#shamelessly reblogs my own art here

[temunitu]

3. is there an iteration you think could have handled him better? what would you have changed?

and 9. your own iteration of mikey (if you have one)

3. i have beef with the way they handle him in many iterations since it feels like they just. underuse him??? like come on. the guy is multifaceted and such an interesting character to toy with. why would they not utilize that??

the biggest one though is 2012. they didn’t handle many characters well but mikey just. is so poorly done. they don’t expand on his expertise with dimension x and most of it is chalked up to be “mikey is random lol xD so he should be good with the Weird dimension.” he’s the one to find the kraang first too. i feel like i need a kraang-powers-mikey fic now.

also everything with renet and shinigami. i would cut the flirting with shinigami and make him and renet besties.

also YOU WENT INTO HIS LITERAL MIND AND DID NOTHING WITH IT. WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN?? “WHO KNOWS! NOT US” -the writers ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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9. yes!! my iteration is called “New York Cryptids!” i have a blog for it ( @new-york-cryptids ) but its a wip

here he is! i’m going for a more cartoony style :)

[jame7t]

I joked about it very lightly in my last post but I do get the like, inherent contradiction of “Jame7t Fucking Hates Ads” and “jame7t won’t stop fucking posting their Stream Promos.” I DO get that & if you’re a little hater that’s your right but: I also operate on the case where like, if you’re a person? Reblog your own art.

Promote your video, your podcast, whatever it is: seriously, like, show it off. Again. Do it again. If nobody interacts there’s a million reasons why they haven’t and it’s never an immediate malice.

It’s “I haven’t watched this yet, so I don’t know what’s in it” it’s “this art/selfie is awesome but I have weird fucking followers so I don’t wanna accidentally sic them on you.” Often times, it’s people being in the other side of the planet and not seeing your post while they’re awake.*

Like, I am physically incapable of judging people for promoting their own stuff on their blogs, yknow? You’re not a corporation.**

Show your art to people shamelessly.***

*There’s several caveats here obviously don’t take this advice as permission to clout farm and always remember to be kind and have tact or something that resembles tact

**if you are a corporation ignore this post

***I’m not pretending my streams are art I just straight up have fun with my friends and like to share that with people. I love humility and video game

[dukeoftheblackstar]

got any plo koon fic recs? looking for some new stuff that's good. one shots and long fics welcome! I'll take anything i can get

Shamelessly promoting my own:

Dom!Plo ask by yours truly, submitted by the lovely @mild-disorganization

Some tired dad!Plo headcanons maybe?

And for some that I have read and adored:

Plo Koon Masterlist by @my-head-is-an-animal (Mixed)

Thigh Kink with Plo by @saradika (NSFW)

Not a fic, but hella spice by @saradika (SFW & NSFW)

Friendship - Plo Koon & Wolffe by @wild-karrde (SFW)

PloKit Art (their entire blog) by @uiro-mgmg1 (NSFW - mostly art)

SFW & NSFW Alphabets for Plo by @samspenandsword

My favorite ♥:

Sovereign (PloKit, idk if you're into it, but I am) by @tits-fisto (NSFW but very wholesome)

The Tiniest Councilor by Quiet_Shadow (SFW)

Name and Soul by @decepticonsensual (SFW)

Haven't read but is on queue when I have the mood and will power to actually read and not thirst for our Kel Dor Emperor ♥

of claws and tusks by my bestiecakes ♥ @saengak <- Apparently, it's hella angsty and I reserve the angst for weekend when I'm not out here thirsting for this King.

in deditionem by my bestiecakes ♥ @saengak <- I've seen them write ♥, it makes me squeeeeeeee ♥

Helium by @cynderiaopus who also made my current bomb AF pfp of Plo steepling ♥

Other materials and interesting read:

@exosorcery has very interesting comics and posts about Kel Dors in general. Here's one specific of Plo Koon:

A few faves from them:

@veny-many for their AUs and Plo Koon & Wolfpack Art (also includes others) <- Presenting you the bebbis ♥

My faves:

The entire post AU 66 where Plo lives is a quintessential to any post AU 66 imho because I'm heavily invested in this and I'm about to cry because I need to organize my bookmarks (and update this) so I can give you the proper start to fin link.

I'd post more from @veny-many and @exosorcery, but if you spend a good 10 minutes scrolling, you'll be there forever. Quality art content!

You may also want to check World building and ConLang Kel Dor study, apart from their OC x Plo Koon art. Big thanks for this neat document by @plokoonsdisapprovingeyebrows

[[ @plokoonsdisapprovingeyebrows I hope it's okay to share. If not, I can take it down ♥ ]]

So far just these at the top of my head. Thank you for the Plo-related ask :D! I enjoyed sifting through my bookmarks ♥

Don't forget to give love and reblog, comment, follow these amazing people who do so much for the Plo Koon, Dorin, Kel Dor tags ♥

[bishopmyrielfundraiser]

Auction Rules for the Bishop Myriel Fundraiser 2023

Public defenders, lawyers who provide legal defense for those who cannot afford it, are often all that stands between modern Jean Valjeans and 19 years in prison. This post by Radley Balko, a journalist advocating for criminal justice reform, points out that even though the right to a lawyer is guaranteed in the USA if you're facing serious charges, public defenders are underfunded, overworked, and demoralized. All of which gets in the way of putting up a good fight in court for their clients. That's where you come in. We're going to raise money for public defender organizations via the Bishop Myriel Fundraiser 2023. You can start submitting your offers now, in accordance with the rules, and bidding will commence as the offers are coming in.

