Thank you, it always makes me happy to know that my stuff inspires others. c':
I remember a few years ago, I would have many views and comments, but now it's like almost all of my watcher have died. XD I have over 500 watchers but my deviations have only 40 views. I guess they only like my sonic fanart. It's a given that fan art will get more attention than original art, so maybe it's not that surprising. ><
It's not that I care about being popular or anything like that, but others' interest in my drawings is what motivates me to draw. If people don't like what I do, sometimes I wonder... why even bother drawing at all? (That's mainly just a rhetorical question; I would still draw even if I had 0 watchers, only less frequently since I would have no incentive to do it.)
So what you said does mean a lot to me.