August! VOTE HERE for the month's content!
Added 2015-08-01 18:50:41 +0000 UTCThe only major change to my Patreon this month is the "Request Stream" milestone goal. I also combined some of the tutorial categories, was running out of ideas for a few of them, or couldn't figure out where to place others. The only other change is minor, to the votes. See the details below.
I'll make a post later regarding the Request Stream specifically, but to summarize in case you guys missed the summary from June: I'm following a few friend's examples in how they do their request streams, keeping it to popular/fandom characters, or my own, or perhaps other artists'. I'll elaborate in another post with details later on, as long as the Patreon total doesn't fall back down or anything. There's also just no way to pick a date and time that will work for -everyone-, so, I will try to change it each month, cycle through the days of the week and such.
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How voting works:
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-You can write-in votes yourself! Fandom/popular characters, or ones of mine or other artists. The list below is supplied by you guys, not me.
-1$ Patreons get 1 vote to spend on a character. 5$ gets 2, 10$ get 3 votes.
-Votes rollover each month.
-Multiple votes can be for one character, or split up between a few.
-Date at the bottom of post indicates when voting closes.
-You can vote after this date, but it will be counted at the next cycle.
-Fandom characters will be removed when won, but my OCs will always be able to vote on.
-'Fandom' and 'Personal' characters are in the same larger 'pinup' category, just different lists. If you have multiple votes, they're for the 'pinup' category as a whole.
-NEW: Every character's vote count will tick down one vote per month. Will help a -little- bit to keep the list and vote counts from getting HUGE, and incentives to keep pushing a character.
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Voting polls as they stand so far:
==v==Fandom characters-==v==
[Sally Acorn] (Sonic)
-oo
[Fran] (FF12)
-ooooooooooooooooooooooooo
[Haku] (Spirited Away)
-ooooooooooooo
[Kate] (Father of the Pride)
-ooooooooo
[Colleen] (Road Rovers)
-oooooooooooooo
[M'Ress] (Star Trek Animated Series)
-oooooo
[Zero Suit Fox] (internet, lol)
-ooooooooooooooooooo
[Mrs. Brisby] (The Secret of NIMH)
-ooooooo
[Guilmon](f)(Digimon)
-oo
====(Completed)====
-Krystal-Renamon-Isabelle-Amaterasu-Mink-
-Lola-Amelia-
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==v==Personal characters-==v==
[Rane](my gryphon fursona)
-oooooo
[Ayn](red-haired jackal)
-oooo
[Vikna](blue feline)
-oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
[ARA](red android feline)
-oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
[Nytro](red-haired grey mutt)
-ooooooooooooo
[Talia(female Nytro)]
-ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
[Chubby Sun-Bear Girl]
-oooooooooooooooooooooooo
[Mihari](personal character of Mihari)
-oooooooooooooooooooo
[Alecrast](personal character of Skimike)
-oooo
[Mik](personal character of Tsampikos)
-o
...Patreon Tutorial Votes -
Everyone gets 1 vote.
A shading tutorial (light and depth methods)
-o
A colour tutorial (colour theory, picking, FX)
-oooooooo
A composition tutorial (poses, perspective)
-ooooooooooo
A technical tutorial (tips n tricks, brushes and FX)
-ooooooo
A character tutorial (anatomy, character design)
-o
Voting ends on August 5th, 11:59pm EST
Votes after that will carry over into September.
Comments
Three votes for Ara
Masado
2015-08-06 07:06:56 +0000 UTCThat's a good way to do it! She still needs a name, too... bah
FluffKevlar
2015-08-05 23:55:17 +0000 UTCTalia x2 votes please~
JaQKnife
2015-08-05 05:51:03 +0000 UTCSally Acorn x2 ARA x1 Thank you
Neptune
2015-08-05 05:32:47 +0000 UTCVoting for Mik
DarkriderZX
2015-08-05 04:12:09 +0000 UTCThat makes sense to me! If a character isn't getting any votes for more than like a month, it's probably best to take them off the list until someone suggests them again. For opening new character slots, you could also do a separate voting for people to specifically suggest new characters for the upcoming month. There should be at least one open due to one winning the current month, plus slots for however many characters you cut due to lack of interest. But I'll leave the specifics of how you change your system to you. :D I'm just excited to see your interpretation of all these interesting characters.
