Don’t leave. Don’t delete your artwork. You are a very talented artist. We love your artwork.

Many people would. I think things have just been difficult for a lot of people all over the world recently. A lot of my friends who are artists have expressed similar sentiments.

I can assure you, your art and you as a person is valued. <3

its a rather common thing to start thinking like that i hsve seen for content creators of many types sadely. some have left out of loseing there passion or feel like they arent to atattchet anymore. sadely the truth is that kinks are usely a little more appealing then non kink related stuff and has nothing to do with the art skills. however if you where to leav i can promes you that alot of people would miss you and that includes me fot sure.

Ian, you have been one of my favorite artists here for a long time and one of the first I ever got to commission. We are also losing a lot of artists and people in the community lately. It would only hurt more to lose another.

I'm sure I don't know about how your feeling really but I will say that your art and your random posts on X are somethings that I look forward to even if it's rants about things there's always something that you do that I love seeing weather it be art or just tweets it would feel like another hole in the community if another big artist like yourself would leave and I among other people would hate to see that happen im sure of that.

I would definitely care, and I am where you are in the sense I feel should be further along with more to show for it. I had to stop focusing my thoughts on that because any progress I am making would have been repeatedly considered falling short by comparison. It was the best way to lower my stress on creating things. We can only change our own processes, not worry about the ones we're comparing to who are out of our control.

I want you to stay....

Don't think like that!
You were one of the artists that got me starting, always appreciated your stuff.
And most important, don't compare yourself with others. You are unique and your stuff is amazing.

Don’t go, please. I like your stuff a lot.

I feel exactly the same way as you. Just keep doing what you are already doing

Yeah but be careful of burn out too

I don't get burn out since no one is interested in what I do so I produce very little

Don't leave, I consider you among the top in your class. in the realm of fatty things and inflation art and newly blender work. You are part of the fandom.

keep on trying and working forward. the economy is not being kind right now too.

So what ever you think is best for your mental. If it’s bothering you so much then maybe a hiatus is due.

I am more or less in agreement with the above statement. I know that I would be disappointed if you left, and I do implore you not to delete everything you've made. However, if your really feeling low, a break from the "furrydom" might be in order, just to sort of get everything back together. Ultimately, it's up to you, but I think a lot of people would miss you if you left.

Sincerely,
The Cheshire Cat's Master

Of course we would care if you left, you're THE ian-exe. You're literally unreplaceable. The fandom would feel emptier without you.

I need you to stay. I may not interact with you very much but that's because I'm a busy person and am not always able to get to see everything everyone on FA posts. I'm literally watching 5,000+ furries on this website. So don't feel bad. I'm still sorry though.

It'll be okay. :(
If you want it's never too late to try and make a change. You aren't trapped into making art forever.

We would care.

Even if it seems like your art isn't getting attention, it really is. I feel that struggle a lot too, since I don't get a lot of slots filled very often, but your artwork is what inspired many to create as well, me being one of those people.

I'm truly sorry you've felt like this today. If you ever need to chat or vent, we're here for you. My DMs are always open if you need to talk, too.

We all care about you.

We already lost an important member of our Community, and i dont want to lost another so soon.

I wish i could tell more, but my mind is not fine right now due to some issues.

I would care; I love your stuff.

Please dont leave, your stuff is sooo good :(

If you feel like you need a break from it, go ahead and take one. And if you decide not to come back to F.A. ever, that's also well within your right.

But I would recommend against deleting your profile and gallery, as then you can't just come back and pick up right where you left off -- no big deal. Just take a break and come back if/when you are ready.

From what I've noticed, if you're getting a lack of activity on this site it's not anything you're doing, it's just that FA is a bad platform for trying to grow a following if you don't already have one elsewhere. The benefit of this site not algorithmically curating content comes with the drawback of, well, not really curating content at all. It's best to use FA as a gallery alongside another site if you're looking for engagement.

As for chats, that's a common issue. If you pop in mid-conversation people are going to be more engrossed with what they're already talking about, and you end up getting buried. Timing is everything with those.

