xylious
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Here's a serious question; how did you get all your exposure? I mean this in a good way, like I want to get my art out there, but it seems stuff I post on here or elsewhere doesn't garner any attention ya know. I guess it also doesn't help I'm normally shy when it comes to stuff like that. On another note, I really admire your cartoon style, and is a great source of inspiration for me. I'm in college for art and you have way more talent than me. Anywho, thanks for your time!

Aw, hehe, thank you so much! Really flattered by that, especially from someone who’s in college studying art themselves! <3

Honestly… I don’t think I could quite narrow it down. I mean, I don’t think I’ve gotten THAT much exposure, but lately my stuff seems to have gotten around because of FNAF artwork. I could say that’s been an extra reason my work may have started to become more known for the past… month or so.

I also feel it was because of promotion I seemed to get from groups with a considerably big following, mainly because I did numerous amounts of art pieces for their particular fandoms.

There’s this puppet show that I started watching about… two or three-ish years ago called ‘Funday Pawpet Show”. They have this segment where, at the end of the show, they show art that viewers may send in of anything related to whatever was discussed on that episode! After seeing what others did, I thought I’d try my hand at drawing funny moments on the show and folks seemed to like it. I kept at it for a few months when suddenly the cast showed my gallery page and apparently told folks where they could see more of my work. (And gosh, those folks that are part of FPS are so sweet, especially in person. <3)

Another bit of promotion I got was from Equestria Daily when they actually had me listed as one of the artists under their monthly ‘Artist Spotlight’. I’m still very surprised and flattered at that, considering I just barely got into doing MLP art on a regular basis on that time.

There have been numerous other cases where folks seemed to share with their friends of my work. All in all, I’d have to say it was because I was drawing constantly, and for a lot of people/groups.

I would do art constantly for people I enjoyed when it seemed appropriate (most noteably FPS), as well as folks I admired! And, I know some folks may think of it as ‘cliche’ to do art work of characters from popular franchises (FNAF, MLP:FIM, etc), but if you’re looking for some extra bit of exposure, it actually does help you go a long way. :)

But definitely post stuff that’s different from what got you that extra bit of exposure as well! Toss in some art of your own characters, characters from different franchises; anything else that can show your range of artistic ability. While it can be helpful to stick with one thing, it’s much more beneficial to show more things that you can do!

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But, again, I don’t think I’ve gotten that much ‘exposure’ in my art that I really know what I’m talking about. But, this was part of my journey here, and it only continues from now!

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