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I come back on Tumblr for the first time after that particular shitstorm in December so I can look through my old posts and find stuff good enough to repost to Twitter/Instagram, and I see that apparently my 15 minute sketch of Wonder Woman from a couple of years ago was apparently so bad that Tumblr's bot thought it was smut. Anyway, that's how my night is going.

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So, about the Tumblr thing and my future here

By now everyone's aware of the issues here, no need for me to explain it. I'm not someone who would be very affected by the upcoming change since I don't post nsfw content, but as an artist I can't, in good concience, support these changes. It's clear why it's happening, money is the issue here and I don't believe for a second this is being done with altruistic intentions.

I may not produce nsfw content, but so many skilled artists here do, and I have a lot of respect for them as people that have worked hard to get where they are now and grew their following based on their skill. They're people that I've grown to admire, and even envy in a way.

This decision feels, to me, downright insulting to these people I respect, and for that reason I feel that it's time for me to focus elsewhere. It would put a bad taste in my mouth to continue posting here the way I have, at least right now. I'll be moving to focus mainly on Twitter and Youtube until I can find a better alternative.

I won't be abandoning Tumblr completely, all the art that's here will stay here until further notice, but if you want to see my updates and activity you'll have to go to my Twitter.

Who knows what'll happen in the future, maybe I'll come back here full time if things change. Now though, I can't stand by it.

Not that I have a large following, but if you're interested in what I do follow me here:

twitter.com/KingRedstarArt

youtube.com/channel/UC-FAUUjL-8YFDETGposfNcA

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It's got nothing to do with "American prudery" and everything to do with the fact that Tumblr was taken off the App store and it's hurting their profits. Hey, they said they were going to be transparent. Maybe they just need a bit of a push to get there.

A better, more positive Tumblr

Since its founding in 2007, Tumblr has always been a place for wide open, creative self-expression at the heart of community and culture. To borrow from our founder David Karp, we’re proud to have inspired a generation of artists, writers, creators, curators, and crusaders to redefine our culture and to help empower individuality.

Over the past several months, and inspired by our storied past, we’ve given serious thought to who we want to be to our community moving forward and have been hard at work laying the foundation for a better Tumblr. We’ve realized that in order to continue to fulfill our promise and place in culture, especially as it evolves, we must change. Some of that change began with fostering more constructive dialogue among our community members. Today, we’re taking another step by no longer allowing adult content, including explicit sexual content and nudity (with some exceptions).  

Let’s first be unequivocal about something that should not be confused with today’s policy change: posting anything that is harmful to minors, including child pornography, is abhorrent and has no place in our community. We’ve always had and always will have a zero tolerance policy for this type of content. To this end, we continuously invest in the enforcement of this policy, including industry-standard machine monitoring, a growing team of human moderators, and user tools that make it easy to report abuse. We also closely partner with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Internet Watch Foundation, two invaluable organizations at the forefront of protecting our children from abuse, and through these partnerships we report violations of this policy to law enforcement authorities. We can never prevent all bad actors from attempting to abuse our platform, but we make it our highest priority to keep the community as safe as possible.

So what is changing?

Posts that contain adult content will no longer be allowed on Tumblr, and we’ve updated our Community Guidelines to reflect this policy change. We recognize Tumblr is also a place to speak freely about topics like art, sex positivity, your relationships, your sexuality, and your personal journey. We want to make sure that we continue to foster this type of diversity of expression in the community, so our new policy strives to strike a balance.

Why are we doing this?

It is our continued, humble aspiration that Tumblr be a safe place for creative expression, self-discovery, and a deep sense of community. As Tumblr continues to grow and evolve, and our understanding of our impact on our world becomes clearer, we have a responsibility to consider that impact across different age groups, demographics, cultures, and mindsets. We spent considerable time weighing the pros and cons of expression in the community that includes adult content. In doing so, it became clear that without this content we have the opportunity to create a place where more people feel comfortable expressing themselves.

Bottom line: There are no shortage of sites on the internet that feature adult content. We will leave it to them and focus our efforts on creating the most welcoming environment possible for our community.

So what’s next?

Starting December 17, 2018, we will begin enforcing this new policy. Community members with content that is no longer permitted on Tumblr will get a heads up from us in advance and steps they can take to appeal or preserve their content outside the community if they so choose. All changes won’t happen overnight as something of this complexity takes time.

Another thing, filtering this type of content versus say, a political protest with nudity or the statue of David, is not simple at scale. We’re relying on automated tools to identify adult content and humans to help train and keep our systems in check. We know there will be mistakes, but we’ve done our best to create and enforce a policy that acknowledges the breadth of expression we see in the community.

Most importantly, we’re going to be as transparent as possible with you about the decisions we’re making and resources available to you, including more detailed information, product enhancements, and more content moderators to interface directly with the community and content.

Like you, we love Tumblr and what it’s come to mean for millions of people around the world. Our actions are out of love and hope for our community. We won’t always get this right, especially in the beginning, but we are determined to make your experience a positive one.

Jeff D’Onofrio CEO

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Practice with hue, since I never color that way. Not totally satisfied, but I think I'll make it the new icon anyway.

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I like the sketches being the background. Forgive me if I snatch that idea.

Ghost Pepper one time.

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Ask me about mine or tell me about yours. Who knows what'll happen?

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Hey, I’m back.

