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Anonymous03/29/26, 16:17No.7907884How do artists grow a following?
>So Lately I've been wondering how getting attention for you work on NG actually happens,
>I hear mostly that if you keep posting reasonably good art and other works you will eventually get a following, which has sort of happened but I see people with tonnes of fans and very little works put out, I have put out 121 artworks, not to mention games and animations too and lately I've been posting every few days with me making my Graphic novel, but most of my artwork doesn't get even the 5 vote necessary to get a star rank and my views rarely reach above the mid twenties, and I've only just reached 40 followers after posting for SIX years.
>My artwork isn't of low quality or anything and take quite a lot of effort and I'm pretty sure I'm scouted too.
>I don't really know what's going on? What am I missing, how do I get more attention on my works?
>I'm sure if anyone knows me and people with similar problems would be happy to know.
Can anyone help a poor artist out?
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Anon03/29/26, 16:57No.7907911
git gud
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Anon03/29/26, 19:33No.7908005
if you are good you will get attention. simple.
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Anon03/29/26, 22:10No.7908094
>My artwork isn't of low quality or anything
anon...
>and take quite a lot of effort
there it is, you're still in the mindset of "if I work hard I'll succeed" but art doesn't work that way. Working hard is the bare minimum, nobody cares how much effort you put into your art, they only care how good it is.you made this thread but I think you know the reason already, your art is not appealing enough to be popular. That's all there is to it, that'll all it will ever be. People who complain about the algorithm are just coping.Maybe in 2009 you could get popular at your current level because the internet was different, but now its way more globalized, there's exponentially more people browsing and scrolling, websites are way more optimized to waste people's time and give them only what it thinks they want.You have to be exceptional to stand out and catch people's atetntion. If you can't do that, then too bad. Your art needs to compel people to share it to their friends. You need people to laugh, cry, and fight over your art. Being boring is much worse than being /beg/
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Anon03/30/26, 00:30No.7908180
>My artwork isn't of low quality or anything and take quite a lot of effort
Shakey line confidence
Bad anatomy
Bad airbrush
Flat bad perspective
>I'm pretty sure I'm scouted too.
What does that mean
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Anon03/30/26, 00:32No.7908181
Make cool shit and put it where people can see it. Beyond that, luck.
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Anon03/30/26, 02:51No.7908261
I'm not huge on social media, ~18k followers or so on twitter, but the best three things you can do are:
Consistency and posting a lot
Connect with other artists, sometimes friends much bigger than you will give you a boost
Draw fanart (I don't do this much but if you're drawing porn of a popular video game character the amount of attention it'll get is ridiculous)
And most importantly get luckyThere's artists who are way better than me who I see with under 1000 followers on twitter and bsky. Shit's not fair, you just have to focus on the stuff that is in your control.
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Anon03/30/26, 03:00No.7908263
you're not scouted. You were at some point, but you might have been either pruned (they unscouted whoever scouted you) or you got unscouted yourself.
You might have to ask a mod to fix that for you if you ever hope to be scouted again, since I can't see the usual prompt to scout you back in (not that i would)
that being said, your art is pretty rough, and your 3d comic is even worse. I wouldn't scout you myself, ng is already flooded with low quality stuff as is. sorry.
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Anon03/30/26, 08:30No.7908382
/ic/ will do anything but get good. Every week there's a "how do I get more followers if i suck, and don't say draw better" thread
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Anon03/30/26, 14:30No.7908539
>all art must be the same homogenized commercialized
wew piggy
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Anon03/31/26, 01:35No.7909008
I'm genuinely not trying to be a shithead when I say this, but you need to seek critique more often when you lack this much self-awareness about the quality of your work and adjust your expectations accordingly.
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Anon04/02/26, 15:47No.7910594
That fucking hair dude. How can you say you put effort into this?
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Anon04/02/26, 16:11No.7910607
>My artwork isn't of low quality
is picrel your work?
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Anon04/11/26, 14:03No.7915787
>>My artwork isn't of low quality
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Anon04/14/26, 16:49No.7917839
>how getting attention for you work on NG
DeviantArt and Pixiv have larger userbase
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Anon04/16/26, 00:44No.7918456
At least trace the AI slop more subtly anon
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Anon04/19/26, 23:40No.7920796
Skill does not correlate with popularity. There's tons of popular artists with shit art, and talented artists nobody's ever heard of. Finding an audience is a matter of luck.
