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I think I got a lot of new followers recently because twitter keeps going to shit. However, as you probably know I can't and don't post nsfw art here.

You can find my NSFW socials on my pinned post. I think a lot of people are hesitant to join platforms which aren't fully available to the public yet but if you'd like to keep up with my nsfw art I'd like to:

Urge you to visit my website and subscribe to my RSS feed for gallery updates!

Suggest you follow me on either Pillowfort or Cohost (18+).

In the last year I have started using PF and Cohost more than Mastodon, as they've implemented new features and their posting system is more in line with what I enjoy: robust tagging and filtering, ability to post MANY images, and readmores for long posts.

If you've been hesitant to join either of those platforms since you don't know what to expect here's a small-ish review of both purely from my experience as someone who: a) enjoys profile customization b) likes to have an organized art gallery that is filterable by tags.

This review is aimed at artists looking for NSFW spaces to post! UI screenshots might have suggestive terms and images. Proceed with caution.

Edit: Good grief tunglr, if you open this on the dash the images aren't shown in the neat galleries I put them in to make the post shorter. Head on over to the permalink if you'd like a better looking post!

Let me just say that if you're looking for a review on more technical aspects of these platforms, like security and moderation policies. I'm not your guy. You'll have to look elsewhere for that. I'm focusing on QoL UI and community aspects.

Though both these platforms allow nsfw, please make sure to read their ToS/Community Guidelines for rules on what is and isn't allowed. Though as far as I'm aware they have pretty similar rules.

Pillowfort

Overview::

Pillowfort has more years under its belt being available to users than Cohost does, as such I THINK the artist/fandom userbase atm is larger, which means you might see more activity there. UI as of right now is very comfortable and the site runs pretty smoothly. Loading times are very decent. Posting is easy, though the image uploader is a little wonky (they are working on fixing this). You are able to create and manage communities based on interests or themes, which people can follow or join and all post in the same space. You can personalize your profile by adding images, links, and formatted text to your sidebar, as well as customize your own profile colors. Tag searches in my experience yield results of both art and aesthetic irl porn and gifs. If that's something you miss from ye olden tumblr days it might be worth a look.

Pros:

Posts have privacy options (everyone, logged in, followers, mutuals, only me)

Has a DM system

Posts have Commentable, Rebloggable, NSFW toggle

Can post MANY images on a single post

Readmore feature for long posts

Robust tagging system

Robust filtering system: hide or click-through warning (by installing Tassel userscript only)

Customizable profile colors, Light/Dark mode for whole website

Communities you can follow/join for shared interests

You can filter posts on profile by tag

You can filter posts on profile by "original poster" or "reblog"

Cons:

wonky image uploader, cannot upload multiple images at once

Cannot search for multiple tags at once

Search for terms with periods in them is currently broken (ex. "D.Gray-man" will not yield any search results)

Communities have few moderation features atm

Without Tassel installed the filtering system is pretty garbage atm (you can either show or hide nsfw or filtered tags completely, with no click-through warnings)

No multiple account/side blog feature yet

Some inline image formatting options are broken atm

Default endless scrolling

No progressive web app for mobile atm

For a more in depth explanation of PF's UI and features you can check out this official post.

Here are some images of the UI.

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Cohost

Overview::

Cohost feels like it has a small artist/fandom userbase at the moment. However, to make up for that it has a pretty slick UI, it works great as a progressive web app on mobile, and it recently implemented an ASK system similar to tumblr's! Everything loads pretty quickly, and you can switch between your "latest posts" feed and your "bookmarked tags" feed. You can access your likes as a bookmark system, but as a whole "notes" and engagement numbers except for comments are not visible anywhere (this is wonderful for my personal mental health). It has a simple post editor and though the image uploader only allows 4 images that will load with lightbox, there's a workaround to upload MANY inline images if you want. The catch is you'll need to use a bit of markdown or html to do that. (more on that below) Though you can't personalize your profile colors, you can add personality to your page by making very cool pinned posts and adding images to your sidebar.

