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I cannot express enough that if your reaction, as a hobby artist, to not getting that many notes on your art is to say "maybe I should just stop doing art altogether" you need to stop posting art to tumblr
not necessarily forever, not even for long, but just stop putting your art on here and start doing it for you again, remember why you enjoyed doing art in the first place and stop relying on the attention of faceless people on the internet for your enjoyment of your hard work
believe me, I get it, nothing crushes the artistic soul quite like labouring for hours on a piece only for it to get like 10 notes, so you need to find your own source of joy in the act of creation and a lot of the time that means making art and not showing it to anybody
#not art#listen#for real#this is not about any one person because i've seen posts about it from a bunch of people#you think i post everything here? buddy i dont even post half my stuff here#every drawing you see is preceded by five more just like it#that never see my cursor close to the save button#i have a sketchbook i draw in regularly that i do'nt show to a single goddam person#i make cutout art from gels i steal from work and stick them to my windows and do paintings in my living room just for me#because that it the only way you are ever going to be able to retain your original love of art#is by doing it for the sake of doing it#not for the sake of seeing how many people stop and stare#anyways i'm sorry if this sounds terse#but i'm so sick of seeing artists put all their self-esteem and happiness in the hands of a blogging website#stop selling yourself short by measuring your self worth by how many reblogs you get and what people say in the tags#your artistry and your happiness are worth more than that#if you're an artist for a living that's another story#but even then#even then#anyways sorry i'm done ranting
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I get that calling white lotus lbh a sticky little 'sheep' is a canon translation and stuck in the fandom now anyway, but I do feel the intended spirit of the original word wasn't the sheeple/dumb herd animal that's more common in the western world, but instead something actually conveying sweetness, innocence, purity and youth - lamb.
Famous for being utterly adorable and following around their mothers, gambolling in sunny meadows, curly white wool shining.
And NOW we can talk about black sheep/wolf in sheep's clothing metaphors.
#Picturing Sqq sweetly calling lbh a little lamb 🥺#Him calling lbh a sheep never felt quite right but LAMB???#And lbh following him around all bright and gangly and moon eyed ToT#Did you know the phrase originates from the wool of black sheep being much harder to dye and thus being undesirable in the wool industry?#That's why sheep are white and not like. Tan or brown or w/e like more natural colours.#But the black fur gene still pops up sometimes so you get white wool parents and siblings and a tiny black lamb trotting along#Who's wool you can never sell and who can't risk having offspring of their own#Also where the baa baa black sheep rhyme comes from! The wool was often sold at a very cheap price because it was so undesirable!#Ngl if someone called me their lamb idk what I'd do. Something desperate for sure#Theyre also sometimes a symbol for Jesus especially around Easter. So. That's a. Thing. That Sqq would most certainly read far too deep int#svsss#mxtx svsss#scum villain#luo binghe#luo bingge#luo bingmei#scum villain's self saving system#scum system#bingqiu#bingyuan#Idk but considering I'm talking about their pet names I'll count it#Gosh lbh calling Sqq shepherd in response... Crook around his neck metaphor I'll go wherever you lead us my guiding star mmm#Sleepy? Yes. Right? Also yes
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hong kong miku,,,
#hopping on the trend jumpscare i’m from hong kong surprise#i haven’t seen that many hk mikus around#lowkey chat i think i kinda ate with this one#however i will say i am coloring in the dark so if any colors look off that’s why#and also i haven’t opened this program in literal months i jumped straight into this no warmup no nothing#miku is what pulls me out of art block apparently i was locked in for 5 hours STRAIGHT#someone needs to teach me how to paint properly holy#not sure how i feel about the bottom left one but that was a quick one anyways#i am from hk originally but i haven’t been back in years so i have no idea about the culture other than food and mirror#OKAY let me explain the context#street food is a big thing in hk and quick and easy things like fish balls egg waffles and like siu mai and wonton noodles are popular#back then people really would just squat down on the side of the road or right in front of the shop to eat it and go#but i don’t think anyone does that anymore city life and all that#ohh i should have done instant noodles breakfasts god i loved those#if anyones from hk if you go to the causeway bay mtr station exit that leads up to the big road near sogo. do they still sell siu mai there#that shit was BANGER i remember asking for them all the time#a good majority of parents in hk would get their daughters ears pierced as a baby something