>>7959589
i think ill just get a shitty minimum wage job than earn or improve on drawing

it's all about talent to draw and the talent to market yourself both of which i dont have

>>7959589
It's pointless now with AI. I could get an occasional gig for illustration or graphic design or motion graphics before AI but now I can't get shit. And now I'll never own a house and I don't know what to do, what kind of requalification can I do, I'm not young anymore, and I've been living off savings and I don't know where to go. My third world Eastern European shithole is so expensive now that properties cost 4-5x more than they did 4-5 years ago. I'm really fucked. I would accept any kind of a non-physical job anywhere if I could get it but I can't.

>>7959589
It was never really my intention to earn anything off it anyway. I maybe had the idea that I could earn some pocket change from commissions but it was never an integral part of the plan.
All I ever really wanted to do was work on my graphic novel and post it somewhere for free, that's it. I'm fine with taking a day job to do that.

>>7959589
Im treating making money off it like fishing.
Ill throw my line in and hope for a nibble, but im more content sitting in the boat relaxing.
Im not going to lie to myself, yeah I want some moola, yeah I want that big ass bass, but ill adjust to reality.
I recently found a new job that pays more. 3-12hr days. Ill see how it goes but I get 4 days off a week to work on my comic with no interruptions Its a game changer.
I dont know why people dont do 4-10s or 3-12s. Save gas, get the job out of the way, then have more time off during the week.

>>7959681
Well, how did you get it? What is it? I would love being able to work only a few days. I just want to live like a normal human being.

>>7959589
Nah, not at all. I’ve made money but I want to earn more. Plus I don’t give up.

>>7959688
Factory/machine shop.
Getting a good one is a gamble tho.

>>7959589
i have 45k followers and 5 years ago i was swimming in commissions to the point i can reject shit i dont like and still get comms
now I get 4 comms a month if I'm lucky plus I had to give massive discounts for my comms

dont pursue money if youre doing art in 2026 and above

I am grinding animation to get to the level of a (junior) pro knowing full well the job doesn't exist really. I can't lie that it hurts so I don't think about the outcome.

If you want to make money trace furry nsfw ai slop, I'm not even joking. Normies can't even tell and you can just play the victim card if another artist ever calls you out.

>>7959788
furry porn is super oversaturated. Its not even worth trying to follow any trends or whatever

>>7959792
gay furry porn seems fine (know quite a handful of people who charge $200 for uncolored sketches), and also people treat artists like collectables. .5-1k a month seems super doable.

>>7959766
I swear God was timing A.I. cause the moment my art was at a quality to make porn, A.I started hitting the scene. Then the following years, payment processors started hammering down on porn artists. I cant have shit!

>>7959589
i've been through the same for some time now

>>7959589
I don't care. some sneaky chinese merchants stole my art and sold it on tshirts and handbags and even rugs and I just thought it was hilarious

>>7959766
>>7959856
>AI took these guys jerbs
Skills issue.

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>>7959589
I have both accepted it but am still coping
I honestly don't think my life has value if I can't become a paid artist

>>7959610
physical jobs aren't bad though. can be kind of nice actually

>>7960278
Would be if I could do them, I'm fucked medically (but in a shit country where I can't claim anything from it).

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You guys sound like you are really bad at marketing your art. I make hundreds of bucks a month through comms and monthly supporters

>>7960398
In which developing country you live where you can live off "hundreds of bucks"