if it means anything, ratings on webtoon don't seem to be perceived as very relevant by the reader community there. various fan factions mass 'downvote' other series in order to rank their favorites higher in webtoon's contests, so the serious readers seeking new comics don't take rating that much into consideration, and state this, a lot. don't sweat it.
Well, I'm a 19 year old who doesn't make an income and can't drive and I have nothing to show my parents for all the support they have for me and I'm not really sure what direction my life is going because I want to do both 3d character modeling and my webcomic. I want to avoid college because I'd rather not end up being poor with an unimaginable amount of debt but I just stay at home all day and either work on my webcomic or my 3d stuff.
My boyfriend has a job that he's miserable at and there's nothing I can't really do about it except just listen and give him moral support.
It doesn't help that my webcomic doesn't have much traction anyway, It took me several months to get like 13 subs on it and I have a hard time meeting new people since I'm a bit shy.
I guess in short I'm having trouble getting my art career to take off.
Just rambling since its been on my mind for a while and I wanted to get it off my chest.
Maintaining physical and emotional well being has been, frankly, a big struggle for me and some of my collaborators. But I made a promise to keep doing what I'm doing, so here we go. We just need to pace ourselves and take up each other's slack when one or the other of us is lagging, and I'm OK with that.
Thanks... Its still happening.. I feel so sad... I wish people knew there was a reason why I did the stuff I did.. Someone just messaged me saying mean stuff and that I need a trigger warning 5 minutes before I arrive and that I flood the forums.. I'm sorry.... I just got banned from other places too.. I just went on the computer tonight after not being on all day and someone told me on a discord that I got banned from a discord too.. I always do stupid stuff and get banned at places and people don't like me.. I make other people uncomfortable... I don't like myself anymore..all I do is bother everyone..
I don't know you and have no background info at all; but the thing that I can advise you, and it works whether you or the other persons are wrong: post less and better. Take more time to think before writing and before sending. Don't send messages if you realize they are unnecessary upon reviewing them. That should already help. If there are less and better messages, people have less reasons and less opportunities to get upset at you.
Ah ok, yeah that can be tough!
and vothnthorvaldson, thank you!! ^^
I still keep getting negative comments even still on Reddit tonight. I just want to play an online game with my friends. All the negative comments are by brand new accounts too. I am pretty darn sure the person writing them is a guy that told me that he has "10 or 20 alts" and that he can change his ip and that he's always going to follow me around harassing me about this stuff. I wish he'd like um leave me alone.
But I really am a bother and get negative messages at lots of other places too including here because I end up being legitly stupid and they told me that I flood these forums and that I need a trigger warning 5 minutes before I even arrive and stuff and
my brother's toxic ex-girlfriend once said that I make others feel nervous and awkward and that in her eyes and my brother's I'm more immature and younger mentally than my 3-year-old niece.
I hate being such a dumb person that makes others feel awkward and nervous and anxious and that I make everyone around me feel uncomfortable.
@hamsterdude As far as I remember, people here told you why exactly they didn't like your particular posts and threads. Your problem was, that you didn't pay enough attention to their words.
Pay more attention to what people said about why they were upset, stop doing these things, and I suppose that they will stop being angry on you.
Motivation. I'm currently working in 3 different jobs + a freelance job on the side and I get so exhausted at the end of the day that sometimes I'm just not in the mood to write, though I check the story everydat and try to add a couple morel ines to the next chapter..
Coming up with ideas to get to the next big event in the story (looking harder and harder as I try to work it out).
I've been struggling with depression and anxiety, and those two are not letting me continue with my drawings and comics. That's why I decided to stop drawing for a while and just focusing on my comic, still, it has been hard for me to come up with a new episode for it (Since it is just a comedy comic without and actual story for now).
For now I am just practicing my drawing skills, shading and basic Geometry with pencil technique, not really doing digital stuff lately.
Being able to promote my comic, and network with other creators. I work a full-time job. I work on my comic or drawings every day, but don't feel like I have the time to self-promote or network with others. It's not only about getting more views and subscribers, but also being more of a part of this community by meeting others, commenting on their works, and being an active reader. I have a twitter for my comic but barely used it because I didn't have the time for it.
This all feels out of reach, because I have to spend so much time on my comic pages to keep them in full color, shaded and detailed, and to avoid falling behind on my update schedule, which is slower than I want it to be. I don't want to resort to sacrificing detail or effort just to free up some time, but I'm trying a little bit more to participate here by checking the forums each day, when I used to check them only every few weeks, so I'm trying to not give up hope for eventually overcoming this.
I am struggling to synchronize the demands of society with my need to write. I am trying to understand and rationalize my absolute lack of need for social interactions, my ability to bear them well however and how my studies, the people who want to be my friends in the material world, my incapacities to build lasting relations if these same people do not share my very rigid and narrow interests (I read books and comics and I write stories and no, I do not like anything else. I really don't) affect the time I have for writing.
In other words, I am going through a mid-life crisis a good 10+ years too early. I want to divorce my wife (school, my future job and the people that just don't let go of me, urgh) and drive off into the sunset with my eighteen-year old, siliconed lover (my writing).