The Patreon Dilemma
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Well, that last panel is now forever burned into my mind - I'll never look at bellydancers the same way again. Thanks guys.
Also, while getting only one patreon and having to cater to his/her/its whims for eternity is a valid concern, there are other ways of earning money. freelancing, street performing, anime girl commissions...
Also, while getting only one patreon and having to cater to his/her/its whims for eternity is a valid concern, there are other ways of earning money. freelancing, street performing, anime girl commissions...
Patr[i/]e[/i]on (the e is important) is an online service. As the name suggests, it's essentially online patronage where people will continually give you money in exchange for services (for example, an artist would do a a weekly picture of a community-chosen topic, commissions, instructional livestreams, etc.).shintakie10 said:
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Probably doing this pose covered by the balloonVanQ said:
Terrible google picture but sends the message acroos
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I have to wonder if patreon is a bubble that will burst at some point, how ever good content providers are this is the Internet where videos, flash games and webcomics can be found in the millions, usually for free. It'll be interesting to see if fans are willing to bankroll their favourite artists permanently or whether many patreons will dry up as time goes on and people get bored or start feeling the squeeze.
I don't get it, is that supposed to be someone specific or something?
Or just some generic weird guy?
Or just some generic weird guy?
YES!
That's exactly what I was thinking when I first heard about Patreon. "This sounds like ... being court jesters".
Essentially, Patreon is a throwback to the old system of monarchs and their favourite ... anything, from scientists to jesters. The monarchs were the patreons of these people.
Funny that Patreon even used the name.
That's exactly what I was thinking when I first heard about Patreon. "This sounds like ... being court jesters".
Essentially, Patreon is a throwback to the old system of monarchs and their favourite ... anything, from scientists to jesters. The monarchs were the patreons of these people.
Funny that Patreon even used the name.
I believe you mean Patron, and it's a system that can be traced back much further than medieval monarchs. Roman Patricians used to work on a similar system.the silence said:
I think the trick is, that that even if there are hundreds of high quality free webcomics, no one expects you to pay for ALL the ones that you read. Plenty of those webcomics have millions, or hundreds of thousands of readers, so even if just a core 0.1% of the biggest fans pay $5 per month, that's enough to sustain someone's livelihood.JoJo said:
A webcomic that's readerbase appears stagnant, still loses plenty of readers every day, it just also gains some. Likewise, even if people regularly drop out of the patron-base, likely others are filling in their shoes with the same speed, unless the whole fandom is collapsing for some reason.
Pretty much all I would've said, but Patreon is really great for people wanting to learn art too. Reiq has been trying to gather up funding to start up a series of tutorial videos on sketching. If you don't know why this is such a big deal, go look up reiq. If you understand why this is a big deal please let's give this man some money so we can crack open that brain and rummage around for the juicy juicy details of artEntitled said:
Can we get Grey's Poop t-shirt as official Escapist merchandise? Pwiddy pweeeaasssseeeeee?
Challenge the creative society or avatar store user groups to it. This must be done now.Redlin5 said:
I can't help but to think that this is a playful jab at Jim Sterling for leaving the Escapist to create his own Patreon. Still a funny comic nonetheless.