How to get popular?

[Anonymous No.4132282]

How does one play the social media art game? Is it really just well timed drawings of flavor of the month waifus? Or is it just luck and skill that lead to many artists garnering thousands of followers so quickly?

[Anonymous No.4132293]

>>4132282
Goddamn that looks retarded. And yes it really is just well timed drawings of flavors of the month. Those who usually pander to this shit have premade pin up sketches and all they do is add the features of whatever is hot.

[Anonymous No.4132295]

Artist?

[Anonymous No.4132296]

>>4132282
>>4132293
Also the Pokemon themselves aren't terribly difficult to draw, always made out of simple shapes, so it's easy to crank out the fanart of something that was just announced.

[Anonymous No.4132297]

>Getting noticed by a bigger fish and being put in the spotlight
>consistent schedule or good work ethic so people know they'll keep seeing new stuff from you
>posting during the high traffic times of your region
>drawing flavor of the month, especially in a unique style
>doing fanart of bigger artist's characters who reblog/retweet/like/etc it
>interacting with other artists or influencers when the opportunity rises, which can be done by always commenting on their posts

Are all off the top of my head, probably helps too if what you draw isn't too abstract or off-putting either.

[Anonymous No.4132308]

>>4132295
hotglossed, this is one of their most popular twitter post it seems.

[Anonymous No.4132333]

>>4132282
COOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM WHY I DONT HAVE NIGGA GF TO COOOOOOOOOOOOOM

[Anonymous No.4132334]

>>4132282
I'm not popular but I had some popular drawings and apparently what you gotta do is be fast enough to post consistently while having quality. It's useless to post every day if you dont have real quality, and you get it by studying the fundamentals

[Anonymous No.4132336]

Post regularly, consistently and in your prime time.
Have a theme.
Tag your art.
Comment on the piece in the description. (Goals, what you were trying to do, this is a character you like, etc.)
Be humble.
Don't do politics.

Big one being consistency, have a schedule so people know when you will post. Be it everyday, every other day or every Friday; Just be consistent. Don't art dump and disappear.

[Anonymous No.4132351]

>>4132333
>coomer meme

[Anonymous No.4132353]

>>4132334
Was it really all quality or did you draw a certain character to have likes? I try drawing popular characters but it doesn’t seem to snag a lot of people. Am I just drawing the wrong popular ones?

[Anonymous No.4132483]

>>4132297
>>4132336
>consistent schedule or good work ethic so people know they'll keep seeing new stuff from you
>Big one being consistency, have a schedule so people know when you will post. Be it everyday, every other day or every Friday; Just be consistent. Don't art dump and disappear.

Where does this conventional wisdom come from? It makes intuitive sense, and it probably can't hurt, but it kinda feels like people are just repeating it after a while. Is it based on your personal experiences? I can think of several Twitter artists who don't post regularly who have pretty high follower accounts because their stuff is just good quality (not easy to churn out daily or weekly) and/or their style is unique. Maybe it's different on Instagram or whatever though.

[Anonymous No.4132493]

>>4132282
hot

[Anonymous No.4132501]

>>4132483
It's important to post art consistently and frequently just because not every single thing you draw is going to be successful and gain traction. It's a quantity thing more than anything. Think of each drawing you post as being a chance to get more people to see your work. The more works you post, the more chances you get. Even works of sub-par quality have a chance of resonating with people and helping you find a bigger audience.
This is more important if you're a more unknown artist, as popular artists can skim by with infrequent posting.

[Anonymous No.4132521]

How many followers do you need in order to safely post your own stuff that isn't the flavour of the month? Or should I just not draw/post anything that isn't the flavour of the month?

[Anonymous No.4132536]

Anyone want to try to (and probably fail) get popular together?
cereal#2846 is my discord if anybody is interested

[Anonymous No.4132560]

>>4132521
How do you even figure out what is flavor of the month? I don't have time to watch anime all day, I just want to draw lewd pictures of cute girls holding hands and sharing food.

[Anonymous No.4132576]

>>4132483
It's because there's also something satisfying in regularity. Even if the art is sometime a miss, if I follow an artit that always post, say, on mondays, I'll be satisfied by checking on his monday post.

It's also a key to patreon's success model. The monthly format of payment make it so at the start of each month, you expect new content and you're satisfied by getting it. Habits are powerful.

[Anonymous No.4132580]

>>4132282

skillz dawg... and originality.

or have skillz dawg and draw popular stuff like movie/game characters celebs etc.

be a furry

[Anonymous No.4132588]

>>4132560
how to get the flavor of the month:
-follow gaming news, especialy Nintendo
-train your eyes so you immediatly recognize waifu potential in characters
-keep tabs on a few trendsurfing artists that deliver fast. They'll do the job for you.

>>4132336
>Don't do politics
I'll add "ignore all drama" in general. Do not respond to people trying to stir shit up. Case in point, Sakimi's "oh my god you drew a loli REEEEEEEE". She ignored it and it went away quickly.

[Anonymous No.4132612]

>>4132282
it's really just bigger artists promoting your work

[Anonymous No.4132630]

>>4132588
Do you have any suggestions for artists to follow that do that?

[Anonymous No.4132642]

>>4132483
artist?

