#i dont use my main blog anymore but reblogging it there because this is important !!!

[colesstar]

MAKIN A PINNED POST CUZ WHY NOT!!

OKAY HELLO, I am ‼️COLESSTAR‼️, pronouns are she/her and i am a miner (⛏)!! Should’ve updated this way earlier but

IF YOU SUPPORT ISRAEL PLEASE GET OFF OF MY BLOG, IF YOU ARE NEUTRAL PLEASE EDUCATE YOURSELF, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET MAKE USE OF IT

Also this has turned into a multi-fandom blog main fandom is ninjago though (Extra not as important stuff below cut + my tags)

I like to very aggressively love my favourites uhm so of i start insulting a character itd more likely its /j and /aff unless its like genuinely a bad character like nadakhan

I post mostly about ninjago but you might see me reblogging Shakespeare,fnaf etc. don’t mind it. If you see me arguing with @/1989deluxed (or @/tybalttruther adding @/clouseninjago) it isn’t serious i swear 😭

PLS TALK TO ME I DONT BITE I SWEAR I DO HOWEVER RAMBLE ALOT (through posts/asks, not DMs unless we’ve had a conversation before, people scare me sometimes)

I FAVOURITE MOST OF THE NINJAGO CHARACTERS sometimes i have one i focus on for the day its mostly Jay, Cole or pixal i think, hai its 4 nov and WHY IS MY GIRL NYA NOT ON THERE??? Uhmm its Jay cole zane kai Pixal Nya Skylor llllloyd or Ronin actually add harumi on girls RAPTONNN fuck just add the whole cast at this point

NINJAGO MASTER OF THE MOUNTAIN‼️‼️ *explodes*

Also i am VERY conflicted on skybound but i do severely hate nadakhan its the only set decision ive made on the season. (Idk what date this bit was added but looking back at this is like AUGH i remember genuinely loosing sleep over skybound when i first watched it definitely dont think about it as much anymore but keeping this here for the sake of it (13/2/24))

MY TAGS!!

#ririarts - ART TAG (shockingly)

#doodles - just doodles

#internal skybound conflict - anything i post about skybound

#riri headcanons

#canonically canon confirmed by ri - headcanons except not all of them are mine but I’ve just confirmed them to be canon because i think they should be

#colesstar posts - i need to organise this shithole of a blog i love it anyways

#The Ninpanions- posts about the ninjas pets that i came up with (minus Zanes falcon)

#Riri Court of Justice - I do weekly polls :D theyre about ninjago ofc but they’re not about the main ninja or the seasons because yeah

#the Pinkification of lloyd garmadon - I dyed lloyds hair pink.

#lorenzas ninjago lore - my friend attempted to tell ninjago lore

the names maria btw the top but is to throw people off

My right eye hurts (unrelated)

[transbloom]

new pinned idc

hi hi hi for the love of god Hello

CARRD HERE (clicky)

PRONOUNS AND NAME HERE (clicky) (if we're not moots don't use the ones marked "only if we're close" pls!)

ao3 (clicky)

scroll for everyhting else important ig

part of a system lol (bluebell sys, read carrd for details! mostly thorne/clementine posts here)

sideblog! main is @.bellemyers

im a sleepy bois stan but benchtrio cool too

DNI if u are: map/nomap/pears, terfs/radfem, transmed/truscum, anti-kin, ace-exclus, anti-mogai, anti-neopronouns (sucks to suck lol), panphobic/pan-exclus, nsfw/ddlg/18+/21+ homophobic/lgbtphobic/ace-exclus/anti-mogai against technoblade, jschlatt, tommyinnit, or dream, enderbees shipper or supports romantic ccbeeduo, any kind of srs truther. poppy/problematic, supports cmc/james charles/pewdiepie/etc ask before interacting, or only if i've interacted first under 13, over 30 (exceptions include philza minecraft, because he looks very polite, and the hermits, but they're on thin fucking ice)

my tagging systems (aka i dont really. use any anymore sorz!)

long posts i use Lonk Post bc that gets by the syztemz

I do my best not to reblog anything involving d/scourse or anything that has the potential to be triggering. this blog is 100% meant to be a safe space for anyone and everyone, and if/when i do rb something like that, its always properly tagged! <3

if i forget to tag smth yell at me abt it btw

ask me to tag things and i will do my best to remember but see above if i forgor

[theunconcernedembalmer]

Toko! I was thinking of creating an ask the character blog for IDV or Genshin Impact and wanted a few tips on how to start off. Anything you can share?

ey yo my dude!! thank you so much for this question, now im lowkey tempted (again) to make a genshin ask blog sjadhlkshgkahshglsaj anyway my 1.5 cents is under the cut, yall know how much i talk here HAHAHAHAH

uhhhhhh so i guess we start with picking a character u really Vibe with tm? I KNOW THIS SOUNDS LIKE COMMON SENSE BUT LIKE ive been considering making a genshin ask blog for a while now but i never really got to it cos i couldnt really decide on a character (plus the fact that their outfits are. so intricate. is also a hmm since i try to follow details to a t) (at first i wanted to do zhongli, but i feel like to be able to muse him well u need to know the lore super super well, which i dont n im too lazy to research on that aha. n u know how much i respect characterizations, especially for such a complex character like him. i also considered xiangling for a period of time mostly for guoba but also like i have 2+1 blogs here n having one more might not be a very good idea aha) (as for aesop he was my Hyperfixation Character tm also cos i looked at his kit n went Yep i could work with this. probably)

so assuming ur not a dumbass like me n u kinda know who u wanna pick, id actually say to snoop around here for other ask blogs n kinda get a feel of the... scene? is that the word? or like u know, other blogs that u can potentially vibe with. ive run a couple of ask blogs before this current one (both that have died for different reasons) n from my experience interacting with other blogs (if theyre okay with it, i think most should be) is pretty fun. it also kinda helps get ur blog around to other ppl on other blogs so they can go Oh whats this cool shit n check u out, n its also a reason why we kinda reblog promo posts for other blogs (also cos we’re always excited when someone new comes on, its really the more the merrier. we see all :eyes:). interacting with other blogs is also an option when ur inbox is looking real roomy too

another reason why i havent exactly done a genshin blog is that idk i cant actually seem to find genshin ask blogs around (i have seen rp blogs, or those that answer asks with mostly text instead of art, but thats. not my thing since i hate my own writing aha) (i did find one aether blog some time ago, but for some reason i hardly see them around anymore??? idk man i might be wrong). its not like im trying super hard to find them ask blogs, so im sure they exist out there (hopefully?? im not sure but im being optimistic). i mean theres nothing wrong with just starting an ask blog without others around, but for me i do find a difference when i interact with other ask blogs n when i dont, n i prefer when theres others to have fun with (unfortunately i couldnt find any ask blogs to interact with in my previous fandom. i tried, but the blogs i approached seemed to go inactive shortly afterwards...) plus u get to meet friends that way too :D (i made a lot of friends via idv askblogs n its really been a joy vibing with others)

as for the idv scene. gestures around me. unfortunately there are a lot of ask blogs that arent that active anymore, but theres still some of us who are alive n kicking empty inboxes, n im sure everyone would love to see a new face around. winks at u. also there seems to be a lot more blogs popping up lately, which is really heartening to see.

