The 2 paths of a animator's career
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  • 970 points Ok-Pea8209

    Why not great porn animation?

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    319 points SolomonAsassin

    Glory Portal has entered the chat

    https://preview.redd.it/kcsnqjxzpz9g1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ea3db56d01c2bb23f08aef43088cc41328957a1

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    126 points Ok-Struggle727

    Don’t bash me for the furry of it all but what tabuley does with porn animations blows my mind

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    55 points n_r0y

    TABULEY MENTIONED! HOLY PEAK

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    56 points Bottomsupordown

    I always heard this guy just wants to make cool animations but he's gotta pay the bills so he fits porn in.

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    14 points Pandaro81

    Speedoru has snuck in the back door.

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    10 points kyubi_on_the_run

    He used to be a stickman animator. So ashame he did chose this way. (Not saying that I don't like it or anything)

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    6 points SamuraiDDD

    Pink Shonen fight choreography is a true sight to behold

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    44 points Medical_Shop5416

    Can I do both ? Or will it limit my visibility for SFW animation projects?

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    25 points gammaton32

    You could always make an alt account and keep it separated if you're worried about being known for doing NSFW. But most people don't care

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    1 points staffd

    Unless you're GeneralButch

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    17 points irisGameDev_

    Principles are the same

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    24 points MissClickMan

    The OP wanted recommendations for well-animated porn and didn't dare ask; we took the bait.

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    2 points ActiveJournalist7813

    cakeinferno

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    1 points AshyWhiteGuy

    I’ve seen some bangers. 😜

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    1 points Winter_Different

    Funding, unfortunately

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    -22 points [deleted]

    [deleted]

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    -5 points Slorpipi

    Gooners will glaze everything good. Compared to the animation community where even the most humblest animators get triggered by no life redditors

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    -5 points Independent_Fix5026

    I swear when i get lots of upvotes on 1 comment or post i get the same amount of downvotes in another post or comment. I hate it. And i beleive this comment will also be downvoted due to a redditor's opinion

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    -4 points Slorpipi

    Man I dont care I just like to make other people rage and seethe

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    -2 points Independent_Fix5026

    Lol. Didn't know there were people that downvoted for fun.

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    -4 points Slorpipi

    I dont downvote for fun. I get downvoted because I have fun with other people lmao

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    -98 points Airfliyer

    That's the other good point. You notice all the great animators don't do corn. It's like, it's one or the other

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    96 points IcyAd9037

    Bullshit, most of greatest animations are made by porn animators, invinicble sneak peaks for example

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    38 points FrostyXen

    I can’t jork it unless every frame was hand animated to perfectly mimic realistic movement alongside award winning voice acting smh

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    6 points L3GlT_GAM3R

    Is that a joke or dod they really hire porn artists to make the teaser shorts?

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    31 points IcyAd9037

    Who do you think has the biggest knowledge of anatomy than those that animate it nude in motion.

    I hate how erotism is turned into puritanism scapegoat "PORN PORN GOONER GOONER" instead of being appreciated like in ancient times where it was everywhere even on walls as something beatifull

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    1 points L3GlT_GAM3R

    Probably doctors. But aside from them yeah I guess porn artists. They can never get the proportions right though.

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    9 points Kenny173

    It wasn’t a joke.

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    2 points L3GlT_GAM3R

    I guess you could say that’s fucking hilarious!

    (Cue laugh track)

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    1 points Kenny173

    Looool.

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    8 points Fine-Appearance-125

    it takes a crazy knowledge of anatomy to be able to draw good porn, usually porn artists are just good artists in general

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    6 points RodjaJP

    Look at the official page for Bobbypills and at the amount of works they have done, from invisible to the promotionals of Dead Cells and that one crossover series of Ubisoft and original shows, I want you to look at all of that and also look at this one of their original shows; Peepoodoo

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    3 points bateen618

    Hell, Joe Shuster (Superman co-creator) drew porn

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    32 points BarelyInvested

    the great animators don’t do corn

    In public, but unless they’re asexual or something they’ve absolutely drawn and animated porn, either out of horniness, a joke, or boredom

    I wouldnt be surprised if some of the top animators in the world have a NSFW side hustle. Shit, 3D animation actually got better cuz artists wanted high quality Overwatch porn

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    3 points RodjaJP

    We could also say that porn animators always existed, like, we can't ignore the type of stuff that Tezuka kept to himself and became publicly available at some point.