[Anonymous No.4132674]

>>4132483
would you rather message the person who was online yesterday or who was online months ago? would you buy from the company whose last amazon review was last week or last year?

people give you money when they feel they know and trust you

[Anonymous No.4132686]

>>4132642
filename

[Anonymous No.4132855]

>>4132483
this advice is what you do if you want to make it with a webcomic. but replace the schedule with 'pick a time around how many pages you can comfortably produce a week'
if you are AAA grade, then go for consistency. people like consistency, being able to see and recognise something each time they check their feed, then it becomes habit for them.

[Anonymous No.4132857]

>>4132855
if you arent AAA grade***

[Anonymous No.4132870]

Actual quality or polish definitely doesn't work.
Pandering to flavor of the month also doesn't work.

[Anonymous No.4132873]

Do instagram tolerate lewds?

[Anonymous No.4132896]

>>4132282
I wanted to try and help this poor girl’s spine. Also interacting with other artists makes them likely to check out your art, if you’re in the same fandom or niche they’ll probably RT it too, which is ez followers

[Anonymous No.4132897]

>>4132873
As long as no actual genitals are exposed yes, so you can hint at them very very suggestively.

[Anonymous No.4132901]

>>4132282

It involves working instead of just saying you want to work while only posting about it on anonymous image boards. this is why most people here never make it.

[Anonymous No.4132902]

>>4132897
So nipples are ok?

[Anonymous No.4132906]

>>4132902
Let's say you can expose pretty much the entire nipple beside the middle .

[Anonymous No.4132914]

>>4132906
Thanks man

[Anonymous No.4132917]

>>4132282
I promise, the day I get e-famous each month I'll make a compilation of every fan art of my OC made by nobodies who want some attention, then I'll post it all without tagging them, hahhahahhahahahaha

[Anonymous No.4132920]

>>4132896
>muh broken spine
You faggots are terrible.

You have no idea what is possible and what isn't, confine yourself to wooden and lifeless poses and try to confine the others with you.

Kindly KYS.

[Anonymous No.4132934]

>>4132920
It's kinda weird though.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not criticizing your post. It's just that when I draw, I always imagine myself in the character's position. I would never draw OP because I'm not flexible enough.

But I know females are naturally more flexible than men, and can naturaly take poses men just can't (for example the Mary Jane pose)... is the OP's artist a woman? It could explain a bit...

[Anonymous No.4132942]

>>4132896
it's a cartoon, it's exagerated reality. Stop being such a niggerfaggot.

[Anonymous No.4132944]

>>4132942
It’s /ic/ anon in which people values realism over appealism a bit too much. While what you said is true the people here would disagree and would rather fix the body to the correct anatomically order.

[Anonymous No.4132946]

>>4132920
and then there's this kind of fagtron that cherrypicks the most obscure and extreme example to fit his side. I dare you to replicate that pose without hurting yourself; yes technically it is possible to stretch yourself in extreme positions but the average person will not be able to unless they perform exercises that allows them to perform these stunts. With that being said, the image in OP clearly has back issues it looks fucking retarded and no matter what you say it is still putting a lot of stress on the spine. Fuck out of here.

[Anonymous No.4132952]

>>4132946
nessa is fit so technically she could do that.
And although I think that the image in OP is stressful to look at, this whole "fixing something popular to cope with the fact that mine is not" is fucking cancer. Stop that.

[Anonymous No.4132962]

>>4132952
>Being fit means you are automatically able to perform a 90 degree mandrel bend on your spine
>B-but the drawing is popular so there!
Please ask yourself what the fuck is she doing bent over looking cross eyed with her mouth opened and teeth closed as if she is filtering the air through it in a surprised look going apeshit with her arms flaring out? What is worse is that her neck is hyper extended at the same time too it is painfully evident that whoever did this was in a hurry to be the first to pander out to the latest pokeaman fad.

[Anonymous No.4132973]

>>4132962
Blacks aren’t people, monsters can do anything

[Anonymous No.4133004]

>>4132282
A good part of it is just getting a spotlight shone on you at the right time. Capturing flavors of the month and connecting with the right people.

Even more important is sticking to doing that one thing and staying in that area. People love "fandom artists" and rarely care when they leave that bubble.

That's been my mistake. I've struck gold a few times on Twitter, just by complete accident. Unfortunately, I like posting at my own pace and don't like doing the same subject matter too many times in a row, so I end up with a followers who don't care about the other stuff I make.

I don't like gaming the social media system just to get attention. Makes me feel manipulative. I'd rather just become good enough that people stick around to see what I make, rather than to see if I make more art for fandom x, y or z.

[Anonymous No.4133010]

>>4132946
>obscure
>extreme
if you're a gymbro the spine thing wouldnt bother you, you fucking DYEL retard. Do you even know how common it is for girls to curve their backs as much as comfortably possible white trying to do benches? Go outside you fucking cro magnon jesus christ.

[Anonymous No.4133013]

>>4132973
You sound like the sort of guy who thinks calling every black guy "Tyrone" is clever.

[Anonymous No.4133016]

>>4133010
for example, this post here, found within 30 seconds on the instagram explore page. But do tell how "obscure" such display of flexibility is. Dumb shit.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B22tjtdAobp/

[Anonymous No.4133020]

>>4132962
cope

[Anonymous No.4133035]

>>4132896
ngmi

[Anonymous No.4133044]

>>4132920
I just wanted to change it to something that looks more appealing to me, but no matter how you slice it, if she was bending at that angle she’d be dead. your image has a whole different angle and centre of gravity.
I actually think ops image is really nice (I follow the artist), but he was rushing to draw since Nessa was only just revealed at the time he posted that.
Who knew people would get so heated at this kek. I’m not insulting their work, and everyone is free to like what they like, it’s just not appealing to me.

