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no ones ever said anything to me explicitly but I have a feeling people probably wonder how I have such a large following when I rarely post art - SO id like to make a thread on my experience in developing a relatively big following thats interactive and active
(this might not always work of course - but its things I& #39;ve also noticed on other accounts so at the very least its worth a shot)
So. In my opinion, the biggest thing is to NOT have an art only account - a storage account is more preferable (like @lilmanatees for me). You still get to post your art on your public account, but the art is retweeted onto another account for ease of access.
It also gives people a place to follow *just* your art, but again you get to post it where you have the biggest following (your public). its kind of a win-win in all regards imo
As for other content to post - literally just talk about your interests. I& #39;m serious.
As for other content to post - literally just talk about your interests. I& #39;m serious.
Don& #39;t shut up about your interests. You might have lul days where your follower count dips, but you might also have days where your follower count SPIKES. People follow passion - if youre passionate in what youre talking about itll become infectious
(its evidenced by my first set of tweets that blew up - I wouldnt shut the hell up about bnha because thats what I was into at the time and I ended up gaining like... 100 followers even though I only draw warriors. Some of them have still stuck around)
A lot of stuff is based on chance, but you can make pretty good progress by interacting with bigger accounts too - I personally retweet replies to me that I find funny ALL the time. I would suggest against making fanart for people with the expectation that youll gain followers-
-through drawing popular OCs/characters because ive had pieces of fanart of frogpaw that I retweeted that get like... no traction and I end up being the only retweet even though I try to boost it as much as possible :[ so if u draw fanart only do it because you want to
Especially if you can get onto peoples feeds through something as easy as a reply tweet - theres really no need to spend hours of your time drawing someone elses character when you can be drawing your passion projects instead
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