erm...hi?

Hello. .3.

(lol, never knew that'll work xD) so how are you today?

Kinda bored.
I burned myself out drawing last night; so I have to take a break for the entire day.

oh okay, I'm just trying to get my tumblr blog working. I can't seem to get the hang of it yet.

What'cha trying to do in specific?

I posted some pages for my "sexy" comic but somehow, idk if I put them on the page that said "The Nurse's Treat"

Did you get the blog sorted out? .3.

yeap!

I can talk n stuff's if you are online on steam and you add my profile. Makes things much faster n stuff.

si, i cna talk for right now til i fall asleep XD

What'cha wanna talk about? .3.

anything really. what games you into?

I'm into mostly FPS, racing, action/adventure, and music/rhythm.

Ah ok ouo i never got into dance and music game. Racing is cool, and i love action and adventure.

Not wanting to talk about one's self is a sign that you really do want to get some thing off your chest. That or I'm over analyzing things on a sugar spike.

That being said, what kind of dessert are you in the mood for at the moment? What are you're thoughts on penguins? And last but not least, would you be interested in joining a cult with the promise of no membership dues or suicide pact?

I'm in the mood for...fresh strawberry cheesecake. .3.
Penguins...um....I like how they...fly?
Also, I think I'll pass with the cult. :3

good choice, one day they will, and smart choice. those penguin cultist are nuts.

so what are you up to today?

Just trying to be more social is all.
I notice that I don't get much attention anywhere; so I figured
going out and talking to people might help that out.

Reaching out is a good stepping stone. Knew another artist that had similar issues but he's doing better.

Honestly I think a lot of the time when people find great artist people are reluctant to talk to them because they aren't sure how the artist will be. It's kind of sad cause most popular furry artist I've talked too are pretty laid back. I'd say just keep at it and your social network will build. If nothing else, I'll talk to you. Just be warned, i'm not all right in the head at times.

I can't get any popular artist to talk to me. Not even an entire drawing could get one's attention.
I'm curious as to know how others manage to do it.

If I may, don't worry about getting the attention of popular artist. Do what makes you happy and bond with your fans. You will feel happy with your quality of work. It might be small at first but it is the whole quantity vs quality thing. Personally I'd rather have a couple of people that are genuine with me then a hundred people who are fake with me you know?

Also I meant you were a good artist and I thought you were popular. Wasn't saying you should seek out popular artist to friend. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

Don't worry, I got it.
Also, I do find it a bit odd that some people see my art and think I'm popular; but when they check my watcher count, it's the exact opposite. X3
I can barely get more than two watchers a week.

People are strange I guess. Keep at it is all I can say. Don't worry so much about the numbers. If you do you'll just feel down for now good reason. I mean it's the art that you enjoy right? The watches and conversation to me is the icing on the tempting cake.

Yeah, I really have to let go of numbers. But I don't know how to do that.
I absolutely love the art. But just seeing others' growing numbers over and over again compared to mine is just crushing.
Especially when you've been doing it for a number of years now. I've even come to a point where I can't look at anyone's
art without feeling down.

I feel ya. I've been a writer for like the last four or five years and I let the numbers get to me all the time. Didn't help when my family even said "Why are you writing if you don't make money from it or anything?"

I actually took some time off and stopped writing for like a year and I actually asked myself, who am I doing this for? When I realized I was doing it for myself I was able to write and be happy with what I produced. Some times I look at new artist who explode over night getting like 100 watchers in a week but then I remember I'm not them. I have my watchers and my furry entourage who were worth the wait.

I'm not going to tell you you'll figure it out and get over the numbers in a day or a week but I will say small steps are better then no steps. And like I said, if nothing else you can talk to me about it.

And if if makes you feel any better, You have twice the watchers I have and I've been here just a little over four years her longer then you. Pretty much the same on IB too.

Oh wow, you're family said that? My parents don't even care that I'm making money from my art. They said if it doesn't pay the bills, then it doesn't matter. I thought they would be elated that I make some form of income from doing what I love; but nope, it doesn't pay the bills, get a job. And getting a job hasn't been going well either. Also, I don't mean to brag or anything, but whenever I get in the discouraging mood, I can never manage to say, "I quit" or "I'm done". I honestly don't think I know how to.

I also wish I knew how to look past those exploding new artists like you do. I come across them often. Because the older, more popular artists might hurt, but the new ones that get literally double your watchers in months compared to the years you took to get to that point is just soul crushing.

But yeah, in a way, I guess 2 watchers a week is better than none. (I probably shouldn't have said that seeing that sometimes, I don't get watchers for an entire week. :c ) I'm hopping that some point, I could get popular enough to open a Patreon and get enough support so I could do this full time. But unfortunately, to most, that translate to them that I draw just to be popular; which I don't. It gets really frustrating having someone preach to me that, "oh, you should draw for you; and not for popularity. Because you're just gonna fail." No shit I draw for me!
If I didn't, I would be drawing Undertale and FNaF stuff right now.

Yep that's my family in a nut shell. A toxic little kiddie pool. Gotta love family right. I hear you on the job hunt. Been actively looking for 3 months but still nothing.

But good on you for not giving up. Believe me when I say it's hard to look past people that just blow up. I mean my girl friend started doing furry art and she exploded. We tease each other about it still.

I also hear you about the popularity shaming i guess you can call it. I don't want to sound like a broken records but again fuck them. People will knock you cause they aren't happy with how their art is going so they try to bring others down with them so they aren't loathing alone. I'm not saying you should go all in and put everything into doing art full time to make money. Keep looking for work and taking commissions if you want but don't let other people tell you what to do.

And yes I get the ironic factor of me telling you to do something and that something is to not listen to people to try to tell you to do something.

But seriously, fuck the haters. They are gonna keep trying to bring you down no matter what. Do what you feel is right for you. You want o make a Patreon, do it. I mean the worse thing that will happen is you get no pledges but you did take a step forward. If you are worried about how people will react, ask your watchers how they feel. You'd be surprised how they feel about Patreon and some don't mind. They could even give you suggestion how to set it up.

But like I've been saying, I'll listen if you want to talk. If you rather be more discrete note me here or PM me on IB. I'll be around. Hope this helps you at least a little.

I'm talking to you on DA already but I can talk here too

I'm doing kinda meh. .3.
How about you?

I'm struggling trying to get a job.
No one wants me. :P

Oh, what a coincidence!
I just got a call for an interview today! :O

Hmmmmmm.......Lookin' forward to any movies this year? ^^;

Hmm, not really.
All that seems to be coming out is just superhero movies.
Though I did just see Zootopia; and that was cool. .3.

I do look forward to them, anyway. Team Iron ^^;

Also, yes. Was cool indeed.

Are people doing that "Teams" thing for that Captain America movie too?

I dunno. I don't really follow what everyone is doing regarding it. All I know is that since the first trailer they've egged people on on 'Whose side are you on?'

Just sayin' that's the side I'm on, though I have a good hunch on how it ends.

What up?