We need to talk. (Seriously. It's getting bad.)

I have been on this sub reddit for nearly a year at this point, and along with other small artists have come to a conclusion:

This sub reddit has a hierarchy.

No matter how hard some of us try, we are overlooked. Hours of effort just to be skipped because a larger artist posted. I've witnessed the rises and falls, starts and ends of many artists. I've been surrounded by many people, seen tons of styles and characters, but yet, in my time here, the biggest artists are the only ones remembered. I've been around since before our current biggest OCs, like Sweetbite, Lillica, Sereptis, all got as popular as they are. My skills haven't changed, and yes, I went digital for a while, but that didn't change my art. I know I may never get big, but I do my best.

From what I've seen;

▪︎ Digital art does better ▪︎ Female OCs do better ▪︎ Smaller artists get less interaction with comments, from QnAs and AMAs ▪︎ Most smaller artists seem to be ignored if they posted hours before or after a larger artist posts literally anything

These are not concrete truths, just personal experience. You other small artists reading this, just know that we are towards the bottom of the pyramid, only able to look up and hope we make it. We need to do our best to support each other. Nobody is here to save us from irrelivancy. We have to save each other, and rise as a team. Helping each other, lifting each other is the only way out of being ignored. Show support for each other. We may be small, but we are many.

For those of you struggling, who feel like they can't draw, I am offering to help draw 'skeletons' (base shapes and framing) of your OCs to help you. I want to help others like I cannot help myself. I want to do my part, and help you bring your art, your OCs to how you see them in your mind. I'll be making a post for this later.

Much love, Jackson