A cheeky bonus video that I accidentally spent my Saturday afternoon getting carried away making! I'd love to know what you think about Instagram if you're an artist on there - do you ifnd it largely uplifting or deflating (or a bit of a mix)?
I typically don't let instagram determine my emotions, but if anything, it's inflating most of the time! Some posts have flopped hard, which I thougjt would do well, so I do my best to ramp up the expectations I have for them so I can further training myself to not be affected if one falls through!
it was deflating to me, but that's because of instant gratification. It is rewarding for those that put in the work (it's just that I don't have the time for it) ... and there're just so many good artists out there. I agree with everything you said, though. And I like your approach.
Be reminded to take a break once in awhile when doing art, its very important that you are in a good mindset because its not very nice forcing yourself when you not wanting to. And its very nice of you to make this challenge, i'm sure will participate!
The most disheartening thing about Instagram and social media in general is how hard it is to get noticed as an artist. And you can't even know for sure if you're hearing crickets because your art sucks, or it didn't reach your target audience, or the algorithm just picked someone else over you that day. You work really hard on a piece, and it really is quite good, and then you get 1 like ;_;
I try to avoid getting disheartened by looking at instagram posts like bricks creating a castle. This doesn´t always work, but it helps. I try to focus on what I´ve learned from that single piece, how fun it was creating or how much I struggled to achieve the result. Then I kind of disconnect the worth of the illustration and how many likes it gets. On it´s own the illustration keeps it´s worth for me, but as a instagram post I look at it as a way to make the castle stand stronger. Slowly I will build my platform brick by brick, and in that way the illustration as an instagram post also has immense value. Can´t have a castle without the pieces it is made of.
@@illubloom6801 I like your analogy about buidling a castle block by block. One thing that makes me feel better is that I tell myself that I can always remake an art piece later on down the line when I have even more followers if I really want the piece to get more attention. That way I can showcase my original piece, the updated piece and my progress all at the same time.
I recently just stopped drawing altogether because of the pressure I feel on Instagram. I want to be consistent and build a community and I love that, but creating art even once a week is exhausting to me, especially with a full-time job and other responsibilities at home. It's a constant battle I've been having for months now and I just don't enjoy creating at this point.
I totally get that! In a position like yours with a full-time job and home responsibilities that last thing you need is to feel pressured to create something for social media. I hope that not posting to Instagram anymore allows you to rebuild your love of drawing for yourself 😊❤
The algorithm makes it very difficult to built a long lasting community it seems. Because of the nature of social media, we don't really get a chance to sit with a piece of art or a person's post and really digest it. It's a quick glance, and then the feed throws something else at us. I'm not naive to think there was NO algorithm work on places like deviantART, but back in the 2000s, it felt like there was less interference of the algorithm. I and many others were able to organically find art and artists that we genuinely loved and follow them without this unseen hand of algorithmic forcing unwanted stuff into our notifications.
I’m struggling with the reels option. It seems like everyone is making them now and if you don’t, well you won’t grow. I hate not being able to sit and admire peoples art. Now it’s a bunch of fluff followed by a couple seconds of the actual art and then it’s gone. I was on a roll with posting my art and I felt so motivated and now I feel so discouraged. It’s also affected how I make videos on my channel. It feels like I hit a wall, so I had to take a break. I am coming back in February, but it’s feeling like a lot of pressure to keep up with both IG and YT. I want to share my art, but I still want to grow on both. Anyway, thanks for sharing this video. I really appreciated your input on it.
Ooh totally get you, Nikkita. There's so much to keep up with all the time and then suddenly things change and you have to adapt all over again. I'm glad you've taken a break for yourself! In my experience growing on one platform helps to grow the other, because I have people on Instagram say they found me via RUclips and vice versa. Personally I try and have one 'main' platform (it used to be IG, now it's RUclips) that I focus on and I try and stick to a consistent schedule there, and then a secondary platform that has a really loose or relaxed schedule so there's waay less pressure with posting a lot there. Maybe a similar system will work for you, but I know you'll find your way 😊❤🌷
this is such an amazing idea! I am going to post a reel for this challenge!! i was suffering from this stress on posting consistently on IG and this is so inspiring!!! thank you for building such a supporting community
This message is so beautiful and uplifting. For me, feeling constant pressure to create usually just takes the joy out of it and makes me less creative. Then, if I push through and create anyways, usually I find the the creative work quite lacking.
