Personally I love the character. I was interested in it though I already have a wolf as one of my characters :)

thank you :)

To be honest, I love the style for this drawing! It reminds me a lot of the source books for the old Werewolf: The Apocalypse and Vampire: The Masquerade RPGs! If this is your style and you like it, that is what matters most, not altering how you do things to fit what might be popular right now (which seems to be art that is more manga-style). You have a style that stands out on its own instead of looking like a clone and that is a rare thing to achieve. Don't be discouraged if you're not getting millions of 'favorites'.

I don't want to be a clone but I also need to pay my bills.

Maybe it's not a matter of appeal, but more of market, this guy strikes me as a sort of D&D Barbarian or World of Warcraft Horde guy, the longer scruffier fur, lack of basic clothing, practical belt with storage pouches.

As Manyskins said, purrhaps your followers are more into the manga style and this is an untapped or unexplored corner of the market for you, by that I mean the D&D, WOW, or the older RPG style gamers as opposed to JRPG just haven't become aware of your skills yet. Where werewolves and other mystical creatures looked like they could kill you effortlessly and most likely would instead of wearing a maid cafe abbreviated dress and being all doki doki or whatever that is.

I think he's great! And if I'd had a use for him, I'd have at least put in a low bid :)

... but I'm rarely interested in adopts as I've had the same character for about 24 years and I think the only adopt I ever bought was a cheetah-wolf hybrid because my dude IS a cheetah, wolf or hybrid of the two and I liked the design (so less of an adopt and more of a "and here's my dude in hybrid form") :)

I'm not so worried about the lack of bids, really just trying to figure out why it's gotten virtually no +favs.

i personally dont fav auctions cuz it's gonna go away after someone claim it anyway

I don't delete my auctions.

well I treat my favorite as a gallery of its own. The fact that the art has advertisements on it kinda ruins the art part of it

I understand, but please also understand as artists we get really discouraged when the art we make gets no interaction. It's like yelling into the void. And while some artists do this as a hobby, for some, this is the only way we have to pay our bills. Putting notations on the art is the only way for folks to pay attention, few people read descriptions now days.

totally understandable. i saw an artist putting "adotpables" in the title. i was intetested in the design. so i clicked om it and read the description. i bidded on it. didn't win but i faved the piece because of it's artisitic value.

if the design is to someomes liking, theyd def read the description and be more curious

Personally, I love both the art style and the character, but I usually don't +fav or get adoptables.

thanks for the info.

It’s great art and good character design to me. I still haven’t gotten to do anything with the adopt I did get from you, I don’t need any more but some of your ladies really tempt me sometimes. I think, and maybe I’m just stuck in my little corner of FA, but it might be because it is male. I think I noticed a difference of interest of your male in general. Taking this same design and making it female, including the beef, would be an interesting experiment.

yeah so far the only thing that seems to hit the mark is female wolves . But I get tired of ONLY doing female wolves.

I can understand that. I loved many of the cats you did. Unfortunately I have so many character ideas I won't use as it is that adopts are really feasible for me. If I wasn't on money lockdown due to the 3D printer I ordered I'd have tried to see if you wanted to do the design for a character I've had in my head for awhile.

It's okay I don't expect folks who've bought to keep buying. That's part of the challenge. When it seems only a small handful of folks like and buy, it's a very limited market. And yet I see other folks consistantly sell 300 and 600 adopts and I don't know what I'm doing wrong outside of not having over the top nsfw stuff.

Marketing? At that point it seems like you need to expand your audience.

I don't know what else I can do. I post on social media, I use groups. I'm on just about every art platform. I try to be interactive with folks.

I know I faved him. He’s great as is

Thank you!! It is appreciated.

Possibly the reduced interest was because the design could read as villainous, and in a more monstrous way than sexy way? Because I think the following elements might contribute to that take:
- very prounced teeth and claws
- wild/ragged fur
- hunched posture
- scars/notched ears
- small eyes with small pupils and no sclera
- serpentine familiar

Just some thoughts.

Yeah I was trying to be more monstery than generic wolf furry. But it seems folks don't want that from me. It'd just be nice to do something other than buxom female wolf.

I +fav'd him and I think probably most of the people who commented here did so probably not the most useful feedback :D

But here's some suggestions for you that might help, I dunno! :)

- I think he would have worked better with a loin cloth or some ragged clothing. The "Ken doll" thing looks pretty strange to me -- I am more likely to +fav something that either is drawn 'anatomically' or something that has the bits covered. Or maybe if he was just really super fluffy there. As it is, he looks like he had bits but they were erased, just looks odd :D

- Like KennelBoy said, the hunched posture isn't terribly appealing to me personally. That's a werewolf-y thing I think, and maybe the "were" crowd digs that look? I'm not sure. I'd rather see him standin' tall.

- I really like his dragon pet :) Keep that kind of thing. His necklace is cool too. I generally like his accessories.

- Overall I like his style. However, he's very aggressive looking and I think that might be a harder sell for some people? I like it, but I could see how he just looks kinda like a snarly monster and that might not be everyone's cup of tea over a more approachable character.

Yeah I was trying for something different, more monstery. But that doesn't seem to fly. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll see about doing something different for the groin in case that bothers other folks too.

Try a more effiminent guy? Not my personal preference but I think that would get a lot of other folk's attention. And it's not another buxom wolf girl :)

I've tried quite a few and they never do well, that's why i tried going super buff and monsterous.

I love the dragon on his shoulder. ^^
He's a nice character and the accessories are great.
I faved him and was interested in him for a moment, but I already have too many characters. xD
Also around 10 % favs to total views are pretty normal on FA.

In addition, I'm apparently not alone that the large round shape in the crotch area is a bit off-putting.

Huh well that's good to know, as that's not anything I would have ever imagined would be an issue. Thanks for letting me know.

I love your shading and color work! Unfortunately, for me your recent characters are simply *too busy*. Gizmos, trinkets and knickknacks, wings, horns and spikes -- there's just too much going on.
I prefer my adopts rather simple, in relaxed calm poses that I can add personality on top of later on. For me, it's just a base to create a character on rather than a complete package.

[I also prefer lankier, slimmer builds, but that's neither here nor now.]

Heh mmm okay, thanks. I've just been trying to make them unique but I'll see about making some more simple ones.