Post bloggu links.
>>7370965i dont have a blog and i dont draw
>>7370965is the tradeoff of getting 20 follows but also now being a 4chan artist worth it
>>7370973>5 years from now anon is now a world class artist>billions of followers>billions in bank account>billions of women at his door>nothing could ever ruin this>recordscratch.mp3>"uhm actually anon posted on 4chan once so he is a big retard">everyone knows now>le cancelled>anons life falls apart>its over
https://x.com/AlphaVitusWhy not, I already posted my twitter once
>>7370965No, I don't think I will. I post my art here and have shared blogs before, but threads like this are gay
>>7370972>>7370973>>7371003Insanely, unironically, undeniably omegabased.
>>7370965https://twitter.com/Blu_Z0https://www.instagram.com/blu_z0/
>>7370965I have a deviantart, two instagrams, a tumblr, a pixiv, a bluesky, an artstation and a baraag account, but why would I share them here when only the last three mentioned are the ones that are kinda updated? Oh, almost forgot, a fiverr too.
>>7370965I don't even post on social media anymore since i don't seem to reach randoms like before. I used to get like hundreds of likes from hashtags but now they don't even seem to show up for people that follow those hashtags. Anyone knows why this is a thing now?
>>7370980I unironically thinks this might happen
>>7371205i said it because im slightly worried it could happen but im also never getting followers so i think im safe
>>7370965>https://x.com/KarmaColorCat>https://archiveofourown.org/users/karmacolorcatI recently made it to 2k follows with a huge follow spike last draw, so I'm excited to see where things go from here.>>7370973>>7370980The "tradeoff" really depends on your activity on the site and the nature of whoever finds out. If all you do is draw and talk about stuff that isn't "le problematic", there's no reason for the average retard to go after you, whoever does will only do so for the fact you use 4chan at all and that on it's own is too harmless for the average user to care about.>AlsoThere is something about living in fear about your anonymous activity when there's nothing you should be afraid of that rubs me the wrong way. There is a time and a place for everything and talking about 4chan outside of it has it's trickery, but I'm not going to be living afraid of what anyone has to say about me having fun on the site assuming someone ""finds out"". I fear no god, that's why the AO3 link is above, I'm not afraid of you, let alone internet randos that are too ignorant to understand 4chan is nothing but a bunch of basement-dwelling nerds being angry and/or retarded on a regular, rather than the den of neonazi hacker terrorists people for some reason believe it is."He who owes nothing, fears nothing."
>>7370973I know of at least two female artists that lurk and post here. They are well known, pretty, and while 'm pretty sure they saw my work on other sites, messaged me on facebook and twitter after I posted on here.I was surprised that girls posted on here, let alone really pretty ones with talent.
>>7371405>she>girls
>>7371409/pol/ has rotted your brain. Either stay there, or never go back there ever again.
>>7370965I am a virgin doomer (zoomer)https://youtu.be/_tL2oEyX-EU?si=4YxugHbXPWxxjVI9
>>7371421ywnbaw
>>7370973lol
https://x.com/jer_mint
>>7370980>"uhm actually anon posted on 4chan once so he is a big retard"In that case, I'll say it was someone who was larping to be me.https://x.com/ah_odeyalo
>>7371129Part of it is them kneecaping non-paying users but I suspect artists generally have posting patterns that get them flagged by bot detection algorithms and shadowbanned.>Only post images with a few words next to them>Those images are sometimes porn>They have outside links to some platform where you can give them money>either no hashtags or 30 at once>barely @ anyone and when they do it's some account with 10 times more followers who ignores them>IP says they're from some third world jungle but they never interact with other accounts in the same area>Followers are 60-80% confirmed bots too
>oh a social media thread>i'll give aspiring artists a follow>500 followers>2000 followersi don't think you guys need my help
>>7371594To be fair, posting socials isn't always about getting new followers, it's also about letting anons see who they're posting with.
>>7370965https://www.instagram.com/billythomas.art/
>https://x.com/iBaylego>>7371594tsk tsk coward
Hi I'm FlashFirePrime, you can find me on Twitter and Bluesky under that name and HallowedMarmalade on DeviantArt.Consider joining the art server I run (Expires in 7 days): https://discord.gg/dNFdzJmk
I've only posted my socials a few times in the self promo thread but I'm worried that even if I spread it out I shouldn't do it again
>>7371599Good idea.https://x.com/dinglewizardhttps://bsky.app/profile/dinglewizard.bsky.socialI draw porno manga for Comic Mugen Tensei. Don't really care about growing socials or anything (I work with a publisher specifically so I don't need to think about this at all) but maybe anons want to chat or ask questions or whatever.
https://www.youtube.com/@Hey-Its-Jola/https://heyitsjola.newgrounds.com/https://x.com/HeyItsJolahttp://tiktok.com/@future_faithmentioned this in /proj/ but I'm making my own series toohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWxK48KP0IE
>>7371995nigga, you definitely don't need it, but thanks for the good art tho
I mainly draw THICC League of Legends Mommies but other waifus too>Daily posts/NSFW/sometimes SFW Content (Twitter/X):https://twitter.com/GurvirShinda>Daily/Semi-Daily/SFW Content (IG):https://www.instagram.com/gurvirandshinda/>For all my Hentai/NSFW Content (Patreon):https://www.patreon.com/shinda292
>>7371594I agree with >>7371599, one does not post expecting to get follows from this thread, we're just here to share socials and talk about social media in general.
https://x.com/saintsmithers
>>7372141I would agree with you.... But most art fags in general do not have a fun personality to be around with for too long.I am mostly a NSFW artist. I've been here for years and have not formed any meaningful connections with anybody here.I am always the pro active person,I have fans and Rivals. Fans will leave you after awhile, and Rivals will leave you when they make more money than you...Money is also important for motivation. now i have none to continue. Maybe people don't want to support me? but taking people's advice and forming a connection with people is not the way... I am the example.Our time is spent here because of our free-time too. that's another way to think about it.>>7371594Only support the people that support you. or people that show interest in you. it makes life easier.Not saying that i have distain towards larger artists. but it really does seem like that when i see that literally 0% of them are helping out smaller creators.
>>7371593I can confirm this too....best try your luck on reddit if you are a nsfw artist.it's a fighting chance.
https://x.com/NotFuji_>>7370980People who want to hate you don't need a real reason, they'll just make one up. You can get cancelled for existing. So I wouldn't worry about it. It's like getting struck by lightning, happens or it doesn't, but you don't really have much control over it.
>>7372452>nsfw>no friendspyw, you sound retarded anon,mayhe you're just autistic
>>7371108You'd lose nothing by posting the ones you keep updated and it would have been less work than ranting like a dumbass.But I'm the bigger dumbass for (you)ing.