Hi there! I just found you channel, and I watched most of your videos. I just wanted to say that your videos are so calm and informative! All of your illustrations are so adorable and well-made. As someone who has a passion of sharing my art, I try my best not to feel discouraged if my art doesn’t get noticed, but it does get a bit difficult when others are growing and I’m not^^”
Oh, Mimi, you're the best ❤ Thank you so much for this video 😊 It was very helpful ❤ I'm just really worried about starting to post my art work on Instagram. I have been planning to open my IG account for a couple of months now, but now I will definitely add it to my to do list❤😊
i love looking at all the art on instagram, can be great to find other artist but also def really hard to get seen in the crowd most days (thankfully i just post whatever i want since i dont use most of the time for marketing reasons)
Instagram is just a big pressure! They change the algorithm far too often and it's just a killer of small accounts/businesses. Everything Zuckerberg touches, is ruined! I prefer Pinterest hands down! Thanks for sharing this video 💕
Yes, we should see Instagram more like a platform to show what we do. For oneself and being able to make people happy with what we create. Still it is always sad when you post something you personally really like and the creation was only seen by a few people due to the amgorithm and alike.
In the beginning I put a lot of energy into making posts and nice layouts but I never received much feedback from others so I lost the motivation to show my drawings and my paintings, you only get subscribers who never comment and never give a like, that made me feel only insecure about my art. It's frustrating and exhausting to have to be creative by command for IG even tho there are weeks you feel not inspired at all. The same happens with an online store IG I have ... it's very frustrating ... so after a year I decided not to invest more energy in Instagram and I don't post anymore.
That sounds so frustrating, Carla! I totally understand why you decided not to invest any more into Instagram, I'm glad you were able to recognise that it was frustrating rather than uplifting you. Did you find another platform that works better for you?
same, plus it takes me sometimes even days to finish one drawing, so i dont post anymore cause its not worth my time, its really sad...also IG is not made for artists at all
@@MimimooIllustration Thank you for your answer 🤓 I am thinking to test TikTok but I am not sure if it's the right platform to share my draws. RUclips makes me a bit afraid since I am really slow to film and editing... and I am camera shy 🤭😅
What a nice challenge!! I will participate, just last week I was looking through my old art and see what pieces I still like. I also realized that for almost a year my followers number is the same. It didn't grow at all. Granted, I've taken a 2 month break from the platform and also posted less and less because it became so disheartening to post and I feel like I'm just communicating through a bottle. Even when I posted every day and tried to invest more time and creative energy into the aesthetic of my posts, it just had less and less and less of an impact. And yeah, I know we are supposed to not care about the numbers, but that is how you get the hint that what you are doing has an effect/impact. When someone likes my posts, I feel like I reached to them, when they comment, I feel like what I tried to communicate through my art and my caption has some value or at least an interesting perspective, when someone shares my art I feel grateful because they took that time to further engage with my art and give me some encouragement. That's why I care about numbers, because I communicate through what I post there and when no one replies in any way, I feel invisible and socially awkward, especially since meeting people in person has become so difficult. At the same time, the constant changes in how the platform works and the idea of "relevancy" I think it has made me bitter and insecure and I forgot how to have fun with the platform and what value I can provide to others.
Thank you so much for sharing your perspective so well! I totally understand what you mean about the numbers reflecting how you've impacted people, and it's really hard not to take it personally sometimes. I was curious to see your art so I popped over to your channel and IG account and oh my goodness you have so much fantastic art to celebrate! Your watercolours are awesome and I'll definitely be following along on your accounts to see what you make next ❤🌷👏
thanks for your video. yes its so important to see what i want myself to paint and draw and don't waste time to think about posts on social media and produce stuff that will get more engagement. likes doesn't mean that someone is successful. success is a long way not only a few posts with many likes.
Thank you for hosting the challenge and making such a beautiful video with it. I totally agree with what you are saying. It is not always easy to make new content, it takes a lot of time and get "outdated or without value" very soon. Therefore I found Instagram a great inspiration source but for building an engaged audience not so much. Just because you need to post every day/ few days a week. That's not always the way my creative brain works. It's not that regular as the Instagram algorithm wants it to be. All in all I keep doing what I do and keep posting things when I can and feel like posting. It may be going slower but it is working for me at this point in life.