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Anon04/20/26, 21:04No.7921533
Permabeg meltdowns like this are what keep /ic/ alive.
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Anon04/21/26, 13:12No.7922016
Is there a reason why you want to use NG instead of other platforms? In general, it’s better to post your art where there are more people. You can easily check platform size with a quick search and choose based on that.Personally, I prefer twitter because it has a large audience, and it’s more relaxed when it comes to posting NSFW compared to most other places. That said, it’s even better to post across multiple platforms instead of relying on just one.You don't need to be amazing at art, but you need more practice. Also, you should think about who you’re targeting your art to. For example, I draw NSFW art focused on muscular chicks and fanart, which appeals to a specific audience. One of the biggest reasons my account grew is that my target audience shared my work across different platforms, essentially promoting it for me.
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Anon04/21/26, 13:34No.7922022
anon I'm gonna be real with you, your ability is at a 3/10 1 being literal stick figuresTo gain a following you require
- Niche topic so you don't have too much competition
- Consistent posting 3-4 times a week minimum and do that for 3-4 years straight consistency
- art that is at 5/10 levels basically you have to be as a skill level that is above 50% of everyone who's ever picked up a pen
- If you're not in the 5/10 and above your work needs to be meaningful, this could be jokes, a message, some reference basically it has to connect to the follower for them to want to see moreIf you put out quality or even 5/10 work eventually people will find it and you'll gain momentum once you have a sizable chunk you have to give them what they want, if they come to you to see cute girls don't suddenly start drawing robots and wonder "Why are people unfollowing?"Focus on challenging yourself your artistic skill is far lower than you think it is. You need to fix a lot of your weaknesses which are currently invisible to you but clear to even a layperson.
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Anon04/24/26, 15:29No.7923880
6 years of drawing to make art like that. What the fuck have you been doing?
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Anon04/29/26, 00:50No.7927566
>how do Artists grow a following?
In my case, I racked up decent 40k following on X, been drawing for 4 years in manga style drawings. If you have a particular niche or interest on your drawings, lean into it. I racked up a following by building a world and share the world building and characters through manga illustrations and manga panels.>World building?
in short, an Alternate modern fantasy where humans and demihumans living in coexistence. USA is an isolationist superpower since 1990s, no 9/11, GWOT and all that sort of thing. USA is ruled from behind the curtain by a Kitsune Matriarch.>Is it working?
Yeah, i racked up US and EU based following. Making up 80% of my total following.The key is know your lore, know your niche, know your audience
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Anon04/30/26, 12:07No.7928601
dress like a slut in the street at night. that is how you grow followers.
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Anon05/01/26, 14:49No.7929454
I had a domain name and made up business cards to hand out to people.( the website is gone so I am not promoting myself))
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Anon05/01/26, 15:31No.7929485
use a japanese vpn server if your art is in anyyway anime-inspired
you will get infinitely more engagement that way than posting from whatever thirdworld shit hole you live in
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Anon05/01/26, 17:20No.7929578
Same as they always did
>tell a story and get people invested
>hook into bigger fandoms by making fan art or related content
>risque or sexy stuffThere's a reason why variants on "funny pokemon/anime/storytime animation where someone's ideally massive boobs are emphasized" has launched a thousand art careers
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Anon05/02/26, 21:20No.7930705
This art is just not that good man I'm sorry
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Anon05/03/26, 13:51No.7931125
Is the implication here you're listening to /ic/'s advice or
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Anon05/07/26, 14:34No.7935151
Ignore the crabs. Consistency matters far more for growth than skill. Even people who make ms paint circle tool inflation make a living off commissions.
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Anon05/07/26, 15:59No.7935216
I can't find the fucking pictures, but I was going to make a post on /ic/ about twitter and paid boting.
You won't make it if you don't pay
The pictures I have shows a sub 3k followers account, one post has 500 views, two hours later another post with 700k views, two hours later a post with 500 views.
Or something like that, if I find the pics I'll post them, but it's a lie that you'll have a steady climb, it's counter-intuitive it's not like you'll have 300 views, then 500, then 700 and so on, that doesn't exist and that's not how it works
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Anon05/13/26, 10:21No.7940155
Consumers are spoiled for choice on the modern internet. Why should they follow you over the other people doing similar shit?