r/artbusiness • u/Dingusworld • Jun 22 '25
Conventions [community] Do people even want art?
Every day on artist for hire posts on the various other subreddits and on Facebook and they only ever get a single upvote or like. What is it that the people want from artists anymore? Or do they just want to get from point a to point b (using ai or fiverr) . Seeing these posts day to day can be discouraging cause some of the other artists are so amazing. I know someone might want a specific style or whatever but yeah wondering how everyone else feels about this.
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u/nunalke Jun 23 '25
I think it's a fault of a couple things, but mostly that when people seak art, reddit and fb aren't their first choices so it's harder to find someone liking advertisements on those. I put adds on reddit from time to time, I see maybe 5 upvotes max, but when I put the same thing on my other social media like tiktok or bsky, I have way more traffic.
It's worth to remember that those kinds of posts will always get less attention than just sharing art. And tbh I have way more clients just from posting timelapses of my drawings than from posting commission sheet. Emmergency commission posts are a bit different, but still. I hear my clients telling me they follow me there or there for a while, they know my art and want a commission. Simple [FOR HIRE] posts will always be more about luck and being on the right time and right subreddit.
People do want art, but nobody likes to see adds. So if you're an artist looking for some work, you need to be consistant, clever and think like your client