#also reblogging it here because well

[shevr]

in an unlikely turn of events i have doodled things today most of it goat

#shevr #i at first wanted to NOT post this here because like awgh wadahel #how lame it is to rush to drop the tiniest morsel of drawing you manage to shit out #wouldn't it be cooler and better and seriouser to just focus on the work and just post when you're well and truly back into it #but bleh nah whatever instant dopamine please thank you bye #( i'll keep trying anyway hopefully ) #turning reblogs off as a MIDDLE GROUND #also bc this is kinda a mess of a post im truly just dumping everything in a pile #my lines

[wuntrum]

hosting a draw this in your style to celebrate my comic SIGNALS coming out next month!!! winners will get a free copy--all you have to do is draw your take on one of these images, post it, and tag me in it by the end of october :)

#my art #also you can use the hashtag #signals sweep #if you want . mainly because i think its funny skfkkg #ill reblog any and all entries i get on here!! #winners will be picked randomly! #also picking several winners per app #(running it on insta and twitter too) #so. theres that as well! #anyways ! lmk if you have any questionsss #and pls participate otherwise thisll just be awkward skfk

[scoobiesminyard]

Andrew Minyard by GarnYarn (not my art)

#full credits to the artist (reposted with permission) #sorry i had to actually make my own post because i couldnt find it on here to reblog and im OBSESSED #i mean firstly the style is so pretty and how does one even do hands that well?!? #but also like thats my favourite andrew ever potentially???? #its different to the usual white blonde super bony version which i LOVE #i also love that i can understand how he projects violence and apathy but i can also see a nugget of like the worlds softest heart deep down #i can see how both dan and neil would interpret this andrew in such stark ways #like literally this is what im picturing from now 🥹 #his glare!! #anyway #garnyarn #andrew minyard #aftg #all for the game #the foxhole court #tfc #andreil

[lesbiancarat]

want to give my two cents on the AI usage in the maestro trailer--

i think seventeen doing a whole concept that is anti-AI is very cool, especially as creatives themselves i think it's good that they're speaking up against it and i hope it gets more ppl talking about the issue. i also understand on a surface level the artistic choice (whether it was made by the members, the mv director, or whoever else), to directly use AI in contrast to real, human-made visuals and music in order to criticize it. i also appreciate that they clearly stated the intention of the use of AI at the beginning of the video

however, although i understand it to an extent, i do not agree with the choice to use AI to critique AI. one of the main ethical concerns with generative AI is that it is trained on other artists' work without their knowledge, consent, or compensation. and even when AI generated images are being used to critique AI, it still does not negate this particular ethical concern

the use of AI to critique also does not negate the fact that this is work that could have been done by an actual artist. i have seen some people argue that it's okay in this context because it's a critique specifically about AI, and it is content that never would have been done by a real artist anyway because it doesn't make sense for the story they're trying to tell. but i disagree. i think you can still tell the exact same story without using AI

and in fact, i would argue that it would make the anti-AI message stronger if they HAD paid an artist to draw/animate the scenes that are supposed to represent AI generated images. wouldn't it just be proof that humans can create images that are just as bad and nonsensical and soulless as AI, but that AI can't replicate the creativity and beauty and basic fucking anatomy that's in human-made art?

it feels very obvious this was not just a way to cut corners and costs like a lot of scummy people are using AI for. ultimately it was a very intentional creative decision, i just personally think it was a very poor one. and even if some ethical considerations were taken into account before this decision, i certainly don't think all of them were. at the very least i feel like the decision undermines the message they want to convey

i would also like to recognize that i myself am not an artist, and i have seen some artists that are totally on board with the use of AI in this specific context, so clearly this is not a topic that is cut and dry. but generative AI is still new, and i think it's important to keep having these conversations

