#do we REALLY need a fantastical semirealistic retelling of your dnd oc's cgaracter arc.

[samadryad]

mean rant about a stranger's take

idk maybe I'm bitter and too outside the oc tumblrverse to get it but this feels too pandered to the "if you don't reblog you KILL INDEPENDENT ARTISTS ON TUMBLR" crowd to meaningfully comment why your indie comics don't get off the ground. it gets close though. the reason why fanart DOES is because it's in a unique little hub (HASHTAGS) that guarantees your audience knows and can get behind your comics and whatever. for the love of god it's not your follower's fault, it's the platform.

like making comics sucks and always have sucked when it comes to success rates. maybe its a more volatile market these days with webtoon or whatever but it's still this stagnant thing that's notoriously hard to break into.

social media works for fanartists. like it's sooo basic. it isn't the layusers fault, it's just by design. it sucks. you get used to the attention when you just start out with fanart, but by the time you feel confident enough to make your own stuff, anything below your fanart numbers feels like a failure (and what's worse you might even guilt and ostracize your fanart audience for not reblogging ur OCs). it sucks but you can't expect your followers to all be immediately on board with a new less accessible different thing. ESPECIALLY if all you've been drawing the past year has been one fandom.

I also have beef with the "gimmicky and marketable" thrown at the end there bc it reads as SOOOOOOO jealous. like the most generous interpretation I could give them are those cutesy instagram mass produced animal comics. the worst interpretation I can think is talking about something like laikas comet LOL. visual novelty isn't everything but it's a lot for imaged-based platforms. like it doesn't have to be your favorite art style ever to be thoughtful. what happens next's art being like a mishmash of warrior cats abd hamilton fanartist styles that makes the characters (read: kids who are all about that kind of thing) feel all the more immersed and idk makes the audience feel more seen.

#and not to be mean but quality of writing/consistent upload schedule/pacing has something to do with it too #like if your audience isnt convinced there is a worthwhile universe outside of a 3 panel humanized salt and pepper comic strip then that #might just be because there isnt #also i feel like genre saturation plays a part in this #do we REALLY need a fantastical semirealistic retelling of your dnd oc's cgaracter arc. #it can just stay with your dnd group and thered be nothing wrong with rhat (im being mean)