#bangs and challenges

[midnightsilver]

Tips for Spn Artists posting on Tumblr 😄👍🏻

I see a lot of new artists posting Spn art and it can be a struggle to get your art out there. Or you might be new to Tumblr and not sure how best to put yourself forward.

I post Spn art and do a lot of bangs when my health permits. And I have picked up some tips that I have found helpful for posting art tumblr 😄 so I thought I would share.

Please feel free to take any of these points or leave them as suits you!

✨Personalise your header and icon. Bots will often make posts with popular tags and stolen art, to try and gain followers before throwing out the spam links, but some clues the account is a bot is not having personalised headers and icons, not having a long history of posts (more than a few days), and not talking about their art or fandom. So make sure you don’t look like a bot 😄

✨Interact with accounts you enjoy. Like, comment and reblog your favourite accounts and they will likely return the favour and you will get more followers. The first way your post gets noticed is by your followers. Interacting isn’t always easy if one is an introvert or doesn’t have much time for social media, but do what you can where you can.

✨If don’t have many followers then the next best thing is to use tags more. People follow key tags to find new posts from blogs they are not aware of. I recommend using the ‘Spn fanart’ tag on all your art posts. Also be sure to include: common ship names, the character names, and key words like: cute, funny, angst, angel, wings, etc 👍🏻 😄 this will help people find your posts, so be sure to tag consistently!

✨Make a personal art tag, it could be ‘your name art’ or something as wacky as you like. But tag all your art with it! If someone sees your art post out in the Spn fanart tags and they like it, they can click your art tag to see the rest of your art posts.

✨Don’t include links to outside webpages unless absolutely necessary. If you are posting for a bang, reblog the bang master post for the story which has the links to ao3, but then make your own art post and only link to the tumblr master post. Tumblr often hides posts with links to outside webpages (so that the porn bots sending you to spam websites get minimised, but unfortunately this also minimises links to ao3 or shops 😔). Links to another post inside of tumblr are ok tho! So to keep your art post from being hidden from searches, only link back to the master tumblr post with the story info. If people want to read the story they can follow the ao3 link from there. But it’s better that they actually get to see your art (the ‘advert’ for the story) in the first place so that they know it exists!

Also keep this info in mind if you are linking to your shop or your other socials. Your direct followers will see your shop posts but because of the external links the post might be hidden from searches. Consider doing a mix of posts with direct shop links and ones that get the info out there but link back to a pinned tumblr post or bio post with the outside link.

✨Don’t crowd your art. Many people view tumblr on mobile so your pictures will look small. People can’t really see the details if you put 2 images side by side. Put one image on each line and consider making some cropped images to show close up details of your favourite bits. You need to catch people as they are quickly scrolling past, so be sure that you make it easy for them to see what you are offering.

✨And finally don’t be afraid to do reblogs. It isn’t rude to reblog your own work, it’s helpful. Dashboards can get very busy and even if people follow you, your post might be burried a long way down if they don’t get back online multiple times a day. Reblogs will give them a chance to see what they missed. As long as you are not posting on the hour every hour, most people appreciate 2 or 3 reblogs at different times to save them having to scrolled back for days! 😄 and don’t forget that tumblr is multinational. Time zone reblogs can be helpful.

✨oh I forgot one more thing! Don’t put yourself down! No piece of art is perfect! Ever! But Michelangelo doesn’t start off by apologising that the statue of David is out of proportion. And neither should you! Let your work shine where it shines and don’t bury it in put-downs before you even give others the chance to enjoy its triumphs! You deserve better and so do they!

Those are the main points my friends. If you have any other helpful tips that you want to share, feel free to reblog this and add on points. We were all new to this hellsite (affectionate) at some point. And life is already hard for us struggling artists so whatever we can do to help each other is a good thing 💛

Stay awesome my friends, and happy Arting 🙌🏼😄

[gabrielbigbang]

Moving Spaces

Hello Everyone!!! Welcome back to the madness! Due to some unforeseen circumstances, we're having to move blogs. One of our admins has been radio silent and has the admin controls so we're moving over to @gbb2024 for our newest adventure! Please join us and stay on the lookout for a new bang coming soon!

[yudol-skorbi]

my worldstate is pretty fun

[hinamie]

alongside someone like you

[signanothername]

One rule: survive

[skzandkpop]

°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･°❀⋆SKZ challenge ࿔*:･°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･

Day 9: Fav pic of 3Racha (can't post just one pic, this is the best trio)

[chrisbangz]

BANG CHAN ✦ BUZZFEED — The Kitten Interview

[wheatcak3]

"Ghosting Along" by TourettesDog

Paxopalotls's super awesome arts:

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

My arts:

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

A spooky cat! Hehehe my third and final piece for this year's Invisobang 😤✨ This event was such a blast and I cannot wait to do it again next year!

