If it helps you make you feel better about yourself, I say go for it.

oh, yus! letme hear you sing! or at least talk .)

btw, if it helps you can call people on skype or so, have someone to talk to instead of a silent wall :D

Hehe, well that's an issue on itself, I don't like skype calling, I don't even call much on my cellphone if it's nothing important or of out most urgency ^^;
so I was thinking that talking while streaming would help me get more comfy talking, but sure I do understand and would agree that having someone talking back would be easier per-se but for now I wanna start with just me.

sounds familiar. i have similiar problems, just thought it might help .) and fix 2 problems at once.

Personally I don't like the mic. I usually can't turn on the sound in streams, leaving me unable to communicate with the streamer then :/

Well that's okay too, I mean I'm not gonna have Mic on everytime I stream, but as long as people just say "hey, can't have sound on." I'll know that and I'll know then to write when you and others ask or talk to me :3 it's no trouble, I just wanna do mic 'cause of the therapeutic effect. Because I seriously need to talk more to people TwT

Speaking as a stream-watcher, I generally favour streams where the artist has a mic going.

Speaking as a streamer, using the mic frees up your hands to keep working while discussing things with folks, but if the chat is not particularly responsive, it can quickly get frustrating.

Wouldn't mind either or. Streams with mic are nice.

I'd say go for it :3

The artists I have followed that use their mic have some of the best followings as well. I suspect people feel more 'in touch' with the artist and, if you are lucky, you can develop a bit of a community that regularly visit your streams. Having a bit of background music can also help as it fills in those gaps where you get a bit focused on your work or those times where you are having a bit of a time thinking of what to talk about next and it can even generate chat amongst the viewers.

The live mic can also help with commissioners being able to give 'real time' feedback to which you can reply without stopping to type while working on their artwork, this can also save time on the traditional back and forward review process that can happen otherwise.

If you are looking for an example, genesisw has a stream where her viewer community has grown over time and she has a pretty good following. She uses a random media player to play music from her eclectic collection as a background filler and either talks about the artwork at hand or whatever pops up from conversations that her viewers are having in the chatbox.

If it is not your strong point then don't panic if it takes a while to get into. You don't need to be talking the whole time, as I mentioned, you initially may simply use it to answer questions from the chatbox instead of stopping your artwork to answer them. It may take time but the rewards can be worth it. If you have the time, check out some other streamers who use the mic and you may begin to see some good and bad ways of doing things.

Thx you so much for writing :3
I have watched several streamers that use mic, that's kinda why I've been wanting to do it myself as well and also since it would make it easier for me to quicker respond to people while arting :) and so far I am having music or sometimes show movies while arting so people don't get bored, hehe.

But yeah this question was mostly to see how popular it would be if I started using mic and make me braver to beat down my damn anxiety to actually get it done!