I really feel you on that one, cause I have a similar problem going on. I chose an even more nische profession than yours and I'm only barely making it. I try to avoid NSFW stuff, but I'm allways thinking about making it happen. Sadly the internet is a space where you grow the most if you show more NSFW stuff. I feel like even if I would start doing this, I would have no chance to compete, because there are so many artists allready that do NSFW art. Me as an artist, love looking at your art, because there is so much I can learn by absorbing your work (even when I create complete different stuff) so I feel like I have to thank you for that!
I don't really know how do overcome this problem myself. I think I built an reasonable protfolio right now, similar to you and I fear, that doing NSFW would ruin it (not a fan of making multiple accounts for different stuff).
On the other hand, you gotta do, what you gotta do. So if it comes to a point, where I can't sustain myself anymore, I have to consider other options and doing NSFW art is one of the most reasonable options, since the request for it is the highest.

yah I wish you luck. and reason I made this>>>

https://twitter.com/RuZarptag/statu.....87310754017281

is how I feel that type of art is easy-er then others.

Oh man...I wish you luck too! Let's hope we don't have to take the easy difficulty. Playing on easy allways get's dull and feels like shit.

If you are wanting more views, I recommend drawing popular franchise characters (such as the Lucario picture you did, it's adorable <3 ). People flock to NSFW artists, yes, but they also flock to what they know :3 Take your favorite franchise characters and draw those, will make it easier ^_^

pffff I know drawing fanart helps, just don't like using all ready know IP to grow. dose not feel right.
reason why I do so lil.

You could try something similar and ask a few popular furs if you could draw them. Would help promote you if they post the art in their galleries as well. I know of one person at least that have artists approach them to draw their character.

I agree with this. Do some art trades, draw some interesting characters (be it fan art or somebody's unique design). The important thing is exposure, and making sure you get seen. Visibility is key.

And a lot of people love SFW art. It does really well. NSFW tend to just be an easy button for people to latch onto (myself included).

Definitely the most honest and probably best response here. I agree 100%

I agree with Isonar that one of the best ways to get out there without using nsfw or fanart is art trades. Not only would the chance of them posting your artwork help reach new people, but that your own character is getting more "Screen time" across the sites and reaching new viewers can bring them to you as well. It's like "Oh hey, I recognize that character" people can start to get curious about the owner since its being seen more often or really like your OC and want to watch you for your OC.

I wish I had the influence or the money to bring more people towards you. ;w; Sadly I also don't have the knowledge on what direction to try and suggest going in.

there is more competition on this site, and also competing furry sites to divide your potential audience.
you also have a... i guess, furry version of moe-blob cutsey drawing style.

your characters are more cartoon animal than zoomorphised human(basically human shape with decorations), which doesnt lend itself to porn, without being disturbing. something which other artists/pornographers basically rely on for attention. and easy money.

if you are worried about views, try mirroring your work to other furry sites.
possibly try creating a long form web comic to try and give life to your characters. you say you create manga, think of such a project as self advertisment and a possible future patreon income.

Here is what I see from your view numbers:

-Characters with no background are unpopular
-Characters with a background are a little bit popular
-Characters in an action pose are more popular
-Characters interacting with objects or the environment are best

I think that your comics will be very popular if you study how to tell a complete story, starting at the beginning and finishing at the end. You are very good at the manga style of art, but your stories don't show readers why they should care about the characters. Readers need to know who the characters are, where they come from, and how they arrived at where they are and what they are doing. Readers also need to know what happens to the characters afterwards. Everyone will want to see the characters that they are interested in, so your art will get more views just by having those characters in it even if it is not a part of the comic that they are from.

It's actually quite interesting because I was just talking to a friend about this exact same thing, switching from NSFW to SFW. It can be very tough because you are absolutely right, as soon as you switch to SFW it becomes more about skill and how much you are able to draw viewers in. The competition field becomes much much larger when drawing SFW content.

When drawing for a niche group, sometimes you can honestly do well even while not being very skilled. I have seen it time and time again. And sometimes it's even more about popularity. While other times it's just about a fetish and how often you draw it.

SFW content I think heavily relies on composition and really drawing the attention of the view to what you draw. To keep their gaze locked in a loop so that they keep coming back for more. There are just some drawings out there that sometimes you can't stop looking at them and you don't mind seeing them over and over again.

