Arlena Fae
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Rewards Explained
🕑 Added 2016-11-18 06:01:19 +0000 UTC So I'm just better explaining how the tiers and rewards work since I don't want to make the description beneath them on my side bar super long xDTier 1 is pretty self-explanatory. You get access to all the cosplay photos I take earlier then normal~ I usually post 1 photo a day or every other day on my Facebook page (which is where I'm most active) but here you'll get acess to each one as soon as I finish them! :D
Tier 2: Access to wip photos acts pretty much the same as above. Write-ups don't happen every month. I typically record all my process and when I do that, don't have as many wip photos as I feel I'd need in order to make a thorough write up. Also since I record a majority of my cosplay making, the videos typically replace the need for a write-up. I still try to do it for older cosplays and just some other "popular" characters, though. As far as the HD photos, those are HighRes photos you'll receive of every "official" cosplay photo I posted that month! :D You'll receive these through a private message here on Patreon only after your payment clears.
Tier 3: Fan signs! I take these at the beginning-middle of the following month. I have to wait till Patreon finishes it's charges (around the 5th of the following month) to see who all is cleared in their payments. Once I take those I upload them into a gallery on a 3rd party site (but have been debating uploading them into a Facebook album instead) and post that link here, publicly. Videos I try to get multiple done in a month, as soon as they're finished editing and uploaded, I share it here! Works pretty much the same as the cosplay photos and wip photos. Patterns and templates work similarly to the HD photos. Patterns aren't a monthly garauntee, as I don't always cosplay something that has an accessory or prop I can create a pattern for (I don't do clothing patterns because either they're really bad xD or I just use/altered an existing one you can find at a fabric store). I try really hard to get something out monthly. I don't use any fancy programs like vector or illustrator for this. These are hand drawn and then scanned to my computer so that, if they were to be printed out on a normal sheet of printer paper, they'd be the same exact size as what I used. These (like the HD photos) are also sent out in a message after payments have cleared--Patreon typically stops charging for payments after the 5th of the following month.
Tier 4: Boudoir photos are sent out after payments clear, in a message (just like HD photos and patterns). I don't do a boudoir shoot every month. I do them ever 2-3 months and then have them as a reward for the following months till the next shoot before they're gone forever~ Right now (at the time of this post) I have Widowmaker planned for December and Dva planned for February or March. As my patreon grows I'll be able to do boudoir shoots, more often and eventually work my way to a monthly shoot~ Keep in mind the full set will not be posted on Patreon. I only post the photos that'll eventually be public from the set here--the exclusive ones (which is the majority of the set) will me sent out at at the time I mentioned above.
Tier 5: Personalized help. If you have any questions or want me to help you design a gijinka or some sort of custome design, this is the teir to be at. I prefer you message me if you're seeking help because patreon fails to notify me when someone posts to the community tab ;n; The prints are completely random--it can be anything from new cosplays to old one. This may change as I become able to product a new cosplay monthly, but until I meet that patreon goal, that's how it has to work~ If you're not located in the US, then you're prints will get sent out every other month (right now the next international prints are schedules to ship for the months of Oct & Nov in mid-December). Prints are only order after payments clear, which means it'll take a week or two for me to receive the prints, from the 3d party service I order them from, becfore I can sign them and ship them to you.
Tier 6: Polaroids are random as well! I only get the chance to take them when I have location shoots (aka I'm not the one shooting my cosplay because having them all be as selfies and a plain white wall as the background would be boring ;n; ), so I'll take 3-5 despite how many people I have subbed just to stock up since I don't get to do location shoots to often. This means it may not always be of a different or new cosplay--but I do try to make sure every pose is different! As my patreon grows and I get the chance to do more location shoots this may change~ These are shipped out with prints.
Tier 7: Boudoir polaroid will obviously be of whatever boudoir cosplay is the reward for that month~ They're shipped out with prints. Same goes for boudoir prints. These are random but will be from the reward set for that month, but I try to make sure you don't get the same photo twice--so no worries about duplicates.
Tier 8: I send out holiday cards for Halloween, Christmas and Valentines Day. If you don't celebrate Christmas and would prefer a "Happy Holiday" instead or celebrate a different holiday (like Hanukkah), let me know in a message when you sub to this tier! All my cards are "post card" style and have extra crafty elements to better personalized them and make each unique. I will send out a card when the holiday comes near. If you cancel or change your pledge but have a payment that's been cleared for this tier, you'll still receive a card for whatever the next holiday is. For example, if you were pledged at this tier in August (payment cleared) but changed to a different tier in Septmeber, you'll still receive a card in October for Halloween (unless you're international--you may receive it in October, Sept or Nov depending on when the next batch of international rewards are suppose to be shipped).
Tier 9: I'll have a new discount code messaged out the following month to everyone who's payment cleared for this tier. This code will last for a month, until I send out a new discount for the next month's reward. I typically add 2-3 photos of each new cosplay as a print in my store. Right now it's not garaunteed that I'll always have a new cosplay every month, but I definitely try. You'll receive half in 8x12 sizes and the other half in 4x6 sizes. I always will have at least one 8x12 of each different cosplay (ex: I add both Yang and Pixie prints to the store, I make sure you get at least one 8x12 of yang and at least one 8x12 of pixie--this way you dont get them all in 8x12 of pixie and only 4x6 of yang). If I have no new cosplays or prints added that month it'll be completely random~
Tier 10: Picking a casual cosplay for me, I will only begin work on this cosplays AFTER the payment clears. Then I'll throw it together, take photos, edit and have those messaged to you before sharing the ones that go public. You don't have to stay subbed to this tier inorder to receive the photos, in order words if you're pledged at this teir (and the payment clears) for the month of November, depending on what's all on my plate and how quickly I can piece together a casual cosplay for that character, I'll have the cosplay done and photos sent to you in December--possibly January if the tier and above tiers are full. And if you subbed to a lower tier for Decemeber or January, you will still receive the photos via message--basically you just gotta be patient with me xD
Tier 11 and 1 2 work the same way as 10^ I only begin work once the payment is cleared and after that you just gotta be patient with me to get it all finished, shot and edited. Whether or not you stay subbed at that tier won't affect your reward since you already paid--staying subbed simply means you getta pick another cosplay! xD
