#thank you freelance i love you

[weirdcat1213]

So I was checking my pay for the last 2 weeks and I saw I was 15 dollars short so i did some digging and I discovered it was because these fuckers put all the little time I wasnt working together (extra minutes at lunch, minutes in the washroom, that kinda shit) and it made me so angry but I want those little 15 dollars and I was "well if they're gonna be like that its better for me to stay at my desk during breaks and try to not go to the washroom too much so I can click in and out as fast as i- wait"

AND THATS THE FUCKING TRAP. THEY TELL YOU TO TAKE YOUR BREAKS AND GO TO THE WASHROOM AND TAKE MINUTES FOR YOURSELF BUT THEYRE COUNTING. THEY COUNT EVERYTHING YOU DO AND GOD. WHAT A FUCKING TRAP.

[narnour-momo-007]

THE WAY YOU DRAW THE SAM CLONES IS SO UGHHH

THEY LOOK SO SWEET AND JOLLY I JUST WANNA HUG THEM AHABAJAHAKAHIAAYJANABAAJAKALALAKAJ

the braindead ouppies <3

[morelikesin]

🐶 Y'know, I fall in love with you all over again when we go on dates like this, Max.

🐰 You're getting a pass for that awful pun because you're the prettiest thing this side a' the world, Sam.

🐶 What can I say? I'm as corny as Kansas in August.

🐰 And as normal as blueberry pie.

[yuhi-san]

Say about red vs blue whatever you want but it is fucking comedy gold. The dialog is hilarious, dumb and clever at once and the flow is amazing and the interactions so organic (also the voice acting is A+). And season 6? Reconstructions?

Like, the shift of it. Its still silly and dumb and they are so far from competent but putting agent Washington into the mix is soo good. Like before it was a bunch of bumbling fools trying to deal with whatever dumb shit but really not wanting to and generally making things worse. Now you have wash who is driven and goal oriented and driving the narrative compared to the blood gulch crew who was mostly unwillingly draffed along by the narrative (and now Wash lol).

And the back and forth of the chairmans and the directors letter? The way it gives us crombs and little implication but not really any explanation but as time goes on you can slowly puzzle it all together. The ever growing hostility and intensity of the exchange.  The way it all falls into place at the revelation of the ai. The impact of washs line of “You are the alpha” (and frankly how fucking hilarious churchs reaction was).

The joke about the reds deleting the blues from the database as just something dumb they did that just happened to stop wash from proving church was an ai but actually shaped the story so much. Causing wash to end up in prison because he had nothing to prove his story and argue his case. The fact the unsc couldn’t take epsilon because they didn’t know about caboose. How wash could use that as leverage lately.

And yeah, it does not yet have the same amazing action scenes we get from this one goes to eleven on or anything but damn, the confrontation between wash, the director, the consoler and the meta was still so intense, like goddamit.

The line “And while the law has many penalties for the atrocities we inflict on others, there are no punishments for the terrors that we inflict on ourselves.”? Uff…

And by then, you know, right? But still the absolute gut punch of the seasons final words

Sincerely yours, the former director of Project Freelancer, Doctor Leonard Church.

[malevolent-fruit]

post 104 shenanigans

[gaycrittercentral]

Just a random question-

Why is your art so good pfft- ok heres real one-

What are your thoughts on a Sam&Max Au where Sam gets injured? Totally doesnt have an au with this premise...

SCREECH ?????? 💕💖💕💖💕 awww thank you that’s awful sweet!! ^^ it’s bc I’m gay and I’ve been hyperfixating on them for like 2 years lmaooooooo

OOOOH aus where Sam gets injured…I love me a good hurt/comfort thing, let’s see what I’ve got kickin around in my piles of vague aus and fic beginnings eehehhee

Blegh having just perused my options I have come up with a disturbing lack of fitting scenarios >:( why haven’t I done this!! Closest I’ve got is a goofy little Titanic au I drafted up after seeing it for the first time like a year ago and deciding that what Rose really needs, instead of a boyfriend, is a couple of chaos dads to encourage her to leave her shitty situation and be a goblin lmaooooo. I had Sam almost freeze to death in it but I couldn’t actually kill him bc I’m a soft bastard at heart :p so if anyone’s interested in that I could drop a link to it hhhdgsjdhdhd, I think it turned out pretty funny teehee

WAIT WAIT I JUST FOUND THIS IN MY SKETCHES THIS KINDA FITS (tw blood?)

Poor Max. He was really looking forward to how cool that’d look lmaooo

[chickenhawke]

genuinely so glad i didn't end up in games or animation like i wanted to be!! too many friends & peers (in the industry, from uni, from tumblr, from other social media) have been caught up in the current rampant instability & lack of shits given from studio execs/shareholders and i dont have to worry about any of that!! thank fuck!!! it's soul-crushing to hear about let alone experience first hand!!!!!!

[slopsuit]

Hi lovelies, I have epic news

My commissions are OPEN❗️

I’m opening 3 slots for full pieces!!

The minimum price for a full piece is $50 USD !

