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One year of my Quark-x-Odo dA art group
It's been just over a year now since I created a fanart group on DeviantArt, so I wanted to give an update on how it's been going.
So one thing about trying to run an art group on dA is that, if you want to add other people's art to your galleries, you basically need to send a request for every piece of art every two weeks, because requests expire and become non-actionable after two weeks have passed... Not only that, but it seems like after some unknown longer amount of time, dA actually removes the expired request from an artist's notifications entirely, so a user may not even be aware that a group has asked in the past to add their art to its galleries. dA sends no email notifications for gallery add requests, so as you might expect, most people don't realize they have requests that need their attention and often have no ability to even follow up either. I'm... really not sure why dA makes you jump through so many hoops for what is essentially just free publicity/a fancy labeled hyperlink that doesn't actually affect the artist or original art in any way, but... well, that's just how dA is.
Anyway, so I've been resending these requests every two weeks, and sometimes people accept, occasionally someone rejects, most just don't respond either way. The result of this regular renewal of requests has been that gradually people add their art to our galleries. To give you an indication, this was our status after about 3 months of the group running:
Right now, having run for a full year, those numbers are: Total works: 134. Total artists: 69 (nice). Total pieces requested to be added: 328 (note: these numbers don't include rejected pieces). Response rate: 41%. By folder: Quodo: 46%. Quark: 44%. Odo: 35%. Ensemble: 39%. Fiction: n/a. Miscellaneous: 0%.
As you can see, the longer I keep these requests active, the more likely it is the artist will eventually respond accepting the request.
However, without going into too many unimportant details, dA has recently updated their groups functionality so that it is no longer practical for me to tell when someone has rejected an add request. So rather than risk pestering artists who might have rejected add requests, I think the best thing to do here is for me to just stop doing this thing where I renew requests. It's been a year anyway -- it's a good timeframe to decide that if an artist hasn't responded by now, they're probably not going to show up. So from now on, I will only send out a request to add a piece of art once, and if it expires, it expires.
It is a shame, though, as it means that I have much less ability to showcase older art that still exists on dA, especially since dA also removed the ability to have group favorite galleries (which are ALSO basically just fancy labeled hyperlinks, just ones that DON'T require artist permission for groups to curate art in galleries -- what's the difference, you ask, and why wouldn't you just keep the favorites functionality over the gallery functionality then? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯). But I guess this is fine -- the focus of this group will just have to pivot from trying to archive all the Quodo art that exists on dA to highlighting the art of artists who are at least somewhat active on the site. So far, I've been getting a decent amount of response to my requests to add newer art, so maybe in ten years' time, this group will actually function as an archive of older art! But for now, I will just focus on making it a place that encourages artists to make Quark/Odo art and provides them a place to showcase it.
On the plus side, the update to groups did make our front page snazzier and more customizable. Here's what our group page looks like now after I've fiddled with some of the options:
It's not bad, and I'm able to highlight important information easier. Also, I can actually randomize which art appears on the main page, which is something that just wasn't possible before! (Because... dA has always been kind of broken...)
As you can tell, the main thing missing from the page is a cover/banner image at the top. I would like to use that space to highlight either some fanart or screencaps from the show. If anyone has art they would be fine with me using (preferably in a darker color palette to match the general dark mode of the page), I would love to use it!
Anyway, happy 1st birthday to this community! Even though I feel like not many people really appreciate using DeviantArt as a fanart platform, this group has kind of been my baby for the past year, and I've been enjoying maintaining the galleries and regularly updating the group despite dA's efforts to thwart me at every turn. It's been nice having a little space I can putter around in. This dA group almost feels like having a Neocities page(?) but with simpler functionality and easier to use.
(Sometimes maintaining a Tumblr blog feels a bit to me like a rat race, like I collect all these shinies and then they're gone and I never see or think about them again, and you go away from the site too long and you've missed so many shinies, and I don't know why I'm doing this. But this dA group has felt more like having a little virtual house that I gradually decorate and add more things to each time I visit to make it feel a bit more welcoming, which is very satisfying. And maintaining a Dreamwidth comm feels a bit like editing a wiki: fairly easy to do, SO much writing involved, results in an incredibly organized set of resources afterward.)
