Okay, many many moons ago while working in comics and animation I saw the forest for the trees and looked at adult entertainment as an alternative income and promotion source as I saw the executives in mainstream comics and animation fucking up so bad that I knew thousands of people would soon be fired.
My forecast has come true unfortunately. The animation and comics industries are destroyed. Recently Disney closed it's last animation studio in Australia, (
http://au.biz.yahoo.com/050726/31/69f6.html )
so that's the last nail in the coffin in an industry that made trillions for almost a century.
So I tried to warn guys years ago to diversify. Sure I still do comics and found alternate distribution routes. I have a bright future ahead but now I'm surrounded by thousands and thousands of animators and comics people who are FUCKED.
They never got their computer skills together or learned the web and any old timers here know I wrote about this years ago in Andy's Sex Swap as well as posted to several top boards.
People have and are losing their homes and marriages over this shit and I'm not crying one bit. I tried over and over again to get people to team up and take the bull by the horns but all I got from these guys was grief and " you're doin' porno ewww! " Now it's " Hey, can you get me a job...."
To tell the truth I'm no fan of porn. Really. But I learned back in '96 from some Japanese pals and fans who were running Anime/Hentai sites back then and were making high 5 and 6 figures just to pay for college. I saw the writing on the wall and knew it was best to diversify. After many years I've come to meet lots of you guys who are pros in many, many areas and shared tips and offered services. I KNOW you know what you're doing because you've grown like I have and many of you won't have to worry about money for the rest of your lives.
On the other hand I'm now looking at people who animated top films and movies and they have no hope to salvage themselves. It's fucked up for sure but look at the reality of the world nowadays.
You either make money or end up a fucking slave. I don't listen to anymore bullshit because we who know the web and get the real info know the fucking real deal. Either make your money and get the fuck outta dodge or don't.
What's extra cool is I won't have to depend on porn to make money as the skills I've learned are applicable to all forms of business. That's the real wealth, getting the skills.
It took me a long time as I was only one of a handful of guys in the states to venture into this realm and many have fallen off. Only one or two guys are still around. Others got greedy and thought the tactics they use to run big corporations would work on the web. The web separates the men from the boys and does it quick.
I've got some new opportunities I'm pursuing and am knuckling down to just produce and have fun.
I've been a professional artist ever since I got out of high school and haven't stopped. I learned way back then how to survive at it. Some guys get a cushy job and think it'll last forever. They found out wrong.
For us cartoonists who now have CG studies under our hats, we'll survive.