>>7372522>pyw>retarted>autisticYou sound like an awesome person that i want to share my artwork with.go fuck yourself.>>7372519You have cool artwork. I agree, You can't please everybody.Do you mean getting noticed online since you have a lot of followers.not saying that you don't deserve it...but.Don't you question if most of the "followers online are fake"for example. i had a few posts that did well.but not many people commented on them or followed.but a shitty post and "real people" followed me for it.That would explain the "lighting" luck"aspect for me.
>>7372452YTA, and->I would agree with you.... But most art fags in general do not have a fun personality to be around with for too long.True, artists are insufferable one way or another regardless of the craft... but my point (and anon's) is not about making friends/peers here, it's about participating in the general discussing about social media and stuff as opposed to just seek for followers. You don't have to be friends with anyone if you don't click with anyone, anon.>Maybe people don't want to support me? but taking people's advice and forming a connection with people is not the way... I am the example.That's a different point, but I will humor this.Your experience is one that happens to many, attempting to make connections doesn't always work. But here's the thing, it can be possible and it can be extremely beneficial if you know your way around people's hearts. The trick is knowing how, where and who you reach out to. I am one who made extremely great online connections throughout that had led me to important lessons learned, peers made, followers reached and commissions earned. All because I found my way with sincerity, patience and general friendliness. When you're cool, people are cool with you.You are the example of someone who tried and couldn't, and I am the example of someone who tried and could. Two scenario that can happen to anyone who tries to get along people, such is the way of being social.
>>7372605I have a habit of looking through my followers, and I'd say maybe 5-10% are fake max. I think those statistics are highly skewed by extremely large accounts. People with followers in the millions, especially political accounts, have a far higher percentage of bot followers. Middling artists aren't really affected, as much as they like to bitch about it. There isn't really any benefit to expending bot traffic on people that, in the grand scheme of things, are totally inconsequential.But someone deciding to cancel you for something is more like just pure random chance, nothing to do with bot followers. It's just a matter of catching the ire of some mentally ill schizo who makes it their personal mission to destroy you because you made a sarcastic comment about the tv show they're autistically fixated on. People like that like to cluster together, so it can spiral out of control sometimes.
>>7370965Not posting a blog but looking for a blog.The anon who posted these never left a blog but did mention having a NG.
do anons like onions
>>7371995I remember you.Are you Japanese now? aren't you Australian from the doartdaily interview?
>>7372845>Are you Japanese now?Nope>aren't you Australian from the doartdaily interview?Yep, that's me.
>>7372721You have interesting style
SFWhttps://x.com/MoquedamiNSFWhttps://x.com/IMadeUQom
>>7372452>Only support the people that support you. or people that show interest in you.How about only support/follow artists you like? I want to see good and great art I like regardless if the person follows back. The mentality of ‘only support/follow those who support/follow you’ is a bit selfish. If you’re only goal is to gain followers, I suppose you can stick to a hard ‘follow4follow’ strategy but it’s kind of disingenuous on your end and results in followers who don’t really care for or about your work, as well as you following and forcing yourself to ‘like’ and engage with art that isn’t good/you don’t like. >but it really does seem like that when i see that literally 0% of them are helping out smaller creators.It’s strange how some of you think this way. Why would any other artist owe you that? It’s all relative, but plenty of larger artists share works of of artists with muxh smaller followings. Regardless, no one at all owes you this in anyway. Most people understandably want more eyes on their art, so that whatever percentage who actually like their stuff will see it. But this sense of entitlement is a bit shallow, shortsighted, and results in disingenuous engagement, fake interactions, and potentially the prosperity and propagation of mediocre-to-shit art.
>>7371129Yes, they now intentionally hamper reach (even to your followers) to coerce you into paying to ‘promote’ your account and posts, pay to have the platform simply do what they used to do, what people want. Gotta squeeze out every shekel they can through every possible angle.
>>7372895It's uncanny, anon. Why was this made. I wish it wasnt.
>>7372934Your furries are cuter than your humans and i say this as a non furfag
>>7370965https://www.deviantart.com/butteryluzt
>>7375019what do you expect from a guy that you need tor to access his self hosted art
>>7375461what ARE you supposed to expect from something like that?
>>7370965Sure here you go:https://x.com/PaulCamus16I make my own tcg cards and post the arts and other doodles here.Been sketching badly for years alongside uni and work, but it's getting there. At least I can put on paper what I imagine.[spoiler]Tried drawing digitally multiple times, but mouse ain't for me, and setting up a tablet+stylus every time feels like a bore to me.[/spoiler]
>>7370965Twitter: https://x.com/Betadoi1Deviant Art: https://www.deviantart.com/b-doi>>7370973Yes
>>7371593>mfw i've been thinking of doing all of this once i set up my accountit's fucking over before it even began
>>7371593I've been bothering myself blocking bots and AI/NFTs spammers for a while now, I'd have thrice the amount of followers otherwise.Pornbots are awful and their pictures aren't even nice to look at.
>>7377166Holy based, I admire the dedication and
jonskione on IG
>>7378805All analogue? Do you have a favourite kind of pen or are you using mostly classic mechanical pen?>>7378794Thanks ! Got 375 cards done, which are separated in 5 decks.It was the only option I had found at the time to play a game I like with friends without giving a coin to a company I hate. + it allows me to make homebrewed cards so that's cool.
strawcloak on ig
>>7372934ho fuck your handles are impeccable
I mostly post on /trash/>twitterhttps://x.com/adolphe_3oosh?s=21>catbox album of 4chan requestshttps://catbox.moe/c/wr4k2g
@allbeatnik
https://twitter.com/th_blck_knghthttps://bsky.app/profile/th-blck-knght.bsky.social
>>7370973You just have to rely on: "I saw a twitter post recommending posting my account on these sites for follow 4 follow boosts but never used the site outside of that, and don't really know anything about it." Unless you're posting your art everywhere you're fine.
>>7379785gwen cunny uoh
>>7379925>lying this much>over nothingYou guys are cowards, seriously...
>>7379925Why you'd care that much over this ?All that's says here doesn't correlate to your content right?And if people do bother you, then fuck them.
>>7371129Hashtags don’t work anymore. You’d probably get more traction from descriptions or key words.
>>7380265like what? can you give us an example...
>>7378906I use a bic pen, the ones with the clear barrel. I use microns to tighten certain areal that are too small for the bic.
>>7380439Damn! That must be some big sheets your using then. Looks really good
>>7379617Please explain
>>7379785avoid lik the plaguerandomly projects cloutbrain on everyone around him and gets mad if you dont retweet him
>>7381376Unfortunate, but yeah. Allbeatnik has a genuinely charming artstyle for all it's worth, but has the attitude of a massive faggot that repels anyone who is not willing to blindly worship the ground he walks.
