Why I’m supporting Mike Mangialardi on Patreon & taking the effort to write about it on Medium

Lizzy den Haan
Jul 28, 2017 · 2 min read
Ladies and gentlemen.. Michael Mangialardi!

NOTE: I do not know Mike, owe mike, or have anything to personally gain from writing this post. I’m writing this purely out of enthousiasm.

There’s a revolution going on. One where the internet powers people to have a voice. On what should exist. You can vote.

You decide what exists

We, as seemingly random individuals, can decide which awesome things exist. By collectively supporting it. Patreon did a great job in creating a platform for exactly that.

I’m here to ask you to support my personal favorite: Michael Mangialardi. The creator of Coding Artist, and single handedly responsible for thousands of people creating CSS illustrations, some of them for the first time. He also inspired an online community where people share their CSS art, progress, struggles and knowledge.

Adriana Hasbun’s pixel heroes are amongst my favorite #dailyCSSimages

Mike is creating awesome stuff for free, and I want him to keep doing that. I’m grateful for the doors he opened for me and others. I love people like him, adding value to the world and trusting money wise, it’ll figure itself out.

What Mike has created for free (so far)

Read it, participate in challenges, join the community :)

  1. Daily CSS images (Challenge)
  2. Daily SVG images (Challenge)
  3. React.js for the Visual Learner (free to read online E-book)
One of my own, my third CSS illustration! Making progress with every illustration, figuring it out one selector at a time ;)

$1 every month

If you’re like me, you won’t really miss $1 a month. I decided I could miss $3. And if more people join me, our collective dollars will yell to the world:

YES!! WE❤ PEOPLE THAT MAKE AWESOME STUFF AND OFFER IT TO EVERYONE FOR FREE!

WE WANT MORE..! WE WANT MORE..!

Conclusion

If you participated in one of the challenges or if you read the E-book and are passionate about stuff like this existing, just take a leap and support this dude on Patreon. Let’s see what else he comes up with when we give him some financial space to play with :)

So, what are you waiting for?

… by clicking here because I can’t link the button on Medium haha

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Lizzy den Haan

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Passionate graphic & web designer from The Netherlands, sweet spot for travelling around and working abroad. Love everything digital & visual.

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