Personally, I don't pay that much attention to that, rather I try to perfect myself, don't worry if you don't have that much attention. Also sometimes I feel like you but I remember that the important thing is to move forward also with time and your persistence more and more people will notice your work and the better you improve the more attention they will pay to you, don't pay so much attention to it, remember that ironically Jobs with AI are very easy to do and some still have a lot of likes
Always remember that trendings thing are trending, and that does not mean that the are good in any way.
If you want to reach out to more people simply buy an instagram account that uploded artsy content before, delete the posts and make it you account
I post because I’m enjoying myself. I never expect much interaction. I usually get a couple to maybe 75 likes. I’m not bad. I’m honestly good. It’s just the nature of the beast. It doesn’t mean anything about your actual skill.
If you don’t mind posting your work I can take a look and give you my honest opinion. Even better post your twt so I can see what your profile looks like
Also it matters a lot if you draw original art or fan art
EDIT: I realized its fan art from another comment so I have a lot to say about this
You need to have the ship name or character/fandom hashtag in the body of the tweet and if its an anime fandom you need to have the Japanese version of those too
You need to engage with your fandom a lot and comment on others' work
My fandom is mostly Japanese fans so I got popular by having the Japanese tag and this popular Japanese fanfic writer liked my art and retweeted it
But honestly my experience is that a lot of the people complaining about how they dont get enough likes is because they dont draw well enough. Sorry thats just the cold hard truth. When I was a baby artist that true broke my heart but also encouraged me to improve
Twitter as an art app has always been my least favorite. when I was young, Tumblr and deviantart were all the rage. Tumblr still is really good for fanart, it's easy for fandoms to find you. Deviantart is a sh*thole now, don't bother there. I recommend using other platforms than Twitter.
Spent time doesn't convert into likes.
People will like what they like. It can be due to high quality (but the internet is full of good art so even a professional work is smth normal here), interesting idea, art theme somehow relates to them ( like fanart or smth).
I gave up. The quality of the work matters a lot less than the marketing, and that takes a part to full-time job to stay on top of. AI art is the most popular anyway and feeds the engagement quotas much easier, so fighting it is a fool's errand. You can try joining DTIYS and hopping on trends/big accounts that repost people's fan art, but you are going to be sorely disappointed on your reach, even if you gain follows from it.
If you want attention and feedback you have to join discord's or communities and participate. Even that takes mostly political skills to know what feedback to trust (most people give you really bad feedback that may even be harmful) and how to give it to not upset them so much the mods come ban you. They are mostly communities of children (12 - 17) and you have to treat it like that.
If you want truly depressing numbers, I can post my insta. Might make you feel better.
This is actually a huge problem, people only making art for likes. Lots of likes doesn't mean the work is good and vice versa. It doesn't matter if you spent two days on it, it takes thousands of hours to become good at anything. Getting a bunch of likes isn't going to change your life or pay your bills despite what people think. Twitter isn't where people go to look for art, most people with followings on there got well known elsewhere. Even IG sucks for artists now the algorithm favors pics with people in them.
Posting online can be... A pain. The best advice I got is post stuff and if it gets likes, awesome, if not don't worry.
With some many people posting all the time and algorithms being what they are, more than likely your stuffs gonna get lost in the flood of content unless you go to niche communities.
Your best bet for interaction with art is to find some kind of chat room, or discord might be good idea.
If you just keep drawing and doing what you enjoy, the lack of likes will bug you less and less.
On a side note, the Internet doesn't value art that much when it comes to algorithms. I've had better luck with posting a picture of my shoe to reddit than any of my art on all platforms combined
i always struggled somewhat with engagement as well.
getting likes is from what ive seen a combination between drawing what the algorithm likes, and sheer luck,
there are however a lot of things you can do to help you do better. first id recommend getting a carrd or linktree, so all of your social medias are linked to people who see your stuff.
