Fates-Designer

I'm not sure why I'm even bothering typing this, as I'm sure no more than 4 people will actually read this, but knowing this will be sitting on my front page will somehow make me feel better about myself.

This site is no longer about art. I go to every gallery in the photography section of the place and see that it is flooded with webcam shots, cellphone shots, or just low quality and/or generic photographs. None of this belongs here in my eyes. But they do get uploaded, viewed, commented on, etc. while the photography of other artists and myself get about 15 views and fade away.

There is no way to get seen on this website without whoring yourself out. I've been recently guilty of submitting to groups here, something that I personally thought I'd never do. Admittedly, I'm fine with accepting a request to be shown in a group. It does make me think that there are a few out there that do look for art rather than follow those with hundreds of thousands of page views. But I just get shot back down when something I submit to a group gets declined. It really isn't a fun feeling seeing someone doesn't like something you're proud of, and it makes me remember why I hate art groups.

I used to believe that a DD would get you exposure. I was naive. The first DD I got was an awesome feeling, I still like the photo to this day. When I got my next DD, I thought that this would be my big break on this site. I was wrong. Maybe 95% of the people on this that look at the DD's look it at for 5 seconds, like it, and continue on with their life. THe don't recognize the photo for it's value, they don't take the time to write up a comment, and they don't take the time to view the artists other work. I used to anticipate getting a third DD one day, but not anymore. I don't even particularly like the photograph I got a second DD for, but is (with the exception of my first DD) the only deviation I have submitted that has more than 75 favorites.

I'll still submit here, but for myself. It does still make my day to see my inbox message number go up with notifications of a favorite or comment, but I don't expect it like I once did. I'll still go through galleries every once in a while and wade through the shit to find something of quality, but I won't acknowledge those with the large page views unless they actually have a quality gallery. Call me bitter or jealous, but most of them don't realize how lucky they are to have followers without trying.

Thanks to anyone who reads this. Disagree or agree, you're still awesome.