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#oc #original character #original art #digital art #digital painting #dragon oc #dragon #clip studio paint

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Hi, I'm here to ask about ArtFol again, since it's been a few months and, well, you know how tumblr is doing right now

Have you been using the site since? What's your opinion of it now? Would you recommend it as a place to jump ship to from having an art blog on here?

I have been! Artfol is nice all things considered, they have a strict anti-AI policy which is a breath of fresh air right now. That being said I'm not entirely sure what precautions they have set up to deter AI scraping in the first place.

Ultimately, yes I would consider Artfol a good art blog alternative as long as you don't mind having a smaller audience than what you'd normally get on Tumblr. This especially goes both for posting original content, or fan art (which usually gets a lot more eyes on your stuff on Tumblr fast but for Artfol, it doesn't really do much to draw attention.)

There's still some discrepancies between the web version and phone app version- specifically features like the featured gallery tab and commissions sheet for your profile are still app exclusive. A little bit ago they finally integrated the groups feature to the app and opened up group creation to all users, not just premium subscribers. Best user experience you can get if you want access to all the free features is to have the app downloaded on a phone if you can and switch between using that and the web version on a laptop. It's deeply annoying to have features split like that but Artfol hasn't been around for too long, so I'm willing to give it a free pass for now.

I will admit, Artfol hasn't really been keeping my attention recently. Part of that is due to my new job, the other part of that is that I don't have any of my old mutuals on it. A huge reason why I've stayed on Tumblr for so long is because of the other people and especially the other artists I follow and everyone is more or less scattering to the four winds, rather than all jumping to the same exact platform.

With that being said, Artfol still has a relatively active and thriving art focused community! I haven't interacted with other users too much but the few times I have, everyone has been friendly and polite. If you're worried about missing the community aspect Tumblr provides (which I personally very much was!), Artfol is pretty great in picking up that slack. Community groups have been a personal favorite! Just pick a group you feel like you fit into, join it and now you're able to shoot the shit with others in that group, as well as make posts exclusive to that group! I'm in a furry group and a clip studio paint group right now.

And, of course, Artfol's main feature of serving as a gallery for folks to post and show off their art is pretty damn good. I really like the gallery set up, the featured artwork section is fun (you can put up to three pieces you've posted in a separate section above your main gallery! so everyone sees those pieces first, regardless of when you posted them!) and the collections feature in general is a HUGE favorite of mine. Beyond using tags, you can organize your art in separate folders for both yourself and for people visiting your page to peruse!

Artfol is still relatively small, especially in comparison to Tumblr and hasn't really gotten the same level of immediate traction such as BlueSky. It seems to be doing well right now, so if you're looking for a stable platform as well to host your art, Artfol could be a good choice.

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another food study, this time one with lines and one without them.

#digital art #artists on tumblr #digital painting #food #bagels #strawberry #study

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more flight rising dragons! this time of Sky, the owner of the Bolted Gem Tavern

#flight rising #frfanart #frart #fr coatl #clip studio paint #artists on tumblr #digital art

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reilora 🌙

#critical role #critical role fanart #reilora #cr3 #roughly what ive been imagining whenever matt describes these guys. #if im missing a big visual aspect of reiloras in this then. well. ignore that <3

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more johnny

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trainersona inspired by my pokemon go avatar! no name for her yet but I do already have her team planned out, as well as a little bit of a backstory.

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Mistress for Dollface3454 in the draw the dragon above you thread on FR!

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used myself as a model for these ones

#furry #fursona #truesona #dragonsona #this has the slightest bit of nudity in it so im putting a mature label on it just to be safe #digital art

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#artists on tumblr #digital art #dragon #clip studio paint #blue heron #fantasy #fantasy art

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fanart for @winslow-arts. really love this lil guy's design!

#digital art #artists on tumblr #fanart #clip studio paint #experimenting around with my style once again and had a lot of fun drawing this fella

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more johnny

#digital art #artists on tumblr #oc #demon #demon oc #monster girl #scopophobia #digital painting

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Oh my gosh I love your trainersona!! Wondering, what would their Pokemon battle quotes be? Things like victory, defeat, their Pokemon landing a super effective hit, their Pokemon taking a super effective hit, Pokemon on low HP, Pokemon fainting, low HP victory, stuff like that?

thank you and good question! I haven't thought too much about that. she has all of her gym badges and almost made it past Victory Road in her region, so she's got a lot of experience with random battles while traveling. more or less learned how to appreciate the friendly combat and put up with it even if she's not in the mood to battle, so she'd likely try to be a good sport about both winning or losing!

so, her victory and defeat quotes would likely be very similar! something along the lines of "That was a lot of fun!" or "You were amazing!". a low HP loss on her end would get her to compliment how strong your pokemon are and the bond you've got with them, especially if one of your mons toughs out a super effective attack from her for you.

as for landing and receiving super effective or critical hits, she'd definitely cheer her team on to keep going! stuff like "Keep it up [insert pokemon name here]!" or "You've got this [pokemon name]!" overall a very positive trainer that makes a point to bring that energy into pokemon battles.

#bloooorb #thanks for the question! this was great in helping me flesh out her personality a bit more :D

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trainersona inspired by my pokemon go avatar! no name for her yet but I do already have her team planned out, as well as a little bit of a backstory.

#trainersona #pokemon trainer oc #pokemon oc #reference sheet

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oc-tober - 31: costume

2 days late but here it is!! my final prompt fill :3 this was a really fun and chill prompt list! thank you @bweirdevents for putting it together :D

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oc-tober - 26: fear

zoe's got an intense fear of the undead!

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