[Anonymous No.4133046]

>>4132946
>I dare you to replicate that pose without hurting yourself;
When I was 14 I was sucking my own dick, And I don't have a long dick so there's that.

>>4132934
>It's just that when I draw, I always imagine myself in the character's position.

That's very limiting for you. There are all sorts of people who can do crazy shit or in the other hand can't do normal things. And the fictional characters are often exceptional extraordinary people always very attractive, strong and often smart so why can't they be extremely flexible?

It is only really wrong when you twist your character the wrong way in a direction where the joints aren't supposed to go. Unless you character is a super ninja who can dislocate and relocate his own joints to escape through a small hole.

[Anonymous No.4133048]

>>4133044
Well it's actually impossible to stand in such popse, she'd fall over.

But that makes it looks dynamic, she's not standing she's moving, throwing pokeballs and such.

[Anonymous No.4133092]

>>4132946
>because yes, you should make the most average drawings you can, prioritizing the specific trait of not standing out, your character should fit in the crowd of the football stadium if you want to be popular

[Anonymous No.4133179]

>>4132336
Faggot artist here with 60k followers
>Post regularly, consistently and in your prime time.
This
>Have a theme.
Sure? You don't need a specific theme per se, but if you're like a landscape guy don't suddenly post anime titties to your unsuspecting followers.
>Tag your art.
Not necessary after you get like 1k followers to actually RT your shit.
>Comment on the piece in the description. (Goals, what you were trying to do, this is a character you like, etc.)
Can help stir up a conversation in the comments section, increasing engagement. I personally don't have much to say and let the art speak for itself most of the time.
>Be humble.
Yeah. but not too humble. I'm sick of these whiny bitches self-depreciating for pity.
>Don't do politics.
THIS

Also don't be one of those artists that posts selfies of their fat ugly mugs. Those are the biggest faggots of all.

[Anonymous No.4133201]

>>4133179
>Also don't be one of those artists that posts selfies of their fat ugly mugs. Those are the biggest faggots of all.

Unless you're attractive that is. I think being attractive can sometimes be a boost to getting more people wanting to follow you. I see this a lot with traditional/fineart artists.

[Anonymous No.4133213]

>>4133201
Only if you're a hot girl. No one wants a man's selfies.

[Anonymous No.4133223]

>>4132282
>luck
>starting in the 2000's
Today its pretty much over, especially if youre drawing/painting pic related waifus/sluts

[Anonymous No.4133226]

>>4133223
say it ain't so

[Anonymous No.4133233]

>>4133226
Well... try inventing a new style, and work alot

[Anonymous No.4133259]

>>4132353
Who you draw is a separate thing. What I mean with "quality" is also not exactly perfect anatomy or perfect lines or perspective. "Quality" means something that gets people's attention enough for them to like and doesn't have any obvious mistakes. People think their likes are valuable, they won't give them to anything.

[Anonymous No.4133267]

>>4132588
Does anyone know any trend-hopping artists on Instagram that create art fast

[Anonymous No.4133270]

>>4133179
blog?

[Anonymous No.4133293]

>>4132282

A lot of what's been said in this thread (>>4132297 >>4132336 etc) is pretty much it. It's a usually a combination of all the factors, or alternately two or three with a dash of good luck.

Another way is to get into a niche. I have an acquaintance who doesn't post very regularly on the big social media platforms but is still very popular, because he draws a very niche subject which a lot of people treat as a fetish. Before he started drawing it he had maybe 1k - 2k followers since he started posting art of that subject, he's ended up with about 70k in about four months.

Being buddy-buddy with other big name artists or ""influencers"" is also a good way to get a foot in the door, though requires prior friendships/connections and/or networking. Unsurprisingly everytime I get retweeted by a popular account, my follower count massively increases.

In a similar vein, drawing fanart of big YouTubers who regularly retweet or show off art they've received in videos isn't a bad way to get your name out there and catch a few eyes. Whether you care about their content a lot or not, but that can be kind-of exploitative, using their platform to get your own leg up - so if you do it obviously, it can come off and make you look like an attention whore.

[Anonymous No.4133737]

Does following a bunch of artists get u some follows?

[Anonymous No.4133743]

>>4133737
If they're low-key artists, they may check out whoever follows them and they'll follow back if they like what they see.

Oh, and another tip for artists on twitter: keep your Media tab clean. People should be able to look at your image gallery and see mostly art. Too many artists spam shitty reaction memes and their follow count suffers for it.

[Anonymous No.4133786]

>>4132896
>muh spine

holy fucking shit, I bet you're a fucking roastie.
the exageration is done to emphasize the pose, you just killed the energy of the picture, retard.

[Anonymous No.4133787]

>>4133786
>muh style!

[Anonymous No.4133804]

>>4133787
It's called gesture and flow, stupid ngmi.

[Anonymous No.4133811]

>>4133787
she's literally in motion.

[Anonymous No.4133820]

>>4133811
Her fucking feet are planted on the ground and legs stiff as a board, unless she's trying to imitate a whirlpool with her torso because she's into some water related pokeman?
>>4133804
There is hardly any flow in that image, a flow would be a rhythm that would easily be led through the figure in aesthetic s curves not a hard stop and 90 degree turn and bend at three different areas.

