I know exactly how you feel Serena.

BRING BACK THE COMMENTS!

Its easier said than done, Serena, considering that most people who come by my page are just fav ninjas - people who just go around collecting other peoples' art in their favorites folder without commenting. They don't draw or write or show any kind of creativity worth a damn, they basically just have a FA page so they can view NSFW art. I encounter those people all the time; you notice that I have over 300 watchers but I only watch like 130? That's because a lot of those who watch me are just fav ninjas.

the reason i have so many on my watching list is a mix between artists i like and friends of mine =P i get alot of fav ninjas too...i dont have a problem with them, but a comment from time to time would be nice

I'm the same way when it comes to watchers, some are friends and others are fellow artists. That's how I feel too, I don't mind fav ninjas, though I'd appreciate a comment every now and then. I myself sometimes fav without commenting because either I don't know what to say or I just want to keep my thoughts to myself. It's just when people continually fav my stuff without commenting, it just makes me feel like they just care about the art and couldn't give a rat's ass less about the artist behind the work, and maybe it is the case, but still, I like being social and I just don't like it when people do that.

Tell me about it. I've got 538 watchers, and I struggle to get my views into double digits most of the time.

i got over 900 and i dont even know how many of them are even active anymore....

Indeed. I wonder if part of it is the trap where we all start watching so many artists we like, that so many messages build up in the inbox, and ultimately people can't get through them all. I know that's true for me, at least. I ended up following so many people that I want to keep track of, I end up unable to keep up with any of them. I take a weekend off, and suddenly I have thousands of messages in my inbox.

But even the random traffic has been minimal, across all of my galleries. When I have one of my paintings in a friend's gallery, the one on their side gets more traffic than mine. I've seen people upload half-assed sketches that get more appreciation than a painting I spent 2 months trying to perfect. It's really discouraging. :/

i know right?!?! what is up with that? you work so hard on a piece you are proud of it and you post it up and you're lucky to get one or two comments.....even faves for that matter.....i swear sometimes i wonder if the only way to get recognition in the fandom is to have a big huge cock slapping you in the face......i think thats a little outrageous....theres more to art and furry art than the porn aspect of it.....people need to learn to appreciate the other types and subject matters of art in the fur fandom...and non-furs wonder why we have such a bad rap for being oversexed fiends...... it kinda pisses me off...

Yeah. Even when I do make an adult piece, it also doesn't do so well, though it will eventually get more views over time, but comments and favs are still as minimal as they come. Sometimes when I upload a new submission, I check out some of the work that's being uploaded at the same time. I've found the most mediocre artwork, not even adult stuff, draws in more traffic. It boggles my mind. Meanwhile, I study and try to do the best quality work I can muster and only a very few of my fans ever interact with me, or my work.

When I first joined up when FA was formed, my work was hardly what it is today, and I had TONS of traffic and comments. Now that I've gotten fairly good with my techniques, nobody's interested. The majority of watchers I get are all empty anonymous accounts that just lurk.

I go over to DA and put my art in as many clubs as I can, and even then I can't get a break. Sometimes I wonder if it's just me, or my fursona, that doesn't interest my audience. Even when I start up a new gallery with a new name, nobody seems too interested, save for the same small handful who fav pretty much anything in my gallery.

I like your stuff! :)

yay stuff!

maybe a lot of your fans are shy. Like me! I don't comment very often because I almost never can think of something helpful to say...

if that is the case, let me be the one to say, i love comments no matter how big or small, it shows me people took the time to view the art completely, and i promise you all... i won't bite =) all comments and communication are welcome

No comments on my anything any more either, but it's not too big of a deal to me. If you want comments, maybe ask for them in a journal?

you mean kinda like i just did? XD

No. This would be titled "May I have feedback on this piece?" and -link-

ah.... well maybe.....

Hmm, even when I specifically ask for feedback, I can't get any. Even some of my friends promise to give me feedback on something (even small things that would only take five minutes out of their day), but then pretend that the topic never exists. -__-; It happens time, and time, and time again.

There has been quite a drop off in pageviews and comments for most people here.
I know what you mean :(

i think maybe the thumbnails of the submissions let people view the art without clicking on it, and they only click on it if they want to fave it

I actually like this thumbnail system. It saves me from having to click on absolutely everything, and wastes my time trying to find the art I do want to view. If I didn't know what I was clicking on, I'd click on artwork far less than I do now, and only focus on a couple of artists that I know do quality work I enjoy.

well i didn;'t say it was bad....i just think that could be part of it... i like it too

True, it could be part of why people don't click on the thumbnails. Having smaller, cropped thumbnails I believe makes it worse. ^.^;

Good point.
At least it doesn't artificially inflate the number of views. Since the views are those who clicked on your thumbnail.

I'm sorry I don't comment often.

you used to comment alot =)

Is that bad? I don't want to be bothersome.

Forgive me if I was a little rude.

on the contrary, i loved the comments, that is what i am getting at, i want more =)

Okay. I'll do my best to comment more then. *offers a hug*

yay! *hugs back*

I kinda have been on this journal huh? But I will do more so on your submissions.

I should comment more often, then.

please do! ^^ i dont even know how many active watchers i have anymore....

Well, I am active, the problem is just that my inbox is so full of stuff that it gets hard to post comments on all of them and then there is also often the fact that I dont know what to say either aside from generic comments.

as i said in a previous reply, i love comments no matter how big or small, it shows me people took the time to view my art the way it should be viewed

Considering this is just a watch account, I try to refrain from commenting and drawing attention.