In exchange for guaranteed rewards.

What would it take for you to commit to a monthly reward?

I don't think I could commit to a monthly reward for every person.

you can limit slots

But at that point, why am I not just doing commissions?

Great question, why not just do more commissions?

Anxiety and mental exhaustion.

I'm with Echoen here, unless there's guarenteed rewards for followers, i'd rather either just give you money when i can or pay for commissions

Getting a monthly sketch/art piece for the higher tiers would definitely be good incentive

I don't think that's tenable. I tried that with just sketches, and I drove me insane.

Exclusive content

How much? Complete exclusivity, or timed exclusivity?

Like sketches you never finished. And old art dumps that you never intended to post.

Mmh. I don't really have a lot of those. I'm kind of an attention whore, so I post just about everything... eventually.

Just a thought friend. Hopefully you'll get it up and running soon

I am extremely pleased that you post everything you do. I know I'm not "Missing out" on great art!

Well damn, that is good to know then.

I'd be up to donating a few as just a "continue your work bonus". Maybe things like contributing to ideas with polls, which I have seen a few people do, and a discount on future commissions for supporters.

Also, if you feel like you can't consistently do art, my suggestion would be a min content thing that patreon has. I do not know how but they have some measure where if you want to you, you can be paid based on the amount of work you do. To use it as a supplemental source of income.

I just want to see what floats in that head honestly.

with or without rewards of course Min

Actually doing proper commissions the way you should be doing.

That's doing commissions, not Patreon.

Then do them through patreon.

That sounds awful.

Guaranteeing art to everyone who pledges at a certain level, and then having a percentage of that profit taken by Patreon would skyrocket my stress levels.

Then I don't know what the hell you're expecting to even do with it.

A viable tip jar to help support me between commissions.

The commissions you never do anyway?

I do all of the commissions that I accept.

I did feel bad about turning you down for that commission, but now I think I'm glad I did.

Can you explain this?

https://i.imgur.com/8edfctY.png

What about these commissions?

You did indeed accept them as they are on your To-do list.

Unless they have already been done.

Some of them got done, some of them didn't.
Me putting them on my list doesn't guarantee that they'll get done, that's why I don't take payment until completion.

I do all of the commissions that I accept.

Then why state this obvious lie?

I'm pretty sure saying this.

I do some of the commissions that I accept would make more sense given the situation since by adding them to a queue confirms that the com has been accepted. If they aren't going to get done then it is up to the ARTIST to let the commissioner himself know you cannot do it, and remove them from this list. As this list clearly does confirm as accepting them, because if you didn't take them you would have told them you cannot do the image in question, and given your history of indecisiveness in many streams being outright honest to people about the commission in question whether, or not you can do it is way better than just leaving it in your To-Do pile being forgotten. It is almost as if the To-Do list is a big FU to the people who noted/inquired you about these commissions in the first place.

Honesty is important, and so is being absolutely straight with your customers, and not leaving them in a small ditch where they should not belong.

If you cannot do the coms right now then move them to your To-Do list of this year simple as that. I'm pretty sure the owed work has already piled up a lot over the years for you, and with these kinds of responsibilities, one small step can lead to artist beware, or anything negative towards your reputation as a trustworthy artist.

If you want a commission from me, ask me again. Don't whine to me periodically about an ancient list.

No one on that list, besides you apparently, is holding their breath and waiting for me to do that picture.

Antagonizing me isn't going to make me want to do the art any more. The reason I don't take payment until completion is precisely because I don't owe you anything until I take your money.

I currently pledge over $100 a month to furry artists/authors on Patreon. Every single one of them does a monthly story or art commission at the tier I'm at, which is why I continue to support them.

Like the others in your comments have said, if you did the same I'd consider supporting you as well.

Since that doesn't seem like something you want to do, it seems like you need to decide what role you want your artwork to have in your life. You mentioned obligations being stressful for you, so if you want to draw whatever you want and not be obligated to anyone you can but you shouldn't expect the kind of monetary compensation that those obligations bring. On the other hand, if you do want to make a living with your art or at least get more paid work then you'll have to find a way to handle those obligations in a way that works for you.

Your point about Patreon taking a cut not helping artists is a good one. The benefits of Patreon are supposed to be is that it provides a consistent/convenient way for people to regularly pay. If you have a big enough fanbase willing to pay for your work you might not need a Patreon if you can come up with a consistent schedule that works for you every month. That might mean an ongoing project like a comic, growth drive or RPG that people can contribute to along with however many commissions you can handle without being stressed. Or whatever else is going to work for you.

Most of the artists I see on Patreon don't get much higher than breaking three digits, which is probably one reason why Patreon started letting people hide how much they make. If you do something like five $20 commissions a month that's $100 a month, which is more than a lot of artists make on Patreon (though obviously less than the big shots). If you're thinking that Patreon would let you make $100+ a month while doing less than 5 scenes a month, it probably won't. Frankly it's probably a testament to the power of microtransactions that you're still at $60 after apparently not having posted anything in over 6 months.

Whatever you decide to do, best of luck with it Min! It is always great to see more of your artwork, and it does seem like you have interesting ideas for projects like your old RPG Maker one or your new pen and paper RPG one, so I hope you'll find something that works for you. Good luck!

I love your works, I'd definitely be willing to throw 2-3 bucks your way per month, maybe up to 5 if you've got some killer content, which I fully believe you capable of producing :)

Sadly that has not proven to be the case.

That's totally ok, art is a muse and can't be forced. Though it is a good day when you show what your latest inspiration has brought, as you do such amazing work :D

As someone who enjoys your work and enjoys chatting with you and is an artist, I would like some way to access raw files or high res files to color or shade some of the stuff for fun. Other than that, exclusive content is usually the only way I'd pledge, and it wouldn't be a horribly high amount. I tend to be rather frugal when it comes to subscription based commitments and tend to spend a little more for comics or exclusive content. In both situations I feel like you risk artist integrity or the possibility of a leak for content.

I think a tipping jar website was called Ko-fi... right? I don't know much about the platform. I figured I'd suggest it anyway. It may be what youre looking for.

I have a Ko-Fi. It's linked at the bottom of everyone one of my submissions, and goes sumarily ignored.

Not that I'm terribly surprised, but it's not anyone's job to tip me.

Maybe lower tiers could be exclusive or limited time exclusive images, with polls for deciding later subjects/characters. Could also include a small discount with some tiers to incentivise commission taking but decide what commissions to take when at your own pace.

Maybe. I dunno. I don't want to... lock anything behind my Patreon. It feels scummy. And I'm so moody, I don't think it'd be worthwhile to my patreons.