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Stream Postponed + Fantasy News (Patreon)

Published:
2019-04-16 17:24:38
Edited:
2019-04-16 17:27:19
Imported:
2021-07

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Going to postpone the learning stream till Thursday.  Anxiety is high and I decided to take a little more time to center myself.  Honestly, I am still somewhat in mourning, but I am close to getting past it.  Still expect a new animation on Friday, hopefully better than ever.

Also, I plan to have a few posts to let you guys help flesh out my own fantasy setting.  I already have a troupe of writers helping me, and some willing artists and modelers on possible commission.

My ultimate goal, and one I am sure someone in business would tell me is terrible, is to have my setting open for any fan work, including free releasing of models, characters, stages, animations, etc, that I create or commission with the intent of being mostly licensing free (minus a few things I need to do to make sure no megacorp steals it).  I personally and with the help of my friends and fans would also make light games, movies, and loops based on the setting, maybe even restart a webcomic.

We will see how it goes, but this is one reason I am trying to get into Blender, as it being free means I can make tutorials and models I know everyone can use, instead of locking it all behind the rather large price of C4D.  Wish me luck!

Comments

Anonymous

Honestly, I don't think that many business people would tell you that that is terrible (though you might want to look at a licensing that totally allows fanworks, and even fans to use your tools to make some money themselves, but doesn't allow for larger bodies to profit off of). A model that allows maximum engagement by the audience is more likely to attract and keep creative, invested people. Closed, non-interactive worlds where the creator keeps an iron grip on any and all content eventually create an environment of ill-will, and fans can quickly become disenfranchised. Look at worlds where not even fanfiction is allowed -- The Dragonriders of Pern being a big one. Sure, they're fantasy classics, but the excitement over that world has long since passed its prime, and new audiences aren't engaging with it as much because (in my opinion) the current cultural fan-climate is collaborative. It's an environment where creation is an act of de facto ownership, and that sense of ownership is what keeps fans invested. tl;dr I think that your idea is definitely a good one.

KLCoones

Choco has some great points. From an artists point of view, I think keeping your 'world' as open as you possibly can and still retain the vision you have for it, is the way to go. As Choco rightly pointed out, when people can interact with an idea beyond just viewing it or memorizing the lore from it really gives it legs and extends it longevity. It also adds an organic element to the idea and adds to its reality as ideas from outside, the creator my never have thought of have a chance to be incorporated into it. I realize that is a bit of a polyannish view, but its one I like to think has some basis for reality as well. It's time Rexx. Shoot for the stars. Many of us will ride with you.

rexx

I agree guys, it's always been my outlook that collaboration and openness breeds more interest and creativity. The big issue is there are some people out there that WILL try to take advantage of it. I am not even talking like, someone using patreon to support themselves while doing fan works, that is something a-okay in my book for anyone. I am talking more a big corp just seeing all the stuff I make, seeing it unprotected, and like, making a tv series or novel series and making millions of dollars or becoming the "defacto owners" in public opinion because they could get away with it. That is what terrifies me and why I need to have some limited trademarking.

rexx

Not like that would happen, mind you, this is going to be a rather fun fantasy universe designed around porn, so I don't think it will go on anyone's radar to lift and abuse, but the thing is you never know with some people. My trust in the world is a little bruised.

Anonymous

I think that's totally a legit concern, honestly -- which is why I'd say still go for some kind of licensing. Even if it's licensed, if you make it clear that you welcome fan works (including that sort of patreon situation) and that you won't enforce the license in those cases, creators are still free to interact with your work. That way you're still protected in case someone DOES try to HBO-ify your stuff. I'm totally just a layperson when it comes to this stuff though, so -- I dunno what the specifics of that kind of thing would or could be legally.

Anonymous

Check out the various Creative Commons licenses. Attribution and/or not commercial sort of sound like what you may want.

Anonymous

I would recommend looking at the terms of service and licensing right from other websites that allow creative works and consider adopting/modify some of the better examples, Pornhub believe it or not has quite a bit of solid licensing for their users and DeviantArt practices aren’t bad but aren’t great ether but could be worth some ideas.