you know what was my first brake trough on steemit? giving my art for free in digital format, this attracted some attention, than I started participating in all the contests I could find , and got way more attention and than slothicorn (the best art community) and after I created my own community project @ccommons.art it's all about sharing art for free with creative commons license
and at first the response is scares but if you engage in communities you will find a lot of sport