World of Monsters has been on Youtube for over 6 years now and being fairly new with Patreon, I am loving everything about it. As Youtube has evolved and continues to change, the community aspect and connection has been left behind. Patreon offers me a chance to not only connect closer with followers of my work, but to give back.

WoM is a one man show - the lighting, green screening, editing, etc. is all handled by myself. Your support allows me to put more hours into this channel. I try to manage my life and finances so that the more this project supports me, the more time and effort I can put back into it.
Videos take time; they require research.. lots of research, preparation, filming, narration, and finally post production. And the same goes into the Creating Monsters videos where it can take weeks to fully sculpt and paint a subject to be then filmed and presented entertainingly.

Youtube revenue has helped but is unstable and unpredictable with their constant algorithmic adjustments.
As for Youtube and those ads.. that is just one of my many goals as we build this community - I'd love to remove Youtube ads completely from my videos, especially as Youtube is annoyingly becoming more forceful with them! But first we have to build up. And speaking of ads, that's something I want every Patron to be free of, hence my lowest tier will always offer early ad-free video access.

If you haven't yet, please have a look at my Goals right below this post. I think this is a great little portion of Patreon and a wonderful way to better get to know the creator you follow, their mindset on the project, and what their dream direction is.

Your help goes a long way.
Plus taking care of a pack of cerberus pups or wrangling down a very wild griffin with a broken wing is not only dangerous but a costly affair.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this and for the consideration of helping to bring independence to a very non-mainstream artist and content creator.

~ MM Arthur ;)