#art i reblogged

[mayhemchicken-artblog]

in the hour or so it took me to draw this op turned reblogs off

EDIT: reblogs are STAYING OFF. op was right and correct and i have never regretted making a post as much as this one. if you want to reblog my art you can reblog something else from my blog. or commission me, lord knows i deserve financial compensation for the nightmare this post has put me through

#art #i had to block multiple people because of this post and i easily could have blocked more #do you guys have any idea how exhausting it is to hear 400 people make the exact same unfunny joke each thinking they're being original #or worry that another person might get harassed over a post i made because of the way people are talking about them #or be harassed/insulted YOURSELF because some people don't know how to fucking behave #you guys don't get reblogs back. you should be grateful i'm leaving the post up at all.

[wizard-laundry]

heeppy hoolida

#listen #likes are appreciated but here on tumblr the best way to show the creators you love that you care is by reblogging their stuff #sharing is caring #i know that i always appreciate when i see art reblogged from the people i follow that i wouldn't have come across on my own #<3<3<3 #EDIT: added alt text to the images

[theoldaeroplane]

worried that thing you put in your art or writing or game or music is too self-indulgent, too self-referential, too niche for anyone but yourself? fear not! you can do whatever you want forever. and you should.

#writing #art #music #games #things i have to remind myself of daily #anyway ive found those things you're worried about sharing are often the most powerful things you CAN share #i hope you write #<- i would like to replace that tag with something that is less conversational #it makes reblogs awkward #anyway good morning. i have so many things to do today but instead i am crafting a memorial to my partner's best friend in my fanfiction.

[magnusbae]

To illustrate this post by @mayahawkse I would like to visualize to you the difference:

A post in 2023:

A post in 2014:

A zoom out of the same post:

This is what a community looks like.

See how in 2023 almost all of the reblogs come from the OP, from their few hours/days in the tag search. Meanwhile in 2014 the % of reblogs from OP is insignificant, because most of the reblogs come from the reblogs within the fandom, within the micro-communities formed there. You didn't need to rely on tags, or search, or being featured. Because the community took care of you, made sure to pass the work between themselves and onto their blog and exposed their followers to it. It kept works alive for years.

It's not JUST the reblog/like ratio that causing this issue, it's the type of interaction people have. They're content with scrolling and liking the search engine, instead of actually having a reblogging relationship with other blogs in their community.

Anyways, if you want to see more content you like, the only true way to make it happen is to reblog it. Likes do not forward content in no way but making OP feel nice. Reblogs on the other hand make content eternal. They make it relevant, they make it exist outside of a fickle tumblr search that hardly works on the best of days.

If you want more of something, reblog it.

#i said i wont ever rant about this bc it's unseemly but HONESTLY. #you simply cannot complain about not having enough of A or B or C and then never reblog / interact with the content you love. #If you LOVE something you cannot just leave a like and silently wait for more to happen #I know countless of content creators that simply stopped doing art/writing fic/making edits #You need to understand that fandom content is made FOR the fandom FOR the engagement FOR the entertainment and fun it makes. #If a content creator does not have fun IN the fandom-- why would they spend the scares free time they have on making this content? #And we're not talking about things that you don't like-- no one expects you to reblog things you don't like. #However I think it's safe to say that when a post has more than 5k it's not some random shitpost with no value. #tumblr issues #tumblr #content creators #buns.txt #something something please don't starve your local clowns

[chestnutroan]

Homo Sapiens boy together again with his Neanderthal girl on the first warm day of Spring

#art #neanderthals #paleoart #prehistory #love #likes and reblogs are super appreciated!! i worked so hard on this #look out for the print!!

[gailynovelry]

You know those aesthetic image posts that float around tumblr? I'm . . . starting to see a lot on my dash that are obviously ai-generated. Are non-artists having trouble telling the difference between AI images and real photos, or are people starting to stop care about the stolen art that gets fed into those programs?

#i think it's just that people can't tell the difference between original art/photos and AI stuff #might revisit this later with something of a guide to help people notice at a glance #because once you know what to look for? #it's impossible not to see it #anyway don't feel bad if you reblogged ai stuff by accident #i just spent a lot of time studying it and also art

[vreliskriri]

Hi people. As the boy billionaire has bought the birdsite and corporate accounts joke about moving to Tumblr, I kindly ask y'all to give the brands the treatment they deserve: silence.

Make your own posts if you wanna post bugass but do NOT engage the brands. Gaslight, gatekeep and girlboss. In containment they will wither.

