haha thats just pure lol

incredibly cool

I'm none of the above.

I enjoy that gator's taste in shirts.

So funny and yet so true!

This is made of LOL.

That's the way things are and we love it, don't we. <3

He's saying what we're all thinking!!!

hmmm... lets see... i have a job... and im an artist... not a good one... so that puts me somewhere between wealthy pervert, and common artist...

Foxes in drag ARE hilarious, man. Especially when voiced by Gilbert Gottfried.

Oh god... I just read it in his voice! XD

whats wuth the long time watcher with actual participation in the community and while not being wealthy he still is abe to buy a few pieces of artwork over time o..o

I might fit into the "Wealthy Pervert" category except for the fact I have about $200,000 in student loans to repay.

So, where's page two?

And I so want to swipe that writers caste as a icon:)

So true! *Sob*

i fall in the writer caste perfectly XD

Wealthy pervert with a dash of writer.

I'd say I'm "The Writer" except I have actually all but given up writing for the exact reasons stated above :p

I just make people pay for it.

It's time for an uprising

So... the pornography ISN'T free?

i'm just gonna favorite this without commenting

Fricken amazing. Absolutely awesome.
Totally made my day. :)

What's in between "The Wealthy Pervert" and "Normal Person" without any of that artist stuff getting in the way?
I'm just here for the furry art dude.

"..."

^_~

"..."

Currently a surly writer, will get a job within the next half decade and become a surly wealthy pervert. I hate the quote because if memory serves, that's exactly the number of hours, max faves and max comments. I'm also personally disgusted with all of you that the drek gets more hits than the literature. You're all illiterate scum who shouldn't fave something just because I wrote the word 'orgasm' in it.

By the way, sir, I believe you have my goat.

Looks like somebody is on a high horse. Somebody, I won't tell you who. Though I think you know them pretty well.

<Looks down at the clouds> Bwah!

I'd probably be a mix of the writer and either the normal person or the lurker.

Common artists 4 lyfe!

THIS IS CREEPILY ACCURATE TO FA.

LOL...I think 90% of us are "common artists"

I like how 'the writer' is a reptile with that look on his face and a laptop set up on a tiny table.. _just like me_ :P

This is how you get instantly popular.

And btw, I'm The Writer.

Hooray for lurkers!

I guess I fit into wealthy pervert. I don't draw often or well at all, but I do have a job and occasionally buy commissions.

This is truely amazing.

woot! I'm the common artist!!!
now all I gotta figure out is how to sell my damned pictures >.<

I can't find myself.
Where do those that regularly comment and fave outside of porn but still have a few posts themselves even without posting beyond once in a blue moon?

I guess I qualify as a writer. Yay?

*Sigh*

The writer. Just minus the awesome shirt.

if anyone needs an example of a lurker look no further than me! i dident know we were so common XD

I am in the common artist caste

So. Much. This.

FFFFF wow, this was actually really well done! XD Nice one mate, but you forgot the popufurs =P

That was an amazing dissection of the entire site! But I couldn't really pin myself in it. I am an artist who does art for myself and from time to time open up slots for requests. I believe myself to be very close to the 'Common Artist' caste, but I think thre may be one or two more castes you probably missed.

Great piece, dude! This thing should be features at the front page!

genius

wisdom

writing caste worst caste!!

YES!

Sad, but extremely true that the writing is often over looked unless it's smut related.

Case in point, My one adult piece has more views then my other 6 writings COMBINED.

~Shiekra Tora

Lol so true ^^ These was fn to read, hope you do more of it.

"The common artist" for me as well, I think more then 90% of the artist are in that category sadly xP

I am in love with this picture

Hehe, common artist, except that all my commisions were free untill I figure out how to work my new paypal. :3 And I'm incresingly getting better, though I do think my mouse drawn art was not too bad. And I finaly found out how to properly weild a graphics tablet well.
Oop, sorry for the tangent. O.o Very nice, I think I will go by this chart....

hehe, printer fails lol

hah....so so true...<

---

Is a "Cheap Artist"

i hope i do get to be a big time artist in time like the chart says. XP

great job dude.

I'm stuck between The Writer and The Cheap Artist. =/ I don't write (or, I don't post my written work to FA for personal reasons), but my art is pretty much stuck in the same pit as The Writer. More than kinda sucks, but because I don't sell porn and I'm not really friends with anyone big in the fandom, I get handed the short end of the stick. Fun, huh?

Anyways, funny piece. Got a giggle out of me, for sure. *thumbs up*

the worst I have found is the unknown but technically skilled artists, the hidden gems if you will. They do masterful work, but aren't famous, so eventually they stop posting their work because the effort they put in isn't worth how little they get back.