As someone who has been a pretty big fan of yours and looked up to you for sometime, I am actually surprised to see a journal like this that pretty much speaks out the thoughts I have myself. Granted I am by no means at your skill level yet, nor do I have those kind of views.

I once contacted you about how I was thinking about quitting art through a note on Deviantart and you wrote back and gave advice. From an artist I look up to, I really appreciated that kindness especially since I wasn't even sure I would hear back from you. Anyway, maybe I can repay that kindness with a little bit of feedback as someone who has been following you for some time.

First, I think your style is amazing. It has that visual appeal that is needed. But I notice a lot of your drawings lack contrast to draw the viewers gaze to where you want their eyes to be. For example, a lot of the characters you draw with backgrounds can often feel like a part of the background rather than the main subject. Or many of the shadows on the character feel a bit too light. This isn't all of your drawings, just some of them. Also some of the colors can feel a bit washed out where you would expect them to be more vibrant and stand out.

The only other things I have noticed is your inking style is very flat. Line weight can add a lot of depth and style to a character and scene. I actually think adding more line weight where it's needed alone would make such a huge difference that you might be surprised. Using thick lines for things closer to the viewer and thinner lines for things further. Using thin lines is great for animation, but if you are creating a still image ... I really think you should try using weighted lines more.

And I know you already know how to do line weights cause you use them here.
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/23845853/

Anyway, I hope you don't take the feedback as harsh. I really love your art. These are just some things I noticed while studying your artwork.

Seriously take some sort of break if ya really need it. You are not gonna make anyone happy if you end up burning yourself out. Announce a vacation that lasts as long as you like from constant arting and take some good time to think about where you wanna head with your art. If you want to branch out more towards comics and such, then go ahead ~ I already think you do some awesome comic work and your ability to draw in different perspectives makes for some awesome scenes and pics in general. If you got other things you wanna take a better look at, then spend some time with whatever that could be too. If I would write all of this down in a short sentence. Take some you time and brainstorming time. Those who watches you watches you for your work and what you feel like doing with it. Not to see who else you time your uploads together with.<3

I don't f%&@#ing know what to say X'D
Just... I mean :

- If view rate fall down, actualy : what concequencies occur ? You still workin' thanks to your Patreon, so it's MORE important to focus on the Tip you earn !
- The problem of NSFW can be simply bypass by... Well : Passing by. Or else, find another Furr-Art-database, which restrict the content. (That is actualy something that, I'm sure, exist)
- What about doin' entire stories ?! More comic maybe ? And so :
- What happened with Gunbun ? Is it gonna be an authantic comic ?
- You're not gonne be "forgoten" RU, c'mon ! You got a serious fan-base, hard and welded, and which appreciate your work !


And etc... I've probably forgot MANY things...

You can't please the entire world. Motivate public will come right in time

I've always enjoyed your artwork, but the reason I haven't been able to view it as often as I once did, is because I'm not as active on here as I once was.

I think it's cuz other social media has more pull like twitter while FA has more or less traffic overall.
There were many users that leave for whatever reason and those decrease activity.

Honestly I agree and relating to your difficulty setting twitter post it's pretty much 100% accurate,tsampikos can deny it all they want but nsfw just get's all/most of the traffic and SFW has to work way harder to garner attention.

I've seen pretty amateur artists with lot's of interaction,followers etc for doing nsfw/r34 content which some are lazy repeats of the same pose and see nothing but success but then you have amazing pro level artists who can barely get half the attention for something much higher quality.

Honestly it's super discouraging especially for small artist like me who try to please people alongside stuff I wanna actually make and yet struggle to find success,I'm not super amazing but I'd at least like to see more results for my work.

If I've learned anything over time is that effort does not equal success (most of the time) not 100% accurate but in my case I'll spend a lot of time making a full illustration with a nice BG with lighting and shading and get almost no interactions but I make a simple nsfw drawing with no BG and get tons of traffic. (comparatively anyways)


At least in my case I've kinda given up in a sense I just draw whatever and hope it does good.

I’ve been following you for quite some time! All the way back in 2013-2014 I think on my previous account but anyway thats besides the point.

What originally drew me to you was the hopes of managing to commission you as I enjoyed your style but I never got the chance too as I didn't make a FA until a few years later but even so I never happened to get lucky.