Rules

1. Offering

SUBMIT your offering post to this blog! Include a link to this rules post in your own post, and also a minimum starting offer for your item, which can be a fic, art, or a physical item--be creative! Your offer does NOT have to be connected to the Les Misérables fandom, although such items are always welcome! Any terms and conditions of your offer should also be included in the post, eg what fandoms you are wiling to write for, any hard no’s on content, etc. Offer posts can keep coming in through the SUBMIT button until the auction closes.

2. Bidding

Bid in REPLIES NOT REBLOGS (this is important because replies enable me to figure out who bid when and avoid conflicts) until end of day Eastern Time December 15th, 2023. The highest bidder at that time will be the winner. Bidding can start as each item is posted.

3. Claiming or delivering your item

If you have won an item, I will contact you directly via DM and ask you to provide a receipt or other verification for a donation to an indigent defense/public defender orgnaization in the amount bid. Send such verification to bishopmyrielfundraiser@gmail.com or in a screenshot on Tumblr. AFTER I have verified that, I will contact the offerer to let them know they can deliver the item. If you do not respond at all to my attempts to contact you within one week, I will move on to the next highest bidder. So check your DMs. All items should be delivered by March 31st, 2024 at the absolute latest, unless you have made other arrangements, eg the custom item/fic takes longer than that to create or write and you communicate about this. Earlier is even better, but remember that the most important thing is to keep the winner informed and make sure everyone has a good time. Let's keep this a fun event in the spirit of Bishop Myriel, so this fundraiser can keep going for years to come. 4. Donating Please do not donate your bid until I have contacted you to inform you that you won the item! Then follow the procedure above. While you can choose any organization to donate to as long as it covers the overall cause of indigent defense/public defenders, here are a few New York-centric recommendations, shamelessly ganked from the linked article: Bronx Defenders Brooklyn Defender Services Neighborhood Defender Service However, the Bishop Myriel Fundraiser intentionally allows a broad range of donations as your state or country may have specific organizations you know of doing good in this field. Remember: BID IN REPLIES, NOT REBLOGS. Let's go!

[iztea]

What social media platform is your favorite and why? (I personally really like your tumblr vibes hehe)

mmm i'd say pinterest but that doesn't really count as social media i want to say tumblr too but i haven't curated my dashboard well enough to actually enjoy scrolling through it so i just post and dip. same for Instagram and tiktok, i want to stay away from doom scrolling reels for 10 hours yk that leaves me with twitter and listen.,, /My/ own twt timeline is the least stimulating app out of all of them cause it's mostly just art and funny stuff. i'm not saying it's a common experience or that twitter is better than all the other apps because it definitely is not it sucks ass buuuut mine is pretty tame cause i have cool moots Art-wise, twitter is my main platform (as in, it's where all my art is and where most of my "'audience'" comes from) but lately I've been enjoying posting on tumblr more. you simply don't get reblogs of people shamelessly screaming and key smashing in the tags anywhere else, it's a tumblr-exclusive experience. I'm also a big fan of the yap-friendly format as there is no strict word limit. the Tumblr People are also surprisingly active and interactive here as well which i also like (case-and-point: the #ask iztea tag that i never even knew i needed to make)

[torchickentacos]

Every Opportunity Pokemon Missed by not having Drew in Destiny Deoxys: A Non-Comprehensive But Still Long-Ass list

Art above- credit to the lovely @salon-maiden-anabel ! So. This is a topic that, if my sister mentions, she knows I will go off about it at the dinner table while my mother stares on confusedly. This is a topic I feel very strongly about, and I decided to put it into words for this post-and I KNOW I'm not the only one with strong feelings about this topic! @raich-raichu I know you showed interest in this topic when I said I'd do it so hope you don't mind if I @ you! THIS GOES FOR EVERYONE: PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE REBLOG WITH YOUR OWN OPINIONS AND/OR ADDITIONS ON THIS. I thrive on hearing everyone's takes and opinions. Images are included which makes it kind of long, each number on my list has a corresponding image below. For funsies. Also, I imagine this happening right before the last grand festival, though I know that’s incorrect. It just gives me more developed characters to work with since advanced and battle frontier Drew are pretty different development wise. This is with late AG Drew.

