Full-time?
6 years ago
Hi everyone. I know that I have not been very active on here lately and for that I regret. But I've been giving it a lot of thought and wanted to get everyone's opinion... I've been thinking about doing animations full-time or at least a healthy amount of part-time. I feel like I could definitely be more productive in making the things you guys like if I had the right amount of support. So, just throwing this out there - would any of you be willing to support me on Patreon if I made one? I've been trying to think of the different tiers and rewards and whatnot. But I definitely have ideas for animations sloshing around in my head... juicy, juicy ideas... that I would love to produce more of if time/funds allow. Let me know what you think!
However, you have to start with something you can reasonably survive on. Unless you're charging tens of thousands for that 6-month animation you're going to starve.
Vore is a good choice to come up with, even insoles and all.
See how you can try. :)
Personally I'm in the process of changing jobs, so my support tier will vary depending on that, but even at its smallest I would happily contribute 10-15 per month. Once my financial situation is stable I'd happily offer twice that amount or more, after seeing your roadmap as it starts to flesh out. I'm sure many on here share my thoughts and would happily support you in any project. It's one of the greatest traits of this community. Happy to see you back.
There are a few time indie animators like my buddy sprucethedeer - he hovers around 1k/month on Patreon, which gives him enough time to put out short animation projects and interactives every few weeks. You could have a hustle like that pretty quickly and then build up to full time.
If you're seriously considering this, I think you should launch a Patreon sooner rather than later, start animating immediately, and consider the first job to build up hype for yourself and patrons, with the goal of going full-time as more of a medium-term prospect rather than the starting point.
I really hope you open one soon, I noticed you posted this journal nearly 1 month ago but I hope you're still considering the idea given how the majority here agreed with it ^^
Thank you!