#i would have used gumroad but i don't have an account and don't want to bother setting one up when patreon basically does the same thing

[barrenclan]

Will we ever get to see the document where all the issues were written, or is that for your eyes only?

Oh hey, thanks for reminding me! I did always intend to share those, and since we are in an Economic State Of A Sort right now, I'm offering them for download on my Patreon at the lowest tier ($1).

Check them out if you want to read PATFW as its full text version, with some bonus scripting directions, or the notes document I used to organize my plotlines and ideas!

LINK HERE

[maythedreadwolftakeyou]

Do you sell versions of your embroidery designs? I'm obsessed with your Solas patterns and would love to try them!

Hello!

So, short answer is yes, while the first digital mockups I made were designed just for my own reference and as color guides for transferring the designs painstakingly by hand, I ended up going back to them and turning them all into digital vectors. This means they can be printed onto transfer paper or directly onto stabilized fabric for stitching, which is MUCH easier than drawing by hand. Lots of people asked me if I could sell the designs so I figured this part out and was able to test it myself--the tower embroidery was an example of printing the vector directly onto the fabric and worked out great!

(above: tedious hand-drawing process for the Hierophant design, vs my failed attempt at transfer pencils that did not work at all for the Tower, vs printing directly onto fabric which did work in the end)

Long answer is after I did that, I uh, never figured out how or where to list them for sale online. Or what all to include with them--like what level of written instruction to include, should i also make notes on the thread colors I picked, should I include my colored-in-versions as color guides or just let everyone free-for-all it, in the case of the Tower embroidery i also hand-dyed a lot of grey thread that was crucial for it coming out how i wanted it to look--is it deceptive to sell a pattern when other people can't necessarily recreate it the same way because of that? Should I list in general the dye instructions if they wanna recreate it, or for people who want some of my extra thread or for people who don't have an inkjet printer so can't print the design onto the fabric themselves, should i think about selling full "embroidery kits" that include the printed pattern sized for a display hoop and the thread needed? etc etc etc

(above: photo of the color guide I made myself with tentative thread color selections (warning NOT the ones I actually ended up using), photo of my pile of threads I picked from, and photo of some of the threads I ended up dying myself to get closer to the design I wanted)

Anyway that was all a lot of thinking and work to do, so i put it off!!! and uh here we are 2 years later and I have still not posted them anywhere. I really gotta get around to all that still...

But in the meanwhile, if anyone reading would like a pattern, just let me know directly what you're looking for and I can save the versions of the files as needed for your plans and send them over. like for a digital only version (so no threads or me printing for you) i would probably make a zip file with a transparent png of the design (so you can put it in a word doc to print at whatever size you desire), as well as a pdf with a few copies of it already pre-sized for a display hoop for ease of printing or transfer, the colored-in version i used based on the tarot cards, photos of my finished versions, etc (note to self i must remember to include the design both normal for direct printing and horizontally flipped for anyone who plans to use transfer paper for it since those are mirrored...). Oh and a quick explanation of how i managed to get my fabric through a standard printer if you wanna try that.

But yeah i'm happy to work out something with kofi or paypal or venmo and sell the digital ones for like $20 each or something for now, if you don't mind not having written step-by-step instructions accompanying the patterns and example photos. Or if anyone has suggestions on where to host them for sale, for someone not interested in maintaining a dedicated storefront like etsy or storenvy long term. Maybe Gumroad? If i stuck to digital-only sales something like that might work. I'm open to input for sure. If you want something more than digital like a pre-printed fabric (since it's kind of weird to do yourself), I'm still open to trying, it just would be a little more $ to account for the fabric/stabilizer and cost of shipping, and probably take me a few more days to do.

(above: example of finished DA themed embroideries)

But regardless, thank you for your interest at all!! I'm so glad people have enjoyed my embroidery series :) While I'd love to make lots of copies to sell to whoever wants one, I simply don't have the time, and they are SO labor intensive to make it really is like 80-90% of the cost is manhours. I spend anywhere from 5-15 hours making the patterns and vectors, but the stitching and rest of it itself is easily the bulk at 40-100 hours depending on complexity and number of threads used. So WAY more feasible to sell the patterns than make more to sell myself, and then anyone willing to put in the time can have one too :)

[maydaymainia]

Moving my VTM Resources

Hello, this is kind of a weird post.

So - I started assembling a VTM tumblr for a Portland, Maine Chronicle that my friends and I were going to play forever ago and then it got shelved.

That doesn't seem like it's happening anymore, but I would still like to use that account so I may start to move my content (like future pages, posts, ect) there... right now it's a pretty messy assemblage of OCs, Locations, Concepts, ect. There are also AI images (please don't come for me).

I'll still link stuff here, but I'm just afraid of it taking over what was meant to be my art/personal tumblr. What I have posted here already is obviously staying up.

(Also I posted that Basic Mechanics sheet onto my Gumroad, so if you want to download a PDF of the most-updated version of it now you can.)

[dervampireprince]

Hi! I was wondering if you'd ever consider selling individual audios for purchase rather than through a monthly Patreon subscription? No worries if not, thanks!

I don't think I would otherwise I don't think I'd have as many Patrons. But, you're actually getting a way better deal by joining Patreon than buying one audio you like. It's £10 a month for the highest tier that gets you access to every single Patreon exclusive NSFW audio I've ever made. So you can pay £10 and download the audios you want and then just.. cancel your subscription. And there you go you've just bought the audio you wanted for £10, expect you get access to multiple audios for that £10.

Also there's no platform that I'm aware of that I can legally sell NSFW audios on like a shop because Etsy, Ko-Fi, Gumroad etc don't allow NSFW content to be sold (Gumroad allows NSFW illustrations but that's it).I've thought about making an an OnlyFans account for lewd (not nude) photos and cosplay content I've been working on, and bonus NSFW audios, but I think that's subscription only and you can't by individual things? (I have no idea, I've never used OF).

So tldr: I don't want too, and also can't find a platform where it's allowed.