Like the blog title stated.....
I'm taking thus oppurtunity to jot down how I'm feeling right now.
It's Saturday morning....just another regular Saturday for me. I'm probably going to be home all day. Simply because I dont have friends. I'm pretty much all alone and I can't figure out why.
When I'm around people I feel like I fit in with everyone. I'm always in interaction with everyone and I generally don't feel any negative vibes from people. So why is it that my phone seems to always be dry?
I remember that there was a time when I would look forward to the weekend. Now I'm just home. Drawing.
What's funny is that art has become my best friend. I can draw and research all day long without breaks.
The irony is that no matter how much I practice or study I feel like my progress as a artists has stagnated. Simply because my following is slowing down on Instagram. Ive been struggling so hard to get to 20k subscribers. Ive been fighting this battle for 2 years. There are some artists who got 100k subscribers in 2 months. I'd like to think to myself that this is pure dumb luck and they really aren't doing anything special or different to succeed.
But we all know that is complete bullshit.
There are tips and tricks that other artists are involved in but won't tell other folks about it. One artist in particular began growing exponentially since we began interacting with each other. When we first started talking he was a little bit above where I was in follower count. But since then he has jumped up in subscribers by 10,000
Remember that blog post a while ago explaining how I felt that certain artists were intentionally ignoring me? Well I found out something that kinda explains why I was feeling like that.
These certain artists were definitely ignoring me. And it is because I wasn't part of their DM group club. That's right, a lot of these artists with huge followings have been using DM groups to interact with one another. And because my following was probably too low when they started it, I was never approached or asked to join.
So I decided to say screw it. I'll start my own DM group. But in all honesty it's been a pain to find members. A lot of artists either don't want to be involved or they are scared that it might get them banned. Which isn't the case because a lot of people with Instagram accounts partake in this.
I think I'm in the process of giving up on growing my following anymore than it already has grown. I'm growing extremely tired of figuring out ways to get my voice heard and art shown to new people. And each new pathway leads to a dark hole of emptiness. And this is with EVERY social media site that I'm involved in.