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I love your art but I've always been wanting to see some more male art :( As a gay guy I rarely ever see any art of this kind with male characters.
I’ve drawn weird TFs with male characters before but I feel you! It’s definitely something that I don’t draw as often even though I do enjoy it and know how scarce it is. When it comes to my own art production, there are several reasons for this:
First of all, I must admit that there is personal preference involved. Most of the time I like to draw female transformees (or at least originally female, if they end up differently by the end of it), and I mainly consider male transformees for TFs that I come up with for myself, or for non-gay couple scenarios. Curiously enough, most of the M/M TF ideas I have mostly gravitate to more vanilla changes.
Most importantly though, it seems like, when it comes to TF, male-centric content seems to spark less interest than female-centric content. And the more niche you get, the more noticeable it is; it’s hard enough getting eyes on most of my weird TF or body modification pieces so, as someone who is aiming to make a living exclusively off of art, going for a male TF piece is a tough sell because I know it’s most likely not going to perform as well (because, so far, my male-centric TFs haven’t) and nowadays I do have to consider that because this is my part-time job now and I am determined make it a full-time gig in the future.
As someone who is also a fan, I know how disappointing it is to know that an artist you like enjoys a certain kink of yours that is not as commonplace or that is not represented as often, but doesn’t draw it as much (or at all) because they prioritize making “X” or “Y” (usually more “mainstream”) content. But now, as an artist too, I understand it: it comes down to support, visibility and viability. Which works of mine are people sharing? What kind of content are people interested in commissioning? What kind of content is bringing people to the Patreon? Unfortunately, oftentimes the answers to those questions prevent or discourage artists from putting more of their chips on those more niche kinks.
To put it succinctly, there needs to be both interest and support to incentivize an artist to lean more heavily onto a certain kind of content. The interest is there: I would love to draw that kind of content and, thanks to comments and questions like this one (which I love getting), I know that there are people out there wanting to see that happen. I believe, in fact, that there is way more interest in these niche fetishes than most people see or even realize, but it needs to translate to support for it to have a bigger impact.
So how can someone support and help an artist to create more of the content one wants to see? Share their work! Spread it around by reposting or showing it to your friends or even just telling them about it, follow, like and comment on social media; and if you can and want to, you can also commission them, or subscribe to them in any or their platforms, or send a small tip to let them know that you enjoyed a certain piece of theirs. The most important thing is to not be silent, there’s nothing more discouraging than sharing something you enjoy or feel strongly about and have it be seemingly met with indifference. If you like “X” kind of content, make sure to click the share button when you see it, it takes barely any time and effort but it can have an immense impact.
Anyway, I hope you don’t get overwhelmed by this answer! The question hit close to home so I had a lot to say; obviously the bulk of it isn’t directed at you specifically, but at all the peeps that are following me and hoping to see more of any one kind of content from me.
When it comes specifically to gay male weird TF content, I don’t have any currently in the works but it’s more likely than not that I will make some in the future. When that time comes, I only ask that everyone who enjoys it and/or would like to see more of it in the future please shares it and spreads the love!
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