#done on site

[gammija]

i think the reason a lot of people find practical fx charming, even when they're obviously fake, while finding aged cgi just bad

is that it's a lot easier to have an idea of how much work went into the practical fx even if you don't have experience with it. while for cgi it's just "??? press a button... alien come out?"

so instead of seeing the effort and work that went into making older cgi, you just see that it looks wrong, and thats that

#did you know that for the earliest 3d computer models #the software was able to calculate the image.... but it wasnt able to calculate an image in real time of course #so what they did. is they sculpted the model they wanted to have #drew a wireframe on it irl. calculated the coordinates of every point in space #and entered those coordinates manually into the computer #that's way in the early days of course but since its physical instead of clacking on a keyboard i think its illustrates the effort that #goes into these things even if the outcome is just a smooth one-color teapot #also yes cgi isnt unionized but additionally cgi is v easily shipped overseas to cheap labor while practical fx by their nature have to be #done on site #the movie studio will outsource cgi to a cgi studio; but they might in turn outsource parts to another cheaper cgi studio #iirc the jobs are offered to the lowest bidder so its a race to the bottom as to which studio can get away with the cheapest effects #and the most exploited workers #before going bankrupt 👍 #all of which is to say... old cgi is charming too #i cant find out if im right on the following because ''MIB cgi' only gives ads for the recent reboot but id put money on it #that part of the reason the villain is a big chitonous bug is that hard unmoving shiny parts #looked the most lifelike in cgi. also why that chase jumps from day to night. its not just more dramatic its easier #cause youve got control over the lights direction and can use the shadows to hide imperfections #as just an example of some of the considerations that go into cgi #joos yaps

[professionalchaoticdumbass]

tumblr staff: hello! we are testing out a new thing. it is experimental so we want lots of feedback on this from the community! :)

the community: hey this sucks. all of us agree this change is dogshit and needs to be either completely reworked or just not implemented at all. here is exactly how to fix it btw.

tumblr staff: thank you for the valuable feedback everyone! we are doing it anyways :)

#im done wtih this site for good at this point

[casgirl]

#look what Castiel has done for this site

[starryaike]

Song - Feel Better by Penelope Scott

#Been thinking about this for a while and I finally did it! #Look at it! #Tbf this song also fits Flowey a LOT #But Chara lives in my brain. so #this is the first time ive done something like this i hope it's good #also if there's any better way to format posts like these tell me cause god knows i do Not know how to use this site #anyways i think about them a lot #im gonna go cry bye #undertale #chara #chara dreemurr #asriel #asriel dreemurr #lyric comic #my art

[thatdiabolicalfeminist]

it's worse than that though cuz some of you make it really obvious that you think the bad part about terfs/radfems is the (lip service to) "feminism" part

like some of you do claim to be feminists but you think it's really important that any feminist discussion center men's perspectives and priorities and you're calling trans women terfs for explaining basic feminism 101 shit like "patriarchy is designed to benefit men at the expense of women" and you're constantly saying transmisogynistic shit about how trans women are perverts or that they're all trying to pressure people into being trans and you literally sound like terfs yourselves half the time except you're a little more honest about the fact that you think feminism is unfair to men

like i really don't think it's the transmisogyny some of you dislike 🤔

#pathetic #transmisogyny #antifeminism #kinda done with people regurgitating antifeminist talking points and jumping on any trans women kind enough to patiently explain #huge parts of this site have grown brainworms in the last couple years #thatdiabolicalfeminist

[vanade]

so... "alternative" forms of payment eh... 😳

took me 4 days to make this so the joke is a bit old now but STILL.

#destiny 2 #d2 #d2 xur #d2 comics #cepheus #vanade #just realized I'm going to have to amend my watermark and haven't done so since that clown changed the twitter logo smh #ah well if the site dies and we all move to bluesky I'll have to change it anyway so let's just wait #comic #comics

[deadbeatprince-typography]

An orb rolls on the ground. Inside it contains a starry rainbow, it shimmers and glimmers in your hand.

