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Hey friends! I've decided to open up some watercolor commissions here, dm me if you're interested! I don't do IP characters EXCEPT from Beauty and the Beast so this is a rare moment, get em while they're hot!

#beauty and the beast #commissions

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Phases of the moon by Mashu

#art

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"The Beauty which only Beast knows" Demo released and we can finally show off this promo art and logo made by @coda-blue!

If you like Chinese Fantasy-inspired settings and a retelling of a classic Fairy Tale, do try the demo and leave your thoughts! Due time constraints couldn't post as much as planned, but more news will come this January! Super pecial thanks to my team and my co-lead @pumpkin-spike18!

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via indiarosecrawford

Frog Paints a Water Lily Pond 🪷🎨🐸

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Would you ever publish/print your story? I genuinely love Netvor and found myself wishing I could read it as a book 🥹 this is not me pressuring you to do that, it would just be very neat haha

I'm not sure if Netvor could even go the traditional publishing route, I'm certain I'll try a traditional publisher but they might not take it. However, I have the backup plan of doing it myself through Kickstarter ^^ im doing a lot of research atm as well as building up funds for a couple of professional editors! And thank you!

#beauty and the beast #netvor #panna a netvor

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LORE | REKINDLED EPISODE 49 - YOUR NAME

Previous episode | Next episode releases April 27th!

#i am sobbing #thank you for making him pay his workers 8 #lore rekindled #lore rekindled comic #lore rekindled update #lore olympus au

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Hi question, but please feel free to answer after the hiatus, im in no rush for a response. Once the webnovel is updated and put up on patreon, will it be possible to download it? Or similar to webtoon it will be unlocked based on chapter purchases? Or will it be open access based on a monthly subscription? Im not super familar with how patreon works i just know its something u pay to access

☆☆I deleted my original response to this☆☆ :,)

I'll definitely answer this BEFORE the end of May so people know what's up. In short I'm taking Netvor down from Tapas because I don't really see the benefit in the platform anymore and I'm semi- conscious of theft.

It's not that I'm afraid of people stealing my work, but I would definitely regret it if I just did nothing at present to try to avoid that possibility. Because of this, it won't be downloadable, but I'll have chapters up on patreon, which people will be able to read if they are subscribed to the tier I but the novel in.

Basically, creators make tiers for their Patreon, each tier has a different value, which usually means the higher the tier value, the more stuff the creator gives to patrons. Patreon works by charging patrons once a month, so if people do want to read Netvor and only pay once as soon as Netvor is available on there in its entirety, they will be able to, they just have to read the story in less than a month which I've seen people do before.

I'll try to make the tiers i have worth it to readers to stick around, but some may leave and that's okay. At the moment, i plan for all my tiers to be under 10$, but I also understand that not everyone has that much disposable income.

#beauty and the beast #netvor #panna a netvor #comic #tapas #webtoons

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Again hate to beat a dead horse, but I thought this was important.

Again, this is why I hate these over explained content warnings. Because they're telling you what to see, because they're telling you what to feel. The content warning is already putting the thoughts of what you're supposed to notice into your head, prompting you. And I hate that. It stands in front of media dissection, it taints people's first impressions of what's going on. My job as an author and creator is to attempt to show you these things that are happening and if you already know what's going to happen, why are you reading?

And sure, one last note I'll add, you can ignore these detailed content warnings but whether you notice it or not, what they have told you has impacted your reading experience and I honestly believe it's not for the better. Sure SA can be pretty observable- but even THEN people have different views on what counts as SA how it should be portrayed, etc. But then the note goes on about antagonism and manipulation- which are far more vague and hard to define experiences. What is manipulation to one person, is being pushy to another. Sure there are clear-cut examples of both antagonism and manipulation in society that we can point to, but for the more grey situations where these happen its difficult. And then that brings up the fact that persephone has manipulated people, has harassed and threatened people beneath her, side characters. Because it's not one of main darlings, suddenly THAT antagonism doesn't count?

In short, the content warning signs in this case (and many other cases on webtoons) are spoonfeeding the information the author WANTS the reader to get with absolutely no effort to the detriment of the story. And even if that's not the original intent, that's the effect.

Content Warnings and A Lesson From Lore Olympus

As some of you may know, I write a comic, which i occasionally post about here. I'd like to address a conversation around creators and content warnings in this post as well as the general tremd of authors overstating whats happening in their story. I've seen it come up recently in webtoon discourse within my own comic.

So first off, right after my three page prologue I have an authors note that details all the topics my comic will be going into throughout the course of the story.

