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Cracking the conundrum / night awake / please read (Patreon)

Published:
2019-01-29 11:43:55
Imported:
2026-06

Poll

QUESTION!

  • Yes! Down with the tyranny of the Gregorian Calendar! It's the dawn of numerical common sense! 16
  • NO! Stick to the conventional monthly labels. Numbers are too abstract and annoy me. 5
  • Seriously, do what you need to be happy doing your art. We keep telling you! 102
  • 2019-01-29
  • 123 votes
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Content

Hey guys, it's me again! While I'm tiredly awake in this sickening hot night (yep, south hemisphere) I've been thinking back to some messages I got after my last post, and perhaps in my own replies I found a possible way out of the constantly-delayed-monthly-packs conundrum. But I need to elaborate, and is not easy for me, so please equip your +1 endurance items... Got 'em on? Thankyou. ;v; Ok, here we go.

The next part is mostly for those of you who are newer in my Patreon, not so much for the older patrons who already know the complications and trust my dedication (you guys are awesome <3 and also can skip two paragraphs).

One key point is that the monthly amount of work has remaining pretty much the same for the past 3 years. And yet, the time when each new pack was wrapped up for delivery, had always been bound to (or tainted by) my intention to keep them thematically consistent/distinct... A priority that emerged from seeing my art packs as "collectible items": if people wanted to acquire the packs later on, it would be best if each pack held inside a clear set of contents, when it existed (as image-series or sequenced pages).

So it happened that whenever a new series of images/pages begun spontaneously around the middle-of-month, it would push the entire pack's completion time beyond the estimated end-of-month dates... because those arts are usually the detailed time-consuming types, and I'm all "I can do this! I can fit everything in!!" ...yeah. Repeat that pattern enough times in a year, while keeping the strict rule of naming packs after a monthly sequence (not skipping any!)... and you arrive to the current scenario. Delivering "monthly packs" with a label 30 days old. It makes noooo sense...

It's a dumb situation that keeps happening, is getting worse, and is causing me A LOT of stress. There is guilt, there is the feeling I'm never doing enough, even if I know I'm trying my best. I still try to repress it, I try to shelter in the amazing positive comments I get from some of you (I swear I can't thank you enough), but the stress is there. And I don't want it.

But most importantly, at this stage I can't deny the "time slips" are a natural condition of my work style: the canvas remains unpredictable, even to myself. And I like it that way. I need to keep it that way, unruly. Fresh.

I know that might just sound whimsy, even unreasonable. But if you've been a long while doing what I do... you might start to realize you need that element of surprise. Surprising yourself, by letting spontaneous things take shape on your creative space. But if you also want to pursue quality and follow those unpredictable gifts of creativity with dedicated hours of work, it will irremediably clash with the grindy and arbitrary limits set by the rolling months. So... if you guys allow me, I would ask to let go of those limitations.

There are some options for such a change. The logical one, I think, is dropping the whole monthly labeling, adopt simple numbers, and stop worrying so much about the dates. The packs would still come out on the same frequency (or even faster, since I won't worry about full content quotas, but instead go with ready-to-deliver sets of content) but they won't carry funny names anymore, like "December 2018" twenty-nine days into 2019... Actually I've looked back on my history while writing this, and realized I've made 41 content packs since my beginning on Patreon... I feel kind of amazed, and humbled too. Because I didn't do that alone, but with the necessary help of the incredibly generous people who's chosen to stick with their support and their trust in what I do, throughout all the years.

If we go that way, the current one will be "pack #42". Pretty impressive number!Even smaller (more frequent) packs can follow from there, since the numbered label won't signify a full period's work anymore, but a unity of content.

Another option... way more drastic —and I'm not sure if I have the logistics figured out yet— would be delivering content (PSDs, sketches, the usual waifu extras, etc) thru Patreon posts whenever each art is finished. That would be a more advanced degree of "freedom", but also require more steps to manage and could become confusing to everyone (considering the different Tiers) So... not for now. If ever.

Anyway, whichever way we go from here, the pledging->rewards system won't really change. Patrons still get what is delivered during the month their pledge is active. Would only mean getting bonus contents more often, since I'll probably divide the usually big packs into smaller more frequent ones, sending out sets or single illustrations+extras as soon as they're ready. I'm pretty excited with the possibilities, tbh. 

So yeah, that's all I have to say now, guys. Thank you for reading, and sorry for the mountain of text. It's been a long wobbly night awake, so I might have overextended beyond what I usually consider logical. TwT

I'll leave a little poll here too, so you can express your preference even if you feel shy to comment ( which I 100% understand, being myself... it also takes a lot of me to bring words out :'3 )

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Comments

Fegu

Bbblergh, those are not even the right options I wanted to put in the poll :'D Patreon is so stupid and it saved the initial draft options (that were only placeholders) instead of the real ones..... I guess still works. They still represent the same concepts after all, so please go ahead and use them as is.

Striker

<3 We still love you Fegu and I for one; always will :)

renkash

You're an illustrator, not a writer, clearly you should spend more time drawing and less time writing reee /sarcasm tagged. In all honesty I've always been spearheading the train of thought of doing what's best for your creativity. So frankly I'll tell ya to do what flows the best for your thought and art process. But I also understand that telling people just to take it as easy all the time is equally harmful as it establishes a system of lacking consequences and guilty minds. That said it's cool you're being a great example and showing a lot of transparency but it seems to me like this choice is a fake/hollow one as one option clearly seems to be better for your creative process and mental health and the other is just holding on to an established system because it's 'always been that way' and to be blunt I despise things being done for the sheer sake of tradition if there's a better option.

