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chujellies · 18 days

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no you know what I'm going to scream about the stuff I talked about in the tags of this post publicly

I'm tired of the well-meaning "don't feel bad if your work only gets 20 notes your genius is what counts and do it for you!" bullshit. I've had a good handful of friends who have straight up DEACTIVATED in recent months because their work was not getting reblogged AT ALL. No, it wasn't from lack of not being well-liked, no it wasn't from lack of trying to make sure it was getting out there to the people they knew would engage with it. It was because no matter how much they were praised privately for their work, when push came to shove, absolutely NOBODY reblogged it and gave it the audience that it was due, and I'm tired of people shoving the "unsung genius" narrative as an excuse for it. Nothing excuses that. And the boop event really proved that.

because I know given the opportunity, indiscriminately pressing a button (sometimes 10 thousand times, as I did) is not beyond this website's capability. y'all loved doing that. and look at what it wrought. nothing but love and affection and happiness. just from a couple of quick clicks of a little paw button. sure. nobody knew who you booped but the other person (which is how likes used to work on this website, btw). there was an element of anonymity to it. but that is kind of the core of this website that no other social media platform still has: the ability to be anonymous. and hyper-curating a blog on here like you might on twitter or instagram to project an image is simply not viable. and hey. you wanna know a secret: literally nobody cares what you post or whether it goes with the "theme" of your blog or not. yeah. I know. CRAZY concept in this day and age. but literally. I myself have reblogged things that have had nothing to do with whatever I am currently fixated by and you know what happened to my follower count? not a damn thing. in fact, I actively try to reblog things specifically BECAUSE it's my friends who made them (even though I'm not always good at KEEPING UP WITH HOW MUCH THEY POST @prismatica-the-strange will NEVER GO UNRECOGNIZED by me).

And you know what fucking sucks? I have to deal with this too. surprise right? you ever wonder why I reblog fics or art I post like 20 times the day that I post them? do you ever wonder why I ask about tag lists and beg for asks all the time? IT'S BECAUSE EVEN I GET LIKE. 5 LIKES ON THE THINGS I POST. AND THE REST OF THE REBLOGS ARE MINE SO I CAN MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE WHAT I MAKE GET TO SEE IT. and I say that knowing that I'm certainly not an unpopular blog, or an unpopular writer. I know that people love the stories that I create. Hell, half of the people that I've talked to about lady terror have told me that they consider her to be canon (AND EVEN SOME!! THOUGHT SHE WAS!!! WITHOUT EVEN HAVING WATCHED THE SHOW! WHICH IS STILL SO SO WILD TO ME!!!) But especially in the last 4 years (which really dates this phenomenon), my posts, no matter how well received they've been amongst people I've talked to about them directly, I still go into the notes and at least half (often more than half) are MY reblogs to make sure people saw what I posted. and it happens every single time, and I can't tell you how much it crushes me considering that it used to be that I would be able to post it only once, and people would reblog it sometimes even HUNDREDS of times.

It's not about popularity. it never has been. it's not about anxiety. or shifting website cultures. even if you lurk, the simple fact is, that if you want people to keep making what you love. you have to reblog. your theme won't suffer because you reblogged a fanfiction that you really admire. your posting won't be ruined because you reblogged some fanart from someone in a different fandom. really. I promise. and if people do unfollow you for that? who needs em. followers come and go but you should NEVER have to cater to them. on this website it has ALWAYS been the other way around. lean into it. make it yours. put stuff you ACTUALLY WANT to be seen and that you love and appreciate on your blog. no matter how old it is, how new it is, no matter how niche or off-theme it is.

so please. if you really want to show your appreciation for someone's work? you reblog. it's really as easy as that. check the tags. add some when you reblog if you like. but please for the love of god reblog. it's as easy as booping and even more rewarding for the people who you reblog from. if you want to let someone know that their work is genius and appreciate it? show it. reblog. then DM them if you're too nervous to say what you want to say but not in a public forum. but for christ's sake. REBLOG.

#chu.txt #ive reblogged stuff like this before and honestly it just sucks to not see the interaction anymore #straight up makes me not wanna post and its just disappointing #im never gonna beg people bc obviously they're gonna do what they want but it sure sucks seeing people only like things and just...#i know im not a popular artist and ive always been rather slow when it comes to making pieces but the way ive just seen the steady decline #in my notifs of only likes and continuously only likes and its just so depressing honestly #i even just see it on my main account where so few people will reblog things anymore and it's just disappointing!!!#I miss when this site was flourishing :'<

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chujellies · 18 days

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i can finally share my piece for the @bnhamaidzine 🥰‼ had a lot of fun working on this!!

#reblob

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chujellies · 20 days

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i can finally share my piece for the @bnhamaidzine 🥰‼ had a lot of fun working on this!!

#kacchako #uraraka ochako #bakugo katsuki #bnha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #oodles #dits

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chujellies · 26 days

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long time no art, huh? have my DnD kid, Adel, in stupid shirts 🥰

#oc #ocs #Adel #dnd art #dnd character #oodles #dits

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chujellies · 4 months

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I still gotta figure out more scars because besides their back where the major scaring is.. I have yet to figure out if there's more and WHERE but I wanted to place the new ones !!!

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weather update

It didn't take long to figure out what the others are besides their back >:)

finally got my brain to cooperate a bit and was able to draw!!

When the cleric of our party heals people, the scar turns a softer rose gold, but since Adel's blood is already gold, their scars end up a much deeper gold color and I wanted to sketch out placement for some of the wounds our cleric has healed :'>

#chu.txt #adel

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chujellies · 4 months

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finally got my brain to cooperate a bit and was able to draw!!

When the cleric of our party heals people, the scar turns a softer rose gold, but since Adel's blood is already gold, their scars end up a much deeper gold color and I wanted to sketch out placement for some of the wounds our cleric has healed :'>

#Adel #dnd art #dnd character #oc #ocs #oodles #dits

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chujellies · 4 months

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happy december! ✨ grimmjow out there ending lives

#its that time of the year

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chujellies · 8 months

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idk if anyone is interested and i'm trying to find folks on twitter that i know have made one and cant remember who the heck it was but i've made a bluesky :>

if anyone wants to follow me over there that has one feel free !!

#chu.txt #i'll be posting my art like usual just like my twitter !!

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chujellies · 8 months

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kicked puppy Adel hours

#Adel #original character #original art #dnd art #dungeons and dragons #oc #ocs #oodles #dits #im on an oc kick apparently im not sorry #finally posting the sort of full to here after the bit of a wip last week :>

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chujellies · 8 months

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"chu go to bed" no i'm too busy drawing my char looking like a kicked puppy

#adel #original art #original character #dnd art #oc #ocs #oodles #dits

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chujellies · 9 months

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i realize belatedly i never shared this art of Adel!! its.. i think a year or more old now and i wanna upgrade it and give them some different armor lmao but ✨my beloved rogue !!!

#Adel #orginal character #original art #oc #ocs #DnD art #oodles #dits

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chujellies · 9 months

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