Honestly, what drew me into your page was how attractive your art is

So here's my philosophy. My gut is telling me that you've been true to yourself, and that the view/fav numbers are gonna try and sew doubt, bland you up. I'm not trying to say popularity is somehow bad to chase! The world is a really lonely place without crowds. But it can be a mistake to treat the watches & favs & clicks as a barometer of respect, when they mostly just reward you meeting expectations. Even FA has dark patterns.

Your pictures are visually impressive, and improving! Your leap to 3D was really natural, there didn't seem to be any practice phase. I think you're right to make high quality pictures slowly, instead of making low quality pictures quickly. Honestly, it breaks my heart to see people assume they've got a strategy problem when the furry world goes quiet on them. Furry world just always goes quiet on rare furries.

Artists are a community, sure, but don't let them tell you the rents are equal in the village. People with new interests will always have nervous fans, and people with old interests will get cozy ones. People with kinks will always alienate people with no kinks. People with rare kinks will just, stir fewer people's feelings than the people with common kinks, it's a math thing. And then there's the biases! Furries are more progressive than alot of other scenes, very openminded and queer. But furries approve of alot of stuff without actually ever faving it. I've noticed that people who aren't pan/bi never fav head swaps between characters of different genders, for instance. Galleries that contain 100% drawings of cis men tend to outperform galleries that contain 100% drawings of cis women, which seem to outperform galleries with a diverse mix. And some other people (Me, sorry!) are a flavor of asexual where we approve of, but rarely enjoy sex scenes. Some people just don't like certain videogames, or they only like birds, or they can only get off if it's barefoot with toes. Some people need there to be multiple limbs, or rubber clothing, or a certain emotional aura. Some people have weird religious hangups, or phobias, and whatever your favorite color is, somebody out there hates it. Please don't let these people want stop you from creating the stuff that only you'd create. If you don't make it, who will?

To specifically address the no practice period bit about my 3D, you may be surprised to learn I have about 2100 hours in SFM since it released back in like 2013 or 2014. The reason I held off so long on uploading any was actually that a while ago (like before SFM was released) I uploaded a couple GMOD pictures of a model I reskinned to look like an old sona but for some reason FA staff took them down. I really couldn’t figure out why but it sort of made me like “alright I guess I’m never uploading stuff like that again” for a while.

I dunno what exactly made me want to post the SFM work I’ve been doing recently. I’m glad people are liking it though!

Ooh, that does explain it, from my perspective the 3D stuff just sort of materialized looking good overnight.

I think this is all really good feedback. I just wanted to echo it, because I have nothing more to add. :)

1) I do like your ideas so seeing more of them would be fantastic so long as they're visually readable (which I should mention isn't a problem for you!). Flats would be preferable, but sketches are fine too.

2) As stated before, more uploads that communicate your ideas would be great. I'm loath to suggest a particular kink or interest as I'd prefer you follow your heart. I find quality/charm increases if you're motivated to draw what you do.

...........maybe more conjoinment lol.

3) You have a very cool and charming art style and I like seeing it show up in my feed regardless of kink. Seeing more of that would be lovely (but not to the point of burnout ofc)

Honestly suggesting particular kinks would be helpful. FA lacks a poll system so I can’t just put up one of those but I would love for people who watch me to just tell me subjects and kinks they enjoy.

Well if you say so, you got my answer on that lol

I definitely agree with the simple sketches idea. It helps keep the creativity alive, even if it's just a little sketch. Could also just be something that feels easier to do so you don't bog yourself down with self-criticism.

From what I can gather, you seem to draw quite a lot, being it quick sketches, or stuff for the patreon, or actual commissions, but most of it, 95% maybe... just never makes its way to here on FA, for whatever reason? I don't quite understand how you're expecting to grow if you upload at such a trickle. I've definitely noticed a bit of an improvement over the past week or so, but if it were me in you situation, I'd be doing it differently:

-Whenever you do sketches, and I mean whenever, unless they're absolutely meant to be 100% private, just put them in scraps! People love seeing sketches, you'll often have the most variety in terms of what topics you draw in them. I'd say go back in your files however far you want, and just upload them en masse.

