#merlinart

[zazrichor]

a reminder of you (and me)

[hot-house-orchid]

My piece for the Excalibur Zine, which you can find on Gumroad HERE ! All proceeds will go to Doctors Without Borders :)

[elyan-fest]

ELYAN FEST 2024 PROMPTS

Just to reiterate: There are NO content bans or minimum/maximum requirements. All dynamics/ratings/whatever are welcome but your creation MUST be Elyan-centric.

When you are ready to post your work, feel free to add it to the collection on Ao3! If you don't have an Ao3 account that's totally fine! Please post your work here on Tumblr and tag the blog directly or with the tag #ELYANFEST2024 within the first 5 tags.

You can submit more than text/audio works to the collection! Ao3 is an archive meaning it is capable of holding all types of media including art and gifs if you would still like to submit your work there.

Additionally, I would appreciate it if you could include which prompts you're filling in your post/on ao3 so I can make sure to put your work in the correct group on the masterpost.

Please remember that these prompts are merely a suggestion and not a requirement. Please use these as you see fit and if you have an idea that doesn't apply to any of them, go for it!

Prompts follow this pattern: Single Word ✯ Dialogue ✯ Setting or Trope

Day 1: Collide ✯ "Stop coming back" ✯ Historical Day 2: Embody ✯ "We were always a good team. And we could still be one." ✯ Illness/Injury Day 3: Bar ✯ "Hungry dogs are never loyal" ✯ Arranged Marriage Day 4: Peach ✯ "Alright, here's the plan" ✯ Educational Institution Day 5: Photograph ✯ "What was I supposed to do" ✯ Restaurant/Cafe Day 6: Eclipse ✯ "You here to finish me off, sweetheart?" ✯ Trapped Together Day 7: Free Day

If you have any questions please reach out! I want this event to be as fun and welcoming as possible and would hate for anyone to miss out due to a misunderstanding.

[theartbluebox]

hi dear 🥰

Might I request a merlin for Friend's Day? 👉👈🥺💖

Fys dearest, one Merlin coming up! I got a bit carried away with the painting I must admit.

[bashbeary]

[rockhousejai]

hello. I'm new to tumblr and i want to follow epic mickey or mickey mouse blogs in general, can you maybe recommend me a couple blogs?

Ah sweet sure of course!

Well there are quite few blogs that I know that post epic Mickey and/or just generally Mickey Mouse content all ranging in art and writing in such!

My blog in particular is mostly Toon and Oc based but there are some Mickey, and of course epic Mickey stuff here as well as some AUs (which is basically short for alternate universe)

Speaking of AUs, I know you can check out @thebackupdetectives, @magical-forest-au and @disney-mystical-au just to name a few since their AUs are pretty great!

@infernothechaosgod, @jestierabbit, @michellemouse, @artistdove, @misscloudiedays, @bingo-dingo, @angelleplaytoonbeary, @san-merlinart-63, @licuachelaaaa, @mistergaspertoons, @mr-pgeon, @toonycryptid, @toonydevil, @xxratsuicidexx, and @a-little-birdy-told-me are all pretty great artist who might draw Epic Mickey or just Mickey content in general! Though they also may draw stuff from other Fandoms from time to time that I think you should also check out to!! Also @huntthemouse is does Mickey drawing daily if that sort of your thing ^^

But there’s a bunch of artists out there who draws a bunch of Mickey stuff I just list all of the off of the top of my head atm

If you want Mickey gifs, memes, or someone just rambling and reblogs stuff about Mickey n’ Co you could probably check out these blogs like @local-meme-lord, @memekeymouse, @memelordotherblog, @mickeysclubhouse, and @sweettjrose plus it’s really fun scrolling through their blog!!

I’m pretty sure there are a few blogs that I missing but these are the ones that just happened to come up from the top of my head but I hope this helps!

[mistergaspertoons]

Art trade con @san-merlinart-63

[merlinart]

This tiny blog celebrates Merlin artists, so I hope you'll forgive the interruption of your regularly scheduled artistry-posting to amplify some information related to the above post from @staff.

So let's say an art blog does not want their creations to be used by AI companies. That art blog has opted out of sharing content with third parties as instructed above but, dear reader, is that enough? This mod doesn't think so.

