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<blockquote data-quote="Mouseferatu" data-source="post: 3428786" data-attributes="member: 1288">In the hopes that I qualify as at least semi-reputable <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />, I will say that having seen what Wolf's doing, the thought has certainly crossed my mind. So far, I've refrained from doing so for several reasons.1) I have great respect for Wolf, and I would want to come across neither as ripping off what is very much his idea, nor as potentially taking business away from him with a similar/competing product.2) Part of the appeal to Wolf's patronage system is that the patrons get to see the entire thing in process, can read essays on the various aspects of design, etc. While I'd certainly be happy to incorporate patronage feedback where I to do something similar, the truth is, I'm not sure they'd get their money's-worth out of it in terms of a &quot;behind the curtain&quot; look. I tend to design as much by instinct as by process, so there would be an awful lot of it that, when asked &quot;Why did you do X?&quot; my only answer would be &quot;Because it seemed cool/felt right.&quot;3) At least at the moment, I've got contracted stuff keeping me busy. Should that situation change and the income dry up, reasons 1 and 2 might seem a little less compelling. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mouseferatu, post: 3428786, member: 1288"] In the hopes that I qualify as at least semi-reputable ;), I will say that having seen what Wolf's doing, the thought has certainly crossed my mind. So far, I've refrained from doing so for several reasons. 1) I have great respect for Wolf, and I would want to come across neither as ripping off what is very much his idea, nor as potentially taking business away from him with a similar/competing product. 2) Part of the appeal to Wolf's patronage system is that the patrons get to see the entire thing in process, can read essays on the various aspects of design, etc. While I'd certainly be happy to incorporate patronage feedback where I to do something similar, the truth is, I'm not sure they'd get their money's-worth out of it in terms of a "behind the curtain" look. I tend to design as much by instinct as by process, so there would be an awful lot of it that, when asked "Why did you do X?" my only answer would be "Because it seemed cool/felt right." 3) At least at the moment, I've got contracted stuff keeping me busy. Should that situation change and the income dry up, reasons 1 and 2 might seem a little less compelling. ;) [/QUOTE]

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