#melia.txt #also want to add that as musicians svt are more directly threatened by AI generated audio than they are by AI generated images #and yet AI generated images is what was used in the video #and i guess the MV director/production company are the ones directly responsible for putting that in there #whether it was their initial idea or not #and they work in a visual medium so perhaps that makes it more 'fair' but idk it just feels like #the commentary is around music. which makes sense. and using human produced music/sound #but then taking advantage of AI images #idk just feels weird #i mean i don't like it either way #like i said in the main post i understand the intention behind the creative decision #and i'm still happy svt are speaking against ai at all i do think overall they're doing a good thing here #i just don't agree with the creative decision they/the production company/whoever made #edit: deleted the part about not boycotting svt over this bc ppl were commenting about boycotting bc of the 🛴 stuff #i meant specifically /I/ am not calling for a boycott because of specifically the ai stuff #was just trying to make a general point that im not making this post bc i want to sabatoge svt or whatever #bc kpop fans love to pull that catd whenever u criticize anything #so yeah just removed that bit bc i dont want ppl getting confused what im talking about #respect ppl boycotting because of scooter/israel stuff but thats not what this post was intended to be about #edit 2: turning off reblogs bc im going to bed and having asomewhat controversial post up is not gonna help me sleep well lol #may or my not turn rb's back on in the morning

[ichijokaoru]

sorry this idea possessed me

#this was the stupid thing i had to do i was referring to in the last post. sorry. idk why i find this meme Very Funny. #also. i had to make the text crispier.. i couldn't stand the fuzziness of the template (crying) #i thought too hard about which grongi to put down the side. #jalaji ginoga and obviously daguva for their hashtag impact on the plot. #zazalu because i thnk she Would tell godai this. and garima because i think she's sexy and wanted her on here. #now the question is if i tag this with kuuga tags or if.. i shouldn't #kjdfhg #kuugaposting #kr kuuga #yuusuke godai #<- well im tagging it with my blog's own organisation tags at least #godai yusuke #kamen rider kuuga #ok just two the most used kuuga tag and godai tag ✌ #why can i see myself embarassingly re reblogging this and making everyon look at it over and over and my followers scroling past like #please! please stop reblogging the godai whatsapp cck post #mine

[coquelicoq]

gurathin, thiago, indah...starting to get the sense that if murderbot didn't have any specific person playing the role of "someone i deep down respect who i'm convinced hates me" at any given time, presaux would have to assign someone, for enrichment purposes

#murderbot #the murderbot diaries #mb needs an anti-support human. like instead of a service dog it has a human that frowns at it sometimes #and it interprets these frowns as 'oh i guess this human just HATES ME. i guess we're ENEMIES. but WHATEVER I'M FINE WITH IT' #even though that's just what this human's face does when they're thinking really hard or something #like i'm rereading network effect and every time mb is cranky about thiago not liking it i'm like. babe you are reading way into it #he's skeptical. you love skepticism! he does not hate you he's just being cautious #in some ways quite similar to you really #'thiago doesn't trust me. how DARE HE' babe we have been here before #that's exactly what you said about gurathin! #i mean is he an asshole? yes. but so are you and so is your best mutual administrative assistant. you love assholery #i just think it's funny that 1) mb trusts no one until it knows them really well and 2) mb is SO OFFENDED when people who don't know it #super well don't trust it fully and implicitly right off the bat #my posts #f #well it's christmas and i don't have anywhere to be today because my family stuff is on monday this year. so i am very bored #you know what that means. deep dive into the drafts #also probably trying to find an ask meme to reblog #this draft is from july i think

[lulu2992]

I played this mission (and subsequently finished HITMAN 3 even though it was very late because I simply couldn’t go to bed after the “Necessary Evil” cutscene) three years ago today.

On Valentine’s Day.

It was a coincidence, but because I’ve been obsessed with whatever is going on between these two (i.e. an ineffable and seemingly unbreakable bond that is neither really romance nor friendship but is so strong and special it feels to me like it transcends the concept of love itself) for years, I thought it was a funny one.