[Anonymous No.4133822]

>>4133820
Two can play that game you slimy cunt.
Anything can be motionless if you just do straight lines.

[Anonymous No.4133828]

>>4133820
>planted on the ground
that doesn't negate any motion, what are you even on about? This Javelin thrower's feet are planted on the ground as well, so will you tell me she isn't moving?

[Anonymous No.4133831]

>>4133820
This is the most stupid thing I have ever read in this board, kindly kill yourself anon.

Also your red line is completely missing the gesture, holy shit. 11/10 bait.

[Anonymous No.4133832]

>>4133828
her lower limbs are in motion you retard, they're picking up torque to toss the javelin. Nice try though.

[Anonymous No.4133833]

>>4133831
>Retorts to name calling and insults without providing any counter argument
Stay golden, /ic/.

[Anonymous No.4133834]

>>4133833
You're 100%, you couldn't be more wrong, I can't argue that low, you don't have the faintest idea about what you're talking about.

[Anonymous No.4133837]

>this thread
glad /ic/ is still same besides discord coom posting
yes draw popular things lmao
all artists are whores who hates what they draw
most more comical redlines

[Anonymous No.4133839]

>>4133832
precisely, so you are agreeing with me that Nessa IS in fact in motion, yes? You dumb cunt, can't even withhold a proper stance.

[Anonymous No.4133840]

>>4133820
You can't even draw lines holy shit. Just look at them.

[Anonymous No.4133843]

>>4132282
>jew-y MSM (e.g. Joker film)
>weeby seasonals (e.g. Kimetsu no Yaiba, FGO)
>low rent american cartoons (e.g. Steven Universe, Undertale)
>koreans

pretty straightforward desu

[Anonymous No.4133996]

>>4133743
>shitposter with 90% reaction images media has more followers than me who has only drawings

[Anonymous No.4134002]

>>4133786
this so much

[Anonymous No.4134019]

>>4132282
For popularity itself, 5-40% skill, 60-95% seasonal stuff and fandom or someone straight being a celebrity. When it comes to Western artists, I feel like Japanese are stricter and a /beg/ prismacolor Sailor Moon drawing won't get 5k hearts on Twitter like it does here.

>>4133743
Confirm

[Anonymous No.4134033]

>>4133179
I disagree with the 1k followers retweeting thing. That only applies if most of your work is on the same theme or completely original. A lot of the followers you might get are simply interested in fanart of a particular game and if your followers boom is based on that they won't be active with the other things you draw.

[Anonymous No.4134223]

>>4133179
>>4134033
Can confirm, if you suddenly draw something for different fandom your followers most likely wont even notice it, I got like 50+ new followers for posting picture with the proper tag

[Anonymous No.4134240]

god I wanna be popular and draw cute things but my work is not just there yet :(
I got one follower though

[Anonymous No.4134339]

>>4133293
>if you do it obviously, it can come off and make you look like an attention whore.
Do potential clients actually care about that?

[Anonymous No.4135265]

>>4132282
Just make art for very big tags and trends you'll get followers in no time
especially if you are riding a meme

[Anonymous No.4135325]

>>4132896
You did well, don't listen to these cumbrained mouthbreathers.

[Anonymous No.4135657]

>>4133743

The amount of times I've held off from following a good unpopular artist because their media tab is filled with shitty reaction gifs is more than I can count.

[Anonymous No.4135700]

u gotta get good first

[Anonymous No.4136625]

>>4135700
I got good and that's why it's frustrating to see the numbers stay mostly the same

[Anonymous No.4136631]

>>4136625
then you didn't git gud at marketing or business which are just as important

[Anonymous No.4136644]

>>4136631
And how do you do that? You can't exactly manipulate people into following you.

[Anonymous No.4136852]

>>4136644
this.

how do people obtain skil in marketing and business so they can get their fanbase sucking on their social media dick? Is there some kind of literature? All I find are some crappy unspecific youtube videos.

[Anonymous No.4136867]

>>4136644
>You can't exactly manipulate people into following you
Yes you can. That's basically all of marketing - getting people to notice your product and to want to buy it. Art isn't that much different from selling any other product. There's many strategies you can use to increase your reach on social media to potential buyers.

Some artists go as far to pay for advertising on relevant websites. How hard would a video game or movie bomb if there was only a little time and money put into marketing? The same would happen to your artwork - very few would be exposed to it.

[Anonymous No.4136885]

>>4132282
OK I think I have an advertising idea. Reddit has a subreddits you post fictional stories, they have places you can post your own life stories, etc. I could just go to a bunch of rising threads on reddit and post a quick doodle of whatever the fuck they want. I mean some dude got big off doing that a few years ago.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Shitty_Watercolour/comments/1055q4/i_am_shitty_watercolour_ask_me_anything/

[Anonymous No.4136890]

>>4136885
He went from shitty water color doodles to front page shit. I don't care is it's fucking plebbit. I'm shilling my shit on there

[Anonymous No.4136891]

>>4132282
reposting in epic bred

[Anonymous No.4137448]

>>4136885
This is ridiculous.

>>4136891
Finally something useful. Thanks for sharing!

[Anonymous No.4137488]

>>4133820
This is setting a new lower boundary for /ic/, it's kind of amazing actually.

