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BTS FIRE ↠ BauHaus posters

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✨ i’d love to play on a giant floating GameBoy ✨

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%100 true footage how i react

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watching the run mv is such.. a nostalgic feeling… it just has this beautiful effect on you that makes you long for something (a feeling?? a memory???) and you just see them having fun yet theres such a negative story behind it all and then it ends and butterly plays and u see all these bloopers where theyre just having fun nd laughing n its just.. its literally like watching a coming-of-age movie but its jst bangtan’s slow rise to success

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hope world

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KPOP 2012 Mashup - DJ Masa

2NE1 - I Love You Busker Busker - Cherry Blossom Ending A-JAX - 2MYX SISTAR - Alone C-Clown - SOLO Dalmatian - E.R. Teen Top - To You Big Bang - Bad Boy Ailee - Halo CN BLUE - Hey You After School - Flashback JJ Project - Bounce T-ara - Lovey Dovey PSY - Gangnam Style LEE HI - 1, 2, 3, 4 EXO-K - History Ga-in - Bloom NS Yoon Ji - Reason I Became a Witch ZE:A - Aftermath T-ara - Day by Day Ailee - I Will Show You XIA - Tarantallegra FIESTAR - Vista BEAST - Beautiful Night U-KISS - DORADORA Hyunah - Ice Cream EXID - I Feel Good BoA - Only One Big Bang - Monster INFINITE - The Chaser NU’EST - FACE Led Apple - Time’s Up B1A4 - Baby I’m Sorry Brave Girls - Nowadays You Dal Shabet - Hit U Super Junior - Sexy, Free and Single KARA - Pandora U-KISS - Stop Girl BtoB - Insane SHINee - Sherlock G.na - 2Hot f(x) - Electric Shock Big Bang - Fantastic Baby Wonder Girls - Like This B.A.P - Warrior Orange Caramel - Lipstick TVXQ - Humanoids TaeTiSeo - Twinkle G-Dragon - Crayon BtoB - Wow Hello Venus - Venus Block B - Nalina MissA - Touch A Pink - Hush VIXX - Rock Your Body Epik High - Don’t Hate Me EXO-K - MAMA D-UNIT - Luv Me Block B - Nilili Mambo

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Scammer Targeting Tumblr Artists

The title says it all really. So if nothing else, please share and reblog this post to raise awareness for those that might be caught out - both artists and followers. For a TL:DR, please look at the bottom of the post

What is happening?

Right now, there is at least one person actively impersonating multiple artists across tumblr in an effort to scam their followers into paying for fake ‘cheap commissions’. The scammer will clone a tumblr, usually using a slight change to the url/account name to look like the real deal. They will then message people directly through Tumblr with messages along the lines of “Hey, i’m doing cheap commissions right now. DM me to get one”. Naturally, this is ends up just being a way to take their money without giving anything back in return.

Who does this affect?

Everyone. Simple as that. As long as the scammer in question works unopposed, they are free to spread their influence and continue to scam more people. Even if you haven’t been targeted yet, it does not mean you are safe or immune. Several artists have already fallen victim to this scammer, and I encourage any artists that have to reblog this post with the details of their affected account(s) and the ones the scammer has set up.

How can we stop this?