#I don’t talk a lot about hitman here #but know that I want to scream every time I think about them #also great game(s) #play world of assassination #hitman 3 #hitman world of assassination #diana burnwood #agent 47 #hitman #mendoza #my screenshots #hitman screenshots #I remember that day very well #it was a sunday and I drove my grandma to the supermarket the next day #but I was tired and very stressed because of a passive-aggressive essay in a reblog of one of my posts #that plus my usual level of supermarket-induced anxiety and lack of breakfast (stress obliterates my appetite) #I thought I was going to pass out (and that fear made me even more anxious) #I didn’t though and everything went fine #I guess the madeleine I then ate in the car helped :’) #anyway happy valentine’s day to them #who are not a couple but at the same an iconic couple

[chambers003]

you know i dont think anyone’s normal about bdubs the same way no one’s normal about mumbo

#i was gonna reblog a post with #‘when im in a not normal about bdubs competition and my competition is- #and then i paused here. because #it was originally going to be impulse. but then i Remembered. #etho and cleo and grian have their whole thing and then there’s sausage from the crossover and #also scott joined in?? and . you could probably just keep going. ren. #my post #bdoubleo100 #mumbo jumbo #trafficblr #hermitcraft #oh and as for mumbo. well. gestures at the reactions to his return

[isbergillustration]

Sequel to Egg

#painting #acrylic painting #landscape art #fantasy art #illustration #artists on tumblr #my art #you can't see the colour of the copper wire very well here which is a shame #also I added a shit ton of varnish to this baby which looks so so good #so i may reblog with a better version when that dries in three to eight business days #anyway this is on a tiny baby canvas and for sale but like more easily shippable than the big boys because its smaller than a5 #edit: the original is spoken for! sorry

[windwardstar]

Fandom really really really needs to get with the program that trans mascs exist as like both a concept in the first place and the as like real people who actually exist

How the fuck. Do people. Think. Trans men don't count as mpreg?!? It's the one scenario that is actually not only possible in real life but happens regularly!

And. If. Your first??? Explanation for why a guy could have a vagina is that it's omegaverse? Or magic? Or that in an au of Mulan where a girl dresses up as a guy... but the canon character is a guy... you jump to omegaverse rather than Trans guy. That is literally the easiest explanation here.

Like. Please. I.m begging you. Realize trans mascs exist.

Also while I'm at it. Where are the trans people in omegaverse stories????? Like this is supposedly a genre for deconstructing gender and playing with it but it really just seems like a way to dive headfirst into biologic essentialism and completely ignore that trans people exist? (Because trans tags and omegaverse tags seem to have like no overlap.) (Although the intersex tag sees plenty of use with omegaverse but I'm guessing that is a fetishistic hot mess given the other rampant problems I've noticed and general awareness that intersex topics aren't handled well by society in general)

Like. Idk. I just. The fact trans men and mascs are just like apparently lower on the thoughts that occur to writers for why a "girl" would be dressed as a guy, why a guy could be pregnant or have a vagina than magic or gender essentialism: the au. Is just.

#monday trans ramble #even though it's thursday #i am going to scream. well i am shouting into the void here #but you get my point #i think once i am in waiting for people.to read tje first chapter of the trans fic stage #ill write up some trends i noticed about my dive into the trans character tags and also a curious search i did #because like idk there was some really really interesting trends there that i had. a ton of thoughts on #i am now debating reblogging the post that sparked this in a hey did you consider trans guy character bc that wa smy first thought #but that feels like would be a dick move after this post

[sneez]

provocative puritan posing (inspired by this painting)

[id: a digital painting of thomas fairfax sitting at a small table in an interior. he is wearing seventeenth-century military garb, and is resting one hand on the table and holding a glove with the other. his legs are crossed in a manner which looks slightly (though unintentionally) suggestive. end id.]

#fairfax #artwork #if you saw me reblog this the other day you were witness to the exact moment i knew i had to draw this #mostly just because the bloke is wearing a cuirass in the original painting but also because i am gay. we know this #this is very messy i was going to paint over it properly but i actually quite like the effect when it is very sloppy like this so here it is #dont look too closely or you will see just how messy it is. i didnt stay within the lines at all my bad #i am quite happy with it though! partly because i think i captured the way he looks (in my head) and partly because i drew a background for #once. i never ever draw backgrounds and i wasnt even intending to for this one but i started it and then kept going for no reason #obviously not an impressive background by any means. but a background nonetheless :-) #anyway i hope you are all well my friends! i am home for christmas so i am hoping to get lots of drawing done if i get my act together #i love you all very much. look at the puritan. look at him. you want to look at him

