AfricanVoodoo's Sketchbook

[John]

Hey A.V.

The thing that I want to do is branch out to other social medias like DeviantArt and Tumblr but those sites are... "fandom" sites. Sites where people congregate to talk about cartoons and tv shows and shit.

I disagree about dA being just a fandom site. It was and is still an artwork based community. We could argue how much fan art there is compared to original IPs; but I hope we can agree that that silly argument can only prove who's better at that pissing contest!

Maciej does his Show Time IP over at dA. Wlop posts his Ghostblade illustrations there too. Pete Mohrbacher's Angelarium. And probably so much more IPs we don't even know. If the work is good, people will respond.

Posting art like the ones I am posting now won't garner enough shit because nobody cares about personal projects. There is nothing familiar attached to them. I hate doing fanart because I want to do my own thing... but I have to do it. It's tough shit but, I want to try.

Nothing is stopping you from posting in sites like dA, imgur, and the like. And I don't think there's anything bad will happen if you do post your IP there other than it's not going to get the attention you think you deserve. This is where the Gretzky quote comes in to play: "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." Not posting in those sites you mentioned is basically turning down the offer of free advertisement. You don't need this self-defeatist mentality especially when you're peddling your own stuff.

Good luck A.V.

And oh, try http://www.dorian-iten.com/accuracy/ if you haven't before. It did wonders for my portrait studies.