{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "The Secret Furry Patrons Keeping Indie Artists Afloat", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/151549516683/", "html": "<a href=\"http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/08/the-secret-furry-patrons-keeping-indie-artists-afloat.html\">The Secret Furry Patrons Keeping Indie Artists Afloat</a>\n<p><a href=\"http://snowontheradio.tumblr.com/post/149708379498\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">snowontheradio</a>:</p><blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http://eskiworks.tumblr.com/post/149430428588\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">eskiworks</a>:</p>\n<blockquote><p>I got to contribute to this article!\u00a0 Really nice little piece about furry art and indie artists.\u00a0 :)<br/></p></blockquote>\n<p>I feel like I haven\u2019t mentioned it lately, but yeah, furries are usually some of the best customers to work with. I have MUCH fewer problems with these guys than standard clients, and it\u2019s an easy niche to break into. Can\u2019t recommend it enough!</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>I knew a girl in college (200..2ish?, when furries were kind of an internet boogieman, the Comedy Lolocaust was in \u201804 I think?) who paid if not her tuition at least her living expenses off furry art, taking commissions during the school year and hitting the con circuit in the summer</p><p>she wasn\u2019t really in the fandom, way she explained it as an adolescent filling up sketchpads, she got a scanner around the same time she discovered there were Usenet groups to talk about the Redwall books<br/></p>"}