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I wanted to do a little essay on luck in the art industry, so I started working on this in my break. I only just finished it, I hope it's of some use to someone!
let me know if im full of shit or not XD I feel a bit out of my depth writing actual information, but I had a ton of fun making it anyway!

I am now back from my break!

Oh Funkybun is a woman artist that explains a lot.

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So this is like a furry Scott McCloud.

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Western non-h goes to "Misc" category.

Western porn goes to "Western".

NEITHER GOES TO "NON-H" FOR ANY REASON.

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@Pseudo-Nim I always wondered about those rules, since 3D porn also goes to "Misc". The rules for this site are very confusing...

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@Vass Here's a flowchart that makes things very simple: https://ehwiki.org/wiki/Gallery_Categories#Flow_Chart

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@pseudo-Nim
mistakes can happen, was quite tired when uploading this. But would appreciate if you could have given me the correct directions like Gublee instead shouting out like a mad lad.
Kindness and support gets further then rude behaviour, and will often result in likewise respect and behaviour. A wise lesson that is often ignored these day's.

Recategorized it.

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damn, how the heck did i get motivated back into drawing.. on a porn site.

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So much focus on marketing and marketability. I guess that's realistic but it still makes me feel like I'm just whoring myself out. I mean how can you really respect yourself or your audience when marketing comes first and foremost?

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Hmm, I didn’t expect Funkybun to do a how-to, especially not this soon after finding an audience. And this is pretty good. Not as groundbreaking as "Understanding Comics", but... clearly better than many parts of its sequels. And mind you, I don’t compare anyone to Scott McCloud just like that.

@ bythesideofwriting: Funkybun’s understanding of "marketing" is pretty wide. It embraces all aspects of reaching out to people and making one’s art relatable.

Very, very many people – the majority of those who make up almost any audience – wish for somebody to care about their feelings. In the ideal situation, an artist has a message, transforms it into a piece of self-expression, and that creation readily calls forth positive reactions like, "Wow, that person knows how I feel!" And then the piece goes viral. (Subsequently, the artist might be in trouble once some fans realize that she or he is just a human.)

In most cases, that is not what happens. Funkybun has given us a reminder that this is not necessarily because the artistic creation is "bad". A move as simple as looking for a different audience, or changing the subject within the scope of one’s own interests, might be enough to achieve a lot better results, if the artist has basic skills and emotion. Said move would already fall into the realm of marketing as Funkybun presents it.

To give a very personal point of view: I cannot judge whether I’m simply bad as a writer. Yet I’d say my very limited success as a storyteller is more due to bad marketing and irregular motivation than the lack of technical skills. For me, it has been enough to express myself and occasionally get some response from a bunch of people. I’ve tried to polish my skills, but haven’t put much effort into reaching out to different audiences, building useful connections, or researching what larger numbers of people might really want to read about. It does mildly annoy me that I catch so little attention, but in general, I’m content with the way things are. I could have tried harder, you know.

As Funkybun says (p. 2), "Whether you decide to gamble should be up to you." All of us are free to follow our inner calling while concentrating on "expertise’s perfection" (p. 12). But we should not blame the world for not noticing us if most people’s callings are different, or if they have no way of ever even hearing about us.

That’s why I’m saying Funkybun is right. Even if the wordings used might irritate those of us with high ideals.

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