I got a random idea while devouring my tacos this afternoon and started pondering over certain art related stuff. I can never be sure why people originally watched me, I won't even try guessing. But I will say that while most of my original stuff (with sprinkles here and there) mostly geared around the fantasy genre. With the way things have been going, I've been doing a lot of deviating from the usual fantasy material (at least for now!) in order to stretch my comfort zones a bit or to do general studying to better my work. However I had to wonder if viewers get put off by this type of sporadic artwork?

Certainly we all like a diverse pool of art to look at, hence why we fav or bookmark a wide variety of different artists webpages or art pieces. But when we've become very familiar with a particular artists work does it disinterest or distract viewers when the artist begins to shift their work to something else?

Most of the people I watch tend to remain fairly consistant in their work style, but it doesn't bother me at all if an artist has multiple styles / genres / or if they experiment a lot with their work either. It's actually really interesting to see something different and new especially if they work in the same theme a lot. Still, we are all different. And perhaps some of us do like artists to remain consistent in the work they do. Certainly if Luis Royo started doing abstract oils I think a lot of people might be disappointed.

So do people prefer artists they watch to remain the same or do they prefer someone who is diverse in their work? If an artist's work you followed for years suddenly started changing, would you be disappointed or upset over the change? Or would you be totally cool and supportive? What would cause you to stop watching a person (or visiting their websites this isn't just related to dA)?