[JimmyDimples]

More of a sigh and whine here, I'm afraid.  😐

I'm happy to write when I have time, and I know lots of folks like my stuff, but…

It seems like that the artists get a lot more of the praise and thumbs ups and web page hits and all.

I guess it might have to do with the fact that seeing a pic means instant gratification, while reading text takes some more work on the brain.

I'm not slamming those gifted with drawing, painting, CG-ing etc. at all… but do other writers feel frustrated a little with this, too?

[Fonk]

It's always going to work like that, though. A picture is instant, whereas a work of fiction takes time to get involved with. You look at a picture and go "Cool!" immediately. You can't do that with a story.

Sadly.

[AlexG]

Yes, especially so for those writing stories of quality and length – it requires a great deal of skull sweat on the part of the author to achieve a polished product.   😎

Now comes the BUT (no butt monkey, Laura  :wink:)

But, after many years of involvement in this genre, I've found that its a common failing, whether it is here – or on any number of other forums I've attended in the past or still attending in the present.  Such shouldn't come as a surprise, most if not the overwhelming vast majority of the patrons are male and males are visually driven in their interests.

(This wasn't always so, believe it or not, years ago there was a far higher percentage of females involved in the forums, including several that were inclined to post stories / artwork.  These days, I suspect most of them prefer to lurk in the shadows rather then being paged / messaged ad nauseam for role playing etal.)

The other factor you might want to take into consideration is personal attention spans – which I think has increasingly shortened in the last few years, more so then even five years ago when you could still find novella / novel length stories being posted by individuals such as myself, Silent One, Hi-Standard, Paul Bunyan or Jamie.  Pictures (of whatever strip and type) offer instant satisfaction, whereas a story requires patience and time to fully enjoy the flavor of its content.

Lastly, now here's a real twist for you to ponder, JD.  Over at Giantess.com, there's a thread commenting upon the fact that collages get far more feedback then do drawing or stories, so go figure.   😮

“I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”
~ Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens (1907)

[Rob Smith]

Over at Giantess.com, there's a thread commenting upon the fact that collages get far more feedback then do drawing or stories, so go figure.  😮

Huh.  That surprises me, since for me personally, collages do absolutely nothing for me.  I think the obvious cut-and-pasteness of most of them blows the illusion.  I've always loved drawings more than photographs (though the things people like Rowan and Morpheus do with putting text along an appropriately-chosen picture is a close second to drawings), though stories top both (which is perhaps why I like the photo+paragraph stuff).  Not surprisingly, I like FMG/GTS comics most of all 🙂

[AlexG]

That surprises me, since for me personally, collages do absolutely nothing for me.

No problem, to each his own.  Personally, I enjoy partaking from a wide range of expressions of the genre, from collages, manips, drawings and comics to that of stories.  (Crafting stories being my favorite.)   😎

I think the obvious cut-and-pasteness of most of them blows the illusion.

Of this I would agree with you, but only to the extent of poor-craftsmanship on the part of the collager in his/her selection of the source photographs to be used and how they airbrush them together.  I've seen many collages that have incredible illusionariness to them and engender plausibility for the suspension of disbelief on the part of the viewer.  These same critiques or the admiration factor can be applied to those individuals that create photo manips/morphs.  Some I've seen both that dreadful in construction and others that simply majestic to behold.   😀

I've always loved drawings more than photographs . . .

This is not uncommon, I think many do enjoy drawings more then photographic expressions of the genre.  Something that is especially true with the patrons over at the She-Hulk forum.   🙂

Lastly, as a collager of some modest talent (or so I've been told) but just as a suggestion, if you haven't already, you might want to check out some of these that I've posted here in the past.  Possibly, it might change you mind about them, at least on a limited basis.   😉

“I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”
~ Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens (1907)

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