Hi, my name is katy fryd and I'm an artist
and I'm making these videos to help other
artists become successful. In this video I
will be looking at using Patreon to make a
regular income for artists. so i have set
up my own patreon page as an experiment so
you can go and check it out as an example.
I will put the link below. I have done mine
with the aim to make more of these videos
and specifically to interview other artists
as part of a series but some elements are
the same as if I were an artist. I'm offering
some cards and artwork as benefits. so i am
challenging you to set up your own patreon
page. if you go ahead and do this please put
a link below so that i can visit your patreon
page and see what you've done and share it
on social media . you can either try to set
one up to promote regular support of your
artist practice or for a specific project
but it is best if it is an ongoing project
or if you have ideas for future projects on
an ongoing basis . Otherwise it might be better
to do a crowdfund like kickstarter. you can
create different tiers of support and with
the lower tiers it's best to try and think
of things you can do for people that will
be something they want but will not cost you
a lot in postage and packaging or you can
send out actual work artwork or cards or merchandise
at a middle level. I decided to offer a card
a month at the $5 level whilst giving out
a copy of my books when somebody supports
me 6 months and twelve months respectively,
i've had to put that for uk patrons only.
you do have to be careful when offering physical
goods that you can afford the costs of sending
abroad if you make the benefits available
as world wide. Also please note that patreon
is priced in us dollars. there is a uk version
called drip by the kickstarter people but
it is just in it's experimental phase and
by invitation only. i'm experimenting with
a top tier of $100 and saying that I will
paint a portrait of someone after 12 months
of patronage at this level. this might be
a good idea for artists to try. You have to
have a good think about what goodies the people
who are going to be supporting you might want
as a benefit and what you feel you could manage
to offer , especially on a monthly basis.
maybe you could be putting a collection of
your artwork or photography into a self published
book and you could offer to put their names
in the book at a lower level and offer a copy
of the final book after so many months at
a higher level. Im offering to put people's
names into the next book in the how to be
a successful artist series at just the $1
level. So number 1 please check out my patreon
page link below, number 2 make your own patreon
page project, number 3 put your project in
the link below so that I can look at it and
share it on social media, number 4 share your
project with everyone you know and number
5 let me know the results thank you bye
