Animal, for my taste... My badger character isn't anyone's pet.

I didn't think you did commissions.

I don't have much of a choices since I won't get hire in anything art related and I'm not working retail. Streaming is out of the question sine no one will pay a nobody like me for that.

Fuck retail...

what was being offered for the prices you asked IF you were streaming?

Nothing normally with streams people just donate as much as they want. But it usually the really popular streamers who can make it as a job which excludes me cause I'm not popular enough to have that kind of audience epically art streams I'm pretty much a nobody.

Popular is about finding an audience. Try it for a while, announce your times, and see. It's not going to be immediate, but I'd watch if you were on when I had time to watch.

But telling yourself you're going to succeed or fail is a huge step to achieving that aspiration.

Like I said a stream is out of the question cause I'm a loser. maybe I should sell my body to drugs and get paid for that

Then what do you have to lose by trying?

I don't think people have to pay to stream, and since folks enjoy your art, it's likely they'll enjoy watching you draw. I presume streams make money by drawing in folks who want commissions, not so much tips while you draw.

It kinda sounds like you're worried about becoming even slightly successful and losing your self-imposed loser narrative.

I'm not worried about becoming successful, I'm worried I WON"T be successful and make art an ACTUAL job due to the fact I always fail and I am a loser.

Getting an audience for streaming requires dedication and consistency. Treat it as a job, I guess.

You have an appealing style. You have fun concepts and stories. If you're going to draw stuff, just do it online instead of offline and see what happens.

You're drawing anyway, so all you're changing is that you're giving folks the chance to come and watch, and potentially encourage you.

If nobody comes at first, you're drawing anyway - so you've lost nothing. Someone comes and asks you to draw their shiny chocolate wombat pulling power chords on a spiky electric guitar, you pull up some photos, ask for a reference, and set to. If I found you drawing online, and I had some cash, I'd certainly ask you to have a go at my badger sorceror.

I don't see the downside, unless you're not drawing regularly anyway. You don't need to do it with the sole idea of becoming popular - do it for company and to share your processes and for a bit of advertising and the chance for some random commissions.

Seems to me that the only way to lose in this, with your existing skills, is not even to try.

Kangaroos and bats

A better answer is whatever your good at and willing to draw :3

I think you miss under stood the question?

Maybe I did. But, do what you want to do...

Animal would offer more variety...

I think you got a point

Definitely a non pet animal. By the term "better", I assume you mean which one is more appealing or would attract more attention.

One that would get more clients.

Could probably get more variety in commissions if you went with animals, but pet ones would feel more "personal." Just depends on if you want a broad audience or target a specific audience. You are probably more likely to get more commissions from pets via pet owners compared to people that would want you to draw a specific animal that isn't their sona/oc.