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Good News and Bad News (Patreon)

Published:
2017-04-16 04:32:00
Imported:
2026-06

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The good news: I reached my second goal on Patreon!! Yeahhhh!!!

The bad news: I don't think I can keep up with the numbers of sketch rewards I need to do. Which means I will need to revamp the rewards again to reduce the workload. I know some of of you are here for those rewards, so this change might lead to some of you patrons leaving, which I can understand.

tl;dr wall of text incoming


My main product has always been Bolter to Kokoro comic, and the sketches I offer are something to reward you guys for supporting me. My original work schedule for each month looks roughly like this: First half of the month allocated for BtK, and the rest of the month for patron rewards. 

I messed up since I didn't expect the number of patrons to swell so much in a short time. I didn't expect I could get this many people to support me to be honest, but turns out I was wrong. As it is right now, I need to sacrifice some time for the comic to handle the rewards. 

In the beginning there was only a small number of patrons to help kickstart my Patreon business (I really appreciate you guys), so the number of rewards I had to do was manageable in the beginning. But now there is a lot more. 

I would love to do give you guys all the rewards that I've promised, but alas, there is only so many days in a month, and I'm only one person, so the reward system needs to change. I need to be able to reward all of you without working myself to death in the process. 

Basically in those 2 weeks I allocated for rewards, I can comfortably do 5 color sketches, and 10-15 non color sketches (depending on subject matter). Any more than that is really stretching it. 

 
Anyways, the idea that I have right now for the reward changes is this:

  • Limiting the number for the sketch rewards (5$,10$, and 15$) to 5 people for each tier.

OR

  • Change the sketch rewards into a voting based reward. Meaning all patrons of that tier can request and vote for which request they would want me to do, and I will do the top 5 voted for each tier.


 Of course the changes I'm talking about won't be implemented this month. It might apply next month or the month after. I will do my best to do all the rewards sketches for this month. 

I would love to hear opinions and ideas from you patrons since you guys are the ones supporting me doing what I love for a living!

Thank you!

Comments

Anonymous

We will support you in whatever you choose to do. Of the options you presented the voting one sounds the best.

Anonymous

I'm sure we will all understand and support you despite the reduced reward. I'm behind a voting system, but that way, some patrons may never get anything out of their support if their idea isn't as popular. I would suggest having votes for 10 line sketches, 5 B&W and 5 coloured, but also opening maybe 3 commission slots for those who may not get their ideas voted for. Just my 2¢.

luth
>>4721561

Yeah I guess thats the downside of a voting system. Ideas that are too out of it might not get voted. And theres plenty of those lol.

Anonymous

I think a modified version of the five slots a month could work. Just rotate out who gets to make a request that month. It will take a little longer for a person to get their request, but at least everyone will eventually get the picture that they want

luth
>>4722869

But that would mean aside from those five patrons, other patrons would need to wait god knows how many months for future rotations until they get their chance, and won't get anything for the month they've pledged for.

Anonymous

I know, I know. I suppose you could continue to keep a few raffle slots open, so people have a chance at getting a sketch a little early, but I'm just thinking that with a voting system, someone with an unpopular idea won't ever get their idea drawn. I suppose continuing to do the raffle could work alongside the voting system too, now that I think about it. Any way you slice it though, I think a lot of people will still end up being left out.

luth
>>4723047

Yeah. Either way I can't make everyone happy. Just have make it work the best I can. I am considering the raffles if I add a limit to the number of advance tier (5$,10$,15$) rewards.

RaptorusMaximus

For clarification, would the first option mean that only 5 people from each of those reward tiers get a sketch per month, or that only 5 people from each tier TOTAL would get a sketch?

luth
>>4724726

5 people from each of those tiers. So it totals up to 15 people. 5 color sketches, 5 b&w shaded sketches, and 5 basic sketches.