Enro_the_Mutt
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General update on things
🕑 Added 2018-04-28 01:53:25 +0000 UTC(TL;DR: Gonna be MIA on chatting to focus on commission work. Next month I'll be working on adjusting prices, how I take commissions, and patreon tiers. Sticker commissions are being omitted for the time being. Also a big fat THANK YOU to you all for your support.)
First I wanted to say that I love chatting with you guys in discord, but for a week or so I'm gonna be cutting back on conversing so that I can really focus on getting commission work done. I usually keep a queue of 1-2 people but it's a bit longer than usual so I'm gonna focus on getting these done, and will be doing in-stream sketch commissions between pieces so that I can slowly repair my financial situation after this month, since I had a lot of unexpected expenses that sapped my wallet ):<
Here's a trello link that I'll try to keep updated as I work through them: https://trello.com/b/qmAcxcyQ/commissions
I'm also going to be spending this next month editing my prices and my patreon (for real this time!) and how I accept commissions. Priority to commission slots started out as a bonus to people that wanted to support me, but now it became a "you can only commission me if you are a patron, and even then you're not guaranteed a slot" and that's not what I wanted. Some commission types will be reserved for patrons only, but I'm going to try and figure out a system so that everyone gets a fair shot. (If you have any advice or suggestions, please let me know!) And also want to work on a new system of taking commissions that's a bit more transparent so that people know what to expect.
And the price changes are just something that has to happen, especially for the full rendered pieces because the amount of time and detail I put into them for the amount of money that I get, doesn't feel fair. They take up to a week to complete just one, where I could have done 3-5 simple commissions and earn more in the same amount of time.
Probably going to remove the option for sticker commissions for now, simply because I don't want to do them, and there's too many people that want them, and instead offer the limited "high tier" patron pledges that get a sticker each month, that I talked about towards the beginning of the year. Otherwise, I might sparsely do YCH sticker packs whenever I have time/motivation to spare for em.
Other than that, THANK YOU everyone for your support, I honestly don't even have the words to properly express my gratitude, and you guys have changed my life. I know I'm sometimes frustrating to get a hold of and the way I run things is unclear, but I'm trying to adjust to the quickly growing demand of art and questions and trying to figure out how to handle everything. I went from about 300 watchers to 10,000 in a little over a year, and it feels like going through puberty really quickly where you grow really tall and you're not used to it so you stumble all over the place until you finally adjust (not that I'd know since I'm still short ):< )
So I also appreciate all of your patience while I work through this and figure out how to be a more professional artist! :")
Comments
Enro
Oh wow, that's actually a pretty neat idea! I'll definitely think about this, I appreciate you taking the time to write up this suggestion!
Ryoken
I'm not sure if it would help in this instance but I developed a pricing format that worked wonderfully for myself in the past. The way it worked is the more people I had in line for a commission, the more it costed. For example, commissions could cost $50 + $10 for everyone currently in line. This let me remain open for commissions always as some people were willing to pay more to guarantee a spot in line, while others were willing to wait until it died down a bit. Maybe this could be adapted somehow to figure in Patreon sponsors?