Once again thank you to my writer and artist partners @tourettesdog and @paxopalotls !! Y'all were so nice and chill fr fr!!! 🥹✨💖

[femslashbigbang]

HELLO ! It is finally time for sign ups for the Femslash Big Bang to Begin!!! We're finally back after a several year hiatus. :)

Please note this is for the YEAR challenge, monthly challenges will come up later :)

INFO:

Write 10k of fic or original writing OR create 2 pieces of art for the full challenge

Femslash ships to be the main pairing (others can be included as side/background)

Any fandom! Any Ship!

OCs, RPF + Crossovers all allowed

After signing up:

follow our blog for updates

Updates posted in the #ffbb2025 tag

Don’t forget to participate in the check-ins - these will be emailed to you / link posted in discord

read this how-to on posting fic for the final challenge

Schedule/Important Dates (full list version):

Sign-ups close on the 28th of February

Final Due Date for the Big Bang Challenge is August 30th, 2025

Monthly challenges (separate to the big bang) run from February to November (start on the 1st of the month, and end on the last day of the month).

Other links:

AO3 Collection (for past and future entries)

FAQ

We have a discord too! Links sent on request (send us an ask) or will be sent out after completing the sign up form

[SIGN UP HERE]

[christronomy]

thinking about chan with a fleshlight ??! you got it for him as a gag gift, cause he'd always come to you to tell you about how every time he tried to muster up the courage to hook up, it never worked out. he just couldn't bring himself to do it, never really understood what all the hype was about. "just get a fleshlight, then," you'd say mindlessly, and he'd always just laugh it off. but now you'd actually bought him one as a prank, ordered it online and had it shipped to his house, all wrapped up like a christmas present. it was all jokes at first, and he had it stored in his closet somewhere, completely forgetting about it for a long time. but he had to admit, the thought of actually using it had crossed his mind a few times. there was no harm in just trying it, right? sure, it might not feel like the real deal, but still ... he was curious. and stressed. and there was only one thing that he knew would really help him relieve said stress. so here he is, currently rolling his hips into the toy, just the tip for now. he moves slowly, tentatively, not wanting to bottom out all at once. it's a pretty tight squeeze around his already rock hard cock as he sinks it down a little more, since it's brand new, and he knows that if he moves too fast, he'll cum too soon. it takes a few more slow thrusts to get it to fit around him perfectly, and that first real thrust into it is like heaven. he was wrong about it not feeling like the real thing—in fact, it kinda feels better. but his only concern at this moment is: why is he thinking about you, his best friend, while fucking into this toy? the toy that you'd gotten for him as a joke? what would you think if you knew that it wasn't really much of a joke anymore? and what if you knew he's already cum inside of it several times in a row at the thought of you?

[darqx]

🎃🕸️ SPOOKY 🕸️🎃

I hadn't actually planned on doing anything Halloween related but then I just used it as an excuse to draw something and have fun with colours lol.

Colour palettes from color-meanings.com Inspo songs: [Trick or Treat], [Black Swing], [Sunglasses at Night]

[fsbc-librarian]

2025 Bucky Barnes Mini-Fic Boom

Got a bit of writer's block? Need another 27 words to meet your daily goals?

I'm looking for short fics & snippets (and I won't say no to a few drabbles either) - 25 to 100 words in length.

Any ship, any pairing, any POV, any genre!

Feel like being funny? Make me laugh! Feel like being angsty? Make me cry!

Upload your finished fics to the AO3 collection by the end of February and see your work compiled in a special FSBC Library category!

25-100 words in length

Must start with “Bucky Barnes”

Must end with “they all blew up.”

[thestarsmakemedream-art]

RANDOM WEEK / HOLIDAYS WITH THE WINCHESTERS || SPN ADVENT 2024

Basically for a year now one of my favourite fanfiction is a life in your shape by averysoftno. I can only gush about how fantastically it's written and how amazing the characters are and overall the building of the story. I never thought I will love the romance of air traffic controllers, but, well... here we are. And I can't recommend it enough to everyone. Really, read it.

As a christmas treat (for myself) I choose to draw one particular stolen moment of the boys during Bobby's christmas party. (With two small changes from the actual scene).

Thank you @purgaytorysupremacy for the beautiful story. It made my day every time you posted a new chapter, can't wait to read what happens next.

You can find here the fic, a life in your shape

spnadvent2024, letsdrawcastiel @letsdrawcastiel

[sashthesloth]

Shows up 2 days late with a kiss challenge featuring my video game OCs and their LIs

[runraerun]

**this is my second attempt uploading this because it glitched out the first time.

Behold: my submission for @harringrovemicroficandart’s November challenge: Moon!🌙