How profitable would a Patreon be for a TF artist?

[SketchyKnight]

Originally Posted by EduartBoudewijn

On a side note; maybe as a bit of a discussion topic, I find it interesting that you say that you find commissions to be too competitive, while I think that Patreon is even more competitive. Basicly with Patreon you're asking people to 'subscribe' to you as an artist, without them even knowing what's exactly coming.

What you said is pretty much on point. The way I see it, the only reason to even attempt to setup a Patreon is if you're so popular that you can't handle the amount of commission requests you're getting, i.e. "I'm popular enough people will just throw money at me to stay active". It's pretty damn hard to get to this level, and I know the most successful Patreon artists only go that route once taking commissions isn't worth their time in comparison anymore.