I have a general question for artists here. I'm sure some of you are wildly sucessful in the online space and others are permabegs.I draw nsfw art, it's all I want to draw because I like tits, ass, and degenerate bullshit. I don't care about making something beautiful, I just want to evoke the most horny wild emotion that comes with art. I guess that's considered art since it evokes an emotional response.That all said, I post on social media and only have 1000 followers. Meanwhile, forums and other popular social accounts take my art, post it and it gets like 100k views and 30,000 likes.I NEVER get any people following my account because of this. what GIVES? I've been mostly a lurker here for YEARS to craft my skill. I almost never post here because I'm afraid of most of you and the big meany pants attitudes that come with it.I mean, I get hopeless, do people even want to see human-made art? or is it just look at it as if it's mass produced and move on to other shit and never follow the original artist. Shit makes me sad bros. is part of becoming a social media artist developing a fake-ass personality so people follow you like spaz?
>>7850188if you genuinly want help, youre going to have to post your art atleast. Impossible to help with 0 context. Or you can just keep being hardstuck. GG
>>7850188Extend the canvas at the bottom or top and put your social media account information there, in a VERY easy-to-read format. Don't make it obnoxiously large or big, but make it easy for people to find you if they care enough.Some morons will bitch that it's easy to crop out, but almost nobody is going to bother doing that because it takes more work than simply saving it and reuploading it.You can also comment on the places where it gets shared. Just be appreciative.>Hey thank you guys so much for enjoying my work! There's more of it on my gallery, I'm @anonfuckface on Shitpoopsite!Types of things like that.Reposters are not your enemy, reposters are free advertising. Leverage it, the autists who obsessively share your work are your greatest allies. Hell, share your own work on places like boorus and e-hentai, it helps archivists and spreads goodwill. If you have a paywalled site, leak it yourself to kemono. You want reach? Then become a mind virus.
Put a signature on your drawings.
>>7850237This Also check the boorus for your work. Often times they'll have a source to the original file which you can correct by sending a message to mods who will update it. Also if you post across a variety of social media you'll work will get more coverage. I'm in a similar situation to you anon, where my work gets posted around but I don't see a lot of numbers from it. I did see an increase in comms tho, so I think people are aware of where to look for me, even if the version of the work they find is a repost.
>>7850237Make sure it's LEGIBLE. Use a CC0 or otherwise free-for-commerical-use font, don't fucking handwrite it for fucks sake, don't make it blend into a dark mottled corner. If people can't tell if you wrote a 9 or a g they will not put the effort into finding you, if people can't see the signature at a glance they won't notice it.But don't slap a giant watermark, that's annoying, nobody likes that, and it makes people less likely to spread it via their PFP or memes or whatnot.
>>7850188Yes, people just want mass produced art.
>>7850495Nobody pays for mass produced art. They pay individuals who make things that vibe with them.What you may believe is people paying for mass produced art is actually people paying for social experiences that have mass produced art as window dressing. It's just 1 element of life among many.
>>7850188start by stopping being a nigger
>>7850351> Use a CC0 or otherwise free-for-commerical-use font, don't fucking handwrite it for fucks sakeWhat if I have nice handwriting thats legible?
>>7850188You're a victim of your own passion, and the success of that passion. People are addicted to porn and horny shit yes, but that same addiction crushes any morals and "fair game" that you expect to be worthy of. People want to collect this shit in the most efficient and safe way, so they will go to that "hub" page that provides a curated selection of ALL the variety of hot coom, including yours. That same crowd that loves your work, will steam roll you without a single care. You're just one more on the list of their treasure hunt.NSFW business ground is too unfair, you just can't win, you can try to create some sort of "joint venture" with other artists, creating your own Hub page to publish works from the artists associated to that project and taking down the page posting your work, Still, that page will keep posting other people's work non-stop, while you limit your offer to the artists who joined the "Official Page", aside from internal discussions, money that doesn't come up, and the ultimately extinction of the Project. The faggot posting all of your works will keep going because he's making enough miserable money just for him. This Capitalism is broken and sucks, and it is a rigged system for rats and scammers like that. Nuff said.That's why, SFW at least give you something more than a fair chance to make a living. In a broken system like this you can't risk to live under the shadow ban of the banking system. You need clear and open access to any stream of money you can get, and even so, it won't be enough for you to have a life with a family, unless you are super lucky and incredibly talented. SFW, at least give you a chance, NSFW is a seemingly alluring path to slow starvation and a certain dead end, just like drugs.You don't live on drugs, you just enjoy them as a pass time.
>>7850188As others said, make sure to sign your work, and it'd probably be good to put your @ in the works as well - the advice about correcting booru collections was also good, I think.>do people even want to see human-made art?Yes. People want human art in the same way they want human authors or human musicians behind the other arts they like.I'm honestly very dubious about those who espouse their love for AI media, and whether they had a connection to that media before AI came along - I somehow doubt you liked music, or art, or books, all that much if you were so happy for the authors of these work being replaced, especially given how dedicated actual fans usually become to their favourite creators. These people are probably just posers, pretending to be fans of such work, when what they really like is AI, and nothing more.
>>7850188I'll tell you something.I went to Japan once. I bought four doujins and a volume of comic LO. I spent roughly twenty dollars or however on contentious pornography.Guess how many artists I follow on social media. That's right. Zero. When I'm not in Japan, the art I care about is only available to me on pirate sites. Following an artist on social media is the opposite of looking at their work.
>>7850188Just.. put a siggy in there
So many replies. OP nowhere to be seen. Hopefully he got eaten by wolves.
>>7850188Social media algorithms either hate or love you for NSFW art, there's very little in-between. If it looks like it prefers to keep your art lowkey, you are better off starting a new account with a different approach than trying top beat the dead horse.
