Icymasamune
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On The Subject Of The Polls
🕑 Added 2023-06-16 19:16:59 +0000 UTCI've been going over it a lot and I think the polls need to be suspended entirely for a while. The patreon is supposed to be a chance for me to finish and post comics. My goal has always been One Comic Page per moth plus more depending on support. So, for example, it should be two comic pages per month right now plus illustrations and any commissions or art projects I worked on.
But for various reasons the polls keep being a constant source of stress and burnout. They have effectively taken over the patreon and have genuinely made it harder for me to work on the patreon content I wanted to do in the first place.
A lot of people complain that the same subjects consistently win polls making more diverse or interesting ideas less likely to come up and yeah that also means I keep having to draw variations of the same thing over and over while trying to figure out how to add complexity to make it more interesting and that's definitely why its taking up so much brain space and causing so much burnout.
So. Every past poll winner is still on my worklist. I am still going to to try and get to them. But for the time being at least: No new polls. it's been such a contributing factor to the patron content just being lacking and its definitely a major reason why my productivity has slowed tremendously over the past couple of years.
Sorry to everyone who enjoyed them and I understand this is disappointing. but considering the polls were slowly driving me to draw less and less, it also means that more and more often poll winners would just not see their submission finished.
So again: I still have the list of past winners and I am still going to make them obligations to complete. But I will not be adding any more to that particular pile. At least not for now.
Comments
Spolin
Understandable, focus on doing what's best for your own health
GIJ
Bit late but chiming in again, if you want to do polls yourself for things you have in the pipeline and gauge some interests, I don't think folks will say no to that ^^
RadonX9
completely understandable dude, hope it helps to make things a bit easier for ya. also if i my comment on the last poll was rude at all i'd just like to apologize for that ;;
chip594
I do think the polls did become repetitive, and it felt like the same characters/scenes won every time. I think pausing them was smart, so you can focus more on your own ideas, which are awesome ideas! 💜
Stelard Actek
It was a good idea, but definitely became a problem. So at least putting them on pause seems like a good idea. :)
BagFullOfLizards
Makes sense! I’m happy to see whatever you put out, I’m fully on board with you doing whatever gives you the most joy.
HMLQRT_BRQ
Is okay, happiness comes first. I'd hate to be the one supporting a way of life that makes you unhappy. You rule, do not let others, not even yourself, make you think otherwise.
Icymasamune
I still have the waiting list I am slowly working through. Once I get it finished I will think about what to do next. I also will need to start doing sketch com streams again but that's going to have to wait a bit.
Azieru
Understandable as always Icy. It's always a joy to see your exquisite work. How are commissions going to be done now?
Zim
☝️
GIJ
*hugs* All good, draw the things you like and excite you ^^
IrregularLettuce
I personally look forward the most to the artwork that excites you creatively anyway and if this helps take a load of stress off, even better!