about them not feeling as much pain idk#that’s just what i was told#i used the neon for her friendly standard greeting cause i wanted to incorporate the neon signs somehow without actually drawing a whole bg#lots of neon signs in hk. i heard they had to take them down cause of light pollution which is sad but understandable#everyone got their shoes from dr kong. at least when i was younger they did#boy band is self explanatory. i heard they’re really popular my mom listens to them#oh i had her messing with her shoes cause hk people move FAST. you stop for one second and you get shoved#so like a fun little allusion#gave her black roots just for fun. she is violating every school uniform code possible#this is all based off of my memory by the way so like. anyone who knows this better than i do hit me up#hatsune miku#miku from my culture#jellos scribbles#i haven’t tag yapped in so long welcome back my love i missed you
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ever since i made that one freddy and bonnie smoking weed post i have wanted ta make something specifically so i could put it on my laptop and 2day is the day my friends
YOU can also put it on ur laptop if yu want b/c its a sticker on redbubble :]
#spacie scribbles#fnaf#five nights at freddy's#fnaf movie#bonnie fnaf#five night's at freddy's movie#weed tw#fnaf bonnie#my plan was originally ta make em myself and sell em on kofi but errruuuh#money wise i cannae rn#ill prolly attempt ta do it in the future tho esp since on kofi i make more of a profit and!!#redbubble isnt so good for artists rn!!#but anyways#temporary place for stickers for the time being!!#for conveniences sake#i also remember that you guys said u wanted sun an moon stickers i just havent come up w/any designs yet#skjgnjdkfgd#anyways#enjoy this if you're interested
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so about that regressing saintess trope—
Cedric was sure he was making a fool out of himself in front of all of his Knights, but he couldn’t give up after coming so far.
“Your Grace,” his Knight Commander finally addressed him. “Is there a particular reason we are in this city?”
The Knight Commander had already served Cedric’s father. When his parents had died, the Knight Commander had cared for him as though Cedric were his own child. The Ashvain duchy’s reputation hit rock bottom when Cedric inherited it, and many of the servants could’ve left, but instead they stayed to support the child they now had to call their lord.
The least Cedric could do was insure they’d survive this time.
When he’d woken from his seizure, nearly ripped apart by his magic, he’d been granted the memories of a future undone, the continent ripped apart by monsters, their only saving Grace too weak to stand up against them as she was caught up in intrigues of the palace and her training stifled.
“There’s a woman here,” Cedric said. “Brown hair, brown eyes, plain looking. She sells cabbages.”
For half the price if my customer looked really poor, Your Grace! Ah, don’t tell His Highness I said that…
“A woman,” the Knight Commander repeated. “Your Grace, have you—“
“I do not have a lover,” Cedric cut him off. “I wish for you to make her your apprentice.”
The Knight Commander stared at him in disbelief. “Why?”
Because a year from now, they will proclaim her Saintess and the Temple and the Crown Prince will dress her in silk instead of armor.
But Cedric couldn’t say that without raising suspicion or seeming like mad man.
“Just trust me on this,” Cedric asked and took a look around the marketplace. All eyes were focused on them, and there, right in front of the temple, stood an unassuming woman with a stall full of vegetables, wearing a farmer’s garb and an apron.
If she would refuse to come with them, Cedric would damn well strip her himself and put her in armor. God’s most beloved daughter belonged in the battlefield and he’d drag her there himself if he had to.
#fic: help i’ve transmigrated#Isekai#transmigration#original fiction#FL: why are you hiring me as a knight. i sell cabbages. i don’t even know how to hold a sword#Cedric who has seen the world end: I Can Fix That#anyway saintess who regressed and contract married the duke?#nice but have you considered:#regressor Duke who is TERRIFIED bc NOBODY taught the holy monster vanquisher how to do her job#bc they were so busy doing court romance bullshit#Cedric is forcibly dragging this out of the rofan and into the action genre#and I guess he gets to fall in love too maybe
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This is one of my first embroidery projects that was completely designed by me! Going forward, I’ll be making mostly all my own designs and then stitching them once the sketch is complete.
I had a lot of fun with this one! It’s got a great blend of colors, stitches, lengths, and words to consider. Inspiration really did just hit me out of no where and I basically sketched this out on the fabric (I know, not ideal, but I now have a whole sketch book dedicated to becoming embroidery patterns).
This item is for sale, DM me if you are interested. The item is a completed embroidered piece. This is not a pattern.
This is an original design. Do not repost. Do not sell any finished embroidery piece(s) from this design.
