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To fill a niche, or not to fill a niche?
11 years ago
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Have you had your daily dose of brick to the face, today?
So, as some people have noticed, I've posted a scat render on my scraps folder. And, if people follow my IB and SoFurry accounts, they know I've done scat porn in the past. I'm not proud of it, and I can tell you right now, I'm not a fan of watersports or scat porn from others. However, talking with Wolfblade on a mega patron stream just now...
Well, we were talking about gaining new fans and dealing with current ones, and I made mention of this niche - in vague terms, and not mentioning the niche in name - and he said that, while it's possible to be shoehorned into that niche as a stereotype by others, it's also a good way of getting new followers, because you're filling a niche that would otherwise not be satisfied for those followers.
Now, while I dislike sharing and doing these renders, I've also gotten some good praise from people for it, even from people who don't particularly like the scat angle, and I've even gotten a few commission requests from people who like it and feel I'd be more amicable to doing it than other artists out there; basically, I see to be one of the few who can do good scat work and be willing to do commissions of it. And those who don't particularly like the scat angle still think it's good and want to see the characters involved in other works, basically having them say "This is good, even though it's not my thing; is there a chance we can see more of this kind of stuff, without the scat thing?"
So, now I'm having a conundrum so frustrating that I'm on the verge of tears, right now; should I go with what the crowd wants and do more scat work to fill that niche, and try to use it as the basis to build people up to more of my work, or should I shut that niche down and do my regular art, hoping I'd get more people into it? And, if I do the former, should I make a separate account for it?
Well, we were talking about gaining new fans and dealing with current ones, and I made mention of this niche - in vague terms, and not mentioning the niche in name - and he said that, while it's possible to be shoehorned into that niche as a stereotype by others, it's also a good way of getting new followers, because you're filling a niche that would otherwise not be satisfied for those followers.
Now, while I dislike sharing and doing these renders, I've also gotten some good praise from people for it, even from people who don't particularly like the scat angle, and I've even gotten a few commission requests from people who like it and feel I'd be more amicable to doing it than other artists out there; basically, I see to be one of the few who can do good scat work and be willing to do commissions of it. And those who don't particularly like the scat angle still think it's good and want to see the characters involved in other works, basically having them say "This is good, even though it's not my thing; is there a chance we can see more of this kind of stuff, without the scat thing?"
So, now I'm having a conundrum so frustrating that I'm on the verge of tears, right now; should I go with what the crowd wants and do more scat work to fill that niche, and try to use it as the basis to build people up to more of my work, or should I shut that niche down and do my regular art, hoping I'd get more people into it? And, if I do the former, should I make a separate account for it?
If I absolutely had to do it, separate accounts.
But that is me, and I am weird.
That being said, I agree that two separate accounts would work best.
You should be able to do what you want to do or have fun with, regardless of what others may or may not say. If you can't do that, things will just get more and more frustrating. >w<
On a side note, I personally enjoy all your work. I'm just not very open about liking scat stuff.
Lots of peeps are like that. =o