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Which do you want? Patreon or Commissions?
9 years ago
Do not worry, my patrons, I am not making any changes whatsoever- this is just me asking people what they think.
My goal right now is to achieve sustainable income. I am pursuing multiple avenues, (including an iPhone game that I'm waiting to hear back from publishers about), one of which is furry art. Some artists who make a living with their art use a Patreon- some do not and rely on rounds of commissions. For either to work one needs a level of popularity that I'm wondering if I have achieved as of yet. For example, though he doesn't do this as far as I'm aware, if Zaush were to open for commissions I'm sure he could fill 20 $100 slots in a matter of hours.
From what you have seen, and keeping in mind my goal, what are your thoughts about this? Am I going about this correctly? Should I stick to the rather closed off pay-for-access Patreon mode and keep trying to very slowly grow it? Or should I pull away from that and do commissions only and churn out free art to gain popularity? I repeat, I am not teetering on the edge of anything patrons, and if it will ease your mind a little if within a short amount of time I close the Patreon I will personally guarantee your money returned. Now, I very much appreciate unbiased feedback as to what is the best methods that you can think of to reach sustainable income in this field.
Thank you very much for your time :)
My goal right now is to achieve sustainable income. I am pursuing multiple avenues, (including an iPhone game that I'm waiting to hear back from publishers about), one of which is furry art. Some artists who make a living with their art use a Patreon- some do not and rely on rounds of commissions. For either to work one needs a level of popularity that I'm wondering if I have achieved as of yet. For example, though he doesn't do this as far as I'm aware, if Zaush were to open for commissions I'm sure he could fill 20 $100 slots in a matter of hours.
From what you have seen, and keeping in mind my goal, what are your thoughts about this? Am I going about this correctly? Should I stick to the rather closed off pay-for-access Patreon mode and keep trying to very slowly grow it? Or should I pull away from that and do commissions only and churn out free art to gain popularity? I repeat, I am not teetering on the edge of anything patrons, and if it will ease your mind a little if within a short amount of time I close the Patreon I will personally guarantee your money returned. Now, I very much appreciate unbiased feedback as to what is the best methods that you can think of to reach sustainable income in this field.
Thank you very much for your time :)
Patreon is definitely a nice funding website, however; there's so many patreons out there these days, and only so much one could probably spend per month.
For example, I'm currently at a $60 total budget for all the patreons I currently support, that adding anymore would start to get a bit dicey which is why I unfortunately can't afford to support any more patreons at this point, especially considering how close we are to the holiday season.
So for me personally, commissions would be the way I would go, as they can be seen as something seperate from my patreon budget, and therefore something I can manage around if I were interested.
This is just one birdy's opinion though.
There are folks out there who load up on their patreon support like crazy as their way of commissioning and supporting options.
So in the end, I think having both options would probably be the best choice. As a consumer, I always prefer when I have a few choices laid out for me, rather than being forced into one option only.
Anyway, that's just my 2 cents. :)