Some background. Why do I think Drew should be in Destiny Deoxys (which will be referred to as DD for the sake of my carpal tunnel)? What is the connection? Why DD and not, say Temple of the Sea? The key is the location. Drew is canonically from LaRousse City. And DD is the ONLY time we ever get to see it. Connection has been established. So... what would he even do in the movie? I'm glad you asked! Let's get into it. A numbered list of every missed opportunity the writers had by not including him.

1.) Character building through backstory. We know little to nothing about Drew's backstory, and this would have been a really natural way to learn more about it. We could have had a scene where we learn, oh, this is the flower shop his mother worked at and he grew up helping tend to the plants or whatever. This is the garden where he met budew. Just little things here and there would have been fascinating, and this movie's setting was a PERFECT opportunity for it. Plus, here's the vision. We get a semi emotional, nostalgic scene with his favorite place as a child, right? Rare Drew emotional moment, maybe sharing it with May and co.? And then, later in the movie, we see that place destroyed by the conflict in the city and we get an emotional sad moment there!!!! And in the ending credits with the song??? WE SEE HIM AND HIS POKEMON STAYING BEHIND IN THE CITY AND STARTING TO REBUILD IT (after waving at Ash and co. on the train back to mainland Hoenn). Guys, my vision is CLEAR AS DAY. Greenhouse time.

2.) Seeing him interact with other characters. Drew isn't the most extroverted guy out there, and we only ever really see him talk to Ash, May, Solidad, Harley, and Brianna. Also, May is the only consistent one in that list. That's literally five people, for those of you keeping count at home. In DD? A large cast of interesting characters for him to interact with, possibly childhood acquaintances that know him! We have Rebecca, purple hair metagross trainer who likes her computer more than most people. Sid, a human golden retriever. Rafe, who's basically Drew but with brown hair and none of the redeeming qualities. The two twins, whose names are never spoken and are only in the credits as Audrey and Kathryn (one of them also has a masquerain iirc, or at least a Surskit!). And Tory, kid who is scared of pokemon and tbh I wouldn't change Tory's role or screen interactions much. I would, however, say the others have a lot of potential for interactions with Drew. Rafe taunting both Ash and Drew at the same time? Rebecca and Drew getting along well because they're the only two who appreciate silence as a form of hanging out? Audrey and Katherine taking little sibling roles, possibly? Tons of possibilities here.

3.) Shamelessly plugging the contestshipping agenda here, but why else do you all follow me? Anyways, Sid from Destiny Deoxys has a sweet but entirely blatant crush on May (who actually knows and does not give much of a shit, though they get along well anyways). Now, I usually do not like jealousy tropes. I think they're easy to do poorly and for them to come across as posessive, which I am not a fan of. HOWEVER, I am a fan of Drew being all moody and bitchy /affectionate. I can see it going either one of two ways: one, we get asshole Drew back from season one of Advanced, who makes snide remarks at Sid who would likely brush it off as fun banter, further annoying Drew who literally cannot get under Sid's skin due to Sid's overwhelming optimism, or two, we get the Drew that has all of his walls up, hiding behind this cool facade of professionalism and aloofness, sort of emotionally overcompensating for trying to hide how much it irks him. Either way, would have been fun. Could have been used for comedy, too, since May is dumb as shit with the guy who has genuine feelings for her, but clocks the puppy love crush from Sid immediately. Would I have trusted the pokemon company to do this trope well? No, but it could have been funny as hell in the right hands.

4.) On that note, THE PASSPORT PHOTO SCENE. May isn't the most photogenic person in the world. Does he tease her about it? Does he make some offhand remark about how he thinks she looks nice before aloof-ly and deftly moving on from the topic, leaving her with the rare compliment as she tries to figure out if he was serious or not (or was it for her beautifly)? Does he show her how to retake it? DOES SHE GENUINELY SMILE IN THAT RETAKE PHOTO, LOOKING AT HIM BEHIND THE CAMERA ROBOT THING???????ASDFGHJKL so much potential with this already gold scene.

5.) More location-based character building. LaRousse City is home to the (or at least a) Battle Tower, and no mention of contests. This means, likely, that LaRousse is a very battle-enthusiast city. Did this make Drew feel like an outcast as a kid, being interested in something different from his peers? Could have been interesting.

6.) Let Drew have his hero moment. Let's be honest- most of the times that we see him, he's being either a jerk (affectionate), head-over-heels in love, or pathetic (see: Who What When Where Wynaut drowning incident). And in what I would categorize as an adventure anime, he has remarkably... little adventuring, save for a traipse in the woods with On Cloud Arcanine. This can be his moment to actually shine! He's obviously a great battler, though he prefers contest-oriented formats. He beat Ash with a type disadvantage. He's a strong trainer- let him put it to use and try to hold off the Deoxys clones (bonus points if he's holding them off from May, not that she needs him to save her ass).

7.) Forced togetherness with the crew. We know Drew has no issue spending time with May, and he's at the very least quite tolerant of Ash. But... Brock? Max? Fun fact, Brock CANONICALLY does NOT like Drew. At all. Calls him nails on a chalkboard. Makes this face at him (pictured below). Look me in the eyes and tell me you don't want more of that. Tell me to my face that you don't want more of him having to socialize and of Brock being... like this. Shit's hilarious.

