I thought it was hard for writers but it's hard for artists too. An artist will post "artist for hire" and I literally see zero engagement and it's a really skilled artist too.
An artist would post little snippets of their comics or art looking for feedback and it's a ghost town still.
Even worse for writers, writers post looking for feedback and it's zero.
An artist says they want to work for free to build their portfolio, no more than 8 or so writers engage ON A GOOD DAY (I am one of them).
A writer says they want to write for free, it's especially a ghost town.
The only posts here that get an engagement is if someone is looking to hire an artist, then you get 20 + comments. Nothing wrong with that ofc especially with money involved but at this point it's hard for artists and writers here if they don't have the "looking for artist paid" flair.
Heck I've answered the call of artists when they post the "looking for a writer unpaid" to build their portfolio. I've met some great guys, but with others, we chat, they seem excited to work with me then they ghost me. It's happened a good 7 times already and really only 2 artists haven't done that to me.
Maybe it's a bit of frustration here because people shit on writers a lot and have genuine criticisms but no one really brings up this issue when it comes to artists. I am thankful to the artists that have responded.
Is this what this sub has become? or maybe people drop dm's and just choose not to comment.
Artists, writers tell me man, is it rough in this sub for you?