That “But please don’t take years to finish it” is definitely a legit worry lol.

I had this EXACT experience. Almost $40 for a piece, and he insisted on paying up front. I finished it the next day, and he was so patient with me while we were waiting on cashapp to verify my account!! Furries are always 10/10 the BEST commissioners

Furry: "Do you commission furry art?" Artist: "Yes, I can" Furry: "Great! Unrelated question, do you have any college debt?" Artist: "Yea, actually. It's such a probl-" Furry: "You don't anymore :)"

As someone who does lots of commission work (mostly 3d stuff), much of which is for furries, I am constantly and consistently surprised by how much they are willing to pay. I’ve had times where they just throw in DOUBLE the amount of money because they thought my work was deserving of it. Just a few days ago I was discussing a 2 part project with a client and after I named my price for it, they said “okay, and how much for the second half?” I was gonna do the WHOLE THING for that much, but they decided to pay that, plus more than double the original amount for the second half of the project. And honestly, out of all of my clients, the furries have been by FAR the nicest and most understanding. Plus they’re pretty familiar with how commissions generally go down so they’re always easy to work with

"A good commission is done with care!" *"Just don't take a year to make it please"* Ooof, my stomach just dropped from that. Been a victim of that far to often lol.

I met KeKe at Anthrocon, awesome person! There was a whole Line and he didn't leave until everyone got a free Commission, even then when the dealers den closed he went out to the Lobby to continue to draw. Such an Amazing person and I can't wait to see you again!!

I'd assume furries are nice because they so rarely get treated with respect and kindness. Many see furries as weird and creepy, so when someone actually accepts furries, they are happily surprised.

Tbh, Furries are actually sweethearts when it comes to commissions, I always feel bad bc sometimes they have offered me like 80 dollars for just like a small little drawing and when I try to refuse they just lost a paragraph on why I deserve it

Many furries are loaded with money. And people often forget that to be that loaded, you need to be a responsible adult with a proper job.

I read somewhere that the collective GDP of the furry fandom is roughly that of a small country. Furries are hella rich and hella ethical about making sure artists get paid what they're worth. The art, crafting, and fursuit/cosplay side of that culture is full of good eggs.

"Hey! Don't make fun of furries." "why not?" "if they can afford a ten thousand dollar fursuit, they can afford a ten dollar pipe bomb in my mailbox." The words I live by. Edit: this is a reference and I am a furry

As a furry, I get bullied online obscenely often. Seeing this and all the kind words in the comments restores a little bit of my faith in humanity.

Furries are two extremes, extremely weird, and extremely kind and supportive. Seriously, I've never met more kind folk on the internet or in real life.

My friend once described furries as "incredibly kind, but suspiciously wealthy" and it kinda stuck with me

As someone who _may or may not be a furry_ I can say that the furry fandom is filled with really nice people like this, it’s mostly a very wholesome and appreciative fandom when it comes to artists and all that jazz

honestly, even as a part time artist, like im literally just self taught, doodling in my free time, no real experience artist... this is very true. people asking for fursona/furry oc art are always the most generous, patient, kind, and responsive when you have questions about certain details and they always have tons of refs to help out.

It reminds me of a post I read a while ago, about someone who said they loved the furry community and whom was made fun of becaause of that. The reason was OP was once in a financial crisis and a furry came to them asking for a costume commission and paid the full price (furry costumes are expensive as hell) while being vey supportive. This post made me change my POV on the furry community, I only thought they were freaks or... morally reprehensible people before, now I know there are some extremely wholesome individuals out there

Furries are literally some of the most sweetest and kindest people I’ve ever met, it sucks that they have such a bad reputation because of the like, 1% of very vocal weirdos…

The furry fandom is literally a giant group of people who all love art and (for some) dressing up as a cute fluffy critter. Most furries are like. The nicest people on earth. Normies just get the crazy stories because its so sensational. Its a huge fandom, there are definitely crazies, but most furries are really chill and nice.

