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For years, artists have been requesting the ability to post more than a single image on their Patreon posts. That day has finally come. From Patreon’s blog:
Introducing Image Galleries in posts. Now, whether you’re a visual artist sharing a series of illustrations, or a podcaster sharing photos from a recent event, you can upload as many images as you like to a post, creating a beautiful image gallery with an intuitive viewing experience for your patrons.
Announcing Image Galleries, Patreon blog
According to the site: “When your patrons click on a thumbnail, it will expand into a full-sized light box, displaying your image in vivid detail. Plus, with the arrow button or their keyboard, your patrons will be able to click through the images, and see the rest of your works.”
That’s great news. But it has potential far beyond simply uploading multiple images. Here’s your chance to get ahead of the curve in what you’re offering Patreon backers.
The content you are trying to access is only available to members.Cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar are talking shop! A listener asks: if social-media delivers only a 1% engagement, what hope does one have in building an audience? Also in today’s show:
This is the episode that inspired this follow-up discussion on Webcomics Confidential…
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In this episode, Dave and Brad talk to Dylan Meconis about her new book, Queen of the Sea! Also…
I polled my Patreon backers, and I asked them one simple question: How did you find out about my Patreon? The answers were surprising to me, so I made the poll ongoing — making the question a part of the welcome package that new Patreon backers receive. After several months of collecting data, I’d like to share my results…
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According to some statistics, social-media posts only get a 1% engagement rate, on average. And that has some people questioning the value of social media as a promotional tool. But unless we use a little common sense about what that statistic actually represents, we could be mislead into taking our eyes off the real goal. I’ll talk about the “1% Rule” and discusses a better way to approach your social media outreach.
The content you are trying to access is only available to members.Webcomics pros Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar are talkin’ comics! In this episode, a question-asker asks if you can spur creativity by changing the layout of your studio. NEXT, the guys take a moment to talk about their fathers — and the influence their dads have had on their creative lives. FINALLY, is it possible to make comics more accessible for people with visual impairment?
BUT FIRST, Dave takes his family to an indoor water park — or as he calls it “a cathedral to e. coli bacteria”
SHOW NOTES
Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the editor of Webcomics.com
Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.
Unnecessary tangents in an illustration can be distracting — and kill the composition in an otherwise great drawing. While sketching a page for his Evil Inc comic, cartoonist Brad Guigar discusses tangents and how to avoid them.
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