>>7381376oh look its the fucking retard that got blocked for spamming the artist's raffles with his shitty OCs
>>7381399the fact you have no idea who i could be says a lot
>>7381414>>7381383>>7381376do you literally have nothing else to do but seethe and talk shit about other artists on /ic/what a sad fucking life
>>7381419do you want an award for being a clueless apathetic retard or something?
>>7381421do you want an award for being a seething bitchy retard or something?
>>7377162child porn prolly
>>7381424if you love him so much go suck his cock on twitter then. im sure you'll make a good attention sacrifice when he inevitable schizos out again.
>>7379785whenever i see this guy's art posted on /ic/ i always see some seething faggot with a bucket load of cum in his mouth sperging about the artist,i wonder why
>>7381419I can multitask drawing and calling your sorry ass out just fine, Allbeatnik, or rather, Maldraw? Malasyan Mike?. More importantly, dont you have anything else to do other than bitching and whining at randos for calling out your petty attitude? You're stuck here with us right now, after all.
>>7381448daddy issues
>>7381449why do you sound like you got an anal plug stuck in your ass
>>7381454Why do you sound like you're projecting, Allbeatnik AKA Malaysian* Mike AKA Maldraw?What made you come back to this board? I was kind of happy to see you, hoping you would behave and not act like last time. Your last attempt of samefagging got deleted, so come on, bro, take a hint and play nice.
>>7381454/ic/ is a tranny friendly board chud
>>7381470because 40% won't make it?
>>7381433well you know what they say, humor is subversion of expectations
Will like and repost art
>>7381449>>7381467what the fuck is this schizo post
>>7381467>>7381449>>7381442>>7381383>>7381376i like how the world is literally ending with russia planning to nuke everyone and the only thing this eternally asshurt faggot cares about is shit talking allbeatnikthis is the closest definition of "living in your head rent free" that i can find on the internet.like holy fuck this faggot literally has nothing else going on in his pathetic life. truly the saddest possible existence.
>>7381617If you're so concerned about the war that's happening somewhere, what are you doing in the funny anime website bitching and whining over people calling your petty attitude out? You should be contributing to the cause instead! It's funny how the world is literally ending with russia planning to nuke everyone and the only thing you can think of is being asshurt about internet randos shitting on you. This is the closest definition of "hoes mad" that I can find on the internet lmao.
>>7370965Here's my twithttps://x.com/MAZE_animationsHere's my bluehttps://bsky.app/profile/mazeanimations.bsky.social>>7370973yes.
>>7381617>the world is literally ending with russia planning to nuke everyoneChrist, how gullible are zoomers?
Plz buy my art tyhttps://t0riiga.carrd.co/
>>7382036What about Baraag? Snickerdoodle would be very popular there.
>>7381644allbeatnik herego fucking kill yourself
bumo
https://x.com/kalidibusI don't post too much these days
>>7370973if you fags are scared of 4chan you don't deserve it, isn't like our site is a braindead hivemind about evil shit like Kiwifags, 4chan is a hub for different hobbies, art, cartoons, toys, even wrestling, and you're scared, go back to plebbit
Bros did I make it?
>>7385418Hey, congrats. Hopefully it's the first W of many, but don't let it go to your head just yet.
>>7372721Qr is unreadable
>>7370965https://www.instagram.com/drawing4justice/First time I am bothering sharing my blog. Nobody knows me on instagram so I am willing to make some frens there,.
>>7386126sorry about that. only tested it with a fruit device and it seemed to work, their algo must be doing something extra7khsum7f6sblnn3ahpp7xs65jf3u75qvxk746i5ob7ztqf4ubeqyudqd.onion
https://x.com/nyanyanekoniiI try to post every day
>>7386209>38 posts>first post in 2022>I try to post every dayMight want to try harder then.
>>7385418Did you draw the scat porn?
>>7387391I only startedusing the acc to actively post since Nov 24 geez
https://www.instagram.com/jacobpaintsthings/
https://bsky.app/profile/tjrcsarts.bsky.socialhttps://www.instagram.com/cartoon_strenght?igsh=aW1hNjhuZ2hiaTJr
>>7370965https://wiecznakreacja.blogspot.com/YOU CAN CHECK OUT MY ARTWORK HERE
>>7370965>Twitter is zombified from /pol/, AI, and openly telling you about AI>Bluesky is zombified because not enough people are bothered by AIWhat is art supposed to do without a viable site to post it on?
>>7388915Nowhere. The public internet is dead.
>>7385418It's joeverI didn't keep momentum going, took 3 days between posting another finished piece rather than just quick sketches that were getting a lot of traction.
>>7390354That's how this works dude. You don't hit duds and then suddenly hit nothing but homeruns. You get one pop-off, then it's back to the usual with maybe a bit higher average interaction. Continuing as you do will gradually create more engagement and you'll sometimes get a homerun. Over time those homeruns will get more frequent, and maybe hit higher highs.
>>7382036are snickerdoodle and lewis dating
>>7390354How often do you need to post so the algorithm might choose you?
>>7390413It's not a case of "the algorithm choosing you". It's a case of drawing something that resonates with people, so they want to show it to other people. Do that.
>>7390415in other words, be a content monkey
>>7390431In other words, make good shit. Be good at what you do and show it to people. You don't need to be a content monkey.
>>7390441no point in making good shit if no one sees it
>>7390453Don't put the cart before the horse. If you just want to be famous go stream yourself harassing people on the street or something. The most reliable way to get attention as an artist is to make good art. Yes, there are outliers, great artists with little following or shit artists with large followings, but generally speaking if you make good stuff consistently then over the years you'll grow a following to match. Make something worth sharing and people generally will.
>>7390453Someone will see it eventually. I was at 80 followers after a month and a half, then one post blew up overnight and I went from 80 to 1500 in less than a week.
>>7390463nsfw?
>>7390453either make some fanart every now and then, or appeal to the chinese... china gave me like 400 likes and i usually get 10.
>>7390431>in other words, be a content monkey.I agree with you, I made every type of content to appeal to these faggot kids online. and they don't share even it.Meanwhile i created an unrelated article on a gaming website gaining 2 followers every day without advertisement.>>7390453I agree with this too. I calculated my averages with my best post + time invested x (3 years drawing) = fuck these assholes. none of them donated to my patreon. the bookmarks also makes me furious too. because it makes me think psychologically that these are potential followers or they're leachers.
>>7390902Also most popular people are just prudes, i think small fuckers should join together and form their own online army.
>>7370965If anyone likes old school yugioh I'm making stupid monsters inspired by it once a weekhttps://www.instagram.com/madawan.insta/
>>7390403nah, they're platonicFor the sake of story I'd rather stay away from romance plotsI don't plan for Snick to ever have a love interest.