"That art is mine, I made it and it has value to me whether Instagram thinks so or not." 👏🏼 I tell myself a version of this every day, like when i get 2 likes 😁 I ask myself, Self, are you doing this for the likes or to LEARN? And do YOU like it and did YOU enjoy making it? That's what keeps *me going 😄
This is an amazing concept!! I never really thought about it, but you're entirely right about the lifespan of art. Excluding those occasional like-spammers, it doesn't really continue reaching. I think I'll join this!! (coughcough not to mention it totally aligns with a time I'm supposed to post but won't have the space draw for coughcoughcough)
Yeess that's why I love this challenge (and normalising reposting in general), because it allows you to stick to your posting schedule without necessarily having to create something new, while still giving some of your old art a second viewing!
@@MimimooIllustration I'm excited to choose which pieces to repost!! My favorite art is a bit new so I may end up posting both recent and older stuff X]. I like how it cam become a fun mix!
I needed to see this, I’m currently struggling. I think in the future January will just have to be my annual “vacation”. It’s such a busy month for me.
Just yesterday I was thinking about how unfair is that I created an account on Instagram just to follow artists that I like, but the algorithm keeps showing me everything but that in my feed!
The days seem to fly by between posts for me, and when I wanted to post two days at a time, I find myself posting 4-5 days in between. I'm trying to focus on a fun project (Feefal's Funguary Challenge) and post daily but more so for myself, to hold myself accountable with creating pieces. I'm hoping to explore my style more with the challenge and find a few new artist friends along the way! :)
Love this! I did a similar thing in 2020 where I challenged myself to create daily (ish) as a fun project for myself to have some accountability and improve my art. I hope it goes really well for you - have fun with it!
Out of interest do you post the same time of day every time you post? Also do you use #tbt throwback Thursday? That could help you revisit old work every week x
I stopped taking instagram seriously a long time ago, I post sometimes but honestly don’t expect much from it and don’t even look at the numbers anymore, but it’s good for looking at everyone else’s work😄 the thing is, it just doesn’t work for me and my art-making, apperantly no social media does. It’s like I’m an introvert even in the digital world, the constant interaction they demand of you is just exhausting…
So true there is definitely a constant need for interaction on social media! I think it's really cool that you know what works for you and what doesn't and that you can just use it in a way that suits you 👏
Hello Mimi I'm an aspiring illustrator And character designer. Been trying to make decent money with my Passion for the 1.5 yr but it seems like i still can't figure out how to find my target audience... I would Very much appreciated It if you could give some tips or advice about that topic. Thank you very much . 🙏🏼♥️👍☺️
Hi! Cute drawing, as always! ♥️ I've only got personal IG page and I have also thought about creating art Instagram page. But 👀 it's a loooot of work, especially, if you are starting today. As I was getting information about how the platform works, Instagram algorithm just didn't sound like a friendly place for small artists. The only thing I adore about IG is being able to participate in various drawing challenges. Other than that RUclips is so much better. If we were also able to create drawing marathons on this platform as conveniently, that would be amazing 👀 Every social media platform has its pros as well as cons, although for me YT has least amount of cons. At least, that's how it feels like for me now.
You're so right that every platform has pros and cons, and yes Instagram can be a lot of work sometimes! The thing I love about RUclips is that content has so much longevity because it can be searched for and watched years later, which is kind of the opposite model to a platform like Instagram.
@@MimimooIllustration I agree! And also, maybe it's just me, but I feel like communication between the content-creator and the viewer can be a little bit deaper here? You can communicate with each other on IG too, but exchanging opinions and ideas on YT, even when it doesn't have any DM section, can give so much more to each side than on Instagram. Like, you are eating candies on Instagram, and on RUclips you can eat something that is extremely delicious and tremendously beneficial at the same time. I just cannot remember the word I want to use to express the feeling precisely 😄
@@MimimooIllustration Just started RUclips about 3 months ago. Feeling like I’ve stumbled my way through YT bootcamp and just starting to share some actual art now.
I like Instagram as a resource and platform, but I've came to hate it in technical sense. Over a span of few weeks I went through 3 separate accounts, that got blocked and unblocked for no clear reason. One of them got permanently deleted, because I've accidentally tried to re-submit a comment after notification or probably because I've broken some limits (I'm not even sure). Thankfully, no posts have gotten lost, but it still makes me nervous. As a new account I have to constantly remind myself not to like few posts in row, to not subscribe to more people and not to post anything while I'm new, lest I'll get blocked again 😂 I get that they do it for safety reasons, but it's kind of taunting...
