UPDATE - i am OUT of toyhouse codes to give out and will no longer be providing them, i'm so glad some of you guys were able to join the site through this! :3 sorry to those of you who weren't able to get one :( thank you for the support and for 2k ^u^

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Tiktok is horrible for artists, horrible! At least community wise, I would warn to stay away if you don't want to be bullied relentlessly for something random.

I am a native Tumblrite so here's my opinion of it. Tumblr, overall, is great for building relationships. it's very much "anti social media" because how many followers you have doesn't matter that much and it isn't even visible. ok yeah, if you have more followers then more people are going to see your post, but the algorithm won't boost you, because there is none. As you said, it's very fandom focused. People will go ham over any depiction of their blorbos. It also encourages weirdness and not giving a shit, so you could fill your blog with reblogs and shit posts as well as your art, but most artists have a sideblog for their art so people who are just there for their art have a place to go. HOWEVER something i want to correct you on is that tumblr has actually been making some pretty shitty updates to cater to the 1% of immigrants instead majority who don't want tumblr to change on such a large scale. Another negative is that tumblrinas, overall, can be quite annoying and if you don't get used to it, you'll grow bitter and get bullied of that site. They're very much peace and love on planet earth. it's not something that bothers me, but i didn't grow up with steven universe so i'm not exactly about all that. I should also mention that tumblrinas are just as capable of having meaningless, puritanical arguments like twitter users.

6:36 To add, Tumblr can absolutely be a multi-fandom thing! You’ve just gotta create seperate blogs. The people who follow you for your Sonic art probably wont interact with your Deltarune art, UNLESS you make a seperate blog for Deltarune, in which you’ll get exclusive fans for that fandom only. It sounds like a lot to manage once the blogs pile up, but as long as you aren’t focused on a “consistent schedule” for all of them(nobody on tumblr cares about that), it’s pretty chill.

As someone who still posts on instagram, the new update sucks. They removed the 'newest' section in hashtags and replaced it with 'newest top post' which honestly imo does not make sense what was the point of that. And bcus of that, small artists have an even harder time in trying to grow their acc unless they CONSTANTLY post reels and joining trends in hopes that it might get picked up by the algo. And I also heard from some art moots of mine that Reddit is a great way to advertise your commissions (thru subreddits like r/artcommissions and r/hungryartists) Though you'd have to build up your karma points first. I have yet to try advertising there but just wanted to let you know incase you wanna try it for yourself! :]]

I like toyhouse but one other potentially major con is the site is run by pretty much just one person, 1. tickets take a long time to get to, people don't get banned for obscene content, bans that _are_ issued can just as easily be on false grounds without any prior warning, and again tickets take a long time to get to if at all so it's nearly impossible to even appeal

I’m taking this as an opportunity to step back from social media and work on my artwork privately I’m currently in the process of writing my comic and I’m having way more fun than posting actively on social media. I’d recommend a break for anyone who might be jaded by social media rn.

So basically, here's what I understood. The two highest-rated social media sites were Tumblr and KZfaq, BUT, these two sites have significant differences, and cater to different kinds of artists. *Tumblr:* Mostly for fandom artists, who want to interact with others more directly and don't want to/can't maintain a consistent upload schedule. Being consistent isn't so important because Tumblr doesn't have an algorithm, so reach is mainly based on reblogs (an equivalent to retweets, for Twitter people). *KZfaq:* Can be for fandom artists, but it's best for artists who focus on their own work/stories/OCs, which do not pertain to a certain fandom. Also, since the algorithm has a lot of influence over what content gets reached, you must maintain a consistent upload schedule, otherwise you won't grow.

