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Sat Jan 24, 2009, 1:23 PM
looking over a few friends pages here bummed me out. I could pour my heart into a vector and have like, 70 views....maybe 3 favs. Something that has some really obvious flaws ends up having 150+ views and 20+ favs. Its depressing.

I get 'very nice', others get 'stunning!'.

Its not that I think my stuff is better, per-say, but its a lot harder to do brushed/gradient vectors than it is to do solid colored ones, and I think the outcome comes out much nicer.


....its really the only thing I think Im good at. But apparently no one else thinks so. My vector thread over at AF gets very, very little attention. And I dont understand why. Its not like I vector something because I want to, like some others do. Theres no text over their image, its already a good size and quality, and it doesnt need to have construction done to it. And if construction -is- needed, it simply isnt done. Plus, they add in a gradient bg, which -still- requires anyone who wants to use it to extract the image. Mine are all pngs with transparent bgs. All you have to do is erase my credit info when using it. I do reconstructions. I enlarge and vector. I vector to get rid of text. Stuff so that the scan can be used.

Im not posting anything here or at AF anymore. Im just not. No one notices it anyway, so the hell with it. Everything will be posted at BCL, because anything I post there is looked at and responded to. And its not just 1-2 posts/responds if Im lucky. Its usually about 5+ posts after mine. Ive never had to double post in order to add new work there.

Im done with feeling ignored by my "friends" and peers.

  • Mood: Neglect

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:iconbunnynohoogle:
Please don't stop your work Maru! I know how horrible it feels not to get much reconition for your work. I don't know how many art pages I've deleted, and I hate posting a piece and never hearing any feed back on it. I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to go through you gallery to comment, I don't know much at all about vectors and such, but I can deffinately appreciate talent and a good eye. Remember we are our own worst critics and many times people see our art through search engines or just don't feel the need to comment. It sucks, and people won't love every piece, but I glanced at your gallery before writing this and I was really amazed by some of your work. I loved the bunny girl wonderland one. And the Tinkerbell, and the Summer Days one were great the water in that was beautiful. Anyways, I understand if you don't want to post your work. People usually say nothing and sometimes people copy or steal your work. But you have talent. And if you like what you do you should keep doing it. Not to mention it didn't take long of being on BCL to see your awesome siggie and hear people talk of you're work. Sorry this was so long. Keep your head up though, maybe take a break and start working after you've had time to rest you brain. I hope you reconsider *huggles*

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:iconaki-mikadzuki:
I'm sorry to know that you feel that your works are not appreciated enough as you would want them to be. But I think page views and favs are just numbers, so I hope you won't rate the value of your works with those misleading figures.

There are undoubtedly lots of deviants whose work look sub par, uninitiated and uninspired, and yet still their stats are up. True. It is disheartening. I feel that way as well... sometimes... some days. But only if we compare figures with others.

But I think creating art that we love and sharing our works with others are good motivations and reward unto themselves as opposed to merely creating works just to reel in the numbers. The show of appreciation by others via faves and comments are just little bonuses.

Still, I'm glad you haven't lost interest in making your art and will still be sharing them... just in another site. Hope you'll share a link to BCL so we know where to look for your unique and awesome gfx and designs.

Hope you're day will be brighter soon.

:heart:

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:iconaki-mikadzuki:
*your day

[darn! no edit button in dA :shakefish:]

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:iconyami7093:
hehe compare yourself to my profile where my crap gets 1 view if its lucky
cheer up it could always be worse....you could have run out of coffee and tea also!

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