This just made my Goddamn day. XD

Lul, I'm the "furriend", XD.

I must be one of the few wealthy perverts - it is so true!!!

You're trying too hard to be cynical, and it shows.

Doesn't change the fact that it's funny, though. xD

Agreed. The "Normal Person" feels rather shoehorned as well.

Yeah, it feels very... 2001, I'm afraid. :) Most "normal people" just don't react to furries that way anymore -- the satire doesn't even feel like an exaggeration of reality anymore, not after all the warm receptions we've gotten in Philly and San Jose, and increasingly, in the media. I can't even accidentally start a flamewar by telling people on Reddit I'm a furry anymore. Cynical humor is fine, but not when it doesn't even ring true anymore!

I mean, I liked this piece, but ya might as well insult women drivers while you're at it. *tease*

Yeah, a lot of normal people tend to be fascinated by fursuiters, I've found. The furry hatred is honestly just kind of overplayed now. The Internet is done with it--furry isn't going anywhere, and the fandom is growing up.
Also, women can't drive, not sure what you're getting at.

Uy!

That poor normal person. What is he doing out of bible studies??

I am sooooo in the writer caste. Whenever I see a journal about some artist whining at the few thousand page views they get, I want to throttle them and shout "I am lucky if I get 300 views BITCH!" Seriously, it is useless for writers to offer commissions because there is no money in them. The only time writers get any mention is when a popular artist gets tapped to do the cover art on a published story.

LOL! Hilarious XD

It hurts because it's true. ;_;

<- Common Artist....See you guys on the street. *Holds up a Will Work for Food sign.*

You forgot the musicians. Oh wait everyone does QQ

I'm the writer, but in art form. XD

Eh...I tend to refer to m'self as the "Drooling Fanboy (Notice I did not say fanboi) caste...tho' I'm more a mix of the writer/lurker 'cause I damn sure can't afford to be the rich perv with my shitty job...SIGH Tho' I do have pie in the sky goals...sigh...

I think I'm a strange mix of The Furriend, The Writer, and The Wealthy Pervert...with MUCH LESS money, and more LUCK to find requests.

100% wealthy pervert -.-

The Writer (me) and Popular Artist seem spot on.

Check out 455510 and Zohaku. They're probably the biggest lurkers around. They seem to always silently commission or request their fetishes to to particular artists in here and DeviantArt, and they barely ever talk. Exactly like what you wrote.

Dabbled in being common artists and the Furriends.

Full time lurker now, eyup.

I am not there :< The gayest gay of all gays, that's it xD

hrm.... guess i rank under common then =o

but since it's pro bono, whats that rank as?



either way, this gave me a laugh the first time i saw it, and it's still true =o

This really made me laugh. x3 Though I mainly fit into the writer category, there are hints of a couple others in there. ;3 +1?

How did I not discover this sooner?!

Somewhere between Common and Popular artist, I suspect.
Awesome chart. :)

I'm all to familiar with the writing one.

Yup

You should make a test that will tell people which one they are!

i beleive im the common artist xD

Solid

Im in between common and popular X3

But I thought caste systems did not let you change?

what about 'the Pirate', that guy who finds entire torrents of copywrited, or paid for things, and downloads them for free? that is a legit caste. or the '/b/tard', the one who lurks /b/ just to find a quickly banned furry thread.

I like this - it's a pretty accurate depiction of FA's community as a whole. :P

Aweyeah wealthy pervert

See the only thing is that the Furriend should have "Cake is a lie" on the shirt. THEN it'd be more realistic for this type of FA member.

Writer with a dash of wealthy pervert, minus the wealth.

My latest story has two favorites. It's a certified hit!

Ah, yes. Totally perfect. I used to be a lurker (in fact, was for about 2 years), and then I decided to be active. Now I'm a writer. And everything you wrote was all too true.

Writer here. Got a few commissioned pieces in my gallery, sure. But not enough to constitute the 'wealthy pervert' status. Course I haven't done much writing recently mainly due to the reasons listed above.

Writer/furriend.

foreveralone.jpg

You nailed me to the wall like a cheap dogs playing poker knock off. Yeah i could not even make it to a real dogs playing poker facsimile.

I'm a writer, but my stories have a handful of favs so I guess that's good.

I love this. >O

I think I'm a chicken and egg paradox. I was surly and moody before I was a writer, being an IT guy who had to deal with moronic clients. Maybe that's why I'm now a writer. I slid easily into that position. I feel a story coming on.... *grins*

I suppose I fit in with the lurkers

Lurker. That's me. At least until I get a paying job.

I am a professional commissioner (not due to porn) and watcher turned common artist who really wants to be the popular artist. =^_^=
You say there is not a case for a fur to lend a helpful paw to common artists in need or one that only gains art via winning it in raffles or other such contests! I demand a part two!