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    20 points hizashiYEAHmada

    Before breaking the rules and playing around with it, animators must first know human anatomy. And by learning anatomy, why let that precious and hard won knowledge go to waste? Who's to stop you from making quality porn? We must make full use of our skills for the betterment of humankind

    https://preview.redd.it/1axl3hch8z9g1.jpeg?width=963&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c9167ca12356e7d21c0067bd4155c83576d46f79

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    13 points RodjaJP

    https://preview.redd.it/7g8rr1jtiz9g1.jpeg?width=588&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a6e7456016c15d9b634d6402039fcefbf9bd7b9c

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    2 points Airfliyer

    Lol 😂

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    3 points Uzi_Doormat

    Have you heard of derpixion

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    1 points irisGameDev_

    With all respect, it sounds like you've built a prejudice based on a couple of bad animation examples.

    I don't know much about 2d adult animation, but if you're willing to check some 3d stuff and you don't mind futanari content, I'll suggest you search Nyl2, Amazonium, DesireSFM, Puppetmaster and RedAgentGirl work.

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    1 points syn46290

    Hard disagree. Do you not know of Zone Tan?

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    1 points bakedbeans104

    This is a joke, right?

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    1 points Defective_Yorha

    You sure about that?

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  • 470 points realbirdlyn

    this but porn is also the sunny and pretty route

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    477 points PuncakeUwU

    https://preview.redd.it/gyxyasojaz9g1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20a0a658c2ba8ecd75573a76e47b702ccf151d34

    I made it xD

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    49 points Thought_Demon-6664

    Thanks for fixing it :>

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    2 points Septembust

    There's what I'm looking for

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    174 points xGhostBoyx

    I think professional animation would be the dark route based on how the industry treats animators.

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    67 points realbirdlyn

    https://preview.redd.it/ockp9w02mz9g1.png?width=370&format=png&auto=webp&s=2be8b5c4d4a7aba6d81f0efbc2a73d6d81116d56

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    19 points Lucius_GreyHerald

    Saaaaaad but true...     

    Some people do like porn, but some also change to lewds... because it just freaking pay the bills.   

    Or like, non animation, but I remember coming across older work, a comic and a lot of work of a nsfw artist, it... featured gore. Well, he doesn't do that anymore. Comments explained that: it was just ONE commissioner, bringing that topic up again and again during that period.    He stopped/changed preferred artist, and now he doesn't need to draw gore to pay his bills.

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    13 points xGhostBoyx

    I mean yeah I've been there myself to some extent. Never needed it to pay the bills, but I've had a few people offer me big bucks to draw them porn and I wasn't about to say no to that money.

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    3 points NecroCannon

    I literally don’t want to become professional and am doing everything it takes

    I got to a point people are like, seriously telling me to work at shit like Disney and look at me weird when I’m like “Hell no”. It’s not like it’s a compliment but for some god forsaken reason people seriously believe you should shoot for the faceless corporation immediately if they feel you have actual talent

    When I was talking about just posing online occasionally and just always sketching last year, people didn’t think much of it. My little brother put it best, it’s hard for him to get a feel of what I’m building up to from just a ton of sketches I’m showing when you don’t know much about art

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  • 208 points GriffinFlash

    How about purposely shitty animation?

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    114 points Independent_Fix5026

    That's a side quest

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    11 points GriffinFlash

    with me I know I can't do "professional quality" stuff, so I just work around my weaknesses.

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    1 points Killer_Moons

    Some never return…

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    1 points mrdevlar

    This season has illustrated there is a market for that.

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    1 points RYVIUS13

    You mean like that really bad proportion squid game with brainrot and sex joke made by kotte one?

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    1 points GriffinFlash

    No idea what that is. But have this https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6zBTF4INW5g

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    1 points RYVIUS13

    The peak kotte animation

    Theres a rumour this artist actually can make a good quality animation, but they choose to make it weird instead

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    1 points GuerandeSaltLord

    Kokofreakbean goes brrrr (and it's amazing)

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    0 points ElliasCrow

    how about always not purposely shitty animation because lack of skill and talent?

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  • 188 points PrateTrain

    The secret is that every animator does both.

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    37 points Independent_Fix5026

    Yea

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    23 points NecroCannon

    I’m about to start too, I feel like one sign of genuine interest to start is when you start seeing animations and instead of getting horny you’re like “….but what if it was like this instead?”

