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I see with annoyance that often much less talented artists have large and very large audiences on Twitter. They just put as much effort into promoting their art as they do into the art itself: they interact with each other, exchange links and likes, post their art in thematic community channels, and on other sites and social networks, sometimes even hire professionals to promote their art.
And don't judge me too harshly. What if one day I come up with a really good idea, and I won't tell you because I'll be afraid to anger you. ^^
Sasha M
I am following your journey for at least ten years and every time I am stunned with your creativity
Please keep on
Your art means a lot for many people
Falling apart . . .
Write stories to your images only when you yourself feel the need to write a story.
Or never write at all, if you don't like it.
Don't draw sex images if you feel that you are doing it only because sex images have more views and comments.
Or create only the most kinky contortionist sex art, without wasting time and effort on creating sexless "fillers" just because you are embarrassed by the condemnation of all sorts of prudes.
Develop the world of Yunia, invent its laws and customs, populate it with gods, people and mythical monsters... But only if you yourself are interested in building this new world.
Or leave Yunia as it is and each time create a completely new image, not connected with others by theme, style or characters.
This is your life and your art. You should enjoy what you create. This is the only rule.
You are a talented artist. So if you do what you really like to do, there will always be enough people who will sincerely love your art work.
Sasha M
PS The size of the audience is not directly related to the quality of the work. The world is full of stories about how a not very well-known writer or musician created a great work and got almost zero audience. Then this work was stolen by a famous musician or writer, and so this work became known and popular all over the world.
The quality of the work, the development of characters, the creation of your own interesting world. All of the above in itself will not help to increase the audience. This problem is usually solved by a completely different kind of "art": the art of promoting.
PPS By the way, speaking about the list of characters that another commentator provided. It seems to me, if my memory serves me right, that there are only two Sashas on the site: one of them is a minor character created by some other artist, not Yuni, and the second Sasha is me. But if Yuni suddenly needs to own a character named Sasha, then I am always ready for action. I was flexible enough and looked good when I was young. :D
(Sorry ^^)
First, all things in life are cyclical, the value of money, artwork, housing, food, etc., are in a constant state of change. This is how it is with your craft, as well. If you think about it, some of your fans may have grown up and their passions changed, whereas others may have made that eternal change and stepped off this globe of crazies. There is also the thing which turned my partner and I off to sharing our work online, which is the accelerated rate of expectation that many have, which is why many anime/3D artists have opted for mediocrity, to satisfy the beast that is their fanbase, with new work daily. If I could leave you with one thing to mull over in your mind it would be that you shouldn't give 'website traffic' any importance, for folks will still come to view great work and great writing. I spent forty years in advertising and marketing, and without taking a small 'footprint' on several of the social sites, there isn't much else you can do. DA is not a site conducive to this, nor is FB. Rule34.xxx has a smattering of your work posted by others, and Rule34.paheal is slowly sinking into the quagmire, so I don't see 34.paheal as viable for you. The plus about Rule34.xxx is they have an option for the poster to list the 'source' of the image/video, and many do so, conscientiously.
Second, the internet now has billions of images/videos and keeping anyone's attention in this environment is much like herding cats. So, kick your muse in his/her fetching derriere and, if all else fails go for a walk, go swimming, have a glass of very good wine, or a single malt scotch, and what you seek will make its presence known to you - in its own time. After all, you didn't dream up all of those wonderful stories, extraordinary characters and very unique backstories overnight, did you?
There's this simple solution to just drop all that, get everything out of my way and just be at ease. Sometimes I do that and post pictures that don't even have a title, but then it feels empty - no thoughts for comments... And I certainly don't want to leave my visitors speechless... Comments are all I have - I'm not paid for any of this, I'm not a famous artist with a gallery in a big city, I don't have any cool friends to drink with. All I have de facto is the internet comments and also writing my own stories as a form of communication. It's hard to get these things out of the way and simply enjoy being connected with the universe, while making completely random art...
It's very true that there was one internet in the late 1990s with dialup, fanfics and piracy, a completely different internet in the late 2000s with YouTube and Facebook, then a whole different internet in the late 2010s with Twitter, Instagram, Tiktok, all the ranking algorithms everywhere, the death of standalone websites and everybody moving to social platforms that tell us what to do and what not to do... Now again something different with all the social platforms being so terrible that people don't know where to go anymore. No way back, no future either.
By the end of 2020s, we will all have our own isolated spaces, where we only talk with AI bots because they're so friendly and wise, bots will make our work for us and then other bots will evaluate "our" work, giving us the sense of validation - they will even rate us from 1 to 10. Talking with real humans would be another boomer thing, something wild and prehistorical - who needs those hostile idiots anyway? All they can do is offend you in one way or another. People will gather to have a beer once a year and talk about the best new AI, bots, or maybe even dolls, in a few years... So my theory is, people are losing the gift of socialization and it's getting replaced with technology - even in a big crowd everyone is only friends with their own phone.
Just like you stopped your online activity, I was also thinking about doing that many times - luckily, despite the internet feels so different now, there are still many factors that save me from that "final decision". Including this comment where you mention so many names of my characters and say they have wonderful stories... Thank you!!
About Rule34.xxx, I'm glad at least some site would still host some of my works after I'm gone, sadly in terms of discovery my art is a drop in the ocean and I doubt I have many visitors who come from imageboards.
I also respect your opinion about not giving website traffic any importance, it's always been my dream to achieve exactly that state of things where I simply have art that is good enough for people to want to see it in the first place... But at the current state of things, I realize I have a mess of over 2000 jigsaw pieces scattered over the floor and only a vague idea of how to put it all together... And I'm sure it's confusing as hell for everyone... If I could enter the state of being too carried away by the process of assembling the puzzle, I think it would be much easier to ignore the traffic and focus on the art - at the same time automatically making it more interesting... So I'm definitely looking forward to developing my recent ideas some more...
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I have loved your "pornographic" art for almost two decades. Although I have never used this term in relation to your works, since the word "porn" in my understanding is applicable only to commercial erotic works. Besides, the overwhelming majority of pornographic works are not works of art, but cheap, unoriginal, factory-made erotica, usually absolutely untalented.
And I was not going to leave, but simply adjust my behavior and manner of commenting, so that my lustful enthusiasm would not worsen your mental state during this difficult time for you.
Please, take care of your health and stop being depressed. The problem that is upsetting you so much can be solved, but it requires a lot of skill, effort and time to solve.
Sasha M
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