/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>artists i look up to made it by drawing whatever the fuck they wanted
>no history of ever pandering to anything
>if they draw fanart, it's of things they genuinely like like obscure video games and old cartoons
>their posts still get thousands of likes, retweets and attention
>if i choose to do the same i stay at 0/0
>i have to resort to drawing fucking minmin and nessa and bea and helltaker or whatever the fuck to get just a crumble of attention
>it's still fucking minimal like 6 retweets and 20 likes
It is just so tiresome. I love drawing but I also want to be seen and my art to be appreciated. Pandering and drawing soulless fanarts of things I don't care about leave me feeling disgusted too.