AirRaiser

I'm sometimes fascinated by people who chose to do art for a living in a niche market like furry.

Like it's great that yiu can, but right now I'm just seeing people asking for help cause the market is barely there. I dunno, I don't particularly like having a soul sucking job. But I like the steady income, health insurance and not having to figure out over the top complicated taxes. But also in these times when luxury items are not people's main focus. When times get tuff a few thousand dollar fursuit is NOT priority. Like yeah it'd be nice, but for me I'd rather keep a roof over my head and my stomach full for a few months.

I dunno been seeing a lot more go fund mes from people who didn't branch out and are now paying the price. When it's good shits really good, but it's not sustainable. I don't think a lot of folks took that in to consideration, that what we are dealing with right now IS THE REALITY. The end is unclear and no where insight. So sticking with a failing business and not looking for a more sustainable backup is just overall a bad move.

Mar 10 at 5:25pmWeb
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@airraiser Some of us are doing furry art because we were badly burned by a previous job. In our case, we were working as a technologist, but being laid off twice in just six months soured us on the industry. The current push towards AI everything has soured us on working in the field again.

Realistically, writing niche furry porn is not an easy way to pay the bills, and we have the luxury of funds saved up from our tech career to bridge the gap. But it's something that is uniquely human to do. It means we're not lost in endless meetings trying to figure out if we've even done anything; we're providing something we enjoyed creating to someone who's going to take pleasure in reading it. To be an active contributor to making the world a weirder/hornier place is way better than just contributing to a soulless corporate machine.

That it's hard to make a living doing this is, in our opinion, an indictment of capitalism and the lack of investment in the arts. It should be possible to make a modest living as an artist, even one with a narrow niche.