If you're feeling down because of a lack of engagement, you might want to take a break. But I wouldn't recommend purging your gallery, you've got a lot of awesome artwork and it'd be a shame to lose it, plus from an engagement viewpoint that would just put you back to square one.

Definitely bouncing off this Ian if you’re reading the comments. FA is awesome because you can put anything out there but to gain more followers quickly and more attraction you need other sites that have algorithms specifically designed to promote and engage people. It’s like how everyone uses Facebook now as photos storage but TikTok, IG, et for promoting.

As far as chats go, just hop on to new chats, check journals of artists. If the people you’re trying to be with don’t talk to you, there’s definitely places out there that will, in just starting to join streams and chats and such and generally the less people in a room the more likely they are to engage with you because they also wanna make friends!

And yes, deleting everything would out you at square one, so if you ever decided to come back it would be a lot of work getting back to where you are. And this way too if you decide to step back new and old fire can interact and learn about you until you come back. I still have new people interacting with my stuff from when I was actively creating 7-8 years ago.

No don’t leave you are so talented!!

Noo.. I don't want you left...

Sometimes I can't commissions you, but, when I can, I commission you..

I care, big guy! If you need a break that's totally fine.

Having a bad day or feeling as you do is not uncommon, and I often find myself wondering the same thing. There are some who put up a work and get over a hundred likes while mine languish at much, much less.

Then I think about why I'm here and doing this. It's not for money or the like, but to hopefully express that this is what I like and what I can do. FA allows me to share with others and let them know that the love of inflation, flattening, or paws is normal and nothing to be ashamed of.

For years I though I was alone, that something was wrong with me, and that I should be punished for being or feeling different, so I punished myself. Upon discovering FA, all that changed, and I am happy to be able to share. There will always be others who are more popular, talented, are a flavor of the month, or just plain cooler than I ever will be. And that's okay.

Whether something is faved, commented upon, or if commissions are made is all a huge random batch of calculations that rely on factors outside of our control or understanding. It is not a comment upon the quality of the work.

You would be greatly missed here if you were to leave, and you've made a great many contributions that you are unaware of. My advice to you is to continue doing what you like because you like it, and share with us what you like, knowing that your influence far exceeds what you see here.

This is supposed to be fun. I hope you decide to make it so, because I always think you do good work with a friendly wink.

I'm a big fan of a lot of the stuff you've made! <3

I just think you're pretty cool man

Many would

I mean, I would care man. I know what it is like to feel stuck and that all what you have done over all this time does't matter how much you had worked because I been there. I been in this fandom for quite some time too and I can say with all the honesty, as a fact (and not trying to ger any sympaty) that I am still a nobody. I have worked hard on my art, to socialise and to watch someone else just achieve popularity, and became friends with all the people I admire, just getting all the things I have worked hard for just really sucks.
What I have done to get over all this is to try to see more into this fandom than just the goals I want to achieve. I have spend more time with other furries even when they are not into my same stuff, and met really wonderful friends, who even when they are really small artist or influencers into this fandom, now they are the most important people to me. We can spend time, play videogames, chat, meet new people and talk about what life is.
I might never be able to be the big furry artist that I wish I could be, but even in small numbers I still have an influence on others, specially on people that I can call my friends.
And if I'm really a loser that nobody cares about, good. I prefert to spend my time enjoying my own artwork into things that I like and enjoy even if they are small sketches or the simplest of things or just things that are bad rather than to always feel the presure of being a big artist, having to work hard on always growing, coming up with ideas for ych, commisions, or work.

I do fucking anything that isnt cute toony round inflation. then its "fuck you here is like 3 likes"

I have that experience, except it's fat, not inflation. When I don't post something fat enough I won't get much response. But I choose not to think of FA like a monolith deciding to spite me.

Those three likes you got? They mean a lot. Those are real ones. They like your art for the art, not just the fetish. You want more people like that. They're versatile - they'll like anything you do. So I'm guessing (still not there yet), the more you do your thing, the more you'll get people who like you for you, and not just for what you produce.

Yes, we would! we want you to stay, I want you to stay! Please!