then u kinda just. make ur blog? n a starting introduction post so ppl can reblog it n spread the word XD n yay u have a blog i guess??? XD

i gotta say tho. dont expect ur blog to take off immediately (especially for smaller fandoms like idv, tvbh i didnt think my blog would even get half this far when i started cos of how non existent idv tumblr seemed to be) n ur inbox will probably be looking pretty empty a lot of the time (or at least filled with some that u havent quite thought of how to reply to yet aha) (but also like empty inboxes happen pretty often, im sure most of us here have experienced this problem)

in the case of the first ask blog i ever started, it never really took off at all. ngl it was kind of demoralizing n depressing but to be fair i had picked one of the more obscure characters in the series, so obscure that many ppl in the fandom would have never heard of this character before. if u wanted to know, i took a character that only appeared in the 2nd musical of the series, who also made a very brief cameo in the manga to acknowledge his existence within that universe. thats how obscure my character was, but i went with him purely because he was my favourite character. i will say though i did enjoy it while it lasted n i learnt a lot from the experience, n i think thats whats important really.

i guess this kinda leads on (not really but let me digress) to the whole uhhhh thing where if u choose a more popular character, u get more attention. which is fine i guess? if u really vibe with the character, i mean theyre popular for a reason. n choosing a more popular fandom (like genshin) would objectively also get u more viewers n numbers. but like honestly i believe that ask blogs are meant for u to have fun with, n like trying to get popular gets tiring pretty fast (this shouldnt be like a main goal, but u know sometimes u subconsciously also want that gucci follower count n bomb ass notes or something. i used to be guilty of this until i realized it isnt worth it) especially if ur not enjoying yourself in the process. (case in point: my previous fandom was considerably larger n my blog got about 700 followers within a year or so, but it got very tiring n stressful to maintain after my interest in it died, n no one was really interacting with the blog even though i tried which kinda made it even more depressing despite the so called success n popularity of the blog)

anyway on a less serious note, theres a lot of fun stuff u can do with the ask blog, like some ask blogs have really fancy tags that i really like n try to do but also like not really HAHAHAHA. i kinda just channel what i want to see in an ask blog into my own ask blogs (good art is one, i try very hard for it to be good :,DD another is characterization, n others is just extra miscellaneous arts n stuffs like au ideas or memes. these are also somethings u could work on during ask box downtimes perhaps)

uhhh another side thing is like a posting schedule i guess? like ppl would be more likely to interact (i think) if ur blog is relatively active, n this is usually determined by the last post u made (i think XD). but like generally for blog maintenence id say try to kinda find a frequency that ur comfortable with?? cos i know my once a day posting is kinda insane if i wasnt so hyperfixated on all of this n fight the urge to dump all ur replies when u finish them XD (though ive seen some blogs do that n they do it pretty frequently so its pretty nice to know once u see their post u can spend some time going through the latest batch of posts XD) the queue function is pretty useful here even though i truthfully have never really used it, i kinda just post from my drafts really but it also helps to space out ur content to seem somewhat active especially when u dont have the time to be working on replies sometimes. i hope u know what im trying to say here aha

ANYWAY that was like my 1.5 cents cos i dont even think its worth 2 cents HAHAHAHAH these are just my thoughts from running all my blogs up till now, some that are still running n the others that have just died a natural death. i wouldnt actually delete them (theyre still around actually XD) cos theyre kinda like archives n i can look back at what i did last time. cos ngl i made some high quality stuff back then, n i dont even know how i managed to do that aldhflhdsgk. also ppl do look at archive blogs every now n then for the content thats there yknow

BUT YES anyway if u do decide to join the idv ask blogs hmu, ill be sure to give u a lil shoutout here. winks

[worldcupofficial]

thank you @capitano-ale for tagging me <3

1. Why did you choose your URL?

i changed it multiple times tbh; but i've been using spinazzola since euro 2020, i changed it right after spina got injured because i felt devastated

2. Any side blogs?

it's a side blog actually! my main blog is @kendallspussy

i also have a tennis side blog @naomiosakas and snowboarding side blog @thorgrensven

3. How long have you been on Tumblr?

since 2012 or 2013 but my first blog doesn't exist anymore; im active on this account since 2014

4. Do you have a queue tag?

i used to use elaborated queue tags for every club i follow but now im too lazy for that lol; i just tag my queue with 'q' when i feel like it

5. Why did you start your blog in the first place?

i used to post football on my main blog but i've already had a decent amount of ppl following me there for different stuff so i decided to create a football side blog, just to separate it a bit and not annoy my mutuals

6. Why did you choose your icon/pfp?

i have always used paulo's photos for my icons on this blog, i don't have any special reason why I have this photo now, but it is very aesthetically pleasing

7. Why did you choose your header?

euro 2020! italy nt! i love this picture so much, it brings me sm joy

8. Whats your post with the most notes?

probably one of my shitposts

9. How many mutuals do you have?

i have no idea tbh, im mutuals with many ppl, on their main blogs and side blogs and i dont really know how to track it

10. How many followers do you have?

1k on this blog

11. How many people do you follow?

around 300

12. Have you ever made a shitpost?

i shitpost all the time but mostly on my main blog; i also shitpost during matches if i feel like it

13. How often do you use tumblr?

i come here every day or every other day, although im active the most on my main blog

14. Did you ever have a fight/argument with another blog?

there were times when i was very invested in some petty drama but that was ages ago tbh

15. How do you feel about the "you have to reblog this" posts?

i dont avoid important topics on my main blog but i dont like being guilt tripped into reblogging stuff

16. Do you like tag games?

yes <3

17. Do you like ask games?

yes!

