>>5890948You don't have to go hard on the fur, but you need to realize you're entering a market that is already very saturated. There are literally thousands of cookie-cutter Russian artists that offer $15 commissions at your skill level in a similar style, and a lot of them STILL can't get any clients because they don't understand what people like about furry art in the first place. The ones who succeed are the ones who either study what's most popular, or know enough animal anatomy to make an appealing expressive character.
If you want to make money, study animal head anatomy and unlearn the uncanny "human head on animal character" business. Browse
https://e621.net/posts?tags=order%3Ascore+-animated for a minute and you'll quickly see what I mean. Nobody at the top is drawing flat human faces.
