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March 2024 Battle Plan (Monthly-ish Newsletter) (Patreon)

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2024-03-01 15:20:00
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I haven't done one of these in a little while so I figured I'd do an update following the recent poll trial run.

Patreon Stuff
Some small changes to polls, mainly all tiers get to vote in the MoEx with voting power proportional to the price of the tier. If you were here for last month's MoEx Poll, I did a little trial run for running weighted polls. It would certainly be easier if Patreon supported it more directly, but its actually not that bad to set up so I think I'll continue that moving forward.

I'm also looking for suggestions or ideas for more BSS Tier ($5) benefits since I don't always do alts for stuff it feels like that tier is a little lacking at the moment. Right now the main draw is the extra voting power, but I feel like I need to do more polls for that to be more impactful. I have been considering running a second (or possibly more) thread/poll combo specifically for fan art since I feel like I've been lacking on that front too. I feel so out of the loop with current shows and games and it could be a fun way to stay up to date with current trends and strike while the iron is hot. Let me know what you think.

Commission Stuff
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! Sorry I just had to get that out.... The comm queue is so backed up right now, I'm really going to crack down on them this month. I've been realizing I need to be better about managing my time since I know how much I can actually get done when I put my mind to it. There's also quite a few animations in the queue and a lot of larger projects, but if I stay on top of things I can get them done in a reasonable timeframe! You should be seeing more of that soon!

Art Stuff
I'm slowly assembling ref sheets for my girls. The Zoey ref sheet has been so much fun to work on but its also waaaaaaaaayyyy too much work to do the same amount for all my other OCs, that said, I do want to do some for characters I haven't made one for (Pandora) or ones that have had major design updates (Beatrix). I'll make sure to post them here as I work on them! The Zoey one is a bit too large for that though XD

I've also been trying to work more on my backgrounds, props, and rendering. I picked up a couple new books that I need to find time to read more of but its already been a huge eye-opener for me. You'll probably see a little more practice in the weekly doodle pages from time to time. I've also been thinking about world building more too since I feel like that never really comes up in my usual work, maybe I'll try incorporating some of that into future animations

Comments

Koni Toon

Interesting!! I like the fan art poll idea, though as long as you're into the topics or fandoms for them! Basically don't try to force yourself to keep up with the trends. And don't be afraid take more nicher options, too! I'm sure it'll be very much appreciated. :) As for other BSS benefits... I'm not sure. From what I've seen artists usually put voting for a poll in a lower tier and poll suggestions + WIPs in a higher tier. I guess there's comm discounts, maybe? Or you can give commission priority, but that could also be for all subs. You can also make a handy archive of all of your works. There's definitely options, I'll be sure to try and think of more!

TrevoButEvil
>>131211888

Commission Priority is something I've definitely thought about before, but I'm not sure how many patrons would really make use of that. As for fanart polls, I'm so out of the loop most things because I'm always cooped up in my little artist cave drawing titties so I'm really bad about keeping up with current stuff. There's a lot of cuties out there that I'm completely missing out on XD

Koni Toon
>>131211888

I was more thinking commission priority would be more of an automatic thing instead of manual. Like Patrons are always done first then non-Patrons. And I'm sure there's definitely a few people who would subscribe for that! (They may just unsubscribe after, though, so maybe you can set a minimum requirement to how ling you need to be subbed for or something.) Ahhh, yeah, that makes sense, hahaha! Well, as long as you enjoy what you draw, I don't see a problem! Plus you'll probably get a hell of a lot more popular if you stat doing fan animations of popular characters. I'm surprised you're not way more popular than you already are, honestly. xD

TrevoButEvil
>>131211888

oh thats more what I meant with the priority stuff, but my queue is more of a list than a queue to begin with and a lot of my patrons are also my regulars or sponsor sketch pages which are pretty hi-pri to begin with. I move slots around in my queue to best fit the amount of time I can put into it. And then what happens when a bunch of people in the queue are subbed? then it doesn't change that much XD Also makes me feel bad when someone gets booted for multiple months for high pri work. And yeah if I just drew more fanart of popular IPs and made more of a niche for myself, I'd be much more popular. Especially if I did short style content like the moexs. But I dont like drawing the same character or type of content all the time. I like to constantly mix it up and I love drawing fanart FOR people, especially of their OCs. But unless they're an "OC artist" know for their characters or have a massive following to begin with, that stuff is a lot less likely to pop off. But I dont really care, I just like making people happy <3

Koni Toon
>>131211888

Well, you can prioritize that by tiers, I guess, but at that point it might be too much of a hassle, true. Witht he way you're growing, you'll probably have a bunch of active commissioners in your sub soon enough. (Hell, one can argue you do already, and I'm still trying to become one. xDD) And yeah, it does feel bad, but most people can wait for something as high quality as your art and animations! That's good! Honestly just doing what you love comes first and foremost! Otherwise you'll get lost by constantly worrying about the numbers, so to speak. But yeah, MoEx-style content of characters you like and popular characters and especially popular characters that you like are sure to pop off!! People love animations! I'm glad you're so OC focused, especially since your OCs are very very cool! Hopefully I can comm you to draw/animate my OC someday, it'd be a real blessing...!