18. Which of your moots do you think are tumblr famous?

i think that some of them are? but mostly from my main blog

19. Do you have a crush on a mutual.

haha, not like a real crush but I like to see a lot of my mutuals on my dash, that internet serotonin be hitting <3

i tag @diegoalvesisgod @hendos @fedechiesa and @pajorko

[20cm]

check-in tag :] tagged by @bwaldorf tysm ramasha!! 💓💓 time to talk abt my blog for a bit

why did you choose your url?

i just really love follow: find you<3 one of the most mx albums of all time 💕🥳

any side blogs? if you have them: name them and why you have them

i mostly have inactive ones!! (old fandoms) but i can name some current sideblogs i use

untagged general references @hanamizake

photoshop resources @200410

langblr references @zhiluanpo

how long you’ve been on tumblr?

unfortunately a long time <3 since 2012 (tho this blogs from nov. 2020)

do you have a queue tag?

nope!! my queue is untagged both because its easier and because im indecisive with tags

why did you start your blog in the first place?

i remade back in october/november because i wanted a fresh start <3

why did you choose your icon?

i made it because blue hour era yeonjun took over my brain for a bit (he's still there)!!

why did you choose your header?

same as last 😭😭 i made it because i just Loved tht era + the pink mullet + goth cowboy look was so .... like . exactly my niche

what’s your post with the most notes?

had to break out the notes counter site across my 4 blogs ive had (old main + two old sideblogs)

this blog: this painting of oranges w/ a short poem i wrote! (2.7k)

old main: hate to admit its an old gameplay video bc i used to be an overwatch blog but it has 2.2k notes

sideblog 1: old fanmade mv 4.7k notes but i dont like to count it so we'll go with old fanart from jan 2020 w/ 1.7k notes!

sideblog 2: fanart w/ 960 notes:)

so like. technically that one video but ill count my oranges instead <3

how many mutuals do you have?

128!! most of my followers are muts 💓💓💓

how many followers do you have?

174 :] and im SO happy about it i hate having a large following im not joking 😭😭 once it gets above 1k its hell

how many people do you follow?

308 <3 i like to keep the number below 300 usually but whatever<3

have you ever made a shitpost?

that term literally means nothing anymore but like yeah probably <3 i like to make jokes ^_^

how often do you use tumblr each day?

like i dont actively use it every day but i sort of alternate between checking it occasionally and death scrolling... i usually have it open passively in a browser tab even if im doing other stuff

did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? who won?

fight? in public? with another BLOG? who WON??? babygirl im not that messy

how do you feel about “you need to reblog this” posts?

if theyre important informational posts i try to!! uhm. if its anything else tho where its just like.. guilt tripping over stupid shit i literally do not care babe ill block the post

do you like tag games?

YES i adore them its so so fun <3 i love getting tagged even if im nervous about tagging muts 💕🥰

do you like ask games?

yes yes yes <3 i dont do them often bc im either not online at the right time or i dont have the energy but i like sending them in to others when i see them :)

which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

god i dont know like what does that even mean anymore... i def have 2 muts who i REMEMBER vividly seeing them and their posts around a lot over the years and w/e so like.. maybe 2 of them <3 but i wont name names tht feels weird

do i have a crush on a mutual?

no but i DID originally meet and become online friends w/ my boyfriend because of tumblr + being mutuals years ago :)

tagging: @porthavens ; @sodrippy ; @gaemin ; @kihyunsgf & @transyebaiyi bc i know yall are okay with/like being tagged 💕🌸

[watersofbrokilon]

Tagged by @gayregis 😙

1. Why did you choose your url

Uh cause my old Witcher blog url brokilonforest was no longer available and well, brokilon is one of my favorite aspects of the Witcher.

2. Any side-blogs? If you have them, name them and why you have them.

Yeah, three I think? One is our collective D&D campaign blog 🤔 One is my art blog that I want to delete but forgot the password to. And this one is also a side blog. My main is art and content I like in a broader fashion, not Witcher specific.

3. How long have you been on tumblr?

This question is always so embarrassing. Since I was 16. So like 11 years? Lmao I’ve seen some shit.

4. Do you have a queue tag?

Nah too lazy for that lol I just reblog things when I see something that fits or I like. Unfortunately for the Witcher I don’t feel comfortable seeking out content anymore (especially on tumblr) because it’s oversaturated with TWN and the weird TWN fandom content.

5. Why did you start your blog in the first place?

Because I really enjoy the story of the Witcher and the lore, and world. The writing style is inspiring and the characters are unforgettable. It’s been a story I’ve loved for a long time. So I wanted a place to keep/share art and content I liked that pertained to that. My old Witcher blog probably had more to it, but when TWN came out I basically gave up on maintaining it and deleted. But I’m back now, just maybe with less enthusiasm 🥲

6. Why did you choose your icon/pfp

It’s some of my favorite Witcher art I’ve seen and captures how I imagine them fairly well. Also the friendship between Dandelion and Geralt is just wholesome and good and I mean why not.

7. Why did you choose your header?

Similar reason as above ^

8. What’s your post with the most notes?

Nothing on this blog tbh. I avoid making original posts here.

9. How many mutuals do you have?

UmmMmMmM I don’t know honestly. At least a handful ❤️

10. How many followers do you have?

I find this question embarrassing sjejedhdj

11. How many people do you follow?

410

12. Have you ever made a shit post?

Ok yeah, this reminded me of the one post I have made that has notes. It’s this one: https://watersofbrokilon.tumblr.com/post/632032937978789888/geralt-be-silent-you-dont-know-what-he

13. How often do you use tumblr each day?

I probably check it 3-5 times, unless there’s something specific I want to look up.

14. Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? Who won?

Not really a fight? But someone argued with me on my old Witcher blog about a post I made about some issues I had with TWN. I showed @gayregis and we checked out this persons blog and they were like… genuinely horny for pennywise the clown. So even though I didn’t argue back with them, I feel like I probably won. Just based on principle.

15. How do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts?

That automatically makes me not want to reblog it, sorry. I don’t want to spread a guilt trip. Empathy fatigue is real, and people need to be allowed to overlook certain issues if they are feeling overwhelmed. While it’s important to be aware of what’s going on in the world, I’m not supportive of the forceful attitude of those type of posts. It’s impossible to know what each individual has on their plate, and if they can’t deal/don’t have the space in that moment to invest in another issue or cause, that needs to be allowed imo.

16. Do you like tag games?

Sure

17. Do you like ask games?

Is that not basically the same thing skdjdkd

18. Which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

Literally gayregis in Witcher circles anyway. The controversy 🤌🏼❤️

19. Do you have a crush on a mutual?

Witchers don’t have feelings remember , or are you new around here 😉

20. Tags?

@emiel @love-and-cubs-and-white-wolves @lohrendrell

If you’d like!