[Anonymous No.4137497]

>>4136891
not him but i also found this file

[Anonymous No.4137624]

>>4137497
This really doesn't seem accurate. Doesn't take days of the week into account either

[Anonymous No.4137633]

>>4137624
I think it's accurate for normie art. Loser weebs and furries are always online so you can just post any time.

[Anonymous No.4137959]

>>4132896
>editing other people's art because "you doing wrong"

[Anonymous No.4138829]

>>4133839
im not him but shes not in motion, check the uhhhng vageen

[Anonymous No.4138834]

1) make good drawings
2) draw Fate/Grand Order charcacters

[Anonymous No.4138861]

>>4132920
oh, does gravity not exist in your world? retard.
yoga has stability--and i've seen this gravity defying move a hundred times and it never looks right. it isn't dynamic, it's stupid.

[Anonymous No.4138871]

>>4132282
wow porn artists are so skilled, check that superior anatomy and gesture

[Anonymous No.4138981]

>>4133822
>>4133820
>>4132896
>not realizing that this pose is so retarded because there's a paywalled nude version where he shows as much as possible for maximum coom
I have no preexisting knowledge of this image, the trendhopper who made it or his patreon

[Anonymous No.4139006]

>>4132896
Damn that looks so much better

[Anonymous No.4139854]

>>4132896
I prefer this. The original was kinda dumb albeit well done.

[Anonymous No.4139961]

>>4137497
Google did 9/11 confirmed

[Anonymous No.4139983]

>>4132920
Most of em are hambeasts who never leave the couch.

[Anonymous No.4139984]

>>4139983
t. amerifat

[Anonymous No.4140139]

>>4132896
you made it better, dk whats with all the cumbrain hate.
Shes even hotter too since she doesnt look like shes made out of play dough

[Anonymous No.4140141]

>>4137959
>frog picture
you doing wrong

[Anonymous No.4140745]

>>4138981
>I have no preexisting knowledge of this image
it shows. you are wrong, there is no nude version dumbass

[Anonymous No.4140746]

>>4136891
This doesn't help when no one cares or retweet your art

[Anonymous No.4141799]

>>4140746
You need to get good, son

[Anonymous No.4141810]

>>4132297
INGOLD INGLORION !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous No.4141835]

>>4133820
>>4132293
>mommy, what is false perspective?

[Anonymous No.4141869]

Hey guys, so I started playing the follow for follow game a few days ago and now have over a hundred followers, roughly when should I start relying on just purely my art and retweets rather than this circlejerking?
I'm personally down to continue til 1000 but do you have any advice from personal experience? Thanks.

[Anonymous No.4142182]

>>4141799
I'm doing ok though.

[Anonymous No.4142186]

>>4132282
Become a retarded Memelord

[Anonymous No.4142203]

like a week to two weeks ago, i had 30 followers. i started posting my art and now i have almost 1k. i didn't really tag it or do anything special, i still have no idea why it happened. one of my drawings blew up somehow, most likely because bigger accounts saw it and retweeted it, now i feel like i have imposter syndrome.

[Anonymous No.4142206]

>>4142203
That's must have been an amazing piece of art

[Anonymous No.4142210]

>>4142206
it was a sfw painting of giorno from jojo's bizarre adventure, i somewhat wish that the progression was slower though. because now i'm afraid that whatever i post next won't live up to the attention that one received. when it takes longer to build a following, you usually garner a little more attention on each drawing you post, it's a lot steadier (and comfier), i guess i just don't know how to handle this pressure

[Anonymous No.4142220]

>>4142210
You should do whatever you want.
Also there's nothing comfy about posting art regularly and get no attention whatsoever.

[Anonymous No.4142226]

>>4142220
oh no, i don't mean getting no attention on it, that feels even worse. i just meant slowly gaining attention instead of, out of nowhere, getting a high number of likes/retweets on your art. a middle ground, i guess.

[Anonymous No.4142312]

>>4132896
coomers angry, the original image could have worked if gloss knew what he was doing. youve done a good job

[Anonymous No.4142769]

>>4142210
blog?

[Anonymous No.4142771]

>>4132297
>>posting during the high traffic times of your region
Why? Isn't one's Twatter fanbase international?

[Anonymous No.4142772]

You guys have the action lines all wrong. You imagine its along the spine, cuz thats wut loomiz sez or whatever.
In OP's picture, the action lines are the perspective lines of the hips and shoulders receding into the distance and the composition is completed by the verticals of the chest and legs.

Its not about the body, its about the structure of space. Thats why the 'corrected' version here >>4132896 looks so dynamically dead.
Here, have some culture.
https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/cartoon-fundamentals-how-to-create-movement-and-action--vector-19904

[Anonymous No.4142780]

>>4142772
>https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/cartoon-fundamentals-how-to-create-movement-and-action--vector-19904
You know the clowns of this board will shitpost you and proclaim forever that you are a derp autist fuck?

[Anonymous No.4142882]

>>4133820
>spine is a straight line
>despite the fact that it has curvature

Lmao, ngmi..

[Anonymous No.4143184]

>>4132920
>I didn’t draw the hands on the wrong way, my characters all have Ehlers-Danlos :))))

[Anonymous No.4143207]

>>4132920
guess people who do yoga can snap their spin straight in midair without any support, huh? retard.

what the fuck is she even doing in the OP? there's no motion here-- there's no fucking logic to it.
people will defend anything. dynamic for an inflatable skydancer maybe.

