Okay this has been delayed long enough due to my personal problems, but basically I’ve decided to take this site in a new direction, hopefully one that will lead to good things.
The plan is this:
- THE SITE IS NOW A FREE SITE, ALL NEW CONTENT WILL BE POSTED WITHOUT LOGIN
- I WILL POST STILL IMAGES, I WILL LISTEN TO REQUESTS BUT I ONLY MAKE WHAT I WANT TO MAKE.
- IF YOU LIKE THE STILL VERSION YOU CAN FUND IT! BY JOINING THE SITE OR A VARIETY OF OTHER METHODS (THERE WILL BE SOME NON-CASH OPTIONS) THEN THE ANIMATION OF THE IMAGE IS MADE AND POSTED FREE, WITH YOU OPTIONALLY CREDITED AS SPONSOR.
- LONGER ANIMATIONS WILL BE CREATED IF PEOPLE FUND SCENES AS THEY ARE PROPOSED AND PUT TOGETHER.
- VALID CRITICISM WILL BE ENCOURAGED AND FLAWS CAUGHT WILL BE FIXED AND THE WORKS REPOSTED (may offer credit for good critiques)
- THINGS LIKE “BOOBS SHOULD BE BIGGER” OR “WOULD LOOK BETTER IF FUTA” ARE NOT CRITIQUES, THEY ARE PREFERENCES. IF YOU HAVE ONE YOU CAN FUND IT! FUNDING A VARIANT (i.e. “no shoes!”) WILL BE A LOT CHEAPER THAN FUNDING A WHOLE ANIMATION (assuming it’s a simple change, adding 5 more dudes to a gangbang isn’t trivial)
My main problem these last few years has been a disconnect with the subscribers and viewers. I might be making an animation of character A and get discouraged because the signups we dropping off and no one was commenting. This way people will be making a clear statement of what they like without me having to go into full commission mode.
I also hope the variant thing will catch on, after all with 3d you can make many versions of an image or animation, and this should hit all the bases – for one person the image is worthless if the specific fetish he likes isn’t represented, after all.
Finally, no one tells their friends about a paysite, but people do share the works they have commissioned, this should help me break through the traffic glass ceiling this site has had for years. There will be a credit scheme for linking so if you can’t pay any other way you can just spread the word and get rewarded.
hey hentaikid, i know how feel, ive gone thru the same sort of thing tryin to synch up artistic type endevour with the internets, one wants a nice clear motivation to drive things. Is tricky though. Ive found that this kind of active participation is often in shorter supply then the more passive, lurker type of support one can get from subscriptions. If you can pull it off though more power to you!
Thanks, yeah it’s tricky.
The idea is to have my cake and eat it, be both a site with subscribers and a free site at the same time.
We’ll see how it goes I guess!
Well, I certainly look forward to the future. I was a subscriber for a while, but dropped out when the updates slowed. I’ve never been the type to comment in general, but I’ll gladly provide comments and incite as I see it if it’s what you’ve been looking for from your base. By the by I resubscribed. I never mind doling out a bit of cash to an artist I enjoy 🙂
Thanks! That’s an encouraging response.
I’m kinda moving house these days so I might not be able to post anything, but for starters consider yourself as having 25 points to be spent on funding new content, roughly the costs will be
100 points for a new model (50 or less if just a variant of an existing model, i.e. Starfire’s sister Blackfire, Junni or July, variant outfit of existing char. etc)
20-25 for a new animation requested and approved by me
10-15 for a variant animation
1 or 2 for real simple variants (rendering a stereoscopic version of the animation, removing the shoes or other such details), making a character futa without changing anything else, etc…
This seems like an awfully complicated setup you’re going with. I also think you’re worrying way too much
about what people think about your work. Go with what you like and offer up a variety. If you produce quality work(as you have in the past), and update on a more consistant basis, you shouldn’t have a problem
getting memberships. Taking on requests from people, I believe, is going to be a real headache for you.
Your number one priority should be regular updates. Are you still going to use DL site?
I won’t exactly be taking requests, more like offering what I want to do and let someone actually show there’s an interest in that particular character/fetish whatever
It does sound a little bit complicated, but I hope it will be less so once you see it in action.