#aritst

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

heard someone say archive of our own should install a "dislike" button and I thought I should say this: no, there's absolutely no need for archive of our own to install a "dislike" button.

why? because archive of our own isn't tiktok or youtube or twitter/x where users can monetize their content. archive of our own is a nonprofit site run by fans for fans, which means every content — every fanfic — you see on archive of our own was made out of pure love and passion from the artists/authors.

ao3 authors write because writing about these characters is their happiness and passion. they write for themselves, but they were generous enough to share with you their creations.

they're not "content creators" the way tiktokers or youtubers or instagram models are. they don't "make content" for views and engagements that can be monetized.

so no, you don't get to "grade their works" unless they specifically and directly ask you to.

you don't get to "say what you dislike about their works" unless they specifically and directly ask you to.

you don't get to "dislike" works that are not made specifically to please you in the first place. you're just a guest in someone's house, a house in which they let you in because they were kind, you don't get to roam around their house and say what you dislike about their furniture. you don't get to roam around their house and say you "dislike their house".

of course, you can have your opinion about the house its host invites you in. but if it's a negative one and you find yourself not liking the house, the polite things for you to do is excuse yourself and leave without telling them you dislike their house.

and just because you personally dislike the house doesn't mean the house is "ugly" either. the house you dislike could be a favorite, most luxurious place to many others.

my point is, don't be entitled by wanting the rights to voice your disapproval of things that you get to enjoy for free. don't be entitled by wanting the rights to voice your disapproval of things that were made out of love and passion — things the artists made for themselves for fun.

it makes you look like an entitled jerk with main character syndrome. the universe does not revolve around you.

now repeat after me: don't like don't read. no one forces you to continue reading a fic you don't like. quietly leave instead of being rude to authors who write for free because writing is their source of comfort.

people are so used to contents that were made because it's a trend / contents like tiktok that were made with the main purpose of reaching high engagement and making profits that they forget sometimes things can be made out of love and be made just for fun. sometimes things are supposed to just be for people to enjoy, and if some people don't enjoy them, then they can simply leave without being unnecessary unkind.

[sn0zart]

[drgnbeauty]

hey! i'm opening pixel art comms today because ive been struggling a ton financially lately. right now i've got 4 slots open, $75 for a halfbody icon like this. leave a reply here or message me to claim a slot! (they'll be first come first served for now)

[calloff57]

[the-starry-artist]

I have Rodimus on my desk they bundled up in a small cloth with little items ive gotten over the years

[hazel-islivingtrash]

Steamy romance 🫣

Meant to post this days ago but I keep forgetting lol

[opalcider]

My thumbnail sketches vs the completed thing is actually crazy lol. Also here is my little destructive helper

[buttfishfan]

hiyaa some drawings since i havent posted those in a long while

still redesigning my old tf2 oc, drew medics wife becuase im madly in love w her, and did a quick drawing of my spidersonaaaaa I love drawing at 2 am on a school night 👅👅👅

[marylizabetha]

🌺🌼🌸I'm Mary Liz!🌸🌼🌺

Do you need an editor/social media manager? I'm your girl!!!

I model sometimes @marylizabethamodels

I make a lot of art (mostly sapphic 😏) @marylizabethaart

I'm working on a sapphic graphic novel @oria-eska-misfits

I make the funny tiktok

I make travel vlogs

And culture vlogs

I like to voice act

And I'm OBSESSED with RWBY

RWBY TikTok marylizabethaRWBY

My RWBY Videos Tag

I also mod @rebootdelight @smmrofrwby and co-mod @letsgethaunted

[orizukuin]

: Guys, Kwer ain't "Kwer-ing"

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[glacia-art]

She can see multiple timelines, travel through universes and create her own servants with magic. She is one of the most powerful beings in the world of my OCs.

But living alone in that cave is messing with her head...

Reflexia!

(That triangle thing in her hand is just the thing she wears in her hair usually)

[pluto-nevermore-enthusiast]

why do drawings made at 4:30am on a 12 hour drive to arizona hit different

[tuxpaint]

[rocswell]

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[hallowcryptidstudio]

I wasn't sorry when I started doing these sketch and I'm still not sorry XD

Sometimes its really hard, if I have other projects going on, for me to just draw for the sake of drawing.

I always feel guilting that I'm dedicating my time to something that's not "serious" and that leads to a lot of guilt... that I shouldn't have.

Anyways!

This is Sol!

She is a character in a on going comic I've been working on and, while I would love to take credit for her... she actually belongs to my partner.

I love this character... so much! She's just so petty and bad ass and UGH!

[sunfox1]

This is sooo relatable.