>>7392796may i still draw them kissing regardless
>>7392815keksure I guess
guys do you think is ok try bluesky for nsfw shit? i dont know. But if the shit works like lets say instagram, in the aspect that they ban porn but people still post tits and asses even real life persons like your favorite e-thot, then is ok to upload there, same like facebook that of course is sfw but you can easily censor shit and post anyway without much problems. Is bluesky like that? or they are faggots like tumblr?
>>7392861Why don't you just... try? Worst case scenario it turns out to be shit and you just stop bothering.
I draw ocs, if you enjoy shortstacks and size difference too you'll like my art as wellhttps://x.com/one1bucketheadhttps://bsky.app/profile/onebuckethead.bsky.socialhttps://www.instagram.com/onebuckethead/
>>7393526Fuck you I ship them now.Please make more art of these two, they are adorable.
>https://x.com/jetblaccx/mediadrawing whatever, whenever
NSFWhttps://www.patreon.com/BBCchan (You can support me here)https://x.com/BBCChanArt/media (Art Blog)http://www.hentai-foundry.com/user/BBC-Chan/profile (A more curated gallery)https://picarto.tv/BBCchan (Livestreams)SFWhttp://bbc-chan.tumblr.com/ (Curated gallery without explicit content)https://www.youtube.com/@bbcchanart (SFW Timelapse Videos)
>>7394470>that plain underwearLame! make it cuter! More detailed! Way to go with the lace robe, however, such a nice touch.>alsoHi, BBCChan.
>>7394492>Hi, BBCChan.
>>7390403Got bored and drew this
>>7370965hello i do art inspired by araki and i made mostly ocs and stuff, Ive never rt anything and i dont do fanart often, neither do i do anything but post draws. So here ill leave this >https://x.com/AK_M3M0
>>7372452>here for years and have not formed any meaningful connectionsIt heavily depends on what exactly you mean by that.Do you want people you get get along with?Do you want people you can circlejerk on social media and farm clout to get patreonbux?Do you want someone that constantly praises you and makes you feel heckin valid?Do you just want a copy of yourself?If all you seek is cloutfaggotry or "making it" or simply said; self-profit, with the excuse of social contacts, of course you will never form any real worthwhile connection and never find anyone with a real personality. You will only find people that are also only looking for "friends" simply to get ahead in the epic hustlin' grindin' super awesome gettin' dem bags art patreon game.but it really does seem like that when i see that >literally 0% of them are helping out smaller creators.Because it's obvious you're only after them for clout, since that's exactly what they did.Why should i help you out? Just because you want the imaginary numbers i have? As much as you think other people exist only to help YOU out, other people instinctually know that they should not enable you to gain any sort of success.I make a principle out of not sharing anything adjacent to porn or arousing material; because>nsfwfags are all some shade of mentally ill or predator and way more insufferable and low IQ than your regular artist>if you can't make it with anime titties in this porn addicted society then nigga you must suck badIf you want to get mental illness points on social media so bad, just spam your shit on every site and link to your shit and the scrapers, bots, kiddies and porn addicts will eventually like&subscribe.
Dmc tard who is currently writing a dmc 6 fan comichttps://www.instagram.com/majin_rememberance/
https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/4835075
https://x.com/ZKabbit?t=ZM4uwAInoxgQRYQW2zFB9Q&s=09
How do I get started building a following? I gave up the artist life but I figure if I'm gonna draw porn and anime in my spare time anyways I may as well try to get paid for it. Figure if I can get a small following going then maybe I can pivot that into some Patreon income in the next few years. I'm no pro by any stretch but I see an awful lot of mediocre porn drawings on my feed doing some absurd numbers so it's got me somewhat interested again. I don't know if I can be more consistent than these guys but I think I could outclass them with technical skill in a few months at least.So what's the strategy these days? ~2020 it was just draw flavor of the month anime girl with bigger tits, coast with fan art, and "be social" hoping to get noticed by one of the big guys, before twitter hid everyone's likes. I'm really bad at the social part because I'm just not that good at social media in general but I'll kiss some ass if need be. I guess you could pay somebody who already has a good base to repost a few of your things in a DM to get some traction? Get your work out there to more people faster? And of course making reels and tiktoks and shit I guess. Is there any real change to the formula over the past 5 years or so? Am I on the right train of thought here?Sorry to bother you guys with this shit, I just rarely come to /ic/ anymore since I gave up the career artist dream so I'm out of the loop. I was on twitter today and came across @Kamii_momoru and notice he posts the SFW stuff on twitter but locks the porn behind Patreon with a sizeable following on twitter. I can't imagine how much money he's making off of that, but I'm in such a spot where even just 1,000 people giving me $5 a month for some anime tits would change my life. 500 people, even.
>>7397764pyw
First time I'm bothering with self promotion as I think I am finally I am at a level I am not embarrased of my work. >If you want me to follow you back just tell me you're from 4chan and I will do it>I was MIA due personal stuff but finally I'm back.https://allmylinks.com/drawing4justice
>>7397766dubs demand I comply. finished this earlier this year in like March. I know its a polished turd, fucked up skull shape, abs misplaced over belt, elbow fucked, weird lighting, but I think I've improved since this.
>>7397764>How do I get started building a following?By making stuff and posting it online. It's not complicated.>So what's the strategy these days?Social media hasn't stopped being social media. You don't have to kiss ass, that's stupid. Just interact with stuff you like. Hit like. If you really like it, repost it. If you feel like you have something nice say (don't force it), then comment. That's it.People generally check to see who reposts their shit. I personally at least glance at the profile of whoever reposts something of mine. If they make stuff too, I'll click their profile and check out their media tab. If I like what I see, I'll repost back.
>>7397985>By making stuff and posting it online. It's not complicated.It seems like it is though, to be fair. So many other resources talking about being a slave to the algorithm and such. Even before I left /ic/ a few years ago the meta was 1) know how to draw well (optional if you have a niche fandom or fetish) and 2) post a lot and eventually you'd land something. But those days seem long gone according to the stuff I've been reading since my first post.
>>7398022Then the things you've been reading are wack. You can absolutely still do fine just making and posting stuff with reasonable frequency.
>>7397764I don't know whether you're right or wrong at this point. I'm int and my art has appeal but I just can't get the attention of the algorithm. Try to post consistently and interact with people when you can. It's hard for me too, but I'm trying to leave around little comments here and there. Sometimes you'll have to chase a trend or two, it's okay. At this point I just want eyes on my work but the less fanart you actually draw the worse it is.
>>7398298PYW. It's kind of hard to take at face value that your work has appeal, that can mean a lot of things.