#shenzi rambles#embroidery#dmc#original design#I’m trying to get a start on selling what I make and I do not know the best way to go about that#or how best to protect myself from getting scammed#but I guess here is better than no where#idk are you guys interested in seeing the other pieces I’ve made??
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btw etsy is doing this incredibly annoying thing that, unless i add tracking to my orders - Which I Do Not Have The Resources To Offer And It Would Increase Shipping Prices Considerably - they're gonna hold on to a third of the money i make from sales for an additional 45 days after :') just because i haven't been using my etsy shop for a while, so it's "suspicious" - even though i HAVE used it in the past and never received complaints about my orders. haha!! what a user friendly platform!!!!!
not to mention all the recommendations like "you know, if you offer free shipping you'll sell better :)" "1-3 days processing time is worse for sales than 1-2 days processing time, you should REALLY CONSIDER going for that one instead :)" "you should add videos of your wares, it'll sell better :)" when i just. i just wanna sell my little pieces of paper i have been drawing on. i just want a convenient and accessible storefront and sell things in a way that is convenient and accesible to me. is it really So Much to ask for
anyway does anyone know if ko-fi store is any better to use? switching to a different storefront may be a hassle but i'm not sure how long my tolerance for etsy's bullshit will last
#i can wait 45 days for my money it's FINE <- through gritted teeth#any advice/experiences welcome#i do not have the time or resources to allocate to Selling Art on Etsy so i need things to be very low threshold and managable#all the post offices are really far away and i don't have a printer#and truly. what do i have going for me if not 3 dollars international shipping.#sending 1 envelope of mail is very nice easy and good i can do that so fast and so well#also i have made a total of like. 2 sales this entire month#one of which was my discounted pixie#does a little twirl and a wink. would u like a piece of Unique Original Art......... Belonging To You...............................#i know everyone is probably a little strapped for cash this month i Understand
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me at my bookstore job to the 27th young adult straight edgy fantasy romance to come in this month
#full disclosure in case this blows up somehow because of booktok or something - IT'S NOT JUST BOOKTOK CRITICISM OR HET ROMANCE CRITICISM#this is me getting annoyed about the fact that the genre itself is oversaturated with too many of the same cookie cutter plot#girl in magic land meets guy and they hate each other but they don't really!!! but their love grows over the tides of the kingdom's war.....#<- THIS PLOT RIGHT HERE. I'VE SEEN FIVE SEPARATE AUTHORS DO THIS#and again - to clarify - it is NOT just booktok with this oversaturation issue#regular fiction is oversaturated with WW2/victorian era romance dramas - where the plot is good! but then A GUY SHOWS UP#AND THE WOMAN MUST MAKE A CHOICE..... TO SUPPORT HER CHILD OR LEAVE BEHIND HER OLD LIFE etc etc WE GET IT. FUCK.#and it's not just fiction too!!! the charts are oversaturated with crime novels in general right now#granted - most of them are good and try to be original - however there's just too many in the main chart#i won't list all of them to prevent drama - but in two past 'six new chart topper' deals - four were crime#and they haven't sold well. even bringing in popular authors didn't help them sell well#there needs to be a shake up. i don't want to be elitish or snobbish - PEOPLE CAN 100% WRITE WHAT THEY WANT#everyone's art is unique and beautiful because they did it#and they have the freedom to do so#but writers nowadays are falling too much into keeping with trends that it's actively tiring out consistent readers#write your fantasy novel - but lean into the worldbuilding. write your world war novel - but elaborate outside the characters.#write your fiction or crime - but try to vary up the beats of the plot to surprise readers more#stop trying to cater to what you l they want and what works - try and surprise them with something new and unexpected.#anyways rant over. i can talk about this for ages but i won't. but i could#spark talks about nothing of relevance#clip from the shadow the hedgehog rtfd 👍 thank you devil. from bible.
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There may be more faceclaims in Gaiden than you expect!
All prominent members of the Watase Family shown so far co-star with Motomiya and Yamaguchi in the Nihon Touitsu (Unification of Japan) franchise as members of Yamazaki Ichimon.
Nihon Touitsu is produced and written by Motomiya and was hugely influential in the making of Gaiden according to Yokoyama (notably, Shishido and Tsuruno were written as role- and personality-swaps of Motomiya and Yamaguchi's Nihon Touitsu characters), so check it out if you can!