One of many OC’s and the main character of a comic that at this rate will never happen, this is Lucia.  Let me know if you’d like to see more of her or know more about her, or just more oc stuff in general (I’ve got plenty).

Uh oh, she’s not wearing a shirt.  Hope my blog doesn’t disappear.

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My mind and Stan Lee

No jokes here.

I never got to meet him, or see him in person. I never got chance to speak to him, I never sent him fan mail, and I never drew any art as a tribute. What I did do, was consume his media.

I'm a young man, nearing the end of my college experience, and I've loved superheroes for as long as I can remember. I remember when I was a little kid in the late 90's - early 2000's, watching Batman and Superman cartoons on T.V., and Spider-Man and X-Men on vhs. For me back then, there was no division. If you liked Batman, you probably liked Spider-Man too. It wasn't D.C. vs Marvel or "if you like this company you don't know quality." It was about the imagination, the storytelling, the mind-boggling wonder that Superheroes inspired. I remember in the mid-2000s sitting on the floor in my room with the vhs looping a string of Spider-Man episodes, me trying to draw one of my favorite villains from the show. I believe his name was Spot. Anyway, I think back then is when it really started, watching Superman punch out one of Kirby's creations while one of Lee's creations punched out a polka-dot themed supervillain. There was a moment there when it all sort of clicked into place. I wanted to make characters too. I wanted to tell stories too. I wanted to entertain, and make people happy.

It was a lingering thought in my mind, that. Something of a whisper in the background. "This is what you want." Fast-forward to my junior year of highschool, I'm fully immersed in comic book culture. Not just that, but video games, film, literature. I liked it all, because they all told stories. Stories that were remembered. I was sitting with a fee friends in the library at school, and that whisper, suddenly, became a confident shout. "This is what you want."

I'm not drawing for nothing. I have ambition. I want to be great at what I love. I want to be published, and have people say in excited tones, "did you read the latest issue?" I want to inspire, and make people laugh, or cry, or explode with fury, with characters you can cheer for or hate to death. I want to create worlds that you can fall in love with. Like what I had growing up.

I had a dream that one day, once I had become good enough, once I had made something I found pride in and that the world would recognize, once I had achieved my goals... That I would finally meet one of my heroes. That I could look him in the eye, person to person, and shake his hand. That I could look at him with my own eyes with respect, and hopefully see that he respected me too.

But I've failed in that dream. So many of my heroes have gone in recent years. I can't ever speak to them. I can't shake their hands.

I never met Stan Lee. I never saw him in person. I never said a word to him, or sent him fan mail. I never made art in tribute to him. I say all this, but I feel the same as most everyone else does. I feel as if a piece of me is gone. His work with Marvel Comics is just a part of it. I've been surrounded by that madia for as long as I've been alive. But it isn't just that. Other publishers were affected by him and his legacy. Even Marvel's greatest competitor had to evolve and change over the years in response to the stories he wrote.

I say this with complete confidence. If it weren't for Stan Lee, Marvel, DC, Image, DarkHorse, hell, even Manga wouldn't be the same as they are today. Without him, comics would be different. That means cartoons would be different. T.V. would be different. Movies would be different. Media in general would be different.

Without the influence of Stan Lee and his peers, the world would be a different place. The thought of that scares the hell out of me.

So, I vent my thoughts in remembrance of him and all he's done. I renew my resolve to become a great artist and storyteller. I won't be making any art though. Not of him, not today. I feel like I'd be capitalizing on his passing if I did.

I'm a bit of a mess right now, so I don't really know how to end this post.

Thank you Stan. Thanks for all you've created, co-created, produced, said and done. Thank you for helping to put me on my path. Thank you for being great.

Rest in Peace.

Treasure your heroes, everyone.

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And now, for an artist much better than me. Maybe I should do some Apple Black fanart.

I drew all #bokunoheroacademia #characters #class1a students on a #starbuckscup tag #starbucks in a #youtubeartist video! #midoriya #deku #bakugoukatsuki #todoroki #uraraka #starbucksart #mangaart #anime #myheroacademia https://www.instagram.com/p/BqAeuAKlVcB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9julm898hyvp

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Daytime reblog.

Also feel free to suggest time lapse ideas, my channel is pretty barren at the moment so I'm open to suggestions.

Time Lapse- One Piece Ch 924 - Drawing Eustass Kid

In case you want to see the process.  No voiceover this time.

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Daytime reblog.

The boy is back.  A quick drawing because I just had to.

Mild spoilers for One Piece chapter 924.

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Time Lapse- One Piece Ch 924 - Drawing Eustass Kid

In case you want to see the process.  No voiceover this time.

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The boy is back.  A quick drawing because I just had to.

Mild spoilers for One Piece chapter 924.

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And now, for someone much better than me.

Inktober 2018 - Days 10 to 15

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Aaand, done.  Now that that’s over with, I can finally get back to digital.

Happy Halloween.

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Inktober Dump, Part 4.

Days 26, 27, 29, 30, 31.

“Stretchy boys for life.”  “Damned straight.”

Prepare for Trouble.  Make it Double.

He’s the Halloween Knight.  Get it?

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Inktober Dump Part 2

Days 14, 15, 17, 18, 19

TIME WIZEEHD!

I couldn’t think of anything for weak, so I decided to do an All-Mighty Mouse, the antithesis of weak.

I have a thing for imprisoned fairies.

Hotstreak from Static Shock.