I originally was a tumblr artist when i started out, along with dA (like, 2012 era) and eventually moved to instagram. I had gotten a very decent following, around 5k followers, and something happened irl so i didnt post for a month or two, and when i came back, every single one of my posts would give me negative followers. I would barely get any likes compared to before. Like, id consistently get 100-300 likes each post, but it turned into 10-20. This was like 2016, 2017.. it hurt my self esteem so bad i stopped drawing for a year. When i came back, i started posting to Twitter, and I liked that a lot more because there was no pressure to post constantly. And if you go through it the smart way, you basically see no drama at all, just other people who post only art. But now that its being rebranded to X and all this other bullcrap, im trying to find somewhere else, but theres nothing

a good tip if you want to post on social media is to get comfortable with how your art feels to you first. dont start posting on social media if you still have the mindset that the amount of views/likes/follows/commissions line up with your art quality. bc thanks to shitty algorithms, that is absolutely not what it means. you will have to be fine with not having much engagement for a while. and on most sites, you likely wont get commissions unless you've already built up a bit of a following of people that like your art. so honestly, literally just draw what makes you feel good and try and post consistently, and eventually you'll start to get somewhere. remember that its different for everyone, and the algorithm is like a lottery game. dont compare yourself to friends or others that have already built up a following, bc honestly, the internet picks things at complete random to blow up. so pls, just hang in there- social media is a tough place and can tear your mental health apart. if you feel stuck with all these sites bc nothing's working, take a small break and just draw for yourself and maybe some friends for a while. please trust me when i say that just because you dont get reach on social media does not mean ur art sucks or people hate you. (if ppl hated ya, you would definitely know thanks to cancel culture.) people just havent had a chance to see your work yet, and patience is really key.

when ur main social media is scratch 💀 (a kids coding website with a surprisingly large art/animation community) (its mainly warrior cats fanfic comics and theyre mostly suspiciously good)

What I like the most about DeviantArt is that I've always only had postive interactions with people, even with art that reached 10k+ people. I do bad with criticism so it feels like a safe space for me ! 🙏

i love toyhouse so, so much!! it's so cozy and oldschool, i love websites with custom HTML and i think we really should have more of that on the internet. i'm COMPLETELLY against the whole "closed species/adoptables/do not steal" ordeal, i think that can go wrong very fast, and that is the sole reason i never joined deviantart, but toyhouse is so much more than that, that even I cant help but spend time there and looking at pretty definetly-not-furry art.

I feel like there basically isn't any good site for artists right now. I've been holding off on posting my art for literal years, I recently finally caved after seeing people's reaction to my work at an exhibition (and after my friends kept begging me to), I was genuinely so touched and just want people to be able to enjoy my work and maybe build a name for myself but with all the recent ai stuff, toxic trends and horribly run sites I feel like I can't really move anywhere. So far I'm only on tumblr but genuinely have zero reach there, probably since most people are more active on twitter instead. Seriously, what a horrible time to be an artist on the internet. I can't even imagine what artists whose livelihood depends on their socials must feel like right now

Personally i use discord to post my art. It sparks up conversation between me and my friends and sometimes with complete strangers. Also fun fact about Instagram, they messed up their algorithm system, it’s impossible to start out as an artist because tags dont work anymore and reels are the only things that get pushed.

i was a tiktok artist (specifically frame by frame animator) for a very brief time from 2021 to 2022 and i cannot put into words how much i do not recommend it tiktoks algorithm LOVES it when you post frequently and consistently which leads to burnout and churning out low quality context the big numbers and engagement in the beginning are hella validating and get you that dopamine rush but long term unless you burn yourself out making near daily tiktoks youre gonna lose a LOT of that engagement

The bots on Instagram are definitely SUPER rampant, they're constantly looking at & liking my stories. There's actually a way to filter the phrases people can use in your comments in the settings under "Hidden Words" and then "Manage custom words and phrases" that lets you write a list of words that people can't comment, I've put in the common bot phrases and that's been pretty effective for me. I've also been considering getting a Tumblr, so I might get one thanks to this video! :D

as an artist who is also online, i definitely agree with a lot of what was said here. it's so difficult to find a site that's friendly and easy to use, especially if you're a newer artist. i remember when buzzly was opened, i really liked it so it's unfortunate that the creators turned out to be weird. :[

Newgrounds is very artist friendly, in fact it’s made for artists! it’s pretty underrated tho

My experience on Tumblr has always been very similar to twitter with the callouts. Especially within certain fandoms. Sometimes it'll be over stuff as small as liking the wrong TV shows lol. But it's usually okay. I think that's just how the internet is these days.

