#this was such a labor of love

[a-gay-old-time]

Tit for Tat by @mintamintathings 

with art from @mad1492 and @ihopeyoubothstaysafefromharm 

and gorgeous chapter headings by @babooshkart 🌸

I read this fic for the first time last winter and I was absolutely blown away by Grace’s writing. The characterizations for this Harry and Draco are stunning and complicated and so brilliantly thought out. This story doesn’t shy away from challenging themes, and it explores them with a lot of nuance and grace that make the character arcs feel so well-earned. And what amazing character arcs they are! The way that Harry and Draco change and grow throughout this story is so engaging and rewarding--I was so invested in their relationship but also in them as individuals. This is a fic that’s filled with rich details, some wonderful angst, unique characterizations, really hot emotionally-driven smut (my favorite kind!), and such obvious care for some really engaging and important themes. Thank you for writing such a brilliant fic and for letting me make it into 3(!) books, Grace! 

At 388,842 words, this was by far the longest fic I’ve decided to bind so far! I ended up splitting it up into three volumes both in order to make the actual books more manageable and to have some fun with the design elements of the bindings. When I was talking to Grace about the imagery she associates with this fic, she told me that the story starts out dark grey and ends up pale pink, and I took this idea and ran with it! I wanted to have the three volumes work through this color scheme, so I chose different endpapers for each volume that start out dark and end in the third volume with lighter pinks and golds. I speckled the edges of the books with acrylic inks that tie into the individual color schemes for each volume. This was the first time I tried this process and it was super fun (thanks especially to @marvinhere for the tips on edge speckling)! I was inspired by Draco’s tea roses for the title pages, and had them bloom across the volumes. For the spines, I carried over the floral theme and painted flowers that span across the bottom of all three spines to connect the volumes!

I was so excited to be able to include the gorgeous art for this story from both @mad1492 and @ihopeyoubothstaysafefromharm! One of the other reasons I was so excited about this project was because the incredibly lovely and talented @babooshkart offered to make some floral art for the chapter headings based on the flowers described in Draco’s garden and the colors in the endpapers. I’ve included Boo’s amazing art in lots of my other bindings, but it was a really special and wonderful experience to collaborate on a work together like this and I’m so thrilled by how the chapter headings turned out! Boo, I don’t even have the words to describe how grateful and excited I am to have gotten to work on these books with you! 💕

#drarry #ficbinding #fanbinding #bookbinding #this was such a labor of love #and i'm so excited to have gotten to make them for grace #it was so much fun to try out some new techniques #and now i want to speckle the edges of every book i ever make

[prolibytherium]

I will say I get the vibe that a lot of peoples interest and support for strikers is a bit too much for a vicarious ‘burn it down’ thrill, rather than for the actual goals of a strike.

Like UPS has agreed to come back to the table and it is very possible they will concede to Union demands and avert a strike. And if that happens (so long as the union does not make concessions on its key demands) it’s a good thing. It’s a victory for the laborers. It is the same ultimate conclusion that a strike would intend to produce except without the workers having to go on (not so great) strike pay for a week or two.

#I understand to an extent bc I think such a major strike would be very politically significant for the labor movement #But UPS submitting to union demands to avert a strike also accomplishes this. Maybe in a less visible way but all the same #Also on a personal note I would love to see UPS get absolutely fucked but again: strike goals are more important here

[elysiuminfra]

its so mortifying and frustrating that the crew of spiderverse were so overworked. by people who didnt understand the sheer work and effort that goes into all parts of the pipeline. but a new generation of artists are seeing the concept art, and going, “i want to do this too!” getting to see the release of so much behind the scenes work makes me want to do things like this. i aspire to this. but i dont want to have to deal with the death of creativity in the form of constant reworking. i couldn’t watch coworkers leave because of how stressful it becomes.

i hope the crew knows just how many artists walked into that theater, and then walked out going, “i want to make art as thoughtful as this. i want to make art as genuine as this. i want to make art with this much love in it. i want to do this too.”

#thoughts #atvs #this movie is more than like. Just A Film to me #its a labor of love by hundreds and hundreds of people #and i hope those people get their due justice.

[killldeer]

UPS WORKERS HAVE REACHED A DEAL THAT MEETS THEIR DEMANDS AND AVERTED A STRIKE!!!