Volpethrope
2015-08-04 05:13:46 +0000 UTCFran x2, technical tutorial
Commodore Cougar
2015-08-03 10:59:42 +0000 UTC2xTalia
Virenbar
2015-08-03 07:25:24 +0000 UTCYou get why I wanted to do it, yeah. But I didn't really think about the characters only getting 1 or 0 votes per month, that yeah, they could just endlessly stay there, and it does kind of go against the grain of what I'd been doing; accumulation of votes. I don't want anyone's to go to waste. So I'll just use digits, and place a cap of say, 10 characters up at any given time, and when one is completed, a slot for a new character can be put in to vote on. I think that works.
FluffKevlar
2015-08-03 06:46:59 +0000 UTCHrm, you bring up a good point. I think I'll change the count-ticker so that as long as a character receives at least 1 vote, it won't lose any, and instead just make a visual representation too. Both good ideas!
FluffKevlar
2015-08-03 06:45:09 +0000 UTCtwo votes for Fran FF12 please. and composition please.
TheGoldenToad
2015-08-03 01:03:51 +0000 UTCThree votes for ARA please
2015-08-02 22:13:38 +0000 UTCFran x2! Ara x1! <3
Dehkia
2015-08-02 20:54:56 +0000 UTCMihari x3
Kara Resch
2015-08-02 15:48:31 +0000 UTC3x Ayn!
orangemushroom
2015-08-02 15:39:04 +0000 UTC3 votes for Mihari
Christian Albrecht
2015-08-02 14:05:29 +0000 UTC2 votes for Fran! Let's do this!
Bran
2015-08-02 12:25:22 +0000 UTC+3 Zero Suit Fox +1 Colour tutorial
WarrantyVoid
2015-08-02 11:28:45 +0000 UTC1 Chubby Sun-Bear Girl
oksynek
2015-08-02 10:46:23 +0000 UTC2 for Talia ; 1 for Alecrast and 1 for the Techhnical Tutorial thanks Fluff ~♥ ^-^
Rahirrah Krasker
2015-08-02 08:28:33 +0000 UTCThree votes for Rane.
Naevaris
2015-08-02 06:45:03 +0000 UTCIf one character is receiving one vote per month, and another is getting five (as an example, it works with any number greater than one, but becomes more pronounced the higher it is), their positions will absolutely change relative to each other despite both losing one each month. They go from 1 and 5, for example, to 0/4, then 1/9, then 0/8, then 1/13. That gap is very obviously growing. Again, I don't see the need for it at all, regardless of the impact. Just display the votes as an actual number instead of ticks to save space and make it easier to read, especially with more and more patrons each month. If there's any worry about too many new characters being added to the pool, just put a limit on the number of them. Would it really matter if Character A had 187 votes and Character B had 3?
Volpethrope
2015-08-02 06:34:42 +0000 UTCAll the votes for Mihari
Maelstrom Flasheart
2015-08-02 06:17:53 +0000 UTCNot true. Remember that every other character loses a single tick as well. So even if you are putting one vote on the same character each month, and no one else is, that character's position is not reducing any more than any other character. There is absolutely no impact on any character's position in the poll in relation to all the other characters. Think of it as scrolling the window to the right every month, just enough to hide the furthest left tick. Ultimately, the exact same result will occur as if this new rule was not applied. All other voted characters will get drawn and removed and at some point, the character you are voting will suddenly be out in the lead and get drawn.
Silvador
2015-08-02 06:15:43 +0000 UTCIn that case, he could simply switch to just showing a number instead of a bunch of ticks. Decreasing by one every month hurts people who are voting for less popular characters, because there are situations where you might be the only one putting your single vote onto something. Then the next month rolls over and your one vote may as well not have happened.
Volpethrope
2015-08-02 05:51:01 +0000 UTCIt's not so much to keep the list from getting longer, it's to try and prevent a page full of "00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000" filling the screen on each and every character. With each and every character "losing" a tick, nothing is actually changing. All positions remain the same, the counter is simply being miniaturised for the sake of space and ease of comprehension.
Silvador
2015-08-02 05:49:00 +0000 UTCTwo on Vikna, please. hehe hehehe >:D
Silvador
2015-08-02 05:42:45 +0000 UTCAll in for Zero Suit Fox, naturally.
Nicoya
2015-08-02 05:03:47 +0000 UTCNow that the good Captain gone, I'd like to make another suggestion if you'll have it. I'd like to suggest Spyro from Spyro The Dragon, male or R63, whatever seems to catch. If you'll accept it, count my 3 votes for that. If not, give them to Zero Suit Fox. I'll also go again for the technical tutorial as well.
