#I do not understand shading

[appalachianapologies]

There are many new friends on the archive, and many are young and have only known social media, which is why I wanted to say something!

Ao3 does not have an algorithm! It isn't a social media site, it's an archive.

Posting fics on Tumblr isn't the same as posting fics on Ao3

Ao3 is like a giant virtual bookshelf, and everyone is able to add their own stories to the bookshelf, all stored with different tags and different fandoms. Works are automatically sorted by newest to oldest, but filters, looking at bookmarks, and using the search function can change that.

Certain works are not pushed to the top like social media posts. More kudos and reads don't push a single work to more viewers by some algorithm. Unless otherwise filtered, works will be at the top of the page based on how recent it was posted.

Smaller fandoms get less views, less kudos, less bookmarks, and larger fandoms get more simply because of the number of people inside the fandom.

Ao3 is a giant virtual bookshelf- there is no algorithm, and there is no man behind the shelf pushing certain books forward.

Happy reading, and if you'd like to have more people notice a fic, why not share it with them! Send a dm to a fandom friend and it might turn into one of their favorite fics!

#ao3 #archive of our own #organization for transformative works #i have admittedly only been a member of the committee for a couple of years BUT ive been a member on ao3 since i was much younger #and it took me a hot second to understand how ao3 works; so i wanted to write a lil post about it after seeing this comment #no shade or blame to the person who wrote this by the way! #after being on social media so much it's a completely understandable mistake and i totally get it #and in fandoms populated by younger ppl typically it's even more understandable! #so absolutely no hate no shade no passive aggressiveness #but i do think it is important to learn how the archive works #so if you'd like to share this it would be greatly appreciated! <3 #okay have a good day sorry this post/tags became so long haha

[ph-cutie]

trustworthy interviewees

nonshiny version belowcut

#these were gonna be little doodles for a bigger project but then i got turbofocused you know how it is. #disco elysium #evrart claire #joyce messier #my art #wahhh. im still not sure i chose a forgivable shade of orange for the background #again yeah you cantell these were meant to be complementary to something else but i like little demon ev too much to keep him in drafts #theyy do need more polish but if i leave this file another day itll start rotting. you understand

[3v3rl4stingbr4in]

Everything I touch, they become yuri.

This is highly based off like the tall lesbian, smiling x shorter lesbian, being smug while getting their head into the taller one's tits lmao.

#I have to be honest with ya'll that I was starting to lose my mind after working on this one. #Shading clothes IS not my thing too LMAO. #I'll redraw this someday or just try understand the lighting source for clothes and whatever. #Side note : They are yuri too if you think hard enough. #Anyway good day and Happy Lunar New Year for those who celebrates! ( I do too. ) #kuras #ais #kurais #touchstarved kuras #touchstarved ais #touchstarved #Rung's art.

[ryvdraws]

oh my god a wip what !!!!! what!!!!!!

i just. god i want to study them both under a microscope is that so much to ask

tumblr ate quality as per usual, click for better viewing etc etc you know the drill

#ryvdraws #a wip!!! i never posts these shits!!!! #i just wanted to share now in case i mess up with coloring and delete the entire thing later yk #i also needed to draw fucked up fursuit tinky #you understand #time bastard #nightmare time #npmd #tinky fanart #tinky starkid #tinky npmd #t'noy karaxis #tnoy karaxis #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #ted spankoffski #do i want to tag this as tinkoffski?? is this tinkoffski??? i have no idea #tinkoffski #i popped a blood vessel in my eye for this btw (staring at a screen uninterrupted for 3 hours has Consequences) #also the shading is. bad. because i needed it for the vibes but didnt want to refine it #so dont judge me on that alr

[beneaththeshadows]

I made this last year while trying to figure out how to shade. I had picked 3 chapters to sketch something about them, either a scene or something else, and for Dany V AGOT, I couldn't, for the sake of me, bring myself to do something I was satisfied with, so I decided to do something more on the "mystical" side of things and this was the result

#Daenerys targaryen #asoiaf #fanart #my art #valyrianscrolls #house targaryen #AGOT #This was sort of a failed lesson as to learn how to shade you need to work with shapes first #as I sadly came to understand #anyway the next chapter will be Sansa VII ACOK with some SanSan #anyway not my best work but I do like the detail on the sky

[bruciemilf]

I'm sorry, can you imagine being Tim Drake, bullying your way into becoming Robin, and Batman’s rogues are just like

Harley: He's, uh...He's nice!

