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SaunterDoodles: Shiori's Kittimaid Cacaphony (Patreon)

Published:
2019-12-03 13:31:00
Edited:
2019-12-09 23:14:02
Imported:
2021-11

Content

 Edit:

  • Inked it, and threw in a color for some variety. The original exists as an attachment. Let me know what you think!

Synopsis/Description: 

 Shio-Bari's  Shiori gets a part-time job as a kittimaid! She's not really feeling it though. What are you gonna do about it? Punish her?

The Rant: 

So, I was wandering the Discords, dropping links to my newest content, when, in Shio-Bari's Discord, the discussion shifted towards the idea of their OC Robyn as cat-girl maid. Not wanting to be rude, I did a few comments and decided to do matching doodle of Robyn's domme girlfriend, Shiori, as a matching catgirl maid as well. 

Its not something I had to do, but its part of a personal ethos of mine to be involved in the communities I frequent. Too often, artists (and commentors) just pop onto Discords/Instagrams/Facebook posts drop their links and expect people to be magically enough enamored of their stuff to do what they want (like/share/comment/subscribe/donate) and... people don't work like that. If anything, it implies that you don't really care about the community, and are just there to use the space as and advertising board. And its worse when you have a piece of work that requires substantial more effort than a single illustration (a comic, animation, game, etc), because it implies that people don't really care about any of that effort unless they're directly involved.

Now, granted: 1. We are using the space as advertising boards, and 2. We don't have the capability to interact with everything we see (nor should we be required to), but when you can, you should make the effort to show that you care, even if, you really don't. Comments, reactions, or even going through the link and retweeting the content/subscribing to the person; all of these things help, if only to make the artist feel better. Personally, I don't go more than three art posts up, or anything that was posted the previous page, but I still do try. 

This was just easier to do because I follow Shio's stuff enough to get a sense for what would be an appropriate and accurate pose and expression for Shiori in a maid outfit. 

What do you guys think? Let me know in the comments; your input lets me know how I'm doing! Thanks for your continued patronage and support, and I'll catcha over yonder!

-Saunter!

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Comments

Trevor Bond

Participation is important. It's why I comment on a lot of things... that and I like to chat at people and get to know them lol. I agree though, if you're going to try and draw people to you, it helps to engage with them!

saunterwing
>>29654625

I know, right? I think part of the problem, on the artist side, is that as you get bigger, it gets harder to engage with individuals, but not quite for the reasons we think. After a while, the aggregation of reactions on social media platforms makes it impossible to feasibly react to individual reactions. When I first started posting, I could see every individual like and repost. Nowadays, they're aggregated into double-digits of reactions, so I can't notice who's reacting, unless I go into individual statistics, which is... unfeasible? For now, my current solution is to react to the higher tiers of engagements, like comments and tags (with a comment, or retweet), but eventually that will get unwieldy and unfeasible as well (or rather "should," as a matter of growth. It might not, if I reach the limit of Abby's social potential). I think that's why a lot of bigger artists ($1K+ on Patreon, 3K followers on Twitter) tend to sequester into their friend groups; its just not practical to continue growing their social groups, barring newcomers who already fit perfectly into their clique. Especially in today's internet where emotive nuance just doesn't exist and misunderstandings snowball. And I think that's a shame, because that's stunting a lot of personal growth that everyone needs to be doing. On the flipside, as audiences, we need to look beyond our own personal catharsises and want of catharsis. "Likes" feel nice, and they do help, but that's more for the benefit of the person doing the liking, than the person being liked. Retweets are marginally better (depending on the platform), but comments are direct interaction and the best communicator of intent (which, sometimes, is better than even gift art!). Its not easy, and there is a larger risk of the interaction going wrong, but the risk needs to be taken. Most of the art trades I end up doing (or rather, that "become trades") are from other people taking the initiative to engage with me, and my feeling the need to pay off their initiative. Similarly, most of the friends I've made have come from other people taking the initiative to reach out to me. It hasn't always worked out, but its mostly worked out for the better. Basically, if I want to make friends, I have to do the work I ask of audiences: "like, comment, subscribe/donate, and/or re-share." Its not a guarantee (nor should it be, especially as a replacement for RL methods of creating friendships), but its better than just reacting to things, and wondering why no one will engage back.

Kiwi Kink

I really love her uniform :) I am always torn on this, as I constantly struggle with the desire to engage with artists and commenters, and my tendency to get overwhelmed by it all. I always fear I am not doing enough to encourage or celebrate artists.

saunterwing
>>29689619

Oof, that sucks, Kiwi, because if anyone does NOT deserve to feel that way, it's you. Yeah, I especially notice and appreciate your delightful pun comments, retweets, and shares/tags, so thank you for being so good to me. I find that its best to do what you can for the people you really want to support, and those that appreciate your efforts in return. I'm just lucky to be one of those peeps, so, again, Thank you so much.