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    12 points PrateTrain

    It's genuinely inevitable.

    One of my asexual buddies even sketches pinups of characters. When I asked him why he does it, he said, "it's not about the sexy, it's about the style" and I really don't know what to make of it.

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    12 points NecroCannon

    I’m on the ace spectrum and legit can not have sex and can only get passionately sensual, that creates a whole different feel to the way I approach things, because it’s less of a focus on “body part hot” and more so “wow, this person is just… so beautiful and I can see what people normally hide away which feels intimate”

    I’m the type that’d have to draw a clothed and unclothed version to fully love the piece, because the clothes are a part of the equation, hell even just underwear, it doesn’t have to go full nude

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    2 points PrateTrain

    I can relate to that completely. We're all making art, after all. Each of us will have various levels and aspects of which we love our various pieces.

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  • 57 points DoubleAyeBatteries

    As long as you feel fulfilled

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    42 points karzbobeans

    As long as i feel filled?

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    27 points irisGameDev_

    https://preview.redd.it/9k7s08a7yz9g1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24808b0586de417cb9326fbcecec1af19e44dbf3

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    4 points Brandinisnor3s

    Would

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    3 points BoxFar6969

    im a donut

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    1 points Brandinisnor3s

    Lemme smash

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  • 53 points DtotheOUG

    It’s the same path.

    Even Bruce Timm made nude books for Batman and his art style.

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    13 points canadian_taxi

    There's also a "fan" game that also mimics his style but also turns up the horny dial to max

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    7 points Feezec

    Link?

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    3 points canadian_taxi

    the last Public build they released

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  • 45 points OctaSeed

    All roads leads to

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    9 points Channel_el

    “Normal people don’t sit around looking at porn on the internet!”

    “Oh really! Ready normal people?!”

    [In Unison] “Ready!”

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    -8 points [deleted]

    [deleted]

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    14 points OctaSeed

    It's a great musical (Avenue Q), you should watch it till the end. It's the muppets but for adults with mid-life crisis

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    2 points Independent_Fix5026

    Ok

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  • 33 points azendhal

    https://preview.redd.it/rqosr5yl00ag1.png?width=894&format=png&auto=webp&s=35773985ae616b935e55f44e5e1adfa13f2e9109

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  • 29 points Mendely_

    Both? Both.

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    4 points Independent_Fix5026

    Okay thats something i missed sry

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  • 21 points Exotic-Musician9969

    Currently getting into blender animation and this practically sums up my current crossroads right now

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    7 points Shubo483

    Suggestive roblox animation is wild lmao but power to you

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    8 points Exotic-Musician9969

    The thing is, I'm trying to get into proper Blender animation to get away from suggestive Roblox content 😭

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    2 points BV_S

    Poor you, I just checked your profile. Good luck

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    1 points Exotic-Musician9969

    ty

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    2 points pixelprolapse

    I have just taken my first steps today...

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  • 14 points lingeringwill2

    Why are people so puritanical man. You can be a genuinely awful person and no one bats an eye but god forbid you make nsfw content of any kind.

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  • 12 points im_a_latam_weeb

    I mean... Porn can have great animation too...

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  • 11 points unluckyknight13

    I mean o bet there are some who have done both you just don’t know it’s them

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  • 10 points Charlie_Pop

    Glad everyone is on the same page here, both is good.

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  • 10 points mrbiggyful

    Both the lead to reputation good or bad.

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  • 10 points SarahThePlatypus

    That one Zelda animator iykyk

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  • 6 points Alt-ish_PunkSoda

    gotta get fame and money, one way or another

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  • 6 points Kinrath8

    Derpixon

    The Prince animation

    Without the naughty it'd still be considered great!

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  • 4 points gremlintheodd

    The only thing stopping you from doing both with alt accounts is that if you blow up on one acc your community WILL find the other and figure out it’s you. Laws of the universe.

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  • 3 points IcyAd9037

    I want to do both :) Great porn

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    3 points Independent_Fix5026

    Thats also an option but you need to enter from the back door :)

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    1 points Ymirs-Bones

    Eyyyyy

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  • 4 points kolleden

    Implying porn isn't great animation

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    3 points ObserverIX

    And great animation isn't porn.

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  • 3 points EadweardAcevedo

    There are great porn animation projects! I would divide it in 4 ways:

    Do SFW animation for work.

    Do SFW animation for personal projects.

    Do NSFW animation for work.

