>>153702
>Some artists enjoy the process of making art on it's own, with or without a massive audience. Being compensated for it and making it your main income is what helps fuel that, and training an AI model based on your artistic identity doesn't exactly bring new customers in.
It seems there are multiple things at play here:
-enjoying the "process of making art itself"
-the audience
-"Being compensated for it and making it your main income"

If you enjoy the process of making art, are you "forced" to make it your career/job? I've always thought that getting paid to make drawings is highly unreliable and much like being a youtuber: you are subject to the whims of an online horde whose thoughts and desires are ever-changing and unpleasable, and you can be dropped at a moment's notice for reasons beyond your comprehension.

>>153711
>Good point, but how many artists can be picky with their commissioners?! they're all broke （ ´,_ゝ`）
Quite a few, based on the ToS of what they will and won't draw (although they might still be broke regardless).