This is a clear example of how kind we furry can be and that, despite everything, we are human, that's why we should treat each other as family

Also message for the furries if you see it: Keep being awesome! Really, so many people who join the fandom can feel better about themselves and jeep advancing, a friend of mine so full of anxiety and stress is now cured thanks to joining the fandom and meating (Meeting autocorrect!) Friends!

The virgin NFT "investor" vs the Chad furry commissioner.

"So how did you become a furry artist?" "Two words: Crippling Debt."

Watching this made me realize that not everybody hates us, and that sometimes I can be open about being what I am. Thank you, for being so wholesome constantly and helping me when I was sad multiple times. Keep making people smile, dude!

"suspiciously wealthy furries" is a statement that will hold up forever

the appreciation a furry has for art is unrivaled

The pigeon-fox is so huggable, manly, and cute! 🥰

This actually made me tear up in the end. I was once a furry but was shamed and laughed at so much that I eventually stopped identifying as one. It included some people I called friends, even my own brother. I don't understand why people think they're bad, it was such a nice community. Even though I stopped calling myself a furry, I'm still in and following the community, looking at the art, suits, and fun stuff they're up to. And personally, I love taking commissions from them. I just hope people can leave them be, yknow? Like if you don't like furries, just look the other way, no reason to give them a hard time because they're different.

"Just don't take years to finish it" *all furries that have commissioned something felt that*

Funny anecdote about furries: in the beginning of the Internet, some companies were recruiting IT staff in furries conventions because they were usually the same people knowledgeable enough to maintain technical infrastructure for their online communities. Lots of cool people, for sure. Very open-minded and respectful (and sometimes surprisingly rich).

The furry commissioners are the ones who are always the kindest and most willing to tip. Bless them

I'VE HAD A HANDFUL OF CUSTOMERS LIKE THIS AND THEY LITERALLY MAKE MY WHOLE YEAR. It's crazy how sweet and generous furries are ;-;

YES! I CAN AGREE WITH IT PERFECTLY!!! When me and my family were passing through some hardships, I opened comission slots and two ppl from the furry community messaged me! They were so kind to me, and didn't give me any trouble at all!! I just love this community hehehe

"The Furry Commission" at this point is a rite of passage. If it's someone like this, it's incredible. If it's not someone like this, you begin to understand why it is a rite of passage.

holy crap the comments section is actually good this is a miracle

Friendly reminder this was originally titled the curry commission It's good to remember we all make mistakes and to love the hell out of the fun ones ;3

"Just don't take years to make it, please." Wish I could be this blunt with artists sometimes. I just sit around and wait forever like "I'm sure they're working on it...I don't want to bother them."

You can’t deny their passion

I saw this months ago, but seeing your top comment brought me further to tears. I just hit a massive depression this evening, feeling trapped and alone, with very few friends even reaching out anymore (before I disabled my socials so I could take a break, no less). But seeing your top comment as I, myself, a commissioner, I resonate with this so much. Treat artists (and really everyone) with the respect that you'd want to be treated with, no matter the circumstances. Thank you for making this. You brought a huge, tear-filled smile to my face.

Sometimes people forget that if someone can afford a fur suit, then if they ask for anything for money, weird or not, your gonna get a pretty nice payment

It’s so refreshing to see a furry-positive piece of media. It’s so easy to just call the fandom weird and disregard it entirely because it’s so seemingly different from everything else.

Aw, i really needed that "don't understimate yourself as an artist" i've been feeling pretty stressed lately about my drawings, this was incredibly nice to watch!❤️

As a small time artist who doesn't typically draw furries, this is such an accurate portrayal of my personal experience working on a furry commission. I only have two such experience working on furry comm and in both cases, 1. The client had a drive link full of reference for their OC 2. Offered to pay upfront (which I did decline saying how I'd rather have them pay once they're satisfied with my WIP) 3. Was super patient with me and gave me a lot of time 4. Was super grateful after receiving the artwork and told me to not doubt my skills. 5. Paid me double my asking price saying how it was a tip for doing such a good job. They really made my whole week! And I thought I was just lucky but after seeing this video, seems like this is an actual thing. God bless them!

