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Hey guys I’ve been seeing this around and I read sad ppl in the comments and I just wanted to chime in. I know it is sad and frustrating posting art and getting no reply. We have all been there. Some of us have been there for a long time! Don’t give up
(let me say some more
) https://twitter.com/meowv1an/status/1278906590217883648
(let me say some more
) https://twitter.com/meowv1an/status/1278906590217883648
Sometimes it takes a long time for people to notice you. A LONG time. I have this account since 2009. I only reached 10K this January. When I began posting art more regularly in 2017 my first tweets got 4 likes. The Ramen Shop with the pink lantern? 4 likes. But keep at it.
Sometimes the algorithm is not in your favor for many things, sometimes your art is just not “there” yet. Might be quality or might be you have not find your voice; your spot.
Also growing is HARD in the beginning it gets exponentially easier with more followers!
Also growing is HARD in the beginning it gets exponentially easier with more followers!
The start is very VERY hard. But you have to keep at it. Sometimes you have to keep at it for YEARS! So do not beat yourself up for it taking a long time or when you see someone else shoot past you.
I see, especially twitter, as some kind of lottery. Every piece of art you post gets you a ticket, and someday, one of them will go viral and set off the initial batch of followers that gets you on track.
(fwiw for me that was visible women in 2018. A big artist RTed my tweet and I went from 200 people to 2500 on one day. It grew from there. I had been posting regularly for over a year at that point the same kind of art you see now. It was my ‘ticket’.)
SO ANYWAYS, long story. What I want to say is don’t give up. Keep posting. Hone your craft. And most importantly draw what YOU like. With no one else around you have to entertain yourself first and foremost. Don’t draw what you think gets you popular but what YOU enjoy. 
Draw what you enjoy and your people will eventually find you. Just keep at it.
—also as a side note, and this sounds like such a mom thing and I hope it does not come out wrong: while the numbers of course are important and help in being seen, they also add a tremendous pressure on you now performing on front of such a huge audience!
So enjoy your freedom for growth and experimentation while you still have it. Try to make friends along the way. Artists on your level. Grow together with them! I did and I treasure all of these people immensely.
And yeah just, keep at it! There are always people that come here and get several K in a matter of weeks. It happens! People win the lottery with their first ticket.
Be happy for them!
But most of us, we have been around a long time.
So just keep at it!
Be happy for them!
But most of us, we have been around a long time.
So just keep at it!