I want to start actually being active about posting my art, as ive had a tendency to just. Not post or even draw anything (executive dysfunction levels: catastrophic). But I am always just so picky about the platform. I like Tumblr cause I don't have to subject myself to algorithmic content- nor do i have to make myself follow a trend or a certain way to do things for ppl to find my art. I like that tiktok has more reach but it kinda feels like selling my soul (also im terrible at technology and idk how to make videos awgdhdj). Plus coupled with the toxicity (on twitter too), idk if i wanna do that. Instagram also practically has no good way to reach ppl nowadays either. Reality is, i think i probably just need to get off my ass and be more willing to do the whole short video scheduled content awhsjdhdjdh

if toyhouse had a section of the website for actual art uploads, not just characters or forums, it would be the only site i used! but i do a lot of non-OC specific art too and want a place for it.

this is very interesting. Im very bad at being in online communities so its nice to see from the perspective of someone whos good at digging into that side of things. very illuminating video

Something I want to add that I love about tumblr is that there is no pressure to be consistent and post art at least once a week, you can be gone for weeks or months and once you come back people will continue to like and reblog the things you post! Even something that you made years ago will probably continue getting engagement if people continue to reblog it, so it’s great for artists who are busy with work or school :3

1:24 - Twitter 4:24 - Instagram 5:41 - Tumblr 7:07 - Toyhouse 10:22 - TikTok 12:56 - DeviantArt 13:47 - twitch 14:15 - KZfaq

I used to be an instagram artist. At first, things were pretty okay, but it felt really lonely on there, and the only "friends" i had on there were people from school. But then i ditched insta and moved to twitter, again, things were fine at first, i made more friends, found an amazing community i can call home, and i even met my partner though twitter! But after the countless terrible updates elon made to it, mixed with the constant toxicity and the fact that my most popular art was something that kinda started drama, and i had to delete it. I had enough, and I'm now just a discord artist Though I'm gonna be real. Being a discord artist is great! It's just me sharing my art in these little spaces that make me feel comfortable. Yes, i don't have as big of following on Discord, but honestly, having friends that i can just show my silly art to and they'd give fun feedback is enough to make me happy.

Lmao, I recently had to delete deviant art bc of the amount of inappropriate artworks flooding my page, the majority of artists that haven’t left deviant art are just fetish artists

Thanks for letting me join in on this!!! Awesome video and awesome concept! I’m sure this’ll help a lot of artists. I also really like the editing in this one :3

I'd say with Tumblr it's a little challenging for newer artists/just posting on it, as much as I do enjoy that the site isn't follower based and its fandom oriented; it HAS to be a popular/active fandom (or one that's well known) which sucks. I only say this because I have a friend who's art is so edible but the only posts that blow up are the amanda the adventure ones rather than her Powerpuff girl ones when they take the same amount of effort. And this isn't trying to say that every post has to blow up but when 2 posts made for one fandom and multiple for another are made and only the two of the more popular/active fandom gets attention, you see what I mean. (This could even go for me, Piconjo cover redraw (FNF) got more attention than an oc-based one for BATIM; it has to be something people are actively searching for ykwim).

