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<blockquote data-quote="Envisioner" data-source="post: 8007084" data-attributes="member: 6749263"><p>I've been creating RPG characters in my spare time for well over a decade; it's basically my #1 hobby unless you count something as generic as "video games", which IMO you shouldn't. It's one of my chief creative outlets, and at the risk of tooting my own horn, I am sometimes extremely inventive, producing very fleshed-out personalities and complex, interesting mechanical designs, although my skills in either arena are far from perfect. Unfortunately, while I've hosted some of my work on public forums a number of times over the years, my somewhat antisocial tendencies have a habit of getting me kicked off of one board after another (ENworld itself nearly being the latest one, before I voluntarily near-discontinued use of it, in part to stop myself from continuing to poke the bear), assuming the board in question didn't simply cease to exist for technical or business reasons. On top of this, while the hobby has entertained me greatly, it has also cost a great deal of time and effort, and the amount of those things I can devote to it is drastically limited, when I'm dealing with the day-to-day reality of jobs and bills and such.</p><p></p><p>So I'm looking at the way the wind is blowing globally, and I'm seeing that a lot of creative types are migrating to the crowdfunding model (Kickstarter and Patreon and such) as a way to sustain themselves, and I'm wondering whether this is a solution for me. At least it could lead to me creating my own website to host my character designs on, and if enough people liked what I was doing enough, it might even supplement my income to the point that I could start doing it as a full-time job, rather than just a spare-time hobby. Thusly, I present this thread, as an effort to take the community's temperature on the possibility that I can pursue this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Envisioner, post: 8007084, member: 6749263"] I've been creating RPG characters in my spare time for well over a decade; it's basically my #1 hobby unless you count something as generic as "video games", which IMO you shouldn't. It's one of my chief creative outlets, and at the risk of tooting my own horn, I am sometimes extremely inventive, producing very fleshed-out personalities and complex, interesting mechanical designs, although my skills in either arena are far from perfect. Unfortunately, while I've hosted some of my work on public forums a number of times over the years, my somewhat antisocial tendencies have a habit of getting me kicked off of one board after another (ENworld itself nearly being the latest one, before I voluntarily near-discontinued use of it, in part to stop myself from continuing to poke the bear), assuming the board in question didn't simply cease to exist for technical or business reasons. On top of this, while the hobby has entertained me greatly, it has also cost a great deal of time and effort, and the amount of those things I can devote to it is drastically limited, when I'm dealing with the day-to-day reality of jobs and bills and such. So I'm looking at the way the wind is blowing globally, and I'm seeing that a lot of creative types are migrating to the crowdfunding model (Kickstarter and Patreon and such) as a way to sustain themselves, and I'm wondering whether this is a solution for me. At least it could lead to me creating my own website to host my character designs on, and if enough people liked what I was doing enough, it might even supplement my income to the point that I could start doing it as a full-time job, rather than just a spare-time hobby. Thusly, I present this thread, as an effort to take the community's temperature on the possibility that I can pursue this. [/QUOTE]
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