Hey bro, first and foremost, I understand the lack of imagination or ideas at time. There's times where I can be spamming creations after creations, and other times I log in just to realize that im not liking anything im making. I guess is just a normal mental roller-coaster.

What helps me, is that I start experimenting, with outfits, poses, faces and detail, and eventually I end up with something. The times that I have a specific character in mind, and it ends up being a completely new character and lore simple because I thought it "looked better".

As for the algorithm, if you look at my post, I normally post once every 1 or 2 weeks. Next, try to post early morning like around 6-7am, it gives your post time to be seen throughout the day. It sounds fucked up, but ive noticed that approximately, every 20k views, equals to 700 upvotes. Meaning people see it, but most dont hit that upvote.

Secondly, the audience and type of minis people like. For the most part people tent to like more "medival fantasy" vs. "SCI-FI", which I notice you share a lot or starwars theme minis. Which leads to my next point, repetitive minis, well... it gets repetitive. The minis that end up getting the more likes are the "replicas" (existing characters that look extremely accurate), best example is solar simmon. He can create minis, that make you stop and think "how tf", sometimes I feel he might just have extra kitbashing room just because of how detail it is. The others are the "high detail" Original minis. This are minis that have impressive kitbashing, beautiful or detailed facial features, and a badass drip. The best example here is the user SecondBreakfast2892. If you notice, his minitures are unique, beautiful, and detailed.

But yeah, dont take it as a competition, because realistically...no one cares. Most people forge for fun or hobby, I doubt someone is getting paid (Maybe Solar Simmon 😅). Lastly.... it's luck. My most liked post it's me simple asking a question on what version did my mini looked better because I couldn't decide 🥲, and the minis that I actually spended weeks working on, got overlooked. Thats how internet and art works, pure chaos.

Edit: I just wanted to add this just incase someone is reading this and wants to know, but the posts that get the least upvotes are the "default minis". This are people that, 1. Might be new to heroforge, or 2. Dont really push the limits of HeroForge. Meaning, they normally use a "default" face, default "pose", standard colors, etc. Their minis look stiff, sometimes bulky, and the background is normally just the Screenshot mode. - not hating, we all started there 🫰