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Animations + Patreon Rework
🕑 Added 2018-10-02 08:14:51 +0000 UTC I've decided I'd like to try and focus on shorter animations. That doesn't mean DVa/Mercy is dead in the water. I just need to reassess my priorities here, because I really don't output enough content to be satisfied with myself, and I'm sure you're all as annoyed as I am with it. I'll continue with that project in bits and pieces as I see fit, but for now I'd like to focus on making more things so you guys don't have to wait a whole goddamn year for new videos every time. That's ridiculous, and I'm sorry for blue-ballsing you all like that. I'll try and be more open about the current status of things at the very least.With all that said, I'd like to rework some components of my Patreon to work better with this idea.
- I'm going to make text posts like this one completely free for obvious reasons. WIP stuff will stay behind a $1 paywall, but only for a week. 2D art announcements will be free, since they're available on my DeviantArt anyway. I'd like to make most if not all non-public posts release to the public a month max after uploading as well.
- I'm going to move video file downloads down to the $3 tier (public after 1 month) and remove the distinction between test videos and normal content, since I hope to make future content better than most of my test videos. The direct download will open to the public after a month. I'll also upload future videos to Youtube, short and long alike.
- I'll be putting small watermarks on the corner of my videos in the future. I hate enforcing copy protection, but I want to avoid issues where I get accused of "copying" content by automated systems like Youtube. Un-watermarked versions will be uploaded here after some time has passed with the public version, probably a week or a month.
- Blender source files will remain as $5 rewards, but will not be uploaded until some time later, like the un-watermarked videos, to avoid false copyright accusation issues.
- Any donation will get you in the credits now, but $10+ donors will be featured more prominently. Likely with a bigger name, in its own section with other $10+ donors, and staying in one place on the screen instead of scrolling by quickly.
Honestly, I haven't been carrying my weight in all this, or at least being open enough about what's going on in my life. Sorry to keep you waiting in silence for so long. I'll try and make this better from here on out.
Sincerely,
RoboBro
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Thanks Tom! Slowly, but surely. I'm really hoping my request for unemployment benefits will get approved. That'll buy me a lot more time to look. Either way, I'll be fine. I've got places to turn to for help regardless.
Thank you Brick, I appreciate your honesty. I was talking to a friend on Discord who said something similar, and it made me think that I really need to assess my priorities better, and strike a better balance in terms of workload. Dumping everything into one big project is a bit much, and it gets old to the point where it's tempting to just not work on anything at all. I've come to realize that that's not really benefiting anyone to do things that way, least of all myself. Especially if I'm "one of the best out there", I think my smaller efforts would be worthwhile if it means I make content more often instead of a bunch of empty promises. So thank you. I needed to hear that.
Thing is, you gave yourself a lot of pressure with how legitimately good your long videos are. Smaller projects are easier to put out and still leaving you time to breathe. Irl stuff got in your way and as a patron, it did annoy me a little bit but if you keep your workload smaller, you'll feel less pressure and therefore be more productive. You're thinking less of having to dish out content. I back your stuff because you're one of the best out there.
TomAlchemist
Obviously I’m looking forward to Mercy/DVA but the short previews I’ve seen (like the most recent one you did) have so much potential I don’t mind waiting longer for that if it means more animations. Hope the job search is going well