    Do NSFW animation for personal projects.

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  • 3 points skonen_blades

    I mean, I'm in video games. It's not great animation and it's not porn. So, like, is that a secret third path?

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  • 2 points Airfliyer

    Pretty much, I mean you are either gonna be DreamWorks level or you are going to be dishing out the corn to pay for your own rent

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  • 2 points Flimsy-Importance313

    I just need some money. So, I will animate some porn and get money and finally start working on real animation, at least real non pornographic animation. Next year, I promise!!

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  • 2 points V3Qn117x0UFQ

    from what i've seen, lots of porn animators eventually go to work on big studios and it's other the extremely observant who can spot the details that a popular animator has been done by a porn animator

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  • 2 points TheTrueAmadeus

    Both paths meet back up eventually

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    1 points Independent_Fix5026

    Yea. Just the porn path is a teensy bit harder

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  • 1 points Ton_Nuze

    I just want some money

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  • 1 points firstgenipadmini

    So the guy turns left and then a million goblin trolls come up to him and start screaming at him begging him to turn around and go the other way

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  • 1 points Few_Interaction2630

    Race down the middle and make both lol

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  • 1 points Pink-frosted-waffles

    All your favorite animators have done some NSFW stuff so it whatever. Get your paper for ya paper. 💕

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  • 1 points Yanzihko

    Nah.

    It's either death in poverty or porn.

    This profession doesn't pay well at all

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  • 1 points Sensitive_Brick_1412

    Sometimes it's both....if only it was most times.

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  • 1 points TheyCallMeAva

    I'm a big fan of ones of these... I'm a big fan of the other too but I'll never admit it

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  • 1 points Christoffi123

    Or great animation that gets turned into porn.

    Illusion of choice.

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  • 1 points uti24

    I mean, it's not "great animation" or "porn", rather most often it's "poor animation"

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  • 1 points Eazy12345678

    pretty sure they do both. i think porn pays more

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  • 1 points thefedups

    Damn! Ya didn't have to come for me like that

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  • 1 points OscarOrcus

    Porn can be a great animation, those are not separate paths.

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  • 1 points Senior-Book-6729

    I like porn and I'm with you on this in a way. I'm not a "porn inherently bad" kind of person personally but a lot of animated porn IS trash.

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    1 points Independent_Fix5026

    Yea porn isn't generally bad

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  • 1 points ambelamba

    OK which path does help you pay the bills better?

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    1 points Independent_Fix5026

    Getting hired by disney and getting around 2k dollars or getting hired by a random hentai channel seeking views and will pay you a million dollars to enhance the titties a bit?

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  • 1 points Stinky_Fartface

    Isn’t there a path down the middle where we just want to make boobs look realistic?

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    1 points Independent_Fix5026

    But porn is just in general, so great porn and bad porn still are porn. You can do that

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  • 1 points JulienBrightside

    I have two youtube channels.
    One of them have more subscribers than the other despite having fewer videos.

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  • 1 points Rare-Climate876

    animation is about style so techically you can have both

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  • 1 points Palurdas

    Both are possible, and everyone should do what they want or enjoy, right?

    I go both ways. I like the variety in NSFW, and it's something different. With SFW, I see more potential for sophisticated animations with suspense, intense moments, twists, and even love and eroticism. This happens less often with NSFW, but probably only to satisfy one's own desires. But is that a shame? It is also an expression of creativity, and art is also freedom, i.e., the freedom to realize one's own fantasies, whether SFW or NSFW.

    The "problem" behind NSFW, which I have noticed myself, is that NSFW actually gets too much attention and you don't really have to put much effort into NSFW. It's kinda cheeky that NSFW gets so much more attention than SFW. If you don't have a brilliant idea (Helluva Boss, Amazing Digital Circus, etc.) or produce generally popular stuff (meme animations, fandubs), I feel like it's damn hard to build a community as an SFW artist.

    With NSFW, you just create something and post it on the right sites like Rule34, and in 3 months you can generate 5 times as many followers, compared to your SFW profile...

    Then you slip further into NSFW, make a Patreon or go to another website for donations, and it becomes difficult to get the hang of it or continue to actively pursue SFW, cause you already make earings with Commissions or patrons.

    I respect almost all art, but that has always annoyed me, that NSFW paves your way faster. The downside is that you may not be able to present these things in your portfolio.

