Teeny-Tiny Artist Problem #1
Mar. 4th, 2018 09:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mishitalesSometimes there are artist problems that only effect us teeny-tiny artists who struggle to breach the 10 likes mark. This series will bring those problems to light, and I'll post the things I do to try to combat the problem in hopes that I help another teen-tiny artist out there on the Interwebs!
Teeny-Tiny Artist Problem #1
Having to start from Ground Zero every time you come back from traveling.
Every.Time.
My work travels several times every winter (right after the new year), and these are week long excursions that involve long shifts. You have ZERO time for the Internet except for looking at Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram on your phone (and even then, I just skip Twitter most of the time). This means that I don't upload any art and only have time to like other posts when I get up in the morning--and I purposely get up early to go explore the city we're in (except that time we were stranded on an Island. Yes. You read that! It is not a lie! Ha ha!).
My coworkers think I'm a morning person, but it's just me wanting to explore a new place--to boldly go where Mishi hasn't gone before! So I also use this time to catch up on Instagram likes and to take aesthetic photos (while praying to the Internet gods that I don't lose a bunch of followers, because that happens too!).
One day I hope to be to the point where losing a few followers when I travel won't matter and that my photos will keep my account alive, but until that day, I tend to get frustrated when I get back because I have to build everything up all over again.
Before the last excursion, I had finally breached the norm of getting 30-40 likes per Instagram post. When I got back, I was down to 10 - 20. So you can see my frustration!
Testing Something New Because I Refuse to Give up!
Thanks for tuning in! As always, feel free to drop a line and say hello!
Teeny-Tiny Artist Problem #1
Having to start from Ground Zero every time you come back from traveling.
Every.Time.
My work travels several times every winter (right after the new year), and these are week long excursions that involve long shifts. You have ZERO time for the Internet except for looking at Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram on your phone (and even then, I just skip Twitter most of the time). This means that I don't upload any art and only have time to like other posts when I get up in the morning--and I purposely get up early to go explore the city we're in (except that time we were stranded on an Island. Yes. You read that! It is not a lie! Ha ha!).
My coworkers think I'm a morning person, but it's just me wanting to explore a new place--to boldly go where Mishi hasn't gone before! So I also use this time to catch up on Instagram likes and to take aesthetic photos (while praying to the Internet gods that I don't lose a bunch of followers, because that happens too!).
One day I hope to be to the point where losing a few followers when I travel won't matter and that my photos will keep my account alive, but until that day, I tend to get frustrated when I get back because I have to build everything up all over again.
Before the last excursion, I had finally breached the norm of getting 30-40 likes per Instagram post. When I got back, I was down to 10 - 20. So you can see my frustration!
Testing Something New Because I Refuse to Give up!
This time, I decided to try something new in order to quickly build my account back up. I stuck to a fandom and posted wip (work in progress) pictures of my sketches before posting the final drawing. I think this is working! I'm gaining momentum faster than I did the last time I traveled. I posted a wip last night, and that sketch is sitting at 30 likes now!
Thanks for tuning in! As always, feel free to drop a line and say hello!