>>7398300I'm >>7393526 but to be honest the amount of non colored images and voids doesn't help me either
>>7398331Yeah, bare lineart is not exactly eyecatching. But I don't know if it's really what I would call 'appealing' either. And don't take that as an insult, just an observation. The comics are cute, but they really feel like they're missing a punchline. Like, these feel like the extra little gag comics in the back of a manga, but they're missing the entire rest of the manga that gives them context. I don't know who any of these characters are, or why I should care. And apart from the big guy, their designs aren't really memorable enough to stand on their own.
>>739833190% of what you post is weird meme doodles dude. What is anybody supposed to be getting out of this?If you can draw appealing art then you're not applying that skill to anything I can see on these profiles.
>>7398331>that bio>porn>cancer memesAll that together points out you're either not over the legal age, mentally immature or just a clout goblin.I'd stay the fuck away from you.
>>7398348>>7398358>Like, these feel like the extra little gag comics in the back of a manga, but they're missing the entire rest of the manga that gives them context.>If you can draw appealing art then you're not applying that skill to anything I can see on these profiles.Yeah, I think that's just the way I decided to do things for some reason, but even the little comics at the back of a manga or memes are for the fans who are already there to read every new issue once it comes out. What's causing me problems is near exclusively posting them when there's no actual substance or story that is shown often enough to get attached to. It'd be good for me overall to invert that ratio of substance to memes and to prove that I can make something appealing. So really, thanks for the advice.
>>7398389Just make some nice finished drawings man. You're overcomplicating things.If you want to make a comic or something then do that. Just keep things simple. Draw something finished and post it. Finish another drawing and post it. Finish another drawing and post it. Keep finishing drawings and posting them.Not to say you can't doodle, but consider what people are following you for. Are they there to see some random garbage you shat out or something you put thought and effort into? If you want to be somebody who just posts funny meme drawings then work on your humor and work on making things more sharable ((ie. stop basing all the humor around characters nobody knows), if you want to be somebody who makes cool drawings then focus on making cool drawings and keep the memes to a minority of your activity.
>>7397789Have you considered drawing better?
>>7393526>>7398331You are suffering from the same shit I'm suffering from. "Too much shit that people don't care about"But you are wrestling with a dying platform riddled with bots.If a post doesn't reach over 100 retweets it's best to just move on and blame the audiencetrust me i know...
>>7398298I would be in it for the fan art anyways honestly. I knew a long time ago that OC stuff doesn't do nearly as well as fan art because normies don't care about OCs unless the artist has been shilling it for a while, like how Artgerm has his OC in the red armor. People only care about his OC because he's Artgerm but his marker fan art drawings and classes carry him. But even doing fan art it seems like a toss up. People with practically zero effort get picked up somehow and carried to like 10k followers but then people who draw very well, objectively or comparably, seem to struggle to hit quad or even triple digits. >>7398466Give me a break, I already said I've been grinding, that piece is almost a year old, and I said I plan to keep grinding for a few more months at least. I'm trying to get better before I seek the reward which is more than a lot of /ic/ can say, but it's never too early to ask questions and draft a roadmap.>>7398709I think this is how I'm going to pivot. Just put all my chips on anime girls and throw everything else to the wind. I like drawing other stuff too like FGC characters, classic anime bullshit like Bebop, Dragon Ball and Yu Yu Hakusho, but you just can't compete with anime girls, SFW or not.
>>7394492>Lame! make it cuter! More detailed!Trueee this^
I'm not active anywhere social media wise but i have a portfolio https://yenaportfolio.carrd.co/
>>7398709>picrel>all that textLmao, hit my profile next.
Mostly draw varietyWill disappear for months at a time every so often.https://x.com/AspirantPill
>>7371516cute terrible toes on the left footI like it tho
>>7398709>autist goes full on autismlove to see thatplease do someone else
>>7398709I'm the soijak on the right
>>7394849Don't spit in my face,... i spit back. !Have you've been living under a rock? Everybody draws smut and has a subscription model. The world is created through sex.I wanted immediate results and i didn't get them, so go ahead and say that i suck. like i care what you say.I've actually met some cool people before making that post.I would like save some money to pay for my electric bill and internet bill. I quit drawing nsfw when people quit supporting. later receive praise for my previous work. Inform them that not enough people supported it."hur de her duh, i like to eat her asshole"-ignore them.It's not us that're the problem, people that put time and effort into something... it's the internet as a whole. There's like literal shit being shared that you can't even comprehend.Look at it! look at it!https://x.com/storydelight/status/1865441469277864356/photo/1https://x.com/storydelight/status/1861606002467975391/photo/1look at that, she eats the snake. omg omg, i'm a retard i have to share! oh i jizzed in my pants. duh"https://x.com/Ziliock1/status/1864707889580868059
I like to draw cars and anime girls https://x.com/irv_V12
>>7372895what a fucking second are you that dA anon with the mossy artstyle from 2018?, the same one who drew that renamon siting on the edge of a bed piace?
>>7399197found the art i was talking about
https://x.com/JustinSadurjustinsadur.bsky.socialhttps://www.deviantart.com/benjamin-the-foxhttps://www.artstation.com/justinsadur
>>7390354Bros does this mean I made it?
>>7400123are you panpizza that you care that much about some mid porn animator
>>7400169Is panpizza some retarded zoomer slang?
>>7400123PYW! Cool, I don't care!
>>7399177These are great, I wanna dm you anon, please open your dms. I'm not gonna commission you, so don't get to exited
>>7400190>zoomer slang?you just outed yourself as one
>>7400123I'll play your game. This is you. Drawing midget porn with chocolate covered penis things. Only women care about numbers and and boy penis. Recent growth in number. New account with nobody to share info with. Comes here to focus test. Compared with Social blade.>>7400169>>7400190Lol. Youtubers. Jake's booty call was funny.
>>7400264Not him but I'm not a zoomer and I've never heard of this person. Not everyone has experienced everything you have.
>>7400264I'm 31 years old. who the fuck is panpizza?
>>7400123>>7400267This person posts here too. Nothing was gained from my research.>>7380567
how do you get followers on a page
>>7400436Post on it
>>7400438i do i just get like 4 views and no follows
>>7400439Keep posting on itInclude words that describe it
>>7400264What is this?
>>7400439is your art good?
>>7400439If you post enough and consistently for 3 years, you'll get 500 followers like me.
I'm just starting trying to get myself out there. I am not good or anything, but finally don't feel embarassed sharing my stuff. Any advice to how to start?this one is mine: >>7397779
>>7400539There's no need to feel embarrassed. I'm proud of you. You should draw something more than just anime girl and white background. draw something that you believe in personally. even if it's small, it will help motivate you in the long run.
