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[ineffabildaddy]

i will never be precious about following people because why would i? it may seem so unimportant that it's not worth talking about on the surface, but following someone is saying "i want to see what you come up with. i like the things you do and say enough that i don't want to miss out next time." it's an important part of showing people that their presence here is valued and appreciated.

unfortunately, the way tumblr works with its algorithms and also its user culture means that, for every person who gets a lot of traction with their posts, there are many more people putting time and effort knowledge and craftsmanship and love into things every day who don't have proof enough that their endeavours are worth it. i'm always going to be the kind of person who responds and encourages, and following people so they are consistently shown to you on your dash is an essential element of that.<3

[beatcroc]

there's no way the bathroom at peppino's pizza is actually that big but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . hey ummm anyway.... i care them...... anyway there's a lil ramble on my take on fake pep's like psyche or whatever in tags on the og post if ur into that kinda thing :y

hey! it's a series! fake peppino world tour: [noise] [noisette] [peppino]<- u are here [gustavo] [gerome] [noisette again]

[doobledabbadoo]

the total drama bug has bit me ACK… heres sum guys iguess

[pup-pee]

drawings that make u go EAUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

strawberry nerds candy is my inspo

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

The West Passage

medieval fantasy set in a giant crumbling palace of traditions with forgotten origin, ruled by giant eldritch Ladies

when winter weather comes in the middle of summer, and a beast below the palace begins to rise, two teens from Grey who have suddenly gained a lot of responsibilities set out on separate journeys to the other towers to find a way to stop it, and meet all sorts of strange people and creatures along the way

world where pronouns/names are based on people’s roles

tons of cool medieval-style chapter illustrations by the author

[quinn-pop]

she was a diver, she was a diva, can i make it any more obvious

[poorwillednightjar]

hating twitter yet again… 🙁

[sleepis4theweak]

Hiya! I’m kind of a small creator on here and trying to get my rottmnt fic an audience but no matter what I do as promo material (art, skits, rambles) nothing ever works to get more than like 2 notes max. I’m confident in my story’s quality so I’m fairly sure that’s not the issue. I was wondering if you have any advice or anything like that? Your stuff is lovely and get a lot of community engagement so I’m curious if there was anything you actively did that helped you grow! I hope this doesn’t come off as rude or desperate, I just wanted to know if I was missing something since I’m pretty new to Tumblr. Enjoy your day ^^

Don't worry! You don't come off as rude or desperate at all!! <3

But tbh... you are asking the wrong person here...

I'm going into marketing, and I spent a full school year in high school doing an independent study on social media algorithms. So I know a LOT about how to grow social media followings- specifically instagram accounts.

But I never actually studied tumblr. I used to use instagram as a platform, but knowing how the algorithm worked was too stressful for me... I'd post stuff and be like "the algorithm won't like this because blah blah blah." Eventually I was drawing for the algorithm and not for me, and so I quit because it just wasn't fun anymore...

Which is why I have very specifically not studied Tumblr's algorithm, because I don't want it to turn into the same situation as with instagram. So I don't know a ton about how to grow a following... and also I've only been on tumblr for 5 months...

THAT BEING SAID: I can walk you through my tumblr and how it's grown!

My very first post was of a meme redraw with the 2012 turtles. I think it got around 1,600 likes?

I posted a couple more things, with varying amounts of likes and such. My first comic (which I never actually completed past the first part) got a total of 7 likes within the first months of posting it. Only when I got more followers did the like amount change.

When I posted my first chapter of the Flashbacks AU, I had 33 or so followers. I think I got to like... 300 followers from that first chapter alone. From there it was just... a steady growth of followers I guess. And with followers comes more reblogs, and with more reblogs comes more followers.

I have around 1,600 followers now. Not everyone is gonna like my posts, I think I get around 20 for responded asks and 100-300 for random pieces of art. Comics get closers to 600 or so. It depends on the content.

I think there are a couple of universal things that help grow an account:

1- Making sure your content is reaching the right people. Put the right tags in. Go crazy with them in fact. If I'm posting a piece with Rise Mikey in it, Im gonna tag: Mikey, Mikey tmnt, Mikey 2018, ROTTMNT, Rise Mikey, etc etc. On instagram they are currently trying to get people to limit their use of tags, but I don't think the same thing applies here. Even tho tags don't help as much here, they are still a good tool!

2- Consistency. Idk how it works on this platform, but consistency is generally a good thing! With instagram theres an actual method to it (1 post a day= good, but the more posts you do a day the less people it shows it to), it might be worth it to look up if tumblr has something similar.

3- Have fun with it! I know this is kinda lame to say... but don't change your content for views. Just... do what you like and eventually your target audience will find you :)

4- Engage with what audience you do have! It's fun to bond with people online, and it helps that "community engagement" piece you talked about!

5-... stalk people hehe. (By which I mean: Look at what other artists post! What tags do they use, do they reblog their own posts a lot, etc etc. Also look at artists with similar followings to your own. For example, studying Cass might not be very helpful, because Cass has a large amount of followers and I'm convinced they could post a picture of a blank canvas and still get 1,000 likes hehe... BUT- I mean you could scroll down to Cass' (or other artist's) first posts and see what they were doing then! Just... observe others I suppose!)