[ art on prints and things: teepublic | redbubble | threadless ]

#deadbeat typography #artists on tumblr #redbubble artist #teepublic artist #threadless artist #digital art #trans artist #lgbt artist #lgbt #transgender #queer #nonbinary #enby #agender #genderfluid #androgynous #genderqueer #intersex #bigender #demigirl #demiboy #orb art #orbing #you know like instead of morbing #im not late to that meme right??? haha??? #you know im glad i was finally able to get these done #i said it on like the first post but these i started these back when redbubble added buttons to the site #they are supposed to be a button design mainly but you know work on just about anything its just a circular design #150+ note edit- ​wow im really glad people like these! thanks

[captdedeyes]

Friendly reminder that Wix.com is an Israeli-based company (& some website builders to look into instead)

I know the BDS movement is not targeting Wix.com specifically (see here for the companies they're currently boycotting) but since Wix originated in Israel as early as 2006, it would be best to drop them as soon as you can.

And while you're at it, you should leave DeviantArt too, since that company is owned by Wix. I deleted my DA account about a year ago not just because of their generative AI debacle but also because of their affiliation with their parent company. And just last month, DA has since shown their SUPPORT for Israel in the middle of Israel actively genociding the Palestinian people 😬

Anyway, I used to use Wix and I stopped using it around the same time that I left DA, but I never closed my Wix account until now. What WAS nice about Wix was how easy it was to build a site with nothing but a drag-and-drop system without any need to code.

So if you're using Wix for your portfolio, your school projects, or for anything else, then where can you go?

Here are some recommendations that you can look into for website builders that you can start for FREE and are NOT tied to a big, corporate entity (below the cut) 👇👇

Carrd.co

This is what I used to build my link hub and my portfolio, so I have the most experience with this platform.

It's highly customizable with a drag-and-drop arrangement system, but it's not as open-ended as Wix. Still though, it's easy to grasp & set up without requiring any coding knowledge. The most "coding" you may ever have to deal with is markdown formatting (carrd provides an on-screen cheatsheet whenever you're editing text!) and section breaks (which is used to define headers, footers, individual pages, sections of a page, etc.) which are EXTREMELY useful.

There's limits to using this site builder for free (max of 2 websites & a max of 100 elements per site), but even then you can get a lot of mileage out of carrd.

mmm.page

This is a VERY funny & charming website builder. The drag-and-drop system is just as open-ended as Wix, but it encourages you to get messy. Hell, you can make it just as messy as the early internet days, except the way you can arrange elements & images allows for more room for creativity.

Straw.page

This is an extremely simple website builder that you can start from scratch, except it's made to be accessible from your phone. As such, the controls are limited and intentionally simple, but I can see this being a decent website builder to start with if all you have is your phone. The other options above are also accessible from your phone, but this one is by far one of the the simplest website builders available.

Hotglue.me

This is also a very simple & rudimentary website builder that allows you to make a webpage from scratch, except it's not as easy to use on a mobile phone.

At a glance, its features are not as robust or easy to pick up like the previous options, but you can still create objects with a simple double click and drag them around, add text, and insert images or embeds.

Mind you, this launched in the 2010s and has likely stayed that way ever since, which means that it may not have support for mobile phone displays, so whether or not you wanna try your hand at building something on there is completely up to you!

Sadgrl's Layout Editor

sadgrl.online is where I gathered most of these no-code site builders! I highly recommend looking through the webmaster links for more website-building info.

This simple site builder is for use on Neocities, which is a website hosting service that you can start using for free. This is the closest thing to building a site that resembles the early internet days, but the sites you can make are also responsive to mobile devices! This can be a good place to start if this kind of thing is your jam and you have little to no coding experience.

Although I will say, even if it sounds daunting at first, learning how to code in HTML and CSS is one of the most liberating experiences that anyone can have, even if you don't come from a website scripting background. It's like cooking a meal for yourself. So if you want to take that route, then I encourage to you at least try it!