>>7400553shut the fuck up bitch don't tell me what to draw
>>7400553First thank you kindly anon. Means a lot to me you told me this. Second this asshole who insulted you is not me. >>7400562He just jumped in trying to insult you in my name. Sorry you had to deal with that.>>7400562Dude if you are going to insult others have the balls to do it in your name instead of trying to pretend you are someone else.
>>7400436Things you can try:Post regularly. Even like once a month is regular enough if your work is okInteract with post. Like comments, respond when you can.Either draw fanart, draw something niche, interact with a community related to what you like to draw or socialize and market yourself in general wherever you can . ultimately You want to give people a reason to check out your page. If you just post to the void and expect growth… its not impossible, it's just unlikely.if all else fails just try to focus on drawing what you like and usually it will peak someone's interest eventually.
>>7400603post follow count
>>7400239ok
Bluesky related question: My account mostly do NSFW and SFW art (with a bigger emphasis on the former)If I intend to do (sfw) non-art stuff, do I bother making a second account for it or do I just use my main account for everything?
>>7400436>>7397764I think you guys may want to give this thread a look >>7393009. Anons and I discussed about how to get a good footing on the social media rat race. It's a lengthy read but it's worth analyzing.Alternatively you can read the two Warosu links shared in that same discussion: https://warosu.org/ic/thread/6888999#p6889114https://warosu.org/ic/thread/7340289#p7341316
>>7398298I don’t understand people who draw OCs purely for the sake of getting attention, it’s like you have no love for your own characters when you complain no one is looking your way. If you really wanted to draw for the sake of being an attentionwhore then just draw fanart for shit you don’t even watch/play and fotm
>>7400663This one’s mine: >>7398784NSFW stuff got around 14konly have a couple hundred across my sfw pages (X & DA) which is more realistic given my skill lvl,
>>73709734chan artist is a badge of honor
>>7400880fotm is a terrible way to build a following unless it coincides with the type of thing you normally draw. It might be decent purely for follower count, but for actual engagement with posts and turning your following into a means of monetization it's worthless since people will only follow you for that fotm thing you drew. Just look at the guy that started the brazilian miku, his follow count exploded and nearly half a billion people saw his post, but his current drawings don't have any better engagement than they did before.
>>7401142fotm is a terrible way to build a follo-Anon, that was not the discussion I was pointing you towards, in fact, most of us already agreed with the point you just made lmao.I thought it was self explanatory but really should have pointed the relevant replies (I tried, blame the spam filter). The discussion I mentioned was not OP's specifically, but the one that broke just a few replies below. Start from here:>>7393021>>7393759>>7393866>>7393894
For as much you dickheads shit on “relatable” webcomics and “wow look how relatable amd quirky I am” maybe you should stop and think for a second why they always gain traction while your white void monochrome still-life OC drawings with no sex appeal get no numbers
>>7370965hello. i draw porn sometimeshttps://x.com/GZehrro?t=F4vn08QWbv6tKnZ73v3TqQ&s=08
>>7370965Here is mine, just start my comic book. take a looksee https://www.artstation.com/weaponcross3
>>7379455Comfy
https://x.com/_NoConcession_
>>7370965https://cara.app/recfhttps://www.instagram.com/r_e_c_f
https://cara.app/bobgravesI like drawing fantasy stuff.
I draw loli and many of my twitter follower have tranny flags or are painfully left wingedWhat would happen if I tell them I post in 4chan?
>>7400603Not him but I try to do all that yet I still barely get any likes(I'm still grateful to people who like and repost my shit).
>>7406497theres a lot of lolicons in lefty spaces, just mind your own business and drop your powerlevel when it necessitates.t. bunch of lefty friends who know im a chud but dont care because i dont act like an annoying faggot.youll be amazed how few people actually care about slurs too, but warm them up so they like you first
>all these cara blogs>right next after instagramlol you went to cara because muh AI ban...then still posts in instagram which like threads and facebook under meta still instantly uploads everything to their AI model anyways lmao
>>7400870Idk
>>7406501>I try to do all that yet I still barely get any likesI mean I've been there. why it’s best to focus on what you enjoy. even if it doesn’t do well, it keeps you motivated. not sure what else to recommend as this stuff worked for me.could be a reach issue, could just be your not getting lucky with engagement at all.Either way you shouldn’t let it bother you too much. especially if it’s out of your control. just keep drawing. if it would help take a step back and reevaluate what you're doing, maybe you find something you could do differently.
>>7407001Yea I guess so, thanks.
https://bsky.app/profile/cucooart.bsky.socialI draw gacha girls.
I draw furries.https://bsky.app/profile/bristlebunnyart.bsky.socialAlternatively: https://www.furaffinity.net/user/bristlebunnyarthttps://inkbunny.net/BristleBunnyArt
>>7406497>I draw loli and many of my twitter follower have tranny flagswhy is that surprising? That's the vast majority of loli shitters. Why else you think lolifags have huge victim complexes? Also do what >>7406730 said, as long you aren't an annoying faggot, you should be good.
>>7407475Aw crap, you have the rendering style that I strive for! Can I ask you a few things about it? I was going to reach out on BS but I cant find an option for DMing.
>>7407500Sure bro, go ahead - what do you have a problem with? Maybe this timelapse will help you as well?
>>7407500>I was going to reach out on BS but I cant find an option for DMing.It's under the "chat" button
>>7370965https://x.com/gooddraws?t=8KUsw4bGRDbbT2rm9YXkKQ&s=09
>fox of pissno thank you
>>7370980just say that it's a LARP
Abstractabsolute.com
>>7401102i consider an anon on /ic/ to be a peer, a contemporary, their comment carries much more weight than normalfag pleb filth. not everything, but something relatively
>>7409869that only applies when they aren't some spastic autist(the vast majority of the fags here).
>>7409893even if /ic/ consists of 98% retards, those are still infinitely better odds than 120% retards that the average social media site is filled with, watching youtube vids of 2025 SIMPSONS PREDICTIONS with AI thumbnails, koreans react to bbq sauces, tiktok walmart cocomelon fecal matter cultural terrorism
What character should I draw to get more engagement? I'm a very small artist.
>>7410227Fan art engagement is hollow and fleeting, draw your own stuff and die with integrity like a man
Here is My shit>pic leratedhttps://x.com/Jerichosketch?t=K8khH0Yf29y1RFGDq47ZkA&s=09https://bsky.app/profile/jerichosketch.bsky.socialhttps://cara.app/jerichosketch
https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/71016689
>>7409893I know this is bait but has anyone else noticed that nobody who says this shit ever posts their work? The mental gymnastics it takes to never draw but see yourself as superior to 98% of people on this board is just incredible.
