First of all, I've run into some good people and some rude ones, as I'm sure all of us have. I've come across those who fave pieces for whatever reason and then they disappear. Then there are those who are using DA as a popularity contest, or trying to anyway. The majority of us are here for the same reason: To share our work and view that of others; to offer advice, answer questions, etc. We don't care about the number of page views or the number of faves.

Then there are those who only seem to care about those very things. Not everyone is going to like every piece you turn out so suck it up and act like an adult. Don't keep submitting a piece that is supposed to be updated knowing full well you haven't updated anything in it. If you want to rework an older piece, then do it. But to keep submitting a piece just to try and get it faved by more people.

Face it, not everyone can be a Picasso, Van Gough, DaVinci, etc. You've got to work at becoming good and if it is in your future to be discovered as a great artist, it will be. DA is not here to play high school popularity contest to those with big egos -- to those who probably fave less than they are faved. You need patience and the faves and the page views will come. You don't sign up and within a week have over 10,000 hits. They come gradually and over time. You have to be active in the DA community -- giving comments, faving the work of others and so on. Answer those notes and emails where someone asks you a question, don't be rude and ignore it. Don't be ashamed of a bad critique and hide it, use it to improve your work, that is what they are posted for, you don't have to like every piece of work on DA and you don't have to comment on every piece of work that shows up under deviations.

Do you think its going to bother me or make me mad if more people hate this article than love it? Not in the least. Because I'm not here, nor are the friends I've made, for the popularity vote.

Have a nice day!