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~~ Alternative Income ~~
9 years ago
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"A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance." - Hunter S Thompson
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"A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance." - Hunter S Thompson
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As the name suggests .. I'm looking at my current job path right now, and very much wondering about something akin to a Patreon.
... I don't know if there's any real way I can sustain myself through it, or how badly I'll get indebted to the IRS when Tax Season rolls around, but...
I'm just SOOO FUCKING TIRED of working jobs that piss me off. Today has been a bit of a long one, especially when I get assigned to areas I don't know, and feel like the work I do at my current job is both piss-poor in quality, and I'm left to my own devices when everyone else just feels like bailing.
To top it off, my phone needs to be replaced so I'm out that, my external HDD with ALLLLL my art files is having weird permission issues (and it has all the art files for commissions and the like on it) .... I wanna say that I can be an indie artist for you guys, and for anyone who wants me on their project list, but ..
I don't know. I've been just trudging through my art, feeling like a slacker, and not having any kind of sense of ANY self worth, and the worst part is that I'm stating to look at the topic of Art IN GENERAL has being worthless. Maybe I have some weird psychological crap that's getting welled up in my brain, but I can't say that that's it, because.. honestly, my life isn't "terrible". I mean ... really. My family has been very supportive and the small group of friends I do have and manage to keep around are real nice, and I at least have a paycheck with benefits. That's not all bad right?
So am I just spoiled and am hitting that "real life" wall ~now~? Maybe.
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Okay, okay. Enough venting.
<< TL;DR >>
Does anyone who actively watches me and feels like they'd wanna support me believe that I'd be worth a Patreon subscription? .. And is Patreon all that good of a service to begin with?
I could do my own leg-work and see if Patreon is even the right avenue, but ... frankly, I feel like my productivity is so underwhelming lately, but if I could kick my ass into gear and just push through this cloud of self-deprecation, I could see about doing more stuff for everyone. Hell, I'd like to get some animating and even a few comics out if that would be worth anyone's time (easy to say you have ideas, but harder to actually put them into motion, I get that).
Just let me know. I'm feeling a bit trapped and desperate at the moment.
The thing is... unless you're a -really- popular artist and/or do something very specific (animations and the like), I don't know if Patreon could really support you. It'd be kind of like a nice bonus from what I can tell, but that's about it. Many people will just chip in at 5, maybe 10 bucks a month so you'd need lots of them. Now, I'm no artist, but I support a bunch on Patreon and this seems to be what it's like. Might be different for you. It won't hurt to give it a try for sure.