#for reasons of brevity#I had to remove a lot of the more cursed details of dA's (lack of) functionality#deviantart#social media#complaining about deviantart on tumblr#quodo#anyway#please give me art to use for the header#or give me art to put in the galleries in general#I love putting art in galleries
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look that tumblr ad had nice colors and i wanted to do something w it but i couldn’t think of a proper Illustration to do it with. so here’s just a bunch of deltarune characters just standing there (last two are my little ideas of ut frisk being the strange someone and dr chara being the knight)
if you ship scc and/or kr/alsei go away
#kris has a chainmail skirt :] yes inspired by laios dungeon meshi. no i haven’t seen dungeon meshi#i have another drawing that i did before this just to see if it looked good but didn’t include it bc i figured I’d put in a drawing comp so#somewhere else instead of here Breaking the theme yknow#deltarune#scc#the art gallery#strange someone frisk#knight chara#i love color palettes which is a little funny bc i used to be really bad at them. like i used to edit the colors to be closer to the ‘ri#to the ‘right’ colors of the character i was drawing
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take the stage, roll the dice. what could go wrong? [ @gravitysketches @z3r0luvsu ]
#art#digital art#branzycraft fanart#branzypierce#branzy fanart#branzycraft#branzy#clownpierce fanart#clownpierce#clownzy#clown art#lifestealblr#lifesteal#lifesteal fanart#lifesteal smp#life steal#life steal fanart#life steal smp#kaboodle smp#content smp#circus#translate the standard galactic. i dare you#please i love putting random shit in standard galactic#it's always meaningful to the piece#this has been sitting in my gallery for a week#blame zero
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"Let him feel the pain that his mother felt and rot."
Listen, do I know that I'm supposed to want Odysseus freed? Yes, I do know this but also! She kinda ate with that.
#listen#you can't put Aphrodite in any piece of media and expect me to root against her#that's not how this works#I will simply go “yeah and he derseves it too”#I love Aphrodite more than anything and I felt the strong urge to design her after listening to God games#epic the musical#epic god games#epic aphrodite#aphrodite#greek mythology#greek myth art#greek mythology art#character design#epic the musical fanart#epic the musical fandom#outing myself as a greek mythology nerd and one who has been quietly listening to Epic the Musical for a while now#i just think I should be allowed to have a treat and design Aphrodite with the intent of her being beautiful and ready to throw hands#i am simply compelled to do so#digital art#fan art#mr. laveau's art gallery#artists on tumblr#artist of tumblr#art#cw: partial nudity#like not much but you're seeing skin
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Happy Halloween! ♡
Halloween with my two dcst loves!! I wanted cute matching Halloween costumes with both of them, and I'm absolutely in love with these~!
commission by kylilah! ๋࣭ ⭑ dividers by strangergraphics!
taglist~!
@kynibyou | @kits-ships | @self-ship-haven | @tothemoon-ships | @over--heaven
@dmclr | @espresso-ships | @kylilah | @sunflawyer
(click here to join!)
#my real costume today is from saw#I even have a big ol’ bear trap for it#I love this season sm!! I love how these turned out I’m OBSESSED#gen; gallery#stan; gallery#self ship art#self shipping art#self ship#f/o x s/i#and you know what#dr stone#gen asagiri#stanley snyder#<- putting in the main tag. bc no one can stop me
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— But it's almost midnight. — Oh, that's the point! At the stroke of twelve, he turns into Dracula. C'mon, Vicki – he won't bite.
pose ref.
#dark shadows 1966#victoria winters#roger collins#➤ roger collins & victoria winters. ┊ pain sometimes precedes pleasure,miss winters.#vamp roger au tbt#➤ roger collins. ┊ I and my ghosts want a drink.#➤ victoria winters. ┊ because she’s lost and lonely. because she looks in shadows.#➤ edits & art. ┊ the evans cottage art gallery.#art.#i always feel a little apprehensive about putting r/v things in the general tags bc i know that's not everyone's cup of tea but.#if r/v squicks you out and you don't have me blocked idk why lmakldfgfg. that's what we do here.#well! did you know that the moonflower is a highly poisonous and psychoactive flower that belongs to the nightshade family#and can cause respiratory depression arrhythmias fever delirium hallucinations psychosis and death if taken internally.#and they are night-blooming and pollinated by sphinx moths. much to think about.#scenes from the vamp roger au that i've been plotting with tortie and have only posted like one thing about but. anyway.#should be making violent love to you behind a palm tree etc. but the moonflowers in liz's greenhouse will have to do.#yeah yeah yeah we've all heard about his more famous triangular cousin but what about the real collins vampire huh.#who was here in 1966 draining years off another man's life. who spent ten years in a coffin (augusta) and came back wrong.#who knows nothing but a habitual; driving; consuming thirst.#who feeds on the youth and innocence of his governess – of his sister's hospitality – of the shelter of the collins blood.#who prefers; instead of living; to bury himself in the collins tomb.#who creates not biological sons but makes other men into monsters just like him.#also lou was really hot as a vampire for 0.5 seconds in hods.
