/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4692676
>start posting coomshit to social media about a year ago
>not /beg/, get commissions every now and then
>have only 80 followers on Twitter, but 300+ on dA
>find a /beg/ on Twitter who started at about the same time as I did
>500+ followers
>they post the same soulless anime drawings nearly every day with no improvement
>some of them looked clearly traced off designdoll
>it's not even coom art

Why the FUCK does this bullshit happen? Is uploading everyday really the only way to grow your follower count even if you only upload literal shit? I'd hate to see my art dip in quality if I try to force myself to make an upload every day but I can't see any other way to grow my follower count faster. I fucking hate social media

>>3752361
>attend drawing 111 intro class as an elective
>cool polish guy sits next to me
>chat on the first day of class, says he's an art major, I tell him I'm not
>ask if he does commissions like I do
>"no"
>feel bad because first conversation felt like I was making him feel bad for not drawing while making money on the side
>he draws like absolute dogshit, while I surpass everyone in class
>he refuses to use erasers because he saw me not use an eraser on that one still life project and it just made his life miserable
>progressively starts getting angry and grunting heavily when drawing
>class moves on to perspective, he fails every single project
>professor notices his behavior and very often tells the class out loud "IF THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU IS DOING BETTER THAN YOU DON'T FEEL BAD OR FEEL ANGRY AND INSTEAD LOOK AT THEIR WORK AS INSPIRATION"
>he withdraws from the class halfway through the semester
>glares at me every time we pass by each other on campus

Kinda made me sad, even though I know deep down he was being a little bitch. There was also this cute jewish chick in class who loved my work as well and must've had a crush on me. I planned to give her my sketchbook at the last day of class because I wouldn't be needing it anymore, but she didn't show up. Guess I'll never be able to make friends irl.