#a queue work art

[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.

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Albert Zimmermann (1808-1888) "Forest Road"

[salsayz]

nikaido 💕 can never get enough of her

[kuradex]

Paid request noivern!

buy stickers, commission a pokemon, or support me on kofi!

[sleepysebris]

✨🖤🦇🖤✨

I can now share the october art I contributed to the ML calendar project!

One of my goals this year was to participate in a fandom project (this is my first time! aside from secret art exchanges) so I was thrilled to be a part of this! And it’s been so lovely working with this team, thank you @mlcalendarproject for the opportunity!!

[darthteeth]

Crowdfunding yet again 🫠

hello I will try to be brief,my sister is disabled and recently she got horrible news from her doctor that her reflexes have gotten worse,which means she will one day probably become paralyzed unless something is done(also her chronic pain is pretty severe rn which is another bad sign).now they want her to do a bunch of exams + physical therapy+ maybe new medication??we are looking at a bill close to 800€ tho honestly I dont know what's going to happen.the first paragraph you see is nothing but blood work and allegedly we will be able to get those for free so that's a relief.But I'm convinced thats not going to be all I'm scared for what's going to happen to her,I'm scared she will need to have surgery.also long covid is still fucking with me so yeah I'm don't think I will ever find work at this point🫠but who knows maybe I will be fine one day.I'm going to ask for 1200€ just to be safe tho dont be surprised if the amount rises or drops because I again I don't know what to expect with this,the extra money is in case we do need to pay for extra exams,blood work or bills etc

Goodbye for now 15.feb.2024

[niftukkun]

what a kangaroo court

[izel-scribbles]

midas is king, and he holds me so tight / and turns me to gold in the sunlight

(click for hd // closeups + wip shots under the cut)

inspired by @mikonez and @potato-lord-but-not

[wasyago]

being dead is not an excuse to walk around with blood all over your face

[shhroomer]

Oh, help me God, this hellboy got me coming back for more

reblogs super appreciated !!! close-ups under the cut !

[bbq-potato-chip]

thinking about saiura

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911) "Psyché" (1833) Oil on panel Currently in a private collection

[venomgaia]

once again, I was possessed by a beast of some sort to make a sticker, this time of the rabbit variety! Get your own grown ass man who goes "Kuwaboo" here on redbubble!

[kuradex]

day 260 Swampert

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[kcamberart]

slowly working on populating the world with critters. the nice parts of the world, at least.

[they're not in the demo, since they're new, but rest assured there is a demo]

[alcoholicweiwuxian]

bestiessssss <3

click for better quality; tumblr eats lines