-) Personally: I would love for my dark ambiance to be more recognized. I'd really like it.

ask and ye shall get a watch!

as long as you enjoy what you do, why care about being popular?

Agreed. Popularity matters not. Only quality. But if you have both quality and popularity, the consequences are immense in its scale and benevolence. Just remember:

"Every soul touches another, creating something anew and alive."

Really good point there. I've always wanted to be one, but with the level in my art... I don't think so. XD

Popular or not, I would still deliver a hug.

I wouldn't want to be popular. Since sometimes it goes to people's heads and it changes them... Changes them in the worst ways.

For an artist you should be known for your art :3
and you are, your art is amazin.

My ability to be a good listener. I'm not a social person when it comes to one on one conversations. I can't sit up and shoot the breeze with people like it's just another day that gets boring (to me).

But I think of myself as a problem solver, and most people have problems I can solve just by being an outside observer and giving some insight into the problem. I'd rather just be a person to come to when you have a problem I make a terrible friend in general cause I hate talking to people out of the random and I get easily distracted because if i'm online...i'm probably drawing.

Thankfully though whatever status I have is because of Rivers, and I am okay with that.



BUT EVERYONE LOVES YOU BO, ADMIT IT YOU POPUFUR <3

the same here =3

would be nice, but i don't i have the skills to draw that many people and i don't think i'll ever will

I would like people to enjoy vids I do, and some art pieces too, even though I dont do many >.<

And, some people who are popular that I really enjoy 100% of their work, are  nyaasu and  Kubikitsune. But, one person I think really should receive more light on his work, its  Karupanda

Hm, I guess you do have a point. For someone with so many watchers, you don't get as much comments or even favs as I'd expect. :3c
I guess I tend to consider artists I look up to as "popular," haha. ^^;;

If I was popular, I'd like to get there by either my style/talent or characters. :>

"you are amazing, oh so amazing, you are amazing, and cool and great!! And i pity and boy/furry who isn't you right now."

Recognition of an artist's talent is a wonderful thing. It doesn't so much craving popularity in your case as that yearning to be appreciated for what you do. Your style is very unique and will hopefully garner more watchers purely for it. Or the content.

[trite]Popularity relies on shiny, doe-eyed, anime-esque fembois getting rammed in the butt by other similarly doe-eyed and cutesy characters.[/trite]

"What if we all were popular, like the "big" ones here in FA? What would you like to make you popular? Your art? Your personality? The drama you are able to bring up?"

I can't imagine ever being FA popular. I've been here since '06, I have less than 5,000 pageviews, and less than 250 people watch me. If I somehow got popular, I'd almost rather be popular for being 'That really nice guy who's always offering advice, trying to help people feel better or solve problems' as opposed to ' that one guy who does the really awesome watercolors' or ' you know, the guy who makes *stuff*' (  closetmonstercreations )

never gonna happen to you

Oh no, I know. I have no expectations whatsoever of being popular for any reason at all on the internet.
It's just that one of those reasons is extremely honest. Out here in reality land, I'm popular in my various social groups exactly because I'm a nice, helpful person. Has very little to do with my skill as an artist or craftsman.

I do, however, expect eventually to get a little more attention for my work here. I might have been here since '06, but I haven't been as capable an artist as I am now for nearly so long. Neither have I had the ability to post consistently or maintain a significant presence.

I'm just saying, y'know, it would be nice to be popular for the same reasons regardless of where people know me from.

fair enough. Venue is irrelevant. Modesty, niceness, pretty overrated. I'd love to take advantage of a person like that ;J

Actually I do much, much better in live venues. Both times I've done the dealer's den at FWA I've come away having paid for my trip, meaning I make more in a weekend there than I do the rest of the YEAR on the internet, and that was just selling chains. I had art out on display I could do pretty much anything, but I've gotta say the shiny stuff vastly outsells the pretty pictures.