>>7371405>two female artistsif they are cis they are painfully naive to reveal their sex here if they are trans they need to get better standards when it comes to online attention
>>7371405jacefag you need to be OUT OF HERE
>>7410227Tifa, Aerith, Princess Peach, Zelda, pokemon ladies, Pyra, Mythra, 2B, Street Fighter ladies. They should be fighting/wrestling for max engagement.
>>7410770>csiWhat the fuck does that mean?Are the detectives or what?
>>7410883>cisprogressive word referring to somebody who isn't transgender
>>7410891So, normal people?
>>7410895Not necessarily normal person, no, but somebody who identifies as the gender they were born as.
>>7410913>not necessarily normal, but somebody who does something normal
>>7410632thanks for proving my point.
>>7410632>i know its bait>if they dont post work they never draw>they see themselves as superiorman and you niggas keep wondering why no one wants to be involved with your spastic asses?Wait, but the actual twist is that you're actually baiting me because i replied with more than a snarky reply and you epic trolled me.Damn, why do you guys have no friends? You should be swimming in them.
>>7411261Yes, does one thing normally. They could still be some mentally ill freak. That is what I'm trying to say.
https://x.com/VTCrichttps://cricvt.newgrounds.com/
>>7410632I used to post my work here. But I don't anymore because nobody resonates with me here. You all are Russians or Ukrainians or something. And lot's of you guys are into some weird furry shit like sexualizing Simba from the Lion King with futanari. Whenever I'd post my work I'd get the general feeling that people didn't genuinely liked my work and only wanted free content. When I'd see constant likes from somebody that draws midget porn, i get the inkling that they don't like my porn. Long story short... don't be a "like" fag, be a "repost" fag.
>draw studies most of the time>no traffic at all, barely a few likes>draw a meme pic once (was a request for /v/)>10k likes and lots of comments >draw another meme image the very next day>no traffic at allIs Twitter algorithm based on luck?How do I blow up in traffic if I want people to follow me more on my blogs and Patreon?
>>7414014>draw studies most of the time
>>7414021I mean yeah I try to post daily by making studies, sometimes I make fan art
>>7414083Dailies mean nothing if it's not anything anyone wants to see. Homework isn't interesting.
>>7414100Should I opt for more fan art or more meme images?
>>7414113You opt for things people want to look at. Can't be that reductive.
>>7414192Well my mind might be a bit interlaced right now, so sorry for the dumb question butWhat do people want to see then?
>>7414261>>7414113Draw what you want to draw.
>>7414261Original anon, I leave that as an exercise for the viewer. Theres a lot of audiences, they all like different things. Part of being an artist is learning to read the room.
Reposting this here because I posted in a wrong thread.I made a Patreon art as a experiment and I got 3 followers, which is a good start My next year's resolution is to increase it so I can half live from it and get a better place to live (rent in the city is expensive)Any ideas of what can I do to improve my pages? Here's the linkhttps://www.patreon.com/c/103anonhttps://x.com/103anon
-post work upon joining or kick-lurkers kicked-semi-active vc-criticism for all effort posts-no begs>https://discord.gg/Ba3YDuJCzTsmiles
>>7416341no
>>7370965https://x.com/_Papilon_?t=BgbPLasxEk2Bpi3qc3ZwXA&s=09i do pixelart, but i dont have any followers
>>7416342it is time to reconsider fren..
>>7416341Nigga, that weird pink image doesn't inspire confidence. You're a zoomer with no sense of appeal. Expand your brain and show off your real passion for art. Or evolve mald and seethe into a beautiful little butterfly.
>>7416385Oldfags have lost the plot. You WILL bite the weird pink bait and you WILL join. Feed the starving artists with your malding radiance.
>>7416385>he doesn't know
https://www.pixiv.net/users/90939813 https://twitter.com/nemojona https://www.instagram.com/nemojona91/Wish you a nice 2025, anon...
>>7416409what?you discord group sounds more like something else rather than an art group
>>7370965>facebook>instagramkekaroo
I started a comic based on instinct than planning. Panel to panel https://x.com/DerekLeStrange?t=24Qi-SWcVF5TcaXDkn41hA&s=09
>>7418321is there anything that won't use my art for AI? Cara sucks a dick
With Twitter TOS changing a few months ago to tell us that they own anything we post and it is 100% going to be food for their ai bullshit, is it even worth it to post there anymore as a newcomer? Seems pretty loaded to me, but its a terrible spot to be in considering its the only platform with a large audience where you can casually post NSFW. I know shit like Pixiv is out there but the growth ceiling doesn't seem anywhere near the same, especially if you're not Japanese. I'm not trying to become the next Sakimichan, I just want to be able to post "commissions open" and make a quick buck every few weeks to help with my bills, but I just hate ai so much so I'm struggling to accept the new order of art Twitter as a whole. I know I'm a huge faggot for still being hung up on this but I can't help it. I've tried to shake it but I just can't. Any bigger artists lurking, how do you cope? Do you just deal with it and post on Twitter anyway, accepting the trade off of ai food vs high engagement? I guess you don't have a choice since being big automatically means there are people feeding your art into the machine either way. idk man. Seems so fucked up and I just don't like it.
>>7420038i am not a bigger artist but i feel pretty much the same way. pixiv is literally the only good site anymore
>>7420038You aren't escaping the AI regardless of where you post. It’s already been demonstrated that scraping doesn't respect robots.txt. Posting in places like Cara is just a placebo solution. I hate to say it, but you, me, and everyone else are just way too small to have an actual say here. Worry about it if you want, but it’s not something you can change, it’s just bad for your anxiety.
I dunno about anyone else but I'm not even worried about AI scraping my stuff so much as things I post not even getting noticed because there's so much actual spam that anything I upload gets lost in a sea of pure shit
>>7420118Humans make shit too, that's why we all stopped using DeviantArt.
>>7371995How the heck did you get so good?As a lad with 0 experience, any direction?
>>7420238>How the heck did you get so good?Time, volume of work and effort applied to both. I've drawn over a thousand comic pages alone in the past 10 years, and every single time I was trying to make my best page yet. I didn't study, I just kept making new stuff. Maybe I could have gotten better faster if I had studied, but it's not like I can start over to find out.>As a lad with 0 experience, any direction?Priority #1 should be to make the things you want to make. Yes, with your current skill level. When it's something you care about making, you're invested in making it well. You'll want to genuinely try your best. So do that. Try your best to make the drawings, then move on to the next one. Don't linger too much on any one drawing. When it doesn't turn out well, and it won't, move on to the next one and analyze it later. Improvement is gradual and you're probably not going to make major improvements from one drawing to the next no matter how much you try to. So try to make the best thing you can at the time, but keep in mind that improvement happens gradually and is measured over years. That's how I got to where I am now.