Look at him.

I need more of this in my life.

8.) The angst. He has his entire city destroyed, let him have a grieving moment for it. Hell, let him have a moment where May tries to reach out and he has to decide if he's going to let her in or shut her out. Does he snap, like he did in May, We Harley Drew'd Ya? Does he let her in, like The Unbeatable Lightness of Seeing? Do the other LaRoussians reach out to him and let him know, hey, we're in this together? DO THE PLUSLE AND MINUN TRY TO CHEER HIM UP??????

9.) Let him get separated from the group, or let the group get separated from him. Let him have panic, uncertainty, worry for his newfound friends. Humanize him a little bit for casual viewers who know him as 'that asshole with the roses'. You know how Pokemon loves shots of people reaching out to save someone? Give me that. Let him not reach their hand in time as Deoxys clones pull them away or as they get lost in a swarm of security bots. Give me a Drew that thinks he’s failed, that it’s his fault. It isn’t of course, I just like putting him through it. Then… give me a reunion scene. An “oh my god, you’re all safe, I thought I had lost you” scene. Did you guys know we don’t get a single contestshipping hug????? Ever???? No, her keeping him from drowning doesn’t count. I think that’s a crime and I think a “thank god you’re alive” hug, from either end, would be amazing. Ship mode activated. Imagine. May, spotting him from across the city plaza once the dust settles, and sprinting to him, nearly knocking him over with a hug that he hesitantly returns, before realizing he doesn’t want to let go. Alternately, the other way around: he lets his walls down long enough to hug her, to feel safe to break down for a minute in her arms because he was so fucking worried. May, short-circuiting slightly because wait, is this really the same rival that she accidentally threw a frisbee at and hated so long ago? Give me Sid reacting forlornly in the background too fhdhhf. I love Sid, he’ll be ok. (Also: Brock having a moment of “Oh. You’re still alive. Great.” Kidding, mostly.) also… Brock giving Sid a “yeah, I know how it feels” pat on the back???? Just a concept.

10.) More Roselia teasing him. She's the biggest contestshipper out there. I love this little green rose gal. We need more of her being snarky to her trainer. She had so much personality with so few appearances, I love her. GIVE HIS OTHER POKEMON PERSONALITIES TOO!!!! Give them time to shine! My own takes here, but I like to think Absol is over Drew's bullshit 24/7 and is the serious one of the group. Flygon? no thoughts head empty, like most reptiles. Ft. a picture of my own no thoughts head empty reptile, who made friends with a cricket in his cleaning bowl below under Roselia gif. The others, no idea but there's my takes.

[generic-whumperz]

Bullshit & Masterlist(s)

THIS BLOG CONTAINS ADULT (NSFW) CONTENT, VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED! 

(This ain’t a daycare, minors kick rocks)

We write sins and tragedies

Side blogs:

•@generic-whumper (SFW whumping) •@generic-throw-away-blog (random bs & some fandom stuff) •@generic-writing-tips (exactly as it sounds) •@generic-horror-slut (for just straight up horror and gore)

The Aid Masterlist (current WIP, 18+)

Apocamerica AU

Other works can be found at the bottom of this post under “Story Stuff,” but there isn't much else because I'm focusing on The Aid for now.

Congratulations, you have stumbled upon another (generic) whump blog, hence the name! Blog est. Aug 2023. Currently just working on one story right now (yay hyperfixations), that is slowly consuming every waking thought. Help

Fun facts to share with the class:

I prefer to be anonymous on here, so just call me “Generic/Gen,” them/them, mid (quit lying to yourself) late-20’s.

Dyslexic bitch & silly goose—please excuse typos, misspellings, and any grammatical errors! I re-read and edit as best as I can, but my brain be playin’ tricks on me, and shit falls through the cracks! Just manage your expectations is all I’m sayin’, I’m not a professional.

I’m (unfortunately) an American and my obnoxious word choice will probably reflect that.

I’m currently a full-time college student taking a single class because I suck! But still, any written works I choose to share will not be uploaded on a set schedule (I write slow, my brain only occasionally works, & yada-yada), I apologize in advance!    

I run a queue—and nah I won’t tag it.

Lover of cryptids (Mothman fucks), paranormal enthusiast and certified Haunted™️. Weird shit WILL leak into my writing eventually. Don’t be surprised if a ghost or skin walker makes a cameo. It’s more fun this way, just go with the flow.

House plant addict. They are all my children. Ask me how big my monstera is ;)

Irl I’m a (professional) stained glass artist

What You’ll See Here: 

All types of Whump; I’m talking all of it bay-bee (detailed types below this section), including: polls, writings, prompts, tropes, scenarios, art, gifs, etc.