[jutsuuu]

girl help I’m experiencing

#weird addendum but pls don’t reblog my vent posts??? why would you even want to???? #everything has been So Much lately and I wasn’t gonna vent but then I remembered this is my blog and I can do what I want #one of my best friends left the country last week and he’ll be gone for like two years and I’m so sad without him around #I mean he’s been messaging me every day since he left but it’s still hard not having him here yknow? #and I’m moving into his place but it requires a lot of work before I can so I’m always exhausted #and my joints have all but given out on me completely so I’m always covered in KT tape and braces #which doesn’t gel very well with moving furniture and heavy boxes #and I have no money so I need to be job searching but I can’t do that until I move. BUT I NEED MONEY TO MOVE #on top of that my grandpa died and there’s so much family drama involving that it’s unreal #and weirdly the thing I’ve recently felt bad about is I’ve been neglecting my self imposed Fandom Duties #maybe not fandom specifically but like. creative duties #I want to write fic. I want to draw. I want to read and comment on other people’s stuff #I also really want to do more of my non fandom writing because I want to get something published this year. but i got no good idea aaack #or early next year #and I’ve just had like. no time at all to do any of it and the time I have had I’ve been too drained to do it #ughghghghghghggh #I think today I will drink and try to write something. as a treat. #after I go on a reblog spree to bury this because emotions are very embarrassing #anyway how are you?

[nmzuka]

I 100% get tumblrs need to grow their userbase to continue. Fully support that

But literally @staff any changes to the dashboard or adding an algorithm HAS to be able to be opt out or you will completely kill the use of this site by longtime users who have been VERY vocal about not wanting an algorithm

Tumblr's advantage over other sites is that you can control what content you see and taking that away from your users is downright stupid

I get new users arent use to that and can understand it benefiting them to have an algorithm to help get the hang of the site but again one should be able to opt out of it

That way long time users can continue to use Tumblr the way they enjoy it and if new users get the hang of things and want to turn off the algorithm they can

#tumblr #staff #literally I think adding a full time algorithm will absolutely kill this site #we already have the for you page #which i did enjoy using for a while #but it kept suggesting me things even tho I told it I didnt want to see them #maybe fix that issue as well?? #or just make a sort of training wheel mode to help new users get the hang of things #but those of us who have used this site for fucking years have done so for a reason #dont go fucking with that #also agree with a take I saw that said any algorithm should support underappreciated contenr #its so easy for things to get lost in the void here because no on is reblogging it #a cap should be set on when a post falls out of being promoted #its getting promoted by people reblogging it #and other posts that are being passed over should be promoted instead

[fyodorkitkat]

Dear new accounts mass liking my posts from completely blank blogs and with default pfps:

Please reblog things. It is the only way things get shared here (there isn't a real algorithm). It is good and encouraged (it is not the same as reposting since when you click the reblog button it keeps the creators original post and link to their blog in what you are sharing)

I suck at explaining things but reblogging is vital to the tumblr ecosystem especially for artists and writers. You don't need to carefully curate your blog or keep to some theme. If you want to do that you can create sideblogs too to reblog certain themed posts. If you like something enough to hit "like" then you should totally reblog it! People will eventually be following you and probably would like to see that post too!

Also people block and report blank blogs especially ones that have the default pfp and header because we have a bot problem and this looks like bot behavior (especially with a blank blog!) So you should update those things too asap so you don't get mistaken for a bot 🙏💜

#if tumblr is going to force my blog onto the account creation screen for bsd and curse me with the constant influx of new user followers #ill at least try to psa it i guess because this low key sucks super bad lmao #i know i joke that ppl cant actually make my notifs any worse than they already were. well im eating my words rn #so at the very least pls for the love of God personalize your pfp and start reblogging pls pls pls #also if you stick around that is still lovely too i mean all of this in the nicest way possible 🙏 and if you dont and unfollow well that #is just fine too pls curate your own experience here actively 💜

[relpda]

(*) iconic, not favorite (my favorite isn't on here either because he is not iconic enough),

