Hello! I’m very out of touch with the furry community but I do know that there’s an ungodly amount of furry art that is created every day, and that number is continuing to increase. I’ve already got a career and my clumsy paws can barely draw a stick figure, so I’ve often wondered how artists can dedicate such time and skill to making such an immense amount of art. Many artists I see create a new piece of art every few days, and some have hundreds if not thousands of art pieces total.
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Do most artists draw art without expecting any money?
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Do most artists do it as a side hustle in addition to a regular job? Is that exhausting?
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What sort of “salary” could one reasonably expect from being dedicated to full-time drawing [furry] art?
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If it’s meant to be your only source of income, how does your job security feel?
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Is it required to “get lucky”/“get noticed” in order to make any real amount of money?
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Is it fun, or does it become “work”?
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Any other interesting topics that I don’t know enough about to ask?
Great details. That data is harrowing. Note that 385 people say they do art full time but only 33 people make more than 30k per year (roughly ~minimum wage).
Well i do notice a discrepancy there: 385 say they do art full time, but only 189 say that they do it for more than 30 hours a week.
But honestly, whether we compare it to 385 or 189, 33 is still a minuscule number regardless. And then you look at the prices of comissions under different parameters (auction, non-auction, how many characters, YCH).
I really hope that there’s some kind of selection bias, for example maybe this survey reached smaller artists more, or the least productive artists had more time to answer a random survey, or something
No benefits is also rough if they live in the US. Even if you did a $100 commission every day you’d come out with 36.5k minus taxes.