Id love to tell you likes don’t matter, that what matters is having fun and loving what you are drawing. But also I do know how it feels to post something you are really proud of and then have no one like it- it sucks.

But just keep on going :) You'll find your people eventually I'm sure.

OH ALSO: IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY TIPS FEEL FREE TO REBLOG AND ADD STUFF IN!!! <3

[astrolotte]

Out of curiosity do you have a scooped Michael design

literally just drew that like two days ago lmao what a coincidence

Left is like. pretty soon after scoop. and right is some time after that.

I... kinda based his reaction to it on how people who lose all their hair suddenly react to such a thing? like trying to cover it up and hide it even when they're alone, trying to not to think about it, hiding away from mirrors... it's a very sudden and devastating thing to happen. So he wears wigs and hats and makeup (note: he's not wearing makeup in the second image) and masks (not that either) to cover it up.

His partners, though, don't care and love him regardless of what he looks like :p

[intertexts]

prime defenders... save me prime defenders...

[lavenoon]

Chaotic idiots are my favourite and they are so important to me.

Pre-reveal, what do Sun and Moon think of their landlord and Robin, respectively? Do they have many opinions on the Human They’ve Totally Not Met Before, or are their opinions mainly centred over pointing at each other and going “haha, you have feelings”?

ALSO I,,, HOPE YOU DONT MIND THE MULTI-QUESTIONS. If you’d rather I space them out more I ABSOLUTELY can, I’m just very eager and love hearing your thoughts

(In other news, now we’ve legally gotta rally together to make that 700 follower count real. SPREAD THE WORD OF LUCE!)

-🌻 Daye

I DON'T MIND MULTI QUESTIONS AT ALL I will sleep in an hour or two but I'm so so giddy about every bit of interest and engagement with this AU/ my stuff in general (tho AU gets bonus points bc it's mine and thus direct interest in what I come up with) so!!

Moon doesn't spend too much time thinking about Y/N - he's glad they found a nice place to live with a landlord that doesn't really pry into their personal business, but he also feels a tad awkward about never having met them and at this point it's like. He can't just introduce himself without it being awkward, and even if he could, they're just never around when he's home!! So he's indifferent to awkward, happy for Sun and might tease on occasion (like when Sun gets WAY into crafting to keep Y/N happy) but preoccupied with his own dilemma regarding the situation

Sun does think about Robin a bit more in turn - he's heard about them, knows about them, both through their agency/ the rumor mill and through Moon. He has a certain respect for them, from one agent to another, but any time Moon tries to goad him into "joining" the effort against Robin he's like "that's cute but that's your rival", at best "okay I guess I'll do my job extra hard like I'm usually slacking that's definitely my only motivation, outdoing this one agent I've never met. Sure" and Moon just takes it and ignores the sarcasm. Surprisingly (maybe) the one to tease more because Moon is just so invested in the rivalry, but so very defensive about it! Sun likes Y/N and admits it easily enough, maybe gets disgruntled when teased about intimate feelings early on (we can't put them at risk, they're nice enough to just let us live here!) but otherwise doesn't have the tension of the rivalry in there!

AND PLEASE GFHDJS I nearly doubled my follower count since I started posting fnaf art the 700 will come soon enough!! FGHDSJK I'm just some guy t-posing as a defensive stance when startled I'm still getting used to "oh wait people follow me for stuff I upload" LMAO

[yonpote]

i ahould probably be watermarking my art oops..........

[rllymilerlly]

I don't understand ppl who comment or tag things on peoples ship art saying stuff like "I hate this ship but this is good" like I'm glad you appreciate the art but what do you have to gain by stating you don't like the ship? Like okay nobody asked lol, if you're that insecure people will judge you for reblogging a ship then just don't reblog it imo. Because some of those type of comments just seem like backhanded compliments

[litt1e-prince]

living in my own home away from my dad but he still waits up for me to get home

[harleyification]

I won't lie, I'm terrified of comic-loyal fans. They have a tendency to gatekeep to hell and back and terrorize other people if something isn't canon compliant. Like, okay Miguel O'Hara, have you considered the idea that maybe there is No Such Thing as "mary-sue", "woobify", or "OOC" because fictional characters are moldible barbie dolls for people to use however they like, and characters are changed by the writer for the story that they want to tell, and also projecting is based???

[unmotivatedartistry]

I CAN'T STOP. LIKE. KICKING MY FEET IN HAPPINESS LIKE THE STUPID GUY I AM ANYTIME AN ARTIST I LIKE FOLLOWS ME. IDC IF IT'S JUST BECAUSE I SPAM REBLOGGED OR SOMETHING . I JUST GET SO GIDDY AND HAPPY FOR NO REASON. LIKE THIS PERSON WHO I ADMIRE (BC OF THEIR ART SKILL.. AND POPULARITY.. AND CREATIVITY..) ACKNOWLEDGES MY EXISTENCE!! AND AAAAAAA!!!!! IDK IGNORE THIS I'M JUST GOING TO HERE BECAUSE MY FRIEND TOLD ME TO STOP SCREAMING TO HER WHENEVER A COOL PERSON FOLLOWED ME