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AstralSounds turned 9 years old this month! I did this little bit of art to celebrate earlier in January 💜
People have written a lot of touchy-feely pieces on this subject but I thought I’d get right to the heart of the matter
[The artist, putting a simple cake next to a much fancier one: “Aw man, that guy’s cake is way better than mine.” The Audience, gleefully holding up a knife and fork “HOLY SHIT! TWO CAKES!”]
additions from the og artist (credit)
does anyone wanna hold hands until we feel a little braver
the reblog map is all of us holding hands btw
We are each other's night sky. No one is alone here.
night sky continues to get brighter. theres always people here for you
hi everyone! the developer of the website I host Explorerz on is having a hard time covering his monthly costs. i think Comicfury is such a wonderful space for comics and one of the few remaining websites that values art over predatory profiteering. Kyo makes it a point to keep the game level - ads are opt-in, custom css for comics is available to everyone, etc. if you can spare a couple bucks each month (the lowest tier is $3 which shakes up to 36 dollars a year), you’d be preserving one of bastions of creator-centered webcomic culture and helping it continue its growth!
i also host my webcomic, what happens next, on comicfury. comicfury is an invaluable resource. it allows me to host whn for free, without having to run ads. i also do not have to comply with content guidelines and can upload my comic in any format and size i prefer.
corporate webcomic hosting competitors like tapas and webtoon do not offer me that freedom. i encourage everyone who reads whn (and can spare the money) to contribute to comicfury on patreon or make a one-time donation to cf's ko-fi. help keep webcomics weird!
i personally pledged what i could for the year, so i wanted to share this here to! comicfury is always my go to recommendation for comic hosting websites, i want to be sure its there for other people like its been for me!
no i don't want to use your ai assistant. no i don't want your ai search results. no i don't want your ai summary of reviews. no i don't want your ai feature in my social media search bar (???). no i don't want ai to do my work for me in adobe. no i don't want ai to write my paper. no i don't want ai to make my art. no i don't want ai to edit my pictures. no i don't want ai to learn my shopping habits. no i don't want ai to analyze my data. i don't want it i don't want it i don't want it i don't fucking want it i am going to go feral and eat my own teeth stop itttt
“You should charge more for your commissions” “Your work is too cheap” “You should raise your prices” OKAY BUSTER. How about YOU order something and pay what you think an artist is owed? How about you tip your artists what you think they deserve? Why aren’t you ordering?
“I don’t have any money to spare” then how the hell do you think artists feel wanting money to survive while being told their work is too cheap AND not getting many orders, if any?
Was finishing up owed art prior to the start of Art Fight, and I'm proud of how these turned out!!
Full icons, done for a trade with @marubrightstar!
it’s been said before and it will be said again but i’m begging you all nicely to restrain yourselves from being so casually aggressive and rude and obnoxious in the tags & reblogs of a complete stranger’s posts. no one wants to know that you hate [tv show that op giffed]. no one wants to know that you hate [character that op drew]. no one wants to hear you being ugly and negative for no reason. say what you want to say in your own post. don’t hit the reblog button. blacklist relevant tags. unfollow or block relevant accounts. log out. shut down. get help.
LOUDER FOR EVERYONE IN THE BACK!!!!
this also goes for theory posts, if you don’t have anything thoughtful to say to add to the conversation and are just gonna be like “no thats stupid its stupid to even think about this” just Do Not Reblog. its allowed. you don’t need to shit on someone’s harmless fun.