Most of these website builders I reviewed were largely done at a glance, so I'm certainly missing out on how deep they can go.

Oh, and of course as always, Free Palestine 🇵🇸

#webdev #web dev #webdesign #website design #website development #website builder #web design #websites #sites #free palestine #long post #I changed the wording multiple times on the introduction but NOW I think im done editing it

[hwiyoungies]

wonwoo - BOOmily outing #3

#svtgifs #svtcreations #svtsource #svtdaily #fywonwoo #seventeen #wonwoo #wanna be back on my giffing bs but also thinking about giffing makes me go meh lately #i have been giffing a lot for the past 2 years so it kinda makes sense #once upon a time i would make maybe 7 sets per month #and now the most i've done was 50 i think LMAO #but yeah maybe i'm back on my bs maybe i'm not <3 #there is one more set incoming too #(part of it is 100% the lack of engagement lately because this site is alive but also so dead?) #b.edits

[ghostespresso]

staff logging on to tumblr dot com today

#staff sweetie i Promise you an algorithm would kill this webbed site #changing the way reblogs look/work would Absolutely kill this webbed site too #this is a Blogging Platform i dont want it to be like tiktok or twitter jesus #if you NEED to change something literally listen to the the Tumblr Users you pretend you cant hear #if money is what you need make your userbase Happy and you should be fine #the shop is fine blaze posts are fine ad free subscriptions are fine but dont get rid of shit that Works For You in favor of making money #someone really laced up their clown boots today im. so tired staff please dont #tumblr staff #EDIT: staff updated their original post to say we were all misunderstanding but #that doesnt stop the post from being stupid #the whole post was worded for Investors and then presented to the userbase #if you say 'we have big changes planned!' and dont put in the 'as options' its Your Fault that people read it as 'were changing everything' #staff isnt stupid. they know how they Should have worded it better than what they did #so yeah. someone Did lace up their clown boots before they hit post #edit pt 2 lol for the record i dont think tumblr would actually go through with all their changes in that post #they know how the userbase is and there are A Lot of us #i just dont like how? idk. condescending? the post sounded #and out of every place on the internet being being burned alive in the name of money #tumblr is the one place i know enough about to be Actually mad at lol #ive really liked some stuff staff has done in recent years #but talking to your userbase that way wasnt one

[awholelotofsad]

normally this is the part where i make some kind of caption that's funny or related to the video, but honestly i'm just so glad i got this done in time

anyway happy valvert week part 2. the song is 命の食べ方 by eve

@valvertweek

#jean valjean #javert #valvert #les mis #les miserables #animation #aside from the song itself everything in this video was done by yours truly; including the translation and the song cover #i'd clarify that in the description but honestly it's difficult explaining about vsynths to a non vsynth audience #tl;dr: i played a piano to a song and the piano sang words. the piano's name is v4 flower. #i'll debate uploading this to youtube for a while this video is better suited to the old man yaoi site

[r0semultiverse]

#using 'them' because obviously not all transfem folks (myself included) use she & her #add this one to one of my more super hot takes even if it's true #stop canceling trans women over stuff you absolutely get it up for #also making this because of recent events & no I won't elaborate even if you ask me to #and no I won't debate the ethics of adults playing pretend with you as that's silly; a waste of my time #and is also just not what this post is about; you'd think that'd be obvious but watch people not care anyway #feel free to send asks though It's up to me whether or not I want to answer them #this double standard is never done in good faith & is most assuredly transphobia 100% #marking this post as all of the things because I know the people on this site can't behave; I've seen it before #yes you should reblog this btw; this also happens on twitter & reddit I'm sure though I have no twitter #mine #op #fauxcest #sibcon #step mom #siscon #brocon #sibcest #trans memes #transgender memes #cw adult things #cw adult stuff #tagging all of these just to be safe

[ryllen]

