I get so angry-sad at people that put banners like this on their art. I don’t think you putting so much emotional stock into audience engagement is the artist empowerment move you think it is
I’m nearing 4 thousand followers soon and the engagement my art gets given my follower count is rather low, and there are many times I’ve spent hours on something only for it to get a mid to high number of double digit notes. But what a clinical and strange way to analyze the worth of what you create. If you’re making the art you want to see and that your friends want to see, why do you give a shit about the appraisal of strangers? Why view liking art as something diminutive to be discouraged? This mindset is so alien to me. I hate ever sounding like I’m up on my high horse but if you get this bummed out about posting art online then I don’t think you should. You should be having fun first