@@MimimooIllustration I don't think, that you should be worried, since your account, thankfully, is already established and has a good following. Limits are basically stating, how many accounts you can subscribe to, how many posts like and how many comments to leave per hour, based on how old your account is. On top of that it looks like Instagram sums up different kinds of activities in some mysterious way. And it wouldn't be much of a problem, if the app had some sort of counters, which would show current limit of activities. But alas, it just shows something like "we are limiting certain kinds of activities for the sake of our users, please, try again later" and leaves you to wonder, what, exactly you should not do this time around, and for how long. The most curious part is that I don't see a whole lot of people complaining about this, so it makes me wonder if I haven't take into account some kind of secret knowledge, obvious to everyone else. I never used Instagram before, so I would not be surprised. So, if you learn something, please, consider making a small video on what to do or not to do as an owner of a new Instagram account. To be honest, I wouldn't even bother too much, but artists on Instagram have been a huge inspiration to me, even in this stressful situation. Thank you for being such a positive presence.♥️
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A cheeky bonus video that I accidentally spent my Saturday afternoon getting carried away making! I'd love to know what you think about Instagram if you're an artist on there - do you ifnd it largely uplifting or deflating (or a bit of a mix)?
I typically don't let instagram determine my emotions, but if anything, it's inflating most of the time! Some posts have flopped hard, which I thougjt would do well, so I do my best to ramp up the expectations I have for them so I can further training myself to not be affected if one falls through!
it was deflating to me, but that's because of instant gratification. It is rewarding for those that put in the work (it's just that I don't have the time for it) ... and there're just so many good artists out there. I agree with everything you said, though. And I like your approach.
Love all your videos, thanks, hi from KAZAKHSTAN 💖💜
Be reminded to take a break once in awhile when doing art, its very important that you are in a good mindset because its not very nice forcing yourself when you not wanting to. And its very nice of you to make this challenge, i'm sure will participate!
Absolutely! Nothing worse than feeling like you 'have' to create something to post!
The most disheartening thing about Instagram and social media in general is how hard it is to get noticed as an artist. And you can't even know for sure if you're hearing crickets because your art sucks, or it didn't reach your target audience, or the algorithm just picked someone else over you that day. You work really hard on a piece, and it really is quite good, and then you get 1 like ;_;
Yes! There's so much uncertainty about how the algorithm works and it makes it hard to know what to do as an artist.
I try to avoid getting disheartened by looking at instagram posts like bricks creating a castle. This doesn´t always work, but it helps. I try to focus on what I´ve learned from that single piece, how fun it was creating or how much I struggled to achieve the result. Then I kind of disconnect the worth of the illustration and how many likes it gets. On it´s own the illustration keeps it´s worth for me, but as a instagram post I look at it as a way to make the castle stand stronger. Slowly I will build my platform brick by brick, and in that way the illustration as an instagram post also has immense value. Can´t have a castle without the pieces it is made of.
@@illubloom6801 I like your analogy about buidling a castle block by block. One thing that makes me feel better is that I tell myself that I can always remake an art piece later on down the line when I have even more followers if I really want the piece to get more attention. That way I can showcase my original piece, the updated piece and my progress all at the same time.
I recently just stopped drawing altogether because of the pressure I feel on Instagram. I want to be consistent and build a community and I love that, but creating art even once a week is exhausting to me, especially with a full-time job and other responsibilities at home. It's a constant battle I've been having for months now and I just don't enjoy creating at this point.
I totally get that! In a position like yours with a full-time job and home responsibilities that last thing you need is to feel pressured to create something for social media. I hope that not posting to Instagram anymore allows you to rebuild your love of drawing for yourself 😊❤
@@MimimooIllustration thanks, I'm hoping that too ☺️
The algorithm makes it very difficult to built a long lasting community it seems. Because of the nature of social media, we don't really get a chance to sit with a piece of art or a person's post and really digest it. It's a quick glance, and then the feed throws something else at us.
