My Absence and Moving Forward
Added 2025-09-11 20:11:54 +0000 UTCHello friends,
I want to explain why I’ve been distant from the furry community and animation work.
Too Long; Didn't Read:
Animation hasn’t been paying my bills, so I’ve been working long hours doing Uber Eats food delivery for below minimum wage. It leaves me drained with little time or energy to animate. I want to keep creating for you, but I need to find a sustainable way forward.
Full:
Commissions don’t cover my living costs, so I turned to food delivery. While I’m grateful my car keeps me going, the work is exhausting, and even after cutting back expenses, debt still grows.
Animations take me days or weeks to complete, and at my current rates, I simply can’t afford to make them. But I want to keep creating for you, because it makes me happy to see you happy.
So I need your input:
Should I keep pushing for an animation job, even though my portfolio is mostly adult niche work?
Should I raise my commission prices significantly (e.g. +$1000) so even one animation a month helps me stay afloat?
Should I find a different day job outside of animation with fewer hours but better pay?
Do you know anyone who’s hiring animators and could see my work as an asset? Even 3d furry groups working on projects?
I truly enjoy making animations for you all, and I want to keep improving. Right now survival takes most of my day, but I’m thankful to still be here, healthy, and able to create when I can.
Please let me know your thoughts. Thank you for reading ❤️
Comments
Thank you so much ❤️ I will look into it. You are right, I need another source of income that is my main income until my animations can provide on its own.
Corvidius
2025-09-16 19:50:28 +0000 UTCYour bills and lively hood should come first. If animating can't bring in enough money to live off of, then it isn't a viable option as it is. That doesn't mean you should give up on it, but you can't rely on it without making some big changes, and I can't offer advise on that route. What I can say is that you probably need to get some other job, and let that be your main thing, and maybe do a little bit of animation on the side to keep your passion alive. You may even want to consider two jobs, with one being a part time job at a large grocery retail chain (Target, Walmart, etc.). I don't know about a lot of chains, but I think Walmart pays above local minimum wages in most if not all areas (not by a ton, but still a few dollars). The added bonus is that after a few months, you'll get a discount card that gives you 10% off basically everything they sell (with exceptions being rollback and clearance princes). This may not sound like a lot, but it can save you a lot of money. It has certainly helped my family save thousands, and that was before Walmart recently expanded what the discount can be applied to.
David Jones
2025-09-16 15:33:08 +0000 UTCThank you ❤️ I'm kind of hoping to find another job despite me not having a resume or experience with a "real job" in the past few years. Maybe a furry group needs an animator I can help as. ❤️
Corvidius
2025-09-13 06:29:51 +0000 UTCSame backwash advice I gave to my friend, your job sucks ass get a new one. I was told "the one job is what you live with, it makes you money so deal with it." or something like that, and that was from a work eperience program at my highschool. Awful advice, you can always look for another job. I suppose the economy will not help you that much, but uber eats sucks donkey tail, just leave! Disclaimer: I get paid by the government for disability money, and do not have a job. I do not know the best advice, but I do know the advice. As for hobbies? Sounds like doing this stuff is fun to you, so the only real problem is literally Uber Eats I am just gonna throw shade straight up.
Seltzire
2025-09-13 06:19:22 +0000 UTC
