It’s because we artists find people scary :S

Artists=scary…….I call Bullshit on that. and I an a example why. Oh wait….Popular artist……nevermind. Carry on with your day

*creepy staring*

People are scary. Just because you’re “popular” doesn’t mean we don’t have feelings. It takes courage to post pictures on this site, you never know if people will like it or not and we always worry that our art isn’t the best we can do. Artists are just like everyone else. We get scared to talk to other artists, we get worried that we’ll be forgotten if we have to take a break from art, we worry we’ll log in one day and see people stealing/tracing our art. Having a lot of followers is even worse, it’s like standing in front a crowd and they’re all there to look at what you’ve drawn. It is scary for artists and it is scary for followers to talk to each other, but if you just treat each other like normal people, you might just make a friend or two.

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Actually I think for many people, even more than the ‘scary artist’ issue, f there is an issue of clique-mentality. The idea that, “I probably shouldn’t try talking to [person A] because they’ve clearly already got so many friends—many of whom are accomplished artists themselves. How would I ever get into a group like that?”

Obviously you’re going to see people talk to/about their friends here on tumblr. That doesn’t mean they’re exclusive against making new friends. It just means…that…..they have friends…….In fact it’s really just proof that they can make more.

Don’t try to butt into inside jokes and whatnot, but also don’t be totally deterred from friendly interactions because of some misguided notion that people only want a certain number of friends.

You know, I used to feel exactly the same way as the OP. The art community seemed like a bunch of good friends on high who did art stuff together and didn’t want to talk to anyone. But as I’ve personally grown in popularity and met many of these people, I’ve found that it’s just not true. Sure there are some skype chats and a few close friends here and there, but there is no central “art community” or clique, or if there is I still haven’t found it. I suppose it’s possible that there used to be, but I really don’t think that such a supposedly tight-knit group would have dissolved so easily.

So I can see where OP is coming from, but there’s really nothing special from “up here.” It’s still up to you to go and make friends. The main difference is that there are a lot of people who want to be your friend but you can’t possibly get to know them all.