| 10 Jan 2019 |
 latchk3y | normie types want to pay for things only if it's popular, so you have to cater to niches | 18:08:15 |
| latchk3y | and then niches in those niches | 18:08:25 |
| latchk3y | otherwise you're just another artist | 18:08:32 |
| latchk3y | and it gets kinda draining | 18:08:51 |
 Alex Gleason | Do you mainly do furry comissions? | 18:09:40 |
| latchk3y | you got stuff you'd rather be doing like working on this dialouge plugin i wanna do, but you know in the back of your mind "oh yeah i have to draw someone's dog oc getting bent over a desk or i don't get to eat this week" | 18:09:39 |
| Alex Gleason | I imagine there's like, a lot of wolves | 18:09:49 |
| latchk3y | i've struck a little luck here and there, but mainly the people who want stuff from me want furry stuff, or homestuck. | 18:10:16 |
| latchk3y | and it's all porn, lol | 18:10:19 |
| latchk3y | is why i'm trying to branch into other communities and activities (such as this one) | 18:10:59 |
| Alex Gleason | I recently read an article about someone trying to poison a furry artist at a convention | 18:11:07 |
| Alex Gleason | Because she didn't like the way he portrayed something? I barely remember | 18:11:22 |
| latchk3y | i like art and i like making things, but i don't like being at the behest of someone else, and i honestly have been so shot from porn | 18:11:20 |
| latchk3y | i'm not opposed to making it or anything, it's just fuckin ugh | 18:11:30 |
| latchk3y | edit: i'm not opposed to making it or anything, it's just fuckin ugh -> i'm not opposed to making it or anything, it's just ugh | 18:11:52 |
| Alex Gleason | Yeah, I imagine that's pretty draining | 18:12:07 |
 wekhter (fontenddev) | that's the biggest reason why i've never ended up doing commissions--not really into the idea of having to draw porn for people | 18:12:11 |
| wekhter (fontenddev) | and yikes, @Alex | 18:12:19 |
| latchk3y | aside from the nitpicks from the commissioners themselves until you've really established yourself, you just end up in a situation where you either have to own up to what you do openly and honestly, or you have to dance around it and answer nonspecifically. | 18:13:07 |
| latchk3y | the latter being less judgemental, but super draining on the soul | 18:13:21 |
| Alex Gleason | He was talking about how he got into drawing furry porn, how much money he was making, and ultimately why he stopped. I'll try to find it | 18:13:29 |
| latchk3y | i believe it.
furries are loaded but they're just
i dunno | 18:13:55 |
| latchk3y | whatever it is, people who have original characters take said characters VERY seriously | 18:14:09 |
| latchk3y | like it's an extension of themselves i guess | 18:14:22 |
| latchk3y | so it has to be perfect | 18:14:29 |
| Alex Gleason | You mean they want lots of revisions and stuff? | 18:14:42 |
| latchk3y | and if you fuck with them they'll get ballistic | 18:14:35 |
| Alex Gleason | gotcha | 18:14:49 |
| latchk3y | edit: and if you fuck with them they'll get ballistic -> and if you mess with them they'll get ballistic | 18:14:45 |
| latchk3y | oh yeah, if you're not established they treat you horribly. | 18:15:11 |
