#artistic labor is labor

[ravenxbones]

guns, guns, guns, huh? war, war…war…🪰

#mcr #gerard way #mcr alpharetta #mcrswarmzine #mcr art #my chemical romance #my final piece!! from last june! presented to you at last!!! #this was one of my shows!! i saw philly and alpharetta and i had a BLAST working on this zine with all of the incredible artists and writer #and of course i am. very very honored to have been selected for such an incredible project #i hope y’all get to hold your physical copies soon and enjoy the fruits of our labor! especially the mod team!!

[bixels]

I think 90% of my gripes with how modern anime looks comes down to flat color design/palettes.

Non-cohesive, washed-out color palettes can destroy lineart quality. I see this all the time when comparing an anime's lineart/layout to its colored/post-processed final product and it's heartbreaking. Compare this pre-color vs. final frame from Dungeon Meshi's OP.

So much sharpness and detail and weight gets washed out and flattened by 'meh' color design. I LOVE the flow and thickness and shadows in the fabrics on the left. The white against pastel really brings it out. Check out all the detail in their hair, the highlights in Rin's, the different hues to denote hair color, the blue tint in the clothes' shadows, and how all of that just gets... lost. It works, but it's not particularly good and does a disservice to the line-artist.

I'm using Dungeon Meshi as an example not because it's bad, I'm just especially disappointed because this is Studio Trigger we're talking about. The character animation is fantastic, but the color design is usually much more exciting. We're not seeing Trigger at their full potential, so I'm focusing on them.

Here's a very quick and messy color correct. Not meant to be taken seriously, just to provide comparison to see why colors can feel "washed out." Top is edit, bottom is original.

You can really see how desaturated and "white fluorescent lighting" the original color palettes are.

[Remember: the easiest way to make your colors more lively is to choose a warm or cool tint. From there, you can play around with bringing out complementary colors for a cohesive palette (I warmed Marcille's skintone and hair but made sure to bring out her deep blue clothes). Avoid using too many blend mode layers; hand-picking colors will really help you build your innate color sense and find a color style. Try using saturated colors in unexpected places! If you're coloring a night scene, try using deep blues or greens or magentas. You see these deep colors used all the time in older anime because they couldn't rely on a lightness scale to make colors darker, they had to use darker paints with specific hues. Don't overthink it, simpler is better!]

#not art #dungeon meshi #rant #i'm someone who can get obsessive over colors in my own art #will stare at the screen adjusting hues/saturation for hours #luckily i've gotten faster at color picking #but yeah modern anime's color design is saddening to me. the general trend leans towards white/grey desaturated palettes #simply because they're easier to pick digitally #this is not the colorists fault mind you. the anime industry's problems are also labor problems. artists are severely underpaid #and overworked. colorists literally aren't paid enough to do their best #there isn't a “creative drought” in the anime industry. this trend is widespread across studios purely BECAUSE it's not up to individuals #until work conditions improve anime will unfortunately continue to miss its fullest potential visually #don't even GET ME STARTED ON THE USE OF POST-PROCESSING FILTERS AND LIGHTING IN ANIME THOUGH #SOMEONE HOLD ME BACK. I HATE LENS FLARES I HATE GRADIENT SHADING I HATE CHROMATIC ABBERATION AND BLUR

[zytes]

dusk over skyline drive; 2.14.24

#I emit trace amounts of harmful radiation; that’s why my pics always Look Like That #this road is a few miles away from where El Chapo is kept; ADX Florence #just a fun fact abt that. and the road itself was constructed by inmate labor in 1905 #that old county jail is still operational; and the present-day supermax prison is just few miles away #my art #aesthetic #art #artwork #webcore #internetcore #abstract #artists on tumblr #photography #weird aesthetic #weirdcore #americana #southern gothic #rural gothic

[pyroguesstuff]

art is Hard and the yearly taz hyperfixation is Particularly Potent this time around so uh. enjoy the intersection of those two things, i guess

#this exported blurry as hell but i can’t be bothered to fix it lmao #hope the dozen or so taz fans on this app enjoy the fruits of my labor #and that highschool me is proud of the long lasting consequences of their podcast choices #digital art #artists on tumblr #digital illustration #lineless art #dungeons and dragons #the adventure zone #taz taako #taako taaco #the adventure zone balance #taz balance

[carnation-damnation]

I was heavy into everything, you were heavy into innocence

#FINALLY. IT'S DONE. GOD #long post #whooooooooooooooEWWWWW WAAAAAAAAAAA #sonic adventure 2 #sth #sonic fanart #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #sonic #sonadow #art from the den #artists on tumblr #digital art #thank u. enjoy my self indulgent labor of love

[yukipri]

Still thinking about him....

