LadyTeaspoon

Many people say that looking back is a bad thing to do, because it makes you dwell on the past and is getting you nowhere. I beg to differ! Because I think it doesn't hurt to look back on what you already achieved, every once in a while. In contrary; it can be a great motivation. I came to DeviantArt, almost 7 years ago, with close to no expectations. To provide you a bit of a background; As a kid, I used to show my drawings to all the people around me (to the level of sheer annoyance). And in the early years of the internet, I posted my writings and drawings on several Dutch forums, where I got quite the feedback on it. But as social medi

And here you have the number one question that people ask me: "How the hell did you get so many people to view your art? You're not even that good!" I can't do anything other than honestly admitting that I'm not that good at art. I'm not some awesomely skilled concept artist, at least. I've seen many people do a better job while receiving a lot less of attention. Why a medium like DeviantArt works for me? Probably because I've been around on the internet for so long, and I've spend so much time working for internet-marketing company's, that things like advertising and web usability have become a second nature to me. A lot of the things that

    We all know that getting the exposure you want for your work is a tough endeavour here on dA.  Despite the wonders of the site, the simple fact of the matter is that comments are hard to come by these days.     There may be many reasons for this - lack of time on the part of many browsers, lack of interest, or simply: not knowing what to say.  We've all been there at one point (some of us more than others), and it presented the question - "what is it that writers want out of a comment?"     The only way to find the answer to this question was to set up a poll - which received an amazi

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