[ SECRET POST #2916 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2916 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Well, how is the OP supposed to indicate that they feel they're not crap? Artistic Merit-with-a-capital-M may be largely subjective, but the basics? Not so much. I've seen portraiture with shockingly misshapen or disproportionate facial features, limbs, etc; line art with so much superfluous scrabbling, you get the impression the artist worked their way through an entire set of pencils; and so on.

The way I read it, the OP is saying that at least they're not guilty of really egregious artistic mistakes.

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nayrt

I find it hard to believe that if OP's as good -- or at least as not bad -- as they imagine, they get no response to their work at all. If they're drawing popular things, there are many who'll like or reblog anything featuring their favourites, but will go positively nuts of anything that's even halfway decently drawn. If OP's tried that tactic and it's still not working, then I'm afraid they might need to re-evaluate their own opinion of their skills.

[solarbird]

idk, before I figured out music was actually my art, I spent a lot of time doing very technically correct comic-style illustration that mostly left people cold. As in, I got an art degree (and graduated with honours), so it's not just my opinion that I had technical skill. But it didn't resonate with many people.

People liked (and would buy/run) my outer-space art and my glass sculpture, though. But not much of my "people" stuff. Maybe OP needs to change their focus. Hopefully not their entire art, tho'. That was kind of wrenching. Worth it, but wrenching.

[(Anonymous)]

I can totally understand that. I've had similar issues with my writing, where it's damn near flawless on a technical level but falling short on that nebulous soul/passion/engagement aspect. I can definitely see that being a possibility if OP was doing original work exclusively.

Drawing popular stuff for a fandom has that resonating-with-people thing built in, though. Sheer numbers alone will net you at least some response, arguably irrespective of objective quality. Hell, there are people who'll reblog stick figures of their favourite character or ship let alone any artwork that has the technical skill OP says they possess, so if OP really is trying to appeal to the masses and still not getting anywhere then there's obviously a disconnect somewhere.

I guess I just don't see "this work just doesn't connect with people" being as much of a problem in the ravenous environment of fandom where even semi-decent artists are worshipped and adored if they draw juggernaut things.

[(Anonymous)]

This. I would hardly call myself an amazing artist by any stretch of the word, but I still get regular likes and reblogs on my art when I draw popular characters.