#Monetizing a blog

[stuckinapril]

I love Tumblr because nothing matters here truly. There are no influencers. Having followers doesn’t mean anything. It’s just a site where people post their sporadic thoughts and rb pretty pictures. Anyone who thinks any of this matters is woefully missing the point

[nethervoice]

WHY MY LOVE FOR VOICE OVERS IS FADING

WHY MY LOVE FOR VOICE OVERS IS FADING

Yes, I’m finally going to say it out loud: “Doing voice overs makes me happy, but writing makes me happier.” I know it’s a weird thing to say for someone who makes a living talking into a microphone and who’s coaching others to do the same.  Allow me to explain. I proudly call myself an independent contractor, but as a voice over, I know I’ll always depend on others to give me work and send me…

[blueskittlesart]

already having a decent social media presence in art school is lowkey embarrassing my prof will ask me like "so what is your plan for this project" and im like well☝️i would like to post it online

[wis-art]

Not a big fan of capitalism

[aquietplacetostudy]

studying for exams at home // claude monet, “the magpie” (aka what i am daydreaming about)

[oddmawd]

IMO: people's willingness to endanger the entire fanfiction ecosystem for their own personal gain is a direct result of capitalism being a dick

first it makes us think of EVERYTHING in terms of economics, "productivity" and money, money, money

then it makes us desperate to make ends meet (#eattherich)

and then side-hustle culture convinces us that our hobbies are worthless unless they're monetized

so the math adds up and desperate people look at their empty pantries and then at their time-consuming hobbies that pay them nothing, and it's no fucking wonder they start asking "hey, can i perhaps make a buck off of that hobby to soothe the misery of this financial hellscape somewhat?"

and i get the impulse, truly i do, but the problem with fanfic is that YOU CAN'T DO THAT

fic is a labor of love and i'm sorry but it's not the answer to our monetary problems, because those problems will get a lot worse for you if you wind up fined into oblivion over copyright infringement

enough people start turning fanfic into a black market instead of a grey one and we'll get chased back underground and then your nice little side-hustle goes up in smoke along with the entire fanfiction community as a whole

allow me to remind us that capitalism is a goddamn liar, side-hustle culture is a trap, and:

you are allowed to have a hobby that isn't profitable

hobbies are not worthless if they don't generate cash flow

turning your hobby into a side hustle often saps the joy out of it

try finding joy through the act of creating, not through the money you might make doing it

good luck out there

[nestedneons]

A different way to monetize art online, please upvote my idea!

[xaliboo]

franz von stuck - lucifer, 1890

[fallauween]

Monet's autumn by *M.*

[collectionstilllife]

Claude Monet (French, 1840 - 1926) • Still Life with Mellon • 1872

[polish-art-tournament]

lmfao, a bot messaged me to say they love my artworks and would like to buy one

[thepaintedroom]

Claude Monet (French, 1840 - 1926 ) • Intérieur, Après dîner (An interior, after Dinner) • 1868-69 • National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

[roguestorm]

Okay, if I were writing a high school AU where the New Mutant + Gen X girls + Kitty and Rachel went to a private high school where they were required to do a sport, these are the sports they would each play:

Amara and Rahne run track. Amara does better on shorter sprints, while Rahne does better on middle-distance events. Amara is Rahne’s only friend on the track team, but she keeps dumping Rahne to hang out with Jenny’s clique of cool girls.

Dani, Rachel, Paige, and Jubilee are on the lacrosse team. I could’ve gone with basketball for this main team sport, but lacrosse is more aggressive (although girls’ lacrosse is a non-contact sport) and I thought that was suitable for a bunch of superheroes. Dani is team captain, of course, and is responsible for team building and strategy. Rachel is the star player whose arrogance and insistence on her own ability probably cost them a few games. Paige finds that lacrosse is a good way for her to channel her aggression, which she didn’t even really know she had. Jubilee is here only because she is required to play a sport. Her true love is parkour, which does not count as a sport in the eyes of the school.

Xuân is the school’s assistant librarian, and she has gotten roped into being the assistant lacrosse coach as well. This would be more fun for her if the head lacrosse coach were not Emma Frost.

Kitty does cheerleading. Stevie Hunter is the cheerleading coach.

Illyana and Monet are on the swim team. Illyana originally signed up for cheerleading to be with Kitty, but Stevie kicked her off the squad for picking fights and she had to join the swim team. Illyana and Monet are both suited for a sport that is a team sport but only kind of, and they get along well enough but never acknowledge each other’s existence outside of practices and meets.

[resplendentoutfit]

The painting: Claude Monet (French, 1848-1928) • Women in the Garden • 1866 • Musée d’Orsay, Paris

The Dress: Day Dress • American • 1862–64 • White cotton piqué with black soutache • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Painting: Claude Monet (French, 1848-1928) • Portrait of Madame Gaudibert • 1868

The outfit: French ensemble • 1865/67 • Gray silk faille with cashmere shawl from India • Usually worn over the shoulders or in the crook of the arms • Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting: Paul-Albert Bartholomé (French, 1848-1928) • In the Greenhouse • 1881 (the sitter is Bartholomé's wife)

The dress: Sewn from white cotton printed with purple stripes and dots, this summer gown was made by an unknown French seamstress around 1880.

These three paintings and their companion outfits were part of a large exhibition, Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February, 2013.

[askharpymonet]

(( She's far-sighted. ))

@askcoracaesar

[xoxodivalicious444]

Monet De Haan is my modern day Blair Waldorf <33