I love the emote, I'm not sure how I feel about what you're implying by 'I'd love to take advantage of a person like that' >=3

people who are trusting, or genuinely nice & modest. i'm a very machiavellian myself, i wouldn't think twice about it. I'm a self-admitted Narcissist, and i like it. and i'm really just joshin ya ;J i'm bored & broke so....

Ahh, okay =3 I might be fairly nice, but I've been screwed too many times to be trusting. And narcissism probably has great advantages over an inferiority complex x3

Its not a big deal, it just a thing here on FA, I think that popularity it deserved by someone who have a good style and a good personality.

You have both, also maybe you dont have a lot of comments or what ever, but I think you are popular =3

If I put a list of people who worth the watch, you are in that list =D

I'd probaly want to be know for having interesting characters along with skill.

Also,  shiniglion  smutmutt and  feralise all deserve a million watches. Not only are they fantastic artist, but they are some the kindest, coolest people I have ever known.

Durr >_<
 shininglion

never heard of them

which is exactly why you should go check out their stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvdf5n-zI14

Listen to me now.....
stats are everything
You are Precisely 3+ times as popular as me. Views, and Watchers, depending on how you weigh them.

If you don't care... fine. but you should care. The important thing is to set Benchmarks, concrete goals of what you want.

My spirituality and unique work of art by combing the two.


And to offer spiritual advice and maybe scan a persons energy field :P~

Oh and my technique, style and attention to detail

wow this is a lot of m¿comments....

First, my drawing style, reflects part of my personality, I put part of me in all my drawings .. or nearly all, only when I draw things that I like, because the picture goes wrong, I've noticed also that Furaffinity popularity is based more on content "+18", several times I have wondered, "will draw YIFF the so famous, to make me known?, and several times that question crossed his mind, even if you have any need for me known, I want it for my art and not for the illness to draw or be drawn.

i had a list of underrated Artists
here's a few
 leopreston icon:Vantid:  deathpuppy

I'd like to be popular for pushing the envelope in quality and content, substance. You have to do crazy things in Artwork to get people's attention these days, their Attention span is SHIT. These NextGen furs all in the 25 below range, they're spoiled and Unimpressable... These are the ungrateful pricks that don't appreciate anything, just "save now, fap later, whatever man" kids.

One of my benchmarks is going to Anthrocon and actually turning a profit, (like Meesh, remember him? nah... old news right?) To be more of the household name types that you think of off the top of your head. like that... Rabbit dude... i forget... oh they only work for Paysites now.

Yeah, those guys are underrated. There are probably a lot more out there.

You do have to do crazy things in artwork to get people's attention anymore, largely because of what digital media allow you to produce, provided you have some kind of skill in actual drawing and are willing to shell out for a tablet. I'm resisting doing so on principle, but I'm afraid if I ever wanna get anywhere I'm going to have to start doing digital work in addition to bringing up the quality of my traditional stuff. I can't just be pretty good, I have to be so good that even with an inferiority complex the size of soviet russia, I can't find more flaws than good things in my work >.<

Okay... /rant

oh yeah and...... underrated Artists that deserve more?

ME!!!

You are TEN TIMES as popular as I am buddy, check the stats, I shit you not x3

Not that that's any consolation.

Inspiring.

I'd want to be popular for making my customers happy. If you leave your customers with a positive experience they will come back and/or recommend you to others.

To me "popularity' is a very loaded thing. Being quite shy the idea of "popularity' makes me cringe. but like you I like the idea of getting feedback on my artwork, particularly comments of constructive criticism.

If I'd be known for anything, the art itself is of course what I'd want to be known for.

Everyone knows who you are, everyone recognizes your artstyle...

