What Makes a Deviation Popular?Fanart is of course the biggie...whether that is a good thing or a bad thing probably depends on whether you yourself like and draw fanart.
Though the idea that fanart will automatically make you super popular on DA is a wrong one. I'm not all that popular and I have some fanart-making friends that aren't either. I have also found humor to be very popular on DA. My most favorited piece is a cartoon and I notice that many popular deviants make cartoons and comics their main focus on DA as well. When it comes to original characters and works...I find it can be a toss up. Of course some original comics and strips on DA are some of the most popular things around. Some OCs are as beloved as any professional anime or cartoon character and have their own fanart drawn of them. But then I have also come across some people making their own comics and mangas that for whatever reason have yet to catch people's attention. When I look at my own deviations, I sometimes wonder how one got really popular (and popular for me is like over thirty favs XD). In fact a couple of my deviations that I dislike the most are paradoxically some of my more popular. Likewise out of my three or four most favorite things I have ever drawn, only one is popular.
What brought all of this up was my most recent drawing. I personally think it is one of the best I have ever done and was really proud of it. Yet no one else seems to agree. And I can't figure out whether that is because I am wrong and it isn't that good, or if it is because it is of another show besides Bleach, or maybe people are turned off by the subject matter...hell it beats me. XD
So I thought I would ask all of you. What makes you fav a deviation instead of merely looking at it, or commenting? Do you only fav things from a certain fandom...or are you one of those types that will fav anything and everything that catches your eye (like me)? Does something have to be technically brilliant, funny, or just touch you in some way for you to fav it? Is there anything you will fave deviations of no matter whether or not it is all that good (I'm that way with Ulquihime...I'll fav just about any deviation if it is Ulquihime XD)?
And lastly, to any one that is my friend on here, or knows me fairly well...well it's no secret that I want to be popular on DA (not in pageviews, but in how many favs my stuff gets), so do any of you have any suggestions for me to get those favs? Getting better artistically is of course a given, and I think I have gotten better since I have joined DA but I haven't gotten any more popular so there must be more to it than just that. What would you personally like to see me do more of?
P.S. Yes I am working on "Obsession". Expect to see some pictures and descriptions of the main characters soon. XD XD XD
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I think a part of it may have to do with the fact that you're doing more original stuff and less fanart for really popular shows (like Bleach). Heck, even if you do fanart for the more obscure shows, you probably won't get that much attention here. Also, original art kinda gets the shaft here unless you are RIDICULOUSLY good at drawing.
As for being popular...*thinks about it for a moment* I'm not really sure. Sure, if you continued with fanart you'd probably get more attention than if you do original stuff, but would that make you happy only doing fanart and not anything of your own? I think, more than anything else, you should worry about if what you're drawing makes YOU happy. Everyone else comes second. If you're proud of the work you're doing and the strides you've overcome with your artwork, that's the most important thing of all.
I can't blame you for wanting to be popular here on dA though. I think that's many deviant's dreams for this site, to be the next big dA artist. Don't give up hope!
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As you said; fan art is very popular, and originality not so much. However to get into the core of respect of other artist, you'd have to find commonalities with them and understand that not only do you embrace art, but you live it as well.
If you want to be recognized in this community, you have to stand out of the crowd - and make a mark - be proud of your accomplishments!..
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this took me 5 minutes and it has ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FAVES [link] AND 1313 VIEWS
how it got that popular, i will never know. it even says doodle in the title. and things i work for hours on get like 3 views, ahaha, oh. i do not get da.
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Well I think some of my stuff is cute, but apparently not cute enough...nor funny enough, nor good enough.
But yeah, I totally get what you are saying about something that takes you ten minutes getting way more favs than something that takes you days. So there is some formula to popular deviations, and effort doesn't always seem to factor into it...though obviously it sometimes does. *is still trying to figure this out*
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When I'm without pretty boys, I dream about pretty girls. (Book of Love)
As for getting more popular... Just be nice! ^^ Take the time to comment on other people's stuff and make friends! I think I could be considered fairly popular, but truth is I hardly ever get comments or favs from strangers, it's the same people over and over again. My friends. XD
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Anyway, I probably could comment more (since I frequently take hiatuses from DA), but for me...I'm not sure that exactly translates into more watchers. In fact of the people I fav and comment on the most...almost none of them watch me or even look at my stuff. Of course I am not nice to people and comment on them just to get them to watch me. I actually don't mind if they don't. I just wish I could attract watchers and favs from people that like my stuff just because they do...not because they are my good friend and feel obligated too. XD
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