How do you get popular on these social media?

Fanart mostly. Ilya posts original work, but note how popular his fanart gets. Then people see his other original art and follow him regardless. Especially fanart of recent works, this will get you the most traffic. Many popular Twitter or Tumblr artists have risen to fame through art from some game, show, etc.
Keep in mind, tagging on Tumblr is limited to the first 5 tags. Anything after this won't show up in search.
As for gaining followers on Twitter, it's tough because hashtags will take up a lot of character space. Just promote your Twitter on whatever other accounts you have I guess.
Obviously won't hurt if you have an appealing or nice artstyle. It takes time to get popularity. I think it's easier on Deviantart compared to the other sites you listed. As for Instagram, I have no idea since I don't use it.

>>3043813
Do you have a target audience?
Followers/watchers what to see more of the things they followed you for.

Look at vetyr for example. Most of the work she does is very similar to each other in subject matter (colorful portraits of pretty girls). It also helps that she's good at it. The works which deviate from this theme get much less attention.

It's the same with ilya

Bump.
Kinda curious how to get popular on Instagram.

>>3043813
>How do you get followers on sites like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr?
For what purpose.

>>3045549
Art isn't just a hobby, you know.

>>3043813
>How do you get followers on sites like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr?

You need to become an even bigger attention whore to gain more attention. I have no idea how.

Ilya makes $12,000 a month on patreon and everyone here will still be drawing loomis heads 5 years from now.

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I'd rather have integrity
you think he will be remembered after his death

>>3045601
if you want to make money you are in the wrong business.

>>3045584
you didn't understand what he meant. To a certain degree likes and followers don't matter
Compare James Jean to someone like Kushinov. Kushinov is a basement dweller weeb shit who makes a small portion of what James does.

>>3045641
>uses references
and your point is?

>>3045641
wow he did studies like every artist that is good what the hell

>>3043832
This. The dude JUMPS on trends as quickly as possible whether or not he takes interest in them. He once drew A2 and called her 2B from Nier Automata.

>>3045648
It's not that he uses reference, it's that he basically copied straight from official artwork or screenshots, never credited them as studies, and even sold them as prints.

>>3045648
I think these were available as posters to sell.

>>3045641
He kills the charm of the originals. It's like a botox treatment.

>>3045584
He was asking, how exactly you monetize these customers

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>>3045648
The point he is trying to bring forth is that Kron plagiarizes the works from others and uses their content so he could piggy back ride the popularity by bastardizing whatever he is giving a "tribute" to with his version of lensflare.

I don't know what is more pathetic, Kron plagiarizing something and calling it his own or a discount version of kron copying what kron is copying leaving someone else to believe it is original content and ends up wanting to copy the copy of kron's copied work.

>>3045644
I think you are really overestimating the amount of money a top tier illustrator makes if you think someone making 12,000 $ a month makes a "small portion" of that.

>>3045644
"if you want to make money you are in the wrong business"

this copypasta is getting old

>>3045648
i'd barely call that a reference. most decent artists use reference for a pose or hand gestures, not copying the whole thing down

>>3045648
plagiarism isn't using references or "inspired by" /"tribute"
>>3045649
he claimed them to be originals and makes money of this shit

>>3045687
i didn't say 12k was small mooney's ,It's just a portion of what bigger names make.

>>3043813
drawing fanart but also having a recognizable art style and always drawing the same subject (like girls) really helps

>>3043813
Like other's have said, fan art is a big follower boost. Latch on to something popular you like and make fan art. I've also seen people do fan art for youtubers and twitch streamers. This has allowed them to not only interact with these people and gain connections, but once they're in, they start to share communities and friends with these people.
And remember that social media is a social place too. So remember to retweet/reblog people (if you want, depends on the purpose of your social media), respond to posts by other people, and every now and then make a text post. There are people who follow artists for their personalities too, not just for their art.

And also, like another anon mentioned, having more followers does not equal making more money if that is your goal. If you want to make money, you need to think like a business person. Popularity is always awesome, but it's nothing if you make nothing of it.

Just copy kronprinz's style and do fanart of popular series. Both guweiz and koyorin did that and they now have tons of followers.

>>3045755
>And also, like another anon mentioned, having more followers does not equal making more money if that is your goal. If you want to make money, you need to think like a business person. Popularity is always awesome, but it's nothing if you make nothing of it.

>most popular artist on DA also earns the most money on patreon
gee I wonder why retard

>>3045760
Are you talking about Sakimichan? She isn't just earning so much money because she's popular on DeviantArt. She's earning so much money because her turn around time is insanely fast, despite being fast she produces high quality work, and she knows exactly what her demographic wants.

Most popular people can monetize their popularity, but I I've seen a lot of people that do not take advantage of their popularity and just leave money on the floor.

>>3045641
>I'd rather have integrity
>you think he will be remembered after his death

>Digital artist criticizing another about being remembered after their dead

FFS
Yes, youre so on the money guys, your digital works will so double in price after your death.