#rgg#yakuza#like a dragon#like a dragon gaiden#nihon touitsu#unification of japan#kosei shishido#shishido kosei#yuki tsuruno#tsuruno yuki#original#by which i mean check it out when i sub it LMAO#i can in theory do up to ep 46. so. fingers crossed everything works out and i'm able to#dude i fucking love nihon touitsu (<- i have bad taste) PLEASE.#it's a tough sell because it's a series of (so far) 58 movies + it's horribly produced on every level at the start#(though tbf you only really “need to” watch up to ep 7. it was supposed to end there)#and the MUCH more accessible drama version is ironically impossible to find#i don't even care though if i had to sit and explain The Charm of the series for me i'd be here for ages#but for one. motomiya and yamaguchi have a beautiful friendship which the show mirrors 1:1 and that makes it such a great watch#them bitches are about to make me believe in soulmates i'm SO serious + every other shot is “redraw this with your otp” material#especialllyyyyyyy for superior-subordinate relationships like GIRL#and i mean it's. literally been queerbait since motomiya took the helm last year because before then they weren't Knowingly Like That#but the relationships are so much more sincere than you see in western media that it just hits different. these men love each other#in one way or another. and it doesn't truly matter which. in that sense it's very rgg#i just adore the entire cast and crew you can tell they're always giving it all they've got even if it turns out “bad” or “lame”#ok all of that aside everyone here is a v-cinema (jp direct-to-video action) regular#and with motomiya and yamaguchi being cast the original and neo four kings of v-cine have all appeared in rgg#i literally just need them to cast my king katsuya (the actor not naoki katsuya of yakuza 5 fame) and i can die happy honestly
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Hohohohohohohohoooooo!!! Items aquired.....
Now to make some more designs now that I know how the process goes... Entirely OC items for my own amusement though, of course.
#tit mousepad and daki on the menu absolutely. once i figure out which characters i find funny enough#bought from Vograce since it seemed so reasonably priced and timed i was curious. and yep these are fucking good. i will be returning#minimum order of 3 makes it perfect for if you wanna just make oc things for you and your friends#doodlebyte#purrgatorio#original character#oc art#ali alighieri#demon oc#in theory i'd be happy to sell some once i get around to my second order but LMAO ive never shipped product for real & my ocs do NOOOT#have an audience yet. so. yall might have to wait. or get real loud real fast#but yeah for now these 3 are mine even my friends dont get any. sorry guys these are my proofs to refer back to LOL#this is reminding me i need to get back to cliffzine tho. which i will. thatll be a digital purchase with a free html flipthru
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Explosions, amirite?
#kimetsu no yaiba#tanjiro kamado#nezuko kamado#demon slayer tanjiro#demon slayer nezuko#to my classic/goth lit mutuals: im taking a short break from goth lit pieces (not sketches just full pieces)#cause ive decided to try and dip my toe into the convention artist alley scene#to do this tho well i need prints and pieces to sell so i'll be busy makin that#but you best believe i'll be back the brainrot hasnt left yet i just have to put it on the backburner#i have zom 100 oshi no ko bungo and helsing next in the plans along with some ideas for maybe hades and original stuff 👍
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i saw the umpteenth post on twitter about how fanfiction isn't literature and i am SO MAD, like, it's not hard to judge a story by its quality
but no, god forbid, it's only literature if you sell it for money.
#fanfic#fanfiction#fanfics#ao3#writing#literature#just read a story and form an individual opinion#or do you need a price tag to tell you you're about to experience the mental journey of a lifetime?#we could write original fiction and gain from it but we choose to use our art for this because we love these characters#but fiction is fiction#all fiction is fiction#so many published books are actually terrible#and so many fics are masterpieces#look at that#it takes critical thinking through and i guess they don't really sell that one anywhere#🤷🏻♀️#rant post
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I will be looking at some fishies tomorrow O_O
#dude is giving up his hobby#which means the whole tank with the fish in it is about 200€ cheaper than what it would have cost originally#I am insane for this but#I TOLD him I am just coming over to LOOK (terrified he might sell them to someone else first)#like I'm mayyyyyyyyybe buying it if I end up confident enough#halp#wherethekiteflies#getting irl hobbies is great; getting too many costly time-consuming hobbies when you don't know how to afford rent next month is deranged#yeah hi it's me#update on reddie's life#I'm single what else am I going to do while I'm waiting to hear back from employers seriously
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Having stumbled into like. Mild success with a few fics that were waaay canon divergent and get them praised for the worldbuilding I did makes it all the more bleh that anything else I do outside of that fandom is still just. Crickets.