Tumblr, like many other social media platforms, seems to care very little about ‘minor’ occurences like this one, and despite reaching out directly to them over a week ago through multiple avenues of contact - they have refused to comment on the situation, provide a recommended response for users, or take action on behalf of those already affected. Despite this, there are still tools at our disposal that we can use to make this scam more difficult, and to increase its visibility to those within Tumblr staff that are required by policy to take action. Tumblr has the following to say on the topic of impersonation: Confusion or Impersonation. Don’t do things that would cause confusion between you or your blog and a person or company, like registering a deliberately confusing URL. Don’t impersonate anyone. While you’re free to ridicule, parody, or marvel at the alien beauty of Benedict Cumberbatch, you can’t pretend to actually be Benedict Cumberbatch. They then provide a link to this online form that you can fill out if you suspect someone’s identity is being confused. Unfortunately, this can only be filled out if you are the victim of impersonation. In other words, only the artists can fill this out legitimately. So, what about the followers and users of tumblr whom aren’t being impersonated? Our most valuable tool in this online platform is the platform itself. It enables us to spread our word near-virally across all the many sub-communities on Tumblr with remarkable efficiency for a user-driven system. We can take advantage of that effect to increase awareness of the situation. Even if you - the one reading this right now - aren’t an artist or don’t know an artist, the act of reblogging this post or sharing it directly with friends improves it’s ‘ranking’ in popularity increasing its chances to be seen by more people. We don’t need everyone on Tumblr to see the post for it to be effective, just like we don’t need the entirety of the human population of the world to be immune to a disease for that disease to be rendered ineffective or eradicated. If enough people are aware, the likelihood of pulling off a successful scam increases dramatically reducing efficiency to a point that it no longer becomes profitable to continue.

Why should I care?

It disheartens me to say this, but of the many artists I contacted directly over the past week to warn about this issue many of them refused to listen or dodged the responsibility with lines like;

“I’m not being impersonated, so it doesn’t affect me”

“I’m just one person. I can’t make an impact”

“I need to take care of my community. Other people can look after theirs”

This is honestly disappointing that so many artists or art-rebloggers care so little as to intentionally wave the responsibility of keeping their followers and fellow artists safe from this, that they cannot spare 10 seconds of their time to share an informative post. I’m not here to bash artists, but it is time that everyone takes responsibility for their own communities, and of those around them. Artists: You have a responsibility to ensure that your followers and fans aren’t being abused by someone who may impersonate you. If they succeed, your reputation will be damaged, and your followers will resent you. Your followers are also almost guaranteed to be following other artists meaning your efforts can spread beyond your own circle of influence, so don’t be naive when you think you have little effect. Followers: You have just as much responsibility to be aware of those that might try to scam you or your fellow followers. Don’t just sit in silence when you see something wrong: Ignoring the issue only makes it more resilient to our efforts to stop it. You are the vocal majority if you just use your voices to be heard!

TL:DR

A scammer is impersonating artists and scamming money from their followers under the guise of 'cheap commissions’. If we ignore the issue, it will get worse. Every single person that reads this can afford to spend just 10 seconds to reblog and share this post. Those 10 seconds can save others from being scammed for hundreds of dollars. Reblog & Share

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a new print on my INPRNT

check it out :D

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it’s her birthday!!

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hairless superhero

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Remember me…

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Can you give some types when drawing androgynous characters? Mines always end up being too feminine or too masculine and I'm struggling with it. Thank you!

Ignoring the wall of text about Rocket!Blanche, what you gotta remember are the general conventions for coding someone as masculine/feminine, and then basically ignore/combine em. Make em confusing?

For example, I know that one of the things that trip people up with Noire are their pigtails (generally a female hairstyle), but like Blanche, they have pretty wide shoulders (male) combined with a narrow waist (female). 

This isn’t limited to appearances, body language and speech also play a part in it (if you’re writing/drawing comics). For example, men tend to sit with their legs spread. Women tend to use more language qualifiers (’It went really well’ vs ‘It went well’). There’s a lot of these little things you can use.

I don’t even have the male/female thing in mind when I draw the twins, they’re just being inordinately obsessed with Eevees…there I guess. I think that’s one thing that helps the most for me, because if you think a character is male, he will most likely end up looking male. Unless you wanted to draw a dude who is androgynous.

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There’s NOTHING wrong with still living with your parent(s). Whether you’re in school, dropped out or graduated. Please take your time, especially if you’re not being pressured to move out. This is your time to really build a solid plan, save money and be sure you won’t have to return once you’re ready to move out. Do not let anyone pressure you because you’re in your 20s and still at home. It’s no joke out here. Believe me. Take your time baby.

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Animal Crossing sticker sheets are now up in my store! (http://ieafy.bigcartel.com/ ) Thank you for your support!  ♥♥

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