#inkblot

[inkblot-app]

Hi! We're InkBlot 👋🏽

Community owned/ funded/focused - We're a platform for creatives & those who appreciate the SKILL of humans! Our team is BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ 🏳️‍🌈. We're ANTI-AI and we DO NOT partner with AI companies to sell user's creations. With the current scope of platforms looking into AI (cough Twitter, Tumblr and Reddit cough) we want to remind creatives that there are spaces that have your best interest in mind! But also, PLEASE PROTECT YOUR WORK.

Check out https://glaze.cs.uchicago.edu/ to learn more about Glaze and Nightshade so you can protect your art!

#inkblotart #inkblot #digital art #artists on tumblr #anti ai #fuck ai art #anti nft #support human artists

[genericpuff]

Remember when I mentioned the closure of MochaJump? Well, we're about to lose Inkblot, too, unless we do something.

Anyone who knows me here knows I'm all about decentralizing the Internet, but especially the online art scene. We artists are extremely limited in our options for posting, often times forced to stick to exploitative platforms like Twitter and Instagram. And as I've gone into at length before, part of the struggle in decentralizing the online art scene is building viable long-term alternatives, something that's become increasingly difficult to do in today's online economy and culture.

InkBlot.art is one such alternative that is now on the brink of closure. Its members received an email from the owner, Jacob Brown, laying his heart out about the state of the site and his own struggles in maintaining it in its current form without any form of sustainable monetary support.

Is Inkblot as populated with the "potential" for millions of followers like Instagram and Twitter? No. Does it come pre-packaged with the nostalgia a lot of us are seeking from "old sites" like DeviantArt? No. But it will never get the chance to become those things unless we do our part to help. Inkblot is another drop in a massive bucket of attempts to provide safer and more artist-focused alternatives to many of the enshittified corporate platforms that steal our data, scrape our art for AI, and snuff out our voices with algorithms - we shouldn't overlook the opportunity to try and save it unlike all the others that have failed and shut down despite their best efforts. A better future will not fall into our laps - proactive change starts with us.

I'm going to be tossing a few dollars their way on their Ko-Fi, and I highly suggest you do the same if you have anything to spare. Even if it still amounts to "nothing", we have to be willing to do our part to protect these spaces and keep them alive, because if we as artists aren't willing to fight for these communities, who will?

#please reblog !!! #inkblot #inkblot.art #save inkblot #decentralize the internet #enshittification #artist reblog #please reblog

[toonirl]

I'M PLANNING TO SAVE UP TO ADOPT A CAT BY THE END OF THE YEAR

come and get'cha sum'n

[Paypal] | [Venmo]

further examples below

#artists on tumblr #commissions #inkblot #club penguin #pokemon #fakemon #pokemon mystery dungeon #ocs #nintendo #toontag #toontown #sfw furry #furry oc #design #digital art #gif

[hiveworks]

Hiveworks x InkBlot Partnership & Interview with CEO Jay Brown

June 2023

Hiveworks is proud to announce our partnership with InkBlot! InkBlot is a new queer-run and artist-made social platform for creators and their audiences, with similar vibes to DeviantArt or Pixiv.

We are so excited to help an emerging platform by providing advertising support, working together to help the webcomic community grow with one of the things we do best.

We asked InkBlot CEO Jay Brown to talk with us more about InkBlot, its origins and its future.

. 🦋🐝.

How did the idea for InkBlot originate?

InkBlot started on a call with some friends of mine. I was upset and talking about how social media at that time (and unfortunately still even now) had been suppressing creators. Instagram was my biggest source for my other company selling my designs and merch. It still is, but the reach is minimal and nothing compared to how it was 4 years ago. Then, on top of that, DeviantArt hadn't been listening to its user base about an update they were rolling out. As a person that doesn't like to talk about it but be about it, I set to work making wireframes and getting ideas for InkBlot, building the prototype at my kitchen counter.

