New shop website

Hi everyone! I've unfortunately had to move away from Etsy, so all of the items from my posts can now be viewed and purchased from my own website, Bonus Points Shop. Thank you all for being so amazing and supportive so far!

Wtf lol. Bourgeois? My guy, I'm a starving artist out of work with an injury and multiple autoimmune diseases trying to find an alternative way to bring in an income and pursue a career in what I went to school for. I agree it is over saturated. I'm not asking for pity, I suppose I just wanted an outlet to vent about social media and I assumed that nobody really looks at my stuff and that my post would go unnoticed. A wannabe? Bro I literally have two art degrees lmao. My anime art might not be up to par but I do a lot more than this.

I know it's too saturated, and I know I'm really starting from scratch. I'm hoping to sell at more cons over time to build a following. I'm in this for art but mostly business. Since Etsy isn't an option for me I have to market myself which I've been trying to utilize social media for. It's very hard to be seen among so many other established artists.

New sketch between finishing other artwork~

I'm glad to finally start drawing out Rindo, it's long overdue.

Rant about being an artist on social media

While I haven't really needed more followers or more of a reach over the years, picking my art back up recently has been a bit of an emotional roller coaster. My main social has always been Instagram... But now that I've been posting my art and shop items on there, even with paying to boost my posts, I hardly get any reach and it's really disheartening. I'm grateful for my friends' support, but I only see the same four or five people liking my posts even after boosting them.

I've taken to posting on all the social media that I have, even utilizing things like Twitter which I really never had an intention of using. While I hardly have any followers on twitter, it does get more views and way more of a reach even without promoting it. But little to no interaction. I have paid to boost so many posts these last few months to no avail. It's not going to stop me, but it's really gut-wrenching to know that views and interactions don't happen as naturally as they used to years ago.

The algorithms are very unkind to new creators if they're not willing to pay for it, and I really just don't know what to do. Even after selling at my last convention, it only brought me a handful of new followers. Just feeling really down in the dumps, I suppose. I know beggars can't be choosers but I really refuse to download and use tiktok even though I'm sure it would bring in some new people. I just hate that I have to utilize whatever is forced and trending at the time in order to be seen. If you made it to the end of my rant, bless you friend.

Zom 100 sketch! Should I keep going? I've been loving this anime, I really need to read the manga!

Quick sketch of precious bby 💙

I'm still very upset. I wept over my iPad while I drew this 🫠 lol

Limited pre-orders for charms are up now on my site! They are discounted until pre-orders close on August 19th when they'll go up to full price. You can find more information in the listing!