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I would agree that the anon you're replying to is being rather caustic but it does represent a sensible fear within the community. The great divide between western and eastern artists seems to be the reward dependency of western content creators. As someone otherwise involved in the guro community it is painfully apparent both here and in other entertainment industries that people are more dependent on patreon and commission work to spoonfeed them lackluster concepts with the promise of money rather than pursuing projects that they actually want to make. It drives quality down and it introduces an entirely new layer of toxicity to any community. For something like Gurochan, it's simply not something a niche porn site can hope to survive. By all means, charge what you want because it's your work. We live in an era of unprecedented artist entitlement and you would be an idiot not to ride it out for the free cheddar. Never before have artists been enabled to charge upwards of $150 for line art that could come out of a middle school art class and feel justified as they do so. A minute a day may be unreasonable to expect from an amateur artist on the internet, that's correct, but the tumblr generation of artists all seem to expect a professional wage for their scrapbook collections. You don't see this bizarre hostage situation between artists and their audience on Pixiv, from their culture and community.