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Is something wrong with my art?
7 years ago
I really am starting to wonder why nobody seems interested anymore. I used to get so many people wanting commissions during my streams that I couldn't even get to everybody, and I was busy working on commissions for the entire stream, from start to finish. I was able to cover rent, food, and bills from the money I made, with some set aside for other things.
Now... I can stream for hours on end, and barely even get a viewer. I announce it, I have kept a schedule... nothing.
What gives? Why is my art, when people used to like it, so utterly ignored? What's wrong with it? Why is nobody interested anymore? What happened?
I honestly want to know, because dead stream after dead stream is getting so discouraging... it's to the point where I am glad I don't rely on art streams for my income anymore, because if I did I'd be on the streets dead of starvation.
Now... I can stream for hours on end, and barely even get a viewer. I announce it, I have kept a schedule... nothing.
What gives? Why is my art, when people used to like it, so utterly ignored? What's wrong with it? Why is nobody interested anymore? What happened?
I honestly want to know, because dead stream after dead stream is getting so discouraging... it's to the point where I am glad I don't rely on art streams for my income anymore, because if I did I'd be on the streets dead of starvation.
I’m sorry you feel the way you do. I really am... unfortunately I am unsure how to assist you. One person will obviously not be enough.
keep your head up.
Also, conventions.
Financial burdens.
Remodeling my house has given me a ton of loan bills to pay off that even with my job paying me as much as it is I'm kind of scraping by and if it weren't for some on the side job work I do every week and some support paying off one loan with my parents I wouldn't be able to keep my head above water.
I've had to cancel plans to go to furcons, really cut on my commissions, and just be unable to do anything "fun".
But times are improving. I just got to survive this last half of the year, see where I stand when taxes come in, kill one of these loans, and pick myself up out of the hole I dug myself into.
I live for the day when I can freely support the artists I love without any money concerns about doing so. Sorry Artha.
--Mozdoc
As for the rest of FA: I do know there has been a exodus from FA due to a lot of Moderator abuse and stupid rules. Not just in the form of accounts being deleted but accounts that no longer get looked at. So perhaps these now ghost accounts are part of the problem for you? Not sure.
i say from seeing other people talk about it, it's a variety of issues all in one.
You have some people using other sites to advertise their art and commissions.
And then there's the infamous Patreon (lol).
Some people tired of FA in general.
And then you got the people looking at said art having to keep up with all of the above, so compared to maybe yesteryear there's just attention to be had everywhere these days.
I say don't give up or give in and keep at it, cause where there's a void, there's opportunity.