What do you want to accomplish with your work?

[Louvremusee]

Is it to put out a message? To get a fandom? Speak out on something you feel doesn't get enough attention?

I'd love to hear all of your responses and different motives for putting yourself out there! I feel like this is also a question that doesn't get asked enough, I know when I first thought about it it helped me reflect on my own stuff. So what do you all seek to do?

[kyupol]

I don't have anything I wish to accomplish. I don't think of it that way because if I did, it will only depress me. Getting big and successful in webcomics is a very tall order. I understand that.

It's more because I enjoy the process and feel compelled to do it by something far beyond my level of understanding.

[Lensing]

Good question.

There are 2 kinds of creative work that I do.

1) "Work for money" because I´m a self employed artist.
I try to accomplish to sell a product that I like and enjoy.
That´s all, I don´t care about fans, fame, message etc.

2) "Creative work for myself". I care about even less
things then, fans, fame, money, communication,
message. Pretty much nothing. I only create for
myself and not for other people. So the thing that
I want to accomplish is to create something that
I imagined and that I think I would enjoy if it existed.
That´s pretty much what my creativity is based on.
+ I enjoy the process a lot when I create for myself,
so that´s something I want to accomplish too.

[susutaru]

When I was young, a manga I read helped me through a difficult time.

I absolutely want to give that back! I want to give courage, to break the black and white thinking. I address difficult topics, let my characters suffer, and show how they muddle through the situations life throws at them. This should encourage my readers not to give up, to think differently, and to seek alternatives.

I want my work to touch people and make them feel the excitement.

Earning money comes at the very very last part XD If I earn sth or not- I wouldn't stop drawing.

[vapidink]

On Tapas, I just want to tell good stories. If I can make an extra buck or two, that's great, but I've always just wanted to entertain people. Storytelling in various media has been something that I've leaned on during difficult points in my life. It's gotten me through a lot and even now with so much uncertainty and stress, it serves as a good distraction from all the chaos and helps me relax. If possible, I'd like my stories to do that for others. I want people to forget about their worries while they read my work.

And also, I like it when readers get mad at me for hurting their favs.

[Lane_Kalchik]

When it comes to my opinion of things and ideas…I’m not usually one to put it out by speaking. Writing especially writing stories really helps me put out those bottled emotions and let those thoughts out. Everything that has happened so far to me..my friends…I channel those emotions through my writing.

There’s so much I want to convey. I want to bring awareness that problems like those we faced are real and that for the world to change for the better..they should be solved.

I would also love to see my novel turn into a hard copy that can spread to millions of more readers around the globe.

[ambermdo]

I would like my work to have a fandom, but I'd also love for it to eventually grow into a globally famous franchise.

[GamerPrincessXI]

I just want my work out there and if it gets big enough. I want to animate it.

[ArtGremlin]

I want other people to love the things I love. I love my characters and their stories, so I share them in hopes that other people enjoy them too.

[shriraa.sha]

For my novel, whilst primarily it is a reason to express creativity and have a practice with web-novel writing, I would love the chance for it to develop into other adaptations with its own fan base one day. However, that is a grand demand so I'll start slow but always looking forward to opportunities down the line

[kalmia]

Honestly, my comics are some what therapy for me lol. Both because I explore topics that are important/impact me in my real life and also because comics and drawing are sort of my way to relax and chill. So I just enjoy doing it mentally! But I also think if someone is impacted by my stories or characters- then that's a huge plus!

[wolflu66]

I have several motivations for creating this comic, but they're probably similar to those of others.

1.First, I want to gain more popularity, hoping that increased popularity can translate into actual income or lead to more people commissioning me to draw.

2.To express some of my own ideas and beliefs, whether related to creative work or other topics.

3.I hope to bring inspiration to someone in this world, whether I know them or not. In the past, several artists have deeply inspired me and brought positive influence to my life and creative work. I hope I can also bring such influence to someone.

4.To leave some traces in this world. Living beings continue a part of themselves through reproduction. I hope to do so through my works.

5.Of course, drawing itself brings me joy. Especially when I try different techniques and get good results.

