Studio Circle
Support, questions and structured access.
“Studio Circle” is the orbit around the core archive: Patreon tiers for ongoing support,
Substack for structured Q&A, and Fleep Points for consulting priority. It’s not a
social network – it is a way to organise access, questions and interventions.
The model below is already defined. Links to active tiers, issues and booking pages will
be added once everything is launched and populated with real material.
How Studio Circle fits with everything else
The site you’re on is the core archive. Studio Circle describes how people can
connect to it at different depths:
- Patreon – recurring support and access to archives for personal use on your own projects.
- Gumroad – one-off purchases of PDFs, cards and packs, including teacher / consultant licences.
- Substack – a monthly Q&A loop where questions are collected, refined and answered in a structured way.
- Fleep Points – a priority and discount mechanism for consulting, earned at the highest Patreon tier.
All of this is built on trust and clarity. The rules are explicit, but I’m not interested in policing;
I’m interested in making expectations transparent.
Patreon tiers (support & personal use)
Patreon is where ongoing support lives. The exact names and prices of the four tiers will be set
directly on Patreon, but the logic is already defined:
- Tier 1 – basic support, news and selected access. A way to say “I want this work to exist”.
- Tier 2–3 – broader access to PDFs and archives for personal use on your own projects or team.
- Tier 4 – everything above, plus Fleep Points that accumulate over time.
Patreon access is deliberately personal-use only: you can apply the material to
your own projects, but not resell the methods as a teacher or consultant.
Licences: Patreon vs Gumroad
The line is simple and explicit:
- Patreon – lets you use PDFs and tools on your own projects or inside your team.
- Gumroad – individual purchases unlock teacher / consultant usage for that specific PDF or pack.
- No hidden DRM, no aggressive enforcement – just a clear social contract about how the work should be used.
If you want to build courses, incubator programmes or paid consulting around these frameworks,
you do it by buying the relevant PDFs on Gumroad, not by relying only on a Patreon subscription.
Substack Q&A loop
Substack is used as a structured Q&A machine, not a random comment thread.
Each month follows a simple rhythm:
- Week 1 – patrons propose questions and topics.
- Week 2 – the community discusses, clarifies and votes on what matters most.
- Week 3 – I answer in one or more long-form posts: structured, edited and aligned with the frameworks.
The goal is to turn scattered questions into a coherent monthly synthesis that can eventually
feed back into articles, frameworks or future tools.
Fleep Points & consulting slots
Consulting is asynchronous and limited. No constant 1:1 calls, but high-leverage
interventions when they are genuinely useful.
- I publish a list of possible services (deep reviews, project realignment, framework application, etc.).
- Those services open only when I have capacity – limited slots, first come, first served.
- Fleep Points, earned at the highest Patreon tier, give priority on these slots and better rates.
- Points are cumulative and stay with you even if you stop the top tier. They do not have a fixed “cash value” – they are a way for me to tune access and effort.
The intention is to keep consulting rare, focused and fair – aligned with the same ethics that drive
the rest of the work.
Current status
At this stage, Studio Circle is a defined architecture rather than a fully live system.
Patreon, Gumroad and Substack accounts exist, but the tiers, catalogues and Q&A rhythms will be
opened gradually as enough material is ready.
When everything is live, this page will be updated with concrete links, a clear FAQ, and a simple
“how to participate” guide.