I'm not naive to think there was NO algorithm work on places like deviantART, but back in the 2000s, it felt like there was less interference of the algorithm. I and many others were able to organically find art and artists that we genuinely loved and follow them without this unseen hand of algorithmic forcing unwanted stuff into our notifications.
I’m struggling with the reels option. It seems like everyone is making them now and if you don’t, well you won’t grow. I hate not being able to sit and admire peoples art. Now it’s a bunch of fluff followed by a couple seconds of the actual art and then it’s gone. I was on a roll with posting my art and I felt so motivated and now I feel so discouraged. It’s also affected how I make videos on my channel. It feels like I hit a wall, so I had to take a break. I am coming back in February, but it’s feeling like a lot of pressure to keep up with both IG and YT. I want to share my art, but I still want to grow on both. Anyway, thanks for sharing this video. I really appreciated your input on it.
Ooh totally get you, Nikkita. There's so much to keep up with all the time and then suddenly things change and you have to adapt all over again. I'm glad you've taken a break for yourself! In my experience growing on one platform helps to grow the other, because I have people on Instagram say they found me via RUclips and vice versa. Personally I try and have one 'main' platform (it used to be IG, now it's RUclips) that I focus on and I try and stick to a consistent schedule there, and then a secondary platform that has a really loose or relaxed schedule so there's waay less pressure with posting a lot there. Maybe a similar system will work for you, but I know you'll find your way 😊❤🌷
this is such an amazing idea! I am going to post a reel for this challenge!! i was suffering from this stress on posting consistently on IG and this is so inspiring!!! thank you for building such a supporting community
Aw this is so sweet! ❤❤❤
This message is so beautiful and uplifting. For me, feeling constant pressure to create usually just takes the joy out of it and makes me less creative. Then, if I push through and create anyways, usually I find the the creative work quite lacking.
Absolutely - creativity is a really hard thing to force!
Hi there! I just found you channel, and I watched most of your videos. I just wanted to say that your videos are so calm and informative! All of your illustrations are so adorable and well-made. As someone who has a passion of sharing my art, I try my best not to feel discouraged if my art doesn’t get noticed, but it does get a bit difficult when others are growing and I’m not^^”
Oh, Mimi, you're the best ❤ Thank you so much for this video 😊 It was very helpful ❤ I'm just really worried about starting to post my art work on Instagram. I have been planning to open my IG account for a couple of months now, but now I will definitely add it to my to do list❤😊
i love looking at all the art on instagram, can be great to find other artist but also def really hard to get seen in the crowd most days (thankfully i just post whatever i want since i dont use most of the time for marketing reasons)
Instagram is just a big pressure! They change the algorithm far too often and it's just a killer of small accounts/businesses. Everything Zuckerberg touches, is ruined!
I prefer Pinterest hands down!
Thanks for sharing this video 💕
Yes, we should see Instagram more like a platform to show what we do. For oneself and being able to make people happy with what we create.
Still it is always sad when you post something you personally really like and the creation was only seen by a few people due to the amgorithm and alike.
In the beginning I put a lot of energy into making posts and nice layouts but I never received much feedback from others so I lost the motivation to show my drawings and my paintings, you only get subscribers who never comment and never give a like, that made me feel only insecure about my art. It's frustrating and exhausting to have to be creative by command for IG even tho there are weeks you feel not inspired at all. The same happens with an online store IG I have ... it's very frustrating ... so after a year I decided not to invest more energy in Instagram and I don't post anymore.
That sounds so frustrating, Carla! I totally understand why you decided not to invest any more into Instagram, I'm glad you were able to recognise that it was frustrating rather than uplifting you. Did you find another platform that works better for you?
same, plus it takes me sometimes even days to finish one drawing, so i dont post anymore cause its not worth my time, its really sad...also IG is not made for artists at all
@@MimimooIllustration Thank you for your answer 🤓 I am thinking to test TikTok but I am not sure if it's the right platform to share my draws. RUclips makes me a bit afraid since I am really slow to film and editing... and I am camera shy 🤭😅
What a nice challenge!! I will participate, just last week I was looking through my old art and see what pieces I still like. I also realized that for almost a year my followers number is the same. It didn't grow at all. Granted, I've taken a 2 month break from the platform and also posted less and less because it became so disheartening to post and I feel like I'm just communicating through a bottle. Even when I posted every day and tried to invest more time and creative energy into the aesthetic of my posts, it just had less and less and less of an impact. And yeah, I know we are supposed to not care about the numbers, but that is how you get the hint that what you are doing has an effect/impact. When someone likes my posts, I feel like I reached to them, when they comment, I feel like what I tried to communicate through my art and my caption has some value or at least an interesting perspective, when someone shares my art I feel grateful because they took that time to further engage with my art and give me some encouragement. That's why I care about numbers, because I communicate through what I post there and when no one replies in any way, I feel invisible and socially awkward, especially since meeting people in person has become so difficult.