[neverheardnothing]

thanks for the tag @willroland :)

why did you choose your url?

well i grew up on the internet in the early 2010s so i was obsessed with starkid which lead to musical theater in general which lead to dear evan hansen which lead to will roland which lead to be more chill which lead to joe iconis and that hasn’t lead anywhere else because i’m so far up this man’s ass he could tell me to jump and i’d give him 5 million dollars for a bloodsong of love revival. anyway. funny enough it was because i was so up will roland’s ass that i gave joe iconis’ music outside of bmc a chance (back when he tweeted out a thread of joe iconis songs the night before the tonys). and he was right. he has taste even if all i see from him nowadays is globe twitter. anyway. never heard nothing (along with the bar song, try again, and last on land) is the quintessential joe iconis song in my humble opinion. but also my opinion is backed up by joe so. i’ll just let him say it.

here’s a link to the song. listen to it if you have any interest in joe iconis and his work.

any side blogs? if you have them, name them and why you have them

yeah this is actually a sideblog. my main is @cockbiteproductions which is personal + rooster teeth. every day i want to throw rocks at mcyt fans but i myself am a rooster teeth fan and so my house is very glass and breakable. and then there’s marvel @sebastianskywalker (can you guess who was excited by the idea of sebastain stan playing young luke? lol). star trek @jimtiberivskirk. star wars @fulcrumahsoka. anime @kvchiki. and that’s the important ones. i use this one and my main the most though. which is already almost not at all these days.

how long have you been on tumblr?

hahahahahaha. 2012. fuck.

do you have a queue tag?

yeah it’s “swiss fucking queue” which is from when michael jones says “swiss fucking cheese goddammit” in his impossible game rage quit. everyone on my main gets it but i hope anyone who sees it on my sideblogs gets confused because it’s the same queue tag across all my blogs.

why did you start your blog in the first place?

i was about to say “well my first blog was fandom” and then i realized that applies to literally all of them. so yeah. fandom. i generally make a sideblog when i want to make new fandom friends because none of my current friends are into the thing i am into. it works well.

why did you choose your icon/pfp?

will roland. because will roland. when my bio said “joe iconis and will roland” it wasn’t lying. but anyway i like projecting on characters wrol plays.

why did you choose your header?

it’s off this set lol. same photoshoot as the one from my icon.

what’s your post with the most notes?

lol it’s this shit gifset i made of nik dodani as jared in the deh movie trailer. he actually reposted a video of him scrolling through it on his insta story. which is unfortunate because it looks like shit. i usually have flux on while using any device and i turned it off while making this but i guess my brain is just fucked about it now because it’s 1. way not bright enough 2. way too yellow. ugly as shit.

how many followers do you have?

on this blog? uh i think getting close to 400 idk tho. idc. i just come here to scream about musical theater i rarely care about clout.

how many people do you follow?

idk around 750. a girls gotta sustain like 5 different blogs. that + never using tumblr anymore means i never see what anyone posts ever unless i go to their blog directly lol.

have you made a shitpost?

this blog is 1/3 shitpost 1/3 rando reblogs 1/3 ranting about joe iconis shit no one else cares about

how do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ post?

im spiteful so it’s an immediate no reblog from me. but i also dont really blog about social justice or anything much anymore. so unless a post has drastically altered how i think about a topic for the better i dont reblog it.

do you like tag games?

yeah! they’re fun. i’ll take any opportunity to talk about myself. + i generally learn something about the person who tagged me.

do you like ask games?

yeah! i get too anxious about reblogging them though lol i dont want people to think i want attention even though im an evil little attention whore.

which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

famous? on this sideblog? no one lol. not necessarily famous but @nothingunrealistic is probably one of the people that has the most longevity in the deh fandom on here so they have a decent amount of followers from that i assume. @unproduciblesmackdown and @kkamikazed also draw good fucking art so they get clout like that lol. i think @annabelle--cane is also like. decently large? idk. no one in this tiny niche subsection of musical theater tumblr is really tumblr famous though. that’d be a nightmare lol. wait there might be one person i think that’s a sideblog but i can’t remember who lol.

do you have a crush on a mutual?

thank fucking god no. could you imagine?

well i already mentioned @nothingunrealistic​ @unproduciblesmackdown @kkamikazed and @annabelle--cane earlier so i guess them. only if yall wanna tho. also @talkfine​ @rovermcfly​ if yall wanna do this. and anyone who wants to talk about themself go for it.

[elderling]

check in tag meme ^^ i was tagged by @lingwenboobs MWAH QUINN ILY

it's under the read more :3

why did you choose your url?

nastronde is just an alt spelling of nastrond which is a dragoon skill in final fantasy 14 and also a place in hell in norse mythology where evil ppl get chewed on by a big dragon for eternity :D

any side blogs? if you have them: name them and why you have them

i dont believe in side blogs ill post anything and everything on my main

how long have you been on tumblr?

uhh since like 2016..? but ive taken lots of longggg breaks from the site in the past 5 years so.

why did you start your blog in the first place?

i started my blog originally to just post art and find other people's art for redacted fanbases

why did you choose your icon?

because i have problems and issues

why did you choose your header?

because i love the ff14 protag! meteor is wonderful and i dig his shadowbringers look. my meow meow who was almost turned into a large angelic abomination <3

whats your post with the most notes?

uhhh the one drawing i made that had like . over 2k notes last time i checked was a piece of art i made years ago for (redacted). its deleted now though. rn i think its a sasunaru sketch i made in high school that has over 800 notes

how many mutuals do you have?

UHH idk like... 200 maybe?

how many followers do you have?

681 but a good 200 or so are probably active idk. most of them are here for art for shows and series that i dont post abt anymore so lol

how many people do you follow?

371!

have you ever made a shitpost?

i mean ig? i only started making my own text posts recently so probably most of my Displays are kept to twt

how often do you use tumblr every day?

any amount is too much

did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? who won?

no i keep my fighting to twitter where the stakes are higher

how do you feel about "you need to reblog this" posts?

if its abt really important matters then i dont mind it but otherwise they make my eye twitch

do you like ask games?

yea!! i like interacting with anons and mutuals i think youre all very kind

which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

well as the great mutual in law decimation of 2021 indicates id say thatd be ana tumblr user wilted :]

do you have a crush on a mutual?

i mean technically yes? hes one of my best friends though so. i wouldnt describe him as a mutual help

and iiii tag anyone who wants to do this! just say i tagged u im bad at thinking of ppl to mention in these games lol

[nohmercy]

important reiteration 

so ive noticed a lot of new people joining the tf2 fandom recently and noticed a lot of them (knowingly or not) reblog from some very bad people.

ive made posts like this in the past that have lead to long-lasting targeted harassment campaigns by said ‘bad people’ which makes me not want to mention it anymore, because i dislike drama and i really dislike being told to go “get AIDS”

however, i feel like this fandom is a huge fucking minefield and i worry about newcomers a lot. especially younger ones. so, im going to link the massive blocklist again, along with a blockchain version and a link to the blockchain app to make it 100 times easier to mass-block all of these people

if you have the urge to defend anyone on this list or start drama, dont. just unfollow me. please, and thank you.

tumblr batch blocker + the list (im not sure i got everyone & i cant guarantee its up-to-date, but it’s a good start)

I highly recommend not visiting the blogs listed, as you run the very high risk of seeing some really horrible things. Many people on this list openly post rape, abuse, and nazi imagery.

the old blocklist that has some context on some people, here it is.

my main warnings to those who are unaware is to avoid specifically protowilson and konniwa as they are very popular and still active in the community. 