Spoilers for the Mandalorian, Season 3 Ep 6

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❀ You can see the rest of my art through the Masterpost pinned to the top of my blog!

#YukiPri art #the Mandalorian #B2 Super Battle Droid #Battle Droid #Star Wars #Droids #Din Djarin #bullies innocent laborers #Artists on Tumblr #fanart #spoilers #the Mandalorian spoilers #but not of anything that makes any sense without context ^ ^;

[spaciebabie]

you could say. i wasn't feeling too good today.

#fnaf sb #fnaf #security breach #five nights at freddy’s #fnaf moon #moon fnaf #moondrop #y/n #moon x y/n #moon x you #moon x reader #sorry ta hit ya w/whiplash after the last funny haha comic but #i needed some comfort #have the fruits of my labor. if you had a shitty day too my heart goes out ta ya #moon: shut the FUCK up n let me cuddle u #perfect. my kinda man #vent #perks of being an artist: draw a self insert getting cuddled when u need it irl #im goin ta bed lol #spacie scribbles

[wildwren]

hey y'all, since it's spotify wrapped season, can i beg a moment of your time? no, im not about to get on a soapbox about spotify. spotify sucks but that's not what i want to talk about.

did you know that most recording artists in the united states don't have the legal right to organize a union? some musicians are unionized as part of SAG-AFTRA or the American Federation of Musicians (for instrumental musicians), but lyricists and composers are classified as "independent contractors." This decision was handed down by the national labor relations board in 1984 and has not been overturned.

this means that musicians cannot organize or negotiate for better deals from, for instance, spotify, without the threat of being sued due to antitrust laws. musicians who are not represented by a major label or who are not part of a large musical organization such as an orchestra have very little bargaining power. source

fixing this situation will take a lot of work -- there's not a single easy solution. but in an era where we're seeing union growth and historic labor wins, i think now is the time to dream big. musicians need to organize ourselves on the ground to create collective power. we also need wider political interest and momentum around the necessity of musicians' rights.

this isn't time for you to say "yea im never gonna pay full price for music, sorry" or "musicians just have to accept that the market's saturated and devalued." this is time for us to try to envision a music industry where artists can be compensated for their creative labor and music can still remain accessible and easy to discover. changing the labor situation in the united states is just one piece of changing a global music industry, but it could have a big impact on the future.

if you're in the united states, there are two active efforts that you can ask your representatives to support -- one congressional bill introduced by Deborah Ross, and a resolution introduced by Rashida Tlaib.

H.R. 5576 - Protect Working Musicians Act of 2023 - sponsored by Artist Rights Alliance

H.Con.Res. 102 - Resolution for a new Streaming Royalty - sponsored by United Musicians and Allied Workers

i know there is so much to organize around right now. but if you're in the united states and have predominantly used spotify this year, or posted about spotify wrapped, please take a moment to send a message to your representatives about these bills. all you need to do is fill in your info, the letters are already written for you.

and please share this widely. thank you!!

#musicians #musicians of tumblr #spotify #spotify wrapped #labor rights #labor organizing #labor unions #united musicians and allied workers #artist rights alliance

[horreurscopes]

happy late 13th BIRTHDAY to the TRAGEDY of SPECIALEST BOY ever 

little bit of pieta, little bit of the last supper, little bit of 90s nostalgia -- two months late with starbux but it’s DONE. been working on this here&there since 4/13 cause i really didn’t want my piece for homestuck’s historic 13th birthday to go die a slow death in my WIPs folder. (process video for this coming soon in my patreon).

whenever i feel too old to like homestuck i remember the children are 26 now and wouldn’t understand tiktok either. 90′s kids supremacy babey!!!!!! 