Selina: don't listen to what people say about you, okay?

Tim: People talk about me--

Oswald: Is he a rescue or purebred?

Harvey, who's used to a mouthy Romani boy with no filter and a latino sunshine baby from crime alley: I don't know what you are ethnically...But it's looking like CRACKER

Tim hides behind Bruce's legs the whole time, but is he spared? No. Bruce, before anything, Is the father of pettiness, " Tell them about yourself. Maybe about your photography hobby?"

#bruce wayne #tim drake #no shade to tim btw bullying him is fun i understanding why you do it to bruce now djdj #batman #harley quinn #selina kyle #oswald cobblepot #harvey dent #batman rogues gallery #text #incorrect quotes #dc #dc comics

[akkivee]

The Rosho Special☆ Cream of the Crop Curry: Hypmic Curry Drama Track TL

Sasara: Oh, you’ve really been cookin’!

Rei: That curry smell is really making me hungry!

Rosho: It’s a miracle I was able to even decipher what you meant in that text! Why am I the only one working on this??

Sasara: Don’t sweat the small stuff! Have you finished making our super interesting curry yet?

Rosho: I did my best to follow your recipe but…

Rei: Hm? You didn’t make a normal curry?

Sasara: Tut tut tut! You see, this curry was made with some special ingredients!

Rei: It looks brown like any other curry, so I can’t tell the difference.

Sasara: I’ll give you a hint! I was thinking of calling it, "This Curry's Got You Gigged!!" Setting off any bells??

Rei: You can’t be thing about… Actually, no, that hint was so stupid, I got nothing for you.

Sasara: Hey now!!

Rosho: I used flounder in the curry, but if you can’t tell that at a glance, that’s gotta mean your joke’s fallen flat, right?

Rei: The curry’s meant sell, so it should have a little more impact.

Sasara: I guess you’re right… It’s gotta be appealing televised too…

Rosho: Let’s take a moment to brainstorm.

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Sasara: *pops a cold one open* Man, nothing’s coming to mind at all…!

Rei: The theme you had settled on was, “A Bizarre Brown Curry,” right?

Rosho: We shouldn’t even try to be teeming with themes! It’s all about the flavours!!

Sasara: “Okra-zy Curry” doesn’t sound too bad!

Rosho: Okra me a river!!

Rei: How about “Kelp!! Addicted to Seaweed Curry”?

Rosho: Oh, now you’re just sailing on his coattails!

Sasasa: “Ya Kraken Me Up Squid Curry”!!

Rosho: Quit it with the seafood puns!! Geez, you’re not even trying to solve the root of the problem.

Sasara: Nyahaha…! No, yeah, you’re right.

Rei: But curry’s just curry, isn’t it? How can you even get someone to give a laugh at it at just a glance?

Rosho: How many times do I gotta say, that’s why we’re sittin’ around thinkin’ about it!!

Sasara: I think the alcohol’s getting to us~ Let’s get some food down, so we can sober up.

Rei: I agree. I’d like one order of flounder curry with rice!

Rosho: You takin’ my home as an izakaya?? Serve your own curry!!

Sasara: Phew whee, Mista Rosho here sure is stingy!

Rei: Well, sounds like I got no other choice.

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Rei: Hey, so this is getting annoying to handle, you mind if I use this whole pot?

Sasara: Rosho, whatcha want me to do with this bag?

Rosho: Shut up, the both of you!! For now, just bring everything to me.

Rei: And there. Rice is served~

Sasara: And here’s a bit of the curry to top it off!

Rosho: Oh yeah, we’re using this too!

Sasara: “A White Stew for Rice”? You brought out some boil in bag goods you had bagged up?

Rosho: A student of mine gave it to me as a souvenir from a Hokkaido trip. It apparently has some Hokkaido specialties in it.

Rei: Their milk is incredibly tasty. And so… *pours it in*

Rosho: Hey!!!! What the heck are you doing??

Rei: This is my specialty, “Stew On This Rice”!

Rosho: The bag wasn’t even boiled yet… I guess I’ll stick it in the microwave.

Sasara: Wait a sec!

