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*READ ME* Restructuring The Patreon!
🕑 Added 2025-02-13 00:49:40 +0000 UTC(TLDR at the bottom)
Heya folks! I plan to begin restructuring the Patreon! Been noodling over some changes based on what I see within other artist's Patreons as well hopefully breathing new life into older posts with some of Patreon's newer features.
The goal is hopefully to make the Getting Pretty Red There tier more enticing of a tier and hopefully with any increase in support over time I can focus more on personal projects such as the video game, comics, and any other animation I want todo with my characters!
Changes I plan to make:
Getting Pretty Red There ($10) and The Bigger Wallop (NEW) ($35) members will retain access to all posts regardless when uploaded. Gaining access to any comic pages (should those projects remain on track/continue) a month in advance and will have access to any open slots for characters within the backgrounds of my animations first and foremost whenever I have a crowd to include in them, same with first choice in slots of YCH's when offered.
Changing the price of The Bigger Wallop (sketch tier) to $60. I am in a constant challenge to balance my time spent and the worth of the sketch tier 😩, and I found myself constantly underpricing in worry of not filling the tier but I in recent months I've found I wouldn't mind if the price becomes a bit uncomfortable to afford monthly as hopefully that would mean other Patreon members jumping in to grab sketches from month to month so i've opted for a price that puts each character at about $30 each. This would also align more with the hourly rate I aim for as a freelance artist (35/hr), and is better for covering taxes I'll eventually owe on income.
I currently have the tier set for 16 folks, but realistically the sweet spot is 10 folks, and if I finish sketches in a timely manner I can open up some additional one outside the tier for those that might be interested!
10% Discount on YCH's for Getting Pretty Red There and The Bigger Wallop (NEW) Members!
A Single Smackaroo ($5) Members will have access to most all media posts within the last 4 months and access to any continuous projects a month earlier than social media (same as the $10 tier)! This is a pretty dramatic change but I feel l post regularly enough that it should still give a wealth of things to view to any new members, while access to older posts/high res content will be made available in another format, likely patreon's new shop feature.
*Any continuous projects (comics/ video game/ etc) will be available from first page/ updates until completion and then likely put up for access in another format (higher tier access or purchasable posts). Likely will do animated comic pages that won't be posted outside the patreon long term.
All Paid members will have the ability to vote in polls in relation to Patreon exclusive work when they are posted (This actually isn't new, I just want to make it clear as previously it was listed as a higher tier reward but in practice hasn't been.)
Collections/ Past Work such as Spanksgiving from past years or Bulk Collection/Download related posts will be available for purchase separately if one doesn't want to upgrade to a higher tier to access them.
A lot of my work is posted elsewhere on social media after a period of time in low res anyhow but this will allow for download of any bulk collections in one place from the past!
Right now this is all I have considered! Let me know what you think, I will likely update the page in the next few days to show these changes. If you have any questions feel free to ask below as well!
TLDR:
A Single Wallop ($5)- Most everything in recent 4 months, Patreon exclusive projects a month ahead of social media at least.
Getting Pretty Red There ($10)- All the Above, and access to everything past and present, 10% YCH Discount, BG crowd character first choice.
The Big Wallop (Sketch Tier) $35->$60 & 16 Slots ->10 Slots, 10% YCH Discount, YCH first choice, BG crowd character first choice.
Bulk Posts and Collections Additionally Sold Separately to those who don't want a higher tier.
Comments
TyDCow
Yay thank you!
K Nest
High Res! I don't think I have enough patreon exclusive work to really warrant walling off the difference in resolution at this point, I'd say it's probably the bigger draw of the $5 dollar tier.
TyDCow
Sorry clarifying question: will $5 tier still get hi-res images of new content (just for a limited time) or will it be lo-res (same as what is posted to social media just in advance)?
