And reblog this with your favorite pun?
thank u
If you’re someone who wants to make original stuff for people to see, DO IT!!!
Your worth as an artist is not determined by the number of Tumblr notes you get. Followers are NOT a currency. Don’t worry about instant gratification, because you’re creating something only you can own for the rest of your life! It will take you longer to build up an audience around something that doesn’t have a pre-loaded fanbase. In fact it’ll probably take longer than you think, but you’ll have a much more satisfying artistic career.
I never realized the original comic could have been taken as “well mashing up popular stuff gets more views, guess I’ll ditch my original ideas and do that instead.” I just took it as “yeah it’s a pain in the ass that that’s how it goes.” So I like this response a lot. I have nothing against parodies. I just have no desire to make them myself. So I keep at doing my own characters and ideas even though it’s just a small handful of people who care. And any young artist with original, unique ideas should do the same! Even if it feels like no one’s looking, it’s far more respectable than ditching it entirely to make an entire YouTube channel dedicated to “whoa hey what if five nights at Freddy’s met Pokemon!?” I mean, hey, you wanna do some stuff like that, cool, but don’t entirely ditch your original creations in favor of something with a built-in audience. We need more people to create new and interesting characters and stories so the internet stops getting overrun by that in the first place!
I very much prefer this response over the others I’ve seen in. It’s accurate and not snarky. In addition, whenever you do original work, it’s often influenced by things we do fanart of which means often it’ll spill into our original work. Your original work will often carry a certain “spirit” of those things you’re a fan of and eventually people who came for that will also stick around for your original work.
Thank you for making this comic.
I did this silly little thing on twitter a few nights ago where I asked people to show me a picture of their fursona and I’d give them a little compliment. I was surprised by how many takers I had and honestly found it cute + endearing how much people appreciated being told lil’ nice things about their character.
Just the little things in life, you know?
While Zeny is more of a character of his own rather than my fursona, it’s still an alias I keep for arbitrary convenience. However, I typically respond to any of my character’s names. I mean, why not? They’re always a part of you in some capacity.
I’ve been seeing various responses to the comic about audiences responding more to to fan work than original content. I’m not a fan of snark, so I’m not going to make a punchline out of it.
What I am going to say, however, is that yes it does sting when something coming from you doesn’t get as much attention as fan art. However, I’m going to let you guys in on a secret! Often, the things we draw fan art of are things that inspire us. So if you do original work consistently, you’ll often capture the “spirit” of the thing you did fan work of. Because of this, those that came for the fan art will often stick around for your original work, too. I know this first hand because a lot of my followers from the last year and a half have been from my Morenatsu fan art. What I found was that a lot of these followers stuck around for my original content, with some even looking forward to my visual novel!
So, vent your frustrations as an artist if you have to, but always remember there’s a silver lining and that a good number of your audience is willing to grow with you.
Sometimes, Vinny stays transformed in his werewolf form while sleeping cuz it’s cozy. It also saves money on heating in the winter.
It is honestly so gosh darn adorable when round folk are so proud and happy about their bodies. It feels good seeing people get excited about their shape!!!!!
I’ve done a few Rou fanarts, but his creator and owner is Yuma !