However as time passed, Ive come to notice that you often do the same things...? You don't tend to really stray from static full body poses along with characters whom have very similar facial features, especially in your more recent years. It makes it a bit more difficult to grow attached when everything looks so similar. Back in 2013, I would often be very excited to see your comics of Ru and Mako because their interactions were incredibly precious. The animation you did for them for Christmas was one of the most endearing things I’ve seen! Not only that you used to make INCREDIBLE adopts... I think you had a ton of interest in that too and it wasn't related to NSFW.

I think its probably best to move away from the whole “nsfw artists have it so easy” mindset as with it, I think you are also putting yourself down in the process. That and for your public image... It may not be the best impression to put out that you might have resentment towards NSFW artists as it can potentially drive away people who think otherwise. Needless to say everyone has their niche and those who know you know that nsfw is not your thing. Many many people have success with a cute style that don't do NSFW so Id say thats not a contributing factor so some things I can suggest is the following:

Experiment with your style: Attempt to try new anatomy, different facial features, shading styles and poses.

Create some Adopts or Custom designs: Nothing better to put yourself out there by selling designs that buyers will share with their friends which could potentially lead to more customers and recognition. There has been many times that I personally have found artists of interest through the adopts/commissions that their customers purchased and reuploaded.

Open Commissions: Without a doubt, Commissions will give you traffic nsfw or not! You never know if the work you do for someone will grab the attention of another. Try out Auction style commissions, put a base price and have people bid!

Participate in Trades: This one is a little hit or miss but try to get involved in some Art Trades with your mutuals! It could be that their following might not know about you so if they see some art of your character, they might be inclined to come check you out.

Ru/Mako content: I feel as though this somewhat has been your staple and most successful content over the years and Ru is a very iconic character of yours! Maybe if you took some time to develop their backstory or share some more cute interactions.


Either way I hope none of my words or suggestions came off as harsh or condescending but I truly wish for your success on the path thats the least stressful for you ;0;!

Sad as it is you mustn't forget about imvu's acquisition of furaffinity in 2015. A lot of people jumped to other sites during that time; from what I know that hurt a lot of artists.

I enjoy your art, I feel regardless of its maturity rating its very unique and beautiful. The people who use FA generally do look for NSFW as is apparent by the few SFW pictures I have commissioned. Please keep it up, I love seeing your art!

I love your art, and Ru and Mako are so cute!! Each time I see a new piece from you, I go look at it! I follow you on DA too to be sure I'm not missing anything. (tumblr too but yeah, tumblr have changed...( fuck you apple!)
You deserve a lot more attention, your art is really inspirating and refreshing!

Take care of you. o.o

Not sure if it'd change anything but you should put your patreon on your user page, I had to search on google to find it really

He has a patreon page oco OK see that's news to me

Honestly, 'popufur'/popularity in general tends to be a negative thing in my eyes, but that's probably because I'm a contrarian.

Sure, you don't pull as much of a viewer count as other artists, but that's not a bad thing. If anything, I'd say you're very popular - you're still one of the... 'big' artists I've seen around FA. Your stuff is super smooth and unique!

Plus I'll never forget that sketch you drew for me. I have to remain loyal after that ;w;

Sit down
Close your eyes
Imagine how a group of 1000 to 600 people looks like standing infront you you.

AT LEAST this many people apriciate what you do C:

I think your work is great. I try not to make it into any kind of popularity contest. If you are enjoying it, and others are enjoying it. Be happy with it. Self improvement is important, but happiness is a key goal in all that one does.

Try Twitter the hugest growth of furs is there now honestly and even so in tye ,after many can say there content gets view but not for popularity just for booty but u can say yours truly comes from people who likes your content loves your sona and the backstory you have created over the years not many can say they stand where you are <3

trying to grow it there>>>
https://twitter.com/RuZarptag

What you want to do isn't going to new audiences like the NSFW crowd because it risks stretching your identity as an artist too thin. You want to expand your actual audience, reach out for people that will like your style but don't currently know that you exist.

The best way to do that is through collaborations, I think. You've the skill to be a semi-professional if you want, so why not act like a freelancer ? Here's my advice : find an agent. A real one, a professional one. Tell him or her that you're looking to expand your audience and have them search for contracts on your behalf. You could design mascots for new business, make covers for pop magazines, or even collaborate with other artists in illustration books !

The most important thing is that you create an identity, a brand as an artist, and that you get it out there. You can do it ! Ask professionals how they did it, people that live off of their art. Get them to share their contacts with you.