Fegu

Haha yes T¬T in all honesty, long-writing is kind of painful! I absolutely agree that going full laid-back about one's work is hardly a good idea, specially for freelancers who have to also play the role of being their own bosses. It takes discipline in the best cases, or self guilt-tripping if nothing else works. And also on the second one... But there I had some of my own resistance that I had to cut thru first. The old "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" sticks, and it can be difficult to measure for personal subjective things. "Am I suffering enough stress to call it a problem? To need fixing?" even when the obvious answer was yes, since a while ago.

Simon Edge

Crack on with the awesome work, we love it however it comes to us! And if it helps...you give more regular content for the tiers than other artists I've supported, so don't feel like you aren't doing enough.

Fegu

Good boy Striker, thank you :' >

Fegu

Oohh, thanks for sharing that bit of info! It's really hard to objectively measure productivity by myself, tbh. But even knowing this, I still wish I could do a lot more. : ) I'm glad you're enjoying my work!

Linder Binder (edited)

Comment edits

2026-09-06 08:00 Two things, and I feel as though you already know where one of them are going: Firstly, you could switch over to drawing cars and tea cups, and I would continue to support you. That part hasn't changed since I became a Patron and will not anytime in the future. Secondly, you are in no way going to please everyone here. You should be aware by now, that new Patrons may come and go but there isn't anything you can do about that beside what you are already doing by sharing your talents with us. So my real opinion (being blunt) is stop beating yourself up about it. But on the flip side of that point, you are late with your packs. Now I am OK with that, as are others here as long as you deliver on what you say you will be sharing with us. But this isn't going to change over night, so if you feel that breaking up the packs will help you, go for it. If you decide you want to focus on creating and perfecting a few pieces for the monthly packs but feel as though you aren't delivering with just those, just throw some sketches into the packs with them (alternative poses that you changed, pieces you began drawing but sort of lost interest, etc). We are here to see your art, you can give us some "maybe" or "almost" pieces. If we like them, we can tell you and then you can possibly finish and add them to a later pack release. Point being; make changes where needed, adjust your pack distribution if it helps, break the month into half (waifus one half, original content the other), whatever. Just keep drawing! Your Patrons have your back :]
2019-01-29 13:36

Kaladria Silverleaf

Hey Fegu. I could copy/paste what Linder Binder said and it would basically be what I want to communicate to you as well. Seriously, everything Linder Binder said is Truth. Thats how I feel too. I’d like to think I’m starting to edge into long term Patreon territory now and as time has passed the reasons I support you have changed. In the beginning it was all about me. What I wanted. What tickled my fancy. What satisfied my needs etc. Your art still does all those things for me. I love the girls, I love the sexy pinups. I especially enjoy the personality and character you’ve breathed into Sue or Miranda and all the others. But, thats not why I’m here anymore. I’m here because I want to support your work. Yes I want you to deliver. Thats a reasonable expectation for financial support. But, that just means keep drawing. Keep being creative. Keep doing what makes you happy. Make whatever changes you need to with your pack delivery and distribution. Like Linder said, we have your back.

Nendario

Whatever you do in the end, make sure to keep what you tell us, then everything will be fine <3 no more to say ( I think)

renkash

Oi, you take that back! Long writing is fuckin' amazing. ...if you like writing I guess. You're right on the money. It's good to have a deadline to work towards rather than flabbing about, but if you feel your schedule is a prison, and not just structure, that's an issue. I mean. You say it. It seems like you answered your question already and looking at the poll numbers a lot of your followers just want ya to follow what makes you work efficiently and in a healthy manner. I don't think I ever had an issue with your work ethic. Change things around. Customize your system. Listen to feedback of your followers. A good freelancer knows to adapt to different situations and find out when they're pushing themselves too hard or need to push further. I'm here for the awesome art and that likely won't change. (Even if I wish I had the opportunity to suggest OCs more but that's really greedy by me.)

Fegu

Thank you SO much, for so encouraging message. It's very comforting to know this, and it really means a huge ton to me. :' )

Sgthor

Just wanted to add my pennies and just say I'll follow whatever path you choose to pursue Fegu. Like a lot of people I'm really just enjoying what you decide to put out there into the art. Your art always give me a lot of joy to see and though it's focused almost exclusively on cute ladies they are wonderfully drawn and full of life. Anyhow, just do you man we support you and wish you the best!

Fegu

I could draw girls playing inside tea cups! :> Really tho, those are good ideas. I'll see to include Lykke's next sketches in the coming pack, so everyone can see where she's going with it. Thank you for always being so awesome, buddy. I can say I feel proud to count with a patron like you. :' )

Fegu

Yes! I always mean to be open about what I'm working on, and let you all know of any changes. :3

Matt

A strong vote here for primarily #3 with a healthy dose of #1. Revolution is nigh and your happiness and our continued enjoyment of art is the prize. ✊🏼

Fegu

You're very generous, thank you! :' >