foxlorist

[foxlorist]

I thought I'd come on here and actually make a heartfelt post for you guys because at this rate, by the time the event starts, I'll have gained at least 20 more of you.

when I first started this account, it was more of a throwaway thing that I didn't expect to get more than 20 followers because I'd been enjoying taking requests in the official stellular discord server, and wondered if tumblr would enjoy them too. and you guys have, you've absolutely showered me with support and love for my work, even though I'm not the most active, and my graphics don't fit the 'standard' you typically find on editblr. it has been such a joy for you guys to request things that push me out of my comfort zone and challenge me in other areas too. I genuinely have so much love for you guys that I don't know how to fully express, and it's so amazing to have a community here I'm running out of words to express my gratitude but you guys are so appreciated and so loved and I can't wait to keep making more graphics for all of you

thank you all so so much for being here with me

[foxlorist]

Hihi!! Could I please request a shiny button thingy for apagender and pansexual? Thank you!! ^_^

pride IMVU shiny buttons

imvu shiny button pride flag ; 3 alt apagender / gender apathetic f2u w/ credits, like / reblog if using note: I already have a pansexual button here. again, please send the picture / link of the flag you want, I won't always do all the alt flags

[foxlorist]

hiii!!! i love ur graphics so much theyre adorable!! i just wanted to request candy apple cookie graphics!! <3 \(^o^)/

anon I was going to delete your request bc I know you haven't fully read my request info, but I was going to make a candy apple cookie graphic anyway so I'll do it . but only bc i was going to make one anyway

[foxlorist]

(agreeing with OP)

etiquette for using & crediting art

right, well, I'll get straight to it instead of messing about like in my other tutorials. editblr has a serious problem with people not crediting artists, we all know that, I don't need to talk much about it. but I figured instead of just making one of those posts, I'd make one explaining the etiquette for such things and how you can appropriately use fanart in your edits. oh, and also what could happen if you refuse to offer those credits

contents table:

stop letting them use your shit to train ai models

why credit is important, and what lack of credit could potentially do to your account

how to source your fanart

how to differentiate fanart from official art

how to find credits for art blatantly stolen and reuploaded to pinterest when all the caption says is "credit to the artist!"

knowing and understanding artist boundaries

how to give appropriate credit

alright, cool, let's talk about it

— stop letting them use your shit to train ai models

if you've been on tumblr for a bit, or have just gone through the general settings, you'll probably have noticed that in the visibility tab there's this not-so-fun setting automatically turned off:

yeah. that's fun, isn't it? since you're using fanart, and most artists don't support nor engage with ai, it's basic respect to opt out of such a thing.

settings -> visibility -> bottom option

— why credit is important, and what lack of credit could potentially do to your account

I feel I shouldn't necessarily have to explain why credit is important, but I will anyway. in the plainest terms, they made it, it's theirs, so credit them. it's a simple concept, no? hm, but I know that doesn't sound important to some people, so imagine if someone stole your edits and reuploaded them onto their own blog, but in the caption all it says is "idk who made this originally, sorry" or "credits to artist".. I bet you'd feel pretty pissed off about it, right? your hard work being stolen by someone you've never heard of, who didn't even bother putting in the effort to search for you.

another thing: credit is still important when they're a figurehead in the community you're editing for. yes, their artstyle may be familiar to you and the others in your fandom, but to an outsider it's just another piece of fanart that remains uncredited.

if you use art that doesn't belong to you, and the original artist finds it and doesn't want you using it, you could face a takedown. of course, most artists are kind and would send you a polite notice first, but there's always that chance they could send over a takedown request to your post and therefore your blog with zero warning. three of those, your blog gets deleted. they're incredibly easy to send off, and afaik tumblr gets to them pretty quickly.

oh, and also people typically don't look favourably on those who can't be bothered to credit artists, so you'll end up losing connections with other editors as well, if you care about that.

— how to source your fanart

stay away from pinterest. I cannot stress this enough, I understand that pinterest is by far one of the easiest platforms to find fantastic art on, but having proper credits is more important than the 5 minutes of time shaved off by stealing a reupload.

twitter, instagram, tumblr, pixiv, and deviantart are all good places to search. though, do make sure to check for ai on deviantart especially, it's like a rat infestation over there.

— how to differentiate fanart from official art

fandom wiki. I know, we all hate fandom wiki, but whether your media is popular or unpopular it's likely to have a fandom wiki dedicated to it, and people will archive all official art there. if you're unsure, cross-examine the potential fanart piece with the archive.

if you hate fandom wiki that badly, there's also archival accounts scattered across different platforms, so you can use those.

if the art is official, then for company-ran medias it's normally okay to just add "all art is official" or leave it uncredited; though that's also somewhat of a dick move. but for smaller things like web-comics and games that aren't hosted on any big site, and have no huge monetary support, it's nice to include the name of the artist and/or creator.

— how to find credits for art blatantly stolen and reuploaded to pinterest when all the caption says is "credit to the artist!"

reverse image search, that's my simplest answer. with chrome at least, it comes with a built-in reverse image searcher called google lens. it's normally highly efficient, so for most art pieces it'll pick up on the artist pretty quickly.

but what if it doesn't? what if it just links back to the original pinterest post instead? well, the weird thing about google lens in particular is that it initially retrieves one post it thinks it could originate from—probably the post with the most traffic going to it, but it then also features a "see exact matches" option underneath that first photo.

if you click it, it'll show you a whole lot more examples of the art being used.

normally, you can use that to figure out who made the art, since it'll show you similarly popular recorded instances. however, there are also times when even that fails to grab a source, and you're left only with confusing results. what do you do then?

well, you can either resort to clicking on random sites until you find a username, or you can give up and find a different piece of art to use. it's really just a process of rinse and repeat until you find something usable.