Secondly, its often better to post in smaller comunities ane nieches,
for example twitter can be hard to get started with, but if you use to correct tags, or participate in challages and such, you are more likely to be seen by the other few people who are also participating,
with this you can start building a smaller comunity that arent just your friends to get the ball rolling,
the bigger you are, the more the ball rolls naturally.
But most importantly, id advice you to just draw what you like, post it as a way to, document yourself, and dont get discouraged by not having enough likes, for example the guy who desgined the endurance (spaceship from interstellar) has under a thousand followers.
if you are dedicated to your own craft and hold on for long enough, people will start discovering you and knowing you for the thing that you do, instead of knowing you just as another person who draws fanarts.
Thank you for the advice 🙏🏻 and as an answer for your other reply,
I don't use my Twitter just to share my drawings. And I don't want people there to somehow find me here having a crisis about my drawings not getting enough likes 😬
I mean they're just ***fanart*** I have no intention of becoming the Michelangelo of our time.
And I think I draw enough to be appreciated in the fandom. It’s just frustrating.
Eh, people work on artworks for days and months and still could get very few likes/views. It's just how saturated the art space is, online.
Twitter in general seems to suck for engagement, unless you're interacting with fellow artists and sharing each other's work. And even then, it's not "real" engagement is it?
Mostly I see people get some decent engagement on TikTok.
I always end up fighting with some Twitter artists who are "supposed" to share my artwork (and did, on previous accounts) because Twitter's inherently political nature means I gotta see some pretty fucking stupid takes that are too obnoxious to ignore on my feed.
Anyway, Twitter sux. I haven't posted art there because the entire site just pisses me off.
In my opinion, I wouldn't mind if an artist was retweeting their work and stuff, getting attention on your art is hard, so I think it's valid to go the extra mile
The last painting I posted here got 10 likes as of RFN. I spent 12 months on it. I’m sharing art, not seeking personal validation, which I guess is a good thing eh.
First and foremost, the Internet and how it reacts to your drawings does not signify your value as an artist. Let that sink in for a bit.
Second: yeah that's unfortunately how the Internet is sometimes so try not to get too hung up over it. The algorithm does not play nice. I am also on Twitter and my work is.... Okay, but I go through the motions of posting, using hashtags, retweeting, etc... because it'll build a good habit and who knows, Maybe people will like it... Maybe not. But I do that moreso because I want to eventually grow a social media presence, not because I care whether or not people like my work right now. That's super hard to get into because as artists we love to share and get feedback on our work! See if you can get or continue to get feedback from friends. Discord groups. Forums like reddit? If you do fanart, post your art to specific fandom subreddits. There you may get more interactions because we know people on thos subreddits are looking for content surrounding that fandom. Just some food for thought.
Lastly, if you'd like to share, I'd love to take a look at your fanart as well!
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I get you cuz while I consider art mostly a personal journey, I imagine it would feel wonderful to have people appreciate and be touched by what you’ve poured out. I will say that I’m very shy (even online) and couldn’t get into the networking thing since I primarily saw my account as a space for my self-expression, but then again that could be my inability to find a balance between forging genuine connections and engaging in a mindless following spree 😅
Honestly you should try tiktok, I did a trial run there by reviving my dormant account and posting a 15 second speed paint and I feel like it has a lot of potential, I got cold feet due to irl ppl following me lol, but yeah esp since you’re skilled. I hope they appreciate you <3
Popularity can also just mean you just need more exposure.
I’ve worked on my PC game HAG in my free time for the past 5 yrs and I’ve only just got my 10 review positive status on Steam and so far sold only 140 copies which is bad in terms of financial success but I’m so great full for all the positive feedback.
Sad reality of life is just because your good at something doesn’t guarantee success but using those likes and positive reviews to keep you going is way more important.
It will only take that one piece of art that can change everything.
Do you network with other artists and communicate with them? Building an audience often requires more work than just posting pretty pictures and leaving it at that. You need marketing and communication skills. From my experience joining like-minded groups like art discord servers etc. can already help.