I love your art, you are awesome dude... i really want to do something to help you !!!! Keep up the good work!

It's ok, everyone needs to bent a bit and it's a very understandable frustration ;.;

I'm a professional in the writing world, and I feel this so hard. I spend so much time working for other people that writing for myself has become almost impossible. I feel so burnt out. I don't know how to help you market your work to people since art is very different than writing, but if you stay true to yourself and take breaks now and then to recharge your batteries, you may find it becomes far more doable.

i always enjoy your art no matter what it is i learned alot of how i draw from a certain art book you contributed too and ive loved your art before and after i guess i just make it a point to not favorite everything i see and i tend to mindlessly clean out my new sumbmissions in my constant urge to keep numbers down

your one of my absolute favorite artists if i had money to give id more then happily support your patreon without ever expecting anything back

i hope things get better for you
i dont see why people could ever forget you your art style is very unique or atleast i hadnt seen anyone else with a similar artstyle

i dunno what else to say its not my place to make suggestions so all i can say is i hope you find a way to take whatever break you need you kinda deserve it

This is just something i've noticed. Back in the day, the comics and pics seemed more character focused back when Ru and Mako were still roomates and there were a lot more characters. Even with the 'Rhythms of Life' Reboot, it was fun watching the characters interact and grow in the comics and pictures. Now days, the pictures seem samey. A character with a background. And while you have done comics, a lot of them have been with characters who just appear out of nowhere and will most likely be never seen again.

I found myself getting exited seeing a new character and wondering what you were going to do with them, or a new comic idea. There would be character sheets and everything, but then nothing would ever come of them.

I think what I'm trying to say is that you've really done a great job at perfecting your unique style, and and equally amazing job at posting consistently, but it has little to no content anymore. Think about it like a free-to-play game like Warframe (I don't know if you've played it or not). They do a great job with updating there players with news, adding new characters and skins to the game, but when it comes to actual story content and gameplay, it stays the same. While it brings in new players, the old ones get burnt out with the same kind of stuff with little to no changes. Similarly with you, as I said earlier, you got the consistency down, your art looks great, but not really anything to draw attention.

Somethings I would think about doing. First, take a break. Burnout is no good. Second, I would think about revisiting old concepts ( Rhythms of Life, Fox-Tan, Dra-una, even Gunbun). Try doing short stories with them first, instead of going into a long, 20-page per chapter story arcs that might take years to finish. It could be about simple things like what they do in there free time, family life, even a story about a cardboard box ( ok, that last one was weird, but it's something). It doesn't even have to be a comic, it can be one single picture with a story in the description.

I am not a professional of any kind, and i'm kind of working with this myself on a smaller scale. I hope you get things worked out and have fun again!

thank you ill try do that if I can , tho you will have to see the rest of my back log of work before seeing any new work :P one last thing reason its taking a bit of time on the story is trying to make the best in each seen and story. so it take a bit of time.

I second this!
I started following for Ru and Mako, but I don't see them interact hardly ever anymore.

Well...i never talked to you up to now, in part because yes i was sure that you already were a popufur with tons of commenter and i didn't wanted to add to it needlessly. O.O

But in all case...you have crazy good drawing skill and your own distinct style, that's count for alot! I also especially liked those comic page you did lately(goat and off-paw), it was a cool change and it looked really cool! It's a shame that you attract less people...and yes, NSFW always attract people more...but those are also quicker to leave usually.

I just hope that this...slowing down don't cause you too much troubles financially, as you clearly have enough skill to deserve being able to live from it. Best of luck with all this and thanks for all the cool draw!

I've watched your stuff for years, granted it wasn't always on FA but wherever i saw your art I would always appreciate the time and work you put into it. Keep on making amazing stuff after you enjoy your break!

You are a popufur, a widely recognized artists in the community.

The views have declined here in general in the past few years for everybody, not just you. Might be a combination of factors like this site staying in early internet age tech, a lot of competitors dividing the attention, other more general and popular social media allowing NSFW like twitter overtaking the traffic from focused galleries like this, more people growing out of the fandom than new people coming in, etc.

I'd suggest to get more active in twitter, instagram and facebook, leave links in your uploads so people can find you there easily. Maybe work with other artists, collabs are a pretty good way to share fans between creators.

