You're right, creating art is indeed a bit part of the satisfaction, but getting positive feedback does fuel the enthusiasm. At least it does for me, and I used to get quite annoyed when I saw my pics appearing in areas I never would have suspected. (I once even found a photo I had shot on a site advertising some therapies O.o - Nobody ever asked me for permission to use that photo) I think it's even worse when it comes to art that one has taken the trouble to draw.
Lol, I've stopped doing fanart because I thought exactly that: No traffic, no danger. Nobody would bother to steal the things I post now because they're neither mainsteam nor popular. I still enjoy the creative process, and I have a handful of nice people on DA who seem to like my style, whatever I post, so I'm quite happy with my small circle, and I'm not worried about my pics cropping up on Tumblr or other sites of that kind. :D
It certainly has it perks not to be overly popular. *grins* Makes one less vulnerable and not such a subject of greed.
I'm really very saddened by the disappearance of some of my favourites. They were high quality arstist, and now I cannot find anything by them anymore. ;_; I guess they got fed up with the like-it-grab-it mentality.
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Lol, I've stopped doing fanart because I thought exactly that: No traffic, no danger. Nobody would bother to steal the things I post now because they're neither mainsteam nor popular. I still enjoy the creative process, and I have a handful of nice people on DA who seem to like my style, whatever I post, so I'm quite happy with my small circle, and I'm not worried about my pics cropping up on Tumblr or other sites of that kind. :D
It certainly has it perks not to be overly popular. *grins* Makes one less vulnerable and not such a subject of greed.
I'm really very saddened by the disappearance of some of my favourites. They were high quality arstist, and now I cannot find anything by them anymore. ;_; I guess they got fed up with the like-it-grab-it mentality.