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As a creator trying to get any recognition for my original I feel this so hard. I’m still new to this, but it is really frustrating when people gush over fan work I create and then ignore anything original I put out there as well.

It never fails to strike a nerve with me when people praise fanwork as this incredible alternative to mainstream media at the complete omission of original IP work by independent creators. I get that it’s easier to consume characters that you already have context for in this cultural climate, but c’mon, y’all. We can afford more hot takes about this.

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I always like money coming my way.

Reblog the 500,000 dollar written check from Seto Kaiba and money will come your way.

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I haven’t posted in a while, so here! Have a hellfish!

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if you are seeing this, you are going to prosper. you are experiencing a new part of your life where you will bloom into a better version of yourself and flourish. abundance is coming your way; love is coming your way; peace and clarity are coming your way. you have nothing to fear and even less to worry about. the darkness around you has been the soil and you are now getting ready to sprout. you are going to prosper

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Rabbits are cute.

Rabbits Rabbits Rabbits

Reblog this on the first of the month for good luck all month long!

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I’m always ordering the pink drink at Starbucks so I decided to draw what it’d look like as a person.

#sketchbook #watercolor #ink #fudepen #stillmanandbirnzeta #anime #girl #strawberry #pinkdrink #curlyhair #bust https://www.instagram.com/p/ByvCjeXgSWw/?igshid=93daitjzywrg

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Repost with tags!

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#art #artist #pen #inkedart #ink #illustration #illustrationartists #comics #comic #comicbooks #comicart #robot #robotart #monster #monsterart #robotmonster #spider #spiderart #robotspider #lady #robotlady #machine #monstermachine #scifi #scifiart #fantasy #fantasyart https://www.instagram.com/p/ByjU9VuhXhy/?igshid=1w2qzntxii634

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Here we go! New robo skull for everyone to enjoy! #art #artist #ink #robot #skull #skullartwork #illustration #illustrationartists #comics #cartoon #inkedart #blackandwhite https://www.instagram.com/p/ByRKTgxhlcd/?igshid=1vbnbb38611bp

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Reblog the 500,000 dollar written check from Seto Kaiba and money will come your way.

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Oh god, I listen to that little monster all the time and never believe I'm good enough. Ok, I'm gonna stop listening to it and actually do something.

Look, that thing you want to do? Stop being a weenie and just do it. 

Bottom images are from here.

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Merry Christmas! Here’s a festive monster girl that I did for my fiance. . . . . #drawing #christmas #watercolor #pentelbrushpen #monstergirl #anime #cirsteh #artistsoninstagram #christmas2018 #bells https://www.instagram.com/p/BryMKhehZ3N/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8bgk9akfriiu

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Pissed at how many online platforms are now censoring artists and policing depictions of nudity (erotic or otherwise), so in my frustration I doodled some pinup. Here’s some filthy ‘female-presenting nipples’

#sketches #pinup #stopsesta #fuckcensorship #cirsteh #zebrapen https://www.instagram.com/p/BrwN1N0hwCN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=j4r3vk4jfd9

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I needed this so much. Thank you.

I think that there’s some kind of mindset in a lot of creative communities (authors, artists, musicians) that your work needs to be groundbreaking and thought-provoking for it to matter. That in order for it to be considered worthy of its medium, it must have a greater purpose. 

And if you ask me, its bullshit. 

God, it puts so much stress on a creator to have to be important to someone else. I have seen so many people give up because their work isn’t making a statement, that it’s ‘fluff but no substance.’ As though there’s only room for so many people in a community of creators that only people with a point can get in. 

If it made someone laugh, it’s important. 

If it made someone smile, it’s important. 

If someone looks back on it fondly, even for a moment, it’s important. 

If you enjoyed making it, even if you never shared it, it’s important. 

Sing songs about your cat, draw pictures of lizards eating popsicles, and write a series of novels about time-traveling alpaca. 

The world is already full of super-important stuff. Write fluff. 

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Can’t hurt.