Wealthy pervert FTW!!!!! I MEAN WHERE ELSE DOES MAKING SLIGHTLY OVER MINIMUM WAGE MAKE YOU WEALTHY!!?

Clearly I am a pupating artist.

So true XD

My name is Exilo. And I am proud to be a surly writer.

I think my spot would be in between the furfriend and the wealthy pervert lol

Will you be my furiend? I will rub your paws if you wanna be mates. *^.^* *murrsss an rubs your tummy* *^.^*;;;

Common artist, reporting in.
Although, I don't sell my art, I just draw crappy looking fatties.

This needs to have four additions added to it!

The over-sensitive artist
An artist who freaks out at the very moment anything sounds critical of their art. They are prone to making wanking journals bitching and encouraging their legions of fantards to attack said criticizer.

Random watcher: Hey, that looks cool! Did your scanner make pikachu's cheeks pink like that or did you want them to be pink? I think it makes this pikachu really cute!
Artist: HOW DARE YOU OVER CRITICIZE MY ARTWORK. FUCK YOU I HOPE YOU DIE AND GO TO HELL.
Fans: *Within moments are cutting down and attacking the said commenter for being SO MEAN*


The GRRL artist
A female artist who's account is 99% cam-whoring photos and 1% badly traced artwork. Their popularity is built on the idea that their watchers (being made of hopeless virgin males) will somehow get lucky and become said females "mate" and/or the shitty (but slutty) photos take of themselves.

An alternative here is, the female artist is actually very talented at what they do, but for whatever reason is highly prone to wanting to show off their body to double their popularity.

"Artist": Tee hee, how do you like my new fox ears? ;) *uploads shitty webcam photo of themselves wearing horribly made Fox ears while posing so that the viewer can see down their shirt* Note: The fox ears are not the main focus of this photo.
Random watchers: FAPFAPFAP OH MURRRRRRRRR


The over-inflated ego artist
This artist may or may not be very talented at their artwork, but their ego is so huge, their skill doesn't matter. They usually have a huge legion of fantards that swallow up whatever they pump out, regardless of quality. Example: It could be a crude drawing of a hotdog and instantly they get 22342342342 faves and comments. Due to the insane amount of attention this artist receives, they're are generally huge douchebags to their watchers and will not talk to anyone they do not feel is on the same level of awesomeness as them. Their "friends" change weekly and are generally made up of other popular artists who suffer from the same problem.
Artist: *Uploads yet another drawing of Futa-Renamon getting raped by hyper-hung Lucario. This upload has over 100 favorites in the first 5 minutes*
Fans: OH MURR THATS SO HOT. FAP FAP FAP
Artist: You guys are such morons.
Fans: *too busy fapping to notice derogatory comment*


The ignored Artist
This artist is actually VERY talented at what he or she does. They usually have semi-professional grade quality work and easily have pieces they have spent HOURS working on. The downfall of this artist is the fact they do not cater to the fandumb by drawing whats popular in the from of fanart or fetishes. Because of this, they are often over-looked and ignored.

Artist: *uploads an absolute beautiful, spectacular piece of art featuring feral animals in their natural habitat. The background alone to took the artist several hours and on it's own is worth praise.*
Note: This piece over the course of a year receives a maximum of 15 favorites and 3 comments.

I think  karja and I fall into the Ignored Artist category, though I'm not sure I'd call myself "very" talented. I do know I'm better than half the people I see posting art on here, but then again, 15 years of practice will do that.

God damn it, this is just spot on. I'm a writer by the way. Favorite has to be the popular artist, I love successful, smug avians with dollahs.

Now now, if you're a good writer you can get attention, it just has to be the standard anal rape stories the majority wants. No anal sex, no views.

You forgot the Fursuiter/Fursuit Photographer, who doesn't have any artistic talent, but does have a fursuit and/or half decent camera. As a result, his gallery consists entirely of photos of his fursuit/his friend's fursuits/every random fursuiter he ran into at his last convention. Their popularity in this caste depends on a) how often they manage to include encounters with other already popular fursuiters, b) having a video of their fursuiting going viral for ineffable reasons, or c) being willing to sleep around at conventions, and getting "watchers" who have heard of this and hope to get into their fuzzy pants someday. Having a fursuit made by a currently-popular builder is also a bonus!

... how is normal person higher than me?

lol Lurker that acts like a Furriend, with a job who dreams of being a writer.

Ugh. The Gator and I have a lot to talk about.

Thank god for those wealthy perverts!

Hey where do -I- fit into all this??? Lel :3
Jesus fuck i love you all :]

Aye! I happen to be the writer!