>>3045666
>He was asking, how exactly you monetize these customers

1. open up a patreon

2. create content/rewards that a lot of a shit ton of people would be willing to pay a $1.00 for.

>>3045666
patreon or commissions, satan

>>3045641
You are such a sperg. I guarantee, GUARANTEE, you're the autist that was freaking out over in the alternative thread last weekend.

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>>3045644
I can attest that James Jean probably makes a shitload more than Kushinov. I know a client of his that got a simple commission from him along with one of his paintings. The total was over $100k. He's obviously making way more money than fan art-drawing weebs if he is able to afford a customized home in Santa Monica (pic related) even after his ex-wife nearly left him broke years back.

>>3045644
>if you want to make money you are in the wrong business.
starving artist detected lol

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How does one who draws porn get popular?

>>3046611
I-I know anon.That was what I was claiming

>>3043813
take naked pictures of yourself and post them online

>>3047823
that's the easiest thing there is. just make sure you have an appealing style. if that pic is yours, your line work looks very amature. try using a smaller brush

>>3043813

Aside from being at the very least a decent artist, you just gotta play the game and be active in social media. Check which of your works are popular and keep doing that, comment the hell out of other people, like/favorite/upvote/whatever system the media has of other peoples post and artworks, join groups and conversations. Link all of your social medias to one another and also having some charisma helps which either you have it or you don't.

>>3048578
>comment the hell out of other people, like/favorite/upvote/whatever
This is bad advice. It's annoying/desperate as fucking hell and easily noticeable when someone is doing it just for attention. Good artists, even people like Ilya never had to do.

>>3046611
>>3045644
Lol
>They make way more money, therefore he/she is a better artist

This is the shittiest argument ever.

>>3048576
It's not mine. I was just wondering where I should promote my "art".

Try looking for 'fan tumblrs' for comics / tv shows / games / etc. A lot of those blogs already have thousands of followers and will re blog your stuff if it's related to them and you ask to be be featured / posted

>>3043813
Draw fanart + anime = tons of followers

>>3049120
the question was how to get noticed on specific websites. just drawing anime fanart isn't going to let people know you exist there

>>3049120
Let me break it down for you guys.
>draw anime fanart: 10-50 followers
>draw nsfw anime fanart: 150-200 followers
>draw tumblr shit: 200 followers
>draw /d/ tier anime fanart: 300 followers
>draw furry shit: 400 followers

>have a female sounding username+avatar: 1000 followers

>be a cishet white dude from the US: 5 followers
>be a tans woman: 2000 followers
>be a trans PoC: 5000 followers and published by Marvel

Just gotta know who visits those sites lads

>>3043832
>tagging on Tumblr is limited to the first 5 tags. Anything after this won't show up in search.
that was fixed ages ago.
you're dumb still using tumblr for art, most artists fled the scene after tweens took over the site to be annoying and embarrassing. move to ig.

>>3048759
He IS objectively a better artist than Sakimichan and Ilya in every way. Just look at the Fables covers he's done for starters. The dude is a versatile illustrator and doesn't rely on the same pandering fan art bullshit like those two do. Money isn't always indicative of skill but there's this huge misconception that Sakimi's and Ilya's levels are what people should be shooting for because of Patreon bux when they're just bandwagoning fanartists who draw the same fucking shit. James Jean is one of the few artists who deservedly gets what he earns from his skill and originality.

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>>3045648
>"It may look like I'm stealing, but I'm not" -me

>>3045812
idk how prices will change after an digital artist death, but links with complete folders of his work will sure become popular

>>3050534
yeah hes a hack, obvious. he draws the same face over and over again. the point of this thread is it doesnt matter re: getting plebs to follow you

It's hopeless. Too many fish in the sea nowadays.

>>3045648
that's not how reference works you dummy

>>3050837
he doesn't seem like a hack, he definitely knows how to draw and his line quality is above average. He just seems to be milking the same cow until it dies without trying anything new.

>>3050870
thats quite literally the definition of a hack genius

a person, as an artist or writer, who exploits, for money, his or her creative ability or training in the production of dull, unimaginative, and trite work; one who produces banal and mediocre work in the hope of gaining commercial success in the arts

>>3049221
>blaming everything but being a shitty artist on your unpopularity
lel typical

>>3050393
there are still thousands of people that use tumblr, can't hurt to post there, just stay away from SJW's

>>3048598
how do you know? he probably had to do the same at the very start
I know an ig artist that faved/followed/commented the shit out of everyone until they hit 1k followers, after that the ball just kept rolling and they're now at 80k without having to do this shit anymore

For tumblr it's important you either draw at least something that has tags people actually follow (fanart basically) or make friends with other artists to get those initial reblogs. If stuff starts circulating you're pretty set, I haven't posted anything in the last two months but still got cca 200 followers in that time.
But other than that I've noticed people love to follow and engage with people who post consistently in a style that's unique to them, so don't just do what everybody else is.

