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Furry Artists: How will their incomes be affected?
5 years ago
This is Dusty Bunnington, your lagomorphic hostess, bringing you the important news as always!
During the CoVID-19 crisis, most people's purchasing power will decrease as the economy declines. I hope this will only be temporary if enough countries take the right action. However, this is already affecting the wealthy countries that buy a lot of furry art.
China is already beginning to recover because it appears to have successfully contained the epidemic. If other countries follow its example, then the bottom of the curve should be short. But we still don't know how long the recovery will take. In Russia it shouldn't be difficult to contain the virus. Like Australia, I believe that many of the major cities are separated by long distances, so travel restrictions should be able to limit the spread.
Within the large cities of most countries it will be more difficult. Unfortunately the Northern Hemisphere's winter has ended, which will make it much easier for the virus to spread.
More people will spend more time at home. They will also spend less money on physical shopping, and a greater proportion of their income will go to home entertainment and digital goods. This category includes furry art!
So while everyone will be affected by the economic changes, furry artists should be less affected. Especially the best ones! And the least expensive ones. Prices could be down for a while but most artists shouldn't starve. If they do I'm sure the carnivores will be well fed so concentrate on those artists because they're more likely to finish your commission before they die too.
Also I think reptiles are immune to the virus, so that's good for the scalies and dragons out there!
On one hand, yes, some people's purchasing power will be affected, although quite frankly, those in the most danger were probably low-income workers and their families, whom you can imagine weren't great art buyers to begin with. People with higher education and higher purchasing power are likely not to be affected as much, particularly those who can actually afford to work remotely.
On top of that, quarantine means that physical interaction will obviously decrease, but expect a surge in online interaction (social networks, chatting, FA, etc.). With more online interaction and fewer opportunities to get some good news IRL, it wouldn't be a surprise to see some furs ordering more commissions with their friends. At least, those who can afford them, of course.
(Incidentally, I rather like the idea of people ordering yiff commissions to cope with the pains of quarantine. Oh well.)
With more people staying home and telecommuting for work, they'll be home more, not in a work environment and are free to partake more in the furry fandom.
I got a few comms cancelled because of this damn virus. And now I have a list with people to comm me after that virus mess ends. Everybody save money to cope while quarantine.
Also I lost a lot of money because my country`s currency dropped a lot.
We work for individuals, so we... Kinda affected. Like all other businesses.