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⌈ Secret Post #3289 ⌋

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[Furiosa from Mad Max: Fury Road, AEon Flux from the AEon Flux Movie. Charlize Theron]

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[WWE/Supernatural]

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[The Price of Salt/Carol]

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[Bravely Default]

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[Bones/X-Files]

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[Zenon]

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[Fallout: Nuka Break]

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[Neko Atsume]

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[Mass Effect]

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So I'm back into being active again after about 15 years of just lurking, and I feel just totally at a loss. I made a new tumblr, built up a decent queue, made sure I'm tagging fandoms properly so people can blacklist what they dont' want to see if they follow me. Then I posted my latest fanart piece to both tumblr and DA.

The reception on DA I felt was pretty good, quite a few fandom comms featured it and it's gotten a fair number of favs so far. But on tumblr, nada. Mostly because I don't have any followers yet. I'm kind of at a loss as to how to get followers, I guess? Posting more original fanart and waiting is the obvious solution.

Anyway I'm not really looking for advice. Mostly just wondering if anyone else has experience the New Tumblr Blues and that feeling of chucking their fanworks into the void and waiting for an echo?

I have that experience on Tumblr too. I get a much better response on DA and other art sites. I get way better responses for my fic on Tumblr, but I have a dedicated fandom blog that I can pimp my fic on, while I don't for the fandoms I do art for.

I'm kind of at a loss as to how to get followers, I guess? Posting more original fanart and waiting is the obvious solution.

If you want to build up a following for a fandom blog, follow a ton of the fandom's blogs. A lot of those people will check your blog out, see "ahh yes she is a great source of X fandom stuff" and follow you back. You'll get more reblogs and exposure, and it will eventually reach a state of self-growth.

Yeah, growth and exposure of tumblr blogs accelerates with every new follower and reblog.

Another way to get to know people and get exposure is to add something to another blog's discussion/text post. The person you talked to might follow you back, and if people reblog the text post with your comments, your username will get a lot of exposure while also attaching personality and interests and opinions to your username. Don't do this too much or it might get annoying though.

Definitely true. Adding to people's meta, or wading into any of the fandom's wankstorms or topics of contention can net you a lot of exposure. Whiteknighting for ships under attack, or accusing a ship or character of being abusive/manipulative/unhealthy/wrong/rape is always a surefire way to get tons of reblogs, although the flood of hate probably isn't worth it for most people.

ayrt

I've already followed a few fandom blogs. The problem is figuring out who's actually active in most of my fandoms. (Plus, they have to tag their shit. I dont' feel like seeing a thousand notp posts on my dash every day.) Also, who isn't a total drama llama. That's been my main problem finding DA blogs. Lots and lots of very active, very crazy fans.

Do you do graphics at all? I've found even pretty simple photosets can net a lot of reblogs and followers. At least in my case, they're quicker to churn out than artwork. A photoset that takes a half an hour to create can net a few thousand notes, while decent art that took hours might land only a few hundred.

That's been my main problem finding DA blogs. Lots and lots of very active, very crazy fans.

I don't know how everyone's blacklist works, but I was always able to follow people, and then blacklist their url so I didn't see any of their posts, ever.

Unfortunately no. I'm sure I could eventually learn, but I've always been pretty hopeless when it comes to things like gifs or making text art look good.

I guess it never occurred to me to just follow then blacklist, haha. Maybe I'll give that a try.

I only got followers when I started talking to people directly, sending them asks and stuff. Find a popular fandom blog that takes submissions.

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