I love how, since you draw all your characters as anthros, the furry is depicted as one of our weird new hybrid species, to differentiate them.

The respect and talent in the furry commissioning community is like, legendary. Not that things never go wrong and there are no bad actors, more that this is a thing I’ve heard about for years before I had any furry interactions This is like a textbook furry commissions an artist interaction, and I love that

It has a wholesome ending and tone that doesn't reach for low hanging fruit. I should have expected such from Keke.

A lot of furries are really supportive of small creators, and their appreciation for art is unrivaled! I'm glad you had a nice time with my community!

Furry community keeps us comission artists alive, they'll always have my respect for that 🙏

Wondeful story, I made many commissions for many furries and they were all very kind!! your animation put a smile on my face!! Thank you Keke :D

A furry saved my life once, so I had a fairly positive view on them from the outset. Some friends of mine said some odd things about them as a community later in life when I brought up the subject, so I decided to do my own research. From what I found, the furry community was, and remains, largely a kind, caring, educational, and open community. They are also exceedingly generous to charities and artists. They have a few outliers and bad eggs, but no more so than any other group. In fact, between their charitable donations to hospitals and commissioning starving artists, they can really only be seen as a net positive in my eyes.

No cuz I was so anxious of opening commissions just in case I'll get rude clients or scammed because of all the horror stories I heard , But because I only sell furry art I havent had that issue as of now , they've all been kind, patient, and some were extremely generous I was taken at back at first :")

See, most people think that the fandom is like... bad, or just mediocre at best, but I feel like this shines the light on the side that needs it the most. The internet has a way of finding the negative and using that as the stereotype, I suppose..

This reminds me of my first commission I took on, the customer was so happy he gave me a 60% tip and to this day the thought puts a smile on my face. It's very true not to underestimate yourself as an artist. Great animation as always, Keke.

Not all furries are like what you hear about them guys, most of them are just people that chill, love art and have a great time with others. There is small groups of furries that ruin it for every single other fur. So give the normal people in the fandom a chance everybody

I was a furry artist for 4 years and I can confirm this is true. All of my clients have been so patient and nice! Even people who give suggestions to my art do so respectfully

Finally, positive rep! I've talked to enough kids to know just how crazy the rumours about being a furry is. No, not all furries wear fursuits. No, not all of us want to act like animals. No, being a furry doesn't mean we want to screw animals. I don't even interact with the fandom other than watching blackie sootfur and being in a friend's tiny server. It honestly feels like more of an artstyle than a community at times.

I honestly thought this said Curry Comission, and was actively wondering when cooking food would come into play here.

Everyone wonders why furries are suspiciously wealthy, but I think I know why and the answer is right here really. When you find someone who is new to furries and you treat them like this, they are likely to keep coming to furries for support, and when they find continuous support in the community they are more likely to give what they get as learning the culture of the fandom. Really being a furry isnt just being part of a community but being part of a semi-independent economic system of people who actually value each others work fairly and often, which drives furries to keep doing what they love while keeping people away who think its weird and wouldnt benefit from or benefit the drive of it all. Perhaps we can go deeper and say this was the plan of Disney and other companies to fund people with this mindset to make more money themself, but that could be a bit of a conspiracy and this is just a KZfaq comment, but I just freaking love furries and they always find a way to amaze me by basically running the internet!

Furries dont feel artists for granted, our whole fandom is build upon art

Speaking of furries, a LOT of your animations were displayed on TV Screens at Anthrocon 2022!!! It was awesome seeing them!

"Just don't take years to finish it." My god this is so accurate. I felt this in my soul. Everyone who's commissioned art in the furry community has had this happen at least once, I swear.

