Wincenty Kocima 

I've loved using (mostly) Ko-fi for all my art-related things. It's not really due to my art, or personal choices that led me to using a combo of Liberapay, Boosty, and Ko-fi, though.

I'm banned from Patreon.

Now, hold on, hold on! It's not because I broke the ToS in any way (that I know of, the support did not tell me anything). It's not because of the art I post, no.

I just got banned right when registering. No explanation provided.

Now, this wouldn't really be an issue. I messaged support, they refused to explain the ban, and demanded an ID be sent to them over e-mail. As we know, sending a sensitive document over e-mail is super secure and normal, so I told them to fuck off.

This sucks, because a lot of artists don't really have mirrors for their subs anywhere. I can't really support my favorite artists. I can't be supported, either. It's a weird situation to be stuck in, but not fully unexpected. I'm mostly miffed over the "we need your ID over e-mail" thing.

Tada. This is why I can't use Patreon. Fml, I guess.

There's always this sort of expectation & need from online
artists that you need to put some form of paywalls in place. "See my
sketches," or "see my process videos," or whatever else. That just kind
of never sat right with me, and I just have to painfully admit that I
was never a merchant, much to my dismay (since I literally can't even
price my own work. It feels blasphemous, almost!)

I have to come
to terms with the fact that, no, the customer-seller relationship was
never for me. I prefer collaboration, hearing others out. Making some
sort of peer connection, or maybe helping someone get into art... but
selling? That will just be met with hand wringing and a lot of staring
off into space from me.

My ko-fi, boosty, or whichever else site
is just a mere tip jar. I don't expect anyone to pay for my work. Would I
pay for other artists' work?

Yes!

And I do!

It's more
of a "me" problem. I'm just happy to be around, making stuff. Not sure
how others feel about this, but I just can't put a price tag on my work
and, by extension (in my eyes), myself and the relationships I could
make with others. It feels off, and while I do think it's awesome others
can manage it, I don't think I can.  :P Such is life.

New blog posts uploaded! The original dates are very different, because bear is only my mirror. sorry the main site is still down :-(

Hopefully within the next 2 months, all my web services will be back up!