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#homestuck #artists on tumblr #413 2022 #happy 413 #jade harley #dave strider #john egbert #rose lalonde #beta kids #IM REALLY FOND ON THIS ONE ;___; IT WAS A LABOR OF LOVE #i can just tell the contrast and saturation in this is going to be nightmare depending on monitors #it looks very different on my phone laptop and ipad lmaoooo #please write nice tags so i can print them and eat them and become stronger

[knifebaby3000]

young prince

#artists on tumblr #digital art #illustration #oc #art #my art #tian #HIII I DID THIS ALSO IN PROCREATE??? LEARNING #my hand is rly steady so i've never needed a line stabilizer but procreate made me feel like SHIT until i. changed the ipad angle jalsdgj #it's rly forcing me to reconsider everything re: my process lmfao once again we are Learning #anyway hi it's my baby he's 23 here so 10yrs and some change before the story starts....... #he works 3 manual labor jobs and is completely insane at this age and i love him #babies au

[sennamaticart]

Zoltan is one wiggly wizard!

#art tag #digital art #art #illustration #artists on tumblr #drawing #artwork #oc #original character #my art #dnd #dnd art #dnd character #dnd oc #dungeons and dragons #dnd5e #wizard #wizardry #wizardcore #dragon #dragons #dragon art #dragon illustration #dragonborn #zoltan swizzlestick #sorry about the drought of new art. i dont really feel super confident posting with the new AI scraping rules #i glazed this new one. maybe ill just need to glaze everything before i post it #which is super labor intensive sorry posts will be generally slower

[troythecatfish]

#video game #video games #gaming #gameblr #sag aftra strike #sag strike #sag aftra #actors strike #video game problems #artist support #support art workers #strike #support unions #labor unions #pro union #union solidarity #unions #union strong #union #unionize #I stand with video game performers #gamedev #gaming discussion #threads app #threads post #threads #threads an instagram app #threads account #video game posting #gaming post

[aurosoulart]

I actually always hated selling/advertising merch so much. 😭

telling people to buy a shitty overpriced $30 + shipping phone case so I could make like $4.39 off an artwork inspired by the fragile beauty of nature just felt so bad. >_< I’m really glad I don’t feel pressured to sell on those kinds of sites anymore.

#auropost #something something alienation of labor under capitalism #even the arts will be repackaged and sold back to you as shitty plastics #because under capitalism the only worth is that which can be generated for corporate profit…. like these companies that rely on artists #to upload their designs for a pittance of sales price in order to function #sorry for the rant it’s just 7am on a saturday morning and i just hate capitalism 🔥

[vintage-tigre]

#art #work #life #quote #ancient greece #the stoics #aesthetic #vintage #old school cool #style #artist #manual labor #artisan #craftsmanship

[gingermarshmallow]

#writing #ao3 writer #writing memes #writers on tumblr #artists on tumblr #artist support #neverending #labor of love

[thesepaintedhands]

The WGA and AMPTP have reached a tentative deal to end the writer's strike 146 days after it started.

This is incredible news. As someone in the film and TV industry, I'm thrilled and I applaud the members of the WGA for their tenacity. They truly showed up and fought to make things better for future generations of writers, and they deserve everything they asked for (and hopefully won) with this deal. Fingers crossed that a similar deal will be reached soon between the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA to end the actor's strike.

That being said, as someone working in VFX, I'm imploring everyone to be kind to VFX artists in the coming months. We all want the industry to make a comeback and to be part of bringing back the media we all know and love, but I can guarantee that the big studios of the AMPTP that contract out work to smaller VFX shops like mine are now going to try to make up as much lost revenue as possible. Shows that had production grind to a standstill are going to come back on condensed schedules, and since all the smaller shops have been hit hard by the strikes, they're going to take up as much work as possible. And VFX folks don't have unions. We don't have protections against gross amounts of overtime to stop the client studios from simply pulling a show from us if we can't bend over for a wildly unrealistic production schedule.

Again, I'm thrilled the WGA strike has an end in sight, but I'm also mentally preparing for a sucky few months ahead for myself and my friends and colleagues in post-production. And the work will suffer for it; it always does. So if the CG in your favorite shows or that movie you're looking forward to looks kind of wonky in the coming year, please be kind to the VFX artists. We're always doing the best we can with what we're given, and I think we're about to be given a lot less than usual.

#vfx #wga strike #support the wga #visual effects #hot labor summer #Support vfx artists #support artists #support sag aftra #writers strike