so far I've gotten two fantastic art books from kickstarter.

i dont bother with patreon

I actually selected the "both" option, since I'm really having doubts myself. I'm considering starting up my own "artsy business", but I'm so torn in what to do and which way to go :/

OMG I feel so old right now!

Good luck with whichever you go with! I'm glad to see more people voting Patreon. Shows that people are starting to get used to the Patreon format. I feel like fans were confused by it for a while.

This questions seems be a little bit odd.

Patreon is a platform to support an artist, independent of an actual project.
Kickstarter is a platform to support projects, merely independent from the artist or person who initiates them.
So
- if I see a nice project I want to support I will use and prefer kickstarter
- if I see a good artist/musician/etc. which I want to support I will use and prefer patreon

Just FYI although I'm keeping fairly busy with conventions & freelance I'm also working towards getting both of these things up and running for my art and book projects in future. I'd still really like your input though if you prefer either one and why, and any comments you might have or thoughts on the matter would be a big help! Thanks so much and I'm keen to get all the monsters and new work out to you guys soon. Will be making a blog post about it all with some cool new announcements shortly. All the best and lots of deviantART monster love - Austen.