Reblogs-a-plenty

Really bad home grown memes 

Whumpy rambling coming straight from my delirious brain

My own sub-par short stories, ficlits, and maybe even an eventual series or two

My own mediocre art

I fuck with a lot and don’t really have any “squicks”, but to narrow it down, the prime pickings are:

All gender & POC whump (including lady whump, lady whumpers, mixed gendered Whumpee & Whumper combos, etc. Errybody getting whumped ‘round here. But yes I love to see men particularly in distress and blubbering bloody messes, sue me.)

APOCALYPSE (+ sci-fic & fantasy)

RED ROOMING

CULT

SLAVERY

TORTURE (especially in explicit detail)

Cannibalism & weird blood shit

Gore and body horror (including puke and all that)

Hurt/no comfort, maximum pain and immense suffering is the name of the game 🤘

When I do dabble in comfort—recovery and caretaking is preferably longer with nuanced healing journeys and after character has been through absolute hell and it’s messy AF

Physical, emotional, and psychological whump (if there’s all three it’s a magical trifecta of hurt)

Drug (illicit and otherwise)

Dehumanization

Captivity (short & long term)

Vampires & zombies (see GORE & CANNIBALISM)

Multiple Whumpees, multiple Whumpers

Family of whumpers (this is niche I know but fuck is it my kryptonite) 

The biggest POS and/or terrifying Whumpers imaginable (for the love of all things unholy, make them shamelessly bad and vile)

Chains, restrains, collars, gags, muzzles, rope (etc.)—just tie that biz-nitch down!

Explicit stuff like non-con, dub-con, forced drugging, etc. Wreck that bussy.

Other Story Stuff & Random Things:

Subject X: BB217 Intro

[alterfalls]

Hi, @purpledazzlefruit here, with this cool sideblog or something. DISCLAIMER: Don't expect me to post on any kind of schedule, I post when I happen to have something lmao.

I have a huge obsession with Gravity Falls, so I made this sideblog just for that! FAN CONTENT!! ALTERNATE UNIVERSES!! YIPPEE!!

Do expect me to shamelessly promote this sideblog on random occasions, lmao. I am just in love with this show an everything around it at the time of writing, so yay.

Here's What You Can Expect to See:

My own fanfiction

Art of my aus

Fanart of other ppls aus

Reblogs with my art or fanart of my aus (probably won't ever happen, but you never know)

Uhh fifth bulletpoints are for people who have actually been posessed by Bill Cipher /silly

If you share my stuff outside of Tumblr as images and not links- please credit this sideblog, even if you just mention it being by 'alterfalls on Tumblr' or something. Like at least they can find me then.

I guess that's all for now, see you in my notes! Or not, idc.

[musette22]

Hi Minnie, hope you’re well. Saw your reblog about not reposting artwork, and it made me wonder what your thoughts are on something sort of similar.

Most people on here would probably agree that stealing someone’s fan art or fanfic is wrong. But there’s also something I’ve noticed in a smallish, maybe medium-sized fandom I’m in that has gotten some new fans recently. Maybe it happens in other fandoms too. Using Chris for an example—let’s say someone found a rare old interview with him in a print magazine that didn’t seem to be known in the fandom, so they scanned it and posted it. Most people would just reblog or like it. But someone else might nab it and post it on their own Tumblr blog or Twitter or Discord, etc.

Now, I think that’s not so bad if they at least credit and link to the original post. But most people don’t bother to do that, and are happy to accept the credit as if they were the one who found it. This happens fairly often in my fandom now (and it seems to be mostly the newbies doing it) and I’m not sure how to address it as I seem to be the only one who notices or cares.

It’s not quite as bad as stealing someone’s art, because they’re literally just sharing an interview or pic or whatever which they technically don’t own in any way. But I still feel like it’s slightly shady to do if it’s something rare, or maybe if there’s already a very similar “legacy” post that’s well-known in the fandom. What are your thoughts on it? Should we basically accept that as soon as we post something it’s free game for the internet, or try to have a bit more, IDK, Tumblr decorum, lol.

I know some of it’s down to excitement and eagerness to share things, and of course people don’t necessarily see every post even in a small fandom so they might not know that someone already posted something. But the frequency of it happening makes me think maybe they just want all the notes to themselves.

Have a great day ❤️

Hi darling! I'm doing well, thank you, I hope you are too! Thank you so much for your message, this is actually such an interesting question, and so eloquently put, too.

I definitely recognise what you're describing, it happens occasionally in the Stucky / Sebastian / Chris fandoms as well, and I basically feel the exact same way about it that you do. I agree it's not quite on the same level as stealing/reposting fanart or fanfic, and it also ranks below using gifs without credit and passing them off as your own, because all of these kinds of works take a great deal of effort and time to create, and are overall very personal in nature.

That isn't quite the case for photos or interviews that people dig up and post, but even that takes time and effort, and so in my opinion, the decent thing to do if you want to share that sort of content to another platform would be to ask permission first, or at the very least to give credit to whomever posted it first (although it is of course hard to determine to whom the credit is really owed in this case, because you could argue the credit belongs to the original photographers/authors only, but of course that is often arguable too when they've been released publicly etc., but hey, how hard is it really to be like "I found this here, thank you to this person to bringing it to my attention!" or something to that effect?)