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"My cat won't let me get anything done"
And then it's just a picture of Ganke sleeping on Miles's chest while he's struggling to use him as a table for his sketchbook.
^^^
#across the spiderverse#miles 42#prowler party#clawcode#ganke lee#miles morales#milesganke#prowler miles#slur gallery#doodles#traditional art#i like to think that Ganke is touch starved as FUCK and needs bf cuddles#constantly#hes an absoluuuuute sucker for being pet#hands in his hair? please.#kiss on his shoulder? god yes.#he cannot fall asleep unless he is besides Miles (he often waits for him at night when hes out as the Prowler totally because he loves him-#-and not because hes an insomiac#who drinks 8 energy drinks a day...#and stays up all night on his computer.....#Miles acts like he hates it but he really genuinely loves being needed#at lunch Miles is seen with Ganke behind him leaning over his shoulders and playing with his hair#theyre caught sleeping on a couch in the library and Miles is the little spoon#they hold hands everywhere they go and people stare because why the hell is this short angry gremlin being affectionate-#with this giant nerd that acts like hes a teddybear#sometimes they switch up and Miles is the one needing love#he spots Ganke sitting on a table and comes over#forces his way into the seat in front of Ganke and puts his head in his lap#and Ganke doesnt miss a beat and continues talking and everyones just like#...what the hell
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Andrew Wimble
The man who drew the soop
#Andrew Wimble#soop#soup#forbidden soup#I forced my friend to pose for this in class so that I could reference her#I dont like andrew very much#I like his soup art though#but you could put a photo of soup printed on printer paper in an art gallery and I would love it#I think I just like soup#anyways#did you know how much sugar is in one of those cans? too much#my art#pencil sketch#andy warhol
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if mareep jamie has one fan i am he if it has no fans i am dead
(hi @werefeathers)
#gateway gallery#pokemon#furry art#carter#can you tell i love your sona a lot#i made this blog just so that i have a proper place to put this#i kneel for the cross and stand for the flag (picture of tgirl tummy taped to both)
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where's that "I don't want to, I simply don't want to" wolf meme when I need it
#I have an art thingy to go to tomorrow (required) (for ceramics class) and I don't WANT to. it's a series of talks. SEVEN HOURS#I could be writing my fics... I could be doing homework... I could be ANYWHERE but there. I Don't Wanna. I Don't Wanna#theme of the conference thingy is beauty and everyone will be discussing their works for this like. beauty gallery they put up#I don't...... like. any of the works. in the gallery. they just don't resonate with me.#am I capable of manning up and changing my attitude and getting Something out of the day even if it's small? sure.#would I rather be doing something that MATTERS to me??? YES#I'm So So So tired of doing things that don't matter to me I want to be done with college I want to write my stories I want to get a job#I want to do the ceramics I WANT to do not just the assignments. I don't wanna work for a grade I wanna work for love#UGH
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Some people will say things like “did a quick practice sketch UwU” and then hand you some of the best artwork you’ve ever seen in your life.