Rosho: What are you making that serious face for?

Sasara: If it’s cream… How does “Cream Of The Crop Curry” sound??

Rei: Ohhh, we are aiming for something eye-catching but… Wait, actually, this might work.

Rosho: It’s more of a stew though…

Sasara: Let’s have a taste test first!

*microwave dings*

DH: *eats*

Sasara: Woah??? This creamy stew and rice pair together so well!!

Rei: And this white colour gives it quite the impact.

Sasara: This is it! This is the curry that’s going to carry Dotsuitare Hompo to victory!

Rosho: But this isn’t curry?? What do you mean we’re going to use a stew??

Rei: Why’re you fussing? All we have to do is say we made a white curry.

Rosho: Then how do you explain how we made it??

Rei: White curry does exist, you know. There are spices for it and everything. Curry connoisseurs would be familiar with it.

Sasara: Is that so?? Well, there you have it, Rosho! I’ll let you figure out what those spices are!

Rosho: No, you won’t!! Shouldn’t we all be trying to figure this out??

Rei: Ahaha! I believe you’ll figure it out somehow.

Sasara: Alright! “The Rosho Special☆ Cream of The Crop Curry” is definitely going to take us to the top!!

#sasara nurude #rosho tsutsujimori #rei amayado #dotsuitare hompo #hypmic #hypnosis mic #HOW DO DH TRANSLATORS DO IT I WAS MISERABLE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR STUPID PUNS WORK #a lot got lost in the sauce i'm sorry i'm not better at this lol 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️ #first and foremost is that the title in romaji reads 'omoshiroi karee' #and that the word for 'white' is 'shiroi' #'omoshiroi' and 'shiroi' you see the pun right lmao #i decided to tl it as cream of the crop bc cream is a shade of white and it has milk lol win win i think #this whole thing was made of little puns like that i'll type them out if you ask but i won't in the tags lol #also if you've had a rice and chicken casserole add some curry spice to it and that is exactly this curry LMAO #i understand why rosho was concerned lmao but it was incredibly tasty lol #a very familiar tasting curry bc it tasted like a casserole but idk i kinda wanna dock points off for it lol #we'll see how it falls in the end lol #curry tl

[sonadow4life]

POV: your art suddenly upgrades at 11pm

This was the sketch btw

LIKE WTF HAPPENED

#sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #sonadow #pizza hut #dominos #HOW #HOW DOES THAT EVEN HAPPEN #my artwork #my art #I don’t understand #how does it go from that to THIS #I love drawing them with clothes and I should do it more often #obsessed with the fur shading #dunno how I managed that

[astral-schools]

(manticore's) endgame

#wizard101 #wizard101 fandom #w101 #w101 fandom #novus spoilers #the old one #manticore #sal art #i hate backgrounds btw. and shading. got REAL lazy with both #anyway. ahem. toxic old man yaoi AND chess symbolism are real #ya they both have rings :] dont read into it #ummm in the 2nd to last frame hes supporting the King and keeping it from falling. and then in the last one hes doing the same #Do You Understand. my visions #pushing my 'old one sucks at chess' agenda forever #also hyea last one looks a lot like a frame from life is confusing. idc. whatever #dont ask how the old one ended up in that position btw i wasnt thinking about the logistics of play #hes just REALLY bad at this game #this is supporsed to be romantic btw. of dubious sincerity but romantic nonetheless #chess is like gay sex. if you think about it #youre trying to 'mate' another man 🤨 interesting

[thebad-lydrawn-sanses]

Creator: Mm, art block. What to do...?

Creator: What do you think, wackus bonkus?

"Wackus Bonkus" (Hand): make angst

Creator: ohh, you naughty wackus bonkus

#ooc #not queued #literally me a few weeks ago trying to force myself to not get bored of this blog #this is my excuse for making angst #also it might not seem like it but Ink is my favorite character #he's so like #idk #he's so interesting i like him so much i just don't like writing from his perspective #i love making him a really dark shade of morally grey where he's not a good person but he's not like #a bad person #he just exists a certain way #i do like dynamics between Ink and Swap where Swap is trying to see from Ink's perspective and understand him #but also on this blog him trying to justify Ink's actions because he's a friend clouds his judgement of what's generally morally correct #sorry for the ramble i really like this little paint boy if you can't tell #aforementioned ramble is correlated to the next post for the record #not very confident about it but i do want to show character stuff and give little spoilers n hints about what's happening #i gave the silly little blog a proper timeline/storyline oops #updated to include the wings i forgot to draw fml

[iamthecomet]

The best part of Spotify Wrapped day is looking at 41k total minutes listened and thinking it's "not very much, I need to step it up next year" only to go to IG (where the normies are) and realize that most of my irl "friends" listened to less than 10k minutes this year. Like ok, first of all, way to call me out. But second of all, WHAT DO THEY DO WITH THEMSELVES?

