/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3952476
where do you want to be with your art in 3 months? a year? 5 years? seriously consider this when trying to create the fundamentals of your fans and community, if all you create is hollow nsfw fan art or bandwagon hopping thats all your going to get and wonder why everyone around you is a fat weirdo who farts to much or a gets into some kind of sex related drama... I see more traction when I get significant attention on original work. not so much on fanart because i knew what would happen and made something already prefabricated to succeed. but its already and over crowded market. everyone is doing fanart so it is harder to get your foot in the door. there can only be a handfull of extremely popular people and maybe 100 or popular people.. and you are competing with 100,000 other artists who want to do anime or whatever fanart too. unless you hit some kind of underserved populated community with low expectations you may find yourself treading water. personally Ive been trying more to understand my reach and audience which is pretty alternative but has a massive volume with low content. I dont expect to ever reach 6 digit numbers but i think i could pull off something comfy enough, considering art is somewhat of a side thing for as work during the day. sorry for the schizo ramble