(⁠ﾉ⁠◕⁠ヮ⁠◕⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠*⁠.⁠✧ Christmas Gift I Did For @stormeko

Maybe I'm overthinking this but at times anywhere on the internet I decided to share my ocs, barely anyone really interacts with my content compared to when I post art I did for others (e.g. Comms, gifts) , meaning it's other people's characters. It was fine at first, I mainly draw for myself after all but I noticed how it's not improving a single bit over years. Which makes me wonder if my content is simply uninteresting.

Repetitive furry headshots get me a lot of traction, the thing is that's not what I want to be known for, which is why I stopped including these artwork in a lot of places I'm on. (Other than FA because that's were my clients are so I of course post results).

See, a lot of attention gives me anxiety. I don't want to be popular with my content. I simply want to feel connected and I want to have a few people liking my work. Which doesn't seem to work at all. And something that I simply lost completely.

Repeatedly trying to built a following is just exhausting. It doesn't matter how hard you try to connect to others/other artists. Nothing works out for me. I just end up sitting alone in the corner again. Part of the problem might also be that I become very socially awkward. I for example don't like chatting. A few years back I had absolutely no issues building a following but I also just drew animals, something I don't really have interest in that much today. With the current art I create I feel like I'm simply invisible. Not only that but I also get zero commissions in that field too. My art is not bad, I'm proud of it, which is something I can't say about pretty much anything else I do in my life.

Big reason why I feel this way about people avoiding my own original content is the none exciting support in shares. What I mean with this is , I get a few likes, maybe a comment if I'm extremely lucky but reshares, no matter the platform aren't there. I got boosted by a big account on a different platform a few days a go which made me extremely happy but literally nobody shared. As if my art is embarrassing and nobody wants it on their own feed as a sharing post.

I enjoy drawing my own characters for yknow myself. And I don't think this will ever stop. It's just an extra nice warm feeling when I did something I'm extremely happy with and it would get loved by maybe 20 people or so. But it's simply not there which is often a big down-putter (if this word exists LOL)

A little Flipaclip Animation of my character! 👋 Idk exactly what to call this art style but I felt like animating something like that. Feels retro. Haven't animated something in forever lol

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A better picture. And the video is up 🙌 https://youtu.be/g6XQLyL6O9U

Posting both drawings in the meme layout soon :) (Double meme , you and our friend draw the exact same picture, same pose in own style. Or realistic etc.)

WIP

Action fight scene thingy of my OC yeye

Infinity Monster🔥👹

Infinity (she/her) is one of my mean weird villain characters I don't draw too often. But if I do, the pieces are often more complex. She however still has no reference sheet. Oh well.

This particular piece however is a bit different and from an art forum game on toyhouse called "draw your character as.." and you guessed it, I drew her as a monster. The prompt the last person above me wrote. I feel like I escalated a bit with the monstrosity but it turned out quite cool.

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Niche's Galactic Inferno appearance! I wanted to illustrate that for a while now. So here she is! Glow, stars and space.

Not too sure how to implement that into her character profile yet. Im not really interested in making a forms tab for her forms.. because none of these are her true-form. She just appears as "something". Hard to write and explain OCs who are literally..eh universe mothers lmao.

My character Kristal got a new ref. Really happy with the outcome

Your art is incredible!!!!!!!! I just followed your account and omg I am a new fan. I was wondering what colouring pencils you like to use?

Omg thank you!! I use prismacolor pencils

My very good man Lucius got a neat new reference sheet! I haven't updated his ref since 2021. And man, he really needed a much better one.

The same for Rebecka! Although her old one wasn't as bad but it's meh. Very happy how cute she turned out

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Find more of my work at skykristal.art

Commission open~