Maybe you should care, or maybe you shouldn't. Whether or not it is important is up to you based on what I'm about to tell you. First things first, I should start off with the first question.
What IS Patreon?
Patreon is essentially like an ongoing kickstarter. What you do is pledge a certain amount of money for you to be charged per month, or per submission (mine is per submission). It's a website designed so that you all, if you so wish to, may donate a small amount of cash towards me to make sure that I create more art. The more that you all chose to donate towards me, the more art that you all will begin to see from me. More finished works, more colored works, and in general a lot more effort than what you would normally have seen from me as these past couple of months.
Okay that's cool and all, but are you going to be pay-walling us?
If you're worried about me doing that to you then you have nothing to worry about! Since I've started this Patreon, the only art I'm going to be working hard to deliver to you all are going to only be colored pieces, such as the one featured in this submission right here, or the ones in my banner, or the picture I submitted the other day. I will not cheat you all of any good works. Everything I make will be colored and it will still be public. The only thing that will get "pay-walled" are just sketches and works in progress, things I'm sure won't matter too much if most of it is getting colored anyways.
If it's going to all be free to view anyways, why become a Patron?
Whether or not you decide to become a Patron or not is entirely up to you. However I can tell you that if you decide to become a Patron of mine, you will begin to see a lot more of my art. More colored pieces, more art in general. Seeing as it's all for free, I just do it in my spare time. However if I had a lot of patrons from you all I would definitely be a lot more focused on finishing more pieces of artwork. I'm sure you all would definitely enjoy that.
But why should I just give you money? You're not going to be doing anything for me.
On the contrary. By pledging to me, you already will get a load of stuff for you to get and enjoy just be being a patron. One pledge you can make lets you get $1 stackable commission credit to me for every submission I made. You'd essentially be getting a free personal commission from after I have made enough personal artwork. Other pledges include $3 discounts on all commissions, free sketches, sticker sheets and more. I am willing to put out the effort to keep you all satisfied with choosing to become a patron of mine.
Okay but now I gotta ask about those discounts on pledges. How many times are you able to use them?
As long as you are a Patron and have pledged money towards me for personal creations, then you are free to use that discount no matter what. As long as you are a patron of mine and you are helping support me, you're welcome to use that discount however many times you see fit, regardless of whether or not I have updated anything for a while or not or you have selected to only cap out at that certain pledge to once a month despite me charging per artwork.
How can I become a Patron?
Just go onto Patreon's website and sign up for an account! Pledge however much you want and you will receive all rewards accordingly to your pledge amount.
Can I upgrade later? Will I get the fire time rewards from upgrading?
Of course! However the first time is a first time, and you cannot get them a second time, even if you downgrade and reupgrade again.
Can I cancel?
Of course! You can cancel from being a patron of mine at any time!
Got any more questions about Patreon? Just ask about them in the comments section below and I will try to add and answer all questions and answers here to this post. I hope you all will consider becoming Patrons of mine!
