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Patreon Survey - About the results
🕑 Added 2018-08-06 13:20:28 +0000 UTC Hey everyone! Hope you all had wonderful weekends.I just wanted to talk about some results/feedback I got from my recent patreon survey! Thanks so much to everyone who filled that out by the way, incredibly helpful stuff.
This might end up quite long, so please bear with me!
Thank you!
- First off, a LOT of positive and encouraging results, I am so so pleased that I'm going in the right direction. So many of you left such lovely, caring and encouraging notes for me. I'm really doing my best, and really enjoying the work I do. So it's incredibly lovely that it's being picked up by you guys.
Commissions
Some of you expressed interest in commissions, which is something I'd like to address really quick!
I've actually been opening some form of commissions once a month (At least, where possible.) for the last little while. They are, however, only available to $10 patrons, as they get first dibs on slots.
Usually, I offer a limited amount of slots through a google form, and I also select which ones I want to work on, so it's NOT a first come first serve situation. I usually try to balance my own preferences with people who haven't been able to nab one in a while.
If slots don't fill up I then move them to be open to the public to fill up any left over ones. But this ...has only happened once haha. They get snapped up quickly!
Another thing to note, is that they may or may not be finished within the month I open them. I put priority to my two patreon pinups and mini prints first, since these are recurring. And try to work commissions around inbetween them. As a result it can take a little longer than it used to before I started patreon. But everyone has been wonderfully patient with me. <3
LiveStreams + Process Videos
Okay this topic makes my heart sink a bit, most of you did notice the lack of streams on my part for the last while. ( And I am SO deeply sorry for it) But, my main reason for not doing them is, I'm very limited with my technology.
My laptop is old now. And it's been giving me a whole buttload of trouble when it comes to streaming and recording content for youtube videos. If it were up to me I'd be streaming a LOT more, and making more YT videos. But my setup is riddled with issues. I need to upgrade, but until I can I'm afraid those will be much more difficult for me.
I MAY be able to stream from my ipad, and I've been trying to figure out how exactly. But it's a complicated thing to set up from the looks of it. I'm going to try and see if I can get it working. But, if not..I'm so sorry! The streams and process videos will be back as soon as I'm able to run the needed programs smoothly. Right now it's just lag city, and it makes working extremely difficult/almost impossible.
I'm so sorry!! OTL
Misc items
Some of you addressed that my NSFW work could use being a little more daring. Believe me I'm working on it! I have been doing suggestive, pinup art since 2009. It's kinda second nature to me now. Full on explicit work is still a new area for me, and it's taking a little bit of courage on my part to get used to doing it. But, don't worry. It's something I'm working on slowly. <3
Many of you seemed to enjoy both the anthro and human work I post! Which is great! I love drawing both. Although there were some requests from one or two of you for less anthro work. I ...can't really promise this. A lot of my clients are from the furry fandom, a TON of my OCs are of the anthro variety. I hope these people can appreciate the variety I try to balance! Satisfying 100 patrons can be very difficult, but I'm doing my best. :)
I think that's all I wanted to address! Thank you everyone again for your insanely encouraging words. I appreciate it so much, I seriously cannot believe it's been a whole year since I started doing this. As they say, times fun when you're having flies. X3
Izzy xx
Comments
On the "less furry/content" thoughts. I tend to go with a "to each their own" mindset. Not all content will be to any patron's liking. Myself, as an example... I'm very "whatever" about explicit work. Do I still support creators that do it? Yes, because I don't try to make everything someone creates fit my desires. Keep on drawing what you want to, Izzy, that's the point of this Patreon in my opinion
Kalriostraz
To an amazing first year on Patreon, and hopefully many more years of art from you to come Izzy! Sláinte!