I just started using Instagram in early July- and I had NO IDEA there was an update and I can say- YEAH the update sucks very much because the hashtags do not work at ALL. The only kind of redeeming quality is that I make reels but even they don’t reach a lot of people most of the time

NEWGROUNDS, NEWGROUNDS NEWGROUNDS NEWGROUNDS

This is such a helpful video!! Thanks for making it! It's relieving to hear I'm not the only one who feels like posting on instagram feels like trying to have a conversation with a bunch of robots or like npcs or something

As someone who is.. I guess not really beginner artist anymore since I’ve been drawing since I was much younger, i don’t have much to say about other websites besides discord. I really like it- since in the servers I post my art in right now, they both are very positive. It makes me feel better about my art and I love posting it since it’s great to get positive reactions, especially since one of the servers doesn’t even allow negative reactions haha 😂 but yeah, besides from my experience I’d recommend it for posting art. But there are probably some servers that are just too toxic for that so just make sure it’s safe! You can also tell by just how people generally act there

Hey! You should cover Bluesky if you want! I know it’s very new, but I think it already has a lot of potential, and already pretty intensely supports artists!

I’m looking to move sites, DA is just not what is used to be and the Ai pretty much put the nail in the coffin, it's hard to find newer artist and people don't really interact much anymore. I plan on using it as an archive cause i cant seem to let go of it, and to sell adopts cause people still buy stuff over there at least. Gonna give Tumblr another swing, but i don't usually do much fandom art :’) I do have plans to make a comic and i see those OC AMA pop up every now and then, they look like a lot of fun! Fingers crossed for a new GOOD art site someday

I suck at managing my social media and marketing myself and my art

I was just looking for something like this! Thanks for the information on the sites!

I personally like toyhouse, bcus it feels more private to me. Proud to say that I only gained one follower bcus I mentioned my toyhouse in my artfight profile. It just feels more like a private place with less pressure from likes and shares, etc. On the other hand, I don't make money off of art and only draw for me, myself and I

I'm watching this video and it's pretty good so far! Can't want to see what you have next!

I honestly do not understand Twitter at all 😭😭When I first joined I got commissions pretty quick, but only for like a week? Then, suddenly, my account DIED. Like forget likes, my posts weren’t even being viewed 😭I tried every tip, like interacting loads with other artists, hosting raffles, I even did some events offering free doodles, but my account literally felt like it didn’t even exist on the website 😭😭 Surprisingly, Instagram is my highest reaching social media, which is honestly a bit sad considering Instagram has killed hashtags and just leaves artists to perish nowadays LOL. My KZfaq is doing ok, but growth is super slow. The problem might be that I don’t post enough on here because I put a lot of hours into my animations, but I really don’t wanna post low-effort headbops all the time 😅Just praying the social media gods will pity me one day, it is BRUTAL out here

I almost feel like giving up on trying to post art to get commissions, which is something I've been wanting to do for years and one of my friends sometimes encourages me to. But I can never get there thanks to my lack of motivation to draw and post often and my art is mediocre at best. Ever since I got Instagram back in 2017, my like numbers never increased because I don't post often. I always get 10-20 likes per post, sometimes less. When I got Twitter in 2019, the algorithm never showed my posts to anyone. I remember getting Tumblr I think in 2018, but didn't know how to use it. I got TikTok in 2020 and... ehh... they get views, but no interactions. I'm starting to give my hopes up at this point. Social platforms don't support me all because I don't have the energy to constantly post daily and I don't know how to set up commission stuff.

Tbh so far insta seems the least hostile. I have some folks who post there and they genuinely have a great fanbase there, and stealing art is WAY less in instagram.

honestly considering sharing my art on tumblr after watching this. i never bothered to share my art cuz it was always just for me, and i didnt wanna deal with anyone bullying me for what i drew. but i do have a tumblr acc soooo

Fell down the KZfaq rabbit hole of your videos and just wanted stop by and say I love your content. Keep up the great work! (Very sad I missed out on the Toyhouse codes 😭)

