Sick of feeling ignored

[BennyJackdaw]

I feel like everything I do online: my art, my RPs, all those cool games I want to try out, my FA group, among other things: they ALWAYS get ignored. No one ever looks, no one ever takes interest, and deep down, I'm at the point where I feel like giving up on trying to have fun online. I have a book in the works that I plan on selling, but what happens if THAT ends up the same way: it gets completely ignored? It's a sad feeling that I've had for a while. I just want to be recognized for things other then rants. What do I have to do to get the things I create recognized?

[Ventus Fall]

Don't give up. I mean it. I've had this thought several times with a variety of things. Especially with my art. It took very long for anyone to notice any of my art. I still sometimes feel ignored, but I keep on trying, because of something a few more well-known furry artists have actually conveyed to me personally:
It took a long time for them as well to get where they are. Don't quit. Don't give up.
Always try to keep learning and improving, and sharing your artwork.


This goes not only for drawing/arting, but with almost everything.


It takes yeeeeeaaaaars. Heck, it can take a lifetime. You need to be patient, but you will get there. You need to keep producing things you want to show. Things you want to make for yourself.
Do what you want to do, have fun enjoying it.
Otherwise, there is no point to it.

[BennyJackdaw]

Don't give up. I mean it. I've had this thought several times with a variety of things. Especially with my art. It took very long for anyone to notice any of my art. I still sometimes feel ignored, but I keep on trying, because of something a few more well-known furry artists have actually conveyed to me personally:
It took a long time for them as well to get where they are. Don't quit. Don't give up.
Always try to keep learning and improving, and sharing your artwork.


This goes not only for drawing/arting, but with almost everything.


It takes yeeeeeaaaaars. Heck, it can take a lifetime. You need to be patient, but you will get there. You need to keep producing things you want to show. Things you want to make for yourself.
Do what you want to do, have fun enjoying it.
Otherwise, there is no point to it.

I feel like I'm not improving as an artist. I mostly draw for fun, and most of my work is just character drawings. Deep down, I haven't felt the need to improve. I've done some pretty good work, though. I can draw pretty well if I put my mind to it.

...I did have a bad experience, though. It was a secret santa event at RP Repository. I asked for someone to draw a picture of my characters Harley the Basilisk and Maserati the Giant Rat, and I ended up having to draw a humanoid Siren and her pet bird. I hate drawing humans and humanoids. Despite this, I put my heart into this drawing. I tried to draw her the absolute best I could, and that included shading and even a background. When time came to reveal our drawings, I did and... got no response. I actually had to hound the person I was drawing for for a response. She might not have known how hurt I was by the lack of a comment, and that I put so much work on something I, honestly, didn't have fun drawing, so to present it and actually have to annoy someone for praise was kind of a downer for me. In addition, the person that drew my characters did a pretty bad job at it. Maserati turned out okay (although he was too small) but Harley looked horrible. But because I didn't want to hurt the person's feelings, I said I liked it. But at the same time, my own feeling were hurt. I felt like I did so much work for nothing.


There's also a game I want to play that involves the dice system and a bunch of fat anthros boxing each other, something I WANTED to do in my FA group, but I'm worried I'm not going to find people who are interested.

[Armalite_]

Meh, don't beat yourself up. We all experience the same feeling and hardship for things we feel should have been better recognized but are not always well recieved. No one joined any of my RPs either, I didn't expect them to. I wasn't upset, I tried to do something people might like and I guess they didn't and that's ok.

I don't think it has to do with you or something you did personally, but I was raised to appreciate things people did for me and things I did for myself, regardless of how I felt. Take it as a learning experience and work on your own time to figure out what direction you'd like to go. If you feel like maybe you want to take things to a different style or different theme, then try it.

"Getting better" is a term that pressures you into feeling like you "have to" do something when you don't. Much like making art for people who didn't ask or pay for it and getting them to appreciate it when they're going to be rude to begin with.


Do whatever feels right to you and keep doing it. Don't fall under the pressure of other's thoughts and opinions. Try and try again.

[Ori]

A tip for the book. I heavily suggest releasing it chapter by chapter the way I used to do with my fanfictions. It stops people from ignoring it when they see a new chapter once a week on a notifications list if you're on a site like fiction press. And if people ignore it you can stop by chapter 10. Usually I've gotten a comment or two by chapter 10.

[BennyJackdaw]

A tip for the book. I heavily suggest releasing it chapter by chapter the way I used to do with my fanfictions. It stops people from ignoring it when they see a new chapter once a week on a notifications list if you're on a site like fiction press. And if people ignore it you can stop by chapter 10. Usually I've gotten a comment or two by chapter 10.

But I actually want to sell my book.

Meh, don't beat yourself up. We all experience the same feeling and hardship for things we feel should have been better recognized but are not always well recieved. No one joined any of my RPs either, I didn't expect them to. I wasn't upset, I tried to do something people might like and I guess they didn't and that's ok.

I don't think it has to do with you or something you did personally, but I was raised to appreciate things people did for me and things I did for myself, regardless of how I felt. Take it as a learning experience and work on your own time to figure out what direction you'd like to go. If you feel like maybe you want to take things to a different style or different theme, then try it.

"Getting better" is a term that pressures you into feeling like you "have to" do something when you don't. Much like making art for people who didn't ask or pay for it and getting them to appreciate it when they're going to be rude to begin with.


Do whatever feels right to you and keep doing it. Don't fall under the pressure of other's thoughts and opinions. Try and try again.

I guess that's a good thing to keep in mind. BTW, if you want someone to join an RP of yours, I can help by joining it.