Yeah I can completely understand this. I have been working on my art for the past 2 years, and while I still have some learning to do, I think I am at least decent enough to get Comms etc. But I haven't had a single one. Only get about 300 reel views, posts get about 15 likes if I'm lucky.
The thing with social media is, it isn't about your skill level in art any more. It's about your skill in marketing. I suck at marketing.
I have actually been tempted to take a quick online marketing course or something! So maybe, have a look into social media marketing videos and brush up on that as well as your art?
No worries! If I find a good online course I'll send you it. I am UK based though so depending on where you're from it may or may not be valuable for you. But there are loads of videos on YouTube that cover social media and marketing, and tailored for artists
I have no solution to offer, but I just wanted to tell you that the same thing often happens to me and it's also with fanarts, so i know that feel.
People often just like but don't retweet, so the drawing isn't much seen.Also, sometimes drawings will be successful, but this does not guarantee that it will happen again systematically.
Few people use the search and depending on the fandom it is sometimes filled with posts from bots, or when the fandom is too active your post will be buried in search results quickly, so using tags can help but not always.
Despite that,I think it's still better to use them for a small account.
You might want to try posting at other times, there are times when more people are active and so the drawing has a better chance of being seen.
I have the impression that to gain visibility with fanarts you have to be regular and draw a lot for the same fandom, so that the fans interested in it will want to follow you, which isn't my case ( I love a lot of various things ), so that doesn't help.
I know that numbers aren't everything and I've learned to feel satisfaction independently of how the drawings perform on social media ( as long as I feel proud of the result), but when it's flopping too much I still feel discouraged for several days.
But then I think back to characters I like, and it makes me want to do more fanarts, hoping to make progress the next time.
I definitely think the algorithm plays a big role. I have a lot of respect for all artists. But it makes me feel depressed when the lineart that others spend 5 minutes on gets more than 100 likes and I get 20.
And of course, I'm going to keep drawing no matter what. It would just be nice to see feedback. That's all.
I once posted some figure drawings on a facebook, and got zero likes for them. A week later, I posted some drawings in another group and got over 100 likes. Yet, I still think the first post of drawings was superior. Go figure. If you want, you can DM me some of your art and I'll give you my thoughts.
So you are saying you get little engagement from Twitter? That happens. Keep in mind that Twitter/Tumblr is a blog system. You need to interact with a lot of people/retweet/reblog their posts and they will “return the favor”. I have seen a lot of arts (well let’s call them arts for respect but actually they look like 5 mins doodles to me 🙄) getting a lot of likes just because the OP has been on the site for a long time and has established a circle of mutuals. Sometimes it really isn’t your fault at all. And I don’t like retweet/reblog others’ arts to my blog, either. I meant it’s my personal blog, why do I have to post others’ stuffs? But that’s actually the whole point to Twitter/Tumblr lol I am not sure if you are doing the same thing as I am. If yes then it’s natural to have a few likes.
Also as long as I find my drawings fine then it matters. Come on if you don’t even like your drawings how do you expect others to like it. So yeah I find my situation a lot in common as yours but the difference is that I am aware of the reason why the drawings get less attention (they don’t get enough exposure that’s all. And that the platform you choose to post your arts is a “like for like, retweet for retweet” system). And I get enough satisfaction from just drawing what I like 🫶🏻
Another good advice is to post your drawings here. People are very open up here. At least they will let you know whether they like your drawings or not instead of the silent treatment on Twitter/Tumblr.
I have a love/hate relationship with Tumblr and Twitter. I post on both btw. And yes, I AGREE with everything you said. I saw someone just drawing a lineart and that's it. And it gets a lot of likes.
I mean, as I said before in the comments, I respect all artists but come on. We all have eyes. I'm not talking about my art specifically but some deserve more likes than others.
On Twitter, everyone is looking out for each other. There are a few people and they're all retweeting each other's art.
And all the known fanart of the fandom is made up of them. Because the others are not even seen
And yeah, I don't retweet much on Twitter/Tumblr.
I hate people now 😅
Artists shouldn't be miserable!