If you have anyone you’d like to warn people about, feel free to use the reply feature. as stated above, do not defend these people in my notes. if you’re curious about one listed, simply ask and ill do my best to go digging for why they’re here. i cant memorize everyones crimes, its been over two years since we started this list.

[overly-b]

Love Letters to Jade

This has been in the works for a while now, but Jade is back on tumblr so I thought there’s no better time to post this!!

Hi Jade, Bri here. Lex @marvelrose01 and I wanted to do this for you to show you how loved and appreciated you are by your friend on tumblr. We know that you’ve been going through a hard time, and we wanted to prove just how special and fantastic you are. These are for you to have, to read whenever you want, and for you to remember when you’re feeling low.

Thank you to all of those who sent in their letters! You guys truly made this special!

If you are a friend of Jades and wish to add on, please reblog this with your letter and tag it “love letters to jade”

Without further adieu, here are our love letters to Jade

@midnightmagicmusings @midnightmagicmusingsmain I love you!

Dear Jade,

hiii bb!! just wanted to let you know how spectacular you are! you’ve got so much sunshine in you (literally) and it shines so bright everyday! you’re one of the sweetest, strongest people i have ever encountered and i’m so thankful to call you my friend! i love when you send me jj concepts that always make me soft 🥺🥺 and i love your positive energy! i love that you connect me and my acc with palm trees and i hope it stays that way forever!! you’re a QUEEN don’t let anyone ever tell you otherwise!! 💗👑

Love Abby @softstarkey

Dear Jade,

You have no idea how much I love an appreciate you. You became friends with me when a lot of people weren’t anymore. I know you don’t really know about that but I had lost a lot of friends before you started talking to me. I was getting pretty sad and I started watching obx. After that, I joined the fandom and you were my first friend. When we got to talking we had so much in common and I was so glad to have met you. You helped me through more than you realize and I’m so happy to call you my friend. You’re by far the sweetest, most kind person I have ever met. You’re like a big sister to me and I’ve never had someone like they before so I’m very gratful. I love and appreciate you so much, remember that.

—

Brie <3

Dear Jade,

You are one of my closest friends on here and I am so happy I bet you!!! I cant believe how easily we fell into a friendship once I dropped into your messages randomly. You were so chill and rolled with it and we just talked about concepts. I loved that night so much and I cant believe I didn’t know you sooner. You are so so sweet to me, a better friend than I deserve. And as you know, I am always here for you, but your always there for me too. Asking about my day and begin interested in what I have to say. You are amazing and I love you to death. Your writing is amazing, and you mean so much to me babes.

Love, Maggie

Dear Jade!!!

you’re one of the bestest people i’ve ever met and i always want to help you and protect you and when i hear you’re having a bad day i go into attack mode because you should never have to have a bad day. you deserve all the good days in the world and i think you deserve more than that even, only the best, because you’re such an amazing friend even if i dont interact with you too much, and thank u for staying my friend cause i know that i dont message or tag you lots but you still are so happy to interact when i do and sometimes you tag me in things and i think thats so amazing and i love iti’ve said it before and i’ll say it again, i dont care what i have to do for you, i’ll do it in a heartbeat with no questions if it means helping you out of a tough situation or protecting you from a meaniehead. you deal with so much everyday and i’m so proud of you for getting up the next day again and again and still continuing to stay positive and post no matter how many mean anons say you shouldn’t, and im proud that i can say you’re my friend and it makes me happy every-time i see an ask from you in my inbox

you’re the best, jade, and you’re dandy and nice and caring!

and in the spirit of the “Jade, you’re cancelled” anon:

Jade, you’re Squid-approved

and i love u🥺💕

-from squiddy”

Dear Jade,

Hello beautiful how are you? I love your work and just some of your post. I know we aren’t close but if you ever need someone to talk to I’m your girl I promise I’m not a middle aged man who got out of a divorce and living in his ex wife’s basement. Now I have t been following you for very long but I have stalked you a few times and you seem amazing just some people are dickheads and don’t know how to be nice but send them my way I’ll hurt em good. I can’t wait for the Swim School series with JJ it’s gonna be great.

Love, Kelsey aka @k-k0129

hi jade!! it’s me amy(kissessforharryyy)

and i just wanted to let you know how important you mean to me and many people on this app. i love you very much!! i’m so happy we became mutals on your main account!! if you ever wanna talk about anything and i mean anything we can!! i love you very much and i hope you have a great day everyday💝💖💗💘💓💞

@verified-dumbass

Jade,

you are the sweetest person I've ever known. I know the times we interact are few, but everytime we talk you manage to uplift my mood simply by being so genuinely nice. The positivity you radiate is immeasurable and I know it sources from your kind soul. Even though the world has shown you hardships and you've gone through so many challenges- more then I can imagine- you never have taken out your emotions through hate and I have such admiration for you for that. You are so beautiful, (both inside and out,) you are so strong, and you are so loved. Never forget how much you mean to the world. ❤

Hey Jade,

so I know the past few months have been hard on you and I just wanted to let you know how loved and appreciated you are. You're one of the best friends a person could ask for and I'm overjoyed that I was one of the lucky persons who had the chance to meet you. I hope you enjoy the rest of the summer and know that our conversations are one of the things I will miss the most at basic. I love you bunches babe 💜@marvelrose01

Dear Jade, 

How insane is it that something as simple as a show can bring two people like us together. Two people who live so far away from each other, and who would have never known each other other wise if it wasn’t for their crazy stupid love for a show and their tumblr blogs. We became friends over a comment about being short, and a second comment about being hard of hearing. I have never been so thankful for a dumb app because that dumb app lead me to you. The friendship and love that you and I have developed in the past two months is truly one and a million and I am consistently amazed by your strength and will. We talk every single day and I wouldn’t change a single thing!! I’ve been with you through some good times and some bad times, and honestly all I can say is that shit gets better, it truly does. Sometimes it has to get worse first, which sucks, but it always always always will get better, and you always have a friend in me. I love you, I appreciate you, I value you and what you have to say, I am thankful for you, and I am lucky to know you and have you be my friend. From Bri+JSquared, to the serious life conversations that we have and the struggles we go through, I wouldn’t give it up for a single thing. I love you to the ends of the earth Jady Baby.

