hello, i hope this is not too dumb of a question, bit i've had an art tumblr for a couple of years now a d have been posting not too little over time. and while commenting on other people's posts, reblogging what i can, sticking to drawing what makes me happy instead of following trends(as that's the usual advice) i still only ever get 5 notes at most on most of my art, except for a few 65-100 note exceptions.
i know this is not a number's game but i feel incredibly alone on tumblr, and wish i could build a community of friends who i can interact with and maybe even develop a commission clientele. it seems that until now i haven't managed to capture anyone's attention though. do you have any advice to make friends on here? or at least have more people looking at my art ? i should also specify that i'm more of an OC artist than a fanart dude, so i know that also complicates things. any advice would be great :) thank you and CONGRATS on 6k! i'm thinking of participating in that DTIYS if it's not closed !!
hihiii i totally understand your loneliness and listlessness. honestly i have not been able to make any close connections via tumblr alone. People interact, but I don't really know anyone :P
All of my connections have been via discord roleplay communities. Roleplay communities are great because, since your OCs are interacting with another person's OCs, you're not only building a relationship with the other person but creating content for both of your OCs at the same time. Roleplay communities are also always fiending for art of their OCs, so they are also a good source of commissions & drawing prompts if you make good friends.
Aside from that, offering free art is a common way to gain interaction both in roleplay communities and on tumblr. For a long time, I would do free drawing requests relating to mystic messenger & other stuff. Recently, though I've stopped for a few months now, I had also done drawing requests for pokemon fusions, if the person requested had showed proof of donation to a gaza-related charity.
Anyway, good luck! It's important to engage with other people too, since if everyone is just trying to get attention without giving any, there won't be any at all :P













