u/PoleTV

I run AI influencer accounts. fictional characters, AI generated content, Fanvue subscription income.

the reason it fits the nomad lifestyle so well: everything runs in the cloud. ComfyUI on RunPod, content scheduling from anywhere, Fanvue handles all the payment processing. all I need is a laptop and decent wifi.

there's no client work, no timezone dependency, no calls I have to be available for. the income is tied to the subscription count not to my hours.

the setup phase takes a few weeks of focused work. after that it's maintenance mode — a few hours a week to keep content going and grow the social following.

it took me longer than I expected to figure out the character consistency side of the AI pipeline but once that was solved the business model made sense pretty fast.

curious if anyone else here is doing something similar or has built income streams that work this well remotely.

I was generating characters that looked great once and completely different the next time. spent weeks thinking it was a prompting problem.

it wasn't. it was the dataset.

the fix that worked for me: don't just grab a bunch of random reference images. generate a solid base portrait in ComfyUI first, then run it through NanoBanana2 on RunPod to get the same face from multiple angles. use those angle shots for your faceswap reference set and build your dataset from there. then train the LoRA on that.

the difference in consistency before and after this approach is huge. now I can put the character in any scene and she looks like herself every single time.

I'm using this for AI influencer content specifically but honestly it works for any project where you need a reliable consistent character.

if anyone else cracked the consistency problem a different way I'm genuinely curious what worked. drop it in the comments.

quick context for anyone new: I built a pipeline for creating AI influencers and monetizing them on Fanvue. been teaching others how to do it for about 2 months now.

what's working:
the technical side is actually easier to teach than I expected. most people get through the ComfyUI and LoRA training within 2-3 weeks.

what's not working:
the social media growth side takes longer. getting a following around a new AI character doesn't happen overnight and some people get impatient here.

what surprised me:
people who stick through the first month are seeing real results. had a student get their first Fanvue subscriber this week after starting with zero experience.

the model is repeatable. that's the main thing I wanted to prove and so far it is.

if anyone's been thinking about something similar or has questions about the AI influencer space in general, drop them below.

I build AI influencers. fictional characters, fully AI generated, no real person.

the income model is subscription based on Fanvue. grow a social media following around the character, move that audience to a paid subscription page.

I want to be straight about it — the first few weeks are not passive. there's a learning curve and a setup phase. the AI model needs to be trained, the character needs to be built properly, the social accounts need content.

after that though it genuinely runs itself for the most part. I check in a few hours a week.

the thing that surprised me most was how little people care that the character isn't real. they follow for the content, not because they think she's human.

if anyone's curious about the setup or wants to know more about how Fanvue works for this, I'm happy to explain. just ask below.