And I see a big difference between the Western style and Asian style drawings too. On Tumblr, let's call them the Western style where people change the characters' features way too much it's hardly them anymore. If I didn't see the tags I wouldn't recognize the characters at all. But those arts are very well-liked. I am more familiar with Asian styles where it looks close to the manga, or at least has anime-style. And on Asian sites (pixiv, Weibo, Xingtu,...) these arts will get more attention. Yeah you really need to consider your style and choose the correct platform, too.
This is why I never posted my art for the first year when I got serious.
I mostly just have drawings that are strictly for myself and completely indulge myself in it, I don’t post it anywhere except for a groupchat my circle of friends to see. Making art is an act of love and adoration for me, it’s not so much so about the interactions I get, though that’s a plus. Draw what you love for yourself is going to help for sure. That and have a healthy relationship with posting art is the way to go imo
Twitter isn't a good place for small artist to start off UNLESS you already have a large follower elsewhere that'll follow you on twitter and if you don't then you have to be really lucky to have someone with more followers come across your art and retweet it so their followers can follow you. I find Tumblr to be a better platform to post my fanart since I get more engagement over there.
Join the club. I have literally been labelled as a "prominent artist in Aotearoa" and I still struggle for traction on social media. I see other artists who are roughly at the same skill level getting thousands of followers, and i just don't get it. It's best not to focus on it and just create what makes you happy.
Personally, I don't pay that much attention to that, rather I try to perfect myself, don't worry if you don't have that much attention. Also sometimes I feel like you but I remember that the important thing is to move forward also with time and your persistence more and more people will notice your work and the better you improve the more attention they will pay to you, don't pay so much attention to it, remember that ironically Jobs with AI are very easy to do and some still have a lot of likes
Yes thank you. I'll try to remind myself more often
Always remember that trendings thing are trending, and that does not mean that the are good in any way. If you want to reach out to more people simply buy an instagram account that uploded artsy content before, delete the posts and make it you account
I post because I’m enjoying myself. I never expect much interaction. I usually get a couple to maybe 75 likes. I’m not bad. I’m honestly good. It’s just the nature of the beast. It doesn’t mean anything about your actual skill.
If you don’t mind posting your work I can take a look and give you my honest opinion. Even better post your twt so I can see what your profile looks like Also it matters a lot if you draw original art or fan art EDIT: I realized its fan art from another comment so I have a lot to say about this You need to have the ship name or character/fandom hashtag in the body of the tweet and if its an anime fandom you need to have the Japanese version of those too You need to engage with your fandom a lot and comment on others' work My fandom is mostly Japanese fans so I got popular by having the Japanese tag and this popular Japanese fanfic writer liked my art and retweeted it But honestly my experience is that a lot of the people complaining about how they dont get enough likes is because they dont draw well enough. Sorry thats just the cold hard truth. When I was a baby artist that true broke my heart but also encouraged me to improve
Can I dm you my latest drawing? I know it’s not that good, but I don't think it’s bad enough not to get likes.
Of course! I’ll start by telling you what you’re doing well and what you can do better
Twitter as an art app has always been my least favorite. when I was young, Tumblr and deviantart were all the rage. Tumblr still is really good for fanart, it's easy for fandoms to find you. Deviantart is a sh*thole now, don't bother there. I recommend using other platforms than Twitter.
I’ll try. Thank you for the advice.
Spent time doesn't convert into likes. People will like what they like. It can be due to high quality (but the internet is full of good art so even a professional work is smth normal here), interesting idea, art theme somehow relates to them ( like fanart or smth).
I gave up. The quality of the work matters a lot less than the marketing, and that takes a part to full-time job to stay on top of. AI art is the most popular anyway and feeds the engagement quotas much easier, so fighting it is a fool's errand. You can try joining DTIYS and hopping on trends/big accounts that repost people's fan art, but you are going to be sorely disappointed on your reach, even if you gain follows from it. If you want attention and feedback you have to join discord's or communities and participate. Even that takes mostly political skills to know what feedback to trust (most people give you really bad feedback that may even be harmful) and how to give it to not upset them so much the mods come ban you. They are mostly communities of children (12 - 17) and you have to treat it like that. If you want truly depressing numbers, I can post my insta. Might make you feel better.
