Should I Make My Fanworks Public?
Hey there, guys, so it's been in the back of my mind lately to just make all of my fanworks publicized. This is not a bad thing nor am I having some sort of breakdown, so let me explain!
I know that a majority of you guys follow my original work closely, and my income consists of you guys giving me the support to help me continue creating such things like original characters, projects, ideas and themes, characters of others or yours, and everything in between. It feels much more worth in fairness to create content for your guys while you guys give out money for me to do so.
Now when I think about the fanworks that I make, which consists of characters that aren't my own but just redesigned or stylized in my own way, I feel as though they don't get much attention (unless they're current/trendy, which is what I rarely do), and I don't feel it fair to be putting them behind a paywall when it's something that only a couple (or maybe none) out of my supporters pay for. As I said before, my income is derived from you guys who follow and support my original work. It should go towards that, not fanwork. Besides, I don't really do much fanwork here than I do at my alt account so it'll only make sense that your support is towards my original/client content.
So with that in mind, do you think I should be putting out my fanworks publicly instead of behind a paywall? This means that I'll be...
- completing them and pushing them out publicly instead of having people wait months for it
- making Artcraps and WIPs publicized as well, Mature and NSFW content being posted in the Kaden Tier of course, but will be limited than how I do it for my original/client content
- exclusive stuff will also be out publicly, which consists of alts, exclusives, HQs, etc.
- making all the exclusive content of fanworks I've done in the past go out publicly
What won't change is the Fan Character Polls and the involvement of any fan characters in Cameo Spots within the Netik Tier. They will be there for subscribers to have voting power to choose fan characters for me to draw, and first dibs to claim cameo spots if involving them.
So... what do you guys think? I would appreciate the help and any feedback! Poll will end tonight at 8PM (CST) to get things moving.