— knowing and understanding artist boundaries

artist boundaries are typically easy to see and simple to understand. they're normally just in the bios of the artists, which is super helpful. however, sometimes they're kept within links placed on the accounts instead. if you can't immediately see a list of boundaries, then instead start looking for (typically) a link to one of these sites:

carrd

rentry

strawpage

lit.link

skeb (though skeb can sometimes block itself if you have parental controls on, so be aware of this)

scour through them, and you should get an understanding.

right, and for artists who have bios in foreign languages; just translate it, it's not as if google translate or deepl are impossible to use. not knowing the language isn't an excuse anymore.

however, if they still don't have one available, you might have to start searching keywords on their accounts. of course, such things aren't really possible on da or instagram, but on tumblr and twitter, search up these keywords before giving up on an art piece:

credit

pfp / icon / profile picture

use

your art

on tumblr especially, most asks are tagged with something or other, so you can scroll through and check to see if there's anything there too.

and if there's still nothing.. well, just ask the artist about it. if you don't want to do that, then it's not a good idea to use it, and it's back to the drawing board for you.

— how to give appropriate credit

by including "art credit - (username)" in the description, ordinarily. however, you should note that most people who use rentry graphics don't care for art credits, and won't include them if they're using said graphics. so, that's why you put a watermark on it, so it's basically like forcing credit to be given. it doesn't have to be anything big or flashy, but it does need to be readable, so simple fonts work well.

oh, and ideally there should be a direct link back to the art piece, so if people want to use it also they don't have to scroll through someone's entire account trying to find it.

anyway, hope that helped somewhat. if it didn't, then pop into my askbox and I'll explain things further.

[foxlorist]

okay i did hit 100 followers but i did get followed by a proshipper so . we are back to 99

I think now is a good time to mention that proshippers should not interact with my page because if I check your account and see anything like that I'll freak

I still don't have prompts for the event, I think I'll try to get the event out by Sunday next week (Sunday 26th Jan) because I have a family birthday on the 23rd anyway

[foxlorist]

Rudi just wondering do you accept goodfaith labels for requests pride button requests?

hie anon ! i do !

unless it's a genuinely harmful label / flag, i don't mind doing any flags for the button !

[foxlorist]

THIS IS SO AWESOME WHAT

ugh..... graphic i made for our phillip graves fictive. kinda experimented here, but somehow threw it together in under 45 mins?? f2u as always, creds are appreciated. i will start working on the request i got now.

creds to @/munyon for all the art used

[foxlorist]

I'm aggressively tapping the sign, I know you guys aren't reading my requests info don't make me start deleting them

do I have to tap the sign guys

there is something in there that proves to me if you've read it. I will know if you haven't

[foxlorist]

learning for my driving theory test is so surreal to me . I applied for my provisional license yesterday and got everything accepted . I feel like I just grew up a little except I'm only one day older than I was yesterday

[foxlorist]

do I have to tap the sign guys

there is something in there that proves to me if you've read it. I will know if you haven't

[foxlorist]

go follow moot guys or i hit you with laser eyes

hi!! our name is viper, we go by he/they pronouns. we're 15 (soon to be 16 LOUD CHEERING), stupid, and basically new to editblr... we consider ourselves an amateur editor? kinda? even though its been like a year since we started editing...

we do graphics, layouts (discord+tumblr), and dividers. we may do rentrys and stuff in the future. pls don't kill us for not doing much❤️

find our white/blacklist, request guidelines, and dni here. we struggle a lot with motivation, so even though our requests are open, they (and posting in general) will be super on and off...

tags and some of our old work under the cut! also ignore the cutoff of the shadow on the graphic above..

ranging from newest to oldest. can you tell we like green... also no tumblr layout examples cuz we didnt start doing them till the other day. lets also not talk about how theres zero use of overlays i didnt fw ts until recently. 3rd-6th are nf2u.....

dont kill us, we're just tagging those we follow + our singular moot. dm/ask for removal👅

@selysie @captaincurlyy @infectedrpd @hrlyqueen @frilliette @foxlorist @bydollita @lavendergalactic

[foxlorist]

I wish I could show you guys the 3d modelling work I've been doing for my college course but if I post them here right now they'll probably come up in reverse image search when my work gets checked for plagiarism . so we must wait, but i will show off my work eventually

[foxlorist]

ABYSS MONARCH COOKIE GRAPHIC

requested by anon

f2u with credit, no recolours

reblogs appreciated, do not repost

[foxlorist]

Can we please get any sort of grahics for abyss monarch cookie? :0 Thank you so much

queued

[foxlorist]

Mimikyu and Eevee pngs pls

[foxlorist]

me when I keep tagging my posts wrong

[foxlorist]

Hello!! Your profile looks so silly, I love the theme. Can we be friends/mutuals? It's completely alright if not, you seem like a silly person/pos!! Bedankt voor het lezen!(Translation: Thanks for reading!/srs)

hieee ty ! I am a very silly guy and I'm not great at remembering to interact / being friends but we can be mutuals :3