Blew my mind that most popular digital artists on ArtStation only post 10-15% of their actual work

I was looking through some top artists' profiles the other day and noticed how little they actually share. Like one guy I follow with 50k followers mentioned in a patreon post that he does roughly 200 finished pieces a year for client work but only puts maybe 20-30 on his public portfolio. That's crazy to me because I used to think they just had a ton of amazing stuff sitting around. Now I'm wondering if we're all doing it wrong by posting everything we finish. Do you guys hold back most of your work or just throw it all up there?

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casey2685d ago

Do you ever feel like you're oversharing by posting everything? I started holding back some of my personal stuff after I realized clients were only interested in the pieces I put real thought into. Honestly, it's kind of freeing to just show the stuff you're actually proud of.

ray5625d ago

@casey268 yeah I learned that lesson too. Posting every sketch and half-baked idea just clogs up the feed and makes the good stuff look average. People only care about the polished work that actually took time. It's way better to be selective and let the pieces breathe.

emma_lee225d ago

You're all missing the point though. posting everything is how you get better because you get feedback on the bad stuff too. if you only show polished pieces you never know what actually needs work plus followers like seeing the process and the ugly stages. its not like clients are gonna dig through 500 old sketches to judge you they look at the first page of your profile anyway. keeping stuff hidden just makes you look like you have less experience than you actually do lmao.