[Anonymous No.4143379]

>>4141869
No responses? This is genuine, maybe I sounded sarcastic?

[Anonymous No.4143768]

>>4143379
I don't think Follow 4 follow exactly works anon

[Anonymous No.4143814]

>>4132293
You just made me realize that a lot of artist probably really do that, and that explain how they put out art minutes after new popular characters come out.
Fuck, thats genius. I should have thought about that...

[Anonymous No.4143824]

>>4132282
Disregard ever other post cuz I will tell you the best way: suck popular artists dick.
Thats it. Go to twitter, draw the OC of popular artists and tag them in your post.
A lot of them will retweet it to their own followers, you will get likes and it will make you feel better about your pathetic real life.
Thats how social media works for everything nowadays, you get big by leeching on others.
Sadly my pride doesnt allow me to do it myself so I just draw stuff and post for my few followers anyway, but if you are smarter than me you dont have any pride and will get big the easy way: by sucking those dicks.

[Anonymous No.4143838]

>>4143768
I'm already around 200 after a week tho, worst case I'll keep this up for a few months til I get some traction? Does no one do this?

[Anonymous No.4143891]

>>4142780
I know where I am.

[Anonymous No.4143900]

>>4142772
>IT'S MORE DYNAMIC
Well why not have her just wrap around herself a bunch of times like a fucking slinky? That's even more twisty and dynamic isn't it????
Look, I get it, pp big. Why can't you just admit you like it because pp big, why are people here so insincere with themselves? Fanart is trash. what does OP represent? What the fuck does it mean? What action is she doing? She isn't throwing the ball, she is just doing this weird shit with her spine that doesn't make any fucking sense. But pp big so you like it. Just say pp big.

[Anonymous No.4143904]

>>4143900
You keep saying "pp big", but I don't think you know what it means...

There's litteraly no reason which would make OP more sexy/attractive than the "revised" version, since they contain exactly the same elements. So it being better and more dynamic is objectivly only due to the bendiness.

Though granted, I also thought "what the fuck is she doing, she's clearly not throwing the ball"

[Anonymous No.4143907]

>>4143904
>There's litteraly no reason which would make OP more sexy/attractive than the "revised" version
Arching your spine back isn't a sexual motion at all
>So it being better and more dynamic is objectivly only due to the bendiness.
It's not better or more dynamic, it's just pp big
I'm not the guy who made the revised version and I think the only way to make this shit better would be to not draw it, but that version looks more natural. You are just biased because you are sexually excited by looking at it but you are so numb to it that you are not even conscious about it anymore.

[Anonymous No.4143913]

>>4143907
>sexually excited
But... I'm not? there's genuinely nothing sexualy appealing for me in OP's picture.
(full disclosure: dark skinned girls are one of my biggest turn-offs).

[Anonymous No.4143921]

>>4143913
You are literally in denial. OP is obvious sfw porn meant to be titillating. All the pokemon lolishit I've seen posted here is a variation of this same pose with the arched back. The revised version from anon just stripped the original of an element that didn't make any sense except titillation and now you say it's worse because you are in denial. Any sane person would say that the pose in OP is nonsensical.
This is why porn and porn addicts should not be allowed anywhere, you have literal brain damage.

[Anonymous No.4144122]

>>4143921
Original is full of tension like she's gonna chuck that ball so hard but edit looks like she's handing the ball to the viewer. If you think only titillation was lost you're ironically the porn victim. Makes sense I guess

[Anonymous No.4144332]

>>4133004
Are u me m8?

[Anonymous No.4144430]

is it bad to post multiple times a day on social media?

[Anonymous No.4144492]

>>4144122
>Original is full of tension like she's gonna chuck that ball so hard
It doesn't look remotely close to a throwing motion, you are grasping at straws. Stop thinking with your dick.

[Anonymous No.4144500]

>>4144492
she's swinging her torso to generate power. don't you do this? you're not good at sports are you anon

[Anonymous No.4144594]

>>4144500
At this point I'll just call you a retard. Please kill yourself.

[Anonymous No.4144616]

>>4144492
Yeah it does, and the edit ruins the feeling of motion. Artist could definitely have made her midsection shorter but that's really the only flaw. It might as well be a keyframe from a really well animated scene. The edit is just feeble in comparison.

The reason you say you prefer the edit is because you're part of the purist cancer wave of the last few years, completely obsessed with sex and lolicon.

[Anonymous No.4144650]

>>4144500
>>4144616
This has to be bait and I'm falling right into it. OP pose makes no fucking sense no matter how you explain or fix it. The picture would be better off not being made at all but it doesn't matter since your dick is happy.
>She's gonna Chuck that ball so hard
Oh yes, I can see it now. She's in perfect form while bending down forward to start rotating her torso like an intense fair ride, or ROBs side.b in smash. I can almost see the helicopter rotors spinning

[Anonymous No.4144655]

>>4144616
I don't give a shit about the edit. The pose in OP is garbage and you are blind, retarded or both. No vaguely accurate throwing pose looks like this you stupid jerkoff. I am drawing baseball pitchers right now, none of them bend over 90 degrees while lifting their heads up and keeping their feet wide apart on the ground, at the end of the throw the back is arched down, not up and the legs are respectively leading and lifting off the ground, to accompany the force that the other jerkoff mentioned.
There is nothing remotely similar in the spastic flailing pose in the OP to an actual throwing motion except she's holding a fucking ball, you can try it with your own fucking two hands for fuck's sake, throw something against the wall, possibly something that might bounce back and send you in an irreversible coma. Every single "keyframe" in the animation that you are trying to piece up in your jizz filled piece of shit brain looks nothing like the OP, and even if you managed to find a picture of the exact same pose in your recollection of down syndrome baseball league, OP still looks like fucking shit to anyone with eyes to see, and that foreshortening is /beg/ tier.