Bri, @overly-b

[leviath-an]

rules, motherfucker!!!

THIS IS A HEAVY BLOG!!! It deals with abuse, mental illness, violence, general horror stuff etc etc etc 

I don’t generally do serious nsfw RP because I don’t care that much for it (jokes and spicy flirting are encouraged) but please make sure to let me know if you’re a minor. definitely don’t follow if you’re under 16.

if you wanna rp/interact, talk to me. it’s ok, we dont have to be friends or whatever (unless.... 😳)  but please DM/discord me before interacting seriously

i used to follow back everyone but uhhh i dont anymore to keep my dash calm. i’ll follow if we agreed to rp. also my main/art is @kuei-jin ill follow back ur main from there

most people I rp with here are my friends. if you’re being a dick to them on anon or in general, just unfollow.

telepathy rules: if you want Trish to vibecheck you/read your past/have a therapy session w/ you this HAS to be discussed first. You can infodump as much as you wanna, i LOVE your infodumps. I will never outright tell anyone your character’s deeplore or post it publically IC or OOC, but I will post little crypitic hints and flashbacks and stuff like that as we interact.

i’m an idiot and i reblog ask memes and then I don’t have the brainpower to actually answer them. I Am Sorry 

if you’re uncomfortable with anything, tell me right away. Don’t feel bad about it because it is really really important to me. this is all fun and games and I don’t want anyone to feel bad about whatever is happening IC.

i love you! don’t be nasty! stay hydrated!

[8demons]

/// RULES BITCH

since this blog is about a literal fallen angel, it will have a lot of christian themes going on and a lot of it is my personal interpretation coming from a heavily chirstian culture (eastern orthtodox specifically). i touch on other religions as well as well as general concepts of divinity and organised religion etc because those are my interests. having said that, someone will probably find my interpretations offensive. if you’re bothered by something and we RP, dm me and we will sort it out.

i don’t follow demon: the fallen lore very closely because it’s boring and i don’t like it. i PROMISE i will post my own lore one day

THIS IS A HEAVY BLOG!!! It deals with abuse, mental illness, violence, general horror stuff etc etc etc

I don’t generally do serious nsfw RP because I don’t care that much for it (jokes and spicy flirting are encouraged) but please make sure to let me know if you’re a minor. definitely don’t follow if you’re under 16.

if you wanna rp/interact, talk to me. it’s ok, we dont have to be friends or whatever (unless.... 😳)  but please DM/discord me before interacting seriously

i used to follow back everyone but uhhh i dont anymore to keep my dash calm. i’ll follow from @leviath-an if we agreed to rp​. also my main/art is @kuei-jin 

most people I rp with here are my friends. if you’re being a dick to them on anon or in general, just unfollow.

i’m an idiot and i reblog ask memes and then I don’t have the brainpower to actually answer them. I Am Sorry

if you’re uncomfortable with anything, tell me right away. Don’t feel bad about it because it is really really important to me. this is all fun and games and I don’t want anyone to feel bad about whatever is happening IC.

i love you! comment, like and subscribe!

[i-try-to-follow-every-blog]

Important kinda(???)

Im currently following around 4150 blogs and the limit of following blogs on Tumblr is 5k so what I thought about what I should do when I hit 5k is, let it be like that for like, a week, and then unfollow anyone who isn't following me. I'll be following only people who follow me, i dont want to make this like a main account, i made a different account for this blog and I'm going to take that for my advantage ( that does mean i will not be following side blogs and ill have less reblogs). Of course i wont be "i-try-to-follow-every-blog" anymore because i wont be trying to... follow evry blog, but ill still have the same pfp and still will be the camel you all love, ill be changing my username and i probably will change it a lot because in my main my username is always the same because i had it before tumblr and my mom gave it to me so im exieted to have different usernames and not just the same one i use for everything. This blog isnt like my main, i feel more free here and feel more free to post my brain farts and memes and whatever. I hope you guys wont be mad or upset and unfollow because you only followed me because im "the person who follows ppl" but if you are, feel free to unfollow ( not now, im not at 5k yet ). Although I'll miss following people i know im not the first person with this idea and i think I'll let other people try this journey, meet new friends and have fun . It was fun while it lasts and I'm glad I met all of you.

[yeoldontknow]

I finally made my own tumblr and i feel pretty happy bcuz im finally letting others see my writing but i wanted to know what you did for your stories to like, “get out there?” Btw i LOVE your stories im a new fan of EXO and ur stories r amazing keep it up!!

hi there. welcome to tumblr! thats so exciting! i hope youre enjoying your time here! im going to preface everything i say by advising a few things. 

firstly that i dont consider myself an ‘out there’ blog. im exceptionally proud of the amount of followers i have, even though the number itself is different depending on perspective. to some, this number is remarkably small. to others, this number is enormous. and the amount of readership that occurs on my fics really doesnt match up the to the numbers the way you think it would. so when you say ‘out there’ just keep in mind this is really...dependent on so many factors and depends on your own personal definition of what that means. 

second, the things i list that were part of my experience may not work for you or match up to your experience. theres really no algorithm or formula anyone can give. so again, you can take all of this with a grain of salt. 

- make use of tags and tag appropriately. when youre starting from 0 (as everyone on this website does) the first and primary way you get any of your writing out to the public (beyond...posting it lmao) is tagging. only the first five tags show up in searches when youre tagging on tumblr, so keep that in mind when you consider how many networks (ill discuss those later) you want to join. keep your tags relevant to what youve written, things like ‘member smut’ or ‘member fluff’ usually draws in a crowd. when i first started hero, i was tagging with ‘chanyeol x reader’ and ‘chanyeol scenario’ and those pulled in a bunch of readers too (that was 2 years ago tho, so idk how much a scenario tag pulls in anymore) 

- post in multiple places. i have an AO3 and a tumblr. most writers cross post to ao3 and tumblr, but others also have an asian fan fics account or a wattpad account (this is usually to prevent people plagiarizing on there). but most writers i know (tbh i think all) post in at least two separate places. 

