IMPORTANT UPDATE: Comics vs Art (Patreon)

This is probably the hardest thing I will have to do. Not in terms of whether it is possible, but it will require me to use all of my willpower to not fall into regular patterns, here! xD

My comics are my labour of love, and I have always tried to produce, and put out, comics at such a frequency as to have a pretty substantial content base, as well as trying to satiate my impatient ambition of having published comic books as soon as inhumanly possible.
Basically, I want to achieve great numbers of comics within a certain amount of time, and maintain it.
There is a problem, however...

Patreon

I set up Patreon as a means to be able to achieve these goals, so that I could maintain decent comic output, and yes, I dare to dream to achieve a level where I am entirely dependent on Patreon providing me with the necessary income, and more importantly, time, to produce content to my maximum possible  level.
However... I have tried to focus too much on comics, and hardly any regular art. The problem with this is that I have a very small following, so the collective pool of patron potential is also very small.
What I consider to be likely, which I believe is the active case with my situation, is that people are not going to be actively searching for my comics, since it is not a known series. By that assumption, the majority of followers I do obtain should therefore be because of my art, not comics.
In fact, a while back I even put this theory to the test, by posting a poll, asking my patrons why they began supporting me in the first place.
If I were to assume the "Other" option was linked to the single comment to that poll, it would stand as such:

25% Patrons began supporting me for my comics

75% Patrons began supporting me for my art

Given my stagnation in patron growth, and given that I have continued to neglect art in favour of creating more comics, it would seem that by the numbers, I should be focusing mostly on art and not comics.

Don't get me wrong - my comics are my babies! And I will not be stopping them anytime soon.
However, at my current level here on Patreon, focusing the majority of my time on my comics is probably not a wise approach, for now.
Comics take a lot more time than art to create, at least, mine do. And I am running TWO of them!!

Strategic Approach

I ran that poll to find out what originally fueled the majority of my support. If the majority of my support comes for my art, then logically, it would be smarter to focus on that, as it would suggest that people will support me for my art more than my comics.
And I have noted that, for the most part, my DA watcher numbers tend to grow when I post art, rather than comics.

If I have more followers, the greater the chance I may gain more patrons. Which means that if I wanted to grow Patreon, I should produce more of what will make gains.

How to Achieve 

If I stay the current course, and my Patreon continues to stagnate, I will end up being forced to cut back on both comics and art in favour of finding additional sources of income (on top of those I have now).
For both myself, and you guys, that is probably not the most favourable outcome.

So I need to focus on doing what is probably the most intelligent approach and grow Patreon first, before worrying about my own ambitions with my comics.
And if my poll is accurate enough, it would suggest my production time should be about 25% in comics, and 75% in art pieces.
As I mentioned earlier, comics take considerable time to create, and each comic batch or page various in production time.
So. I am looking to dial back the comics. I know I have said this before, but I have had a hard time keeping to that, hence why I mention sheer willpower, lol.

Actually, it might be that doing this might actually make me more productive with my comics, who knows?

So. At this stage we could be looking at a maximum of three Tarri's Day comic strips per month. As this strip is currently in hiatus, this will come back into true production next month, most likely.
As for Tarri's Day Adventures, which is easier to create in terms of time and energy, I am guessing I may be able to release a maximum of one release per week.
Actual numbers would vary based on what I can do with the time I would allocate to them.

The rest of the time? Well... regular art, which could be furry or fairy, fanart, OCs. The stuff that gets the numbers.
If I am lucky enough to get my support to a decent enough level, I can trade out art creating for comic creating again in the future.

What about the Patreon Rewards?

Don't worry, the Patreon Rewards remain unchanged!

Basic Summary

• My Patreon has been stagnant for a long time.
• I spend more time on comics than art.
• Majority of current patrons supported me because of my art, not my comics.
• To grow Patreon and avoid having to risk massively dialing back comics and art, I am going to dial back comics in favour of art in order to attempt to secure more followers, and hopefully, patrons.
• If and when successful, I can increase comic production in the future. If I do nothing, both art and comics may take a harder hit in order for me to find additional income sources.
  And who really wants that? xD

I will be making an additional post for regular updates soon, so keep an eye out! :3