Unsure how to even start out as a artist online ?
Dec 17, 2017 7:45:14 GMT -5
Post by BattleKorbi on Dec 17, 2017 7:45:14 GMT -5
Thing is, I have been drawing and writing shit for a long time, making fan-content or original content, I've been doing it all. I can call myself an artist and not doubt myself when saying that.
However, I want to expand. I want people who aren't my friends and family to see my crap. There had been several people who had seen my shitworks. Half of them say they are undoubtedly awesome, and then there are people who say I should work on this or that. But I never expanded enough to have people checking out my crap on a regular instance. I never had a "follower" who awaited my content with patience, and wanted to check out my progress. So far people looked only when I nudged them to look. And that isn't really jam. I kinda want to be popular enough to have a small fanbase/fandom, to have people discussing my stuff, instead of just looking at giving me a thumbs up. I know I ask a lot, but heck it all if I did not work and practice to be as such.
Thing is, I don't really know. It isn't like my confidence is at stake. It isn't like I want to nudge all strangers on the internet to check out my shit. If you guys went overboard and became my fans just because I asked you, I would feel like a massive dick. I just wanna start somewhere, like all those webcomic artists and young novelists. Somehow all of these people posted content and then fire catched on and boom they got fandoms. Example: Homestuck, Undertale. Both of these are web-inspired, so to say. Okay, Undertale is a game yeah, but fans don't really care much about the gameplay as much as they care about the characters.
My favorite example is Dmitry Glukhovsky, dude who wrote Metro 2033. Apparently tis dude had a webpage where he posted his story, and then Russia catched on and now the dude has two video games that came out of his initial pen/keyboard strokes and taps.
Either way, I am confused. How did these people got so popular? What did they do to attract people not because of who they are, but because of their content?
So, in a attempt to replicate such success, I tried to draw during college classes, and I got some interested looks. All of them complimented me on my lunacy. One friend, so to speak, takes photos of my stuff and sends it to his friend, although one part of me says he is trying to steal my shit, so I always add my signature before he snaps a pic.
Anywho, what kinda freaks me out is that I act as if I had a prestigious reputation, although I don't have much evidence to prove so. I always act like hot shit, and in the end, just feel like I am faking my own hard-work. I can't help myself, I had been making tons of progress and I wanna shine, but I don't have much to do with, so to say. If I show someone my current drawing, they wouldn't feel compelled to ask me do I post that crap somewhere. And when they do, it is because I keep showing them. Like, my friends and family always asked me, not together, but individually:"Why don't you post your work online?" or "Do you post your work anywhere?" and I shrug, I keep excusing myself, saying "I still have a lot of ground to cover. Tis is nothing compared to shit other people make! Heh!" and stuff like that. I am kinda sick of this excuse. Who am I kidding? I need to know my fate. Is my shit good enough? Does my crap entertain? Do my machinations inspire someone? Can I get a fandom with my stuff?
Only place where I post my shit is my FB page, and even then I don't post stuff there. I just keep my work on my papers/in my notebooks/tablet. Going nowhere but doing laps in place, slav squatting on the corner of the internet, seeing people selling their work, while keeping mine in a metaphorical backpack. I could put out my goods, but I don't know how.
Just how do people do it?
However, I want to expand. I want people who aren't my friends and family to see my crap. There had been several people who had seen my shitworks. Half of them say they are undoubtedly awesome, and then there are people who say I should work on this or that. But I never expanded enough to have people checking out my crap on a regular instance. I never had a "follower" who awaited my content with patience, and wanted to check out my progress. So far people looked only when I nudged them to look. And that isn't really jam. I kinda want to be popular enough to have a small fanbase/fandom, to have people discussing my stuff, instead of just looking at giving me a thumbs up. I know I ask a lot, but heck it all if I did not work and practice to be as such.
Thing is, I don't really know. It isn't like my confidence is at stake. It isn't like I want to nudge all strangers on the internet to check out my shit. If you guys went overboard and became my fans just because I asked you, I would feel like a massive dick. I just wanna start somewhere, like all those webcomic artists and young novelists. Somehow all of these people posted content and then fire catched on and boom they got fandoms. Example: Homestuck, Undertale. Both of these are web-inspired, so to say. Okay, Undertale is a game yeah, but fans don't really care much about the gameplay as much as they care about the characters.
My favorite example is Dmitry Glukhovsky, dude who wrote Metro 2033. Apparently tis dude had a webpage where he posted his story, and then Russia catched on and now the dude has two video games that came out of his initial pen/keyboard strokes and taps.
Either way, I am confused. How did these people got so popular? What did they do to attract people not because of who they are, but because of their content?
So, in a attempt to replicate such success, I tried to draw during college classes, and I got some interested looks. All of them complimented me on my lunacy. One friend, so to speak, takes photos of my stuff and sends it to his friend, although one part of me says he is trying to steal my shit, so I always add my signature before he snaps a pic.
Anywho, what kinda freaks me out is that I act as if I had a prestigious reputation, although I don't have much evidence to prove so. I always act like hot shit, and in the end, just feel like I am faking my own hard-work. I can't help myself, I had been making tons of progress and I wanna shine, but I don't have much to do with, so to say. If I show someone my current drawing, they wouldn't feel compelled to ask me do I post that crap somewhere. And when they do, it is because I keep showing them. Like, my friends and family always asked me, not together, but individually:"Why don't you post your work online?" or "Do you post your work anywhere?" and I shrug, I keep excusing myself, saying "I still have a lot of ground to cover. Tis is nothing compared to shit other people make! Heh!" and stuff like that. I am kinda sick of this excuse. Who am I kidding? I need to know my fate. Is my shit good enough? Does my crap entertain? Do my machinations inspire someone? Can I get a fandom with my stuff?
Only place where I post my shit is my FB page, and even then I don't post stuff there. I just keep my work on my papers/in my notebooks/tablet. Going nowhere but doing laps in place, slav squatting on the corner of the internet, seeing people selling their work, while keeping mine in a metaphorical backpack. I could put out my goods, but I don't know how.
Just how do people do it?
I use it all the time at college, when there is free time to do so 
