Try experimenting. Maybe try new ideas for types of commissions to offer! Also doesn’t hurt to make species specific YCHs

I do YCHs for all species because it might interest many people, so I don't know, I note that you say

Try experimenting with new ideas and stuff and see how things go from there! Even do possibly holiday type YCHs as well maybe!

Sometime I try new ideas, but it's note easy to know if that will works x') but yes I'll think about that

Even maybe change body types too! I know some people aren’t too keen of having their sona all buff and hunky like so having ych’s where its not just a specific body type could help, and could help boost more interest around as well seeing that like hey you do more than just buff characters or buff a character up if that makes sense. Tho love your art regardless n you have always been wonderful to work with !

But I know it’s also tough on money right now with many people are well so that could be another reason

hmm maybe some aren't into their OC/ sona with that type of body style... Other than that maybe because we're in the late part of the year, but I like your art just money's been tight lately

It seems a lot of artists are in a similar position. I honestly think it's not the quality of your art but lack of money, buyer fatigue and crap like AI. Have a look at artists you feel are successful and see what might be doing that you aren't. Talk to them if possible.

I absolutely love your work. I just haven't been in a position to afford you, but hopefully one day I'll be able to. :)

Faudrait peut-être voir si tu peux élargir la diversité du contenu de ce que tu dessines encore plus ? La majorité de ce que tu dessines plaît énormément à une catégorie assez étroite de la communauté et je pense que ça limite potentiellement ta base de clientèle (c'est pas un reproche).
C'est assez naze comme suggestion, mais des dessins plus mainstream pour attirer de nouveaux followers/watchers pourrait t'aider.
En tout cas, j'espère que ça reprendra, c'est hyper stressant de manquer de revenus :x

C'est possible je dois y réfléchir, oui je suis spécialisé dans le bara qui est une catégorie spécifique de la commu mais pendant des années ça marchait très bien ducoup ça m'étonne un peu que les commissions ont réduit d'un coup depuis un an. C'est vrai aussi qu'il y'a ce problème d'inflation en ce moment, mais comme je vois d'autres artistes qui ont l'air de toujours bien bosser, c'est pourquoi je me pose des questions:c

Je pense qu'en ce qu'il s'agit du bara, y a pas de manque de demande, mais je pense que c'est surtout les thèmes où ça ne va pas trop bien en ce moment. Je vois moins de contenu NSFW kinky comme le tien qui contiennent plusieurs caractères ces derniers temps. La tendance a plutôt l'air d'être des dessins solo avec des classifications mature ou du NSFW assez vanilla. Faudrait peut-être explorer ça pour voir si ça attire de l'attention (je ne pense pas que le résultat sera immédiat, cependant).

Sinon, je ne sais pas, y a des choses que tu pourrais tenter d'expérimenter pour voir si ça attire l'attention, tell que l'éclairage, le shading etc, qui ne sont certes pas simples à changer, mais plus facile qu'une révision complète d'anatomie. Peut-être que plus de couleurs vibrantes, de la lumière et des ombres peut attirer de l'attention.

You are a great artist and a very kind person! I love working with you!

Thank you <3

Le problème c'est pas ton travail, c'est juste que les gens n'ont plus une thune, et ça c'est partout pareille. Je travaille dans le commerce et je vois quand les gens passent en caisse avec un misérable panier de 4 articles à tout casser, les emplettes comme il y a 20 ans c'est fini, alors les niches comme le furry art qu'on croyait intouchable, n'y pensons même pas.
En plus quasiment tout le monde a augmenté ses prix (et pas qu'un peu) ce qui refroidi beaucoup le fandom de manière générale, même moi je t'avoue ne même plus me donner la peine de chercher des bon prix tant je peine à en trouver qui entrent dans le budget que je me fixe.

ça fait maintenant plus de 10 ans que je suis là et je peux dire que ça a bien changé, il n'y a plus autant de nouveautés intéressantes, on dirait que le fandom est devenu très lent, la plupart des artistes cherchent d'avantage à faire cracher la thune des mega popu qui enchérissent à coup de 500$ sur des ych qui son même pas ouf ou à poster du media soumis à abonnement (patreon) plutôt que de la "petite" commission qui permettaient aux gens d'accéder au fandom et de le faire vivre grâce à leurs idées personnelles, ou même des projets perso d'artistes comme des comics qui servaient de bonne promo pour faire revenir les gens régulièrement.

Lack of interest probably says more about the economy than your style. Everyone out there is having a rough go afaik

It's probably not that people don't seem interested in your YCH styles anymore. IMO, it's likely due to the economy with people having it rough right now.

