Welcome to my wacky, weird, overactive and sometimes twisted imagination

Hi all!
Welcome to my Patreon page. I'm Alan (aka Svee). I'm a freelance artist, photographer, tattoo apprentice, airbrush journalist and instructor, father, husband, social outcast and all round creative chappy from the good old UK.

I do WHAT exactly?!?!?!
Well, 3 days a week I'm an apprentice at a tattoo studio. The rest of my time is spent doing this kinda thing...



 
I also do some photography. Normally with the intention to use the images I shoot for my future arty projects be it a traditional painting or something digital. Sometimes I'll even do some photo manipulation...
  
Sometimes though, I love the photos so much I can't bring myself to do anything to them other than share them with the world...

  

So what is this page about then?
Well, to put it simply... I need your help! I have so many unused photos from numerous photo shoots, tutorial videos, projects and ideas that its a real shame they never get to see the light of day. Unfortunately that takes time which is something I just don't have much of. I'm a grown up (physically anyway lol) so I have bills to pay, a family to support, yadda yadda yadda. I take on commissions and custom paint jobs to keep the bank manager happy but that means my spare time is seriously limited and my own ideas and other stuff have to take a back seat and there they tend to stay until they are forgotten. I love working with creative models in photo shoots to start "fleshing out" a concept for a painting or even a series of artworks but photo shoots aren't cheap on time or money so with your help I would like to free up some of my time by taking on less commissions but at the same time try and keep a roof over my head.

This is where you and Patreon come in.

So first off, what is Patreon? Well, this short video may clear that right up for you...

So it's crowd-funding at its best! Much like Kickstarter, Patreon is a way to support a creative person who's work you love. BUT unlike Kickstarter, Patreon is not just to back/support a single project, your donation will support EVERYTHING I do! So you are supporting the CREATOR, not just a single project he/she produces.  As you can probably tell by the above, I create MANY different things from airbrushed stuff, digital artwork, photo manipulations even good old photoshoots and with your support, I hope to bring you loads of extras from my creations every month from step-by-step tutorials, offering up sketches for you colourists out there to have fun with, doing a photoshoot with a model and offering the images up to you all as stock images for use in your own work royalty free, the list goes on and on! The more support I get, the less commissions I'll have to take on which will then free up my time to create content, tutorials, videos, you name it! I believe I have a lot to give back to the world after it has spent years being an inspiration and teacher to myself and my creativity and with your help I'd like to start giving something back and hopefully help and inspire other creative people in their work.

What do you get?
My main aim is to give you as much stuff as I possibly can. Heres a quick list of the kinds of things I will be offering up...
Behind the scenes videos from photo shoots
Royalty free use of images from shoots I do with various models
Tutorial videos on airbrushing or digital stuff
Access to my "Sketch Book" that all you digital colourists out there are free to colour
Suggest themes for photo shoots and have royalty free access to the images produced
My patrons get first dibs on any commission slots that may pop up
Patron only competitions to win airbrushing equipment and other arty stuff
Discounts on any of my prints
Prize draws, print giveaways and even private commissions
Live Google hangouts/webcasts for my patrons only (I may even do live hangouts during some photoshoots)

Heres a quick video from my first ever shoot. It was a looong time ago but it shows you what my behind the scenes vids will be like...
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Heres an example of the kinds of images you can expect to see for use in your own artwork ROYALTY FREE

So what do you have to do to get access to all these goodies?
Simple, become my Patron. Pledge a set amount as low as $1 a month and in return for your subscription, donation, sponsorship or whatever you want to call it, you'll get access to the content I post up in the patrons area of my page.

FAQ's
Do I have to pay in US Dollars?
No, any currency will do. As this is an american website everything is written in dollars but you can use any currency and it will be converted automatically. You can even pay via PayPal which makes it even easier!

How much content will you provide a month?
I'll aim to upload something different every week. For example one week I'll upload a sketch for all you digital colourists to have a play with, the following week might be a video tutorial, then a behind the scenes video from a photo shoot and lastly a bunch of royalty free stock images from the shoot that month. The order of that lot may change from month to month but it shows you my plans. All you will need to do is come to my Patreon page and in the "Activity" section at the top you will see all the "Patreon supporters only" content mentioned above.

I don't have loads of money. Can I still become a Patreon?
Indeed you can! Please only sign up to what you can afford. Even as little as $1 a month will help hugely! I'm not trying to get rich from this or anything like that. All Patreon will enable me to do is make more content for you doing the stuff I love rather than working on something else.

How long am I signing up for?
As long or as short as you want to. Theres no contract or anything here. Donate $1 for one month, decide its not for you and stop. Theres no penalty fees or anything. You are totally in control of how much you spend and for how long.

Can I increase or decrease my payment in the future to change my supporters "perk"?
Absolutely, you just log onto your account and change/cancel the account whenever you wish.