I love furies and you can't change my mind

i think theres something to be said about the capacity to anthropomorphize things (in this case, animals) leading to the development of a particularly strong sense of empathy. being that anthropomorphization is extending human characteristics onto non-human things. and then it goes without saying that people with a lot of empathy generally are kind to others.

I don't think ive had a single bad interaction with a furry when i was doing commissions! i dont care what people say they are lovely

dude that's awesome!! I honestly didn't know much about the community except the negative stuff you can find everywhere, but this plus a few other positive videos have shown me a whole other side! this was such a cute and uplifting story, posted on my birthday too!

As a furry and furry artist myself, all i can say it's totally true! Somehow most of the commissioners are wholesome beans, that is super nice to work with.

The furry fandom is usually seen as weird and gross, but on the inside is a bunch of kind hearted people who care about each other. Thank you Keke for showing the world how caring our community really can be!

Sorry, had to correct the title "The Curry commission" phone love to autocorrect furry into curry haha! To the few who seen the curry title, congratz xD

Oh, my god, this was so heartwarming and wholesome... This is exactly the kind of context that my troubled soul was longing for. Such a genuine and personal touch to it. ♡

Furries are low-key some of the most accepting people ever. Gender? Age? Race? Orientation? They could *not* care less. Most of them are so sweet, too! Not in the 'spam uwu' sense, but legit are some of the most selfless people I have met. I don't know who the general pop has been interacting with, but furries are gold a dozen.

One of my artist friends loves when a furry comes along to commission because they usually have many references or are able to communicate well what they want (if it's like a new character ref sheet), tip well and show off their new art a lot with the artist attached.

It gets to a point where if you’re weird enough, you accept everyone else because you know what it feels like

Furries be underrated, we’re actually pretty cool people!

How dare you make me smile at such wholesome interactions!

Was feeling pretty sad about staying up so late, but being able to see this a mere 15 seconds after it dropped certainly cheered me up. Thank you.

I try my hardest to be an excellent client, especially when I'm working with an artist in a difficult financial situation. Never take advantage of low starting prices; if you feel on instinct what you're paying doesn't appropriately value the quality of the work you've received, offer more. You will most certainly feel very personally fulfilled even if your wallet is a bit lighter. Do not do too frequent check-ins! It obviously depends on estimates, but it's usually acceptable to check in about weekly, but make sure you checked with the artist beforehand whether they're starting immediately or if they're working on backlogged commissions and if yours will be started a bit later! Also, if you're going to check in, make sure the artist is healthy physically and mentally. You always need to be willing to give grace when it comes to the artist's well-being, both because it would be unethical to do otherwise, and because it can impact the quality of the final result! If the work isn't what you hoped, do not be *harsh* with your criticism, be *precise*. It can hurt to pay well for something you don't like very much, and you may think it'll hurt to have their work criticized, but this probably isn't their first rodeo. Just make sure you're using constructive terminology and avoiding negative connotations! It's okay to ask for corrections, but there is a balance! Consider how long things can take to re-draw. Try drafting the concept got the piece beforehand, or using references; either way, make sure you are firm about the concept, because asking for something at dramatic as a change in pose or setting after the scene is already being illustrated would be a bit rediculous! Even if it looks silly because you can't draw, it's okay! The artist will most likely always appreciate some direction with a rough draft, especially because it can be assurance that they won't have to make too many changes down the line! (this is all I can really think of right now, but feel free to reply some other good suggestions! remember to be good clients owo)

i think a good reason as to why furries really take good care of commisions is because being an artist is genuine hard work, and getting drawings of your characters is even harder. i myself have been living off of free samples and sketches for a good couple years, but i'll definitely get into the commission game one day.