Mitch Rapp
2015-08-02 04:58:26 +0000 UTC2 for Technical tutorial and 1 more for Vikna!
2015-08-02 04:03:15 +0000 UTC2 votes for ARA
2015-08-02 03:40:32 +0000 UTC3 votes for Miko from No Game No Life
Drynwyn
2015-08-02 02:55:25 +0000 UTCVikna*3
Nathan G.
2015-08-02 01:56:27 +0000 UTCI'll put 2 of my votes for M'Ress and 1 for Sun Bear again. And I'll vote for for a composition tutorial.
Blackdragon1800
2015-08-02 01:37:57 +0000 UTC3 votes for Chubby Sun-Bear Girl, and 1 vote for color tutorial!
Bionet
2015-08-02 01:14:16 +0000 UTCThree for Mihari.
Blackbear
2015-08-02 01:03:25 +0000 UTCAll my votes on ARA, please. :)
2015-08-02 00:26:21 +0000 UTC1x Fran
mightymouse
2015-08-01 23:51:30 +0000 UTC2 votes for Fran. Almost there...
diddlier
2015-08-01 23:01:09 +0000 UTC2 for Brisby
Shmi Skyrunner
2015-08-01 22:56:18 +0000 UTCARA
The14th
2015-08-01 22:53:33 +0000 UTC2 for Vikna
Prodigalist
2015-08-01 22:15:26 +0000 UTCTwo votes for Brisby
Elemental
2015-08-01 22:03:23 +0000 UTC2 votes for Fran (FF12) and 1 for the Character tutorial
Regulos14
2015-08-01 21:38:54 +0000 UTCTwo for Colleen!
Tank Hamster
2015-08-01 21:03:02 +0000 UTCNot sure I like the idea of ticking votes down. If someone is splitting votes or only has one, that's basically punishing them for not voting for a popular character. If you had this system in place for the last ten months or so, it would have canceled out like half the votes I was putting on Amelia, as I was one of the only people voting for her for a while when I was still on the lowest tier. My one vote was going to her, but each month it would have been wiped off again anyway. If you want to keep the list under control, I would suggest just not accepting new characters to it until some are completed. Give it a cap, basically. Either way, I'll put both of my pinup votes on Mik. My tutorial vote goes to Composition. Edit: on a related topic, could you add the actual number of votes to each character? The visual markers are an okay indicator, but at high vote numbers it gets a little hard to tell where they're actual at.
Volpethrope
2015-08-01 20:46:47 +0000 UTC3 vote Ara. Just a curious question though, what will you do if there is a tie? I personally would love to see both Vikna, and Ara in a pinup. ;3
Ravin
2015-08-01 20:37:04 +0000 UTC2 for chubby sunbear girl!!
André
2015-08-01 20:29:50 +0000 UTCARA x2
Bluestar
2015-08-01 20:09:56 +0000 UTC1 vote for Ara
Kelanich Santovedis
2015-08-01 20:09:26 +0000 UTCAll of mine to Ara, once more, please!
Blaasz
2015-08-01 20:05:03 +0000 UTC3x Votes for ARA please!
Jonti
2015-08-01 19:56:13 +0000 UTC2 votes for Ara please!
Skufer
2015-08-01 19:54:51 +0000 UTCMrs Brisby (Secret of NIMH)
Bruce W
2015-08-01 19:48:42 +0000 UTC2 for ARA
Kaizer
2015-08-01 19:38:10 +0000 UTCThree for Vikna and I vote for the composition tutorial
Rox79
2015-08-01 19:36:11 +0000 UTC3 votes for Colleen and 1 vote for technical tutorial.
Kreittis
2015-08-01 19:22:03 +0000 UTCOne for Haku, one for Guilmon, and one for the chubby sun bear girl
Draikon Arishean
2015-08-01 19:17:40 +0000 UTCSo torn between Haku and Guilmon, ffff..... Throw my two vote in for Haku to the pinup. (Need more eastern dragon art) And for the tutorial, composition.
Adleisio Cefnfor
2015-08-01 19:10:43 +0000 UTC2 for sunbear girl,gonna vote for her every month till she gets picked uwu
risenRuin
2015-08-01 19:08:08 +0000 UTCMihari x2
Pumaloaf - The catloafing puma
2015-08-01 19:05:13 +0000 UTCThree votes for Vikna please.
Synariel
2015-08-01 19:04:27 +0000 UTC
