TRIUMPHANT ARTISTS WEB NETWORK POLLING PAGE

Hey, everyone. This is the administrator of this network of websites. I am trying to get a feel for how much interest there is in various projects among my current audience. I'm willing to reward all of you for making the decision to look at this. I'm serious. 1) I am giving everyone who showed up here access to an impressive 25% off coupon right off the bat, for anything on the HornbostelProductions.com shop [on one order only per customer]. It also grants free shipping, which is a big additional plus.

The code is this:

25poll

The shop is right here. It is secured with state-of-the-art Comodo SSL encryption and as a vendor, I have a solid reputation. You can look at my ratings as an eBay seller and browse my eBay listings, here. But basically the situation is this: 190 ratings already, 100% of them positive. I have gotten complaints a handful of times, usually due to delays and backlog, or mishaps in the shipping process, but have always managed to resolve the disputes and make my customers happy. It includes a lot of 'made to order' items so if you want more of a look at what that can result in, check out the Triumphant Artists Still Art page, which is now expanded and sortable. 2) Plus a gift card for anyone joining my email list [at bottom of page]. The amount is small and randomized, anywhere from $0.25-$5.00, and while most of the codes handed out will be for my shop, once in a while, about 10% of the time, an Amazon.com or eBay gift code of similar value will show up for somebody instead. You can unsubscribe later if you want to, that's totally okay, you still keep the code you got. But you'll miss out on other special things (news, updates, and occasional cool extras) that you'd get from the monthly email. You can now scroll down to the bottom of the page to submit your email and get your gift card, but I'm hoping you'll fill out the poll first. It'll take maybe 5 minutes or 10 at most.

POLL SECTION 1: WHAT PROJECT TYPES ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO PERSONALLY? HOW WOULD YOU RANK YOUR ENTHUSIASM ON A SCALE OF 1-10, 10 BEING REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT(S) LISTED AND 1 BEING NOT AT ALL INTERESTED?

CATEGORY #1: THE FIRST PERSON PUZZLE / ADVENTURE GAMES. That means 'Isola', 'Spiral Skies', and 'Panoramic Worlds', among similar fare.

CATEGORY #2: THE 'SPORTS' GAMES. 'Vivid MiniGolf', 'World Pinball', and anything else of that nature later on.

CATEGORY #3: ACTION/PLATFORMER/SHMUP GAMES. There's not a lot I can point to here yet visually, but if you all want this things could shift more in this direction.

CATEGORY #4: STRATEGY GAMES, FROM TURN BASED DIGITAL 'BOARD GAMES' TO TOWER DEFENSE, RTS, AND THE LIKE. Another category I could work on more.

CATEGORY #5: VISUAL NOVELS, WALKING SIMULATORS AND VIRTUAL TOURS. The main upside is I'm a better artist than coder, so these can usually be done faster with fewer barriers to completion!

CATEGORY #6: COMICS THAT ARE HUMOROUS, SILLY.

CATEGORY #7: SERIOUS COMICS SHIFTED MORE INTO THE GRAPHIC NOVEL CATEGORY. 'Another Road Taken' is my first foray into this field.

CATEGORY #8: TUTORIALS AND ARTICLES, TRAINING MATERIALS FOR OTHER INDIE ARTISTS. Stuff like the Triumphant Artists Articles section.

CATEGORY #9: STILL ART GALLERIES, MORE HANDMADE ART STUFF, OF MY OWN DESIGN, NOT JUST MADE TO ORDER FOR CUSTOMERS.

CATEGORY #10: MINIATURE ART, AS IN MODEL RAILROADING STUFF, MINIATURE PRODUCT LINES.

CATEGORY #11: VIDEOS, COMEDY EMPHASIS. Many of my old videos have fallen into this category so keep that in mind.

CATEGORY #12: VIDEOS, ACTION/THRILLER EMPHASIS.

CATEGORY #13: VIDEOS, SCIENCE FICTION EMPHASIS.

CATEGORY #14: VIDEOS, DRAMA EMPHASIS.

CATEGORY #15: VIDEOS, HISTORICAL OR FANTASY EMPHASIS

CATEGORY #16: VIDEOS, HORROR OR MYSTERY EMPHASIS

CATEGORY #17: VIDEOS, OLD "HORNBOSTEL CLASSICS" RELEASED ONLINE (EMPHASIS ON GETTING ARCHIVED VIDEO CONTENT ONLINE)

CATEGORY #18: VIDEOS, BRAND NEW. [EMPHASIS ON LAUNCHING MORE NEW VIDEO PRODUCTIONS]

POLL SECTION 2: HOW WOULD YOU WANT ME TO FUND ALL OF THIS?
My ambitions project wise could cost a lot, and finishing everything I have planned would take $7500 at least.
Right now I am only able to spare around $150-$200/month for this stuff so it could be a three year process to get all this stuff done at the current rate.

IDEA #1: Ads for third party websites again, not carefully curated but more profitable.

IDEA #2: Ads for other websites again, but mostly hand picked, selected individually by me.

IDEA #3: Selling a growing list of items of my own design - on eBay, HornbostelProductions, Etsy, etc. (current primary method)

IDEA #4: Stay on a shoestring budget. Keep spending low & progress consistent if slow, and work with the budget outlined above, accepting it'll take three years or so to wrap up the current roster of tasks.

IDEA #5: Subscription services like Patreon, with supporters backing at $1/month in exchange for early access to content.

IDEA #6: Kickstarter or similar for some of the more expensive and out of reach projects, to get them moving forward faster.

IDEA #7: Focus on videography commercially. As in, live event recording. Focus on offering video and post services to customers locally.

IDEA #8: Try setting up a local one on one training, tutoring, or teaching service. Also, set up live workshops and show groups of local Texas people how to do some of the creative types of work that I do, and charge a small admission fee to each participant, equivalent to about $25 for a one-day event.

IDEA #9: Stock Media. Try that again, make and sell new collections of seamless textures, 3D models, video elements, etc, now that you've got more ratings as a seller.

IDEA #10: Customized 3D levels for people. Like the museum thing, but more variants.

THAT'S IT. PLEASE EMAIL ME AT MATTHORNB@GMAIL.COM with the subject line 'Triumphant Artists Poll' and I will add you to the mailing list and send you your gift card code.