People used to comment on web comics.
People used to comment on fanfiction.
People used to comment on fanart.
People used to comment on OCs.
I hate "content" culture.
I hate "consuming content" and scrolling immediately to the next thing.
People used to be excited about the art that other people created.
People used to want to share that excitement with creators.
I hate this future.
Once someone tagged art that I made with "woah" and I think about it at least once a week. Someone else said "oh neat" once. Someone else WROTE A WHOLE DAMN POEM IN THE COMMENTS. Anyways even just one word can change how someone sees their art. You don't even have to think about it too hard. You could put a keyboard smash and I'd probably cry from joy.
I'm also trying hard to interact more, I understand that it's hard to break away from opening your phone and being in Content Consumption Mode.
I honestly hadn't stopped to think about this until I saw this post... I used to think people would get annoyed if they were notified everytime someone posted a comment on their art. I never thought about it being like fanfiction and that they might appreciate comments. Frick, that means I'm part of the problem on here. Thats gotta change.
Every tag, every comment, every reblog with some kind of reaction/opinion or even just one word. All of these things are precious to creators!
I spent countless hours reading and rereading tags full of love people left under my art. All the people i could gift a laugh to or even inspire with something I made mean more to me then you could ever know.
It's what makes me proud of my art!
And to think that you could have enjoyed my art in silence and I would have never known.
THIS! Just THIS!
We all need to interact more! I try to leave a comment and like (yes, both!) on the posts of my favourite artists because I know how an they feel. They want to know that someone out there is watching their art and appreciate it. It's truely frustrating when you post something you put your heart into and you get 1 or 2 likes (or even 10 likes) and nothing more. Although it warms your heart when someone likes it and fills you with gratitude for each one of those likes, comments are the EXPLOSION of fulfillment in nowadays "content culture". Interacting with people like you or people that want to talk about your art is every artist's wish (even uncounciously). We all want to be recognized, to feel that what we do matters, so please, change the situation. Change it for everybody and show artists and writers how much you actually love their work! PLEASE!!!!