>>3043813
be female....thats about it

>>3050898
Staff has no taste. I saw great posts with self-put 'artists on tumblr' tags never got featured or labeled officially, while some abstract or 'brave' shit gets on the radar constantly. Literally just become trans and they'll be eating your shit and asking for more.

>>3050905
Why are you blaming something so rare as a staff feature on your failure? I have never shown my face or stated anything about me and I got pretty popular in a pretty short time just by drawing stuff I like and making a few cool art friends.
Get off your lazy excuse seeking ass and post some content others want to and can see.

>>3050898

another good tip is NEVER posting passive aggressive shit like
>waaah reblog instead of like, likes kill artists
>why does my original art never get notes but any shitty fanart does
it kills notes like nothing else, I've seen an artist go from 100-2000 notes per pic to under 50 because they guilt tripped everybody until they didn't dare interact with anything they posted anymore

>>3050908
see
> If stuff starts circulating you're pretty set

I'm not blaming staff. I just making a point that pleasing them is pointless and people should remove them from the list of asses to kiss.

>>3050918
I said stuff, not staff, I've never seen or tried to have staff promote anything, by circulating I mean the reblog chain stretches for months.

>>3050919
shit I'm illiterate astigmatic dumb cunt. Sorry anon, point taken.

>>3050886
Being a good artist doesn't guarantee you success. There are loads of them who don't have a quarter of the followers the bottom tier I listed have.

>>3050968
can't imagine how you can have just 5 or even just 500 followers if you drew anime fanart and didn't fucking suck my dude

How the hell do you gain instagram followers? I've been posting for half a year and my images still cap at 30 likes.

>>3050973
Networking, liking other people's stuff etc

>>3050988
>liking other people's stuff
again, this is a desperate strategy and won't get you thousands or even hundreds unless you spend all day on it. Ilya hasn't liked or commented anything for about 4 years.

>>3050968
>Being a good artist doesn't guarantee you success.
Yes it does unless you're complete retarded and know less than zero about networking.

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>>3050973
Posting fanart would get you like two followers per picture, but when I recently posted a self portrait, I got 10 more likes and 2 more followers than usual. I've only been at this for a month, so I have no idea what this means.

>>3045819
>create content/rewards that a lot of a shit ton of people would be willing to pay a $1.00 for.
such as?

>>3043832
Is there a simple way to find out what sort of new shows, games, etc are becoming popular if you're not actually immersed in pop culture?

>>3049221
>draw nsfw anime fanart: 150-200 followers
I'm literally in that bracket. Got 250+ followers and as of my recent additions, one that was fanart of some cartoon character got ~50 notes in a day while anything after that that was a bit obscure got like 10. It's not just about fan art either, it's how "fotm" they are, as in really recent, relevant or something you'd see posted on /co/ it seems.

>>3050991
Ilya has 1 million followers on instagram only, stop comparing your situation to his, retard

>>3050992
>networking
Not all of us are natural-born kikes, lad.

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When did /ic/ start calling kron Ilya? He will forever be kronprinz to me.

>>3051085
When they start defending him.

How did Instagram become the hot new site for artists? I thought it was for barely legal girls to post pictures of themselves in underwear.

>>3045641

Cool method, I think I'll steal it!

>>3054271
I'm actually considering this. In 3-4 years if you guys see another shit artist like this its probably me

>>3043813
its all about playing the social media game
make up a persona and go with it

>>3043813
its all about playing the social media game
make up a persona and go with it

>>3045641
Funny thing is, he is not even getting it right half of the time. Look at his Phoenix Wright. He totally missed the character. Кpoня питyх.

>>3054216
This

>>3045641
I don't see anything wrong with this at all, these are MEANT to look like the ref. A lot of people do these kinds of "screencap redraws" and other shit of popular shows and comics. HOWEVER what got Kronz in to trouble was trying to sell prints of some of these pics. Can't do that for copyright reasons.

>>3051085
why is this faggot popular but firez isnt?
theyre photocopies of each other

Everybody says to post daily on social media but I'm incapable of producing presentable art on a daily basis.

i trolled a lot then people found out i painted - then people wanted my paintings/followed my art page. so - make yourself a caricature and be honest (when applicable), make friends, speak your heart, be funny.

people will find you if you're good enough.

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>>3054954

Because he's the original.

>>3054963
One thing you can do is shit out a ton of art in a day and then queue up your posts/upload one sketch per day so it looks like a daily thing.

>>3051066
>tfw my OCs rate very similarly to my fanart
Feels good not drawing whatever popular cliches there are. People want something completely new, not same shit with your minor twist on it.

>>3055218
I'm lucky if I have the time to finish one drawing a week, and sometimes it doesn't even turn out good.

>>3055344
Do you actually have a lot of followers? If you only get like 20-30 favs/notes whether you make OCs or fanart that doesn't actually tell you much