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Pudding Art

Pudding Art: AI illustration doujin received 30,130 JPY in September and 11,789 JPY in October

The X account @cho_doujin_pick (display name Pudding Note) pointed to a note.com essay with the same byline. The author has sold adult doujin works made with AI-generated illustrations since February 2026 as a one-person circle named Pudding Art, on BOOTH, FANZA and DLsite. September brought 61 copies and 30,130 JPY received; October fell to 33 copies and 11,789 JPY.

The story

The X post summarizes a production-side record that compares a month when AI illustrations sold (61 copies, 30,130 JPY received) with a month when they sold poorly. The linked note, dated 9 November 2026, is written in the first person by Pudding Note.

The author says the circle Pudding Art has been a solo project since February 2026, making adult doujin works with AI-generated illustrations and selling them on DLsite, FANZA and BOOTH. September was the best month so far: 61 copies and 30,130 JPY received, split as BOOTH 32 copies / 22,323 JPY, FANZA 12 / 2,910 JPY, and DLsite 17 / 4,897 JPY. The X account used for sales announcements had about 29 followers; the pixiv account had about 235.

October brought 33 copies and 11,789 JPY received. September had three new works, each announced on pixiv. October had two new works plus one compilation issued because a third new work was not ready, filling the monthly three-title cap that the author says FANZA and DLsite set for AI works. Daily pixiv posts that started in mid-October drew only about 65–211 views, while September announcement posts reached roughly three to seven times that. The author’s conclusion is that the difference between a good month and a weak month was almost entirely whether new works were released and announced.

The 30,130 JPY and 11,789 JPY figures are amounts received after platform fees, not list-price GMV and not profit after production time. The author notes that an 880 JPY title leaves about 786 JPY on BOOTH, 495 JPY on FANZA and 480 JPY on DLsite, and that FANZA/DLsite September totals include sale pricing.

Source excerpt

作者长文:https://note.com/puddingart/n/nc3f841e9bbcb 制作側の話も書きました。 AIイラスト販売で「売れた月(61…

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What was delivered

A one-person circle, Pudding Art, that sells adult doujin works made with AI-generated illustrations on three storefronts.

Customers

Buyers on BOOTH, FANZA and DLsite; individual customers are not named.

Lessons and acquisition

Sales-announcement posts on pixiv, plus storefront discovery. The announcement X account had about 29 followers and pixiv about 235. Daily pixiv posting did not replace a new-release announcement.

Costs, risks and open questions

The image model is unnamed. October is not broken down by storefront. Received amounts are not list-price GMV. Figures are the author’s own account and were not independently verified.

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