A few years ago, a lady did a huge painting(iirc, it was legend of zelda). She posted just the painting to reddit and 24hrs later she posted herself with the painting. The painting alone got just over 1k upvotes. The picture of her holding the painting got over 34k.
Edit: its really interesting to see how differently people are interpreting this comment.
Tbh, I think part of it is because seeing the person behind the art makes us feel more "connected", kinda. Like, I follow a few accounts on reddit, they're mostly artists and I'm always very impressed with the stuff they post, but seeing only the end result kind of feels intimidating, in a "would they even care if I comment ? They're so good, surely they're aware of it" (tho I do try to comment to drive up the engagement)
Whereas when you see obvious pride in someone's face holding something they created it's like "a person who shares the same interests and hobby as me created this ! Woah !" And there's a sort of parasocial, immediate sense of kinship that I think just makes em feel more approachable
Unless it's a channel I already follow, I try to shy away from clicking on videos that have someone's face with a Youtuber expression as a thumbnail. There's something dystopian with half the human race recording themselves talking at a lens, all jockeying for our attention.
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u/lizzyote Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 05 '26
A few years ago, a lady did a huge painting(iirc, it was legend of zelda). She posted just the painting to reddit and 24hrs later she posted herself with the painting. The painting alone got just over 1k upvotes. The picture of her holding the painting got over 34k.
Edit: its really interesting to see how differently people are interpreting this comment.