So yeah, basically I think there can't be any hard rules for this sort of reposting, but I do absolutely think that ideally, everyone should always try to be decent about it, and not just repost stuff they've just seen someone else post and act like it was their own discovery, especially if it's something rare. There are definitely folks around who do this often and shamelessly, ostensibly for the notes and clout. It's not a crime, but it is kinda lame imo, and just bad fandom etiquette.

I hope that answers your question and that you're having a wonderful day yourself! ❤️

[godbirdart]

first off, i just want to say that i love your art, you are a huge inspiration to me and i love how expressive your characters are! would you have any tips for someone trying to grow a following from their art? specifically within the furry community ideally. im just not sure where to start

i hope youre having a great day!

thank you so much!!

okay i gotta preface this with: i have been doing commissions for over a decade. everything i say here i've been doing since roughly 2014, but my career as an artist didn't really Take Off and become reliable until 2019. success isn't immediate. some artists will grow faster or slower than others, not every tactic is going to apply / work for every artist; and that's okay. just keep pushing yourself and adapting and figuring out what works for You!

i’m putting this under a readmore as it got a bit long. every time someone asks me for advice on professional Anything i always write up a five page essay despite trying to bulletpoint it oof

post on multiple platforms and keep them all updated. i’m putting this one in bold because it is possibly the Most Important thing. we’re all watching twitter sinking over there, and many of my mutuals there were floundering because they hadn’t established themselves on any other social media site. i strongly recommend three or four socials minimum. my main four sites are tumblr, deviantart, twitter and toyhouse. furaffinity is also good. inkblot and artfol are new and i use them frequently as well. if you don’t like posting manually to every site each and every time you post art, Postybirb exists and is what i use to crosspost all my art to most of my socials at once.

avoid venting a lot on main. we all have frustrating days where our art isn’t getting the recognition we hoped, or we’re feeling petty about a controversial topic or the latest drama. it happens! it’s okay! however, many people just don’t like seeing dozens of negative posts on their feed. most people will sympathize, but if your negative vents are constantly clogging their dashboard they’re not gonna stick around.

shamelessly self promote yourself. reblog your own art. retweet it again. repost it. mention your other socials. we live in a world of timezones! when you post art, only a fraction of your audience is going to see it. i recommend reblogging / retweeting one to four individual pieces periodically over the course of a day and change it up each day. you can also repost your own work into photosets and title it “recent commissions” or the something like that.

don’t hide your linktrees and carrds. seriously! the amount of times on twitter i went to try and follow someone on another platform only to find they had no carrd or linktree link,, it is infuriating. put your socials link in your bio or pinned or SOMEWHERE readily at the top of your profile that’s easy to spot.

if you’re offering commissions, make a telegram channel or discord server for your announcements / openings.

post regularly. this one is a lot harder for artists that don’t make a lot of content, but posting even a status update once or twice a day can go a long way - especially if you’re on twitter with that platform’s hideous algorithm. alternatively as i said earlier, just retweet/reblog your work a few times a day and you should be good.

art trends are cool and fun and an easy way to get your work seen by others. see a “draw your sona in this outfit” meme? go, have fun with it. this one’s a bit tricky as timing is everything when it comes to ~trending~ content, so try and draw quick. that said, it’s never outdated to drawover reaction memes with your fursona.

try not to clog your socials with memes and shitposty images. this one is directed at twitter specifically. with twitter moments now gone, your media tab is the last way for people to hope to find your work organically on your profile without having to use the twitter search. they can’t get invested in your work if they can’t find it!

it’s okay to change course if you’re not vibing with where you’re headed. if you want to move onto a new aesthetic - that’s fine! you may lose some followers if they don’t click with your new vibe, but you’ll inevitably gain some new ones.

avoid frequent name changes. so many of the artists i follow have changed their brands / urls over the years that i don’t recognize them anymore.

tag your work properly. on tumblr, the first five tags on the original post are the tags your work will pop up in in the search feature. make those first five tags the Most important ones; example: #furry, #anthro, #art #fursona etc. twitter’s algo seems flip-flop if it likes tags or hates them. if you see a tag trending, repost your art in a photoset with the hashtag in the post [example: if #pokemon is trending, repost some of your pokemon fanart with the hashtag in the post body]. if the tag isn’t trending,,, i’ll be honest it’s a gamble if twitter likes your post or not at that point. i have no advice for that hell algorithm.

hosting raffles or doing a mini art request event [example: “leave a ref and i might draw your oc”] is good for traction while simultaneously giving back to the community + your audience a little!

try and reply to / like comments on your work. it’s not required per se, but it’s good to express gratitude.

engage with other members of the community. comment on other peoples work. like it. retweet it. follow other people. obviously don’t be disingenuous about it, but this is what the professionals call ~networking~

don’t compare yourself to others. this one is one you have got to keep in mind constantly. you’re going to find 17 year olds with huge followings and 30 year olds that are doing professional industry work whose level feels alien and almost out of reach. if you’re not doing as well, don’t let yourself get discouraged. we all gotta start somewhere!

