Possible thoughts on a Pateron. No Final Word
Hey, everyone! Some of you may know me as the "Skullgirls fanartist" from
tumblr known as ToDDaBeLLa, and the web formerly known as
todd18. But now, I'm just Todd. I'm an illustrator and I'm always doing what I can to hone my skills as an artist. I'm not a digital artist, but I believe I can do it. I have to practice more and conquer my fears. I know I can do it. I WILL do it. I had this plan to create digital illustrations and then right after do color variations of them. But I haven't figured out how to approach it yet.
A friend of mine shared some ideas on skype and he suggested it. But I didn't think I was even good enough at that point to do it. I'll be honest: to have a successful patron, you need a strong following. No matter what it is you do, you must have a following because people who REALLY like you and enjoy what you do, will find ways to support you and wish you success.
I never gave it a thought, but also rewards and small perks like that also come into play. I'll try to explain this part as best as I can: examples of perks would be if you pledged a certain amount each month, you would gain access to exclusive content. Sketches/WIPS would be available to those before they reached the web. This includes sketches that are available for you and only you! I would stream more often meaning I would do a livestream showing how I touch images up. Watch my process live. I'd also talk to everyone and keep some of you company. I know people would want a verbal chat session.
Another perk would be you could request any image in my library (SFW or NSFW) in high resolution file (print size/300 dpi) for HD awesomeness. You could even print the images out yourself. This is a suggestion though. I'm not sure this is final but this is what I would do.
Another possible perk would be you can participate in a monthly sketch commission raffle: request a character and you and other patrons will be selected randomly selected. I would do all the requests, but the slots would be limited for my safety. Let me tell you, people have strange requests and fantasies. This becomes a *fetish frenzy* rather than something fun. I would hope people had suggestions on images I could possibly do. I would stream the touch ups and I would also send the patrons the hi-res images and the sketch process before exclusive to them. You could choose to post the files if you wanted to.
Another idea to this is, you can skype with me. :) Is that cool or not? Well...eeeh. I dunno. These are all ideas that I have, so this ISN'T FINAL so don't go assuming this is what the deal is. If I knew how to stream process videos I would. In fact, I'll try to learn how and maybe include this perk? What do you think? Well I gotta end it here. This is just what I came up with it. This will also keep me drawing and if you follow my NSFW tumblr that will also update much frequently.
Share your thoughts below. What do you guys think? All is much appreciated and thank you for taking the time to read this!