>>5742733Have a consistent posting schedule. Post often. Draw for the hot new mainstream media. Sprinkle in OC content. YOU MUST SPRINKLE IN OC CONTENT. You need to build up a personal audience alongside your pander audience.
Eventually you'll reach a point where you can comfortably slow down the pander content and focus more towards your original content. This is about the time you could do some /e/ tier mild nsfw to keep people in. This should ideally be for your OC content and a few pander content. A large portion of your audience will genuinely enjoy your original content and you should convert some of them over. Since they're still buckled in for that pander content.
Also draw for other bigger named people and rising stars
Look out for Twitter threads you can use to advertise yourself
You will lose some numbers, that's just how it works. But don't panic. It's really not too hard. Just keep up that steady schedule. Maybe take a month to really grind some content out and create a backlog to throw into a queue.
Good luck OP. While the basics aren't too hard, luck is a huge part of it.
Also zoomers and zillenials both adore the art style you posted. I'm not completely sure why, but thet just do. It's that messy, loose, tegaki-like, weeb depressed style. They eat that shit up... But I'm guilty of it too. Love that shit.