related to the above point: be nice to your followers. venting on main about not having the same audience volume as others can come off as a huge middle finger to the audience you already have.

gaining a following takes time. unless you get a really lucky break, it’s going to take a lot of work and self promotion to build up your brand.

slap your name on everything. i mean it. any art you do - sign it. watermark it. people can and will share art in telegram channels and discord servers, and if the art interests someone they can easily source it back to you if your name is on it.

you can buy adspace. if you’re catering to a furry audience specifically, you can buy adspace on furaffinity pretty easily. inkblot i believe also offers adspace for artists though i haven’t looked too deep into it. this is really a “if you’re okay burning money” situation, as the huge chunkk of internet users have adblockers now and it’s a gamble if people will see or even click on your ad.

just have fun and do your own thing. you can hop on trends and draw art that caters to your audience’s tastes, but don’t forget to draw what YOU want and what YOU’RE about. Draw what makes YOU happy.

hope these help!! ;w;

[temunitu]

5 and 12?

5. Coolest alien/mutant design in your opinion?

I like the sharks from IDW! (i just love sharks) but i’m also a pretty big fan of Quarry

12. Do you have an OC?

yeaaaaaah I have a LOT but there’s 4 main ones that I could actually go into detail over (i promise i’ll keep this as brief as possible)

Finn: shark mutant/yōkai/thingy. she’s a therapist and is my insert to geT THOSE DANG TURTLES INTO SOME ACTUAL THERAPY GODDAMMIT. her backstory is that her family is a shark mafia and she didn’t wanna participate in the violence

Tomatillo: my fifth turtle. he’s an archer with anxiety and gets mutated way later so he exhibits a lot more turtle instincts. used to be Brooklyn’s pet that she rescued from a fishing net

Brooklyn: i made her originally cuz i was mad at 2012 for forcing donnie to be the smart one with EVERYTHING. she’s since grown but her main shtick is still biology and being the local nurse for the Turtles

T’Ytian: LIGHT OF MY LIFE WIND OF MY SAILS he is a salamandrian warrior being trained under Y’Gythgba and G’Throkka. he’s my little ray of sunshine and wields a halberd. sorta dense in social affairs. he’s so so excited to prove himself. don’t ask him to spar he’ll just start with no warning

i have lots more vague ideas, or some one-off ocs, or reimagines of canon characters (like rottmnt angel!) but these are my Main Four

[fennelcat]

Hey folks!  Taking a moment here to talk about some exciting things happening in my life- hopefully, maybe, definitely!

I’m currently in the very early stages of planning to move out of my parent’s house to a place of my own. Unfortunately I can’t afford to buy a house (Who can??), and I’m not keen on going hundreds of thousands into debt. So my partner and I have the crazy idea to buy land instead and build our own tiny house on it, and slowly work it into a little self-sustaining as possible, lowest footprint as possible, homestead.

Of course that’s still potentially going to cost more than me and partner actually have, but after doing some estimations, it’s the best option for saving money and saving our quality of life as well, as both of us want nothing more than to grow our own food, have privacy, and get out of the city.

Now comes the part where I shamelessly plug my artistic services because my job doesn’t pay me enough! :D I’d appreciate any support that you can give, be it liking and reblogging my art or throwing some cash my way for some character art or pet portraits. I would LOVE to do experimental digital paintings. I also have some experience in sewing handmade plushies and making wool felted dolls. I’m still learning to 3d model with Blender but I’d be willing to do some pretty cheap models as practice as well! I intend to share some examples of these in another post. Even advice would be appreciated in regards to making money these ways.

Thanks and love to anyone who read all this!

[otomiyaa]

Aww tyty for the reblog lovely!! Finally just about done reposting my tword fics over here, have a few non-tword based ones, and some unposted ones(Critical Role has taken over my whole brain lately and I have a Baldur's Gate 3 and Hermes fic in progress because Epic the musical got me in a chokehold) and then it's on to reposting all the tword headcanons!

Diluc always gave me such secret tword monster energy, if you provoke him enough, and Venti is such a cutie!

It's amazing what being a lil tipsy in the middle of the night will do for productivity hehe! Hope your night/day is going well! ^^

Aaaaa you're welcome of course!! Hehehe whether romantic or platonic I really enjoy Diluc and Venti together and they're pretty rare so seeing your fic just made me so happy^^

Did you see the art I commissioned with them 👀 Also yay for being productive, otsukare-sama!!!

[sophsun1]

Hi, Soph!

I saw your reblog earlier about people not reblogging content and just taking it and making it their own. That's fucked up and I haven't done that, however, it made me think about how I reblog your gorgeous and lovely gifs. I've already addressed how my Tumblr is basically me reblogging what you create. I care so little about who follows me, but I loooove everything you create and am appreciative on so many levels. It brings me joy and I don't care if we're a tiny group, some things deserved to be seen over and over and over again. Even your non QAF content is good and it all matters to me.

