#*actively* promoting

[honestlyvan]

As someone who doesn’t use Twitter and hasn’t used it since 2016, at this point I feel like every even slightly Twitter-esque (let alone overt Twitter-esque) design choice Tumblr makes gets yelled about because People Really Just Fucking Hate Twitter whether they realise it or not.

Which, like. Fair ‘nuff. I also hate Twitter, which is why I don’t use it. But nobody ever really gives these design decisions any time to percolate on this site in favour of kneejerk “they changed it and we hate it” reaction. Public likes are not new. Multiple tabs on a dashboard (some of them not things you opted into seeing) are not new. Having to block ads with external tools is not new (and it’s a big deal that photomatt said the words “ad blocker”, like, you couldn’t get that shit on any other profit-driven site, everyone is too scared for their precious monetisation)

The new sidebar, also, I think is pretty ugly right now but it’s probably going to go through a few iterations. I, personally, really wish they’d put the search bar literally anywhere else (maybe group search and discovery together IDK I’m not an UX designer) and I think accessing sideblogs has been too complicated for a while now, but none of those are the same as “this looks like The Other Blue Site”.

Like I’m not a graphic designer. I am certainly not a fucking UX designer, and I think those people are either all nuts or all geniuses. I’m pretty sure the new layout is being extensively heatmapped rn, and what changes it’ll undergo are gonna be done based on that, based on comments that are along the lines of ‘this change would make me more productive’ and less on “WEEEEEH CHANGE IT BACK CHANGE IT BACK CHANGE IT BACK”. 

Your animosity towards change is not meaningful user experience information. You misclicking on shit more *is*. If this layout is really *that* bad and terrible, Automattic’s research tools will demonstrate it as such. The developers now are actually much better versed in Web 2.0 design, for better and for worse.

[rileymorph]

hi cleaning out my drafts and files uhhh

consider this the rileymorph four swords director's cut (aka art dump)

[gotchibam]

Hello!! I'm currently accepting pokemon ko-fi doodle requests :)

Pricing is $15 per pokemon! You can request up to 3 pokes in one doodle (+$15 for each extra pkmn). Please limit your request to existing pokemon only (no fusions / custom designs), thank you! <3

Doodle request page: https://ko-fi.com/gotchibam/commissions

Queue / backlog of requests: https://trello.com/b/ty1kyZec/gotchibam-pokemon-ko-fi-doodles

Signal boosts are very much appreciated 🙏🙏🙏 Thank you so much for supporting me & my work!! ;w;

[plushri-moved]

edited 22/02/2024 - my mum helped me raise the match goal from £100 to £200

edited again 22/02/2024 - I met and exceeded my goal! Donations are still very welcome because I think it's really impactful to show our collective donations, I will close this on the 27th when I am paid and can make my donation

Idea credit goes to @ibtisams and I was inspired by @stuckinapril and @geekydragon !

I am doing a donation match!

I will match every pound donated, from now until next week, up to £200! I will donate £50 regardless of the outcome.

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1. Donate any amount you can to one of the places below:

UNRWA | Palestine children's relief fund | esims (link is a how to guide!) | Operation olive branch (any family that resonates with you)

2. Send me proof/receipt showing the date and amount, cross out any other information you wish

(currency does not matter, I will convert it and donate the equivalent in GBP)

3. I will update in the reblogs how much has been donated so far, and will make my matched donation on the 27th of February (when I get paid the money I plan to donate)

I'm currently planning on splitting my donation across the above sources, but I will donate £200 total.

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If we meet the match goal we will raise £400 for people who desperately need it right now! It's easy to feel a small donation doesn't help, so hopefully this is a way to illustrate how it all does really add up.

Any amount helps, if you have £1 to spare please do, but if you can donate more I urge you to

If you have nothing to spare, please reblog and do your daily click

[bylerist]

“they won’t make byler canon because of backlash” okay but like. actually? netflix wants byler. it not a liability, it’s an asset. it’s 2025—people want this kind of story. people crave this kind of payoff.

stranger things has always thrived off cultural impact. and what’s more iconic than making the slowest slow burn in netflix history canon in the final season? they know exactly what they’re doing. it’s marketing gold. byler going canon is going to make history.

this story has been building towards byler from the beginning. mike and will are the emotional spine of stranger things. as long as it’s done right, the general audience will get that. eventually.

they’re not throwing away the biggest emotional payoff the show has ever built towards just because dave from facebook says he’ll stop watching the show if they “make it gay”. the positive response from general audiences is going to be so much louder than the hate. and they know that.

[pityroadart]

Something from the other week ago now: a pair of Lando and Oscar eyes for the lovely @bright-and-burning 👁

I used a different watercolour palette for these than my previous eyes, and I really really enjoy the colours and depth of them.

Daniel Smith watercolours (+ a bit of Polychromos coloured pencil in the irises) on Stonehenge Aqua cold press heavy 100% cotton 600gsm paper, approx 2.5x3.75" each

[wolfphilia]

You Are Not Alone! 🗺️

MapResources.Info for support with therapy and more

Stickers available to print/ship

[deoidesign]

Idk who needs to hear this but time and time again isn't over!!!

Webtoon removed the "time and time again will return!!!" Banner and I don't know why, but it's not over!!! There's still another 1/3 of the comic to go! There's a lot more stuff that I'm working on and it'll be coming back soon!