#elon musk #twitter #not art #just wanna get this out to my mutuals but reblogs are appreciated because I am NOT having corporate accounts in front of my salad

[opikiquu]

iknow my comics are ugly please just hear me out

#So me and my friend were talking about ‘whos the most likely to’ with ratiorine #and she asked ‘whos the most likely to confess first?’ #and i said Nobody. Theyre both doomed forever. Unless it happens on accident. #and this is what i imagined #★ my art #art #honkai star rail #should i tag ratio even if hes not here #hsr aventurine #ill tag ratio because his husband is here #hsr dr ratio #hsr topaz #ratiorine #aventio #Someone reblogged my post with the tag golden ratio. #golden ratio hsr???? #excuse me??? #why are yall making new ship names without me. How DARE you be so creative without me in the room. #GET BACK HERE #i can literally talk about these two for hours im so serious its getting bad like it already was bad but now its worse

[beebeedibapbeediboop]

Spooky season is almost there...who you gonna call?

#artists on tumblr #art #ghost face fanart #illustration #character design #ghost face #halloween #october #fall season #tw blood #it's almost october i am vibrating #and i am totally making a series of pink vibes fictional killers #there is already michael #that I will reblog right after that one #scary movies #scream movies #Spoopink killer #dbd #dead by daylight #ghostface

[artrealla]

golden hour cuddles

#steddie #steddie fanart #steve harrington #eddie munson #stranger things #my art #im really so happy with how this turned out #plz reblog with tags so i can read them and i'll love u forever (every tag makes me blush)

[bluismie]

“Even the sinners dream”

#neil geiman’s gay men soildarity #HOLY SHIT WHY IS THIS BLOWING UP??? 💀💀💀 #thanks a lot guys i see and read all of the reblog tags mwah #crowley #good omens #the sandman #morpheus #myart #art #illustration #fanart #drawing #sketch #procreate

[girlcomputers]

I danced with you in a nightmare

I was dragging you across the floor

#oh old men yuri we’re really in it now #hi Please reblog i put a lot of effort into this <:] #my art #good omens #aziraphale #crowley #ineffable partners #ineffable husbands #azicrow #good omens 2 #good omens season 2 #good omens fanart #good omens 2 spoilers

[rakkiinoko]

#im going to put a leotard version in my reblog of this #EDIT: I WILL ALSO DROP A LINK TO THAT IN REPLY since ill be posting more art and it'll get buried #guilty gear #guilty gear strive #ggst #elphelt valentine #putting it in the rb's is the only way i can think of making it an extra addition w/o forcing everyone to rb it LOL

[just-bee-lieve]

a peek into the au where mike works at the pizza plex and he and vanessa are work besties :^}

BONUS

#my art #fnaf #fnaf fanart #fnaf michael afton #michael afton #fnaf vanny #fnaf vanessa #vanessa shelly #PLEASE. PLEASE LIKE/REBLOG THIS IM NORMAL ABOUT THEM #THEY I. I. GRAARGHHH #I FORGOT TO ADD MIKES MASK….. #sadg. well there’s other art to be done. n e ways.

[faunandfloraas]

Honestly I think a lot of people who have never made a gif for tumblr don't get that it does actually take time and effort, its not just rip it from a video and post it- you have to download the video, in my case I have a video player installed that grabs continuous caps, figure out what parts you need, you have to open those in photoshop or gimp, depending on where you got photoshop you might be paying for it every month and then on top of that is actually sizing, cropping, colouring, sharpening, adding text, etc. etc. like it is something that takes time and effort for which the only real reward is creating something that makes you happy and hopefully people reblog it with a nice or funny tag, so maybe keep that in mind the next time you think gif makers are being mean or unfair for being upset about reposts. It is its own little artform that is fairly unique to this website, and that's a big aspect of why I have always loved tumblr, if all the gifmakers stopped posting things would be a lot more boring around here.

#like its well known reposting art or fic is rude so idk why gifs are free game #and why people are always so ~its just a gif~ okay well if its *just* a gif then you go and make one to that quality #oh wait you cant bc it actually does take time and practice #ive been at this for years and i still dont know all the tips and tricks #also the reason i mention all the software needed is bc like. you have to find install learn and it takes up space on the drive #so just reblog stuff and appreciate people that make fun content

[originalartblog]

Apparently much-needed reminder that reposting artists' art (by saving the images or screenshotting them and reuploading them yourself) on other platforms without the artists' expressed permission and without credit is theft and an insult to their passion and craft. You are profiting (in views, in attention, in feedback) from someone else's work and ideas, who do not get that feedback for sharing their creation.

If you are an art reposter, you are a thief and I have no respect for you.

#learn basic internet etiquette i am begging but also holding a knife. yes i'm mad. more about others than myself. #do you know how many artists i have seen leave social media because their art started being reposted all over? #tip: way too fucking many #i've had many people tell me about people reposting my art on tiktok #no one ever asked to repost my art on tiktok. ever. they just save super fried bad crunchy jpegs of my art and repost them #they get 20k likes and don't even bother naming me #also a reason i started signing my name more legibly and why my blog web address is always there but apparently no one can even read that #a few people got an ok for translations on other platforms though #i'm going to be annoying with this post and reblog it a few times to try to catch the people who apparently need to be told #tiny skk adventures #nawy's comics #nawy's doodles #apparently those are reposters' favourites so here look at this