I LITERALLY NEEDED THIS SO MUCH omg it's been so hard for me to decide

thank you so much for making this! although im still indecisive, im overall an indecisive person but this will help me consider a lot

these videos are so helpful keep it up!! also i love your voice 😍

I honestly have no idea where to post my art so I just post it everywhere lol

Thank you for your rate! This question was in my head for a looong time

In conclusion, almost every art sharing site is ass 😭😭😭 Honestly I gave up on sharing art on pretty much every site, even amino is a pain now because of how many damn bot accounts there are

i really like your humour and personality this was a nice video 😂

So there's NO adequate platform for artists ( just like there's no perfect social platform in general ). This is sad.

newgrounds RAHHHH 🥶🥶

Your art is so cute!!! May draw one of your ocs For me, I like toyhouse since I make HTML codes, it's nice seeing people using them. I also like going on the HTML/CSS & Graphics forum and looking at other people's codes or helping people when I can, since the site is so small I know most of the main coders and it's nice seeing new ones and giving them resources to learn HTML

I found more success posting my art on deviantart than on twitter. with that said i think da is better than twitter

This was so informative!

i use all of them (EXCEPT tiktok because its banned in my country)

your art is so cute hello tbh im also struggling with this! been a twitter person for a while and its the worst thing ever LOL theres way more factors that makes it terrible (as a community) ngl... i never knew how to use toyhouse as a social media so i just dump my chars like a google drive RIP either way this was pretty informative thank u sm! new sub~*

This is exactly the video I needed to convince me to leave dA for good. The site already took a nosedive when they "revamped" it and removed custom HTML for user pages. The AI thing was just another nail in the coffin.

please please please do not post your art on instagram, you work will be fed to ai programs, instagram is NOT safe

8:58 on the topic of popular designers: i got an awoouf design through one of those guess the number giveaways in their server, and i kid you not, literally less than 48 hours after i made the account for the character, he (the character) was stolen and was getting sold for like $30 (again, he was free since he was from a giveaway). thankfully, someone in the server stumbled upon this, let me know, and we were able to get the person to delete it. that's a big downside of toyhouse as well. love the vid !!

ive had this exacct thought recently bro ARE YOU READING MY MIND IS KZfaq READING MY MIND??!?!

Omg, we need THE art website please xD I've been thinking about this too, cause I haven't been sure where to post my stuff

Honestly, I kind of just want to make a lot of independent projects before going on to KZfaq, save them up, and then upload them on like the start of my college days or somethings like that.

A lot of twitter artists are going to bluesky (I don't post on twitter but I'm there too). It's not too bad, needs work but not bad. There doesn't seem to be much of an algorithm at the moment, atleast not as bad as insta. You only really get likes there if you were already popular somewhere else though.

TYSM FOR THIS! I was thinking of setting up another account for myself recently

Tumblr has become a comfort zone for me, I can talk to people who share the same interests as I have, I've met a lot of friends and I've met a lot of nice people, the latest live update bothers me a lot because of the live covers that they appear to me to be very... questionable... and it's also very annoying to research a specific topic and all of a sudden there's a porn account full of random tags just to get the attention of specific groups! it annoys me!! but other than that and some toxic people I've met there, it's definitely the best site to post my art, fanfics (yes, I'm cringe) and comics and make different blogs. Definitely recommend, don't let negative comments about the site affect your opinion. I also thought it was bad at first until I started posting there!

6:25 Yes!! ive found that my regular doodles have gotten like 10 maybe 20 notes, but my pokemon and rain world meme stuff has gotten 100+! edit: i was also one of the people to quit after the ai mess. had to check the “LEAVE MY ART OUT OF THE GENERATOR” box on alll of my art just to find out that was uselesss 😅

I'm an artist with issues posting online cuz of judging and stuff, ill probably just try and get a toyhouse if I can get an invite code sometime in the next year lol.

from personal experience of commissions, discord art/ art community servers, (I.E chimereon server) are great for advertising commissions/ychs ect although on some pop designer servers can get a bit hectic, yknow the deal

I used to be on insta and it fell from grace. I mainly do DA now although it’s not the best out there, I’d rather have more reach than no reach at all

NEWGROUNDS SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Great video, thanks!!

