Something that's been bugging me...
Added 2021-07-06 04:30:59 +0000 UTCI been having an small artistic crisis lately, and If you wanna give me any thoughts/oppinions, I would be happy to read em :)
I also want to clarify im not looking for anyone to fix this thing for me, I just wanna be transparent with my supporters with something thats been bugging me since some months now.
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Im not sure how good this habit I have of posting one thing each day on twitter is making me feel, personally.
Sure, making one post each day not just helped me to grow extremly fast these last years, but is also keeps my site engaged and highlighted (Remember im an independent, so I gotta be my own advertiser) -this is an important point to keep in mind-
Nothenless, I feel like many of my works take months to see the light, wether is because of a personal lack of planning, or simply because I priorize exclusiveness over showing my most recent work.
PLEASE DONT GET ME WRONG--im extremly thankful with you, my patreons, and im happy to deliver you exclusive art (Right now, while writing this, im eating noodles that I got with this job, working on something I love is a dream I could archieve thanks to you) Im okay with doing exclusive content for you
My problem is something about the satisfaction I been feeling, not with my contents, but how do I make them public.
1- In one hand, every time I make new artwork I start worryng about where to release it in the future. This has left less time for me to improvisation, Every time I got an idea, I decide where im making room on the future of patreon for it, but at the same time I already got stuff already scheduled for twitter and blahblahblah......
This has caused me to forget posting doodles from 2019-2020 on twitter
2- On the other hand, last month was very bad for me at twitter... I changed my schedule for 3-4 pictures a week and I lose a lot of engagemente... my hypothesisis that this change didnt pleased these algorythm things all independer artists gotta deal with ( this actually messed up my mood for some days :( )
Just as said earlier, keep in mind that as an independent, I always have the urge to grow and live from the stuff I love to create, I feel like resting on this would b a problem.
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What do you think? Im not planning on quitting or anything :)
Im very happy working with Patreon and being an independent artist. with that said, im just worried of the repercussion of my future desicions on my career (wich tbh is a normal thing haha)
This fear is incremented when I think of all the wacky projects I got in mind for the future (some of them, as mentioned in the past, are SFW themed, wich makes em a true leap of faith to me)
finally, as stated at the start of this post, Im not looking for anyone to give me a solution, I know this is something I will figure out with help, but you know me, I love being 100% honest with my supporters, and this thing has been bugging me these last weeks.
Thanks for your time :D
Comments
dw dude u can post em whenever u want
TasteofChoklit
2021-07-07 15:06:56 +0000 UTCI know I’m not part of the issue, but I rarely post pieces you’ve drawn for me & I feel like I’m leaving it up to you to post all these works I’m proud of. The only advice I can share is to not worry too much about it I guess, the less stress the better!
SSBoix2
2021-07-07 14:41:04 +0000 UTCPersonally I don’t know what to say myself honestly but if you feel like you prioritize exclusivity too much than how about you show the sketches and WIPs to every other platform and give the final pic the Exclusives to the for a week before posting them everywhere.
GolDrex945
2021-07-07 00:01:19 +0000 UTCAhhhh honestly i'm really sorry man. I won't give any suggestions or tell you what to do. Your trying to vent, and it's important for us to be able to really listen to what your feeling man ;u; Having this anxiety it not good, but it does show how much you really care about all of this! You genuinely want to do your best. Go fast, go slow. But importantly, take your time! We all support you man, we want what's best for you Ahh.. I'm really sorry. I do have some thoughts and suggestions, but i'm going to be respectful and keep it to myself. Because sometimes that's the last thing people want to hear when they're venting. But please just sit down for a while, and think on things. and don't worry, we won't be going anywhere ^u^ <3
OPpai
2021-07-06 22:01:56 +0000 UTCThanks, and dont worry, its not a workload thing. I feel I have priorized exclusivity too much, accumulating too much artwork to be released months later. Thats affecting me creatively But don't get me wrong, getting this out and talking it to people, also reading you feedback makes a HUGE difference and helps me to slowly figure out what to do I feel like I gotta make some changes not just with my current mindset and the limitations I put to myself... With that said, im not planning to quit, and any change thats done will be told to you, my supporters and followers :)
TasteofChoklit
2021-07-06 19:59:46 +0000 UTCI don’t know what to say or suggest, but take any course of action to relieve any stress or workload is better than suppressing it. Do whatever you need to do, you have our support
NightmareVF
2021-07-06 19:54:15 +0000 UTCIs there anything we could do to help You on this matter? Like, increasing the ammount of workload on You (like YCH's or comms), or maybe with another poll to check any different criteria to release content? I think I speak for everyone by saying we all enjoy Your content, no matter when You release it 👍
Rick Francis K
2021-07-06 19:39:19 +0000 UTCDamn, this was supossed to be posted at 12:00 PM, not AM, I wanted to clean some stuff on the writting to make it more clear, I hope it wasn't too confusing. Thanks for your comments! Its honesty a weird feeling and I gotta do something about it for example, I wanna draw Doki Doki Literature Club! stuff, but the fear of running out of interesting content + having to post older stuff on queue makes me stress about "when im gonna post it in the future" and I havent even started drawing it. Drawing something today to release it on november is not a cool feeling :(
TasteofChoklit
2021-07-06 15:31:21 +0000 UTCWish I could assure you of how amazing you are rn but I'll need to put it on a PM on a twitter or Discord. Chok I would give so much to be where you are, working on a job you love to live on instead of a job you hate. One thing is for sure you are not a small artist in any way, but hey man I have so much more nice things to say about you, but later when I have free time. Keep an eye out for me on Twitter or Discord and read when you can. We're all here for you and so am I *hug*
Strangefun
2021-07-06 05:05:40 +0000 UTCI always appreciate how straightforward, honest, and kind you are. I think what youre feeling is fairly common among artists and while i dont think i can offer any solutions or useful information i can tell you that me and alot of other people are here to help you if you ever need anything, or if you just need to vent from time to time. We love you man <3
Bad_Tanuki
2021-07-06 05:03:45 +0000 UTCYour honesty is always appreciated and I can completely understand your feelings and concerns. Sorry to hear this has been troubling you for the last few weeks. I wish I had some advice to give, honestly, but the whole satisfaction to exclusivity ratio with that inconsistent algorithm is a tough thing to balance. For the sake of interaction perhaps you post spur of the moment simpler sketches/doodles you create occasionally to fill out the post a day thing and keep your presence up and save the bigger more worked on/planned pieces for the exclusive Patreon menu and just mix it up as you need? You make lots of sketches and such suddenly it seems and I'm certain your audience on Twitter would love em just as much as the regular fully worked on picks you did. But that's a questionable idea, but it's the best suggestion I could think up with my own limited frame of reference.
John Doe
2021-07-06 04:39:25 +0000 UTCHey, I at least appreciate the honestly, and I’m sure typing all this out will help/has helped clear your head. No matter what I’ll definitely be keeping my eye out for anything you produce and I’m sure everything will settle down for you in due time. :^)
YummerBummer
2021-07-06 04:36:51 +0000 UTC
