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Patreon revamp, and feedback welcome!
10 years ago
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Hey all, wanted to give an update on my plans for the Patreon I have, and I welcome any feedback on what you'd like to see, or feedback on my possible changes.
I know this may be a bit TL;DR, but I have a lot on the mind about this and would love feedback.
First off, thanks to everyone who supported me over the last couple of years. Thanks to you I was able to contribute to my colorist, Vausch, and the website's coder, Quill.
I'm about to start up the Patreon again. I think I'm going to stick to monthly, and should resume on April 1st (or May 1st depending on when I start back up). Here are some changes I have in mind...
Supporting the second new comic: "InkBolt"!
-- I'll be changing the title of the Patreon soon to "Support KazJester creating webcomics" because I'd like to start doing my second project soon, called InkBolt. It's another passion project of mine, but I don't wish to create a second Patreon for it, since I don't charge per-page, and I want to generalize what public projects I work on.
I realize there are some challenges with this. I don't know what my update schedules are going to be like. I'm only one guy and some months I may do more for one comic over the other, so if you support me because you found Work Sucks, I'd worry I'd be letting ya down for focusing on a new project. However, I say that knowing I want to have fun what I'm doing and develop how I want, and this second project is a big part of that.
So if people support me, I'd like to think of the Patreon as something that lets people give "tips" for my work, whether it be for Work Sucks or InkBolt. That being said...
Cutting back/stopping my "commission" tier
-- While this was a great tier to help with supporting the comic, some of the sketch projects got really big, and now that I'm also doing a second comic, I may not have as much time as I'd like to do individual sketch rewards. Vausch would like to continue these, and I may as well, but what I'm thinking of doing instead is offering a small queue of sketch commissions so that I can offer similarly styled commissions to more people over time.
Another possible option? I may just make the sketch tier unlimited/larger and really dedicate myself to it. But, that'll depend on things. Likely, either will exist in some way.
New $10 Patreon-only "thank you" art tier!
-- This one I've been thinking of for a while, and I think it'd work out great, and make up for cutting back on the custom sketch tier. Each month, I'd do 1 piece of art that I will send to patrons at full resolution, featuring characters from the comics and situations the characters would normally be in.
I would even have a place for patrons to suggest ideas for pictures they'd like to see, but that wouldn't be something I'd dedicate to using, just a pool of ideas I could grab from if an idea seems really fun. I'd either aim for a full inked picture, or colored sketch, depending on the idea and complexity. This offers some challenges though. Do I do focus on one comic, meaning the reward could be for one you're not fully supporting? Do I have 1 group of patrons who get a Work Sucks doodle and another that get an InkBolt doodle? Do I just do both and offer them somehow that way?
NOTE: I would still like to use these images to support and advertise the Patreon, so I would still post these, but shrunken down and watermarked in a way that guarantees patrons have the full/best version.
Changes to the $1 and $5 tiers
-- Sketch previews will be switched to the 1 dollar tier. I don't do enough concept sketches on a regular basis, and want to thank anyone who supports me. I'll be thinking of a new ideas for the $5 tier but for now it'll remain as a tier for special tipping and such.
Possible $5 tier idea: An interactive patron-supported project where patrons suggest what happens next (aka ripping that idea off) but something more in line with my tastes and such.
No unlocks
-- Sorry, I'm just bad at thinking up of them, and have enough stuff on my mind and plate that I'll probably not create many (if any) unlock goals.
I know this may be a bit TL;DR, but I have a lot on the mind about this and would love feedback.
First off, thanks to everyone who supported me over the last couple of years. Thanks to you I was able to contribute to my colorist, Vausch, and the website's coder, Quill.
I'm about to start up the Patreon again. I think I'm going to stick to monthly, and should resume on April 1st (or May 1st depending on when I start back up). Here are some changes I have in mind...
Supporting the second new comic: "InkBolt"!
-- I'll be changing the title of the Patreon soon to "Support KazJester creating webcomics" because I'd like to start doing my second project soon, called InkBolt. It's another passion project of mine, but I don't wish to create a second Patreon for it, since I don't charge per-page, and I want to generalize what public projects I work on.
I realize there are some challenges with this. I don't know what my update schedules are going to be like. I'm only one guy and some months I may do more for one comic over the other, so if you support me because you found Work Sucks, I'd worry I'd be letting ya down for focusing on a new project. However, I say that knowing I want to have fun what I'm doing and develop how I want, and this second project is a big part of that.
So if people support me, I'd like to think of the Patreon as something that lets people give "tips" for my work, whether it be for Work Sucks or InkBolt. That being said...
Cutting back/stopping my "commission" tier
-- While this was a great tier to help with supporting the comic, some of the sketch projects got really big, and now that I'm also doing a second comic, I may not have as much time as I'd like to do individual sketch rewards. Vausch would like to continue these, and I may as well, but what I'm thinking of doing instead is offering a small queue of sketch commissions so that I can offer similarly styled commissions to more people over time.
Another possible option? I may just make the sketch tier unlimited/larger and really dedicate myself to it. But, that'll depend on things. Likely, either will exist in some way.
New $10 Patreon-only "thank you" art tier!
-- This one I've been thinking of for a while, and I think it'd work out great, and make up for cutting back on the custom sketch tier. Each month, I'd do 1 piece of art that I will send to patrons at full resolution, featuring characters from the comics and situations the characters would normally be in.
I would even have a place for patrons to suggest ideas for pictures they'd like to see, but that wouldn't be something I'd dedicate to using, just a pool of ideas I could grab from if an idea seems really fun. I'd either aim for a full inked picture, or colored sketch, depending on the idea and complexity. This offers some challenges though. Do I do focus on one comic, meaning the reward could be for one you're not fully supporting? Do I have 1 group of patrons who get a Work Sucks doodle and another that get an InkBolt doodle? Do I just do both and offer them somehow that way?
NOTE: I would still like to use these images to support and advertise the Patreon, so I would still post these, but shrunken down and watermarked in a way that guarantees patrons have the full/best version.
Changes to the $1 and $5 tiers
-- Sketch previews will be switched to the 1 dollar tier. I don't do enough concept sketches on a regular basis, and want to thank anyone who supports me. I'll be thinking of a new ideas for the $5 tier but for now it'll remain as a tier for special tipping and such.
Possible $5 tier idea: An interactive patron-supported project where patrons suggest what happens next (aka ripping that idea off) but something more in line with my tastes and such.
No unlocks
-- Sorry, I'm just bad at thinking up of them, and have enough stuff on my mind and plate that I'll probably not create many (if any) unlock goals.
Seems like a reward for being a long-term patreon.
Does the project end after an issue? Is it for a publisher, imprint, single title, trademark? Character? Honestly, for 'one project' is silly. Each page is a project. Each issue or tangent is a project. ^-^
I don't know too much about Patreon and haven't made one myself, but it does seem to cater to supporting a creator rather than that creator's individual projects.