Well, most of your submissions tend to involve a particular theme, that theme being hyper and/or leaking. With that recurring theme, the audience you're going to collect will likely be repeat visitors. To help get more visitors, getting a larger number of submissions will work in your favor. More submissions gets your name around more, which may bring in curious people who might possibly become new watchers. Not trying to be a downer or anything, just speaking out what sounds like might help. Not that I actually know, I mostly just avoid gathering attention. :P

As for the artwork thing, just gotta keep on trekking. With time and continued effort, you'll advance to higher skills in no time. I'm working on learning to draw, too, and it's obscenely difficult for me. But I keep on picking up that pencil(no has tablet. :P) scribbling away, working towards the goal of being a great artists. :3

I sort of figured the first part already... besides, hyper-leaking's what I like. But you're right. I'm trying to draw a larger variety of things... Or at least, once I get some time to work on personal stuff, I will. *scritches away inna notebook* ^ω^

Still, I'd thought there were more hyperfurs out there. X3




Oh, and tablet-less furs unite! *high five* XD

I'm sure there's plenty of hypers about, they just haven't had the pleasure of meeting Rykela yet. ;3



Boo-yah! *returns high-five*

Don't worry about the stagnation, Rykela. *nuzzles* Some may not comment because they can't think of something to say other than "this looks great!" And such because they feel that using that wouldn't be enough to show how much they appreciate it.

Yeah, I hope so.

I'm sure of it. *hugs tightly*

Love, all i can say, is to remember, improvement is not always seen by the person improving.

here's an idea, if you can, take a moment to look back at your older things that you can, and compare them to the current ones? how do you feel about them?

another is, things like this work kinda like the economy- there are expansion, and recessions. if you though it out, you'll eventually see a change :)

and babe... trust me, your art is beautiful. i'll agree with Grand there: i normally just say "it's great" due to the facts i really dont know what to say, other then the truth, after all... i'm not "artiste" type person... i get kinda lost in art, more then enjoy it :( - and a lot of times, i dont speak just simply due to the fact it's a great picture, it's just out side of my taste.
remember that about me? i'm high-unbiased, but still have my own opinions, also :) my personal taste i dont like to interfere with the simple over all facts. it's just good art ;)

so keep it up, okay? this seems like a thing your life does well :) i'd hate to see you lose it
:(

*hugs* I'll keep that in mind, my darling. I miss talking to youse... *sniffle*

meh too!!! *sniffles*

trying to get my y! to time with you :'( i keeped missing :(

1:06? Aaaaaargh, I was on then... at least until my dad pulled the router plug when he went to bed.

that late?! i'm not used you being online at such a late hour :( i tend to turn my Y! off past certain hours :(

Hmm...
Well, where to start.
I'll have to agree, theres alot less hyper furs out there than i thought... But this doesn't mean that hyper enthusiasts will not encounter your works time and time again. :3 I guess its just been slow out there when it comes to page exploration. *shrugs* Just a thought.

On the topic of ideas and whatnot, I've seen you've been drawing new things and thats great to see, with this i guess time is key, wait a while and keep posting, new faces will eventually emerge. n____n

I don't know what else i can say which hasn't been said above, hope ot helps ya. ^.=.^

Yep. *chuckle* Wait till you see my new stuff. I'm pretty sure you'll like it.

Ooh, I'll be keeping my eyes peeled then. 83

I don't have that much money, just a part time job and an over obsession for commissions :p

You manage to get so many good ones though!

It might help if you realize that I still exist. XP

dont worry!! i still remember that you.... umm.. who is joo again?

>:) hehehe *evil grin*

Why don't you have a yahoo. X3

I'm always on MSN. And because YIM is stupid.

Well! First of all, here's my disclaimer: Everything here is said out of . Please don't take any advice as being harsh, as all the criticism I offer is said constructively. I make this disclaimer because fuck, artists on FA can be touchy. I had one perma-block be when I offered ways to improve after he specifically asked for it. You might think I was being hostile or rude in the suggestions, but I wasn't. >_> Some people when asking are really just asking to be told everything's all right and they're awesome because they attention. I don't do that. One thing you'll find on FA is that no matter who you are, and no matter what you do, no matter the quality, there are a good number of people who will tell you it's awesome, no problems. But that doesn't actually help you, does it? You wouldn't be making this journal if you didn't think there was some sort of problem.

Now, to start out with, I like your work. It's very rough, but you have a certain eagerness. It was the pole-dancing vixen picture that first drew me in.. and the bakery story. There is a lot of room for improvement, and you may think that you're reaching your limits, but that's not a reason to despair. You're right about one thing, you might be reaching your limits, but it's the limits imposed by your current drawing style and ways of thinking about drawing, not the limits of what you can actually DO. So if it feels frustrating maybe it's time to take a new approach to drawing.

Your birthday is coming up, and there's one book/dvd (or just book/workbook) that I very very strongly recommend you look into getting. You can ask for it for your birthday, or use any birthday money you might get to purchase the book and workbook and pencils and erasers and drawing board. It's fairly popular so you may have heard of it before, called "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain."
The paperback book: http://www.amazon.com/New-Drawing-Right-Side-Brain/dp/0007116454/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1319568723&sr=8-4
The workbook: http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Right-Side-Brain-Workbook/dp/1585421952/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1319568723&sr=8-2

Get both. It's all about training your mind to see shapes differently, to think of everyday objects in ways that make it easier for you to visualize and draw. I'm not an artist, and I have no allusions of artistic talent. But the techniques really helped me out when I briefly had the drawing bug. One of the things that it has you do is before and after drawings -- draw something before the lessons, then after.
Here's a drawing I made of my arm before going through the book:
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4816/001awb.jpg
Here's the same drawing I made two weeks later, after working an hour or two per day:
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/856/hand3n.jpg
And again, I'm not an artist. And the book doesn't assume you are, either -- it's even aimed towards people who want to draw but don't really know how.

The reason I feel this may be really helpful, is that when you ask "should I be doing less hyper/leaking?" I'm not sure that's the right question to ask. I mean, as much as I adore hyper, I think the answer is, "yes, less," but that's only because I think it's time to strengthen the fundamentals. Work on anatomy, proportion, and then you'll have a better approach to tackle the fetishy stuff we all love. Without being able to focus on fundamentals, drawing things will feel overwhelming.

Plus, working on the fundamentals of drawing involves drawing a lot of life-studies and non-sexual stuff, so you don't have to worry about anyone seeing what you're doing.

This is all wall of text, and I hope it helped. >_>