Hope you feel better.

Honestly, I'm not great, but I do feel better having at least vented a bit of my frustration at the current state. At least I know one person read this and felt the inclination to respond. So thank you for that at least. lol.

Oh thank you. I enjoy your art, your a nice person, don't think you deserve those issues.

Thank you. I try to be anyways. Being a jerk just causes drama which I already have enough of with RL issues.

Agreed

I hope that there will be a dedicated YCH and adoptables section so that the front page wouldn't be polluted by that stuff. It makes it so difficult to find actual art in the sea of all that stuff...

I was wondering if that was part of the issue. Someone that frequently posts them actually ranted about not seeing enough submission views, and it's like "dude, you realise FA has literally become a bunch of spamposts." It's why I'm trying to get people to follow me over on twitter, or discord or my other art sites also since I'm going to continue crossposting places until it becomes a little easier to financially support myself again.

I mean I knew FA changed, but I think unless I continue doing massively popular fandom artwork, I'm kind of going to continue fading into the dust because my watchers can't even tell that I uploaded things or if I'm open for commissions.

I'm honestly kind of annoyed with the YCH's also, I've started unwatching people that primarily or only bust those out, even if they have great fully finished pieces, I'd like to continue watching people that do maybe one YCH a month. With all these people doing them, I can't even open for one because they're selling so many that mine essentially becomes a lost cause lol.

It's kind of a mess.

Also thanks for responding. It's good to know you still are following and read the journal also. I feel less bad knowing that some of you do manage to read my stuff even if not many comment now lol.

You also were sort of gone for a while, and people who watch also tend to drop off after a while, and getting new ones is sort of difficult due to this constant spam of YCHs and whatnot.
I won't be "branching out" to other places though, be it for my own needs or to follow someone else. Too much effort to handle multiple sites of which none are good so to say.

I tend to read though the journals you (and others make) but I don't often have much to say. Art I have got much more critical about, in past I favorited a lot of stuff very easily but now when I watch 1k+ artists with inbox full of stuff every day I am only faving the most nicest things. I sometimes miss out on things when scrolling through the sea of stuff though...

Yeah, I'm pretty good with that too. I just wish I could actually tell if people were active or not, haha. I pretty much only favorite the best things in my watchlist also, it might help if I work harder on backgrounds and the like or keep trying to make my artwork better. I see that a lot of people are moving into a more thin lineart type of image also. It's interesting to think about and use this to adapt my skills or focus more on gaining back the people I've lost by making some super interesting pictures. :)

Im a quiet watcher ._. but I enjoy your work please be strong

Thank you! I'm a little disheartened that's all. Lol. I hate worrying about my skills and stuff, lol - FA's climate isn't really helping. It's annoying to me that my followers see me a little less due to YCH spam, and it doesn't help that I'm a total social networking/social media illiterate person. XD I just hope that things are okay. I hope you're well too!

I'm often fairly quiet, I've followed ya elsewhere but FA is kinda where I end back up at. :P

I've always liked your art, though rarely comment about things. (Not a big fan of YCH stuff personally)

Past that, commissioning you would be wonderful, if money wasn't tight currently. ^-^;

I do wish you the absolute best though and hope things take a better turn for you!

I hope so too. I'm probably okay for a little bit, but I hope it picks up pretty soon traffic wise. It's made a bit harder because I'm less in contact with most of you guys, since FA's become what it is. I appreciate you taking the time to say that, and to check out my journal. It's sweet to know that my FA isn't entirely dead, since I do honestly prefer it (even if I have to shrink it down for the "modern UI" to look okay. I guess it's maybe because this is where I was first commissioned that it is near and dear to me. Haha.

I'll probably keep a running list open, if you do decide to commission me later, you know where to find me :D I hope that all is currently well for you anyways. Thanks again for responding!~

I have to ask what do you want out of your artwork?
I draw to tell stories. Pinups are fine but I want to tell stories. I think furry characters are way more fun then human.

You want to see my most famous/infamous pic??
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/33312760/ Yup its GRETA! Not my comics, just me sounding off on a child propaganda star.

I have lost thousands of watchers and potential watchers just speaking on various topics. I probably lost one hundred people just saying I am conservative on a few issues. People who I thought were at least art buds dumped me!

Oh well...

Every artist feels as you feel now at some point. If you what a brat I was at my first furry con!
I should have been concentrating on skills not popularity.

