Okay, but, it gets incredibly discouraging when I post some sketches and people comment on how beautiful they are but when I post something with a background and lots of coloring and hard work...no one says anything they just favorite and go on about their way like "Oh, that's nice I guess." Almost like they're favoriting because they have to. I mean thank you for the favorite I do appreciate it but when they don't say anything...well when only one person says something...it's like I feel like I did a terrible job even though while I was working on the piece I thought I was doing a very good job.
I mean it's literally like:
Me: -posts sketches-
Everyone: Oh hey! How nice! That's so awesome and beautifully done!
Me: -posts hard worked on illustration-
Everyone: ...-cricket chirps-
...it's like why do I even bother? I try to step out of my comfort zone and improve but no one really cares. It seems like all they want is stuff that takes me five minutes to do or it's not worth mentioning. It's like this is why I don't do backgrounds or stuff like that not only because I'm not that good but when I do try to do it no one really cares. And then I look at my friends when they post stuff like that and everyone loves it and "wow it looks really nice I can see all the hard work you put into it nice job!" so why am I different?
Is my stuff really that shitty no one wants to hurt my feelings? Which is stupid because not saying anything ends up hurting me a lot because I end up feeling terrible. I'm not looking for super praise just some acknowledgement that my work wasn't all for naught.
"Oh Iris you just post stuff at that time of day when no one is online!"
Oh...so why do I get like 10 faves, five from people I know, yet only one comment from someone who DIDN'T favorite? What sense does that make not none.
"You should be happy people actually look at your stuff TO favorite! I'm lucky if I get one favorite!"
Well good for you I'm sorry if this seems incredibly selfish but when you post sketches that everyone seems to love and think is "beautiful" it still hurts when you work hard on something only to have everyone clam up all of a sudden. I just don't understand how everyone else I know posts amazing stuff and people love it but when I do it...it just doesn't seem good enough. It's a serious kick in the face for someone who thought she was getting better.