Please be patient with me, I know it's been a long time... But the stuff I'm making is really good and there's a lot of reasons it's taken this long. I promise I want it back more than anyone.

I'm trying to come back around the end of October. I'm doing my best to get everything ready in time, so no promises, but I'm on track to do so! I'm just one person writing and drawing everything, and my editor was fired so I'm not even getting any notes anymore. It's literally just me. I'm doing my best I promise!

[mik4elas]

Magnum Opus.

I heavily referenced and was inspired by the 1890 painting “Pygmalion and Galatea” by Jean-Léon Gérôme!!

To Be Hero X has been consuming me lately.... there's so much to analyze within every episode, every concept movie, etc... I'm so excited for episode 4 to come out.

[dreamsof2004]

hi babies! i made a tasks/chore chart! u can write a space at the bottom for points/rewards too, i just left it out of the template itself. the quality got kinda nuked but should be clearer when u click on it/download <3

sfw interaction only or be blocked!

[oh-bother-stickers]

[wineaunt420]

It was low-key so hot when in the second batman live action, Cillian Crane said "I said my drugs would take you places, I never said they would be places you'd want to go"

I need Btaa scarecrow to say precisely those lines now because he is essentially Cillian crow just fan fitted to be more accurate.

(Huge ass massive character rant in the tags lol, I LOVE JON SO SO SO SO SO MUCH)

[loolilyumm]

LOOLY are u ok!? Are you still with us!!!!!

OMG IM STILL ALIVE I PROMISE!! Im so sorry! I got swamped with school and graduation and a new hunger games obsession AND ART FIGHT STARTING SOON…do not worry though!! I still have some art I’m cooking up (plus a few agent 24 art requests hehe….VERY EXCITING)

Here is a look at one (1) one of many wips as proof I OROMISE I DIDNT ABANDON U GUYS

[neon-ufo]

If you are someone who likes to follow artists on multiple platforms, I've been quite active on bsky! ➡️ neonufo.bsky.social

[charmac]

do you think s17 will cause a resurgence in the fandom? like inactive blogs becoming active more fanfiction just a more active fandom in general?

Yes! It always does. Beginning of the resurgence will definitely be when the first official trailer drops (with clips from each (or most) episodes) and then we’ll pick up more and more as we get closer to the premiere.. after the premiere there will for sure be an explosion in fandom posts/fics/art, etc. to build up to the finale and then we’ll continue being pretty active for a few months after, tapering off until we’re back to our hiatus-sized crowd…

It seems like we’ve picked up a ton of new fans in this hiatus (which makes sense, due to the Abbott exposure and prolonged amount of time between seasons) so I’m predicting we have an even bigger fandom for Season 17 than we did for 16! (For some reference, during 16 we were regularly breaking 1k+ notes on dozens of posts about new eps and we charted on fandometrics a few times!)

[neunhofferart]

All of the creatives behind CC and CT seem to genuinely love Yasammy, do you feel that's the case?

Also more importantly, is there anything I as a professional nobody can do to help support artists in the current action?

Absolutely! A lot of us always thought they should be together on both shows.

And yes, for those who are unaware-- our union, The Animation Guild (which many of the folks who brought you Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous and Chaos Theory are members of), is currently in negotiations with the AMPTP (The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, who represent all the studios who EMPLOY union workers) for a new contract for LA union animation workers.

There's a lot of different issues being negotiated over right now (including AI, better pay for undervalued crafts, and a vast number of craft specific issues), but I and many of my former coworkers have been personally affected by the growing trend of studios outsourcing more and more previously UNION jobs to nonunion workers, who are vastly underpaid and overworked without the protections that were negotiated for us here in LA.

I have personally been out of work since February. This can partially be attributed to the fact that studios haven't been greenlighting very many new shows. But it can ALSO be attributed to studios looking for shady ways to cut costs, and deciding they no longer value TV storyboard artists enough to hire them union and pay them what they are really worth (many outsourced storyboard artists are paid a third of what we are paid in LA). Practically everyone I know who I used to work with at Dreamworks TV (with the exception of 1 or 2 people who are about to hit their own end dates soon) are no longer working there, and many are also currently unemployed as well.

To be clear-- I do not blame outsourced workers-- they are also taken advantage of by the studios, and they are often awarded contracts based on whoever bids the least money and time, and then not treated fairly. In an ideal world, everyone should be paid the union rate with the union benefits if they are doing work for a union studio, no matter the location, and whether or not someone is hired should come down purely to whether they are a fit for the project, not whether or not they are the cheapest labor a company can exploit.

So! This (and many MANY more reasons, including trying to replace EVERYONE with AI) is why I am rooting for any and all gains our negotiations committee can make towards these eventual goals, as well as further protection of our current members this negotiations cycle.

I encourage anyone who has ever enjoyed anything animated and would like to support the people who make animation to check out Animation Workers Ignited for more information, to follow their page on twitter and on instagram, to follow the #StandWithAnimation hashtags (again particularly on twitter and instagram), and to retweet/share/reblog the updates, stories, and firsthand accounts of animation workers that are posted on these platforms to help keep us trending on social media while we're in negotiations. You can also make posts yourselves voicing your own support of us using the #StandWithAnimation hashtag! Please encourage your friends to do all these things as well!

Thank you for asking!