>>7420330Thank you for the wise words. I'll do my best to not let fear stop me from trying even if I have no technique or haven't studied. Drawing should be fun, even if it turns out terribly, I want to draw what I want.
>>7420332That's the ticket!
>>7420330not him, but how did you get into the industry working as a pro on doujins? I also want to make manga but I would assume that, unless you self-publish for a while, it's equally as hard to get picked up for doujin as it would be to get accepted into Shonen Jump. I assume you're using Clip Studio, yes? I want to make manga but I need to start with basics so I was thinking that making a few doujin one-shot manga would be great practice for both, considering how easy it is to fuck up a sex scene. Your works and angles are very good for self-taught. The faces in your pinned tweet are very nice and do a good job of expressing the cock worship vibe, as seen in the full page (I assume that's what's going on, I can't read Japanese lol).Also, can you kind of dive into how you use screen tones? I want to incorporate them into my manga because my test runs look very flat with only black and white but I find screen tones difficult to wrap my head around. I know its just coloring-without-color to an extent but its still a mess.
>>7420038Actually...Ai is just a convenient excuse for me to not post my best work online.People used to give me positive feedback back when I started as a nsfw artist back in 2020. People can generate their own drawings so now I'm obsolete.I desperately needed the reality check. I was getting too obsessive with gaining followers without making anything in return. Now I'm playing videogames and trying to learn to get passionate about art that I care about. I'm slowly healing moving forward.It seemed like alot of prominent 4chan artists engaged with my posts back when I was shitty compared to now.There's only a around 10 highly successful AI accounts like lucyla. I believe that AI is a detriment to itself. In the next year. It will completely saturate every website that finding a human will be near impossible. I believe that many casuals will quit the major websites all together like I have. Maybe build a strong relationship with a small group of dedicated friends in you want commissions. I'm considering setting up my art shop in old school runescape. Here I come!Every website is in a decline if they offer discounts and blue sticker shit. FYI.If you aren't making over 700 a month. You cannot survive from commissions alone. You need over 2000 a month to be successful.Consider doing things that you actually enjoy. And try to have fun. Don't be afraid to post shitty drawings too if you want.If you aren't drawing dragon fart porn. You should encounter generally nice people online. If I started over... I would have advertised my patreon more. Too many people are just stupid and will congratulate you a cropped or mosaic censored image. You really have to guide people because they won't read your cover banner.Did this answer your questions?
>>7420518>not him, but how did you get into the industry working as a pro on doujins?I just applied. The publisher has a website with an open submission portal, so I sent in a manga I drew and they got in contact with the details I provided.>I also want to make manga but I would assume that, unless you self-publish for a while, it's equally as hard to get picked up for doujin as it would be to get accepted into Shonen Jump.Well, if you haven't made manga before then yeah you're probably going to have serious problems making anything that a publisher would want to publish. You need experience actually making stuff.I would say it's a lot easier to get published in this magazine than in Jump though. I think it's wise to start small and build up, so rather than try to get into the biggest, most mainstream magazine right away I started somewhere I actually have a reasonable chance of getting into. I'll build from here... Or maybe not. This is honestly a much more sustainable job than a mainstream serialization -- it just comes at the cost of not being able to draw some of the stories that I want to make.I assume you're using Clip Studio, yes? I want to make manga but I need to start with basics so I was thinking that making a few doujin one-shot manga would be great practice for both, considering how easy it is to fuck up a sex scene.Yes, I use CSP, and yes you should probably actually make some manga if you want to make manga professionally. If you're just starting, I guarantee it's going to take more than just a few. It's a long road ahead of you.>Also, can you kind of dive into how you use screen tones?In terms of actually applying them, pic related is how I do regular tones. There are non-generic tones that I use a lot, but they're just a case of slapping them onto the canvas and masking them.Screentones are just values. If you can get values right then you can get screentones right, and if you can't then your screentones won't work either.
>>7420574I appreciate this huge breakdown and all of this insight, thank you. I had no idea adding screen tones was so easy, I'd always been adding them manually through the brush portal thing. I need to get better at my values anyways so this is going to be very helpful in a lot of ways. I've made a few manga in the past but it's all been Shonen style and quite crude since it was before I studied any anatomy at all, so I'm not a complete and total beginner on paper, I do understand how a story needs to flow. Understanding and doing are obviously two different beasts though of course.
>>7420573yep, ai slop accounts are getting more popular. posting decent/"high" quality art everyday gets people to follow you. Worse part those accounts are even accepting commissions and people even sub to those account on patreon. Honestly, if you didn't start and build a community a 5-10 years ago, you're kinda fucked. Hell I'm even seeing some new art on twitter that would use ai and edit it to make it look like they fully drawn it.
>>7421087
>>7421087>posting decent/"high" quality art everyday gets people to follow youThat's not true and I'm not even talking about myself. I often see lots of good artists with barely any followers.
>>7421154how often do they post? if they post between 3-4 times a week, that's not enough. these accounts post 1-3 images a DAY.
>>7420573>>7420573>If you aren't making over 700 a month. You cannot survive from commissions alone. You need over 2000 a month to be successful.I think you misunderstood what I was saying. I'm not trying to survive off of just commissions, I'm not that foolish. But I do want to be able to just have some side income when I post about having slots open. Like I said, I'm not trying to be the new Sakimichan, I just want some supplemental quick cash when I advertise for it.
I have a bluesky now too because I hate elon's ai push. Follow me there too. I will follow you back if you are from 4chan:https://bsky.app/profile/drawing4justice.bsky.social
Speaking of AI and social media; in the comings months meta is going to roll out AI generated users and it will not be long for other major platforms to follow suit, even though they're already infested by bots.Real people will be completely outnumbered and pushed out.So what is really the point of using these platforms if the goal of reaching a real audience will be practically impossible?But ironic that the AIjeets were gloating about making artists obsolete and in the end they will only be surrounded by bots.
>>7370965https://x.com/spacehopper64
>>7370965https://x.com/slopsama
>>7386146Can I get some social media advice guys? This one is mine. First time I am bothering with making a name of myself.
>>7386146>>7424650I think big part of why you're unpopular is because your art kinda sucks.It wouldn't matter that much if you were doing comics or some kind of commentary, but if you're gonna draw just generic, safe for work, anime waifus in white void, then you should step up your game.
>>7424650I think it's cute, just keep practicing, but also draw some different themes, like girl with a gun, or girl having sex, not guarantee it'll help you with gaining followers. i don't gain followers anymore. the internet has not fully healed yet.
>>7424773>>7425488Lmao "safe work" you genuinely made me chuckle" you are right NGL. I see I need to draw them doing interesting things instead of just beauty shits in a void. Thanks for the advice anons. Will work on it
