/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

[Anonymous No.3961060]

>see someone's art on twitter
>about my level and same niche
>3000 followers
>wonder how long it took them to rake them up
>check profile
>joined May 2019
What in the absolute fuck am I doing wrong? I've had this account for more than a year and I don't even break 300 followers. This shit is killing me.

[Anonymous No.3961064]

not trend hopping hard enough

[Anonymous No.3961063]

>>3961060
100% sure you're a pornfag looking at another pornfag
every single actual artist I've seen in this predicament started 10 years ago

[Anonymous No.3961065]

Could be appeal?

[Anonymous No.3961066]

>>3961060
Draw trending fanart, faggot.

[Anonymous No.3961069]

>>3961060
You didn't post your art nor his and you didn't post what you've been doing to market yourself so I assume you're not looking for actual advice but just to vent and there's already a thread for that

[Anonymous No.3961073]

>>3961063
>100% sure you're a pornfag looking at another pornfag
lol you say that like it's a big deduction
>every single actual artist I've seen in this predicament started 10 years ago
then they started drawing porn when they were 10 years old, according to their bio.

>>3961064
>>3961066
I do it. Not hardcore but still...

>>3961065
Maybe? I don't know to be honest, I find my art more appealing but it's just personal taste.

[Anonymous No.3961078]

>>3961073
post your work and his

[Anonymous No.3961082]

>>3961073
>lol you say that like it's a big deduction
it's not a big deduction, it's just that this sort of quick success comes from sucking dick, not from making art
you should just learn how to suck dick better, art things like "appeal" have no importance here

[Anonymous No.3961083]

>>3961060
likely moved from a nsfw tumblr blog or they linked their twitter elsewhere where they already had a community and they transferred over.
barring that, they just got very lucky and drew the right thing at the right time, like the bowsette guy.

[Anonymous No.3961088]

>>3961082
then please teach me how to suck it. I'm not joking, I really have no idea how to pander to the public. I just think about drawing fanart for characters I like or ones that aresuggsted to me and that's about it. I have no idea what characters people want to see and doing what.

>>3961069
>>3961078
Sorry, not posting my art nor his, not in this thread at least. I realize it is kind of avent but I genuinely want to know what is going on and if I'm missing some big clue somewhere

[Anonymous No.3961099]

What kind of porn do you draw? Check out tangs lewd hut or xxxx52 and if your art is way better than I suspect, incaseart. And do the genres they do. If your skill level is up to par then it must be your content or your marketing

[Anonymous No.3961120]

does anyone know if twitter makes you less visible if you include more than 2 or 3 hashtags per post? i have always included maybe 5 or 6 and i'm wondering if it has some impact because everything i see trending has only 1 or 2. i may have fucked myself because i just posted some shit in order to trendhop, and packed that post with like 6 tags.

[Anonymous No.3961232]

>>3961088
Trendhopping is easy : 1)look at the biggest gaming/anime forums;
2)look at the newest stuff with tons of likes/comments (on the YouTube trailers, reddit posts, /v/ threads );
3) draw it well;
4) post it on social media with as many relevant tags as possible.

Keep in mind : if the rest of your gallery isn't as appealing and/or if you only post a single artwork of the flavour if the month, you will lose traction as fast as you gained it.
Also, you might kill your creativity and become a soulless artwhore.

[Anonymous No.3961458]

>>3961088
So you made a thread to get generic advice? Try loomis

[Anonymous No.3961631]

>>3961088
>I genuinely want to know what is going on and if I'm missing some big clue somewhere
That "big clue" might be you're not as good as you think. I understand your hesitance to post images here, but there's no other way we can tell if that is the case. Go ask a friend you trust to give you unbiased assessment.

All the advice about social media strategies are valid to an extent, in the same way that telling a swimmer to shave off body hair is valid. It doesn't mean much if you can't swim.

[Anonymous No.3961638]

Btw, if you're looking for printing resources, here is a link to the /cgl/ Artist Alley Printing Resource Spreadsheet. There are more sites out there, it's all about costs and quality.

Some of the site will not print pornography (I don't see the point in being a moralfag, they're not the ones going to be selling it) though so be sure to check the terms.

[Anonymous No.3961639]

Making good art is only half of being popular, the other half is marketing yourself.

[Anonymous No.3961644]

>>3961060
I can't make good observations about the other dude without seeing the work but.
>Picked the more popular character
>Did fanart for a (semi)popular franchise.
>"Better" sense of coloring which people will call pretty, i.e. rendering.
>Drew softcore porn to reel in virgin likes while you're a goody two shoes.
>Made a viral meme tweet that gave them followers who happen to like their art.
>Had less pride and thus accepted people's tweets that say "we'll help fellow dwindling artists :)."
>More social. Got boosted by someone they praised.

[Anonymous No.3961708]

>>3961060
You probably suck, or you shitpost too much.

[Anonymous No.3961720]

I only get aphantasia when i actually want to draw something
visualization is always strongest when tired though

[Anonymous No.3961738]

>>3961644

this is a pretty good mini guide on how to make it on twitter. also drawing 'fanart' of some popular instagram hottie and thus forcing her to retweet it to her 20quadrillion followers is an incredibly good strategy to amass a large following quickly. same with fanart of youtube game streamers.

[Anonymous No.3961806]

>>3961060
Probably had their friends signal boost their account by retweeting their shit.

It happened to me a few times.

[Anonymous No.3962137]

>>3961060
Put your crabitude to use and investigate not only the other guy’s first successful tweet but all the people who like his art.

[Anonymous No.3962321]

>>3961060
Whore yourself. Draw other popular artist's OCs so they can RT them and signal boost. Trend hop. Draw current popular memes. Throw raffles and shit. Did I mention trend hop?
If you somehow fail all of this, go viral and make a crowd upset.
Sounds soulless? That's because it is.
>Caring about Twitter numbers

[Anonymous No.3962324]

>>3961060
I think most artist who go on twitter already have a following from somewhere else. Twitter is very difficult to get followers if you don't already have some from elsewhere

[Anonymous No.3962327]

>>3961060
took me ten months posting once a week to get 3000

[Anonymous No.3962607]

>>3961064
I see everyone say this but I'm a contrarian at heart and I know my fakeness would be transparent as fuck and out of nowhere to my followers if I suddenly started jumping in bandwagons too

[Anonymous No.3962613]

>>3961060
they could be moving account adn their old one was already popular

[Anonymous No.3962620]

>>3961644
This. We live in a society.

[Anonymous No.3963002]

just draw the trending anime/tv series/liveaction movie at the moment.

[Anonymous No.3963008]

>>3962321
You sound like the guy that did the Hit or Miss trap picture