I have been thinking long and hard about what I can do to help Lavender Legend grow, and I keep coming around to the fact that I lack seed money. I’ll explain that later, but first let me tell you about the rewards.
Bonus Comic: Not only will you get individual rewards depending on how much you donate, but I’ll also reward EVERYONE for the group effort if the goal is met by publishing a bonus comic publicly. It will be a funny one.
Bonus Wallpaper As usual, if you donate $2 or more, you get your choice of wallpaper from the Donations Page.
Sketch Commission If you donate $10 or more, you’ll get a sketch request. Just send me references so I’ll know what it is, haha.
Original Art Donate $30 or more and you’ll get an original color artwork from Lavender Legend.
Original Page Inks Donate $100 or more and you’ll get your pick of one original ink from chapter 1 (except page 1).
Okay, now for all the tl;dr about why and how.
Lavender Legend is a free webcomic that has maintained a small but dedicated following since beginning in 2009. Despite having elements some people might find uncomfortable, the response has been generally good and hopeful for the future of the storyline.
The fans are very dedicated! I’d say about %5 donate the minimum amount regularly, which is impressive as far as things go on the internet. However, there’s just not a large enough audience to support the comic as a professional venture right now.
The goal is to bring Lavender Legend to a larger audience, and then offer products and services that generate money for the site. That will allow me to work on it full-time, and maybe look at full color as an option.
This money will not go into the my pocket, but instead goes into ways of making more money.
Part 1: Better books.
The print-on-demand Lavender Legend books that exist right now are great, and don’t cost much to produce. However, most of the money you’re paying for an $8 book is going to the print-on-demand service, and not to me, the artist. I generally spend what I make on new books. What I want to do is buy from a bulk printer, which will allow me to sell you a cheaper book with even better quality and make more money doing it.
Part 2: Merchandise with wider appeal
I want to start making T-shirts and other items that people will want, without a whole lot of investment in my work. Just cool and/or funny stuff in general. Some stuff for Lavender Legend fans, and some stuff for people who like to wear cool-looking things. Time for me to put to use my graphic design skills. 
Part 3: Advertising
Some of the funds will go to advertising, which will bring more people to the site and help generate more money for the site. A lot of the advertising will be on other webcomics, so think of the money as sort of a circle of life that funds everybody.
So basically, I want to make things to sell, and find people to sell it to. This goal won’t cover everything, but it will be a nice start.
Just a disclaimer, if somebody decides to be wonderful and we hit the goal very soon, it will still be a few weeks before I can make good on the rewards. Already working on the bonus. It shall be done in good time, my friends!
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