EDIT 7/27/23: please reblog this version of the post instead! it provides a fuller picture of what’s going on and explains why this isn’t over yet.

#i know that this is tumblr and we love our Hot Strike Summer here but THIS IS GOOD!!!! THIS IS FANTASTIC!!!!!! #workers got the terms they were asking for without having to forgo work and pay to do it #and the ppl who would be hardest-hit by supply chain issues (i.e. those who need particular medications supplies etc) will be safer as well! #labor rights #ups #ups strike

[birbs-in-space]

curious about what's in store for you for 2024? :D

Let AO3 decide!

(Updated from 2023: Up-to-date tag bank, opt-in tag categories, optional dark mode! As always: proceed with informed consent.)

#new post #clearing out my original tags since they're not 100% accurate but as always this has been a labor of love and also (new!) collaboration #do you know how hard it is to go thru 13k tags and categorize them? so thank you to my dear friend for proofing these #this update has been in the works since june or july (though i worked on it very intermittently) #and i am SO happy to be done with it for the time being #because i very much have other responsibilities LMAO

[suchawrathfullamb]

We cannot forget that Hannibal, in the script, sees Will after those three years and one of his comments is: "your hands are rough" like damn. he was like "who is treating you so poorly my baby? if you were with me that would NEVER happen. your hands would've been smooth boy"

#its so insane lol #like he literally made a little snarky comment on how he's laboring HAHA I LOVE HIM #nbc hannibal #hannigram #hannibal #will graham #murder husbands #hannibal lecter #hugh dancy #mads mikkelsen

[stormsstudios]

• Price: § 209.899 • Units: 6 • Lot size: 40x30 • Gallery ID: Boobookitee • No CC ; Play-tested • Build Time: 8 Hrs 42 min • Tray Files Welcome to the Rocklidge Apartments, a realistic, single-story townhome rental in Oasis Springs (based off of my own place irl). There is one furnished unit (my sim-self's place modeled after my own), as well as 5 move-in ready units. Each unit has a slightly different entry and backyard, but they are all the same size with identical 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom layout. The laundry is located on-site near our pet relief area which is tenant-maintained. Yay!

Happy Move-In Day and Welcome Home ♥

#ts4 #sims 4 builds #sims 4 #ts4 build #ts4 apartment #ts4 download #the sims 4 build #an actual labor of love #building the gas station and store on the corner is gonna be fun

[mhaikkun]

strawberries and cream 🍓

another piece I created for the @ohshc20thzine fanzine!!!!

#ouran high school host club #ouran #ohshc #haruhi fujioka #tamaki suoh #kyoya ootori #hikaru hitachiin #kaoru hitachiin #takashi morinozuka #mitsukuni haninozuka #mhai art #WHEN I TELL U THAT BOTH OF THESE PIECES WERE A LABOR OF LOVE #I SWEAR TO GOD

[idiotsonlyevent]

slavic chilchuck moodboard

#also he loves complaining. but i cant find any lines of dialogue that say it outright :pensive: #feel free to add more <3 #L.txt #dungeon meshi #chilposting #slavchuck #chilchuck #chilchuck tims #EDIT: this doesn't fit w the silliness of the post but i just realized that the poor treatment of half-foots can be viewed #from the lens of how in west european contries eastern europeans are imported to do undesirable (esp hard) labor #and how eastern european women are trafficked esp for sex work #ummmm yeah . much to think about

[acearadiamegido]

Happy 4/13! Introducing....

Homestuck Book Club! (a Discord server)

Have you wanted to read this Homestuck thing for a while now, but the process seems too daunting? Do you want an excuse to re-read your favorite 2010s webcomic, but you're worried you'll have nobody to talk to about it because it's 2024? Maybe you're looking for a community of like-minded folks with a consistent weekly online meeting schedule to fill out your social calendar?

HAVE I GOT A DEAL FOR YOU!!

I have gone to the trouble of breaking up Homestuck into 52 manageable, (very) approximately equal sections, one per week for the next year, culminating on April 13th, 2025!

In Homestuck Book Club, we'll be meeting every Sunday in voice chat at 12pm (CST) to discuss a weeks worth of Homestuck at a time! New readers and longtime fans alike are welcome to join up and experience the comic together as a community.