#my best friend is like that#I love her#but sending me a sketch for the same thing I’m working on that looks a million times better is so frustrating#she’s a great artist#also talking about some artists here on tumblr#like guys#you may call that a ‘practice sketch’#I call it brilliant art that should be put in a gallery#art#this was triggered by a#bagginshield#sketch#the nerve of some people#<- meant fondly
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hey you may remember these posts from recent. these were originally just coincidental and separate unrelated drawings but i was asked this and resolved to find a third doll outfit for cap’n and afterward i was suggested this vinyl scratch figurine by gracebeth3604 and i liked it :] you may also remember that last linked post where i said i didn’t know where the skirt that i used for sweet’s outfit came from and well good and bad news I found out what it was. if you know you know I don’t want to go into in on a post like this. divorced from that context i think it’s fun that 2/3 of them turned out to have outfits from unicorn characters. and that I was sure it was a skirt like on a human shaped doll but it was in fact a dress and that’s how I drew it on them. anyway
if you ship scc go away from me please 👍
#the art gallery#deltarune#scc#i was originally going to put this on the ask but. I don’t like how tumblr asks put images in at a time#one at a time*#and also i don’t like how asks are so difficult to search for#so i just included a screenshot of the last hope that’s ok !#of the ask*#i love whn you typo ans it’s just a pre existing word so I changes the meaning of what you said 🩵lie
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We were learning about the dark ages last night and I was so excited I LOVE HISTORY I specifically love art history UGH I love it
#at the end of college here we have to do like a semester where you do one big final project#And then it’s put in a gallery#And if I stay#I wanna do like “art history in my modern life”#And the idea is to combine different periods of art history and like draw things I see in my life#Like my family and friends#Obvi this is in 4 years so I prob won’t rlly do it#But like imagine how cool it would be if it was a book that I bound and I did like letterboxing and like#Medieval dark age lettering and illustration#For one page#And then the next is a piece of canvas with a baroque inspired painting#IGH I love art history I love art
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A painting I did while studying the techniques of In the Garden Room by Joan Gillespie. It's not exact because I was studying, not copying. Anyways I really like how it came out and I would love to post more of my paintings here!
#Joan Gillespie#In the Garden Room#painting#painting study#arcylicpainting#college assignment#this has sparked a deep love for painting#i would like to put my art in a gallery someday
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Listen to my heart, can you hear it sing? Telling me to give you everything ~☆
commission from @/art.does.art on instagram!!
#I’m still sick and I am TIRED of it#i have such low energy <//3 i want to engage with people this is criminal#anyway. please enjoy one of my favorite commissions ever ♡#I love Stanley SO much#stan; sniper’s marionette#stan; gallery#self ship art#self shipping art#self ship#going to be bold and put this in the main tag —>#dr stone#stanley snyder
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while im ranting about rpg stuff
there are some dudes with a really cool rpg monster-design book who have absolutely botched their kickstarter and are scrambling to crawl over the finish line before the campaign time runs out
today it was like "Friday! That means blog post day!" like guys you have been making blog posts every single day desperately trying to scrabble together a few more supporters
i get those emails cause i supported it, it's a really cool project I'd like to see succeed, but man theyve really dropped the ball. one of the guys is an 80k youtuber and they thought that would just be enough i guess?
also theyre asking for 75,000 BIG ONES like guys i have seen fully illustrated book kickstarters before. yours is UNDER 100 PAGES. there are entire original rulebooks and box sets funding for a fraction of that right now. i kindaaaa think theyre trying to squeeze out a bit of pocket money on that baseline funding goal.
honestly yeah theyre reaaally gettin a bit overconfident askin $75k for a glorified 80pg tables book in the indie rpg scene, especially for a book that's already complete?? i fully support trying to earn back your sacrifices and turn a profir on a project you had to make for free before you could sell it, but....
$75k..? 84 pages..? already written and illustrated? in the tabletop homebrew market, the most frugal "build it yourself" audience in all of gaming? ...really?
#my book isnt the greatest comparison cause i didnt have to illustrate it but...#it's the same length and full color professional layout... for free#you understand youre asking $75k for an equivalent product... and both of ours are dwarfed by other full-scale projects out there#asking for <$20k... very often <$10k#with the same full scale original illustrations#idk man i just feel like youre askin comfy corporate costs for a personal passion project#if youre flyin solo you gotta tighten your belt man#again I'd love you to make $75k plus... but is it really a minimum price to ask for? you already made the book.#wouldnt focusing on just breaking even to start be better than setting a profitable minimum and possibly getting NOTHING back?#i kinda feel like maybe it's the artist trying to put a higher “per piece” value on his work.... but...... is this where you wanna do that?#idk man maybe it's a solid plan. “Yeah WoTC my rate is 50k for 10 full page illustrations so youre lookin at like at least 5k for a page.”#national art gallery atelier dudes dont even get that much per piece not a bad hustle
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