And then there is : why can't I get anyone to tell me what the weakness of my illustrations is? It happened exactly once on Gaia Online of all places, and it happened once with a fanfiction. But most I discover slowly on my own. Too slow. I'll be dead before I get anywhere useful.

But I'm so frustrated. I should be good enough to be able to settle somewhere other than deviantart. I've been practicing art for over 30 years, why am I not past the part where socializing is the most important skill?

Coupled with learning the degree of social performance demanded as more important than any of the actual art. I should really stop trying, it never works out on sites like this.

And then the next pic I post doesn't even get any likes.

Then I posted a female yautja, for which I use AvP Prey as source so they got boobs in my verse. Right after me, two other artists post theirs, with their non-Perry takes. Real weird timing.

I don't wanna get involved in this drama.