A Note About Your Support (Patreon)

Thank you to everyone who has pledged! It's nice to see that you all enjoy my renders. So let's talk about some things here.

One quick note. There's an announcement at the bottom.

With my Patreon still new, I'd like to talk about how I'm approaching things. Patreon is still an experiment for me. My ultimate goal is still to be able to do this full time, but that will take time to build. With any experiment, it helps to try different things, so I'm going to be doing just that.

My *Current* Patreon Philosophy

You may have noticed that the majority of the posts are public. That's my goal, honestly. Patreon requires that I lock anything lewd or with nudity (actual or implied) behind the paywall, but other than that, I plan to keep as much as I can public. Now, this is a bit different than others do it, but most of those have games. And maybe I come across something that really justifies a higher price in my mind, but right now, I just enjoy sharing and knowing folks are enjoying my work. This may change down the road, but I'm comfortable with it as an experiment for now.

I plan to do comics, as time permits, and those will definitely be locked behind the paywall due to the time investment they take. It's quite a bit of time to set those up, even when they're short. And unlike my comics at Thunderline, these will be all over the map with settings, characters, etc. You'll likely even see TBaK characters mixed with new models, for example.

What Your Pledge Gets You

So, if you're able and enjoy what I put out here, I'd love to get even a $3 pledge from you. 3D rendering isn't free. We won't talk about what I typically spend on new assets and software licenses in a month, but it is not free (or anywhere close to it). Like a lot of content creators out there, especially those on YouTube, I'm going to go with the model of providing most things free with some select benefits for patrons. Your pledge is your support for what I'm doing. It enables me to see a future in this, and invest in new assets, training, software, and equipment.

If you've got any ideas for benefits you'd like to see, I'm all ears. I've thought about behind the scenes things, merch after so many months of pledges, etc., but nothing is standing out to me.

So that's all from me for now. Just wanted to explain a bit here so no one feels like they should be pledging $20 if all they can afford is $3.

Announcement: I've started a new comic that is a bit over halfway done with renders for it. Will still need postwork and coding after the renders are completed. It's short, as these things are, at likely about 60 renders or so. No ETA on it as I'm just taking things a day at a time with my schedule. Ongoing plan is for 1-2 comics a month to see how well I can ease back into things. The comics will be short stories. May be continuity between some, if there is a particular one that gets a lot of love.

- IT Roy