>>2025/24/08 - Commissions, SubscribeStar - PLEASE COMMENT<<
a week ago
So, I have two paid commissions at the moment, with one of them using my new commission submission form.
Becky - The Nomad Swarm - Paid Commission for
silverdragon41 - This is a 'go looking for one thing and find something you didn't expect' situation. Expected due date Sept 24, 2025
Femukki - The Fall of Letucia - Paid / Subscribestar Hybrid for
femukki - What do you get when you introduce a sentient xenomorph queen that wants as her prize a letucian bat... so that her offspring can take to the skies? Approx due date October 24, 2025 (planned 10k length)
Nella - Another Cancelled Contract - SubscribeStar commission for
ravasker ... Nella, everyone's favourite Fertilicorp breeder, finds herself on a marshy, rainy moon where she really doesn't want to be. Sept 9 expected.
I have no less than two others wanting to get a paid commission, and have welcomed two new Subscribers as of this last week....
I'm considering a couple new tiers. I really REALLY could use a bit more of a financial support. I've got over 440 watchers now here on FA, and if even 5% of you subscribe, that's 22 subs, and at my current rate that would be $110 per month more that gives me more incentive to keep me going. My hours have been cut at work... I could use it. I know it sounds like I'm begging, and maybe I am, a little, but consider that it is hard to get even a tenth the attention that visual artists get.
To this end, I'm considering two new SubScribeStar tiers, and I want you all to tell me if it would make you more interesting to you. Current $5 tier subs, tell me what you think of the $10
Coffee Cat Tier - $2 - This confers only access to my discord channel, but not my #in-progress or #early-access tier as a Cat-Fan rank. You at least can chat with me live and maybe poke at me when I haven't done enough fucking work recently
Acolyte Plus - $10 - This is literally exactly the same as the $5 tier - You get NO additional benefit for being part of this tier, but you want to support me a little more. I'll try to figure out a workable incentive, such as priority for a place within art that I get done with my critters. But this is more 'do I want to support him MORE. Seriously... if you do want to offer a bit more support... I would be happy with it.
Comment anonymously if you have to, but tell me if you'd want to toss support my way at any of my $2/5/10 tiers. SubscribeStar really does seem scary, but they don't have a tenth of the puritanical shit that keeps me away from Patreon. I'll answer any questions folk have.
Becky - The Nomad Swarm - Paid Commission for

Femukki - The Fall of Letucia - Paid / Subscribestar Hybrid for

Nella - Another Cancelled Contract - SubscribeStar commission for

I have no less than two others wanting to get a paid commission, and have welcomed two new Subscribers as of this last week....
Subscribe Star
https://subscribestar.adult/rix-writes
I'm considering a couple new tiers. I really REALLY could use a bit more of a financial support. I've got over 440 watchers now here on FA, and if even 5% of you subscribe, that's 22 subs, and at my current rate that would be $110 per month more that gives me more incentive to keep me going. My hours have been cut at work... I could use it. I know it sounds like I'm begging, and maybe I am, a little, but consider that it is hard to get even a tenth the attention that visual artists get.
To this end, I'm considering two new SubScribeStar tiers, and I want you all to tell me if it would make you more interesting to you. Current $5 tier subs, tell me what you think of the $10
Coffee Cat Tier - $2 - This confers only access to my discord channel, but not my #in-progress or #early-access tier as a Cat-Fan rank. You at least can chat with me live and maybe poke at me when I haven't done enough fucking work recently
Acolyte Plus - $10 - This is literally exactly the same as the $5 tier - You get NO additional benefit for being part of this tier, but you want to support me a little more. I'll try to figure out a workable incentive, such as priority for a place within art that I get done with my critters. But this is more 'do I want to support him MORE. Seriously... if you do want to offer a bit more support... I would be happy with it.
Comment anonymously if you have to, but tell me if you'd want to toss support my way at any of my $2/5/10 tiers. SubscribeStar really does seem scary, but they don't have a tenth of the puritanical shit that keeps me away from Patreon. I'll answer any questions folk have.
I think the hard part is making it feel worthwhile. $1/$2 access is pretty good, but having something that is beneficial (without overtaxing you, the provider) at higher tiers becomes a challenge. Some things I've seen work for others are raffles, but that falls under Gambling in many countries and as such is forbidden by a bunch of platforms (I forget if SS is one of them, I think maybe?)
I do see some people try to get around this by having things on offer like a credit system, where you can cash credits in for raffles? But that's getting kind of complicated, I think.
For writing... I don't know. Your audience -- as far as I can tell -- wants fleshed-out kinky scenarios to digest. What can you offer to support that? Maybe there are soundscapes, or maybe you can have a subscriber poll where the highest voted-on gets turned into an art commission (would require some careful financial balancing), or something like that?
Either way, you're doing good, Rix. Good luck 💙