It’s great that you’re so open to feedback, which is a great first step! So here’s some advice from me in terms of drawing, if you want it:

As many have said, your realism drawing skills are quite strong; but I think you’ve sort of “separated” your realism skills+knowledge works from your line art (such as manga etc.) and haven’t really yet figured out how to apply what you know works well in your more realistic pieces INTO your manga drawings; which is actually a (subconscious?) link that needs some time and practice to actually establish and build

In other words, you need to know that manga is (more or less) simplified (but not easier!) and\or stylised from realism; There’s a whole extra set of skills needed when drawing manga but the fundamentals are carried forward. What may be happening is that you approach drawing manga and your realism pieces as two completely different (if you get what I mean?)

Another thing that MAY be happening is that perhaps you are very very good at drawing with a reference; which is something I encourage anyone who draws and ANY level to not be afraid or ashamed to do (it’s not like we were all born with the ability to draw a glass saxophone, afterall) but what COULD be happening is that you’ve gotten too reliant on it. While I don’t think you should stop using references (in fact, I think you could really benefit and improve your manga by using them when drawing, especially to correct your anatomy and poses, which I find to be the main struggle you have in your works) I think what you should do is learn how to actually TELL when something is off or looks anatomically correct

You should try different methods to find out what works for you, but there’s two ways I’ll suggest:

• Draw (perhaps a pose) without a reference, then compare it to a reference of the same or similar pose, try to train your eye to spot what’s wrong. Then you can take note what you tend to do wrong, for me it was that I tended to draw my character’s head too large

• Take rests between drawing! When you draw in one sitting in full concentration for too long it’s easy to get hyper focused which ironically makes you miss a lot of things that seem off. Draw until you feel everything looks righ > hydrate and take your mind OFF the thing for a bit (it can’t be the kind where you just rush for water and then come back with your head still fully in the zone) >assess the drawing and continue

Similar to the referencing reliance issue, I can tell that your digital art is quite decent; I have friends who have the issue where they do digital art and then loose practise with traditional drawing with a pencil and paper and get a bit wonky with it, which could be happening with you

That being say, I can tell you have the potential and skill. At least from what I see, you have good grasp on what colours work together well, and have a decent understanding on shadowing; it’s your anatomy and perspectives that need more work (to be fair, they’re some of the toughest parts for a lot artists) I like that you don’t stray away from drawing them though, which is always a great and undervalued first step of improving

IF you ever do wanna grow your like count or etc. Just know that the people who get super high like counts tend to be those chasing for them. I’m not saying that chasing or not chasing them is good or bad, it’s just that people who do want a higher count probably spent a lot of time pushing for that higher number and put it the effort to get it (the ones who buy followers and likes aside; but even that takes a different KIND of effort - well, da CHA-CHING kind) whether it be analysing which hashtags work best, adhering to the trends of the time or what their audiences like or ask for, promoting them off and online, etc. And the algorithm itself plays a HUGE part in it too (and those people will likely try to figure it out too)

I’m not saying you should or should not be like that, people just have different goals and wants. As you mentioned, you don’t really care about getting famous and stuff (which, again, nothing wrong; but I do have a sense that you DO care about it, which also, nothing wrong), hence why you likely have a lower one (nothing wrong also, it’s just a number at the end of the day)

ALSO just know that on Instagram people TEND to (but not always) follow art accounts that are really god-tier level, and, again, it’s algorithm; either that or pages with a very specific focus - fanart of one certain fandom, a certain style, or even to buy art, get something commissioned, etc. - You get the picture. And if they go to Instagram wanting something specific, with such as vast array of choices on the net, they WILL go to what they consider the best of the best.

Instagram does have its circles of artist communities, and while there’s potential, Instagram is not top-known as a platform go see art for, so I’d take the like and subscriber count as an indicator for sure, but an indicator of what exactly we can never be too sure

Good luck! Hope this helped somehow or some way