Zedrin
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$5 tier rework
🕑 Added 2017-05-30 21:00:18 +0000 UTC So, to be blunt, the classroom sessions aren't working out really well. I'm not getting feedback or questions to build a lesson plan, with posts announcing an upcoming stream or requesting questions getting 0 engagement until like a day before the stream, engagement is usually only 1-2 people in streams, scheduling makes it a bit difficult for people to appear, and a lot of the engagement and questions I do get are from people not in the tier and often are on topics that have already been covered a few times.I'm going to be doing one more class stream this month (I still don't know what yet, since I haven't gotten many requests or suggestions), but next month (unless the stream completely turns around) I'll need to look into something different and more productive.
So, I really need ideas on how to alter the tier.
Some of the options I've come up with:
- Sketch requests: people in the $5 tier can post short (sfw) ideas to a post. I'll doodle a few of them for an hour once a month.
- Character redesign: people can submit their characters to a post. I'll choose one and do a redesign live, altering the outfit or stylizing it.
- Do way more basic lessons, that are on way simpler topics. E.g. "how to do this trick in flash" or "how to make a vanishing point" or "how to draw facial elements." The $5 tier would still decide what's used but it wouldn't rely on live questions. Lessons would likely be shorter.
Comments
Zedrin
The big problem is a lot of that doesn't involve the tier specifically. That's the big issue. The $5 tier itself isn't being used that much. It feels kinda like a waste / non-exclusive when I have to open up its perks to everyone every single time.
DSMK2
A part of that, as you stream, post works, mingle with the community, you build up queue of questions to answer and feedback to artists that share their work, to go through at the end of each month, or week depending, that starts at the end or beginning of each "normal" stream. Unless the answers and questions are fast. So either you stream normally or start/end with audience interaction. It might also give time for more solid answers and feedback, and you're not forcing yourself to engage, breaking workflow.
Zedrin
do you mean like asking people to send in art they've been working on, and then kinda critiquing it and telling them what to improve on?
DSMK2
I daresay you should do end of month reviews. Therefore you'll be reviewing collected feedback and questions, about art, story, and other things. Otherwise "normal" streams as usual.
