 I need your help and I don't normally ask for stuff like this. I promise you this will help you out more than it will help me. Hey everybody, it's DJB. Welcome to my channel if you're new here. My name is Darren and I am here to announce that I have launched a Patreon. I am someone that has been very resistant to launch a Patreon. A little bit awkward to be asking for you know funds on a monthly basis. That being said, I started my YouTube when I started the studio and originally I was making lots of tutorials and if you've noticed on my channel the last few years have been lots of unboxings, also showcase videos and like not a lot of educational content and that's the content I would like to bring to the table. I'd love to have more fun. I'd love to make more tutorials rather than just like having a channel on the side. I've been trying to the best of my abilities but obviously being full-time and being an adult with all these like life responsibilities. The financial component is important. It's a factor. I have to be able to sustain the studio and sustain what I'm doing. So I have made a Patreon and the idea behind the Patreon is that you will get behind the scenes access but it's also to help support this YouTube channel and bring you more free tutorials. I don't want you guys having to pay for stuff. I have created two full-length courses that are behind a paywall. I don't love that layout. I feel like it limits the ability to learn so I would love to post more free content here on YouTube. I have a couple of really large projects that have been in the back of my mind for a little while now. They're both kind of in production already and I work on them when I can but I really can't focus on them. I've launched the Patreon and to my surprise I take a ton of footage. I take a ton of pictures and I don't always have time to necessarily make like a huge YouTube video but I can show you what I'm working on what I'm doing and I can give you tips and tricks and advice along the way through the Patreon. Patreon is actually really an incredible platform. I didn't realize how good it was until I signed up. There's a wonderful desktop application for it. There's also an amazing app for your phone so it's really easy for me as a creator to give you content through my phone and my computer but it's also easy for you as a consumer to view and interact with the content. Patreon is also linked with Discord and Discord if you don't know is a chat service so it's similar to like a Facebook Messenger so I'm able to have my own chat over there and it's the group of patrons, people that follow me, people that want to support my channel, to be able to talk to me one-on-one firsthand and I'm honestly enjoying it more than social media because it doesn't have that component of scrolling through endless posts if I don't you're looking for it's just all content it's strictly community-based. I think it could turn into something really awesome. I have three tiers available for that. I have a $5 buckskin tier and that gives you behind-the-scenes access and you just want to support. You want to see what I'm working on, you want to sneak preview before everybody else. You do get access to the Discord studio chat but you don't get access to any tutorials. The $10 Pinto tier is all of that that I just said plus tutorial components so there's a specific tutorial chat and I post lots and lots of tutorial content on there. If you want to take it even a step further I have an Apple Lucid tier and that is $15 that allows access to everything I'm posting, all of the Discord chats, plus an exclusive advice Discord chat and you can post what you're working on, if you need help, any questions you have and it's a direct line to reach me. Those are the tiers as they stand. I have ideas, other ideas of how I can add to that, make it work better but I'm trying it out and seeing what happens. It's already had an amazing response and I'm so thankful for everyone who's already on there. It's already feeling like I have a bit more wiggle room to work on those big projects for you guys and if you can't financially support in some way pledge or join the Patreon you can support this channel by liking this video and subscribing because that ultimately grows and that helps out immensely so thank you for everyone who already is subscribed. It's crazy. I love my little YouTube community and I want to build a bigger, greater community. I think there can be a lot of negativity out there on social media and specific and just in the world in general. Having public forum is great but it's not always the best because there's a lot of conflicting opinions out there so I really want to build this community. I want to build these chat rooms that allows us to all work together and collaborate and like share advice and knowledge and there's so much advice and knowledge out there and I think just sharing it more is the most fulfilling thing I get out of doing what I do so the Patreon just like is the cherry on top for that and I'm very excited about it so thank you so much for everyone who's already involved and if you are also interested in getting involved the link will be in the description below so thank you so much for watching and happy customizing.