We're seeing a cultural shift in how people interact with social media. How would you describe InkBlot's place in the future digital landscape?

InkBlot is certainly a social space for creators and lovers of the arts, and I think I like to really emphasize that it is a community space. It is first and foremost a space that will cater to a specific community and the supporters of that community. It is NOT Twitter. We will never be like Twitter, nor do we want to. There are estimated to be about 16 million people around the world that take part in the creative arts. This doesn’t include music, writing, animation, or comics (source? Trust me– jk Global Art Market). So with that being said, InkBlot exists for a large group of people, mainly artists, but also slowly expanding into other areas like music, voice acting, writing. That’s why we refer to users as creatives/creators, and I quite frankly don’t think it matters if we cater to a niche. This niche is huge and life is one big canvas. In this day and age, the internet is very hostile to creators, especially ones that cannot keep up with the algorithms that consume and churn ‘content’ at paces faster than creatives can make them. InkBlot is here to slow things down, have people enjoy the process and connect with others that do the same.

What is missing from artists' online experience that InkBlot aims to fulfill?

Community. The creative community has been shattered into so many different parts of the internet. We have taken residence in places that weren't made for us and still don’t even think of us. We are stronger together, and InkBlot is here to make a permanent home that is built by and owned by the community.

From an adult artist perspective, InkBlot's content guidelines are pretty clear and generous compared to other content hosting sites. What motivated this decision?

There is really nothing more important than keeping every part of the community. This includes the NSFW/adult spaces. The content guidelines are shaped to still allow for the freedom of the arts. You cannot say you are a space for the community, yet completely cut out a part of it. So many spaces have forced out the NSFW community and with it has also scorched the LGBTQIA+ community. There is something deeper here about this, but I won't write an essay. In short, it is important to keep all parts of the community regardless if it's SFW or NSFW.

Hiveworks is also a queer-run, artist-made organization, with a focus on webcomics. What is your perspective on the value of queer spaces online, particularly for creatives?

It is super important. In a world where queer folks are constantly ‘up for debate’ and our existence is a ‘political ticket’, we need to have a space online for ourselves. It is so very important to have a safe space in a world that constantly tries to erase us. Spaces like Hiveworks and InkBlot give people hope. It gives people a chance to connect with other queer creators and find that they aren’t alone. Making media that is queer is more important than ever right now. Even if it is just one person, it can save someone.

Speaking of comics, do you have a favorite comic (print or digital) or a recently read recommendation?

I am a big fan of Novae by KaiJu, Lies Within by Lacey & Golden Shrike by doeprince

For people who want to see InkBlot grow, what is the best way for them to support you?

The biggest thing is getting the word out about InkBlot and USING IT! Use it, even if it’s just once or twice a week. We need to know what people want to see, how it differs from what people use now, or if we should make it similar to those other tools. Of course, we are user-funded so supporting us through our Kofi or on-site premium works, too! Lastly, give us patience! Rome wasn’t built in a day.

PS: Bee on the lookout! InkBlot users will notice that Hiveworks creators on the site have a little bee badge to help make identifying your fave creators easier!

Badge artist: Ray Armstrong

#hiveworks #inkblot #interview #blog

[spadetale]

Playing around with shading stuff

#digital #art #furry #drawing #anthropomorphic #cartoon #toon #furries #animal #anthro #inkblot #rubberhose #1920s #black and white #toony #classic

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

Can they reveal your psychology? Vintage inkblots.

#inkblot #1930s #vintage illustration #illustration

[spooky-ghostwriter]

You know me, I love drawing rubberhose characters. And I also love Drawfee and rewatched Drawga recently. So when I saw Jacob draw rubberhose Invader Zim, I was inspired...

#drawfee #fanart #drawga #ryjinah #rubberhose #inkblot #demon girl #my art

[shanicetjn]

Sybil

🦋 Summer Sprint Doodle for @boneless-art. Thank you so much for supporting @inkblot-app!

