In contrast to the funding styles
of crowdsourcing sites Kickstarter and GoFundMe, Patreon is leveraging the interest
of the patron who enjoys continuous giving. Other funding sources assist the
artist with gathering funds to start, tweak, or finish projects. Patreon,
founded in 2013 by friends Jack Conte and Sam Yam, provides a forum for artists
to present their ideas and creations while also providing access to patrons who
fin their work interesting and would like to further their art endeavors by
pledging amounts as low as $1 dollar on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis,
.This format allows the artists to create and helps them to eat too. No longer
are the artists seeking funding on the Internet forced to be known as ‘starving
artists’
Jack Conte’s goal stems from his
experience as a successful and well-known YouTube artist who experienced
success during the height of YouTube buzz. He can be seen here as part of the
group Pomplamoose. The success and then eventual decline of Conte’s success on
YouTube directed his attention to the arena of crowdsourcing to continue his
creative work. He found that artist didn’t just need a one-time fix of funds,
but to be seen as legitimate creators of relevant art, in all forms. He shared his insights
(some harsh language) in an interview that expresses his excitement for the
opportunity to look at art as a legitimate craft that still has usefulness. The
move of art has truly has become mobile. Patreon is offering an alternative to
artists being made to sign away their creative an in most ways financial
freedom just to make what they believe in an
think people will also enjoy.
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