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The art history version of “you’d look prettier if you smiled more”

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Regardless of how much or how little a freelance artist decides to set their commission prices at, they are in every right to do that.

If you feel an artist is charging too little for a commission, tip them!

If you feel an artist is charging too much, they’re not, but they’re out of your price range and you should not be spending money on luxury goods you cannot afford in the first place.

Every artist should be charging more for their work - but they do not for any number of personal, professional or financial reasons. That’s their individual decision - if they are comfortable bumping their price they will, in the interim, encourage tipping/them accepting tips.

There are also more and more artists that are beginning to charge more for their work, and they should - it’s a highly-valued luxury good. That is their individual decision - if you can’t afford it, that’s your problem, not the artist’s. They are charging according to a variety of wage standards, time, labor, media, tools and etc. to formulate their prices.

Art is a luxury good that requires specific specialized skill sets and prices set around hours creating unique custom digital or physical goods with expensive programs, devices, tools or mediums, tailored to client specifications. You are not entitled to cheaper prices and artists are not entitled to increase or decrease their rates at the whim of others.

If you do not want to pay for a luxury good, you are going to have to learn and invest in how to create it yourself instead.

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Important information for Content Creators on Tumblr

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!

CONTENT CREATORS: TUMBLR IS HIDING YOUR POSTS!

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.

WHAT TO DO?

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.

CONTENT CREATOR SUPPORTERS

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! 

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I reached 30k followers on this main blog last weekend so I thought I’d do something for my followers. 

The Winner will get:

1 ebook version of my published book Sunblind [infos] [excerpt] [excerpt] (if you already own Sunblind you can wait and you’ll get the sequel Sunchoked once it is released) or

1 digital portrait of yourself/character of your choice [example] [example] or

1 aesthetic edit of your choice [example] [example] or

1 custom poem of any theme you choose [example] [example]

The choice is yours :)

The Rules

Must be following me. I’ll check. I want this to go to one of my followers who stick around with me.

Once you reblogged send me an ask telling me why you follow me. This can be a short message or a longer one, I appreciate each and everyone of them. If you don’t write a message your reblog doesn’t count.

Reblog as much as you like, but please don’t spam your followers.

Only reblogs count, likes don’t.

No giveaway blogs. I will be checking and you will be disqualified immediately.

Please make sure your askbox is open so that I can contact you if you win.

You must be comfortable to share your email with me so I can send you the ebook version of Sunblind if you decide for that one.

Winner will be chosen using random.org.

Please don’t delete the text.

Breaking any of these rules will disqualify you from the giveaway.

The Giveaway ends May 15th, 23:59 P.M. CET. Good Luck to everyone!

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Dear Tumblr,

All those posts you see of young artists charging $3, $6, $10 for a drawing because they need help? That’s fucking exploitation, and fuck you if you think it’s reasonable or a “good deal" to pay nickels and dimes to squeeze a full-color original drawing out of some talented, hardworking kid because things are tight, and they can’t afford their textbooks. Or food. They sure as hell can’t afford to make you art for $6.

Instead, stop. And ask them where you can donate. If you can afford a $6 drawing, then you can afford to spend $6 simply to help someone. You don’t need internal organs as payment.

Don’t allow young artists to be exploited.

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Welcome to the Sterek ReverseBang challenge!

For those who aren’t familiar with this type of challenge, let’s first say what it entails. It’s a Big Bang type of writing and art challenge, but flipped around - instead of artists picking fics to create art for, it’s the artists who contribute art, and writers create stories inspired by it.

We’ll be looking for artists willing to create new pieces, made specifically for this challenge and for writers who like visual inspiration for their stories.

The basic rules can be found in the RULES post, but in short: artistic creations of multiple types are accepted, and fics will be required to be at least 4000 words long. In our SCHEDULE post, you can find the dates when the challenge starts and ends, for both artists and writers.

So, if you’re up for the challenge, please consider signing up on January 29th, 2017!

If you have any further questions that aren’t answered in the Rules or FAQ, you can contact us via ask or on twitter.

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guys, i have carpal tunnel, and work a job where i have to type for 8 hours, and also draw sometimes. these are awesome. also this pdf is magical as well.

