- Jul 13, 2019
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I took a glance through this particular forum via browsing a few pages and using search. But I really couldn't find anything along the lines of this topic.
To give some backstory about me: I started messing around with Daz Studio a couple of years ago since for a while I was having difficulty finding sexy art/porn that I liked. Not that my tastes are extreme or anything. Pretty vanilla honestly. I just had a preference for certain body types/looks for one. But mostly it was around presentation. Let's just say I'm not interesting in watching five minutes of a two-thirds shot of some dude's bouncing scrotum. In the beginning I was running into quite a few difficulties achieving the ideas I had in my head so I stopped using DS for a while.
Last year I started using DS again to help think through some ideas with some other art forms. Because of that I decided to go back to some of the original reasons I started messing with Daz in first place. With both of those paths I ended up learning more about the program. So I started creating characters, putting together photo sets, and posting them (initially on DeviantArt).
Given the nature of this work I'm fairly sure I have limited options for where to post. But one other thing I've been thinking about was if there's an audience out there looking for the same things I am then should I also consider some sort of support platform? Mostly just to use as a tip jar of some sort to help buy assets and such for now.
Keeping all of that in mind here's what I've run into so far:
* DeviantArt: to be honest... I'm less than thrilled with DA. New artist discovery is pretty shit. The only way you can get noticed is by posting to a whole bunch of groups. And trying to figure out the rules for each group and sometimes needing review first is a pain. Even with doing all of that I've only gotten 21 followers and 1.3K views in a little over six months time.
* Pixiv: I've had a lot better traction on Pixiv. Artist discovery is much better (if a bit repetitive), plus they have both a Patreon like support system AND a goods system automatically built in. 88 followers and 6.5K views in under three months. Just not sure how well support can go for a US user speaking to a primarily non-English audience
* Renderotica: just... no. Their ToS specifically states not to mention any other artist support systems PERIOD. Hell, they'll even keep you from even saying the word Patreon (I found this out by accident).
* Patreon: well, since they keep mature content from showing up in search... yeah.
So I'm trying to think of what else to possibly try. I already know FB/IG and Tumblr are out. Twitter is a 'maybe' especially since Pixiv does have built in support for cross posting (might test it out). I've wondered about Reddit but I hardly use it at all. Plus with this kind of work I'm not sure what I could get away with or where exactly to share it.
Are there any other options I might be missing? To be clear I'm not interested in making a game or comics. I've had some ideas for presenting stories but I'm still thinking through how I would do those.
Anyone have any thoughts on this? This space is still pretty new to me so I'm not sure how to navigate it.
To give some backstory about me: I started messing around with Daz Studio a couple of years ago since for a while I was having difficulty finding sexy art/porn that I liked. Not that my tastes are extreme or anything. Pretty vanilla honestly. I just had a preference for certain body types/looks for one. But mostly it was around presentation. Let's just say I'm not interesting in watching five minutes of a two-thirds shot of some dude's bouncing scrotum. In the beginning I was running into quite a few difficulties achieving the ideas I had in my head so I stopped using DS for a while.
Last year I started using DS again to help think through some ideas with some other art forms. Because of that I decided to go back to some of the original reasons I started messing with Daz in first place. With both of those paths I ended up learning more about the program. So I started creating characters, putting together photo sets, and posting them (initially on DeviantArt).
Given the nature of this work I'm fairly sure I have limited options for where to post. But one other thing I've been thinking about was if there's an audience out there looking for the same things I am then should I also consider some sort of support platform? Mostly just to use as a tip jar of some sort to help buy assets and such for now.
Keeping all of that in mind here's what I've run into so far:
* DeviantArt: to be honest... I'm less than thrilled with DA. New artist discovery is pretty shit. The only way you can get noticed is by posting to a whole bunch of groups. And trying to figure out the rules for each group and sometimes needing review first is a pain. Even with doing all of that I've only gotten 21 followers and 1.3K views in a little over six months time.
* Pixiv: I've had a lot better traction on Pixiv. Artist discovery is much better (if a bit repetitive), plus they have both a Patreon like support system AND a goods system automatically built in. 88 followers and 6.5K views in under three months. Just not sure how well support can go for a US user speaking to a primarily non-English audience
* Renderotica: just... no. Their ToS specifically states not to mention any other artist support systems PERIOD. Hell, they'll even keep you from even saying the word Patreon (I found this out by accident).
* Patreon: well, since they keep mature content from showing up in search... yeah.
So I'm trying to think of what else to possibly try. I already know FB/IG and Tumblr are out. Twitter is a 'maybe' especially since Pixiv does have built in support for cross posting (might test it out). I've wondered about Reddit but I hardly use it at all. Plus with this kind of work I'm not sure what I could get away with or where exactly to share it.
Are there any other options I might be missing? To be clear I'm not interested in making a game or comics. I've had some ideas for presenting stories but I'm still thinking through how I would do those.
Anyone have any thoughts on this? This space is still pretty new to me so I'm not sure how to navigate it.