Pros:

Animated avatars! (listen i like having my animated komui icon)

You can make multiple "pages" (blogs) which function independently for comments/asks. switching between pages is effortless

Ask system, with anon toggle (you cannot reply privately atm tho)

2 Factor Authentication

Progressive web app for mobile works like a charm

You can preview your post before you post it

Posts have a NSFW toggle and you can save drafts

Can post MANY images in a single post (bit of a workaround as you'll need to upload your images to a draft first and then add them to a new post with some markdown or html code)

Readmore feature for long posts

Robust tagging AND filtering system (show, click-through, hide completely), plus CW system to give your posts additional click through warnings you deem necessary

You can do incredibly cool things with HTML and inline CSS on your posts

You can filter posts on profile by tag, and you can have pinned tags

Toggles for hiding reblogs, replies, and asks on profiles

Paginated browsing instead of endless scrolling (things load faster)

No engagement numbers visible ANYWHERE

Cons:

Image uploader does not let you upload multiple images at once. Limit to 4 images (can upload more as inline images with code)

Advanced post formatting (ex. bold, italics, bullet list, inline images etc.) has to be done through markdown or html + css which is not the friendliest for those who don't know any code (there's a button for a markdown cheatsheet when you post tho!)

No dark mode, or customizing profile colors atm (however there are workarounds to changing site colors with Stylus extension)

Cannot search for multiple tags at once

Cool things you can do with CSS on your posts might look very bad on mobile

Since you can do some crazy things with CSS on posts, you might come across eye straining visuals and movement on some posts. There are settings to tone this down, and people are pretty good about tagging things, so with some good filtering you should be able to avoid this however.

A little quieter on the artist/fandom front (but we can change that)

Here are some images of the UI.

If you made it to the end of this review thanks for giving it a look! If there's something vital you might want to know that I missed in regards to UI and posting features let me know and I will try to answer. But again, this is not a technical/security issues/bugs review so don't ask me about that.

Lastly, I've been seeing a handful of NSFW artists I follow on twitter hopping on bluesky. I REALLY suggest you do a little research on the owners and platform to see if you think joining is worthwhile, since I have a feeling many artists might not want their alternative to be a site owned by crypto advocates (and also a billionaire). Some basic research will get you there. Just take heed and use your best judgement. On that note Cohost is strictly against crypto (I'm guessing PF might be too but I don't have a link that I can point you to confirming this atm).

I believe community driven and supported platforms are the way to go. If you end up thinking either of these two places are worth your time, do consider getting your friends and favorite artists on board or supporting them! You'll get added perks on both platforms if you become a supporter. PF recently added the ability to have MULTIPLE AVATARS (PFPs I think they're called nowadays) which I think is super cool (i really miss that from LJ days).

Again, thanks for reading and I hope to see some of you there!

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hey netizens! i'm not sure how many people are aware, but youtube's been slowly rolling out a new anti-adblock policy that can't be bypassed with the usual software like uBlock Origin and Pi-Hole out of the gate

BUT, if you're a uBlock Origin user (or use an adblocker with a similar cosmetics modifier), you can add these commands in the uBlock dashboard to get rid of it!

youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.openPopupConfig.supportedPopups.adBlockMessageViewModel, false) youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.adBlocksFound, 0) youtube.com##+js(set, ytplayer.config.args.raw_player_response.adPlacements, []) youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.hasAllowedInstreamAd, true)

reblog to help keep the internet less annoying and to tell corporations that try shit like this to go fuck themselves <3

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Uh my last post said I need a community label but when I edit the post there's no place to add a community label? Just tags ? I have no idea how to use Tumblr anymore

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I spent 3 yrs writing and drawing this Bravely Second Janne x Yew book, please give it a look, there’s more sample pages under the cut

my shop is at https://xiaa.bigcartel.com

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I was accepted into the Limit Breaker Zine, I made the artwork for the keychain! In addition, I also contributed 4 pages of R18 to the zine itself. I’ll cross post it here when it gets announced.

2 amazing artists created the Stickers and the Post cards, and also the zine itself too!

https://limitbreakerzine.bigcartel.com/

The twitter is posting previews of all the works too! They haven’t posted my part yet, but please take a look at everyone else’s works, they’re so beautiful!!! If you love Cloud Strife, please don’t miss out if you can! It celebrates many pairings with Cloud in it!

https://twitter.com/LimitBowl/

I’m so honored and imposter syndroming about getting accepted to draw R18 Cloud in a zine with so many amazing ppl though, I just made me from 10 yrs ago wish come true.

