Changes to patreon update (Patreon)
Content
Hello Everyone Please go check out the post I made a few days ago before reading this one. essentially I will be making some changes to my patreon. Here's a recap of the changes.
What the changes will be recap
This is the part that I didn't like to discuss, but It must be done and as an artist I have to be firm on my decision to protect my work. Through out the past few years I've been fairly consistent in putting out a large quantity of contents even for the $5 tier rewards. I've been including both JPG and PSD very often 7-8 pieces per term, each term totaling up to 14-16 piece. With that said I feel like even if I change a few things, the quality and the quantity of my work would still be the same (7-8 pieces per term).
The change will affect all Tiers in the following way:
- I will no longer include PSDs for Tier 2 and Yaoi/Yuri. Tier 3+ will still include them.
- All high res JPGs as well as the PSD files will be watermarked and signed ( it will be small enough not to interfere with the image).
- The PSDs will be considerably smaller, as I know most of you want it just to see my work flow. It should only be used for educational purposes (changes does not apply to tutorial PSDs, only my normal and NSFW pieces).
Feedback
Thank you for everyone's input, positive and negative. However this is one decision I will stand firm on. Watermark is what I feel necessary and it is my right to put down to protect my work. pirating is not the only reason for the changes but I wont get more into it. Some of you don't see the point in that and see this as a bad business move. It might be but in the end I'll still be making art even if I do opt to close down my patreon worse case scenario. Patreon is a great platform but there's other possibilities out there. I do want to give thanks to those who are supporting me in my decision. We will see how it goes from here, either way I'll still be painting what i love and I hope you guys will keep enjoy what I create ^_^
Watermark
- watermarking is a big part of the changes going froward to all future terms after September. An example of the watermark is attached. Essentially i will be watermarking all psd/jpg rewards with the sample given. The patron watermark will be places in a more discrete fashion but it will be visible enough to read.The jpg sizes will not be smaller, it will be the same as before.
Watermark concerns
Many of you who do not agree with the watermark change have made it clear that piracy will not be effected by this. I would agree with that but it will offer up a traceback to me. In addition it will be easier for me to report and discourage those who takes my leaked artwork and mass print them and sell them on ebay or other platforms.
Rewards adjustments for tier 2 , yuri/yaoi tier and up
I will be including 3-6 step by step guide jpgs for the loss for psds in those tiers.It will also be apart of tier 3 and up.
Thank you for your understanding, Those changes will be effective this month and so on, it will not effect term 41.