Over my time on DeviantArt, even before I had an account, I've always wondered the same thing. "Why do these artists go unseen?". I've come across some amazing artists (in my oppinion) that have very few faves, comments, etc. It's like they're new artists while other's who have been here for only a short time have faves, comments, and are already well known.
Artist such as *giovannag who is one of the most well known artist I know. Has only been here since 2004 and has 97 Deviations but has 1,043,455 Pageviews.

The same goes for *AiKo-FriKkI to whom has been here since 2004 and only 57 Deviations but is with 729,889 Pageviews.

Then we have *purplenekochan who has only been here since 2007 has 53,876 Pageviews while she only has 7 Deviations.

All of these artist are amazing and well known though some of them haven't been here very long.
So now I ask, what about those artists who have very nice art that isn't colored, doesn't have to do with Naruto, etc.
Artists such as ~Mad-Hatters-Hare who has been here since 2007 and has 105 Deviations but only 3,010 Pageviews. Her art, some colored, some not is still just as nice as those above; just in a differant way.

The same goes to ~MegumiTakani13 who's actually a new artist. They've been here since Feb 2008 but has 107 Deviations but only 1,835 Pageviews. Their art looks almost exactly like the real thing, colored and all.

We also have :Hiei-Minamino-17: who's been here since 2007 as well. They have 280 Deviations but only 4,548 Pageviews.Their art most uncolored but the line art or shaded art is still amazing.

Now I ask, what's the differance? The lack of "professional" coloring? Of many the lack of Naruto or Bleach characters.
I must say that I don't see the differance between any of these artiss. They are all amazing artist to whom I'm huge fan of, but why do some get more attention then others?
I've noticed that all of these artist are anime artists and thus I've narrowed the art to one category. All of theseartist have drawn in an "anime-like" style. They all have that in common, they also all draw both fan characters and original characters.
Have I maybe missed something between each of these artists? Something that makes some of them more noticed then others?
I'm aware that people don't draw or work on their art for pageviews or comments and such. I, like many others, am like that. I don't draw for pageviews or anything like that.
ll of us should admit that we like comments and faves though. We all like to know that people like the art we work so hard on.
The question I'm posing is, why are their so many unseen artists? I understand the feeling of the unseen artist because I too am one of them.
I have been here since 2006 and have 505 Deviations (and 19 Scraps) but with a simple 6,000 Pageviews. Most of my art is anime art as well. With that said, I also have photography, pixels, etc.

Why work hard on art that no one notices? That's all I ask. I know many uneen artist ask the same thing. We work just as hard on our art as those who's art is noticed and loved while we hardly get comments on most of our work.
I'm sure there will be many more unseen artists to come in the future and they'll pose this question again and again.