>>241726
You set the stage early for how this relationship is going to work. I provide you fat art, you provide me a minuscule fraction of a payment each month towards hopefully being able to eat.
Besides, if someone wants to pay, don't stop them. Worst mistake any entrepreneur can do for something like digital tickets, donations, etc. Play with that instrument case open in front of you, not closed. Or the streamer advice of "stream like they are watching" while sitting at 0 viewers. You post to that patreon like it has somebody there at 0 patrons, for months.
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>>241727 said, artists need to get paid or they go away. It's not wrong to scream to the world "I'm here to do work for you!" day 1 and hope someone will appreciate and pay you for the work.
>>241731
You're not wrong that it can be a trust thing, but all the more reason to start now and not later. When you finally notice him and you see he's been doing it for 2 months, 5 months, 1 year, page 20, page 50, Feb's poll, June's poll... he'll have that much more trust. Maybe it was all posted to 0 subs, 5 subs, whatever but the creator would be "wearing the clothes for the job they want" all this time and awaiting and hoping payment.
>>241738
Thanks, spot on analysis. Staring into the abyss for too long is definitely a trap, but never peering into it is its own trap as well. Maxfullbody is indeed a golden example, but not of an underrated artist. More an example of an under utilized artist, potential like you say. If they thought in the overly analytical, downer sort of ways I'm discussing I do think they could pivot to financially successful art very rapidly. Give the people what they want, as they voted on with their wallets. Aggressively study what is already known, take this deep dive into the charts and recognize and regurgitate the patterns as they most statistically align with success.
Max's art resonates for me too but indeed, its formatting and focus isn't there yet. It does not have the needed hook to force a potential subscribers hand. He needs the board meeting every SaaS company has ever had - how do we leverage our free offerings to force a sale, what is the CTA, what is the real 'product'? I said it, the scary 'P word' in art. It's about making a product. Every creative in the room just fell to a knee, the pain of making creative arts into a business endeavor is an uncomfortable sin to commit.
Max is on the road to most likely exit the scene sometime soon. If he even bothers to list his Patreon revenue on his taxes, soon the IRS will let him know his cost of doing business is not tax deductible because what he has isn't a business, it's a hobby. He's about to reach 5 years of not making a profit. The tax situation is mostly irrelevant but damn is it telling: You don't operate a business for 5 years losing money every single year. And we're all here looking at this same last 5 year timeline, with a list of creators outputting the same frequency, same effort, same skill, but with 3x, 5x, 10x results.
That fucking sucks dude. I just really hate to see it, I've seen plenty of artists exit the scene exact same way. Like it's a big mystery why they had to go get a job. See everyone in the comments like "Wait, you'll still post, right?" They were putting in 40 hour weeks, for free. You flip through and can see, every week he's doing another big art piece with a shit-ton of dialogue, panels, it's all here man. That's essentially a Pixi Log Myu page. At least worth a Metal Forever stick-doodle sequence. I'm hopeful he does 'experiment' and finds that something in the end.
>>241775
Sounds good bro, you're still just getting started. Look at this all and find your balance of providing the perfect intersection where your creativity can shine and its an appealing product that makes chart go up. It's absolutely a marathon and a grind at the same time.
>>241777
Careful, our guest artist Mr. 97b89e is here and already has ear-wing girls all up in that gallery LOL
Ofc Pixi draws Kip girls. Kip and Pixi are brothers in arms, even swore their brotherhood over a shared dish of rat meat! IYKYK
The strategy isn't terrible, but at the same time unless you're a full time Kip fanart maker then it's really not great either. This might boost your free fans side doing other peoples OC's but it's just not the product you're offering so why would a customer subscribe based off of that? So then the hope is they see Kip via a name search, see you, like you so much, see your other work and then --- right there, a miracle has to happen to convert them into your fan instead of only being a Kip fan merely passing by. Then the miracle that is statistically on average 100 times less likely to occur than converting someone into a free fan, converting someone into a paying fan.
Turn back in your textbook to the Instant-Girl chapter. Why are they even called Instant-Girl? Because they only ever drew their own --Girl--, and became an --Instant-- success. No, I'm fucking with you, but what's the coincidence the Instant success story would have Instant in their name? But look at that. They seriously only ever draw their OCs, and that's the product that made people a free fan, and a paying fan. What do I get if I pay to subscribe? Some months nothing, but when they do feel like posting, it's going to be exactly-fucking that, what you came here for in the first place.
So in that sense, drawing a Kip girl is more or less just not even a good business decision. You want a mutually beneficial cross collab, that's the play. Not a desperate one way one off. Network some, see what's possible. Obviously Kip isn't even going to open your DMs. Network with some mid-tier (popularity) artists. Max? Maaaaaax, let me draw some of your Genshin Impact girls for you bro. Ba-dum-tshhh, that joke writes itself for anyone who doesn't appreciate OCs.