Tried posting a WIP sketch instead of a polished piece. Got way more engagement.

I always post finished digital paintings. Spent 12 hours on one last month. Clean lines, perfect shading, the whole thing. Got like 15 likes. Then I threw up a rough sketch from my tablet. Messy lines. No color. Took me 45 minutes. It got 200 likes and a bunch of comments asking about my process. People wanted to see the raw work. But then I tried it again with another rough piece and it flopped. Hardly any response. So which is it? Do people actually want rough work or was that first one a fluke? Has anyone else seen this backfire on them?

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ivan_mason8d ago

Same thing happened to me. Rough sketches hit, then crickets. Total fluke.

terryk288d agoProlific Poster

The "total fluke" thing really got me thinking, I used to think it was all skill but now I see it's not.