>few have ever come out
There are two types of fan projects. The ones motivated by fame, attention, even money. And the other projects, the projects made by someone who really really just wanted to bring their ideas to life, regardless of the reward, if any, being received. The rare passion project.
Everyone's seen the thread about an anon with some grand vision, the "idea guy", that talks about how they'll do something great for the board. And what happens to these threads? They ALWAYS die off, without fail, and rightfully so. The Great Anonymous fails once again to produce anything of value, a person filtered by their own lack of passion, exposed for what they always were by the time the thread 404s: an attention whore looking for (You)s.
Real artists don't care about views. They "just create", regardless of how popular they get. Real artists don't need validation from anonymous posters. Real artists have quite a few creative projects that could easily get a dozen replies on this dead board, projects that only they and maybe a few of their close friends know about. They don't care about shilling their work to the nth degree, because they're far too busy creating.
Many project threads you see on this board, are devoid of passion. Perhaps there are a few outliers, but most of them lack passion. Why is that? If it was a passion project, you wouldn't need to make a whole thread about it. Because the more people talk about what they're going to do, the less likely it is that they're going to do it. Why brag about something you haven't done when you could be doing it instead? The Mare Fair opening animations? Artists didn't make a thread to farm (You)s, they just did it, and showed them at the con. That is passion. Telling everyone you're going to make the greatest thing ever and that you should be showered with replies is the opposite of passion.
That dream project you want to create? Go do it instead of telling everyone that you're going to. Don't come here.