How do people make it as NSFW artists on social media and how long does it take to go from 0 to 5 digits number followers and patreon income?
My goal is at least 800 USD per month but I'm not sure if it's realistically achievable

Are you already good? Then make a game. Use something easy like renpy or rpg maker. Post (beg) on f95zone, /aco/, and other places. It's one of the cheats in life.

>>7606281 (OP)
That is completely achievable
>t. 4 figure account making $750 on average

Building a social media presence is a slow process. You don't want to start a high maintenance Patreon that only a few people subscribe to in the first year.
Getting into this for fame and money has never been a good idea.

>>7606281 (OP)
It's because the audience is shit
>>7606468
Blog?
>>7606477
>You don't want to start a high maintenance Patreon.

Why is that? You can practice and just save stuff for later right? relaunch your patreon when you audience comes right?

Just make a Patreon. You can post there for free. People can follow you for free. There's even a group chat to talk to your fans. You shouldn't paywall everything.
Don't expect to get to $800 within a day. This stuff takes time. Everyone starts at zero.

>>7606648
How about discord, anon? It's popular. But I feel it'd be a nightmare to moderate.

>>7606281 (OP)
You can get 1200 usd/mo in commissions with 4 digit followers on twitter lol
Your conception of what is needed is wrong.

>>7606545
Crowdfund sites like substar and patreon are extractive on your current audience. They do not add to growth, they just increase your workload and boost the amount of money you get from whatever your follower count is. Gating exclusive content behind them also limits the reach, so it's a bad idea. You can however put your normal content on it and then leak it to kemono to have another stream of marketing.

Basically your aim for marketing is to package your art into mind-viruses that spreads its payload to as many people that might be interested in what you like to make as possible.

For most people it's actually not worth having a substar or patreon though. For the longest time you'll have like 8 people who are paying you less than a commission price in aggregate. If you did the dumb and put polls or exclusive art there then you are bleeding money and energy. It's very stupid.

The best use of patreon I have seen is when you have SO many people that you need to actually filter commissioners out. Some people do this by raising the sticker price, some do it through limiting who can get in. It's like paying for a costco membership at that point.

Baalbuddy does this, because he is so popular he has multiple layers of filtering:
>you have to be subscribed to him on patreon
>then you have to bid for the slots in a special channel on his server
>THEN you have to pay the actual commission price (which is relatively "normal" in and of itself)
This increases his commission price in a roundabout way without directly marking it up, and it's adaptive to changing popularity. More popular = more active bidding, less popular = less active.

>>7606651
You need people who you trust to moderate those when they get enough active people. Make clear rules. Don't make a vent channel as they are drama magnets.

>>7606748
For people from some 3rd-world countries, it’s easier to deal with patreon than paypal transfers, wise, etc. So they put commision requests behind patreon.

>>7606756
Why is that? Genuine question.

>>7606756
>For people from some 3rd-world countries
I saw stupid people from places like seattle doing this first. It made a mess of their books for tax purposes and they were just generally irresponsible.

My only advice is: Don't have a $1 whatever reward tier. The lowest reward tier for basic access to your posts should be $5 to $10.