- join a network. networks are so great for getting your work out there when you dont have a lot of followers or are new and dont have a lot of readership. theres so many out there you can join - some are specific to band and others are multi-fandom and only require that you be writing for kpop. my recommendation is to join two or three, because these networks will always require you use their tag in the first five. this is because the only way they will find your work to reblog it is by searching it, so tagging for two main tags and two networks is a surefire way to get your writing to the right people.

- talk to other writers/blogs. send asks, play ask games with them, tag them in things you know they like (example, even if i dont follow you but you tag me in something related to chanyeol i will always respond). leave feedback on their work. reblog their work and tag it well - either with your keysmash reaction, your thoughts, or your feelings. whatever you give into the community will come back to you.

***HOWEVER, i will say that dont be discouraged if writers dont reply right away. sometimes tumblr eats asks, deletes messages, or doesnt let them show up until the person can get to a computer. furthermore, most writers on here have regular jobs or families, so the time theyre on tumblr is very limited. and even more than that, theres a big question of age. for me personally, if i can tell a person is quite young or under the age of 18, i am less likely to fully go back and forth in banter with them because i am considerably older than that and thats inappropriate. im just pointing this out because i dont want you sending messages and getting discouraged if someone doesnt reply. theres a lot of reasons someone might not reply, and it may have nothing to do with you or be relate to something within your control. 

- if youre a new writer, join a beta network. theres networks out there where people willingly volunteer to beta writing, and you can also apply to be a beta. this helps improve your writing, which will help draw more readers, and will also create a community/friendship around you and your beta team.

- make a masterlist, even if you only have 1 written item. masterlists help people new to your blog see what you have written, find it, and read it OR see what you want to write. example: if youre writing for exo and you have a list for the entire band, ill assume that at some point youll write for chanyeol even if you only have a link for jongdae. make a masterlist and link it in your bio for easy access.

ok so thats...bare minimum how you get your writing out and circulating and possibly generating a community for you to engage with. but its really important for me to say the following:

if you are walking into this with an expectation that you will soon receive recognition or feedback or a large amount of notes, please please restructure this. in my years on this site, i have seen so many writers come and go because they start writing solely for the notes or the feedback. thats not a sustainable goal and it will suck the pleasure out of writing really really quickly. its so easy to get discouraged if you dont think youre achieving some arbitrary number that tumblr itself messes with just by changing rules or guidelines or the way posts show up on a dash. 

instead, challenge yourself to write things that interest you or to write different things within your stories. things like ‘i want to write a fantasy’ ‘i want to write a 5 part mini series’ ‘i want to write an angsty drabble.’ when you approach writing from this perspective, it keeps you consistent and motivated with your goals. and it also, believe it or not, make your writing come from a genuine place of love rather than a place of wanting interaction. readers can tell when someone genuinely loves what they write and when someone is just checking boxes they think will bring in feedback. 

also - please know that getting your writing out there is very much a ‘rome wasnt built in a day’ kind of vibe. ive been on this website for 2 years and there have been months where my notes and follower count is barely moving, and others where i feel like i get 200 followers in a week or hundreds of notes on something id posted a year ago. you cannot predict how long it will take for people to see your work, the only thing you can predict is that it will take time. honestly, again ive been here for two years and im still a pretty small blog. theres no magic formula to this. 

i hope all this helps!

[imlovedavestrider]

ok yall. i usually? would never post about something like this online. but im not the first one to do so, and i feel like i need to clarify things now, just in case. this is gonna get emotional (and that emotion is ANGER) so warning. im not putting this under a cut. why? because nobody reads those. sorry in advance for stretching your dash

alright, i dunno how many of you follow thedaveofguy or remember him, but he was a part of the blog. was my best friend, “my dave,” etc. 

if you haven’t noticed, i don’t reblog from him anymore. why? because he ended up being a manipulative, controlling, abusive person in my life and i cut him out. 

theres a really long, really detailed story that goes with this. at this point, idc if yall ask questions. ask me questions. i’ll tell the story. but i’ll give the shortened version in this post. he, i will call him J for simplicity because i can’t read his name, was controlling. from the start, whether either of us realized it or not. he used his age and seeming knowledge to “educate me” on an extensive variety of things, telling me right from wrong. but it was extreme, to say the least. it was very black and white. at least, it felt extreme to me. there was no room for error, and i became terrified of accidentally making a mistake early on. any sort of accidental word said or person followed or opinion i wasn’t 100% sure matched with his-all of it was terrifying ok. (ps? death to purity politics thank you) it was really damaging, and messed me up a lot. he eventually tried to drive me away from many of my friends, and was one of the main reasons i broke up with my then-moirail for a time (now my bf who i love more than everything). the effects of all this still last. 

anyway, i eventually realized all this when he didnt have wifi and i like, actually talked to other people and had time to think and shit. after some long talks with friends i realized just how bad the whole relationship with him was. 

so i blocked him. and eventually, my bf decided to tell him what was going on, since he seemed to be freaking out. i felt really bad about just dropping him like that but i knew if i confronted him or something i would get pulled back in and would not be able to argue back. 

but now he is going around telling people it was my fault-that i shouldn’t have avoided talking to him (true, communication is important, but theres the important factor of my fear of it), that i was abusive and manipulative, that he couldn’t control it, etc etc. its a long bullshit post that i will link here if you wanna read it. in fact, i encourage you to read it. read it and ask me questions. ask about why he said what he said and i will tell you. i admit. i was in the wrong for a lot. i made a lot of mistakes. but i am not the oppressor here. 

i would hope you all know that i of course listen to and am supportive of csa and abuse survivors, and do not support incest, pedophilia, and the likes. but just in case. heres my explanation. 

i hate that i have to post this but here we are. 

ask me questions if you want. im open to them. and again, if you dont want to see this stuff, block the tag #imlovedavestrider discourse

i love all of you guys

[noxiim]

(1/3)Okayyyy so i mightve sent a few asks abt this before but this topic is really now bugging me cuz i have depression and im sensitive to like everything. Im starting to take this "not getting notes on my art" thing really personally and i know it sounds childish (and i laugh at myself for it) but i cant help but get upset when i spend so much time and effort and get like no feedback. And i know people say not to draw what u love and not for attention but honestly i dont even know what

and i dont even know if im drawing what ilike sometimes. Yeah i love bts but i dont know if i like what im drawing or ifim just doing it for notes???? And i have a lot of anxiety too and thats wherei feel like im taking this too personally. Cuz im starting to think that my artdoesnt get notes cuz its straight up not good which leads me to think ishouldnt even try to pursue a career in art anymore. But im not good atanything else so wtf am i gonna do if i dont succeed in art???? Like i said i laugh at myself for thinking like this and iprobably sound like a fuckin child but i cant help it???? Like i think my artis decent???? But maybe its not???? Idk like this was really hitting me todaycuz i feel like im wasting so much time and im probably gonna be one of thosepoor college students cuz i decided to focus on art more rather than taking ajob cuz i thought i could make money off of my art but yknow clearly its notgoing so well and im scared for my future U dont have to give advice to all of that i just needed tolet that all out 

Aw dude don’t worry I get what you mean,I actually experienced something similar when I first started posting my art totumblr, and even recently when I first started posting bts fanart. It’sperfectly normal to want recognition (in this case in the form of notes) forsomething you worked so hard on!! I think one of the major issues with postingto such a big fandom such as bts though is that there’s so many peopleproducing content at any given time, that it’s incredibly easy to get drownedout. Especially since tumblr changed how search and track tagging worked, itmade it that much harder for people to get noticed for their content.

