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8 years ago
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So I caught a virus, and am stuck in bed. Other than the throat-ache, I'm quite happy. This gives me some time to play games and think about stuff. There actually was a topic that I felt like discussing, and why not now when I have the time to do it?
I noticed that there's plenty of people that pursue stuff because of potential fame, and/or money, cause those two go together. If I'm to focus my attention on the 2 things that I do have experience with, it'd be: being a YouTuber, and being an artist.
Both proffessions require:
-talent or skill -talent being natural, while skill is learned
-frequently delivered content - so that people want to follow you for more
-very likely a focus – something unique or selling out
That last point is what I'm planning to talk about in detail. Naturally you might have some unique content that attracts people, but the easier and faster way is to just sell out. In the case of YouTubers, it'd be to cover hot topics. If you do vlogs, then you HAVE TO talk about Logan Paul, you have to exploit his exploitation of a dead body, if you do movie reviews, then you have to review the newest flicks, or at least some movie very related to the one coming out. With artists it might be about drawing fanart of popular characters, and furry artists... they just have to post yiff, possibly even rule 34 for the extra attention, but to be fair, I've even seen non-artists just commission other people, and their characters gaining such a popularity, that they opened Patreon accounts, to help them buy more commissions, and these guys get hundreds of dollars!
I want to underline that I am not trying to attack these people. Some of them turned this into their jobs (well not the non-artists of course!) and they might be pinching for money, so they do cover these specific things, and who knows, maybe some of them do genuinely love this stuff, and there is no selling-out in place.
No matter what, it would be selling-out if I did this myself, so I wouldn't go for it. Additionally, in the recent years, I've given up on all hope of my comic or my videos ever gaining any kind of popularity. I feel like it'd be just fine making stuff for my friends to see, and nobody else. However I do see a much lesser motivation coming from me recently, quite possibly because of this. Who knows, maybe it's just cause the job frustrated me so incredibly much, but … still, could be more.
I just want to end this with a question:
Who do you guys think I am? When you think about me, what sort of image forms in your mind? I do mean that in an intentionally vague way. Do tell who „Farel“ is to you?
I noticed that there's plenty of people that pursue stuff because of potential fame, and/or money, cause those two go together. If I'm to focus my attention on the 2 things that I do have experience with, it'd be: being a YouTuber, and being an artist.
Both proffessions require:
-talent or skill -talent being natural, while skill is learned
-frequently delivered content - so that people want to follow you for more
-very likely a focus – something unique or selling out
That last point is what I'm planning to talk about in detail. Naturally you might have some unique content that attracts people, but the easier and faster way is to just sell out. In the case of YouTubers, it'd be to cover hot topics. If you do vlogs, then you HAVE TO talk about Logan Paul, you have to exploit his exploitation of a dead body, if you do movie reviews, then you have to review the newest flicks, or at least some movie very related to the one coming out. With artists it might be about drawing fanart of popular characters, and furry artists... they just have to post yiff, possibly even rule 34 for the extra attention, but to be fair, I've even seen non-artists just commission other people, and their characters gaining such a popularity, that they opened Patreon accounts, to help them buy more commissions, and these guys get hundreds of dollars!
I want to underline that I am not trying to attack these people. Some of them turned this into their jobs (well not the non-artists of course!) and they might be pinching for money, so they do cover these specific things, and who knows, maybe some of them do genuinely love this stuff, and there is no selling-out in place.
No matter what, it would be selling-out if I did this myself, so I wouldn't go for it. Additionally, in the recent years, I've given up on all hope of my comic or my videos ever gaining any kind of popularity. I feel like it'd be just fine making stuff for my friends to see, and nobody else. However I do see a much lesser motivation coming from me recently, quite possibly because of this. Who knows, maybe it's just cause the job frustrated me so incredibly much, but … still, could be more.
I just want to end this with a question:
Who do you guys think I am? When you think about me, what sort of image forms in your mind? I do mean that in an intentionally vague way. Do tell who „Farel“ is to you?
Aber vielleicht liegt alles sowieso in meinen Kopf