Honestly, I'm already on Insta and thought Insta was the best at the time. But, now I can see I might wanna post my art to Twitter for more. Thanks.

I’ve been chillin on Tumblr for the last 7 years, it’s hell (affectionate)

Twitch is great! It requires a lot of connections if you don’t have an existing social media presence, but it’s easy to meet people who will hang out on your streams! Finding a community you click with isn’t hard and as a plus, you make new friends in addition to a solid side-income ❤

OMG, I am an artist from russia, and one day I found a toyhouse site, and even if I could spend some money on premium, I JIST CAN'T DO IT AND THAT IS SO SAAAAADDDDD. I don't know why the toyhose made them site so difficult to joing.. because I accually like the idea of it.. JUST KILL MEEEEE AAAAAA I'M SO SAAAADDDDD

I actually started out on amino back when it was in its prime. I moved to discord, Instagram and I plan to start a KZfaq soon where I post speedpaints and some animation work :)

As an Instagram user who's been around since 2020, I'd personally view Instagram's art community as very similar to twitter. Sure its not a hellscape for drama but it is filled with people who are a lil too invested in PC culture, much like in twitter and god forbid you have an opinion thats different from everyone else on the matter. Not only that but the often unessecarily mean comments (especially disabled people) in reels just went from a 1 to 100 within a very short period of time throughout 2023 and its just depressing to see. On top of the horrific reach artists tend to get (which has only been getting worse btw), its overall becoming a worse and worse experience

live for it😂

I was regretting not using twitter when it was good and as soon as I saw that Elon brought it I knew it was over lol I have considered tumblr though :)

Thought-provoking

What social media do you post your art on? Me: Scratch Them: what Me: S C R A T C H

Wonderful

Twitter and tumblr are the places I find easiest to post fanart Instagram is the easiest place for me to post OG art

I just gave up lol😭 I like my art and that's what matters

I'm looking at the title and thumbnail, and my response is literally just all at once lol.

Newgrounds is goated for art honestly! There are so many talented artists and it isn't a toxic wasteland like other social medias.

One thing I'd mention about TikTok is if hate doesn't bother you and you have an audience who defends you you can get a boost!

I always post my art on KZfaq and Discord, the only 2 socials I have

Thanks this really helps, I’m a very small artist which means my art doesn’t get very far at all.

Inspiring

You are completely right,!!! What the heck is going on with people complaining about followings. Once I saw a drama queen complaining about people who follow “x” person. She proceeded to tag literally everyone who followed her and told them passive-aggressively to stop following “x” person because she didn’t like an opinion that person gave. Jeeezz people like that is completely annoyingggggggggggggg

i post my art mainly on tumblr, discord, and deviantart, but it might just be my shitty luck or fairly young age that causes Me Not Getting Any Feedback Or Attention On My Art. it really is a hit or miss no matter where you post, i think, cuz ive got a lot of friends who have the same experience. i really wanna try toyhouse, but most of what i draw is fandom art. so i am very confused on what to dooo,,

Nice vid! :D

I've started trying to post art and what not recently and I'm mostly struggling to find community, deviantart I've found is the best I've gotten to kinda meet ppl but i also can't post the little animation things I've started doing on there. some things though are i care a bit more abt making connections than having a ton of views, i like talking to ppl

my first thought on seeing the title was "Nowhere! Don't post art! Don't make art!" lmfao

Unfortunately, none work for me. I gave up trying, buut.. I'm okay with it for now n will prob. try again in the future.

Love the Video, Making me think more about where i’m active Also how could I possibly contact about getting a toyhouse code? I’ve been really trying to get a Toyhouse for well over two years now but i haven’t found anyone with codes available