Doodled - 26 August 2023

#requests #InkBlot #InkBlot Summer Sprint 2023 #Sybil #August #2023

[snapdragoned]

Cosmo and Inkblot are still inseparable!

#sims 2 #ts2 gameplay #ts2 #snapdragoned #windflower bay #round 6: weatherby #cosmo rivera #inkblot

[sillywabbits]

☀️🌙DCA/Animaniacs Expression Practice Callout Post! ✨

Good evening!~🌙✨ Not sure how many Animaniacs fans may be out there in the DCA community (apart from myself and Ram lmao) but I've been meaning to get around to practicing Sunny & Moon's facial expressions in my style, and my style is heavily shaped by my years in the Animaniacs fandom (before this one~♥️) So if anyone wants to send me a random screenshot of any one of these trio of sillies (The Warners):

so that I can translate them onto our jester duo of sillies, please do! I'd really appreciate it and think it would be fun practice! :DD

As an example!~ ✨

It's very possible I'll get carried away and add silly things/characters like I'm gonna do here for memey reasons fjfjdjd

(oh and if you send a screenshot, feel free to specify who between Sunny or Moon (or even Eclipse!) you'd like to see the expression on~ if you don't specify, I'll leave it up to a surprise! :3c ✨)

-Thanks everyone! Goodnight everybody!~💋♥️

#dca #dca community #dca fandom #animaniacs #yakko #wakko #dot #warners #inkblot #moondrop #sunnydrop #sundrop #sillyposts #wabbitsart #bunart #fnaf sb #security breach #fnaf

[pepurika]

hi! where can one go to see your general art besides your webcomic and future project? as in, mindless sketches and stuff like that? ive peeked at your twitter and tumblr but came up short and ive just finished absorbing tigers for the third time and am absolutely fascinated with your art style

This ask actually prompted me to make an art gallery account on inkblot! I know a ton of webcomickers are there and it seems nice, so I hope it works out and people start using it!

I've missed a gallery type of site, and since I don't have my own website, this seems like a good alternative!

there's nothing yet, but I'll go through my art archives at some point to upload new stuff, and I hope this inspired me to draw more stuff, too...

#inkblot

[inkblot-app]

Happy Black History Month!! !!!🫵🏽 SHARE, LIKE, SUPPORT Black creatives, business owners, etc. 😁!!!

#black history month #black lives matter #inkblot #inkblotart

[godbirdart]

currently throwing money at artfol and inkblot because gdi i want these new art sites to LIVE and also it costs under $5 CAD to get pro on inklot or early desktop access for artfol on their patreons which??? BOTH OF THESE ARE sUPER CHEAP THAT IS NOTHING

here are their patreons if yall are interested in either site:

https://www.patreon.com/artfol/

https://www.patreon.com/inkblotart [inkblot also takes stripe for pro membership directly on their site]

#patreon #artfol #inkblot #LIVE DAMN YOU #LIIIVVEE #i complain a lot about not having great art sites beyond deviantart and furaffinity #but i Will put my money where my mouth is and throw coins at them because man #i want an art site to succeed so bad #also there's so much potential in these two sites that i want to see happen

[mleelunsford]

I wanted to do a piece that used InkBlot's compare images feature. So if you go there, you can slide around the interactive Two Face I made!  https://inkblotapp.page.link/G2F7dAMckGu1u1LC9

#Two-Face #Harvey Dent #Batman #DC Comics #Fan Art #InkBlot

[spadetale]

My friend Cyric's inkblot character Damien chillin on his tail.

#furryart #artwork #anthropomorphic #artist #drawing #furries #toon #cartoon #digitalart #furry #anthro #animal #art #digital #inkblot #rubberhose

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

Can they reveal your psychology? Vintage inkblots.

#inkblot #macbeth #shakespeare #vintage illustration