General Statement regarding the Fanart and Sequence Poll (Patreon)

Edit: Added a few points ^^

I receive more and more comments each month that state that they are sad/not happy that their suggestion didn't win the poll.

So I think I address it now before obsessing over it and killing my productivity.

Sorry 'bout that in the first place but it's a poll where the community favorites win the race.

First of all, ask yourself the question:

• Most important one of all: To whom are you subscribing? I am an artist who draws a lot of RWBY, My Hero Academia, Fairly Oddparents and sometimes Wakfu stuff, some sub series: Naruto, Avatar and Legend of Zelda. People who enjoy these drawings become my subscribers and therefore could suggest and vote for similar content.
• Is the TF idea interesting?
• Did I overexplain everything which makes it hard to understand and less likely to get voted, or the opposite where nothing is explained and is too vague to get voted
• Am I suggesting a niche/already long-existing character? Characters that are from older anime/cartoons aren't that popular anymore, that's just how it is. That doesn't mean that they don't have a right to get suggested, but most people enjoy TFs of characters they grew up with or know to some extend. ^^
• Is the winning suggestion a continuation of a series of fanarts that a lot of people liked? If yes it's normal that those are pretty popular, but series have to end eventually, right?

Only big franchises win the polls!

Yeah, but that's the thing with big franchises. A lot of people like them which causes more people to vote for these suggestions. But there could be more to it: Sometimes the ideas based on the characters of that franchise are more thought out, sound more interesting or the transformation theme aligns with what a lot of people on here like. Or they could follow a current trend lol

Why don't you just ban big franchises from the poll (every second month or smth)?

Because all people pay money to suggest ideas (and vote for them) and if they are a huge fan of a franchise why should I deny their suggestion?

Why don't you pick the winner randomly so everyone gets the same chance?

Because it would take the freedom to vote for what you like. It cripples community engagement. It's a part of the Poll and Sequence Tier. Another point is that I once made a poll where people were against the idea of a randomly picked winner.

I have this reoccuring idea to shake things up a little but I think I just don't have the time to follow through with it:

Drawing the last place of the poll. Keeps it interesting till the last minute. I thought about just doing a cleaned up sketch, sounds easy right? But with additional 10 sketches a month, a fully fledged Fanart and Sequence and Comic pages and Single images + talking to the winners to figure out how I visualize all of the monthly content just...feels like too much stuff at the same time.

There are people who are happy no matter if they win or lose, but I get that some people get frustrated after 2-5 attempts.

In short: I don't know what to do about it, it's like I stated it: The community favorites get drawn, I can't change other people's likings.

Maybe I'm taking stuff too personally again lol