-I don't know how exactly much art you've posted on Patreon in the 4-5 or so years you've been running it, but I do know that most of it never seems to leave the paywall. Most successful Patreons I've seen don't quite operate like this. The majority use it as a way to see art early and see exclusive alts. After a month of being posted on Patreon, or whatever timeframe you think is reasonable, you should upload at least the base version of that image elsewhere. You can, in addition to that, post previews, just cropped versions of that art or even the sketch, on the same day it goes up on Patreon, to perhaps entice potential patrons to subscribe. Same as with the sketches, I'd recommend going back however far you feel comfortable, and just posting everything that would fit the criteria to be public by now.

-As for the commissions you've made; I've commissioned you four times I believe? I definitely plan on it again once I have a job. Irregardless, out of the four times we've done this, I believe you only ever uploaded one of them, when I and I'm sure many others would've loved to have seen all four. The same goes for all the other people I've known to commission you, 99% of it seems to just remain private. You really should just upload everything by default, with the option still being there, at customer request, to remain private. As before, go through your back catalog, and just start uploading stuff. You definitely have my permission to post my comms wherever.

My main point being, people like variety, and variety is a very good way to advertise yourself. Unless you have a really good reason not to, just upload everything when you're going to move on from it! And you have a very healthy supply of past art you should heavily consider uploading in the meanwhile as you work on new stuff. If you wanna discuss any of this further, I'm always open to it, either here or on Discord.

...also maybe do more Pokemon and searching for head scenarios lol

The funny thing is I meant to upload a lot of old Patreon stuff I just forgot to or didn’t get around to it. I could trickle that out over the next couple weeks (as opposed to another giant burst) for sure.

It’s just something else I think I can blame on having untreated depression and ADHD for such a long time. I think I went like 3 or 4 years without uploading at one point and I only just started to get back into it recently.

1. I wouldn’t mind seeing more sketches and WIPs uploaded, granted it all depends on how you wish to keep some stuff Patreon exclusive for a time being.
2. For gallery improvements, perhaps create folders dedicated exclusively to original characters for the sake of browsing? Like have all Kira pics in one and Vic pics in another?
3. As for what made me discover you in the first place, it all goes back to my discovery of the modular community back in 2018. At first I didn’t think we had much in common kink-wise but as time went on I began feeling more comfortable embracing my “weirder” side in the fandom! Since then you’ve been a true friend that’s helped me through a lot~

I know I haven't been here nearly as long, so my voice might not carry much weight, but I would like to speak on this. I'm so sorry you've had to deal with this, I know how hard it is for something like this and its algorithm to stir doubt in you and your abilities. But you have been very open and true to yourself, and I like that about you. As for your questions:

1) If you drew up sketches every once in a while, I would not be opposed to that. I must say though, your art is beautiful!! It is visually very pleasing to look at, your style and everything about it is absolutely gorgeous!! I will admit I'm gravitated towards it a bit more than your SFM work, but that is also very impressive and fun to look at!!

2) Personally, I don't think there is anything more that you need to do. This coming from me who actively searches for people with similar kinks to myself, and I don't see a need for any different ones on your profile. Frequency of uploads is something that catches up to all artists, and it is hard when backlash is received from their audiences, but it says more about them than it does about you. Artists need time to make the art they love to make, they way they want to make it!! So by all means, take all the time you need to make your art as you see fit!!

3) What drew me to you was your art, and love for modularity and similar transformations. As a lover of transformation magic, and more so modularity on this platform, it is nice to see the modular sub-fandom on this community have so many nice people. Pretty quickly, however, what drew me to you was your overall vibe; I really like the way you talk, and seem to think, you are very kind, which I greatly appreciate, especially in your warm welcome to me, and as I said before, you are true to yourself, which I admire very much.

Overall, I would honestly just love to see you continue what you enjoy doing for your fifteenth anniversary here!! I love seeing what you create and how happy it makes you to create it!!

- I prefer fully-fledged art, sketches just wouldn't come to life as much as your existing art
- I discover most artists through commissions and collaborations they've done with artists I already follow, so perhaps you could commission someone more famous
- I think I found you through some other modular fur's page, and I like modular and geometric art in general