So here we are on Patreon, asking our actual fans to bridge the gap between "viral content" and "paying rent." Because in this rigged game, the only reliable currency left is people who genuinely give a damn about creators surviving.
@mapache Well "Hi Earth" is the newest and kind of a must. And "Once Upon a Workday" is a book we personally love love love. It's filled with poems about creativity and work-life-balance.
If you don't know the Fungirl universe, you you check that out, too! It's about chaos, friendship and some more chaos!
@warandpeas have you considered setting up on LiberaPay as well? That's how I donate to the folks running the Fediverse systems I use.
Either way, I've signed up for your $3 tier because you are someone whose work I always love to see. You create your own art and it is extremely queer-friendly. I know $3 isn't very much and I'm sorry I can't do more.
@jrdepriest $3 is amazing, thank you so so much!
Never heard of liberapay? We'll take a look at it!
@fabos Thank you for your comment! First of all: If you're supporting artists, that's amazing!
Of course we'd like it even more if we'd be among the ones you support but it's totally up to you to decide what you like most. The thing we learned is: If we don't support what we love it'll disappear. As people who grew up in the 90s we can say, MANY things disappeared that we'd love to have back.
It doesn't really matter if it's us or someone else. It'd just be great if more people were like you.
@warandpeas And used it all to train the AI that does all that artwork and stuff without all the hassle wetware brings. All those thoughts and feelings you spewed...
I bet they can build a model of you from it. Predict what you'll say. How you'll react. Another to pattern match the ether to AI model in database.
They may even think they saved you already. It probably reassures them this is so every time they might doubt--if ever.
You're a few gigabytes in size after training. ;)
@warandpeas I wonder if that's what happens at Mara Lago. They introduce these people to their saved version.
"Here, talk to yourself. Ask yourself."
Then they come out with a plastic face all bent and distorted.
"We can build saved you a new body, but for now, here's a new face for the old you."
globalcomix.com or tapas.io seem to offer better deals.
Of course, most of people is not there.
Art... 😮💨
It really doesn't bring you respect or money. You basically have to be Rembrandt to earn anything. People stop listening to you when you tell them what you do. People assume your lying or exaggerating your ability. People think they know how to do what you have laboriously trained yourself to do, and frequently downplay the amount of knowledge that goes into art of any kind.
Sorry, old guy rant over...
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