ZoeStanleyArts
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May progress report
🕑 Added 2021-05-25 19:40:52 +0000 UTCAhoy sailors!
Important announcement about the future of my commissions and patreon:
I've caught up with all of the commissions that I owed. That being said, I feel that consistently offering commissions through Patreon for the past 6-7 months straight has been difficult to keep up with. I'm also just making far less money this way. I need to start doing commissions to the public in a quicker way, but raise my prices to match the demand. My productivity has not been very efficient as I always try to keep the commissions on the top of my priority list. Because of this, I've kept pushing my own projects and Patreon illustration polls to the back burner, and this has lead to art burn out on a few occasions.
I've been thinking long and hard about how I can improve my productivity. I don't want to bite off more than I can chew and fall behind again. I will be making some changes starting on June.
This Patreon will still be running as a tip jar+ rule34 suggestions. I will take down the commission tiers and reintroduce the Patreon polls only when the first goal of $300 is met with the small pledges as a collective.
The warm ups(1, 2, 3) that I did earlier this month was a way to practice drawing quicker and looser. I plan to offer something in that pixel pin up style starting in June. The only catch is that I will take a indefinite break from drawing commissioned ocs in a lewd/nsfw manner. This may be upsetting for some of those reading this, but I just have been drawing very lewd ocs consistently for 2+ years. Sfw prompts with ocs will still be fine. I want to shift my focus on drawing lewds/nsfw of rule34 and my own ocs instead. I may change my mind after a while passes. Fore the time being, this is what I want. I hope you understand.
For the $3 Good Egg + $5 Deviled Egg tiers, I'll start each month with a pinned text post asking for rule34 character suggestions. I'll pick a few suggestions to stream on my Picarto as warm ups throughout the month. I feel that this will be most beneficial for me as I can maintain productivity by doodling characters I will have fun drawing.
When I open commissions out to the public, they will be in small batches or one at a time. For the most up-to-date information on my commissions, please carefully read through this google doc for availability and how to properly claim a slot when they open. Lil Coo and BIG GULL veteran's will still be able to view commission information before the public for a chance to claim a slot.
Thank you.
I will be starting to work the 5 Patreon Illustration poll results that I have not finished yet. They all won't be completed on May, but instead throughout June..
I hope to keep y'all interested!
Cheers,
ZoeStanleyArts/BleedingPervert
Comments
Spectral Spider
I think it's good that you're finding out what works and what hasn't through this process so far! I have enjoyed the patreon content so far but also understand it's a lot of work for you for the amount of compensation as well as the comms on top of the patreon polls! Also I think transitioning into less nsfw OC work but still giving the option for SFW stuff is the perfect option for those that prefer to see their OC in your style! I know I'll be upping my own tier to help get the polls back as I have enjoyed them but also understand you need to be fairly compensated for that! Im excited to see what the future holds for your patreon!!
