webcomic people are pretty severely limited in their ability to advertise themselves so, you know, its extremely normal to try to get as many eyes as possible to see your work by alerting people to its existence
also, speaking personally here: if you are annoyed by artists promoting their own work, you are not the kind of audience I wish to cultivate and I’m not gonna pander to your idea of what’s appropriate from me
person: omg!!! give artists credit?!?!?!!!!!!!
same person: *rips an entire video from youtube and uploads it on tumblr with no credit instead of just posting the URL*
If you’re someone who wants to make original stuff for people to see, DO IT!!!
Your worth as an artist is not determined by the number of Tumblr notes you get. Followers are NOT a currency. Don’t worry about instant gratification, because you’re creating something only you can own for the rest of your life! It will take you longer to build up an audience around something that doesn’t have a pre-loaded fanbase. In fact it’ll probably take longer than you think, but you’ll have a much more satisfying artistic career.