    That you may never discover your true potential in animation, or that someone else may never discover that you could be the person for a potentially successful animation, and that you may never find your way into the industry, if that is what you want.

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    1 points Independent_Fix5026

    Oof DEEP

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  • 1 points grabsyour

    need this stereotype to die

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  • 1 points mrmcdead

    You can do both

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  • 1 points Horse_go_moooo

    Th3 roads are the same. You just have your eyes crossed

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  • 1 points RoverTover109

    Whatever pays the bills 💔

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  • 1 points Foreign_Parsley_2967

    replace porn with gore and this would make alot more sense

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  • 1 points PostingEvery3Month

    All roads lead to rome

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    1 points Independent_Fix5026

    Here all roads lead to greed

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  • 1 points Other_Jury_4953

    I see a straight road

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  • 1 points ArtForArtsSake_91

    More like "Great Animation (that takes more time and/or money than anybody's willing to commit anymore)" or "Corporate, Bean-Mouthed, Adventure Time Wannabe Animation." 😁

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    1 points Independent_Fix5026

    Or porn, or all 3, or the 1st and 2nd or 1st and 3rd or 3rd and 2nd.

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  • 1 points The-god-of-war07

    It could be both

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  • 1 points FrankHightower

    "Both?"

    "Both."

    "Both is good"

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  • 1 points Poppycod

    Both? Both. Both is good.

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  • 1 points Zgugnu

    Anime studios either choosing between drawing fanservice of adult women (more like 16 high schoolers) as "good side" or of kids

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  • 1 points Gzpy_

    theobrobine

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  • 1 points wholesome_mugi

    Maplestar: Why not both?

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  • 1 points A-girl-on-the-moon

    why not both?

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    1 points Independent_Fix5026

    Everyone says the same and yea i missed that. Let your mind split up.

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  • 1 points Darth-KO

    Difficult choices require strong determination...

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  • 1 points Maleficent_Fly_2500

    Sex pays

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  • 1 points Holy_Unholiness

    What if both

    I have an idea

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  • 1 points NderCraft

    Well... at this rate, if no one employs me, I'm gonna open a patreon or something.

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  • 1 points marykay_ultra

    I hire illustrators pretty regularly for my job and, for a pretty significant number of them, “serious” work is more of a side gig.

    What mainly pays their rent? Yep. Niche furry/fetish commission work lol

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  • 1 points bglbogb

    They're not mutually exclusive.

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    1 points Independent_Fix5026

    Ik

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  • 1 points OutragedPineapple

    One of these two things makes money. Guess which.

    Especially since so many companies are going to AI animation now...

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  • 1 points Wild_Factor_673

    Both

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  • 1 points rodso64

    XD

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  • 1 points Why-do-I-ferrets-

    Hazbin Hotel be like

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  • 1 points bassistforhired

    arent they're like the same thing??

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  • 1 points MrPersonmancreature

    https://preview.redd.it/zfi4djh0x6ag1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=00f61dbae14c610e5f06fc002342244000c9232d

    Trueb

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  • 1 points Capable-Monk-4820

    I like both, both is good

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  • 1 points The-Great-Memelord

    Most of them do both

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  • 1 points Salt-Aardvark-5105

    more like cant finde a job as animator->porn

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  • 1 points Strong_Drive6553

    You forgot to add 'furry porn'. Even bigger rabbit hole.

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  • 1 points David_Clawmark

    Unless you're Minus8 or Diives. Who have chosen to go both routes at the same time.

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  • 1 points Previous-Housing9944

    only "Kids" do the picking, an Adult take both

    https://i.redd.it/j5s41h1qk8ag1.gif

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  • 1 points Fensuleyk

    https://i.redd.it/l7hda21vs8ag1.gif

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  • 1 points JMoyns

    How much are porn animators making?

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  • 1 points HenryKhaungXCOM

    Honestly though I regret not being a porn artist considering my situation

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  • 0 points The_Recruiter_69

    I mean the other side does pay your bills, can't blame them for choosing that path.

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  • 0 points medli20

    There’s also the secret third path that goes to webcomics, though it often comes with a Patreon tier that ends up at porn anyway lol

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  • -1 points Rootayable

    I'm guessing it's a one-way path once you go the porn route. Probably tricky to go back to soft stuff once people know.

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  • -1 points kittavu_ink

    "All roads lead to Rome" 🥀

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  • -14 points MathematicianWeird11

    AI laughing in the corner 😁

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