[NOTICE] regarding future content and my financial status. (Pixiv Fanbox)
Published:
2022-07-14 16:10:45
Edited:
2022-09-01 14:43:17
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Let me start saying that I absolutely didn't want things to turn this way, I've been working as an amateur animator here on Pixiv for the past three years, my very first post was posted at "May 9, 2019 5:28 AM" which is not accurate because I've received a strike (multiple) from Pixiv to censor my content, the original date was February.
Over these three years I've learned a lot about my craft, started using source filmmaker as a complete beginner in animation, entirely self-taught, consuming tutorials and searching forums for answers, prior to that I was playing games like your average depressed introvert not giving a flying fuck about life, I came a long way, but still my work is what is, nowhere near the levels of professionals, I've improved that's for sure, but there's that 'thing' that I can't quite explain is lacking on my work, people have suggested longer animations, but this is where things don't work as people believe they should, I've once said to a supporter 'more effort does not equal more money' and oh boy I wish I was wrong, I post every day (almost) wake up early and work my ass off, and still after these three years I'm still making less than the minimum wage, I did think of throwing the towel plenty of times, but in the end I keep working the other day(why tho!), this 'routine' over the years did hurt my already not so stable mental estate, then you factor in trolls who only wish you the worse, people who never met you wanting your bad, this is the major reason I disabled my comments, don't take me wrong I'm a douchebag by nature, but I've never in my life here on Pixiv went on another artist artwork to trash it, why? Well I know what takes to create art independently of how 'good' it looks, if you mock another's person work you are directly mocking that person, at least that's how I see things, not everyone is like me and share the same feeling that respect is something important, this boils down to 'criticism' too, if someone does not say they want it, then why you assume they seek it? Don't try and imprint your feelings into me and I will not do the same to you.
I've reached my peak on April, and I already can see that I can't go beyond that aka my limit, I was with a total of 186 followers back then, as of now I stand with 142, with the current Yen situation (it's fubar right now) I've lost more than 25% of my income, like every normal human being I've my little dreams, wanted to purchase the new RTX 4090 to eventually provide 4K animations, already did the math and two 3090s are not enough for that (18 seconds per frame does not allow one animation per day), considering I've already paid three months of 'salary' for my 3090 I'm not willing to invest four months worth of cash on a 4090 when I'm 'losing' everything, only stand to lose when you can afford to.
I'm not rich, this is NOT my hobby, last month I've made 180,630 JPY and in April I've made 204,840 JPY as of now I'm standing with only 145,134 JPY, this means that I need to get over 100 donations of 550 JPY to 'recover' my money, and there are only 18 days left to close the month, so yeah, acetaminophen is not miraculous, and she can do only so much for you.
Yet people want me to post less with longer animations, this simple means loss of money, like many animators I can't afford to go a month on 'vacation' (never heard of her) and get back to my work and see my income unchanged, I can't afford to spend days on Twitter posting 'WIP' of my work while not delivering anything or worse yet canceling 'projects' and still collecting the same paycheck in the end of the month, I just can't afford, I'm not a top dog and I never did pretend I'm
Within all that said I will from now on post R-18G content every other day, and due to Pixiv tag limitation (six only) I will approach tagging differently, making sure to specify everything, so people can understand the content before clicking on the link, I want to provide a better experience for anyone who supports me (and have been doing so for more than a year), this is an attempt to increase my income making content for a specific fan base but not giving huge spaces without posting said content, R-18G is a good way to learn texturing, which is something I'm currently looking into, I'm using Substance Painter 3D to learn and texture limbs, put tattoos, paintings and body writing, I love learning new a software and R-18G gives you that opportunity due to how many possibilities are there, I will try to alternate my work as much as possible, making sure they are different one from another, this includes bringing non-pregnant or pregnant females back in the menu, this opens a vast selection of poses to pick from.
Thank you for sticking with me and hopefully things will get better for us!
My income for transparency https://files.catbox.moe/zdfl7d.png