Believe me, I wish I could take part in your most recent YCH or a commission, but I just don't have the money for it.

I think the issue here is 2 fold:

1. A lot of artists do YCH's, FA is flooded with them and since many are auction based people simply don't have the spare cash. Some fall by the side. Which leads to...

2. Money; money is tight for everyone around the world. Furs are usually always struggling and getting commissions is a once in a while treat. It's not a reflection of you, it's just the sad state of affairs with the global economy.

mmm I think you're right, I see that most of you here say that.

Your art is good, it's just your pushing into an already saturated market. Maybe rather than doing traditional YCH's do the ones where it's a pose and people pay a set amount. Auctions can be a real put off for some, especially given how some furs can go to stupid high amounts of money that is beyond those who can afford it.

I'm watching 765 furs and favor anything that gets me horned up. Your stuff I favor often when I see it. I've only done a commision once. It's not really my thing. I can't help your there, sorry.

I am noticing however from time to time that not everything that someone posts shows up in my list of images to check out!!! Sometimes I look back at an artist's history and some pretty current posts, look new to me and am I'm shocked I haven't faved them.

One more thing: haven't you done a lot less shading in the last 5 months than before? Maybe this is stopping furs if they use that as a refence.

yes I understand what you mean.
And about shading yes it's quite true.

To be honest I love your works and the way you draw beefy hunks!
Just when you're open I'm broke (lol) and when I do have monz you're usually closed ( > 3 <)9 I think just bad timing on my part in most cases.

In regards to others, I suggest what others have, try to experiment with different body types a bit more and also some different dynamics/themes again. I do love the YCHs you do and they are always so sexy and juicy honestly speaking.

Another idea is why not try dabbing into some adopts/designs to sell. I know some artist often do that to fill in some of the void they have from lack of commissions, but I know that can be just as time consuming as taking a comm, so I don't blame you if you'd rather not.

Arf yes it's too bad^^"

Indeed I'm not very in the creation of adopts/designs to sell because that take to much time for imaginate all, and make sure the character doesn't look like an existing one x)

I'd say try and advertise more? Like post on Twitter/X and on here with an image saying your comms are open. Do a discord or something as well. Just have to reach as many people as possible.

For me personally, I follow you now already quite a while, I do like the style a good bit, but there are also some points that aren't hitting me quite enough.
Most of your art is with very bulky characters and styles, nothing abit leaner, everyone seems to be a "strongman". It works for quite some characters, but on some it looks not to my personal taste.
Another thing is that most draws are quite human like. I am one who tends more to the beasty side. Sure here and there it fits well, but for me it's again, looking off, too "normal" and such

I'm sorry, Bestia. This last year has been pretty rough financially, and I do miss getting art from you :c

To be honest it may not have to do with your art at all! It kinda sucks, but art is a luxury for the people that are buying it, and the general cost of living continues to rise around the world without much of an increase in wages, making it harder for people to justify spending any kind of money on something like art. Just something for you artists to keep in mind. It really sucks that you guys are at the whim of the world like that...

My answer is going to be more on the side of business advice than artist advice, so take it with a grain of salt, Bestia.

It's mostly an economic thing. I want to buy a commission from you. You draw hot daddies in hot poses. But I have to choose between commissioning art or putting gasoline in my car to go to work. A few years ago, inflation wasn't such a crushing weight and people had more disposable income to pay for art.

Your art is good! Being social with your watchers, doing a telegram or a discord and chatting a little wouldn't hurt. Obviously if you're being social, then you aren't drawing. So there's time management considerations there. It might solidify your core group of a dozen frequent commissioners. That could be a life-saver if you find yourself in a financial pinch. It opens a road to open emergency commissions if you need them (provided every 1st of the month isn't an "emergency" - people get tired of that)

Keep doing what you're doing, and look at your former commissioners. Look at their favorites if they have them turned on. See what else they like- beyond your art. What themes, races, poses, scenarios they fave en mass. Try to mix a little of those themes in with your YCH offerings. That's research that's worth it's weight in gold; you know people who have bought art from you in the past, and you know what those people like- that's your core market and where that market is headed.

It's a hard place to be. You're using your art to make an income, but the world economy is in the shitter right now, and people don't have pockets deep enough to splurge on it until inflation abates and real wages rise to match it. It might be a bumpy year or so until the world economy improves.

If you're friends with any gray muzzles around this site- the type of friend where you can pick their brain maybe ask them how they handled the 2008 recession / housing market crash as a commission artist? This economy has similar vibes.

