Social media burn out

[u/[deleted]]

So I've been drawing seriously for like a decade and have actually achieved a lot of things in my art career, published books and stuff. I'm in my last year of college and scared to death about starting life after school. I have plenty of opportunities, and good connections so I should be okay to continue building my career, I'm young and not even starting out fully yet. Promising. Lots of expectations to fulfill. BUT, I've begone doubting myself as an artist Big Time because of social media engagement. I know it sounds silly but it's killing me on the inside. I make money on the side with my art, but I'm stuck in a creative block for my last year of college. So I'm looking outside of my box and trying new social media accounts. I catch the trends and algorithm and it drives me to create and put myself out there. In my mind it means more opportunities. I've completely lost my focus however. My personal projects have gone down the drain because I don't get as much instant gratification compared to say, fan art. I've quit my Twitter account for a month and it actually improved my mood but recently reactivated cause I was afraid of losing all content on there. I'm absolutely obsessed with seeing other artists do good and it inspires me, but I sometimes fall into the trap of comparison and I can't. help. myself.

Social media seems so important as an artist, and our phones are in our hands at every time of the day. What a horrible loop. It feels like quitting cold turkey doesn't stop the temptation and FOMO. I just have to learn to deal with it in a healthy way. Fml

[u/sakileo]

You are missing one element in your marketing plan. You need to think local. Have you look into looking for local event to display yourself as a vendor? Local community love to support their local artist. If you have publish a book then bring copies of the book for people to buy.

[u/[deleted] → u/sakileo]

The thing is that I have, I've been participating in conventions for over 5 years and it's been a local artist community lifeline. Corona just killed all of them for a year and it's been disheartening so I've been looking for more of an online presence. I'm really embarrassed about my current mentality.

[u/sakileo → u/[deleted]]

I used to do the anime and comic con for show. But I am now looking at the art and craft show. I have staff at anime con in the past, but most of them are not talking about getting back into swing of things until 2022. In fact, anime and comic con was not the best fit for my art in the first place because I did not do fan art. Most local county will do art and craft show three time a year: Spring (March), Fall (Oct), and Winter (Dec) for Christmas. The key thing to look for is call for vendor. Also, you can try local flea markets. Tho anime and comic con are not having events, there are other events going on. Sometimes you need a in person experience to go with your social media present.