Unlike most other fandoms, which have some core media property that the fandom congealed around, the furry fandom almost entirely sprung up around fan works. So the kinds of fans who would drop hundreds, thousands of dollars on sealed limited-edition boxed sets of their favorite shows don't have the official merchandise to spend it on in the furry fandom. So instead, they spend it on commissions. Lots of lucrative commissions. And just like anything, when you do it a lot, you get good at it. You get your references together. You work with the artists. You build a rapport with favorite artists and other favorite commissioners and you build a network that comes together to just randomly sweep in and make some artist's entire month.

It's not my "fursona" or anything like that, but I'm writing a book about just an incredibly adorable centipede and I commission quite a lot of art about her. Not a lot of artists have experience drawing bugs like that! So whenever I find one, I pay more than they ask for and give a tip. Artists are awesome.

Any time I see a drawing of a giant Falco, it warms my heart to know it was commissioned by a certain someone who went out of their way to find a little-known artist in need and pay them generously.

This was so adorable and everyone should be this nice to their artists

I was waiting for it to suddenly go south, but it was wholesome all the way through

Hell yeah. Furries are a good bunch.

Some of the biggest clients for freelance artists are furries Thank god for them

Hi Keke, just wanted to let you know that your little animations are kind of a safe space for me. I always come back to them, when I need a smile on my face. I thought I'd leave this comment on this one, as it is nice to see that you have good experiences creating your art. I don't have an opinion on furries, though, simply out of lack of personal experience interacting with the fandom.🤷‍♀

From what I know, Furries are really cool and the horror stories you hear are almost always outliers. Really friendly and very appreciative of good artwork.

as a furry, i must say thank you for doing this. not only has it made me feel better as an artist with the "dont underestimate yourself" but it also paints the furry fandom as really nice peeps. and i can confirm that they make sure people get paid for their worth but i must warn you there are some people out there who are trying to make profit off the fandom and being scammy. make sure to read seller/buyer bewares! they exist to help you out and avoid the bad eggs out there

Reading these top comments, it's so nice seeing the furry community actually having so many people with a positive attitude to it. It's made my day seeing, even if there are a lot of others who think it's weird or whatever, that so many people are so chill about it still ❤️

I always had a negative perception of furries, but then one of my roommates I moved in with was one and I realized that nah, they are actually super chill people. Also, Fighting games are really popular in that community, so I had a friend to play Guilty Gear and SSBM with :)

I was expecting a weird turn and then got wholesomeness instead. _Not everyone sucks._ If it pays the bills and the commissioners are respectful, more power to you.

As a person who just recently signed up for some furry communities I confirm that they are so so soooo nice! Sure there are some weirdos but every community has that small group of assholes that gives them a bad rep. Furries though are majorly very polite and respectful and I love their community already. I feel so sad I'm not very much into anthro so I don't exactly belong there!

now keke has discovered not only that furries are usually really nice people, many of them are suspiciously wealthy

Say what you want about furries, but you cannot deny that they're passionate as hell and extremely polite.

As an artist I feel the same exact way! Their community is so awesome for artists!

Not gonna lie, I was expecting a meme about NSFW commissions or something, but this is way better! So wholesome!

I'm not a furry, and I don't want to be one, but this community raised me, helped me to grow as an artist and supported me, so big shout-out to all my furry friends, they are the best and I will punch anyone who would say bad stuff about this community Yeah some of them are, weird, but not all and most I've met are just absolutely precious

This is so wholesome. Supportive and sweet: its nice to see a video that sticks up for the fandom! The world needs more of this :)

The 'wow so fast' thing is relatable. You kind of get an expectation built up from the more popular or distinguished artists in the furry fandom who have waiting lists several months long; the independent artists who have lower workload demand and strong work ethic have lightning fast turnarounds by comparison.

Ah yes, the feared curry community.

At first I thought this was going to be a joke surrounding the stigmatized side of the furry community, but what came of it was much more light hearted and wholesome than I anticipated and it was an enjoyable 2:20s, and the design of the commissioner really sold the wholesome part of the video, they just look so sweet and welcoming. I needed this :)