Most of my friends are art friends or by happenstance I show them my work but beyond that I don't really care either way? I tend to want to limit talking about my work because it comes off as egotistic and pushy haha. I might mention i'm working on a comic occasion but thats it.

No one know I write or draw and putting it on internet. I really like to have a privacy of myself, but I do blabbering some of my traits and a tiny bit of my personal informations outside, though.
I don't use social media that much, and I basically pulling my social life to the darkness. No one really know who the h*ck I am when I opened my social media anyway, so yeah. I have no friends to tell about my internet profile anyway, and if they do know I make gay and pretty dark stuff online, I doubt they would like to get close to me, including my family.

Kinda yeah, my close friends know I make comics, or at least know I have comic ideas and stories. But maybe one or two actually read them or I've showed them too.

It's a big struggle though. Because I want to show everyone my stories.

It absolutly stems from growing up in both a homophobic and extremely restricting household. So I couldn't share as a kid with my family due to fear of teasing from my brothers and judgement from my parents. Added onto being a social outcast in school so really, sharing just lead to bullying.

I'd rather not have the people who I live my life with judging or not like-ing my stories, while on the internet if someone doesn't like it then it's okay because they're a stranger on the internet.

I'm more inclined to oversharing, so if it wasn't because it was totally socially unacceptable, my introduction irl would probably be around the lines of: "HI, I'M SIGNE, BTW HERE'S MY COMIC NOW READ IT KTHXBYE!" I'm more smooth than that, promise!

It's mostly when I'm nervous, then I want to talk about something I know something about... So nerdy things or draw which segways into comic.

I haven't told anyone that i'm writing a novel online. Mostly because the thought of showing my work to them is terrifying and a bit embarrassing.

Sharing my work with complete strangers? Completely fine. Sharing my work with people I know and who would probably have nothing but nice things to say? Embarrassing.

heh, i pick and choose who knows about my comic unless i am on the internet. then i post it EVERYWHEEEEEERE.But like, at work, i tell 3 people because i know they actually care, or if i am at a nerd store talking about art or some stuff.

I used to be like that, only letting few of my friends now about my comics.
Now I'm giving links to anyone that I managed to talk with for 10 minutes and lead the conversation to hobbies/comics :'D so some of my co-workers are actually reading my series (mostly the gag-a-day one, though, because the amount of catching-up with my story-based one is too much for them).
I still need to get on the "posting-about-updates-on-facebook" level c;

It's hard to know me for any length of time and not find out that I make a comic and publish it online, just because it's my main passion and tends to come up! Even when I was working retail, "what do you do?" was usually met with "well I work at Target, and then on the side I create comics! Retail worker by day, cartoonist by night!"

I don't tend to Advertise My Comic or try to talk folks into reading it IRL, though, just because it's a weird niche fantasy story that I don't necessarily expect people to be into it unless they specifically express interest. If I say I make comics and they want to see them, and then after I pick out some pages to show them on my phone, they want to know where they can read it, then yeah, I'll give them the website!

But honestly as much as People In Real Life Reading My Comic is sometimes a nerve-wracking idea, most of the folks who Wouldn't Get It aren't that interested -- think how hard it is to get people to read your comic in any other circumstance! Most people are just curious what kind of art you create -- I show them some pages and they're like "wow this art is so cool!" and that's basically it!

(Weirdly though I am also much more insistent when meeting people online. xD If I hang out in a discord server a lot, expect me to find some excuse to bring up my comic and loudly whisper that everyone should read it right now)

“Hey I make comic” is as good as saying “Hey I do drawing” for me and I don’t tend to share it because it’s just a normal thing in my mind. Everyone has a hobby. The only time I talk about my comic to people other than my friends is when they realize I’m the creator of a comic that they themselves read. Beside that, I don’t like shoving my art into people’s faces out of the blue.

After spamming every single day all my facebook friends for a solid month about supporting my kickstarter, I'm sure there isn't a single person in my life who doesn't know I make comics!

I also illustrate a monthly safety comic for my lab at work, so all my coworkers obviously know that comics is sort of my thing. I also actively recruit folks to work for me at conventions, so that's a thing too. My two writers and I try to do a lot of local things, book signings at comic book stores, library conventions, etc. I just sort of accept the fact that drawing is apart of me and I like to share it with people around me.

