If I made an adopt would you REALLY draw them and care about them?

Is my art no longer interesting?

Is everyone just leaving colors on my end except for friends?

Is requests, dtas, fanart, ect. what you want?

How can I get past this temporary dead end.

And honestly guys rn you are my only motivation because POTS has decided to give me seizure dizziness without the seizure and terrify me, I want to be an animator but am struggling to learn. I have literally no backup plan other than animation. Im really stressed because I have a lot of cavities since no one ever tood me I had to brush my gums... (Seriously not my parents, not my freinds, and as a kid I never really went to the dentist much for who knows what reason...) And lately my past injuries have reared their ugly heads.

And to conclide this, I do appreciate all you guys have done for me, the support has been great over the years and by no means am I ungrateful or lookin for attention. I need you guys, that's all. <3

Told*

I didn't read it all, but I get it about likes and comments being motivation. It makes you feel like you've done something good when you get likes/comments, like you've made others happy, so I totally get it. It's harder for me to like and comment since I can only see your art from online, but I'll try being more active.

(Fyi, this was typed on my tablet and its rebelious with its autocorrect... And another thing, please for love of all that is good dont respond by saying I'm an attention hog, it happened before and it fricking tore my heart out for a while. Especially when arguments followed... So PLEASE read every. thing. I dont need another argument. Im crying out for help not begging for attention and that all that carp.)

Also now im worried no one will even notice this that arent freinds... Since it was rushed... .... Welp...

Oh. Forgot to say, my tablet keeps dying shile im drawing and corrupting or just completely deleting my hard work... Fyi on like 60% battery. Soooo it is NOT helping...

Of course I would draw any adopt I've received. I love all my characters, especially those not made by me. Even though I may not be as active on colors I would still send pics on discord.

Well heck yeah it's interesting, I may not always comment, but I always look at your art. And it's really good!

I'm not sure but quite a few are becoming a little inactive. I know I'm not as active during the school months bc of hw so idk. Maybe it's just school for them.

I honestly do not mind if you don't do requests or whatever. I want to see your art. But if you'll accept critique, when I comes to gaining likes and such, you kinda have to pander to an audience. You do you my friend.

When it comes to getting past this, I don't know any other way than to just make yourself do it. I understand complete and total lack of motivation and it sucks. If you think about it, sometimes excuses only get in the way. I suggest just doodling in sketchbooks while you are having trouble with digital.

Hope you have a nice day fren! (Sorry for the wall of text ( ._.'))

Ok sO,

Colors is first of all a really small community, it's so small..A lot of people have left it and moved on so now there's even less of an audience.
As an artist ofcourse you'll want your name to get out there. Especially if you plan to make a career, you'll have to make a name for yourself. Though you should never let something like likes, comments and feedback get in the way of your passion.

If you love art, do it for yourself, because it makes you happy. If you try run around and please the masses you'll just end up draining yourself and becoming more miserable.

secondly, activity is pretty important if you want people to see your stuff. Interacting with the community will help you get your name out there and what not.
So yes, events, fun little requests are necessary from time to time.

Overall just don't give up

who cares what people think?
do what you like and have fun with it, and as you keep drawing people will eventually see and recognize you.

You got to want it though,

I understand how rough it is for you. You're going through so much both in your real life and your experience on Colors. But it's not just you; I've been getting less than half as many likes as I used to, and only the same 10-ish people (my close friends) will comment nowadays. I think a few things are responsible.

First, everyone else has lives too. All the people who normally supported you are growing up; they're in high school now, or in college, or have jobs, or encounteres life/family issues, or have moved on to use tablets on bigger platforms, or they just discovered they don't like art anymore. If anything, Colors! is designed as a stepping stone to bigger places. Our already small community has said goodbye to many artists for these reasons, and you can't blame them because Colors is not the center of their lives.

Second, concerning you in particular, I think there was a small impact when you stopped posting for a long time and just went down to simple sketches. You lost some of your momentum with your followers when you seemed to fade out and stop chatting with others and drawing excitedly about your characters and concepts. (I know that's not your fault because of art block and life situations.) But once we lose our spotlight, it's hard to get it back. And trust me, you aren't the only one who's suffering this.

When you look at it as a whole, this is a small and fading community that can't support as much as it used to. If you want what's left of the attention, then keep drawing and be excited about it; people like a character more when you're excited about them and want to share things about them. Even if you aren't drawing things for people, you can still let them feel included in the concepts you share.

I hope this helps in any way. It seems like there's not much hope left in Colors, but this is when we realize that Colors does not exist because of the followers and likes and comments - it exists because of the artists.

^^^^^

Oh, and concerning adopts, while I am rather inactive myself and haven't been drawing my adopted characters, if you were patient with me I'd be able to draw it at least once and a while. :)

I agree with pretty much what everyone else.

I have noticed I dropped in like and comments to, but that got going to stop me from doing what I love and you should try and do the same, it's really nice to get the comments and likes to get that feedback but just like what everyone else says it isn't everything.

To add on to what other people have said, another reason why comment is low is most people don't know what to say, I struggle with this, commenting can be intimidating expecially if you don't know the person well so it's easier to like something but keep the comments in your head and don't speak them.
Another thing that could be is like for myself is I'm always busy so I drop a like but by the time I have time to make a comment I feel it's already to late. This could be what other people do to.

I know for myself I have been trying to speak up more but it is a challenge for me, but I'll continue to try.

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And as for adopts, that something I'm working on to, kind of like what Fade said, if you were patient with me I'll be able to draw it one in awhile :)

honestly... when you say it like that, it sounds like you hate us.

besides, be thankful for what you have.