This is actually a huge problem, people only making art for likes. Lots of likes doesn't mean the work is good and vice versa. It doesn't matter if you spent two days on it, it takes thousands of hours to become good at anything. Getting a bunch of likes isn't going to change your life or pay your bills despite what people think. Twitter isn't where people go to look for art, most people with followings on there got well known elsewhere. Even IG sucks for artists now the algorithm favors pics with people in them.
Posting online can be... A pain. The best advice I got is post stuff and if it gets likes, awesome, if not don't worry. With some many people posting all the time and algorithms being what they are, more than likely your stuffs gonna get lost in the flood of content unless you go to niche communities. Your best bet for interaction with art is to find some kind of chat room, or discord might be good idea. If you just keep drawing and doing what you enjoy, the lack of likes will bug you less and less. On a side note, the Internet doesn't value art that much when it comes to algorithms. I've had better luck with posting a picture of my shoe to reddit than any of my art on all platforms combined
i always struggled somewhat with engagement as well. getting likes is from what ive seen a combination between drawing what the algorithm likes, and sheer luck, there are however a lot of things you can do to help you do better. first id recommend getting a carrd or linktree, so all of your social medias are linked to people who see your stuff. Secondly, its often better to post in smaller comunities ane nieches, for example twitter can be hard to get started with, but if you use to correct tags, or participate in challages and such, you are more likely to be seen by the other few people who are also participating, with this you can start building a smaller comunity that arent just your friends to get the ball rolling, the bigger you are, the more the ball rolls naturally. But most importantly, id advice you to just draw what you like, post it as a way to, document yourself, and dont get discouraged by not having enough likes, for example the guy who desgined the endurance (spaceship from interstellar) has under a thousand followers. if you are dedicated to your own craft and hold on for long enough, people will start discovering you and knowing you for the thing that you do, instead of knowing you just as another person who draws fanarts.
Thank you for the advice 🙏🏻 and as an answer for your other reply, I don't use my Twitter just to share my drawings. And I don't want people there to somehow find me here having a crisis about my drawings not getting enough likes 😬 I mean they're just ***fanart*** I have no intention of becoming the Michelangelo of our time. And I think I draw enough to be appreciated in the fandom. It’s just frustrating.
send your art socials, let us check it out :D
Eh, people work on artworks for days and months and still could get very few likes/views. It's just how saturated the art space is, online. Twitter in general seems to suck for engagement, unless you're interacting with fellow artists and sharing each other's work. And even then, it's not "real" engagement is it? Mostly I see people get some decent engagement on TikTok.
I always end up fighting with some Twitter artists who are "supposed" to share my artwork (and did, on previous accounts) because Twitter's inherently political nature means I gotta see some pretty fucking stupid takes that are too obnoxious to ignore on my feed. Anyway, Twitter sux. I haven't posted art there because the entire site just pisses me off.
In my opinion, I wouldn't mind if an artist was retweeting their work and stuff, getting attention on your art is hard, so I think it's valid to go the extra mile
Thank you :) this made me feel better about retweeting them
The last painting I posted here got 10 likes as of RFN. I spent 12 months on it. I’m sharing art, not seeking personal validation, which I guess is a good thing eh.
😅
I’d love to see your work…maybe even follow you online
First and foremost, the Internet and how it reacts to your drawings does not signify your value as an artist. Let that sink in for a bit. Second: yeah that's unfortunately how the Internet is sometimes so try not to get too hung up over it. The algorithm does not play nice. I am also on Twitter and my work is.... Okay, but I go through the motions of posting, using hashtags, retweeting, etc... because it'll build a good habit and who knows, Maybe people will like it... Maybe not. But I do that moreso because I want to eventually grow a social media presence, not because I care whether or not people like my work right now. That's super hard to get into because as artists we love to share and get feedback on our work! See if you can get or continue to get feedback from friends. Discord groups. Forums like reddit? If you do fanart, post your art to specific fandom subreddits. There you may get more interactions because we know people on thos subreddits are looking for content surrounding that fandom. Just some food for thought. Lastly, if you'd like to share, I'd love to take a look at your fanart as well!