When I first switched to drawing for bts,I found it hard because I also focused a lot on my note count. For someone whowas originally well established in a previous fandom, the move to bts was quitea jarring experience. I had built my following on tf2 art, and used toconsistently get a couple hundred notes, but one of main reasons why I left wasbecause of the dwindling of note counts. When I first left, overwatch had justcome out and a lot of attention shifted towards that game away from tf2, andalthough I still love the game, the dramatic decrease in notes on my art fortf2 really made me sad and I ended up deciding to leave the fandom after 3years of drawing tf2 art. I hopped around a bit, before eventually getting intobts. Even then, my first few pieces (they’re not on my #bts fanart tag so mostpeople wouldn’t have ever seen them) either got no notes at all or only two orthree. It was easier for me to establish myself in a fandom such as tf2 back inthe day since it was such a small, tight knit community with limited contentcreators, but now with bts there are so many more people and it just seemedhopeless for a while and I lost motivation in my art. I stopped wanting todraw, since it felt like nobody cared. Art is the biggest hobby I have, solosing my confidence in my art was crushing.

Now you might be wondering how I got towhere I am today. I’ll be completely honest with you. For me, I highly doubt Iwould be anywhere near where I am if it weren’t for networks. I had neverjoined a network before, but decided to join armiesnet and jimin network one daywhen I saw that applications were open. I got accepted, and I joined theirrespective group chats too. I met lots of great people on those chats, and madea lot of new friends which was nice after having moved fandoms and lost touchwith many previous mutuals. I’m so glad I joined networks, because not only doyou have the chance to make mutuals who will support you and your art, thenetwork blog itself also reblogs all its members’ content which gives youexposure to members of the network through both the network tag and through thedashboard. It’s a perfect way to get started, rather than hoping that somebodywith a decent following will happen to stumble across your work in the tags oneday and reblog it.

That being said, unless you’re like somesort of godly human being I don’t think we can ever get over how note countsfeel as an artist. We need something to gauge people’s response to our art, andthat tends to default to note counts. I can assure you that the feeling of disappointmentwhen your post doesn’t get as many notes as you want/expected it to is a thingpretty much all artists on this site shares. People always say “you should drawfor yourself, not for other people” but that’s the equivalent of like say themona lisa being painted and then left to rot in Da Vinci’s closet or something.The whole point of art is sharing your ideas/love for something through yourdrawings with other people, and so it’s perfectly normal to want therecognition you deserve for working so hard and putting so much love into yourcraft. When it feels like you’re all alone, you have to remember not to giveup. Creating art in such a big fandom can be unforgiving, but just rememberthat your art is never the one at fault. It’s all about finding that littlegolden window of exposure, whether it be through one big blog or a couplesmaller blogs reblogging your work. Those kind few people will be what helpsyou grow, and you have to keep posting for that to happen. If you water a plantbut it doesn’t bloom the next day, abandoning it will get you nowhere. If youjust keep going, keep watering it, results will come. Keep reminding yourselfthat you’re doing well, and you can compare older art to your current art tosee the progress and keep you motivated. Don’t force yourself to draw if youaren’t feeling it – art is something that should make you happy. I used to drawbecause I felt the pressure to put out content, but that just resulted in mefalling into a negative spiral of art block, limited motivation and generalunhappiness with my art as a result. Remember that there’s no such thing as adeadline when it comes to posting art on tumblr – work at whatever pace suitsyou and if anybody tries to rush you, shut them down. You’re the artist, youget to choose what you do with your art, how you do it, and how long you spendon it.

If you truly have your sights set onbecoming an artist full time, then by all means go for it! I can’t give muchadvice in that area since I only plan on keeping art as a hobby, but justremember that art school is always optional. In the end, working as an artistis all about the portfolio, not where you graduated from. It’s more importantto work on your art than it is to get in to an amazing art school. Sure, artschools can be useful, but in the end they are simply tools, sort of like atutorial rather than something that will magically turn you into an amazing artistwith amazing job offers. At the end of the day, it’s all up to yourself to workhard and promote yourself. Since art is all about reaching different audienceswith your work, promoting yourself is essential, even if it’s just casualfanart on tumblr. Feedback can’t come without exposure, and exposure can’t comewithout self-promotion.

Lastly, remind yourself that there’s nosuch thing as ‘bad art’. That might sound like a stupid statement, but inreality art is a constantly changing thing. There is no pinnacle of perfection,no model artwork that represents the most perfect drawing out there. Everyonehas different styles, everyone has different approaches, and most importantly,everyone is still improving. I’m still learning and trying to improve my ownart, and there’s no shame in that. It’s easy to perceive someone else’s art asbetter than yours which would lead to some self-critical thoughts, but you haveto remember that the other artist is probably looking at their own art andpicking it apart, thinking “aw man there are so many mistakes here.” It’s fineto make mistakes, after all, that’s how we learn. Just because we see mistakesin our own art doesn’t mean that everyone else will too – nobody looks at artand their first thought is to list all of the mistakes present. As long as youare aware of what you are less confident in and actively work to improve it,you can quickly surpass even the people you look up to.

So yeah, sorry that this is hella longlol, but in all honestly I can understand what you’re going through. It’seasier said than done, but even though it might feel hard - don’t give up. Youmight feel like you’re not getting anywhere at the moment but I assure you thatif you just keep going, things will only get better. That’s the thing abouttumblr, if you keep posting art your audience can only grow. For now, I would definitelyrecommend joining some networks, and making some friends. It’s not uncommon forpeople to promo their own work in the network chat occasionally, as long as youdon’t spam haha

Anywho, I wish you the best of luck withyour art journey. If you need me you know where to find me 💕💕💕