Well… you need to start to ask yourself: would you really want friends who make you *choose* between something that isn’t harmful to anyone at all, or them? Because that’s a really shitty thing for “friends” to do. I was in that situation, myself. Once. When I was 14. At the time, someone very dear to me got really, really upset when he found out. So upset that he got really ill for a week, and I was devastated for a couple of months until I had the revelation that what he felt wasn’t fair to me, the things he said weren’t fair, and basically nothing about it was fair to me as someone who was doing what she wanted to do, expressing herself in a way that harmed no one and was a nice outlet.
Later, I ended up needing to do it for the money - like you, I assume! And I had a fair amount of people scoff at it because it was NSFW. But, you have to ask - do you seriously want people that shallow as your friends? If the answer is “yes” and you value getting along with others over doing what you want and not feeling shame over something as trivial as expressing sexuality in some form (in this case art), then I guess that’s your answer. But, I feel pretty strongly that it’s not really worth hiding things you don’t mind doing for the sake of keeping friends who will make you feel shitty over fucking stupid things. I hope you find the answer that helps you out from this.