It follows:

These are ALL the issues I tackle within the comic and I leave it here so people can decide whether they want to continue with the story. I have labeled my story as mature. There is a warning when anyone accesses the comic for the first time on both Webtoons and Tapas. I also have warnings that come in three degrees that I place before each episode that handles one of the mature themes I mention. However, what I don't do is tell the reader what they're going to see before they see it. I don't like doing this for a couple reason, some of the most important being, I think makes the story redundant because it's already explaining what's going to happen and this in turn disrupts the narrative.

I understand why people feel strongly about warnings and making content safe on a platform with a young audience. However, seeing as this is a work I have invested a considerable amount of time in, that I'm offering for people to enjoy (which i enjoy doing), I believe it is important I tell the story in my own way.

When you pick up a book you may get a warning in the synopsis (although I find this is rare) or in other people's online reviews of the book BUT you have to go looking for those reviews. As a creator I can only testify to my own experience, but like novels, comics are stories and in my own work, the story should NOT be bisected by warnings expressly stating what's going to happen in each episode.

I feel this speaks to a general increased uninvolvement in the material readers are reading and a lack of reading comprehension to the point authors think it necessary to guide their audience through their story.

There has been a decent amount of discourse in the UnpopularLoreOlympus reddit thread about readers reading comprehension. It is now common practice to have images like the one bellow before an episode.

On more than one occasion Rachel has put warning paragraphs at the end of her episode stating without any subtext what EXACTLY a character meant during the episode, even though readers would ideally understood the subtext as communicated by the narrative.

And before that she would have warnings signs like this before episodes where the content would be present:

The above warning is actually quite common amongst comics but it should NOT be required by the audience. If an author is doing their job, they'll have the proper box ticked off when submitting their webtoon

SPOILERS FOR MANY WORKS OF FICTION.

No one tells you at the beginning of jane Eyre that there will be violence, death of children, and abuse, let alone where these incidents will occur.

The hunger games won't warn you before the start of a chapter that there will be starvation or gruesome depictions of character death or content describing mental illness.

Most movies will have warning before the whole movie but they won't briefly cut out of the narrative to tell you what's about to happen and people shouldn't expect comic artists to do this either.

As a comic creator i am rellyng upon my audience's discretion to decide on whether or not a story is safe for their consumption. However, I'm adamant in my own work that that's where my required involvement ends.

I will explain things in the comments or answer reader questions, i will be happy doing so because i get to engage with people on something Ive spent hours creating. I will go onto my discord and jump into the deep world building or explain a particular scene, but this should not be required.

Holding authors accountable for going thoroughly over the controversial issues every episode they post is unreasonable and honestly (for me) damaging to the creative work. We end up with situations like lore olympus where authors are there to explain every warning and subtext to the audience without any work on the readers part.

I know this may be controversial to some, but as a creator, it's something that's bothered me for a while and something I think we should be able to talk about in the artistic community.

#webtoons discourse #webtoons rant #creators #readers #lore olympus #netvor #comic #tapas #webtoons #unpopular lore olympus #blarghhhh im going to get over this i promise

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everyone shut up about beast's human form being ugly, it's his complete self it's who he wants to be and also he's sexy as hell

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Omg this is horrific 80

Bear wife when she asks for a kiss💋🐻‍❄️

#it should be a movie on its own-

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New Crow Time - When you drink from silly fountain you get cartoon powers.

If you love Crow Time, consider supporting our comics on Patreon! You can support all our comics for $5, or just Crow Time for $2! What a steal!

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i have no idea if people are still following me, but i worked damn hard on this book so I'm showing it off EVERYWHERE.

I did the lineart for Mirrorverse Belle, a graphic novel backstory of Belle from Disney's Mirrorverse game.

It's out April 23!!! Cover and storyboards were donw by Jan Apple, tones done by Umi Miyao.

#absolutely gourgeous #surging the batb tag to feel better #Belle #Beauty and the Beast #Disney #mirrorverse

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#i want to watch this now-

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In the meadow 💐🌷🌸🐈‍⬛

#black cat ♡

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Also I finished my Studio Ghibli attempt. Admittedly a big project I did not have the brushes for, if I attempt one again, I’ll do more research into technique and style but for a first shot I’m pretty happy and the layout concept was decent ^^

#reblogging this old post because it may LITERALLY be the only copy of this image i have left : #beauty and the beast #netvor #my art #comic #panna a netvor #armel #tapas #aceline #nel #studio ghibli

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Thank you for defending Nazis. They're just little guys. Just misunderstood, with genuine grievances. I noticed you accidentally forgot to defend child rapists. Dumb commies like you are all the same 🙄

Piss on the poor! Also I'm not a commie and never claimed to be one.