Patreon shit

Fuck I'd abuse the shit out of this. I'd spew all manner of progressive garbage if it meant I could spend a hipster's trust fund on chinese girl cartoons and slim jims.

What hurts is that actual artists who could use this shit often don't get it because white niggers are better at begging than they are; and let's not skim the subject: patreon hipsters are white niggers.

It's a popularity contest. A large amount of these donators aren't giving money to patreon's because the person needs it, but because they're a fan of him or her. They don't give a fuck about the other artists who need the support, they just wanna give their senpai more dosh. The person could be raking in 500 million each month and they'd still donate.

It's the only explanation for when they're getting nothing in return and the artist isn't even claiming that it's going to any use besides fattening up his or her bank account.

guess how much this guy's getting

$500? nope
$1000? nope
$3000? not quite

this much!
in just a day i think

Oh god, the faggot with the stupid shit over at the Escapist. Christ I never thought he of all people would get so much fucking money. You know, this makes me think, if this guy is getting 6k, just how much would someone like Yahtzee get? Considering how popular he is.

There truly is no justice in the world.

To be fair, Sterling's making an ad-free website for himself and is considering or planning on hiring staff if he gets enough funding, so that's probably a big part of why he's gotten so much money.

2 grand a month for this shit


PS. "not porn", according to deviantart

Guess porn really sells.

Brb, drawing some.

Can you start a paypal with a fake name? Because I'd sure as shit make porn for 2k a month.

I suppose you can if you are then willing to transfer it to your real paypal. I know they don't check the name on the credit card and your name since a lot of kids use parent's credit cards and even my name doesn't match on Paypal and my card, but I'm not 100% sure they wouldn't be more careful if you link a bank account, and transfers to real cash only go through a linked bank account.

Don't connect your Patreon to your actual bank account it's so fucking easy to leak it and steal everything

Sakimichan opened a Patreon:

http://www.patreon.com/sakimichan

Old news but the 7k a month is news.
Deviantart sure loves its sameface bishi anime.

At the least she can draw, as opposed to say all of the furry web comic artists

Lol Sakimichan is up to 9.5k per two weeks now:

http://www.patreon.com/sakimichan

I don't understand the justification for the milestone prices. Why the fuck does he need so much fucking money just to make tutorials? Look at this:

New Piece of Fanart

$500 per 2 weeks

Get a shiny new piece of art with the work in progress+sketches to go with it ^_^

GET THE PSD

$1,000 per 2 weeks

Get the PSD for that image+ the high res version+ the brushes I used .

Voice over Tutorials

$1,500 per 2 weeks

i'll start some voice over tutorial ^o^ almost like a class !

First Comic release !

$2,000 per 2 weeks

If it gets that far get ready for some Comic ^u^ I'll try my hands at bring you guys some comics !

Unlocks workshops ! *u*

$4,000 per 2 weeks

I will start doing some workshops( its similar to voice over tutorials, expect its more like a class where I will create exercises for you guys to do along with longer voice tutorials.So basically, I will create PSD file exercises that will be accompanied by the voice tutorials that will help explain the exercise for everyone to follow along. : D

Even more like an online class !

5 Milestone Goals
reached

Commission raffle ^_^ <3

$10,000 per 2 weeks

Removal of commission pack pledge (350$ per 2 weeks) , replace it with monthly Commission raffle as thanks for the amazing continous support !

Tier 2 and up (5$ per 2 weeks) Raffle for exclusive digital portrait commission ^_~

Tier 2-> 1 ticket

tier 3-> 2 ticket

tier 4->7 ticket

1 winner will be announced each month for a free digital portrait commission

2 other winners will receive colored speed paint portrait commission ^_^

Character/enviroment concept art workshop

$12,000 per 2 weeks

I worked at a game company called Bioware for a few years as a concept artist on the Mass effect franchise. I learned a lot there and I'd love to share the things I've learned from my amazing mentors there :D !.When we reach this goal, I will creat a series of tutorials and workshops focusing

on concept art. Environment, Characters,how to put together a portfolio, how to design, etc. I swear There were things I had no idea of until I joined the company.

host bi-monthly challeng contest with money prize!
$16,000 per 2 weeks
If we ever get this far, I'd like to give back a portion of the support I get from all of you and use it to host fun monthly art challenge contest!
It will be for my tier 2 and up patrons, I'm sure many of you are artist ^_^ and the money prize can be very helpful !
I well have selected juries( trusted artist friends from different fields) and different criteria for each contest to make it fair so that the same artist don't win each time : D
1st prix: 2000$
2ed prix:1000$
3ed prix: 500$
and 5 honable mentions for 100$ each ^_^

There's no fucking way he needs that much damn money just do to that, even counting the free commissions, because seriously, he doesn't even need to do paid commissions with that much dosh per 2 weeks. This is just pure greed.

He's doing his own good and you don't know shit about art, it seems.

Wait what? I don't need to be an expert to know that you don't need that much consistent income to teach people who to draw, that's just fucking obvious, so I don't understand why he's set such high milestone prices for what he's offering. He's obviously pocketing virtually every last cent. It's not like he's renting out a building and started an art school with paid staff (which even then is pointless because anything you can learn in school you can learn online for free, art schools are basically scams).

Of course, it's not like he's asking everyone to pay him that much, but still. It'd only make sense if he was asking to be funded enough to live off of so he could afford to keep making art without having to get a job, but 20+k a week? Get the fuck outta here.

And that's not even counting whatever possible income he's making outside of Patreon, the dude's a professional, he claims to have worked at Bioware. I highly doubt he has trouble with finding art-related jobs.

Whatever, tho.

I don't necessarily care for Sakimi-chan's work, but I'm not going to deny that they're incredibly skilled. They've been keeping up with their patreon goals, so it's not like they're taking off with everyone's money with nothing in return like Diaz.

Also the pledges Sakimi-chan has for their patreon is pretty fucking legit.

Edit: Have you ever thought that they fucking hated working under someone else for their work? I mean hey. If you have the skills and can get people to pay you to do what you love and you provide the work consistently without any decrease in quality, go for it.

No he's obviously good at his craft, unlike Diaz, and is actually giving in return where as Diaz shits out one crappy comic page every few months or so. And yes, I can understand not wanting to work for someone, for more than one reason. I'm just saying the amount he's asking for does not make sense when factoring in what he's offering. I assume some is being used to pay for his rent and other necessities, the rest, as in virtually all of it unless he's living in a really expensive home, is going straight to his pocket.

At the very least, he's not saying "hey guys, I need 12k every 2 weeks or I can't afford to do this and that, sorry", instead he's saying "if I get this much, I'll do this and that", anyone donating should be intelligent enough to know he's just being greedy, so they can't say they're being scammed.

You don't need to be an expert but you should be enough smart to acknowledge that artists are not special, they are just like anyone else, and when they have opportunities they grab them.
If I can sell a chewed straw with my name written on it for 100k I will do it. You can save your stupid 'morality' for yourself. Cry on my dick bitch, I made 100k.