Patron Check-in: Donations and Desires

[ysabetwordsmith]

Crowdfunding Patrons:  What are some of your recent donations?  What projects have you supported by boosting the signal or other methods?  What kind of material would you like to see that isn't appearing or is very scarce?

Comments

[moonvoice]

I've been funding wrenstarling's one card draws, but otherwise I've been quiet on the funding front lately. I'm hoping to get back into it when my own art starts yielding a bit more of a profit again (since that leaves me spare funds to support others).

As for things I'd like to see; mostly I like to fund unique projects that I don't see around (like a deck of bird cards for example), or very personal interest projects (like Matt Pryor's album May Day). I'd love to see more crowdfunding for things like mineral make-up, where someone wants to create a range of mineral eyeshadows (for example) and possibly offers a random colour from the collection once it's completed, or something similar. Mineral make-up by small businesses seems like it could really benefit from the interactivity of crowdfunding.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>I'm hoping to get back into it when my own art starts yielding a bit more of a profit again (since that leaves me spare funds to support others). <<

Yeah, our budget is tight so most of what I make crowdfunding goes into things like gasoline and toilet paper, or utility bills. But in a good month, I can squeeze out a few dollars to support a favorite project.

>>I'd love to see more crowdfunding for things like mineral make-up<<

Wow, I would never have thought of makeup as being a creative endeavor! But when I stop to consider it, inventing recipes is creative, and makeup is kind of like paint. Sure, why not.

Re: Thoughts

[moonvoice]

It's especially like that for indie mineral make-up producers, who release lines of colour based on Pokemon starters, The Hunger Games, Lord of the Rings, Sailor Moon etc. An example of a really great themed indie make-up producer is here:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/PersephoneMinerals

Most of these folks frequently run blogs and have competitions and stuff, but I'm sure to release an entirely new line of colours it isn't cheap, and to crowdfund the projects would be lovely. Something like that for start-up Perfume companies (akin to BPAL and so on) would really benefit from it too, imho. I would absolutely crowdfund projects where I could vote towards scents I'd be most likely to wear.

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Essential oil blends would definitely work as a creative product. *grin* I did some oils and incense for a contest that a friend ran for her book, years ago. That was so much fun.

Do you know any of the folks creating mineral makeup or other stuff like that? You could invite them to drop by here. I'd love to have more different types of projects.

Re: Thoughts

[moonvoice]

None of them on Dreamwidth or Livejournal unfortunately. But the next time one posts on Wordpress I'll get them to check this space out, maybe they'll realise what they're missing out on!

Mineral Makeup

[jennifercerf]

I was so happy when I saw this post! I'm currently doing research to start my crowdfunding campaign for my all-natural mineral makeup company. We have a large variety of eyeshadows, blushes, bronzers, and foundation. Our website should be completed soon. My crowdfunding campaign with be through Crowd Supply. I hope you follow the campaign. Check us out on Facebook for updates

https://www.facebook.com/colormenaturals

Re: Mineral Makeup

[ysabetwordsmith]

We are open to all manner of cyberfunded creativity. When you get your project page set up, please feel free to post about it to this community.