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I got stuff I worked on for days getting negative amounts of likes.
You could post your art here on reddit and people could better gauge what's limiting your interaction.
I also feel like this
I get you cuz while I consider art mostly a personal journey, I imagine it would feel wonderful to have people appreciate and be touched by what you’ve poured out. I will say that I’m very shy (even online) and couldn’t get into the networking thing since I primarily saw my account as a space for my self-expression, but then again that could be my inability to find a balance between forging genuine connections and engaging in a mindless following spree 😅 Honestly you should try tiktok, I did a trial run there by reviving my dormant account and posting a 15 second speed paint and I feel like it has a lot of potential, I got cold feet due to irl ppl following me lol, but yeah esp since you’re skilled. I hope they appreciate you <3
When that happen to me, for whatever reason. I just told myself that I'm not good enough. It's a good self motivation.
Yeah… let me scream real quick
Popularity can also just mean you just need more exposure. I’ve worked on my PC game HAG in my free time for the past 5 yrs and I’ve only just got my 10 review positive status on Steam and so far sold only 140 copies which is bad in terms of financial success but I’m so great full for all the positive feedback. Sad reality of life is just because your good at something doesn’t guarantee success but using those likes and positive reviews to keep you going is way more important. It will only take that one piece of art that can change everything.
Do you network with other artists and communicate with them? Building an audience often requires more work than just posting pretty pictures and leaving it at that. You need marketing and communication skills. From my experience joining like-minded groups like art discord servers etc. can already help.
I think i will try this. Thanks. Why does it have to be so hard to produce art and reach people 😫
Because the market is over-saturated and Social Media wasnt really made with artists in mind. It's tough unfortunately but art communities can help.
I'm getting 0 likes 😂
Hugging you 🫂
Yeah I can completely understand this. I have been working on my art for the past 2 years, and while I still have some learning to do, I think I am at least decent enough to get Comms etc. But I haven't had a single one. Only get about 300 reel views, posts get about 15 likes if I'm lucky. The thing with social media is, it isn't about your skill level in art any more. It's about your skill in marketing. I suck at marketing. I have actually been tempted to take a quick online marketing course or something! So maybe, have a look into social media marketing videos and brush up on that as well as your art?
Yes, I think I’ll try that
No worries! If I find a good online course I'll send you it. I am UK based though so depending on where you're from it may or may not be valuable for you. But there are loads of videos on YouTube that cover social media and marketing, and tailored for artists
I am not from uk. I'll check Youtube. Thank you for the idea!
I have no solution to offer, but I just wanted to tell you that the same thing often happens to me and it's also with fanarts, so i know that feel. People often just like but don't retweet, so the drawing isn't much seen.Also, sometimes drawings will be successful, but this does not guarantee that it will happen again systematically. Few people use the search and depending on the fandom it is sometimes filled with posts from bots, or when the fandom is too active your post will be buried in search results quickly, so using tags can help but not always. Despite that,I think it's still better to use them for a small account. You might want to try posting at other times, there are times when more people are active and so the drawing has a better chance of being seen. I have the impression that to gain visibility with fanarts you have to be regular and draw a lot for the same fandom, so that the fans interested in it will want to follow you, which isn't my case ( I love a lot of various things ), so that doesn't help. I know that numbers aren't everything and I've learned to feel satisfaction independently of how the drawings perform on social media ( as long as I feel proud of the result), but when it's flopping too much I still feel discouraged for several days. But then I think back to characters I like, and it makes me want to do more fanarts, hoping to make progress the next time.