Dunno. From my angle you're just fine, having a massive amount of popularity. But I can't blame you for wanting more, everybody wants more than what they have, otherwise there's no reason to keep doing anything, lol.

Dunno if you will ever read this, buT I just want you to know that I adore your work, as does my friend. And they'll often come at ma saying 'aah its a RU arts!' to show your latest upload. We really love your stuff.

Oi. You don't need to be sorry for nuthin'. You are a cool dude, with cool arts, cool thoughts, and...coolness. Views are going down all around, FA is slowing down is all. Butcha don't have to worry, 'cause we got your back, Ru. ^^

Howdy!
I have been enjoying your art for a long time and it's one of the things that has helped inspire me to try to make art too.

If you feel like you need a break, you should take it but I can understand if you have to draw to make money or else.

Just try not to look at your numbers so much and just focus on how many people you make happy with your work :)

I would look at the pieces you got the most viewing out of and compare.

from a viewers stand point (be it I still love your work) it's TOO consistent and I personally think you got a little comfortable since there haven't been many improvements or changes to your work to keep the watch base interested. New themes and ideas generate daily so it's easy to find out whats popular at the time but what counts is how eye catching it is and the originality of it all. If all the pieces have are generic poses and facial expression people will start to see the same thing over and over again and it's like watching a series that you're not sure where it's going but still kind of curious to look into it every once in awhile because you invested so much time

my best advice is to look at everything you've done, see your most popular pieces and invest time in improving on areas that you could be more adept in, I'm constantly looking for ways to improve and things I could be changing to make my style better, more detailed, and more elaborate BG and expressions.
It doesn't need to be NSFW to be eye catching, it just needs to be interesting

Here are my few cents.

About 2 years ago I was having a hard time making commissions so I opened NSFW commissions with a separate account. I did let my watchers on this account know about it, but over time, I really haven't seen a spike in views/favs/orders. I've been pushing my self for a better quality of art and expanding into Youtube and things have been stable. I honestly don't feel like just drawing NSFW really gets the crazy views as people think. Those NSFW artists all had to work and build an audience to them. Sam could go with fan art. With my Youtube, I'm finding people enjoy my original art just as well, if not more, then the fan art.
That's just my experience. it may not be the same for everyone.

For what brought me into your art was how anime/manga and fun it was. I also enjoyed your more dynamic poses and angles. I really loved your comics and characters. I always want to see more of them and the world. I also like your human work as well. I think I originally found you on InkBlazers, But not sure.

its pretty much a common thing within the furry community honestly......a lot of furries are horny af :v

im not saying all

but I can agree when I do my stuff I constantly feel things I draw are underrated and niche...which half is true cause I at least try do something that no one haven't done yet

Furry community works like if theres a new trend of lewds

I like nsfw I will admit, but im trying to not make it the focus of my gallery just to draw people in

Man... That's gotta be a hard hit
I don't have experience in using patreon or art for stable income

But I recall finding you on deviantart maaaany years ago through your personal comics and story
And some of your old animation as well
I'm still super curious about what the world/universe is like along with your characters and their personalities as well :0

Maybe working on some of your own personal projects (after a well deserved break) will help with that burn-out thing
Because drawing things you don't want to all the time can be, well.... Draining and kinda depressing after a while
You should draw things you like, and what you want to as well
And hopefully others will enjoy it too :>

Some folks out there get supporters for their story or animation content too, like sneak peeks at progress pics or early access to comic pages (if it's something you're interested in)

But most importantly, your well being should be on the top of that priority list
You're still a person behind all of the content you create (hopefully others will understand this as well)

As someone who discovered you about 7 years ago i will say that the period i was the most "Attracted" to you was when you focused on Ru/Mako and other personal pictures.
I remember being excited every time i saw you had posted something new because i knew it was more adorable stuff about your personal and unique characters.

As time passed by, you diversified and produced a lot of different kinds of art and even rebooted, but this also meant the content i watched you for happened less often.

It´s quite obvious that your skill and your art has improved and gotten so much better over the years and that the content you produce is very high quality and good.
But, to explain it simply, it almost feels like i am watching a different artist who took over your account?

Back then, you felt like the most unique FA artist around, with such a special and different character and art, while now, your art skill has raised a lot but it feels more.....generic?
It´s hard to explain, and i apologize if i sound rude.