I wish I was one of those artists/writers who can grab people with their style or creative ideas so people will give their wild ideas a try even if its not something that's their usual pairing/fandom...
#shut up tc#it doesn't help that my interests are really fucking niche usually#but it's like. a few friends have been encouraging me to write original fiction#especially when I was getting all those comments raving about how much they loved my writing and worldbuilding#but how could I draw people in to read my original ideas when I can't even make them consider#trying something that's not their usual pairing#even if they are familiar with the fandom#had a chat with someone today who's really disappointed that I haven't made progress on my sv fics lately#and honestly same. I want to continue those stories but my inspo is not there atm#I knew they are big on fantasy rpgs like bg and da and they play ff so I tried to. you know. maybe tempt them towards those stories I have#and they were like wow these ideas are crazy. they are so out there. I don't think anyone can makes these good I'd rather not waste my time#which hurt a lot ngl. like. they are not any more weird than whatever I did with In Tune#or Wolf#so I tried it like. hey you know how I write. don't you trust that *I* can make these ideas interesting enough to at least give them a try?#apparently not. haha haaa#maybe I didn't try to sell it the right way but#if I can't even get someone who's a relatively close acquaintance read my shit then what chance would I have doing og fiction?
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I got this little fozzie wishable and it genuinely made cry. I have never cried because something was so sos cute but now i have. Hes sos smal and so tiny and hes sos light and its just like holding a kitten and theres subtle blushing on his cheekies and AAAAAA
I put him in one of the dice bags i made so i could keep him near my other muppet plushies i have on my bed without getting lost and. I tear up everytime i look at him im not used to this im not usually a crier every but ive been havin a rough time and hes so soft and so sweet and he knows nothin but existing happily and im so glad.
#/srs by the way#like i usually dont cry easily bc its uncomfortable#but he made me cry INSTANTLY#HE SO SOS SMALL AND SO SOS CUTE#AND HES JUST LITTLE AND HES SO HAPPY#NOT FOR ANY REASON IN PARTICULAR#AND HES SO LOVE AND HE LIKES HIS LIL POCKET AND HE SITS ON MY GONZO AND KERMIT PLUSHIES LAPS DURING THE DAY#the muppets#muppets#mime talks#fozzie#fozzie bear#disney wishables#<thats the line hes from#hes from a blindbox originally but i got my sweetie of ebay#jim henson#i will say i have never cried easier than i have on testosterone#i cry over babies in big ole snowsuits the same i do fozzie#the adorability overtakes me and turns on my eye faucet#ebay sellers who sell vintage muppet stuff at a reasonable price you have my fucking heart and soul
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Hi guys! I have some stuff to sell.
If you've been here for a while, you might remember that I had announced that I was going to start doing adopts, hosted an auction for one character design, and then didn't do anything else. It turns out that adopts are not for me.
However, I have three paintings (watercolors) of character designs that I now have no idea what to do with! So this is the 'closing sale' version of what I was trying to do earlier in the year - I cannot be bothered trying to move these the way I wanted nor make the kind of money I wanted off of them. I am not interested in keeping them forever just because I can't do what I want, though, so I'm selling them off again.
Here's how that will work:
You pay $30 for the painting plus postage, which should not end up being more than $15 at the absolute most, "or best offer" if multiple people want the same one (truth be told I find this unlikely)
I mail you your painting, so you get the original. you get to keep the character if you want but you're not obligated to do anything with it
i then post a nice picture of it on my art accounts, where people can say nice things about it or w/e
These are the three pieces up on offer: The first two are watercolor and ink, the last is just ink, and all three are on watercolor paper but the first had torn and while it's patched very neatly, I glued a second piece of paper to the back to support it and now it is very stiff. They're all about 8in x 11.5in.
Sorry there aren't any robots . But if you particularly like my fursona there's an unfinished anthro sketch of the dragon on the back of the painting that bears a resemblance to mine.
Email me at [email protected] or send me a DM here if you're interested in any of these!
Edit: all have sold! Thank you all :D
#oc#traditional media#sale#watercolor#adopt#i guess#original character#dragon#fairy#cordyceps#concept#contents: not safe for tumblr#id feel bad about including something that warrants that tag into a post that is pretty much not about it#but i also don't want to navigate selling stuff to under-18s#given its so much harder to do any kind of transactions online if you dont have like a paypal or w/e
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