I don't draw anything I'd be particularly ashamed of, so I don't really hide anything either. I use the same identity online as in real life, because I want to build brand recognition and make sure that folks in real life know how to find me online. It just sort of makes things easier.

I'm also old, so maybe that's always why I'm not too worried about it? I understand if teenagers and minors want to keep their identify under wraps online since there are a lot of creepy folks out there, and your privacy is really important. I definitely wouldn't want my son to use any personal information online until he was an adult, even if he was trying to build a name for himself in the art world. Alias are perfectly acceptable to protect yourself.

My friends and close family know that I'm writing (but not necessarily online)

I've been somewhat hesitant to voice it too much because part of me feels that this is something for me and I don't really need to broadcast to people who are may or not be interested.

My mother also hasn't had the best reaction to my writing and discourages me because she feels if you aren't J.K. Rowling status there is no point in doing it and I shouldn't bother.

That's what I happy to have Tapas, it allows me to have a place to share my work and get constructive criticism along the way. Ultimately I want to grow as a writer and if one day I make a profit from it then that will be the icing on the cake.

Tbh, I'm a very private person and don't talk much about my private life.
My co-workers and boss found out this year (after 8 years of me working with them) that I draw 8D

... I might need to open myself up a little.

I still think that people might be like: Oh like Donald Duck or Strip Comics?
Of which I do neither, but it's so hard to explain to people what I draw since all of them are used to comics with stories to max 10 pages long.

However, all my friends are comic artists, as that's how we all met! No need to keep any secrets from them, except for spoilers ;D

Yes and no. Many people know I draw, some of them know I draw comics, but maybe 1-2 people actually know what my comic is or about my online handle. I'm not super chill with "outsiders" knowing the contents of my work given it has queer stuff, I dabble with darker subjects, and most of it is NSFW. (most of the people I talk to are coworkers, and they're all religious, queer-phobic, and can't comprehend... stuff... that requires thought) My coworkers see me as this super straight-laced person, I never cuss, I never get confrontational, they think I'm a cinnamon roll, so I don't want to deal with the reactions if they were to see my stuff. Also my comic is kinda personal, it's me expressing the emotions I'm incapable of expressing physically (due to emotional deadening) via drawings, so I'm not comfortable with people I know irl seeing that. It feels a little too vulnerable.

Even with strangers it's near impossible. I tried explaining my comic to a curious non-coworker at work, and I couldn't. It was literally impossible to tell them what it was because I was scared of the reaction if they heard about it's contents. I hate irl confrontation that much.

I'm a little bit proud of my comics, so i talk to everybody about it. hehehe

There's not a single person I know who doesn't know I make art. What they don't know, is that I also do it online outside of what I make using traditional tools. (I do art galleries and things of that nature off and on so I can socialize with other artists who use traditional mediums) In fact, the style I use IRL is different from the one I make digitally so, I'm safe from someone I know IRL recognizing my work here.

And no, I haven't told my family about the work I make online, whether it be writing or my webcomic. They're vaguely aware that I've work online but, they've no idea what about. I know it might seem silly but, the reason I keep my online life and my IRL life separate is so I can talk about my Synesthesia with other synnies and make work that reflects my Synesthesia. My family doesn't know I have it and I don't want them to know. It's not that I feel they'd love me any less but, many of them are judgemental and the last thing I want is to be hounded about something that's been a bit of a sore topic for me. I'd also not like my employer to find out,either, as I don't want them thinking it'd negatively affect my work (which it wouldn't).

Like many of you in here, I feel comfortable making online friend groups and enjoying other artists who are more interested in having a fun time and sharing their work, than being negative. That's been the funnest part of it all.

in terms of irl people and me
I don't show my comics to them, because it might come off the wrong way, though I won't hesitate to draw in public, as I really wanna finish my pages.

I'll only talk if they ask.

in terms of relationship with my work?

I try to work at a pace where I'm contempt with how it looks, till I make it to story beats, where the real fun starts, this is where I go crazy and experiment like crazy.

atm, I'm learning to datamosh.... because.... im going crazy

I otherwise like my current state, though it's never as good as the artist I aspire to be... which may be odd, because that might be the exact same feeling every single artist I know, personally or casually.