Every artist who sees this post should do the following:

- Watch the video.

- Follow the instructions

- Reblog

I can’t stress you enough about how important these exercises are for your drawing hand. You don’t wanna get CTS of Tendonitis and similar stuff that will prevent you from making art or even hold  a pencil.

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https://society6.com/chofee

like 99% teen wolf stuff tho

i wanna buy some cool stuff thats unique and helps an actual person make some money. 

its for christmas so you have to be able to get it to the netherlands by the 22nd and it has be 15 euros/dollars or less 

if you sell stuff in an online store/etse/redbubble or something like that. 

reblog this with the link and i will check it out

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but what if they all watched yoi and decided to skate the op

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My darlings!

For some reasons more that 1500 of you think this tiny blog of mine is worth your attention *tackleglomps you through the screen*

I’m not good at expressing with words how much you fill my heart with the warm and fuzzies, but know that you are a big part of why my days always, always, always have a silver lining <3

So, because you do deserve more than just a “thank you”…

here is a teeny tiny giveaway :)

Prize the first: One copy of “Nas Makes Stuff - Vol. 1”

Prize the second: One copy of “Nas Makes Stuff - Vol. 2"

Prize the third: One set of “Canvases can’t break us apart - sterek edition”

Prize the fourth: One tiny canvas featuring Stiles and Derek being schmoopy in a field

All prizes come with a small fox magnet.

The rules

You need to be following me, as this is a followers giveaway

You must be willing to give me your address, otherwise I can’t send you your prize

you enter the giveaway by filling this form (you only need to do it once)

Like and reblog this post as many times as you want. Neither will increase your chances of winning, but part of the form has to do with, uh, stuff that you like? And you know, December is around the corner…

I’ll be using a random generator to select the winners.

If a winner doesn’t reply after 24 hours, I’ll pick another one :)

Giveaway ends on Friday, November 11th! Winners will be announced on November 12th

If you have any questions leave them in my ask box and I’ll reply asap :)

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Is it ARTIST APPRECIATION DAY??

 IF IT ISN’T I DON’T CARE IM GONNA APPRECIATE Y’ALL ANYWAY.

I’m always blown away by each and every one of your work. This post is me all the time. You’re all so talented and brave to post your work for us to see. Whether it’s one character, one show or multiple fandoms at once y’all are amazing for what you do and what you share.

And so in no particular order here y’all:

@andavs // @kylerinvention // @littlecofiegirl // @spider999now // @aredblush  // @geeky-sova // @benaya-trash // @annoyinglycute // @krakenface // @agartaart // @yijitumbles // @yourlovelyalpha // @virtualcarrot // @annayuma // @batwynn // @thealphaownsme // @yomikoda // @abbuneki // @pembroke // @kerushis // @berry-muffin // @aeroplaneblues // @dakotaliar // @tsumi-noaru // @thegeekindenial // @torakodragon // @banryeo // @chofee // @artofobsession // @stiles-and-the-sourwolf // @pawspaintsnthings // @omgaskplease // @ngoziu // @redporkpadthai // @kantperson // @tronnies-art-blog // @showsonface // @that-omgcp-trash // @bittysplaylist // @littlestpersimmon 

You all are amazing and I’m sure I’ve missed someone but if you’ve ever posted your art, your hard work, you deserve all the love and appreciation for sharing your talents with us so freely ♥

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could someone help me with paypal invoices please?...

Not sure how long ago you posted this but I am currently trying to figure it out myself. I could totally try and see if I can help you too

thank you, a kind person already did and i think i can share, here we go: http://volleydorks.tumblr.com/post/150718998766/heads-up-paypal-is-changing-tos-again

hope you find it useful <3

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awww thank you <3 omgcp fanart was a lot of fun to draw so there may be more coming :3

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wow hello guys thank you for following me :D

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@bishop-knight you could say it’s a billow

more ransholtz :3 ransom probably had a coral reef episode and passed out

these two are from check please by ngozi, go read asap if you like gay hockey bros

[more fanart]

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more ransholtz :3 ransom probably had a coral reef episode and passed out

these two are from check please by ngozi, go read asap if you like gay hockey bros

[more fanart]