#THIS IS AWESOME!!!! thank you so much!

[unforth]

Gentle reminder that very little fandom labor is automated, because I think people forget that a lot.

That blog with a tagging system you love? A person curates those tags by hand.

That rec blog with a great organization scheme and pretty graphics? Someone designed and implemented that organization scheme and made those graphics.

That network that posts a cool variety of stuff? People track down all that variety and queue it by hand, and other people made all the individual pieces.

That post with umpteen links to helpful resources, and information about them? Someone gathered those links, researched the sources, wrote up the information about them.

That graphic about fandom statistics? Someone compiled those statistics, analyzed them, organized them, figured out a useful way to convey the information to others, and made the post.

That event that you think looks neat? Someone wrote the rules, created the blogs and Discords, designed the graphics, did their best to promo the event so it'd succeed.

None of this was done automatically. None of it just appears whole out of the internet ether.

I think everyone realizes that fic writing and fanart creation are work, and at least some folks have got it through their heads that gif creation and graphics and moodboards take effort, and meta is usually respected for the effort that goes into it, at least as far as I've seen, but I feel like a lot of people don't really get how much labor goes into curation, too.

If people are creating resources, curating content, organizing the creations of others, gathering information, and doing other fandom activities that aren't necessarily the direct action of creation, they're doing a lot of fandom labor, and it's often largely unrecognized.

Celebrate fan work!

To folks doing this kind of labor: I see you, and I thank you. You are the backbones of our fandoms and I love you.

[paper-mario-wiki]

Loved ur little mousey so much I drew her

LOOK AT THAT FACE!

she thought the torment was for one lifetime only, she's mad as hell!!

[tubbytarchia]

jimmy stream watcher here i havent watched most of this stream but he did run into glass. like a bird

amazing. I'm so proud of him

[heartorbit]

the star you've longed for

[jagalart]

hibiscus and plum

[waywardstation]

My two stickers I made for @cecilioque ‘s awesome sticker collab!!

➡️PREORDERS RELEASE MARCH 9TH AT 10AM PST!!⬅️

I was honored I got to make something for this collab alongside so many talented contributors!! Thank you so much for having me, and for putting this project together for all of us to get to participate in! It turned out fantastically and I’m amazed by everyone’s work!!

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CHECK OUT THE COLLABORATION BELOW!! (And check out the reusable sticker books as well if you haven’t gotten one for all your stickers yet!!)

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CHECK OUT THE ORIGINAL POST FOR MORE INFO ON UPCOMING PREORDERS!!

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[gojosattoru]

★ RYOMEN SUKUNA PHONE WALLPAPERS ★ -> requested by anon Hope you like it darling! Thank you for your request! Had loads of fun!! <33333~~ Hope they look good!! Sorry for being so late!

COMMISSIONS/KO-FI AND REQUESTS OPEN!!!

[sharkylass]

Okay, before I talk about au stuff-ART FIGHT HAS OFFICIALLY ENDED!!

This year I was super busy, and yet this has somehow turned out to me my most productive year on artfight to date with 24 total attacks (and I wanted to do more, but again, this month had me in a chokehold) SO HERE ARE MY CONTRIBUTIONS!

In order, credit for character designs goes to: First two are for @rose-petal123 next is @princess-self-shipping , @clawcakes , @sweetkiller690 , @camilieroart , @anixolt , @artilite, @krdrawsnext two are both for @kazehita @bleeding-fairy-helmet , Curb Animates (on youtube), @donniipao , @wonder-of-the-stars , @bluesgras , @feloplip , @princemonarchempress, @tfrost , @tealgoat , @sketchz42 , @saltyhibiscus And the last two are for @sharoo

(For some reason the tags aren't working, but if you're curious, I mentioned everyone in the notes in the same order!)

[juliavaccina-art]

Hi hi I just wanted to say that I love your art so much, it's so soft and adorable and homey and just looking at it makes me feel so happy even if I'm having a bad day. Keep up the good work and I hope you have an awesome day C:

A big 'Merci Beaucoup' from me and baby bilingual Rayman ^^

[nosnexus]

Commission for @dimension20stuff of Nikhil, Murdina, and Sestia from Battle for Beyond!

[maybmila]

AHHHH I LOVE YOUR LAMB DESIGN SO MUCH, THERE HAIR LOOKS SO SOFT LIKE A CLOUD. I WANT TO STYLE THERE HAIR WITH FLOWERS AND BEADS SO BADLY!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH IM GLAD THE FLUFFINESS SUFFICES !!!!! HERE YOU GO

[paintpanic]

Calculating probability of survival... It doesn't look good.

[turnipoddity]

Hello! I really love your art, so at one of the cosplay photo shoots, my friend and I repeated one of your art

thank you very much for your creativity!

OH MY GOOOOOD THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!!! I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS OH 😭❤️❤️❤️❤️ A HUGE HUGE HONOR THANK YOU SO SO MUCH I’M SO FLATTERED 😭❤️🌸✨✨

[arom-antix]

Me? Posting finished art? Ain't no way :O

No but @korruptbrekker reached out to me and asked if I was interested in doing a collab (go check out their piece here, I implore you), and you know I could not say no to such a wonderful artist asking lil ol me to do something fun like this. We ended up doing a swap @laugaheim and I came up with ages ago that I so sussinctly refer to as a moodboard-sketch-lineart-render swap. Rolls right off the tongue, right? Nah but it's exactly what it says. Make moodboards, swap and sketch from the other's, swap again and line the other's sketch, and then swap once again and finish the piece you sketched.

Very big thanks to Brekker for reaching out! This was so fun, I hope we can do something together again in the future!

[myballsitchaurghouchie]

ok fr ask though: Do the Lamb’s followers notice anything strange with the Lamb after the final battle with Narinder?

I feel like it’d be a MAJOR switch after seeing their leader being so devoted and all that

Right so in my Bygone AU the Lamb spared Narinder in the final battle and brought him back to the cult (although he stayed in a coma for a while).

When they got back, followers immediatly started worrying about the Lamb's weird behavior. The second they arrived on the cult ground, they started praying alone in the church incessantly.

Regular prayers, desperate pleas asking for forgiveness, regretting their choice to fight TOWW, blaming themselves for his current state, beating themselves over for doing something to traitorous to their god, hoping that prayers will bring him back to godhood, wishing they could undo what they've done and return to being a servant of the Red Crown. Stuff like that. They don't even know who they're praying to anymore.

No one else was allowed in the church while they prayed. No sermons were held anymore. The Lamb became even more distant than they usually were as a cult leader, though they still watched over the followers from afar. They talked very little (always mentionning some religious shit like "our lord's strength remains" as if to convince themselves they hadn't. like. nerfed the guy). Most of their time not spent praying is spent sitting beside Narinder's comatose ass and staring into the empty space like a freak, and later they went crussading to retreive Narinder's siblings.

Followers were obviously extremely concerned but they worked to make sure the cult (community) kept going as it was meant to, and continued trusting the Lamb because. well. they are their leader and savior. or something.

As for my God's Hunger AU, let's just say the Lamb helped themselves to some hunting upon return.

[shannonallaround]

I’m so grateful for artists and writers that don’t ship anything at all because while there are some ships I’m personally into, it means there is great art and stuff out there exploring cool character dynamics that I can enjoy without shipping tags being shoved in my face