Send me a tip or donation of at least $10 USD and I’ll do a quick doodle of a character of your choosing. This can be an OC if you provide a reference image!

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[prettyboycrypto]

[fluffs-n-stuffs]

this goes out to my fellow girlies who missed out on enjoying the spooky season to the fullest because of work responsibilities (it's me I'm the girlie) 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️

original image under the cut >>>

[adelacreations]

This is from a post about socials but like this rings true. Once again while I create fanart most of the time. Being an artist is my JOB, I'm not an hobbyist

I have my own website, I have Instagram, here but also pillowfort. But people in the industry are most likely going to look at Instagram or my portfolio, they're not gonna know what the fuck pillowfort is

[vanillaheartzxx]

@fregget-frou

sugartits LMFAO

(these are super sweet btw)

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

This is my version of the song from "Ronja Rövardotter / Ronia the robbers daugther" written by our most loved Swedish writer, Astrid Lindgren , whose books have been read all over the world. This song from the movie has always been very dear to me. For a long time now I wanted to make my own version of it, and make some small changes in the melody. What do you think? :) THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING AND LISTENING! ♥ ~ Singer by Jonna Jinton

Text: Astrid Lindgren Original song/music by: Björn Isfält

THE WOLF SONG - Nordic music - Vargsången

Lyrics: Translated by @cheltiaz

The wolf is howling in the woods of the night He want’s to, but cannot sleep

Hunger is tearing his wolven belly And in his lair it’s oh so cold

Oh wolf, oh wolf, do not come near You’ll never get hold of my child

Oh wolf, oh wolf, do not come near You’ll never get hold of my child…

The wolf is howling in the night’s woods, is howling, by hunger and sorrow

But I shall give him, the tail of a pig Because such fits, in the belly of wolves

Oh wolf, oh wolf, do not come near You’ll never get hold of my child

Oh wolf, oh wolf, do not come near You’ll never get hold of my child…

※ And this repeats a second time.

wieslaw walkuski

[art]

Meet the Artist: @themetalhiro

Hi, I’m Metal! I’m a freelance artist from good ol’ New Jersey. My favorite things to work with are a lot of bright colors, exaggerated poses, and candid scenarios. I try to farm sensible chuckles whenever I can, so I’m also big into comics. I love making them about my life, and the media I’m into, and one day I’d like to publish my own series!  Thank you to everyone who has gotten me this far!!

Pleased to meet you, Metal! Check out some of their art below.

For more of Metal's work, be sure to head over to their Tumblr, @themetalhiro, and give it a follow! If you haven't seen their Creator Spotlight, check it out here.

[emeryleewho]

I keep seeing posts talking about the WGA/Sag-Aftra strike, which yes, good, but in all this "support writers" sentiment I'm seeing no one talk about book writers, which I think is something people should know more about right now.

We are at an all-time high for book bans, namely targeting queer & PoC-authored books. This means that a lot of schools and libraries are no longer stocking diverse YA books, and if you're not in publishing, you may not realize this but school & libraries are by far one of the biggest markets for diverse YA books.

This means that in 2023, YA book sales are down. This is also in part because Barnes & Noble (the largest physical book retailer in the U.S.) is no longer really stocking YA hardcovers. This means that marginalized authors and debut authors are struggling to sell books.

But it's a LOT worse than that. In the past couple of years, marginalized authors are *really* struggling to get new book deals. Most books are acquired by a publisher about 2 years before they release to the public, so this isn't all that noticeable yet, but a LOT of marginalized authors I've spoken to (myself included) have been unable to sell a new YA book since 2020. So while I had a book out last year, even if I sell one right now, you won't see it until 2025-2026. That's three to four years without a new release or the income I get from publishing those books.

On top of that, Big 5 publishers have started closing imprints (namely their diverse imprints) and have started telling their marginalized YA authors to just go. I've had multiple authors tell me their publisher basically said, "eh, we don't care to put in the work for you anymore. You can just go somewhere else". Of the authors who *are* getting offered new contracts, we're being offered pay far below the cost of living and we're being handed contracts that split our payments 4 or 5 ways and require we sign over our work to be used to train AI so they can replace us a few years down the road.

Authors are freelancers who own our IPs, which means we can't unionize the way Hollywood writers can, and despite authors showing up in droves to support HarperCollins employees when they went on strike for fair wages, we're being hung out to dry when it comes to our own rights.

If you enjoy diverse books, especially diverse YA, please understand that many of the authors you loved over the past 3-5 years are being forced out of the industry. We're being exploited, and we have no way to defend ourselves. Our books sales are drying up thanks to anti-queer legislation, our rights are being eaten up by AI, and our publishers are degrading us while profiting of us and refusing to share those profits with us.

Within the publishing industry, we've all been watching this decline happen over the last decade, but outside of it, I know most people have no idea what's going on so please spread the word. And if you care about diverse books especially in YA, please support marginalized authors in any way you can. The industry needs to be reminded that it needs us before we're all eliminated from it.

[lunareclipse0823]

I have been summoned to perfection, thank you angelll :3

I forgot i made this a while ago