At the same time, the constant changes in how the platform works and the idea of "relevancy" I think it has made me bitter and insecure and I forgot how to have fun with the platform and what value I can provide to others.
Thank you so much for sharing your perspective so well! I totally understand what you mean about the numbers reflecting how you've impacted people, and it's really hard not to take it personally sometimes.
I was curious to see your art so I popped over to your channel and IG account and oh my goodness you have so much fantastic art to celebrate! Your watercolours are awesome and I'll definitely be following along on your accounts to see what you make next ❤🌷👏
@@MimimooIllustration Thank you very much!!! Especially for being so generous and encouraging and I hope you'll like what I make next ^_^
thanks for your video. yes its so important to see what i want myself to paint and draw and don't waste time to think about posts on social media and produce stuff that will get more engagement. likes doesn't mean that someone is successful. success is a long way not only a few posts with many likes.
🙌💙 I really love this challenge, gracias Mimi TY
Thank you for hosting the challenge and making such a beautiful video with it. I totally agree with what you are saying. It is not always easy to make new content, it takes a lot of time and get "outdated or without value" very soon. Therefore I found Instagram a great inspiration source but for building an engaged audience not so much. Just because you need to post every day/ few days a week. That's not always the way my creative brain works. It's not that regular as the Instagram algorithm wants it to be. All in all I keep doing what I do and keep posting things when I can and feel like posting. It may be going slower but it is working for me at this point in life.
Oh absolutely, it's so hard when the algorithm thinks we're all machines who can create every day for years 😅
"That art is mine, I made it and it has value to me whether Instagram thinks so or not." 👏🏼
I tell myself a version of this every day, like when i get 2 likes 😁 I ask myself, Self, are you doing this for the likes or to LEARN? And do YOU like it and did YOU enjoy making it? That's what keeps *me going 😄
YES I love that! Showing up with the attitude of learning and because you enjoy it is THE BEST 👏🎉❤
This is an amazing concept!! I never really thought about it, but you're entirely right about the lifespan of art. Excluding those occasional like-spammers, it doesn't really continue reaching. I think I'll join this!! (coughcough not to mention it totally aligns with a time I'm supposed to post but won't have the space draw for coughcoughcough)
Yeess that's why I love this challenge (and normalising reposting in general), because it allows you to stick to your posting schedule without necessarily having to create something new, while still giving some of your old art a second viewing!
@@MimimooIllustration I'm excited to choose which pieces to repost!! My favorite art is a bit new so I may end up posting both recent and older stuff X]. I like how it cam become a fun mix!
I needed to see this, I’m currently struggling. I think in the future January will just have to be my annual “vacation”. It’s such a busy month for me.
Just yesterday I was thinking about how unfair is that I created an account on Instagram just to follow artists that I like, but the algorithm keeps showing me everything but that in my feed!
Incredible 💜💜💜
I don't like that insta is giving reels more recognition instead of posts....
Great video! Ok, selfishly...where can I get your greeting cards??
I'm looking into selling my art on my own greeting cards once I find a good supplier, the ones I licensed are only available in Switzerland 😭
The days seem to fly by between posts for me, and when I wanted to post two days at a time, I find myself posting 4-5 days in between. I'm trying to focus on a fun project (Feefal's Funguary Challenge) and post daily but more so for myself, to hold myself accountable with creating pieces. I'm hoping to explore my style more with the challenge and find a few new artist friends along the way! :)
Love this! I did a similar thing in 2020 where I challenged myself to create daily (ish) as a fun project for myself to have some accountability and improve my art. I hope it goes really well for you - have fun with it!
Out of interest do you post the same time of day every time you post?
