It's nice to see someone completely understand me "I think technically, if
one overlooks the ideals, the practical aspect of donations is actually very
feasible, especially for young adults and working adults with little time to
spend on this passion, and still wishes to embrace it, it is a welcome relieve
of stress on them regarding the download limits."
In summary my understanding is: Minitokyo is an artists community in where the
credit currency is earned through contribution methods other than money. Casual
visitors are given a method to download items that often encourages a conversion
to a higher level of activity.
EFFING GOSH DARNIT! I had a well formed reply and thought, "gee i wonder if
clicking 'go advanced' will give me some options to improve my post". it
improved my post allright... DELETED!
Thanks for the well thought out replies. I understand the value of time. I
certainly value the time you people took to reply to my post, and the time it
takes to create a good wallpaper.
"essentially purchasing artwork" + "50 cents an hour"
If I purchase credits instead of acquiring credits in other manners I am not
purchasing the artwork. How I spend the credits would be no different than
anyone else. In no way (unless the donation agreement was written as such) would
I have any more right to the works than others. I am not sure how contributing
through money is more insulting to the artists than leeching without
contribution.
"participate ... by commenting ..."
You are right I failed to mention this method of gaining credits. In the short
time I browsed the threads I saw a common complaint from active members who felt
they recieved little to no credits from 'text based' activities.
However I did not imagine my idea was a new one. Honestly I was tyring to think
of a good (constructive) way to bump my credits from .0000002 to 1.0 so I can
upload a few renders I have. :-) I have a few artbooks I could rip through I
guess.
Thanks for the props on my blog 'somebodyelse'. It takes time to create those
posts full of links a few pictures and decent writing. Time, all it takes is
time...
Technically this statement is correct. I might try to find a few scans or
renders that I have collected and contribute them, however I will likely work
within the 5 free download quota. Creating wallpapers is not a skill of mine and
I dont have a scanner. This means I have no way to conribute within the
parameters of the Minitokyo community.
How about a financial contribution? At this point I am on my way over to
AnimePaper.net to donate ~$6USD to gain less limited access to the wallpapers,
scans and other beautiful art there. I would be willing to make a similar
contribution to Minitokyo, but alas, there does not seem to be such a
mechanism.
What do you think about a pay pal solution for those of us who enjoy the art and
are willing to contribute a small ammount of money for access?
It's nice to see someone completely understand me "I think technically, if one overlooks the ideals, the practical aspect of donations is actually very feasible, especially for young adults and working adults with little time to spend on this passion, and still wishes to embrace it, it is a welcome relieve of stress on them regarding the download limits."
In summary my understanding is: Minitokyo is an artists community in where the credit currency is earned through contribution methods other than money. Casual visitors are given a method to download items that often encourages a conversion to a higher level of activity.
--reddogg
reddogg.com
EFFING GOSH DARNIT! I had a well formed reply and thought, "gee i wonder if clicking 'go advanced' will give me some options to improve my post". it improved my post allright... DELETED!
:-(
Thanks for the well thought out replies. I understand the value of time. I certainly value the time you people took to reply to my post, and the time it takes to create a good wallpaper.
"essentially purchasing artwork" + "50 cents an hour"
If I purchase credits instead of acquiring credits in other manners I am not purchasing the artwork. How I spend the credits would be no different than anyone else. In no way (unless the donation agreement was written as such) would I have any more right to the works than others. I am not sure how contributing through money is more insulting to the artists than leeching without contribution.
"participate ... by commenting ..."
You are right I failed to mention this method of gaining credits. In the short time I browsed the threads I saw a common complaint from active members who felt they recieved little to no credits from 'text based' activities.
However I did not imagine my idea was a new one. Honestly I was tyring to think of a good (constructive) way to bump my credits from .0000002 to 1.0 so I can upload a few renders I have. :-) I have a few artbooks I could rip through I guess.
Thanks for the props on my blog 'somebodyelse'. It takes time to create those posts full of links a few pictures and decent writing. Time, all it takes is time...
I am a Minitokyo leech.
Technically this statement is correct. I might try to find a few scans or renders that I have collected and contribute them, however I will likely work within the 5 free download quota. Creating wallpapers is not a skill of mine and I dont have a scanner. This means I have no way to conribute within the parameters of the Minitokyo community.
How about a financial contribution? At this point I am on my way over to AnimePaper.net to donate ~$6USD to gain less limited access to the wallpapers, scans and other beautiful art there. I would be willing to make a similar contribution to Minitokyo, but alas, there does not seem to be such a mechanism.
What do you think about a pay pal solution for those of us who enjoy the art and are willing to contribute a small ammount of money for access?
--reddogg
reddogg.com