#how to support artists

[tavyliasin]

ALL OF THIS

Listen, creatives can so often be fragile creatures, and even the smallest bit of support can help take up back up to the peaks of our emotional rollercoaster of creation. More on that subject right here:

Beneath the cut - a quick note on the best ways to support creators and help them through art/writer's block!

Tiers of Support:

If you want to support creatives and give them a boost, there are different things you can do depending on your time and energy! I don't judge anyone for what they do or don't choose to do, I know there are plenty of reasons you may not have energy for a comment or might not even want to leave a visible like/share on NSFW content. That's ok! But if you do want to know what really helps creatives:

Level 1 - Likes/Kudos/Post Reactions

Quick click, show a little appreciation to chase the blues away~

Level 2 - Sharing

Either a basic quick share without comment, or better add a comment to it, a recommendation, a reason for your followers to visit the work and leave their own appreciation for it!

Level 3 - Short Comment

Even a feral keyboard smash to convey your excitement and appreciation can be an instant smile!

Level 4 - Long Comment

Giving a longer comment is even more of a boost - let the artist/writer know what it is you liked most about their work!

Level 5 - Extra Detailed Comment

God Tier and high effort but it is the most validating thing to see on our works! Give us a blow by blow breakdown. Analyse the posing, lighting, brush strokes, and art style. Pick out your favourite lines and plot points in fic and tell us how they made you feel. Essay-length comments have been known to boost creatives to the peak of their abilities, so if you have the time and energy to spend please consider this option!

Again, there's no pressure to do any of these, and we all know there are many reasons why you may not want to or might not be able to and that's ok! Just remember if you do want to know how to support your favourites, these are the things that really fill our hearts~

My love to all the creatives out there and to everyone who supports us in big or small ways <3

[tired-all-the-time22]

Failed phantom smooch ft. Letting the besties know

[potato-lord-but-not]

put all the podcast guys in a room together for group therapy

[insomniacsosya]

Ukrainian Vittorino!!!1!

Woah! Fun!!! Anyways, love this headcanon so muchhh haha ^_^

[weepingwitheredwillows]

[malinsania]

first post ig

habit !!

this drawing is old btw :p

edit: the scars are from the rake,, he refuses to heal them just to spite/traumatize evan

[aquacomet]

The 2024 DCA Reveal-versary magma collab has been wrapped up and here are the final results! ☀️🎉🎂🌙

A super big thank you to all the amazing artists that attended the collab to celebrate! We've broken way over 2023's record of attendees with a overall number of 59+ artists! It really is a lively celestial party in there, they're probably going to need more cake!

An additional thank you to all who stopped by, shared the event, expressed their interest and to the Daycare Friend Pick Up mods for also allowing this in their discord server!

(Due to being over the tumblr tag limit for the full credit list, a reblog will be added onto this with the second section of credits!)

⭐Here's the list of all the artists that participated!⭐

@aquacomet - @crystalmagpie447 - @pure-plum

@thatmooncake - @flinxypie - @eggcromancer

@nexerist - @crabsnpersimmons - @zamjd

@darlingdeer21 - @agent-darkfest - @piowasthere

@nighternex - @gyxtar0luvs - @sulfadimethoxine

@pluck-heartstrings - @starshinenoa - @enduu115

@tvboxi - @tinkpumpkin - @marshmallowcat666

@luckyyyduckyyy - @m-mints - @sunshinehare

@ping-ski - @lil-artist-blog-fandoms-ocs - @sipnoot

@synthrobeat - @galaxysugarr - @alynwrench

(I took care to note down everyone who participated and added their credits, but if I missed someone let me know what you made and I'll add you to the list!)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

With the end of season two comes a second redraw!

[Nov 2022] [June 2023] [June 2024]

[capesch-arts]

The difference with these two is that I genuinely think Arthur can change the KiY whole Larson and Yellow would still be barreling down the stairs together.

I think I'm gonna choose one of these two to make a fully colored piece on Kofi for December for you Jarthur and Yellow/Larson freaks.

[morggo]

Normal day as an artist on the internet.

Obviously, none of these are official. I get $0 from these. Chances are if you order them they won't be delivered to you, and the art won't even be acceptable quality.

Many artists are queer, disabled, and mentally ill, and theft like these can prohibit a vital source of living income.

You can get the official art on a tee, and other pride designs, here: https://mxmorgan.threadless.com/collections/pride

[justanartistiguess]

Remember the whole BuzzFeed era?

Remember when everyone was leaving and made videos on it?

[lunacias]

(Silence. CARPENTER tries to rally HAYWARD's spirits. She's afraid she's going to lose him.)

"All three of us - we can all go on living, Hayward. Just like you said."

[bunubunss]

victor, you'll always be loved ♡

[exhaustedbadger]

Hey, so I’d like to say thank you to all who are accepting us Reddit refugees. As someone who’s always wanted to get into Tumblr, I guess I never officially did, until the Reddit blackout. I mean I created an account a while back to lurk at awesome and lovely fanart but this recent controversy made me flee here.

Been kinda sad, disappointed, but not surprised that Reddit is heading towards the direction thanks to spez.

So, I’d like to say thank you once more for accepting us :)

Oh and I absolutely love how you’re all just unapologetically outspoken on your burning and fierce hatred of capitalism lol please never stop the momentum

[mewsmagic]

Here's a lil comic strip about how you can protect your art before sharing it to the public!!!

Against AI and against art theft too!

Click on 'read more' to see the extra tip I mentioned at the end!

Geez been working on this since the Meta AI things blew up but I only finished just now!!

Here's the extra tip I mentioned at the end:

you can use http://haveibeentrained.com to search for your images and find out if your work has been used for AI.

In there, you can choose to opt out, but AI companies are not obligated to respect it so it isn't too much of a protection unfortunately 😭

Also be aware that they are associated with AI and they did try to badmouth glaze so artists wouldn't protect themselves; which's very bad for a company that allegedly are on the side of the artists.

Also!!! There's a new type of AI that I was just made aware of last week, Copainter.

It completes unfinished work, which can be used for 'stealing and claiming it theirs', so put a cat picture in the next wips you post as well!

Funny protective measure I know LOLLLL but here's the tests for yall cynical people:

Perhaps I'll complete this comic with this info one day, but just these 10 slides took a looot of work so probably not happening anytime soon 😭

Thank you for reading everything though, I really appreciate it and hope this will help 🫶 be careful out there, privacy issues have been crazy recently!!!

[tidbi-t-art]

“I can’t bring myself to trust the Church of Seiros, not after they killed Lonato and my brother”

Oopsy, happy birthday Ashe!

Have angst, as a treat