Also do you use #tbt throwback Thursday? That could help you revisit old work every week x
I usually post around the same time, but not exactly. A lot of my audience are international so I post between 8 and 9:30pm usually 😊
I stopped taking instagram seriously a long time ago, I post sometimes but honestly don’t expect much from it and don’t even look at the numbers anymore, but it’s good for looking at everyone else’s work😄 the thing is, it just doesn’t work for me and my art-making, apperantly no social media does. It’s like I’m an introvert even in the digital world, the constant interaction they demand of you is just exhausting…
So true there is definitely a constant need for interaction on social media! I think it's really cool that you know what works for you and what doesn't and that you can just use it in a way that suits you 👏
Instagram is taking back the chronological feature but that you can switch between features on how you want to see the content you want to see!
I would LOVE that!
Hello Mimi I'm an aspiring illustrator And character designer. Been trying to make decent money with my Passion for the 1.5 yr but it seems like i still can't figure out how to find my target audience... I would Very much appreciated It if you could give some tips or advice about that topic. Thank you very much . 🙏🏼♥️👍☺️
That's a good point, I'll definitely add it to my list of video ideas so I can make a video about target audiences 😊
Hi! Cute drawing, as always! ♥️
I've only got personal IG page and I have also thought about creating art Instagram page. But 👀 it's a loooot of work, especially, if you are starting today. As I was getting information about how the platform works, Instagram algorithm just didn't sound like a friendly place for small artists. The only thing I adore about IG is being able to participate in various drawing challenges.
Other than that RUclips is so much better. If we were also able to create drawing marathons on this platform as conveniently, that would be amazing 👀 Every social media platform has its pros as well as cons, although for me YT has least amount of cons. At least, that's how it feels like for me now.
You're so right that every platform has pros and cons, and yes Instagram can be a lot of work sometimes! The thing I love about RUclips is that content has so much longevity because it can be searched for and watched years later, which is kind of the opposite model to a platform like Instagram.
@@MimimooIllustration I agree! And also, maybe it's just me, but I feel like communication between the content-creator and the viewer can be a little bit deaper here? You can communicate with each other on IG too, but exchanging opinions and ideas on YT, even when it doesn't have any DM section, can give so much more to each side than on Instagram. Like, you are eating candies on Instagram, and on RUclips you can eat something that is extremely delicious and tremendously beneficial at the same time. I just cannot remember the word I want to use to express the feeling precisely 😄
IG was good once, now its more pressure 🤢
I’ve honestly just kind of avoided instagram. Put a few posts up very occasionally but not often and not always art related
Fair enough! Do you use other platforms or do you prefer not to post much of your art to social media?
@@MimimooIllustration Just started RUclips about 3 months ago. Feeling like I’ve stumbled my way through YT bootcamp and just starting to share some actual art now.
I like Instagram as a resource and platform, but I've came to hate it in technical sense. Over a span of few weeks I went through 3 separate accounts, that got blocked and unblocked for no clear reason. One of them got permanently deleted, because I've accidentally tried to re-submit a comment after notification or probably because I've broken some limits (I'm not even sure). Thankfully, no posts have gotten lost, but it still makes me nervous. As a new account I have to constantly remind myself not to like few posts in row, to not subscribe to more people and not to post anything while I'm new, lest I'll get blocked again 😂 I get that they do it for safety reasons, but it's kind of taunting...
Ugh that's so frustrating and scary! I'm not familiar with what the limits are, maybe I should familiarise myself with them more just in case!
@@MimimooIllustration I don't think, that you should be worried, since your account, thankfully, is already established and has a good following.
Limits are basically stating, how many accounts you can subscribe to, how many posts like and how many comments to leave per hour, based on how old your account is. On top of that it looks like Instagram sums up different kinds of activities in some mysterious way.
And it wouldn't be much of a problem, if the app had some sort of counters, which would show current limit of activities. But alas, it just shows something like "we are limiting certain kinds of activities for the sake of our users, please, try again later" and leaves you to wonder, what, exactly you should not do this time around, and for how long.
The most curious part is that I don't see a whole lot of people complaining about this, so it makes me wonder if I haven't take into account some kind of secret knowledge, obvious to everyone else. I never used Instagram before, so I would not be surprised. So, if you learn something, please, consider making a small video on what to do or not to do as an owner of a new Instagram account.
To be honest, I wouldn't even bother too much, but artists on Instagram have been a huge inspiration to me, even in this stressful situation. Thank you for being such a positive presence.♥️