Oh! That was something I asked on facebook last week "How to be popular in the fandom?/How to get visibility?/Is Twitter very the best way to get viewers?" and I had cry when I get dumped by others saying "pff if you think like that, you won't go far! you idiot!"

How people who want to reach a goal about being popular could be idiot? I'm clearly not the only one who want to be popular as I know! The thing is NOT to say it and do your best because it seems very unpleasant to others to clam that kind of thing.

For your journal, I can't very help you sadly but I follow you and I like your art style if it could sheer you up! ^^

My personal tip is being yourself and do whatever you want to do.
If you can't go further I guess it's because you try too many things at the same time and it can be too random at some point that you need a break. (That happen to me before)

I have made a reflection about my own list of artists I follow but I realize that artists I watch are artists who product their main content without trying anything else.
(ex : FOX-POP is an artist I follow because his main product is his comic he work on, his style is unique and he makes commissions/AT sometimes, that's how he works.)
(ex2 : mochiri is a kemono fursuit maker, her main product is running her business with adoptions and fursuits. I watch her because her style is complexe and unique.)
(ex3 : YOU RUdragon is an artist who also have an unique style, you mainly use it to make your characters but you seem to do a little bit of everything like commissions/comics/fanarts/your fursonas with beautyful backgrounds)

Have a good break/rest

Thank you for your perspective on this topic.

Hope things work out.

I've strayed away from FA for a while due to the amount of nsfw content. Even with the sfw filter on, it seeps through. I'm sure there's others who have the same problem as well, that "easy button" is way to easy to press. It's hard to get sfw stuff around when the furry world seems to be obsessed with lewdity. I've shifted my media onto apps like Amino and such, I see people gather thousands of views on posts on it as well. Twitter seems to be better for sfw as well and is where I follow more sfw artists such as yourself. Hell, I have so much art i've posted on other sites that gather activity, if I posted that same stuff here I would get nothing (which is why I don't post here often anymore.) I also go through discord servers and post my work there as well. It's a lot of time and effort to put on top of other things you have going on but i've also seen a lot of artists, furry and non-furry gather a lot of popularity on Youtube. Their content is typically narrative as well. I know like, most of this has already been stated too. Also I know you sometimes have done art streams on picarto but it's always been something where i'll get a notif if i'm watching someone else on there. Maybe set a time and post a journal. Of course I don't know if that'll give you more activity or not.

I remember when I followed you like... I think it was maybe 8-9 years ago or something. I saw your work and was just blown away because it was so different than what others were doing. It had a lot of passion in it. Everything you made felt like it came from your own world. It does seem recently that your stuff feels a little uninspired, even if it is really good. If there's inspiration you can gather from something to draw more people into that world it could as well, that's what made me a fan of your work. I've also mentioned your name when the discussion of favorite artists come up when i'm at a convention and people tend to know exactly who i'm talking about. The people and fans are there even if the activity doesn't reflect that. Maybe find a spot for a booth at a furcon? One's i've been to get packed. Not sure what it takes or the effort involved (i'm sure it's probably a crapton of work) but might be worth it.

You will always be my favorite artist and I think you deserve a lot more recognition than what you receive.

sorry that my thoughts on this subject are so unorganized.

Well some people. Myself included view the pictures in the inbox most of the time without viewing them. But I've also been a follower since like 2010 I think

Ru, if you're burnt out, just take a break. :< your health and happiness is most important, you take care of you.

I've been checking the social connections you have youtube, twitter, picarto, redbubble, phation, tumbler (if some of these are fans leave them out). What I've noticed is you have large inconsistencies on each. You post lots on furaffinity and twitter but you ignore youtube,picarto, and others. I think a better way for you to grow is to keep consistent posts. If it means fewer posts on each so be it if it means less social websites so be it but for viewers they like consistency. You may want to branch out to other drawing styles. An idea is you post more furry's on furaffinity because it's a furry website. but on Youtube, you draw a mix since furries aren't the only thing on youtube. but you may be thinking "if I'm drawing furries but not posting them on youtube (or vice versa) isn't that a waste". You could clump them up on one video that makes everyone happy your furry viewers and the others. Thought the most important thing is you be consistent if you want growth.

I hope things get better. I don't really have any good advice to give you but I'm still here and I still like what you do. Good luck. I hope you get your inspiration that you want and find a way to improve in a way that works for you. I understand burnout too. It's hard especially when there are such expectations. The better you get the more people will expect.