I've typically always used just #qaf but today I decided to start adding #QueerAsFolk too, just in hope it'll reach someone new who might be doing a search randomly.

Is there something else, with the goal that your hard work should be seen by more?

Regardless, know I appreciate all of your art and know you take so much time and care. For example, and this is on the most ~basic~ level, you made me aware of how the lighting on this show is wonky to gif. But then you make a set a juxtaposition, or themed, or just some new contrasting idea I had never considered. OMG, you're talented.

Hey!

You're always so kind and supportive, ty for your nice words about my gifs and I know that you would never steal anyone's content.

To be honest I don't really expect my qaf sets to get a high number of notes compared to my other stuff as it's not a current show and it's gonna be 25 years since it first aired. I thought it was more popular on tumblr than it actually is, but i'm happy with you guys, my friends reblogging it means a lot to me.

And we have had some new fans this year and last that have discovered the show, how can we forget anon's brother who became a superfan!

I think what is hard for us gifmakers these days is that people don't reblog as they used to, more and more people steal our stuff both here and on other platforms shamelessly or complain about what we've made. At this point there is no excuse for it.

But we are here putting out content daily, but there is nothing for us to reblog, because it becomes a vicious cycle of people not sharing gifmakers content so they give up making things which means for the people that still produce things, we have nothing to share.

You've been a support since day one when i came onto this hellsite and it's not unnoticed by me 💛

[robinette-green]

I posted 12,222 times in 2022

That's 12,222 more posts than 2021!

214 posts created (2%)

12,008 posts reblogged (98%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@feralmoonlight

@liliputkalin

@sw124

@dana-chan-the-control-brain

I tagged 434 of my posts in 2022

#glitter rock - 226 posts

#fnaf daycare attendant - 163 posts

#fnaf sun - 143 posts

#fnaf moon - 143 posts

#fnaf fanfic - 117 posts

#sun and moon x reader - 74 posts

#fnaf security breach - 71 posts

#fnaf sun and moon - 69 posts

#digital art - 53 posts

#fnaf fanfiction - 51 posts

Longest Tag: 130 characters

#strongly reminded of the fact that superman’s disguise is literally just a set of glasses but no one ever put two and two together

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Word Vomit

Yo, what’s good!

I have been writing fiction since I was in middle school, starting on the site that was known as Shelfari (before Goodreads ate it). There were several RPG groups that I was a part of, and the writing community there was a joy to create with. I have tried my hand at writing stories on my own before now, but I have only recently become depressed enough to throw myself fully into writing as an emotional outlet (I’m enjoying every minute of it). I cannot promise that there will be no mistakes in my writing, but hopefully, you will still enjoy the stories that are under the mistakes (I am dyslexic, and so I will use the wrong word here and there, and my spelling may be incorrect at times). I want to share my stories in the hopes that others will find the bits that I enjoyed writing as fun as I found them when I wrote them (and when I reread them) ((and then reread them again)).

Also… I do art sometimes.

Here be a link to my AO3

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Current Fanfictions in Progress:

(These are all Fnaf Sun and Moon fanfics 😅)

Fishy Business -MC is a mer who is saved from almost being eaten by Pirate Sun and Moon. 

Two Hunters and a Bloodsucker- MC is a vampire trying their best to live a normal life and Sun and Moon are vampire hunters that attempt to woo the MC. Angst occurs.

Stars in the Darkness- MC starts living in the woods and ends up making friends with forest cryptids Sun and Moon

Jesters and Dragons -The main character is the 4th princess of a large kingdom. Her younger brother, the golden child, is gifted two magical construct jesters modeled after the sun and moon on his 14th birthday. While wishing that they had been gifted to her instead, the main character ends up running into the jesters at every turn, turning her into a blushing stuttering mess as they flirt shamelessly with her. Fluffy fluff fluff fluff. With a smidge of angst.

Monster in the Sea- Sun and Moon are human and go by Solaris and Lucien. The MC is a water dragon. Water dragon reader finds Sun and Moon lost at sea during a storm

((Full list of all my Sun and Moon fanfics))

90 notes - Posted August 31, 2022

#4

People keep doing bug DCA so have a moth Sun.

109 notes - Posted December 5, 2022

#3

See the full post

118 notes - Posted October 16, 2022

#2

ArtFight Attack Number 8.

Was I going to animate this? Yes. Did I? No. Was it partly becuase I had to draw Polar Night 3 times?… maybe…

Polar Night and Midnight Sun are @jack-o-phantom ‘s OCs

127 notes - Posted July 4, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

I have no context for this and I might color it later. I don’t know what he saw but Smiles didn’t like it.

140 notes - Posted April 16, 2022

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[horses-in-art-history]

Shamelessly reblogging my own art here to say happy holidays and/or Christmas to you guys! I hope you've been enjoying the wintery themed art and are all having a wonderful time ❤

God jul!