas for things you'd like to see from me?
I've set up a Patreon account, mainly to have some backup income between freelance gigs, but the psychological benefit of having real live strangers paying to see me make progress is a big, big thing, a really big thing, like a massive thing.
I'm planning an official release/announcement day in May, but as you lot have been my loyal community for longer than anyone, I thought I should let you have a first look and have your say:
What do you think of the tiers? Am I being too generous or not enough? What sort of content would you be interested in, if you were a subscriber?
Coming from a background of Can't Afford It, I feel rather ambivalent about charging anything for my web presence – 14-year-old me would have felt so excluded if one of my favourite artists suddenly went behind a paywall, and I've never quite got past being 14. However, if I'm going to devote serious time to something that is paying me nothing now and might never do so in a meaningful way, it helps to have an income stream that allows me to focus on it, rather than take time out to earn rent and groceries. And I can assuage my conscience by letting the free platforms (here and Tumblr, principally) be like second-run theatres, so the modern analogues of 14-year-old me won't miss out on too much in the big picture.
As you can see in the rewards, I'm also opening some online shops, though they don't have anything in them yet. If you have ever bought any merchandise from online type arty people, on places like Society6, RedBubble, InPrint, etc., what are your thoughts on that? Which of those sites is nicest from a buyer perspective? Any ideas for things you'd like to see from me?
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Date: 2017-04-14 11:47 pm (UTC)Wish I could help out, but I can't commit to anything long term right now since every penny counts. Dental work is expensive! :(
Though I'll provide free immigration advise when the time comes! Which is worth £210/h. ;)
ETA: Online shop - I'd love to be able to get your Cabin Pressure series when I do have the cash to spare! Though, are there any copyright issues with actually selling those?
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Date: 2017-04-16 04:54 pm (UTC)I am definitely pondering a Cabin Pressure book, for sure; I'd like a portion of the proceeds to go to some mental health charity or other, seeing as the show is such a tonic for so many. I'd definitely get in touch either with Mr Finnemore or Pozzitive Productions re: permissions, but they both seem like kind and reasonable entities so I'm sure a satisfying agreement could be reached.
As I conceived it, the 'tutorial' would be worksheets and image-based explanatory stuff, or written, whereas the video would be of me demonstrating in more or less real time how I do things. I should probably make this more clear, you're right. Also, I need to think of additional rewards that are not geared at artists, in the hope that maaaaybe someone who isn't in/trying to get into the animation industry will be interested in subscribing ...