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.
