Nico Robin!! She's one of my weaknesses, hah. I'm quite behind posting this drawing to Tumblr because, well, sadly, this is my lowest-performing piece in a long time. It's difficult not to feel down about a poor reception, but that's life, you know? Being a little artist on social media is difficult for all kinds of obvious reasons. One of them is "discoverability". You either have to draw popular characters or "kiss the ring" of big artists so that they boost your post. The latter of that sounds cynical, I know, but I don't know how else to describe it. The dream is that your work speaks for itself, and the algorithm shares it naturally as designed. Alas, the algorithm is jank, and you could have a type of shadowban without even knowing that you do. The only option left for discoverability is to pander. I see pandering all the time on the socials. You'll see people drawing fan arts of popular characters or the OCs of big artists just for "business" reasons. I'm just as guilty as anyone of doing it (pandering), so I don't want to present myself as someone above it all, and I don't blame people for wanting to advance their online growth. You could say this post is just me complaining that my Nico Robin didn't do well because the right people didn't see it at the right time. But like I said in the introduction paragraph, that's life, you know? It's not realistic to have nonstop success in the arts or life in general. There will be peeks and valleys. What is important is that we keep putting one foot in front of the other because the only way to move forward is to move forward. (Sorry if that sounds trite, but it's what I think) Anyway, follow me elsewhere! https://linktr.ee/jckix
