Im so sad right now, my art isnt showing up in any tags...i kept trying to fix it through the day but nothing. So much work put into things for no reason as usual. Well, also my laptop is nearly dead, well maybe not dead, just close to being wiped clean and losing all my stuff.
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Lol! I have no idea to reply either, so please teach me!!! and yeah I noticed I’m taking longer these days too just cause I’m back to work, but means I can only fit in 1-2 hours. But each time I come back I find something wrong
You have to download that thing called xkit on google chrome, it auto installs to Tumblr and then gives you a menu for what features you want on here and it just changes the layout to having these features (choose what you want) so very easy and awesome ;v; I don't work, I just draw all day or take care of my baby niece. Yeah, I could never work on that little time D: it takes me weeks just to finish something as it is. Well, I think in a way that's a good thing because since you have more time to not stare at what you're working on, you can actually see your mistakes and fix them, rather than working on it constantly without realizing some mistakes~
okay i know ive posted alot about this just now, but now that ive got it more or less figured out I’m gonna make a better post here and include the tags relevent to my interactions in it to ensure no one else in my fandoms/communities are blindsided like i was.
I encourage you to make your own, or to just recopy this, tagging the fandoms and communities important to you!
If you make a post with external links, your post will be hidden from searches. If you make a post and link to your redbubble, no one can search for your post. If you make art and link it to your deviantart or artstation, no one can search for you post. If you make any post and just throw on a “hey here is where you find me!” no one can search that post. If you want to recommend a fic or a youtube video, no one can search your post, if you… hell you get the idea. Tumblr has completely shut down content creators on this hellsite and its fucking infuriating.
Edit: I have just confirmed that the post type “Link” also does not show up in the tags. Thats right, there is an ENTIRE TYPE OF TUMBLR POST that cannot be searched. G-FUCKING-G TUMBLR.
It shuts down posts with external links, so at first i assumed internal links would be fine. and they are. if you make a page on your tumblr blog called like /links or something you can certainly link to that. But in that way you run into an issue, tumblr mobile is a piece of shit and cant load tumblr pages, and itll just take you back to the mainblog any time you try.
The best solution ive found so far is put all your relevent links in your blog description like so:
and then in every content post, call tumblr out for being a piece of shit and direct them to the links in your blog description.
Edit: In the top right hand side of photo posts you can click on it and include a single link as “source” that should work if you have one link neccessary. though if you need more you are still SOL.
It is important now more than ever on this hellsite that you try to support your artist and content creators, reblog as much as possible, look to find them on websites off this piece of shit, and generally do your best to spread the word and support them, since tumblr itself is trying to silence them!
More Inktober stuff, lots of brain farts for some of these, eh, still enjoyable :D I never really show my sketchbook stuff, then again I gotta start drawing in em more in the first place, but I have (had) near death pens while drawing all these, had them for awhile, getting new ones soon 8D
I wish I had an art style(s) that people were more interested in.
Really low prices make me less likely to commission an artist. Me: I’m not an artist. I do commission artists - I spend around $300-600 a month on digital art commissions. I sometimes find an artist who has really impressive work, or a unique style, or something else that makes me think “I should commission this person.”. Then I look at their prices and they are crazily low. As in less than 20 dollars for a colour full body character. And I don’t commission them. Because I can’t pay prices that low and feel good about myself for doing it. I know it takes hours to draw even one character. Plus the time it takes to study the brief, look at the references, communicate with me, etc etc. No way are they making even minimum wage this way, let alone a living wage. I commission art because it’s fun. It’s my hobby. If I’m knowingly paying someone slave wages to support my hobby, it isn’t fun. To artists who undercharge: Please reconsider. I’ve heard many reasons why you decide to do this (see below). But if you price your work like you don’t respect it, you won’t get clients who will respect you or your work either. You charge peanuts, you get monkeys. To commissioners who push for these prices: Have some respect. Not just for the artists, but for the other commissioners out there. You’re giving us all a bad name. If you can’t afford decent prices, don’t be mean about it. Save up, or find some other hobby. Or hey, learn to draw.
Comments I get whenever I say the above:
“No-one will buy commissions from me at decent prices.” - That’s a pity. But you realise by underpricing like this you are making your problem worse, by contributing to the “art should be dirt cheap” mindset that seems to exist in dA and other places? (okay mostly dA, that place is a cesspit) Besides, there are other things you can do than keep lowering prices. There’s tons of advice in dA: ‘Official’ Pricing Your Commissions or Artwork Thread Finding Freelance work: pricing and self doubt! And other places: How to get commissions: A guide Getting the Most Out of Commissions If none of the above helps you… maybe you need to reconsider if you are at the right stage in your development to be offering commissions. Sorry.
“I’m only doing this for fun, I don’t care about the money.” - Good for you. But there are others that are trying to make a living doing this. Have some consideration for them, yes?
“It’s the clients pushing my prices down.” - Gah. Then your clients are awful people who don’t respect you. It’s a trap though - you charge low prices, you get cheap clients. There’s only one way out of that trap.
(Commissioner says) “But I want this drawn and I can’t afford higher prices.” - I want to live in an exact replica of Wayne Manor, but I can’t afford that. So, um, I don’t. Simplify your idea, or don’t commission it until you can afford to do so without ripping off the artist.
(Commissioner says) “By paying less per artist I can support more artists.” - No. Just… no. You are not supporting artists, you are exploiting them. Paying less per artists lets you exploit more artists.
“Just tip the artist.” - I have done that, but it sends the wrong message. Tipping isn’t the norm in this game, so when I tip artists assume it’s because they did an extra-awesome job, when in fact I’m tipping them because they did their normal-awesome job. Plus if an artist is charging one-third or one-quarter what they should be, do I tip them 300%?
(Image by me. Not an artist, remember? The price list is made up, but based on real lists I’ve seen recently.)
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Just finished Final Fantasy XV and, yeah, never had a FF game crush me so badly. Jeeze, it did more to me than FFX and Crisis Core combined by a lot... A lot of nostalgia in the greatest ways (it had something from every FF to make it feel at home) But I will say I loved and enjoyed the whole game all the way through, just I'm so...."salty" I guess.
I finally arted out something I like a lot...something I am actually freaking satisfied with~
drawing stuff in between drawing actual detail things. .A.
I finally finished this :D I was making this on the side while I’m working on all my other sculptures. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lapis Lazuli, this is inspired by the Fayth from Final Fantasy X, this type of scene kept popping in my head when I would listen to this song- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (((these are the lyrics, this has been my favorite song for quite a long time, this band has been my fav since middle school. 83))) https://youtu.be/V8xG3X4ECrc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Oceania” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (((Should I make any of the other gems like this?))) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALSO, I’m sorry about how the text is, I don’t have a computer and mobile doesn’t post properly at all, I decided to delete most of the text ;_;
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Holy shit this is beautiful!! Are you gonna give Garnett a base too?
Thank you :3 I plan on it, eventually, I’m just not sure how it would be since I can’t fuse her to a base, she’d have to have something on it to stay standing with how tall she is. I also only have one base left not being used (well I have two but the other one is HUGE) I plan on at least making lapis on that one and maybe Opal on the big one.
I am a self taught artist, I mainly create Cryaotic, Steven Universe and random related stuff I like. :D I have a hard time openly talking to others, so please don't get upset if I don't reply/take long to reply, I really appreciate any messages I get~ c: Always open for commissions unless otherwise said. (personal/non art) http://neochondria.tumblr.com/
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