I didn't include Fitz & Fool & Nighteyes for obvious reasons (they would win) but honorable mention for all of them

Most iconic fitz moments according to me: murder spree while laughing in front of everyone at buckkeep & "that game was taught to me by a woman!!!" when dutiful was being sexist about the stones game, because that moment is hilarious to me

Beloved has many iconic moments, two of my favorites are the plumbing rant in AQ, and "fool you were never with molly" ".....but I was with you" in FQ

Nighteyes is just iconic in general

#rote #realm of the elderlings #robin hobb #i finally got polls!! #i had a really hard time thinking of a human guy that is iconic enough to put here #once i realized i put only women and non-humans) #verity is my fave but he is not really iconic #burrich is iconic for beating up galen but that's it #i considered chade but decided against it for reasons #also considered Will instead because people like him but i don't remember him well enough #i could though think of many more iconic women in the series but i tried to limit it #i am trying to be less on tumblr now because i have exams so i limit myself to voting in polls without visiting my dash or reblogging :( #anyway i'm voting for marmalade he is the main reason i made this poll

[cepheusgalaxy]

lil' thing taken from my google docs brainstorming document (section 5--im separating the brainstorm off topics, it gets easier to check and decide--"quick recap")

[Transcripted from google docs]

Original concept: Meine was originally a project I had to be made on the Gacha Life mini-movie medium.

The only defined parts were: A. Meine was a boy with powers that had been exploited by his dad in the past because of his ability of identifying magic rocks; B. His mother took back his guard when she found out and he’s been living with her since; C. He met Kyouka because his mother got called to help in a project since it is of her area of work; D. Kyouka had an unconventional childhood as a test subject because of her great power; E. For her better development as a teen she got transferred to an actual school, to which Meine also was as his mother thought they’d do good friends since Meine was so shy; F. Meine would turn himself to his father in exchange for letting his friends safe eventually; G. Meine’s parents were divorced and his father was a rich guy and when he was 5 to 12 years old his dad had his guard which was taken from his under abuse reports; H. Everybody in this world would have weird body parts to signal they have powers; I. Kyouka chose her own name, had albinism and had a great childhood provided to her and was an eccentric and fun girl.

Four characters had defined designs back then (made using Gacha Club): Meine, his mother, Kyouka and someone who worked as a social assistant-kind of to her. Kyouka’s design was lost but in the brief frame sequel that would originally start the story, were featured Meine's original design as well as a headshot of the secondary character and his mom’s designs.

This was the frame sequence (edited on Ibis Paint X to achieve wanted result):

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Final notes: The only named characters back then were Meine and Kyouka.

Final notes: Kyouka was named after a mystery anime I saw back then, named Hyouka. I took liberties with the title, if I remember well. I also remember quitting that anime at episode 6 or so, actually.

Final notes: The story had no name back then (it still doesn’t lol)

Final notes: Meine was named after a movie I saw back then: Meine Frau, ihre Schwiegereltern und ich. I took the “meine” part (which I knew on that time to be german for “mine”, but I hadn’t noticed it was the feminine possessive pronoun. The plan was to have a fictional equivalent of German in this world and Meine’s father would have named him that out of possessive desire) from there.

[End of the transciption.]

i wanted to note everything down so i could like, keep a record. i love keeping record of the process my things go through (like megan's design pipeline which i have yet to draw)

#meine wip #that's basically it #abuse mention tw #i want to change the kyouka has albinism thing #it plays a bit into some bad stereotypes i'd rather avoid #and also the reason i wanted it to be like that is kinda lame. there are cooler concepts #might change her name as well #and the way she was raised needs to be more fleshed out #i might even go down the whumpy side #whump #my ocs #meine oc #kyouka oc #took the link off because it goes straight to my personal gallery lol #if anybody shows interest i canupload it here tho #although its 60 images long... #i could compile it in a video #lemme see #if i uploaded the images here it'd take me one original post and 60 reblogs #a description wouldn't be very hard to make #yea if anybody wants that it's something i can provide #again. its gacha life lol #im happy i could fing meine's og design back #i already changed it a bit but its cool either way