Birthday pat

#nui #happy birth #have choco ice cream cake i have left in the fridge #congrats for being one of the characters i would go buy merch for #even tho these are no longer from japanese proxy bcs those time were hell #i just swooped whatever left of him from this venezuela site #bcs i reckon i need to maximize what i can get with that much amount of shipping fee anyhow #and be done with shopping for him forever #sebek zigvolt #i made him those fancy hoodie and bicolor shirt #but i ended up just using the simplest shirt i made for him

[thatgirlonstage]

The thing about tumblr is that there’s a panic about how the site is dying and falling apart literally every other week so eventually if you’ve been here long enough you just get zen about it. Like if anything specific is your breaking point do whatever you want but personally they’re gonna have to pry me out of the vents like a feral raccoon before I leave. Anyway if you’re new here and you see people talk about how something is the end of tumblr and you’re afraid they’re correct I just want you to know I’ve been here through probably like 300 ends of tumblr. I’m not saying it will never happen for real but statistically I remain skeptical.

#this is about the midjourney deal thing but #if it breaks containment and starts circulating every time smth happens I’m gonna laugh #anyway: yeah sure it’s scummy on tumblr’s part. but like. #I don’t honestly believe there’s a site that ISN’T getting scraped by ai and data mining these days #so what are you even really losing #yeah yeah I toggled off the data sharing whatever #it’s just not nearly the scummiest thing tumblr has done #and not even close to the scummiest thing a major social media platform has done #so people seeing people be like ‘WELL I’M LEAVING OVER THIS’ #I’m just like. lol okay.

[intertexts]

sand steamer......

#i knowwww shes attached 2 that kind of gross fleshy mass of the rest of the plant but... artistic liberty ok. give me this. #anyway this was FUN done messing around w it though i dont have more time or attention 2 pay 2 a study. love this panel though one #of my absolute faves.... oughggh. also as always love drawing fucked up nightow bony fleshy wings. i dont really like the fucked up #plant baby chicken bodies i wanted them 2 have more like. Weight and Mass to them. but thats ok next time ^_^ #trigun #trimax #trigun maximum #vash the stampede #mine #also WOW webbed site still fucking BUTCHERS image quality!!!

[ghosty-schnibibit]

my opinion about the watcher news basically boils down to this:

watcher is screwing over a huge portion of its fanbase with this move considering how many people within it are teenagers who may not have access to streaming services, low-income adults who can't afford yet another streaming service (if any), and international fans who couldn't sign up for a US based streaming service even if they wanted to. it's okay to be angry about this, especially if you're one of those people who now can't support shows you loved or will be unable to see any of those shows going forward because of it.

and

youtube's payout to creators has dwindled in recent years to the point that it is impossible to fund the kind of productions watcher makes purely through it, and in order to sustain a company of 40+ people they need a more stable source of income not reliant on ads from outside companies and patreon, which, in this case, means a pivot to streaming. it's okay to be upset that creators you like have to turn to such methods to continue funding their work, whether you have the means to support them through these avenues or not.

and

if the early reactions to this move are any indication, watcher will probably not get the fan buy-in they anticipated and in all likelihood the new streaming site will either fail within a year or two because it isn't making enough money and take the company with it or they'll be bought out by a larger company and have their shows archived or deleted for tax purposes like what's happened to roosterteeth. it is okay to be scared by that potential future and seek to preserve as much content as you can before that happens.

are all statements that can and should coexist

#watcher #hello all i will post this to vent and then go back to organizing my sideblog's queue like i intended to do today #me gazing tearfully at my substitute + nikola art from two years ago like fuck we didn't know how good we had it huh #i'm glad they've confirmed they're not archiving or deleting their yt channels but enough damage has been done by the confusion #(tho tbh i do not trust them not to go back on this if it it means pushing more traffic to the new site if it starts failing) #and i'm absolutely archiving as much of the puppet history stuff as i can bc it's such a comfort show for me #jfc they really have dropped the ball on this