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"White dragonesses are dangerous in the snow! Beware!"

http://kodar.org/patreon/content/100/dangerous-ness2.png

So, I was thinking to upload it to public but then I looked at it closely and I didn't like how it was unbalanced, with sketchy sharp lines and overall rushed product feel to it, during the last two days I made a big quality update, each frame has received a lot of work. Man my drawing paw and the eyes are sore now x) Nearly failed my challenge thing too, 1 hour away from that xD But I was determined to make it look good and in one piece update, not like WIPs iterations. Now, to have a rest.... :)

Comments

Anonymous

Ohh I remember that one. Love it! rip Kodar

Luna Fluff

What did you do to warrant a pounce like that!?

Ezylderg

Awh this is adorable xD

Blanket

Such a ferocious hunter! I'm proud of her!

QuantumAge

Has nothing to do with the above picture but I saw that you posted something behind that 25$ tier. Will that be availabe for others here too sometime in the future, as I said some time ago I think a 25$ paywall is pretty much expensive. Since you posted nothing for a long time behind that tier maybe you should think about it somehow.

Kodar

There were a few consecutive work in progress pictures of one same project.. I post many WIPs for baseline pledge, even though the WIPs are supposed to be $25, these rules are loose and nobody is going to miss anything important anyways :) I will finish that project soon, this ain't one of those "forever WIPs" x) And you will see the final result.

Kodar

I don't know... Maybe, she thought I was spending too much time and money on car repairs and not enough on drawing? xD

Luna Fluff

As much as I would like to agree with her, your car is important! For when you don't want to fly! :D

QuantumAge

I would more appreciate it when the wips and sketches would be "early access" too here, so that other tiers see them too at some point. To be honest I have the feeling that I miss something. And then there are sketches I mean they don't have to be finished but I don't see them when they are locked behind a 25$ tier, like these wich are 2 years old. As I said above 25$ for sketches and wips sorry that should belong to a 1$ tier not 25$, don't really know what the point of that is. Sorry if that sounds rude or demanding in some way but when you are a 10$ supporter already and you don't see all the art a creator does, sorry but that feels just wrong to me. And do you have considered lower tier prices in general at some point I mean it could bring you more supporters, and maybe uploading here and there more to the public. People don't go here and pay when they don't see something from you. You could also make a poll about it, just saying. So I hope my post is not offending or so, it is really not meant like that, but the last time all these creators who think 5$ or 10$ a month is not enough to see all the art someone does, yeah feels just not really good. But I really thank you for your reply and that it is not what I expected (I mean it is pretty nice), got other stuff to herein the past. So I think that means you get my point a little bit and understand what I mean.

Kodar

Well.. I read this, and I see a "customer" approach. Patreon isn't really a “shop”, it's a donation platform, where you support a creator generally, so they may keep doing art for a living. These tiers exist, so people can choose how much they want to support me, not because they expect unique rewards that "worth" that much. Some people have chosen custom amount pledge, even higher than $25. Most of the content here is open for base level tier $1, I can't "consider lowering the tier prices" with all the above in mind, there must be an option for those who can and want to donate more. I could just say, "here is my paypal, and you may donate me as much as you like, so I can live and draw for all of us", but this doesn't work without a system, patreon provides that system. I consider patreon my little safe haven, where I can just draw and post anything without public pressure, to my elite club of buddies, heh... Welcome :) Your $10 came towards the very fact that I could make something, even if I've posted it for $1 - you are the one who made it possible 10x times more! As for the rewards, they may be quite chaotic, yes, I don't want it to feel like you absolutely have to pledge this amount to see that, once again, i'm very generous with the rewards, even the $1 sees WIPs and lewd extra versions etc, but some times I would make rewards limited to a tier. WIPs are something only a true follower would value, this is private backstage of art, and I really-really am NOT comfortable with sharing WIPs to wide audience, sorry, this is just how I am, rough doodles are even worse, not even by a gun point x) Once again, this is how I am, can't change myself... $25 also gets “artwork giveaway” event, rarely happening but anyone may claim a slot there and get a personal art from me, this is not a raffle, and even that has happened to all the tiers once, including the $1. Managing many uploads and galleries, keeping track of them all, replying to the comments, worrying about reception, making tags, all that on a foreign language, takes unbelievably lots of time and energy - I did try it in the beginning and struggled greatly. I even posted some WIPs at FA which almost nobody watched and liked anyways... Would you rather see 1/3 more artwork overall, than me having a very strict and ordered patreon layout and promptly updated public galleries? At better times – I would. Some WIPs I really do hate and I am ashamed of how they turned out, or they're personally sensitive, or I feel like I don't have enough skill to finish them yet, i'm hesitant to open them more, not to mention to upload to public galleries, my turmoil would not help all of the watchers get more art, I could just get sick and fall into deep art-block or depression more likely if i'm going to be FORCED to share all my backstage work by some obligation and demand... You see, my life goes like this - all the spare mental energy and time I can muster, I spend on drawing, then upload it on patreon and then fall asleep to wake up to another day, to say i'm stressed in life is putting it mildly, I don't spend much time at social activity for that same reason. Like, right now, i've spent over 2 hours on making this very reply, and it's well over 6 AM already and I haven't finished my daily challenge entry... Yeah, i'm not a perfect example of a businessman, i'm just trying to survive as much as I can, and still think positive... what's happening is not because of greed or being short-sighted, or not seeing obvious things - it's just the limits of my resources and results of past experience, some things you've said I agree with, but I have to make choices. I lost track of my thoughts on this reply, but I hope this has answered some questions...

Kodar

Heh.. It takes like 3 hours walking to get to the city from my place :) If anything happens to the car, i'm stuck here x) So it is an important thing for survival :)