Quotes of note (emphasis my own):

"Engadget emailed Automattic to ask for comment on the report. The company replied with a published statement, claiming, “We will share only public content that’s hosted on WordPress.com and Tumblr from sites that haven’t opted out.” The statement notes that legal regulations don’t currently require AI companies’ web crawlers to abide by users’ opt-out preferences." [...] So, if a Tumblr or WordPress user requests to opt out of AI training, Automattic will allegedly “ask” and “advocate for” their removal. And the company’s AI boss “believes” the AI companies will find it in their best interest to comply “based on our conversations.” (How’s that for reassurance!)

Staff's commentary on "proposed regulations" in their above post is a false flag of security. The fact remains that AI is a vastly unregulated industry -- if you want to protect your work beyond toggling a setting that is in essence asking politely for companies to respect your preferences, you'll want to employ additional mechanisms.

A defensive option is UChicago's Glaze, an application which, put simply, processes your art to protect against style mimicry (it's worth reading at length about the technology and goals on their site). But have you heard? The same team behind Glaze has launched WebGlaze for artists who may not have the computing power to run the full Glaze application or are primarily mobile device creators.

If going on the offensive is more your style, look into Nightshade. Also from UChicago researchers, this application turns your art into visual belladonna for models who'd consume it. From their site:

Nightshade can help deter model trainers who disregard copyrights, opt-out lists, and do-not-scrape/robots.txt directives. It does not rely on the kindness of model trainers, but instead associates a small incremental price on each piece of data scraped and trained without authorization.

For those of you with extra fire around this issue, consider reaching out to your appropriate government representatives or legal bodies to encourage more action on AI regulation.

♥ you all, @merlinart

Hi, Tumblr. It’s Tumblr. We’re working on some things that we want to share with you. 

AI companies are acquiring content across the internet for a variety of purposes in all sorts of ways. There are currently very few regulations giving individuals control over how their content is used by AI platforms. Proposed regulations around the world, like the European Union’s AI Act, would give individuals more control over whether and how their content is utilized by this emerging technology. We support this right regardless of geographic location, so we’re releasing a toggle to opt out of sharing content from your public blogs with third parties, including AI platforms that use this content for model training. We’re also working with partners to ensure you have as much control as possible regarding what content is used.

Here are the important details:

We already discourage AI crawlers from gathering content from Tumblr and will continue to do so, save for those with which we partner. 

We want to represent all of you on Tumblr and ensure that protections are in place for how your content is used. We are committed to making sure our partners respect those decisions.

To opt out of sharing your public blogs’ content with third parties, visit each of your public blogs’ blog settings via the web interface and toggle on the “Prevent third-party sharing” option. 

For instructions on how to opt out using the latest version of the app, please visit this Help Center doc. 

Please note: If you’ve already chosen to discourage search crawling of your blog in your settings, we’ve automatically enabled the “Prevent third-party sharing” option.

If you have concerns, please read through the Help Center doc linked above and contact us via Support if you still have questions.

[argido]

[iamstalegormay]

found this perfect picture and had to ✨merlin✨-ify it

[zazrichor]

SHADOWS OF THE PAST

[toffeenutcrunchlatte]

@merlinart @feuxx @mirayladraws @queerofthedagger @frodo-sam @kairennart YALL ARE SO TALENTED YOU’RE THE BLESSING TO THE FANDOMS - an appreciation post for you guys

tag your favorite fandom content creators / gif makers whose works make you think ❝ this fandom is so lucky to have them in it. my ship / my blorbo is so lucky to have beautiful gif sets / fanarts made about them by these talented creators who share the same hyperfixation with me ❞

[hot-house-orchid]

sketch made with WigglyPaint ^^

[elyan-fest]

Less than 40 days until the start of ELYAN APPRECIATION FEST 2024! I will have prompts out within the first week of January! Per the results of the interest check there will be 3 different prompts per day

I am still accepting responses to the INTEREST CHECK if you would like to share your opinion and/or excitement with me!

If you have any additional questions, please feel free to shoot me an ask!

[theartbluebox]

Art glowup! Portrait sketches ft. Merlin peeps. The first column from 2013, the second from 2022.

[ID: Six realistic graphite drawings depicting characters from BBC show Merlin. First two pictures feature Gwen, second two Merlin and the last two Arthur. /End ID.]

[merlin-fic-server]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/32485114

Author: @recklessdreeamer, @gyrhs

Title: Little Ones

Word Count: 14572

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: M/M

Relationships: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon

Summary: “Did you just say you found two children in Arthur’s bed, Merlin?” Gaius gave him The eyebrow.

Or, when two children who look weirdly similar to Merlin and Arthur appear in the prince's chambers, they have to find out where they came from. In which secrets get revealed, families founded and chaos ensues!