This. A lot of younger furries see this as an easy out or an alternative to working a normal job. My partner and I were fortunate enough to be around before the fandom became as oversaturated as it is today, and it was hard getting by on art
back then. I genuinely cannot imagine trying that stunt today -- both of us later moved on to more traditional "real jobs" last decade. Too volatile.
Yeah but here's the thing, Bad Dragon actually has a shitload of reach far and wide outside of the fandom these days. Sure, that's technically their "core" demographic I guess but for the past few years the company has been
flirting with mainstream adult/porn conventions with quite a lot of success (link is SFW). I think even Bad Dragon's money people know it's a bad idea to put all of your financial eggs in a basket full of customers whose incomes are uncertain, to say the least.
lmao, you mean the guy who draws nothing but Sonic and Pokemon porn? I've spoken to him before, he's kind of a self-absorbed asshole (or at least he was 10 years ago, not sure if that ever changed). Make a thread, it ought to be amusing.