This is about porn. I mean you can do something else but we are mostly porn here. Don't worry too much about porn popularity. You concentrate on your skills and draw what you want when you can. I see a lot of very good art with only a few comments and yeah it annoys me.

You do what you can to make money just stay true to yourself.

That's actually good advice. I like to use my art to arouse or be enjoyed by a ton of people. I've actually been considering just doing a lot of pokemon pinups or porn lately, it seems like it'd be fun. Thanks for commenting too, I'm happy that my journals don't all go "poof" into a void haha.

Remember this is your time!!
Be free in your heart and mind!

Thanks bro. I appreciate that. :)

I've been very quiet on here; admittedly my focus on the fandom has been waning as of late and directed towards other interests. However, i do remember we used to converse quite regularly under my old handle on here, and I do think of those days pretty fondly. :)

That said, FA has gotten kinda different over the past few years. Maybe it's just me, but a lot of it really is pre-poses, YCHs, and those who want to put their fursonas into as much adult artwork as they can to gain a semblance of fame and/or popularity. I've never really been much into that. It's why I don't really feel comfortable with having adult artwork of my 'sona floating around: I'm not going to have artwork done of something involving my 'avatar' that I wouldn't be willing to do myself, heh. Maybe I'm just a bit old-fashioned?

At the end of the day you have to do what makes sense to you as well as attract viewership. Don't compromise on your principles, as they're worth sticking to. As I recall you've got a very level head and do a great job of following your gut instincts. You've got this. :)

Thanks, that's actually super inspiring. I agree with you honestly. I feel as though FA's taken kind of a turn towards "fame focus" or YCH spam. I've actually unwatched quite a few people I used to because frankly I don't want to be bombarded with a bunch of your character here spam.

Regarding adult art, yeah I'm kind of the same way. Don't get me wrong. I do put Lorena in a few different porny or sexual images, but it's all things that I'd do in real life were I attracted to someone, so It doesn't feel inauthentic to do so. Haha. I like that you added not to compromise on my principles. It's a little difficult given my current financial status, but there's some stuff that I'm just not going to draw ever, and I don't think that will ever change.

Hopefully you've been well, haha. I'm curious what 'other interests' you were referring to but I won't pry if that makes you uncomfortable, lol! Thanks for commenting though. I wasn't sure I'd get a single response, so it's helpful to know there's at least a few people who still follow me enough to at least respond on journals and the like. :)

Yeah, the 'fame focus'(that's a pretty good term; I'll have to start using it!) has gotten a little bit out of hand. It also kinda creates popufurs out of those who spend a ton of money to continually get commissions. It's their money to spend and it's their right to do so, but it's not something that I like to see plastered all over.

And, it's definitely good to stick to your principles. I don't view someone who puts their 'sona in adult images as a bad thing, though there's a major difference between having adult art of one's fursona with a partner or in a situation that suits them and getting adult artwork of themselves all over the place with any and all partners(including complete strangers). However, some view their fursonas as a separate character and in no way attached to them and their personalities/behaviors. I don't personally understand it, but it's there. Another thing that's personally kept me out of the YCH thing is that the other partner slots are a bit too open-ended for my tastes(most times). I'm straight. My fursona is straight. I'm not going to bid on a piece that's got the potential to come out with my fursona playing around with another guy. I wouldn't feel comfortable doing it in reality, so I wouldn't want artwork of it out in the ether, if that makes sense?

And, I've been alright. It's been a while since we've last talked so there's a lot that's gone on, haha. It sounds like things are going decently well for you, I hope? I don't feel uncomfortable talking about my other interests; I just end up going on about them for hours(and pages), haha. I've gotten into restoring and owning classic cars over the past few years. I now own both of my dream cars and am in the process of restoring one of them, which has been a very costly and time-consuming process(my dining room table is stacked with parts waiting to go on when the weather gets nicer, haha). Other than that there's been some major events that have made life super crazy; I essentially inherited a house last year that needs some renovation; I'm hoping to move in sometime next year. It's good crazy, at least?

And, if you want to get back in touch I should be around on Discord, Telegram, or Steam? I don't really use Skype anymore these days.

My discord is publicly available on my page, i also let skype go to die. Lol...

Im glad that you seem to be doing well at least. Feel free to add me there. I'm "always online" as I'm a moderator for a friends gaming channel.

Okay. Friend request sent. Should be BecauseRallyCar. :D I don't use mobile clients but I usually keep a machine up at home so I might be listed as online.