I think your art is pretty great and love seeing it in my submission inbox! As am observation to this problem I would say that having a link to your pricelist, terms of service, payment options and contact options in your front page or in the 'commissions' section of your profile might help; I can say that as a commissioner, not being able to find those easily makes a difference when considering who to commission for an idea I might have.

The economy sucks for a lot of people all over the world right now, and something like furry porn art commissions and other "luxuries" will be one of the first things people will cut when food and living costs have doubled or tripled in the last few years.

The last thing you want to do is raise your prices more, in fact, you should be lowering them. It's all economics at this point.

Honestly you're not the only one dealing with this! Myself and a number of artists will just get.. nada.. for days, or even weeks. And theres no real explanation? At times I'll see our peers fill up almost immediately, but lately for myself and a number of other folks it's just fallen off.

And honestly in the last few years my business practices and skill have gotten so much better, so I don't understand what the deal is.

Some folks throw around " the economy" as this nebulous blanket explanation. Which I'm sure that is a piece of the puzzle. But when you have thousands of followers and you just need 5-10 folks to buy something? It really doesn't explain it. When you need less than 1% of your follower base to actively purchase and engage with you - and they don't?

Part of it feels like general apathy, or folks just wandering from different platforms ( then wondering why they don't see the art like they used to)

I'm really sorry about this man, but I do totally feel you.

Mmm ok I see :c it's seems to be a bad period for all artists, let's hope it gets better one day.

In any case, it made me feel better to post this diary and get feedback because I was beginning to have doubts about my art. Thanks to everyone's comments here, I think I can now try to adapt to the situation.

It is a simple "Who moved my cheese" scenario.
The cheese you were enjoying until a year ago has dried up.
Put on some shoes and go look for another one.

1. Reach out to untapped audiences who don't know about you but might like your style.
There is Twitter, NSFW channels on discord servers, graphic novel developers, and others.

2. Try increasing the quality, reducing the price, or both for your works.
This raises the temptation of buyers; if they were on the fence before, this will convince them!

3. Use catchy journal titles like you did now, to attract buyers.
Try using raffles, trades, or gifts every once in a while to entice people to interact with you more often.

4. Like you guessed, survey current watchers for feedback and ideas.
((I just realized I didnt fav your stuff. Imma go do that now!))
I like your works: 20583645, 33318737, 42515517, and 55517467. (That means I fapped to them).
I also noticed they are mostly solo...

If I can comment... Your composition is hit or miss. The brain automatically decides if something is pretty or not based on balance, not fetish. Let's go through ways to improve your composition:

A lot of your stuff has light colored backgrounds, simple lighting/high brightness to it, and no execution of color theory except for simple shading or glowing. Try experimenting with your color choices and fur texture.

A lot of the canvas is filled with solid shapes within clear defined frames. It gives the feeling of stuffiness or crowding. Try picturing your characters in-between the movement, or have consistency in the physics if you choose to use aa certain pose, eg a deep thrust.
EG: 58305195 feels like the bull is pulling out based on his movement/bent knees, he looks like he can thrust in, yet the bulge already looks as if it was pictured during a moment of thrusting in, same with the cum spilling out, it looks like the cock slammed in and some sprayed out from the top, which wouldn't happen if he was pulling out. Thus some of the physics is not quite there.

Picture the camera height lower and shot with a wide angle, giving the main focal point to that bulge in the middle, with the leg slightly raised, dividing the bulge in the middle, and the left with the bull and the wolf's cock, while the right of the screen can focus on the struggling hands and facial expressions of both characters. The wider camera shot will make the room feel bigger, and make us feel closer to the characters as well as add some more negative space, feeling less like we are viewing something framed, and more like we are there and participating (albeit sitting down).

Rework the lighting so the bulge has a glow behind it, rather than blending in with the shadow of the wall, highlighting the muscles and rear of the bull with that warm yet bright light, which also amplifies the expression on the wolf (tbh he seems a little too relaxed in this).

It's very nitpicky, but you should do your own research into composition for digital art. See what you feel comes natural to you. Once the quality improves I am sure many people will want a commission.

A random suggestion: I've looked through your gallery again, and there is a theme of low contrast.

Try amplifying color contrast by using built-in filter tools in your drawing program or playing with harsher lighting.

My reason is that low contrast is a problem: Our collective beast brains see shiny color = click.

Your artstyle and your art in general is great and lovely, so don't worry about that, I think the problem is the economy today and that's why most people aren't spending as much money as before...
So don't worry, the problem isn't you big bear <3
I'll try to support you and your art whenever i can <3

Yes I understand it now :3

Thank you ❤️

Your welcome big cute furball, hope you had a great start of the year, keep your head high and doing the amazing art you always do. Great times will come, i promise~ <3