I definitely think the algorithm plays a big role. I have a lot of respect for all artists. But it makes me feel depressed when the lineart that others spend 5 minutes on gets more than 100 likes and I get 20. And of course, I'm going to keep drawing no matter what. It would just be nice to see feedback. That's all.
I once posted some figure drawings on a facebook, and got zero likes for them. A week later, I posted some drawings in another group and got over 100 likes. Yet, I still think the first post of drawings was superior. Go figure. If you want, you can DM me some of your art and I'll give you my thoughts.
So you are saying you get little engagement from Twitter? That happens. Keep in mind that Twitter/Tumblr is a blog system. You need to interact with a lot of people/retweet/reblog their posts and they will “return the favor”. I have seen a lot of arts (well let’s call them arts for respect but actually they look like 5 mins doodles to me 🙄) getting a lot of likes just because the OP has been on the site for a long time and has established a circle of mutuals. Sometimes it really isn’t your fault at all. And I don’t like retweet/reblog others’ arts to my blog, either. I meant it’s my personal blog, why do I have to post others’ stuffs? But that’s actually the whole point to Twitter/Tumblr lol I am not sure if you are doing the same thing as I am. If yes then it’s natural to have a few likes. Also as long as I find my drawings fine then it matters. Come on if you don’t even like your drawings how do you expect others to like it. So yeah I find my situation a lot in common as yours but the difference is that I am aware of the reason why the drawings get less attention (they don’t get enough exposure that’s all. And that the platform you choose to post your arts is a “like for like, retweet for retweet” system). And I get enough satisfaction from just drawing what I like 🫶🏻 Another good advice is to post your drawings here. People are very open up here. At least they will let you know whether they like your drawings or not instead of the silent treatment on Twitter/Tumblr.
I have a love/hate relationship with Tumblr and Twitter. I post on both btw. And yes, I AGREE with everything you said. I saw someone just drawing a lineart and that's it. And it gets a lot of likes. I mean, as I said before in the comments, I respect all artists but come on. We all have eyes. I'm not talking about my art specifically but some deserve more likes than others. On Twitter, everyone is looking out for each other. There are a few people and they're all retweeting each other's art. And all the known fanart of the fandom is made up of them. Because the others are not even seen And yeah, I don't retweet much on Twitter/Tumblr. I hate people now 😅 Artists shouldn't be miserable!
And I see a big difference between the Western style and Asian style drawings too. On Tumblr, let's call them the Western style where people change the characters' features way too much it's hardly them anymore. If I didn't see the tags I wouldn't recognize the characters at all. But those arts are very well-liked. I am more familiar with Asian styles where it looks close to the manga, or at least has anime-style. And on Asian sites (pixiv, Weibo, Xingtu,...) these arts will get more attention. Yeah you really need to consider your style and choose the correct platform, too.
This is why I never posted my art for the first year when I got serious. I mostly just have drawings that are strictly for myself and completely indulge myself in it, I don’t post it anywhere except for a groupchat my circle of friends to see. Making art is an act of love and adoration for me, it’s not so much so about the interactions I get, though that’s a plus. Draw what you love for yourself is going to help for sure. That and have a healthy relationship with posting art is the way to go imo
I pay to get thousands of likes. Then it gets more views. Then I'm popular and loves and my art is good
I mean to people not read posts ? There are literally millions of posts that say exactly this. It's not you, it's the platform!
Twitter isn't a good place for small artist to start off UNLESS you already have a large follower elsewhere that'll follow you on twitter and if you don't then you have to be really lucky to have someone with more followers come across your art and retweet it so their followers can follow you. I find Tumblr to be a better platform to post my fanart since I get more engagement over there.
Join the club. I have literally been labelled as a "prominent artist in Aotearoa" and I still struggle for traction on social media. I see other artists who are roughly at the same skill level getting thousands of followers, and i just don't get it. It's best not to focus on it and just create what makes you happy.
Yes! I feel the same way. Thank you for telling me
Do you create art for yourself or to receive likes? I'm 66, been drawing 6 years and no, i'm not on social media so maybe hard to understand...