#comet comments #this isn't shade btw #I understand that many people simply do not have time to listen to music all the time #I just really didn't realize HOW MUCH music I listen to in comparison

[rawliverandgoronspice]

:>

#ganondorf #oot #thralls of power #animatic project #my art #wip #revisiting an old classic #but in different circumstances!!! #link is Furiouuuus #and ganondorf isn't sure to understand why? that random kid seems deadset on making a new fun hat with his skin?? #I love this little sequence that I just started to work on #it borders on fanservicey #but I'm a fan I guess #so #oh well #(kind of doing all the MS Paint/lineart pass first and do a shading pass later) #(just to make sure it flows)

[eggsdrawings]

love this little group

#bnha #mha #katsuki bakugou #camie utsushimi #shouto todoroki #inasa yoarashi #remedial squad #why do i never see this friend group enough in fics #they are my heart and soul. does no one understand me. #(this does not pertain to my incomplete wips 😭) #im figuring out my shading ok. don’t ask. #eggsdrawings

[small-spark-of-light]

day 25 was to draw in a style ive never drawn in before!!! so i replicated @zankydraws and @0xeyedaisy

#incredibox #incredibox fanart #incredibox v9 #el cool p #30 day challenge #sparks creations #i love these artists they're so epic and awesome #BOTH of their art is very different from mine #especially daisys #so i thought it would be nice!!!! i had a lot of fun :DDD #i referenced that one drawing daisy did of el cool p with the magazine #and i referenced a lot of zankys works ;A; #the shading and the background came from zankys piece with all 20 v9 characters #this is the thing i was talking about XD #daisys linework was so fun to replicate omg #i fucking love these styles you do NOT understand #i dont think i got the shading right for daisys but its fine XD the layers were being WEIRD with zankys side :( #the most i struggled with was zankys FUCKING HANDS #FUCK YOOU/J #THEY'RE SO PRETTY AND SO GOOD LOOKING AND I HAD TROUBLE REPLICATING IT >:( #i had to draw el cool p #i was gonna do more but i need rest ;-;

[everydaythings7807]

dt17 conspiracy

hot take: Louie’s hoodie is just the duolingo hoodie

#ducktales #louie duck #dt17 #ducks as humans #I mean just look at the colors #Literally the exact same shade of green #what language do you think he knows #Or maybe Huey uses duolingo #Nah nah nah Huey learns independently and Louie thought it was funny when Dewey wanted to understand what his brothers were saying… hmmmm #headcannons #because i said so #love em

[welcometogrouchland]

im so predictable. time skip huntlow

[ID: a digital drawing of Hunter and Willow from the owl house in their epilogue designs. The image is a redraw of the "girl kissing guy against a fence" meme. Willow holds Hunter up against a wall of vines and kisses him, while he grabs onto the wall behind him. There's a cartoonist "smooch" onomatopoeia written between the two and the background is orange. End ID]

Had to fulfill this request in the most obnoxious way possible. This is what timeskip Huntlow was made for, in my eyes <3

#the owl house #toh #hunter toh #willow park #huntlow #watching and dreaming #i wasn't originally gonna use my texture brush for the lines #but it got me out of the ''dont wanna go past the sketch in case i ruin it'' stage. so ultimately I'm cool w it #also listen I'm. not good at drawing kisses #i do not understand how 2 draw them. but i tried VERY hard here 😭 #yeah she's kinda just kissing his mouth and hes not really kissing back but it's fine. it's in character #i think this is good huntlow art bc when i showed it to izzy she leaned forward until her face touched the screen #and then she started air-punching me #that's a top tier friend review and that's all i need #also no shading bc ha. hahahaha. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah #no <3 #<- i am very tired <3