[faisalhussein394]

Not much, just for readers all around the world to view my comics. Not interested in money, not expecting a fandom, just for people to read and hear their thoughts about it. Either leaving comments, likes, and subscriptions on my comics is enough of a satisfactory to me.

[baptized_in_flames]

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[atyezone]

i want my work to be recognized
i worked on the story for 3 years so its something that is good enough and i'd say if i was a professional or maybe one of those Korean writers that get their works published and promoted easily i'm sure my novel and comic would've been one of those top 10 most popular works out there because i knowwww how good the story is going to become by each chapter
i just hope people give it a chance and read it since i had a reader that told me my story exceeded their expectations

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[NOOR_ASAKZ05]

A lot, perhaps... including breaking societal stereotypes about individuals, for example, society will not believe that there is a female perpetrator and a male victim, even though this happens in reality... and I also want to deliver a message that children's suffering today might turn them into monsters tomorrow... and I also want to break romantic stereotypes because most of the love relationships in my story are considered somewhat strange, but they are real, and there are also brotherly relationships far from people's superficial expectations. I also might deliver a philosophical message that talks about my view of life as having no original meaning and that we create meaning ourselves or choose it.

[Caro]

For a long time I was just drawing comics trying to create something I could really be proud of but I felt like my skills weren’t up to par with what I wanted to make.

Then, I started pursuing comics with a desire to do them full time which really changed the way I approached the work. I never pursued anything resembling a magnum opus.

Now I have been making comics full time but I’m starting to get back to a place where I want to start working on something I could really be proud of. My magnum opus isn’t coming anytime soon but I am practicing and working on projects more in line with something like that so when I get to it I will be prepared.

But yeah, everything else is just icing on the cake.

[powerplantanimations]

To get published Book made it to the top 30 in the top 100 novels which is awesome! But for the themes.

Everything is very abstract with Coco inside her head all the time, to the point where she has the ability to explore every night as a goddess.

Every alien represents a pivotal moment of her life, and they just are constantly at odds with one another. Originally, the problems that appear in her brain were very simple, but since she's growing up, everything is getting more complex.

One of the intentions of this format is sorta to explore how complex issues tend to bleed into the media we find comfort in. We watch something or read something to escape from reality, but since those ideas come from reality, you'll come across issues you're trying to run away from.

It's also a platform to give kids more perspective? Like I know that sounds dumb but in Book 2, the story follows Fufie, a gay girl and down the line we wanna explore Rosa, a Catholic girl. Book 1 explores Coco who's sorta just anti-social, but a little disturbed.

Without getting into spoilers, something happens that brings these girls into these worlds and it transforms into more of a cultural melting pot situation where the scary parts of these kid's lifestyles and beliefs get tangled in Coco's universe. Someone who insisted on isolating herself from the real world is now forced to deal with stuff that's out of her element.

You're able to explore prejudices, and since characters are unreliable (including the Lorekeepers inside their heads), you're able to see that these characters ARE real people. And if you want to see what a character really is like, you're forced to read between the lines and put all these perspectives together to get the one truth. Sorta like promoting the people reading this book from different backgrounds to get together and discuss their philosophies since that's the one superpower fiction has. Like a person on the right can be into Superman but a person on the left can be into Superman.

It's also a deconstruction of the whole kid power fantasy thing which is prevalent across different lifestyles. Like Superman "OH SUPERMAN WOULDN'T HAVE TO WASH DISHES".

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[Mic_Mac_Roni]

I think my motivation is going to be a kind of strange reason. I just wanted to create something to see it out there and if it gets attention then it’s a plus but not needed. I want to connect to people that have similar interests of creation because I never was brave to share these creations to my close friends. I always worried too much that what I created would ruin our friendship. It took a long time to get here where I finally published something and slowly I am introducing it to my family.

I also love to gush over each other’s main characters. I enjoy the parts with collaborating with people with projects and promoting them.

[Lensing]

I just returned home from playing one club show in Berlin and one festival
in the middle of nowhere with my band. The festival was huge, the headlining
band currently has a number one hit in germany.

I want to add one simple thing to what I want to accomplish with my work.
I want to make people dance and scream (from excitement)
We played a new song that I wrote and the people at both shows
danced and screamed when we played it, it was exactly like I
imagined it and I almost cried when they did