There are channels specifically for new readers who want to avoid spoilers, as well as a zone for Homestuck veterans to spoil it up with impunity.

And for 4/13, (again, 12pm CST) I'll be holding a special intro meeting for folks to say hi and play some games! (Jackbox, Gartic Phone.... Dare I say..... Amogus????)

JOIN THE HOMESTUCK BOOK CLUB HERE

Happy 4/13 everyone!

#Homestuck #4/13 #413 #homestuck discord #words #draws #this was. more labor intensive to put together than i imagined it would be. #but it was a labor of love im real excited to have it up and running #i hope everyone has fun!!!! im looking forward to meeting everyone :)

[carnation-damnation]

I was heavy into everything, you were heavy into innocence

#FINALLY. IT'S DONE. GOD #long post #whooooooooooooooEWWWWW WAAAAAAAAAAA #sonic adventure 2 #sth #sonic fanart #sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #sonic #sonadow #art from the den #artists on tumblr #digital art #thank u. enjoy my self indulgent labor of love

[quinns-art-box]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAEDE AKAMATSU!!! she is one of my favorite characters ever of all time but yall already knew that. here she is having a nice birthday with all her friends 💖 because i have postgame v3 diseases

i thought it would be funny if everyone accidentally got her the exact same thing (a sweater vest) and they're all varying degrees of embarrassed/amused but kaede is just so happy and she's gonna wear all of them

#danganronpa #kaede akamatsu #shuichi saihara #kiibo #kaito momota #himiko yumeno #kirumi tojo #rantaro amami #kokichi ouma #angie yonaga #miu iruma #gonta gokuhara #ryoma hoshi #tenko chabashira #maki harukawa #korekiyo shinguji #drv3 #danganronpa v3 #i feel kinda bad tsumugi isnt here LOL because this is postgame but is that really obvious??? idk #i love tsumugi but postgame she is NOT attending kaede's birthday fjghfjkghk #anyway. this was a huge labor of love please enjoy #i will have another kaede soon like a sequel to this hehe

[mugentakeda]

this was. A labor of love. i hope you all enjoy these along with my nonsensical commentary

#i say labor of love because ive been working on these for. 10 hours #with breaks in btwn obviously but . Guh #i felt like it was an appropriate time to redo the old ref sheets cus my style has . Shifted?????????????? #idk. if it hasnt and im just tripping then im gonna work on it now #atla #avatar the last airbender #My ass is not tagging all them gd characters omfg #alicias art

[sollucets]

@userdramas event 15: something new

something old: ramking, who i've loved for a while something new: ayluna, who i love now something borrowed: layout inspiration and something (cyan) blue! 🩵💚

#my engineer #23point5 #23.5 degrees #ramking #aylinluna #rowan gifs #*showcase #tostrangers #userdramas #uservid #lextag #tuseralexa #purpleguitar #hi heres the labor of love for audience of me i was talking about #this particular niche of pairing is very special to me #and the similarities were killing me by episode two but i just knew that to effectively make my point it'd be a Whole Thing #so hopefully this does the job. despite how it turned out in places i did work very hard >< #also yes. the banana is there. no elaboration

[h0estar]

chapter 97 will just be handler reading loid's crazy ass report on recruiting children

#spy x family #spy x family spoilers #loid beating himself up for not considering child labor will always be funny to me #yes i reread the chapter again #i love it so much #sxf spoilers #sxf #loid forger

[eunnieboo]

IT’S FINALLY HAPPENING!! ✨

hi everyone, i’m so excited to share the cover and release date for If You’ll Have Me!

IYHM is my debut graphic novel, a YA sapphic romcom about insecurities, growth, and the tender uncertainty of new love. it’s the kind of story i wanted to read in college - something sweet, comforting, and a little silly too. i can’t wait for you to discover who these girls are and what makes them fit together so well ❤️

the book comes out october 17, 2023 and you can preorder it right now!!

#if you'll have me #momo gardner #priscilla giang #graphic novel #wlw #art #thank you so much everyone #this was truly a labor of love and im so anxious and excited to see it go out into the world #i think some links have yet to go live but i can personally vouch for bookshop and indiebound! support your local bookstore if you can~