...so yea, I'd say you're popular ^^


...at least 'MUCH' more popular than some of us... :P

you are popolar and i like what you do

I thought you are popular, but I guess you know better :D

popularity is bullshit~

Agreed with the awesome artist xB

you're just sweet huh?

here in philippines
maybe i am the only one who adores you
I dont know about the other people here because i think i am the only anthro artist here
Maybe you are popular in other place

Hmmm...then perhaps instead of popular then we should call you well-known and very much loved by the FA community not only for your great arts but also because of your kind and caring personality :3

As for if I was popular? I actually wouldn't want to be because when you're unknown then you don't have very many eyes on you nor people who are ready to pounce on you and criticize you for something you do that they might not like. Also, I think it's better to be unknown because then you won't have to worry about who is being your friend for who you really are and who is doing it for their own gain. I'm happy with being unknown and having a small group of close friends who I know I can confide in :)
(also, it is much easier to sneak around doing kind things when you are unknown~)

As for artists to share.... somethomas,  devonaura and  zanvarin

I always thought you were popular. At the very least you are talented, both of which are reasons why I don't comment so much. Anyway, I think you're popular when everyone can instantly recognize your style.

As for what I'd like to popular for? My personality I guess, even though I'm not such a special thing. Mainly because I don't draw very often and most of my stories stay in my head rather than move on to pen or keyboard.

dunno, I've never been popular, maybe somewhat important, but that's all

If you're to the point where you get tons of comments on journals, and you don't really recognize all the posters....you're probably popular.

Having six or seven thousand “fans” is like having six or seven thousand “friends” on Facebook. Numerically impressive. Naturally it is how the artist feels about those numbers. Obviously if he/she is still in the “mine is bigger than yours” stage of Life then those numbers are very important. But the undeniable fact remains that telling the person across the counter at a coffee shop in the city where the furry con you are attending is that you have all those fans still won’t get you a free cup of coffee.

So what good are they?

They certainly are nice as encouragement to keep you drawing or writing since those number “prove”, at least numerically, that your work is good enough to merit someone out there in Cyberspace going though the titanic effort of clicking their mouse once in order to watch you and see what else you are going to produce.

Personally I think I have a comfortable level of popularity -- comfortable for me. Watched by 958 folks. Heh, of course that is not even being “noticed” according to the standards of watchage of some the “biggies” of FA. But I have some very nice watchers who are both intelligent and posses a G-rated sense of humor. Best yet, they comment with a fair amount of frequency considering that the subjects of my artwork pretty much defy easy categorization as to type. My watchers, are like my family, and they are kind enough to allow me to share with them the products of my imagination. That makes me happy and I feel grateful to them.

Lastly, one has to define in one’s own mind whether an artist is "popular", or is just the target of a “fad”.

My voice, really. I would love to be popular for my audio shows that I work on. sadly, have NOT had much time to work on them since grad school. :/

But you are popular. I consider you one of the best known artists around, not just on FA, but everywhere.

Popularity makes people snobby XD

You're popular tbh.

And in case you're not popular enough and become "more popular", don't become a The Wielder II.

I think you are a pretty popular guy! Maybe not as popular as Blotch but as some others have said I think a lot of people know who you are. Also, I think if you want to be insanely popular on FA, all you have to do is draw a lot of images of dudes taking it up the butt or in the mouth.

Just be you!

Fishing

popularity is not all in this world, you may think you are not popular, but somehow you are, sadly i have been watching some popufurs in the past and withn the past of time they have became a totall ass or really ther pride is high enough to invent some HUGE drama so their popularity will increase, we all know who i am talking about, i'm not mentioning names, But in the end your work is recognized, maybe it's true you don't get enough crits, comments or stuff like that, neither do i, still yet hey there will be persons which will enjoy and like your art, and you wouldn't know who, there are some that "like or talk" to you, hoping to get free art, it depends on you if you give it, In the end i must say, Just be you and screw it if you are popular or not, being nice is what matters, at least for me, that i watch the art and the artist, if he/she is nice, then his/her art gains a greater value, if it's a totall ass, then i wont fave, download or watch it, no matter how good is it, as  bigtig said, Just be you, and be happy |3

^^ Nicely said!

I believe if anything would make me popular on FA.. it would be my personality, and people respecting my talent in art at only 15 years old. XD