I don't even care about that shitty pic but the stupidity on this board is beyond fucking belief.

[Anonymous No.4144667]

>>4144650
lol i thought 'swinging' would tip you off. i'm not that other anon.

[Anonymous No.4144668]

>>4144650
>>4144655
Shit for brains. It's a good image, good pose and far superior to the edit.

[Anonymous No.4144684]

>>4144668
It's not, but it perfectly answers OP's thread question

[Anonymous No.4144704]

>>4133843
>>koreans
What do you mean by this?

[Anonymous No.4144719]

>>4144684
Fucking pp big lolishit and his well timed Nessa amirite :)

[Anonymous No.4145097]

>>4133786
thank god people like you exist no /s

[Anonymous No.4145098]

>>4133820
and this is why you'll never succeed. Stop relating every single god damn fucking thing to "real life" the original picture is exaggerated on purpose. Get that through your head. Learn.

[Anonymous No.4145108]

Another good way adding onto >>4132297

Get a booth at a convention. Especially one like anime expo if you can afford everything. There are so many bad artists there it was actually pretty uplifting knowing that i could fucking do that. They had hundreds of people around their booths buying their stuff and getting the Instagram/twitters etc.

[Anonymous No.4145110]

>>4133843
Undertale isn’t even a cartoon

[Anonymous No.4145115]

Step one: have appealing art. None of the advice in this thread matters if your art is unappealing. You don't have to be good, you just have to have appeal.

[Anonymous No.4145117]

>>4145115
Lavendertowne prime example

[Anonymous No.4145481]

>>4145098
>>4145115
If this weren't Pokemon loli porn nobody would give a shit. If your don't want to beat off to it it only looks stupid and the face is ugly. Your "appeal" delusion doesn't matter for shit.

[Anonymous No.4145833]

>>4145481
Draw pokemon loli porn while having unappealing artwork, and tell me how it goes.

[Anonymous No.4146077]

>>4145833
>there are quality standards for porn
LMAO

[Anonymous No.4146309]

>post on tumblr gets 800+ notes instead of 60 usual ones
>0 (zero) new followers

[Anonymous No.4146372]

>>4146309
You probably made just one fanart. You can't suck cock only when you want to.

[Anonymous No.4146732]

>>4132896
Why is this board filled with so many incompetent fucks.

[Anonymous No.4147596]

>>4132282
fanart

[Anonymous No.4147611]

>>4147596
he got 22k likes for this, which is over twice he normally gets
I just love kyle so much

[Anonymous No.4147631]

>>4147596
Can it really be fanart if its a game you haven't played / isn't out yet? Can you really call yourself a fan?

All this art of Ryza prior to her release, ended up with Japan hating her cause she's not written how they expected her to be,

[Anonymous No.4147642]

>>4146732
Why is this board filled with so many coombrains.

[Anonymous No.4147654]

>>4147631
lmao who cares
I draw characters from some japanese chinese bugmen mobile games cause they are popular
well granted I actually like their design

[Anonymous No.4148412]

>>4147596
>Fan ( . )( . ) art
This shit is truly tiresome.

[Anonymous No.4148414]

>>4148412
maybe if you continue to bitch about it you'll use up less energy

[Anonymous No.4148419]

>>4148414
>getting this defensive over nothing
hmmmmmm

[Anonymous No.4148425]

>>4148419
it ain't my art, don't worry lol

[Anonymous No.4149201]

>>4132282
I've made an artist friend who has over 11k followers on Twitter. He retweets my shit whenever I post it. Feels nice playing this game on easy mode.

[Anonymous No.4149233]

>>4149201
is that supposed to be a lot?

[Anonymous No.4149241]

>>4149233
Better than what you have

[Anonymous No.4149252]

>>4149241
ive got over 100k but okay

[Anonymous No.4149279]

>>4132282
Join an artist circle, or get buddybuddy with someone who's already in one. Do not underestimate the power of the retweet circlejerk.

[Anonymous No.4149280]

>>4149252
who knew gloss was so self centred

[Anonymous No.4151226]

>>4132282
>wanting to become popular in 2019

[Anonymous No.4151232]

>>4132282
..Do you really want to be popular?
Believe me when I say it, Its not worth it if you're trying to do it online.

[Anonymous No.4151233]

>>4151226
I liked their art but I quickly unfollowed after. I don't want to follow anyone who is known as a child porn artist in the art community. Better keep my account clean because it will bite back at you.

[Anonymous No.4151242]

>>4132896
>Make your artwork DYNAMIC bro! It makes it look so fluid and alive!
>Not realising this is just a wait to make your figure drawings more sexually dynamic instead

I, for one,
welcome our non-perverted overlords.

[Anonymous No.4151331]

>>4151233
>he thinks the retards that rally for justice for cartoon characters hold any weight in the real world
get off your computer jackass

[Anonymous No.4151407]

>>4151331
the real world is filled with other idiots though, desu

[Anonymous No.4152068]

>>4133786
Fuck off just cuz this dude's retarded doesn't mean he's a woman.