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Just added preview pgs for the contributors!

awishcometrue.bigcartel.com/preview

I’m so grateful for Vanie (@chibimonki on twitter) and Julchen (@cerusico_) to say yes to participating in this zine!! And they both made amazing work!

Making a comic is a lot of work, and there were many times we were constantly struggling and feeling guilty about not finishing quickly enough. This was the longest comic I’ve done in a while, and I think anybody would have given up on me being able to finish the comic after maybe 6 months…

But I’m grateful for them both for making both amazing works despite their busy schedule and the hardship that 2020 put on everyone in general and also not giving up on me either. This zine is only possible with their help and support!

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also uhm, thank you all for your support even though I’ve been gone a while.

Preview pages for my part of the nsfw Ringabel x Edea zine are up! 

My main part is 34 pages total. I worked really hard on it and it took a year to draw… I’ve also included 8 pages that I drew but scrapped too in the zine! Some of them were fully inked, toned and texted too! So it’s kinda a small behind the scenes look at my process kinda.

I hope people will enjoy the silly jokes and the story and the nsfw i put into my part too, but I also… I went off the rails a lot in some cases too XDD but hopefully people will get a laugh or two out of it.

Also I’m planning to have a small stream either on twitch or picarto on saturday (gmt-6) 9-10pm…i had a poll on twitter and people voted to watch me draw a picture, so I’ll just draw something Ringabel x Edea related. Not sure if it will be nsfw or not.

Thanks for reading this far!

awishcometrue.bigcartel.com

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A Wish Come True! A R18 Ringabel x Edea Zine is open for Preorders!

https://awishcometrue.bigcartel.com/

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he got invited! i’m still so happy for him!!! T w T

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The Truth

Kept wondering what would happen, if Cloud actually told Zack about – you know. All that. So here we go. Another one from my Zack lives AU. That long one.

(Tifa’s Zack’s new best friend in this AU. Protective Barret doesn’t trust him just like he didn’t trust Cloud before.)

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Banora Shipping week day 1: Growing Up

Can you imagine how big bone and chubby Angeal might have been when he was a kid??? And the hunk he grows up to be? XD Hahaha. And Genesis being thirsty.

I guess Genesis convinced his dad to hire Angeal for summer breaks during harvesting season?? To help Angeal and his fam out.

Ahhh sorry it’s not in color I’m having a really stressful time at work right now ;__; Thank you to @asylos​ for reminding me about Banorashipweek!!! I’m sorry i wasn’t able to take full advantage of the reminders though 😭 😭 😭

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Last day to preorder One Hell of a Boyfriend, the Janne & Yew incubus theme zine!

Our shop: onehellofashop.bigcartel.com

View Previews and details @onehellofaboyfriend

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@food-fantasy-zine Hey y’all!!! Here’s my preview for my piece in Al Dente, a food fantasy zine!!!!! Everyone’s art is sooo wonderful and detailed and everyone’s fics are almost too nice 😭😭😭!!! Please consider ordering if you’re interested in this beautiful zine!!!!!! Preorders are opening up soon, please look forward to it!!!!!!

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Succeeded with a shiny hunting combo chain for the first time EVER~! I almost didn’t believe what I saw while waiting for one to pop up. X3

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After a lot of moping and failed attempts to get back into the ocean, surfer!AU Ravus discovered there was a way to surf that has a zero percent chance of sharks. It requires an assistant sometimes, but he has someone perfectly willing to contradict his own snowboard and do the job.

The cold tolerance of some Tenebraeans and Nifs is ridiculous. Especially to Lucians bundled in four or five layers.

From sketch to the start of lines, there was something about Ravus facing front that just did not look right, no matter what I did. Scrapped the whole head sketch, tried again, and it’s the best job I’ve done on his face yet. Aw yiss. 

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currently playing through ff7 and i’m still crying.

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Cloud icon commission!!