[Anonymous No.4152167]

>>4151233
>I unfollowed artist because literally who accused said artist of being literal child rapist
You're the part of the problem

[Anonymous No.4153127]

>>4151233
I don't follow anybody who hasnt been kicked off social media at least once.
If all you can do is toe the line, your viewpoints are worthless and unoriginal.

[Anonymous No.4154810]

>>4133786
the spine looks blatantly wrong anon

[Anonymous No.4154951]

>>4132282
the ONLY thing i heard. just keep commenting on people's art when they post. they will likely check your work and follow. There is also follow/unfollow scripts. To build your following artificially

[Anonymous No.4155527]

>>4132297
Or a popular meme page can crop one of your pics and you'll inexplicably gain a following that way. Thats how i made it to 1k on twitter. My friend also made it to 1k on twitter by asking every artist he saw if they wanted to do art trades, which usually gets posted by high profile people and promotes some synergy, i guess

[Anonymous No.4155544]

>>4154810
>Here, have some culture.
>https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/cartoon-fundamentals-how-to-create-movement-and-action--vector-19904

[Anonymous No.4155573]

>>4132536
pyw

[Anonymous No.4155637]

>>4141869
fake followers are as good as dead followers.

[Anonymous No.4155646]

>>4143900
I dont find it sexy.
It does have a very strong feel of action that a realistc treatment wouldn't.
Your argument ad absurdum is obvious troll, all things in art are about finding the right balance.
Still, it brings up the question of how far is too far.
As a consumer I care zero about accuracy.
If something gives me a feel, thats what is good art. If somebody's butt is in the wrong place, it can detract from the piece - but only because it draws attention from the things in the piece make it a good piece. Errors that add perceptual energy to the focus of the piece ARE NOT ERRORS. At least in the context of the individual piece. If it has to dovetail into a larger theme - like concept art - they may still functionally be errors.
About the loopy-ness, if it distracts from the feel, yeah its bad - but in the right context it can get quite absurd. Cartoons are an obvious example. I enjoy illustrations of Mr Fantastic.
Basically in any case where visual hyperbole is called for.

[Anonymous No.4155664]

Back on the topic of the thread, OP accidentally a great marketing for this thread. The image was disturbing enough that it caused contention, and the trolls keep bumping it to popular consciousness.
Kind of like the advise to just outrage christians and they will advertise for you back in the 80s and 90s. And people doing that today with the current moralistic busybodies - the SJWs.
Perhaps this implies a kind of outrage marketing that doesn't rely on moralism at all, just autistic trolls.

[Anonymous No.4155674]

>>4132297
>interacting with other artists or influencers
this is why im ngmi, i hate talking to other people and i prefer to post my art and log off
the most interaction i do is "omg thanks you so much <3" when someone comments on a piece

[Anonymous No.4155806]

>>4155664
>Draw shitty porn
>"This really looks like shit"
>"REEEEE IT DOESN'T, IT LOOK GOOD PP BIG AHHH I'M COOM!!"
>"There is no bad publicity ;^) great marketing move, this artist is the best"
How does it feel to have less principles and integrity than a Mexican drug cartel?

[Anonymous No.4155892]

>>4155806
its not porn though.

[Anonymous No.4155981]

>>4155806
>masturbating to a girl just standing there with no titties/ass visible
nice projection ;^)

[Anonymous No.4156068]

I feel like I'm tripping balls right now. Are you faggots seriously and unironically trying to argue that the pose in the OP is bad?

A more exaggerated and emotive figure is almost always the right move. the OP pic closely follows advice from nearly every figure drawing course under the sun about line, asymmetry, weight/imbalance, spatial depth, and movement. He studies fundies and you can tell. I fucking dare one of you crabs to PYW so I can laugh at how stiff and un-emotive it is.

[Anonymous No.4156591]

>this thread is more about the op image than the actual topic

[Anonymous No.4157051]

>>4156591
This is the thing that pisses me off the most whenever I check this thread.

[Anonymous No.4157054]

I really hope this thread dies off soon because I can’t get over how bad the OP picture is

[Anonymous No.4157385]

How long does it normally take to get to 11k followers on twitter if I post decent coom art daily?

[Anonymous No.4157399]

>>4157385
it took me about a year

[Anonymous No.4157476]

>>4157385
Took Nickleflick 3 days

[Anonymous No.4157819]

>>4157385
Depends on how much you want to suck other artist's cocks for retweets

[Anonymous No.4157827]

>>4157819
well, usually they suck you back so

[Anonymous No.4158361]

>>4147596
That doesn't work either

[Anonymous No.4158593]

>>4157385
It takes exactly 1 ( one ) retweet from someone with 30k+ followers

[Anonymous No.4159221]

>>4157819
what exactly can you offer a popular artist if you have no following though?

[Anonymous No.4159358]

>>4159221
If you're halfway decent at drawing you can make fanart of one of their characters and they might retweet it.

[Anonymous No.4159802]

>>4159358
You even don't have to be decent in some cases. But the retweets won't be useful for you then because no one wants to follow a shitty artist.

[Anonymous No.4160205]

how do I muster up courage and post my work?
I'm still insecure or have that "I'm not good enough" shit but I want small pocket money from drawing degenerate bara yaoi

[Anonymous No.4160212]

>>4160205
Just post it. Even the best artist get haters.