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An Open Letter to Tumblr about the Adult Content Ban and How it is Hurting Your Users:
Recently, Tumblr was removed from the Apple app store due to an incident involving child pornography. This incident is incredibly unfortunate, but it doesnât stand alone. Tumblr was also removed from the app store due to the large influx of porn bots and pornographic spam, users claiming to be proud to be pedophiles, blatant Nazism, racists who are not deleted for sending hate and harassing users, and more. I myself reported someone for harassing me, but because I had blocked the person and couldnât access the messages where they harassed me, they were still able to send me anonymous asks. Your support staff, with back doors to the website (presumably), claimed they could not access the messages, and I was left SOL. Many features on this website do nothing to actually protect your users from harassment, racism, homophobia, transphobia, Nazis, pedophiles, predators, porn bots, and more.Â
You claim in your statement to us that you âhave been working on these problems for a long timeâ. This is blatantly untrue. Please do not lie to us and patronize us. Weâve been here. Weâve seen you do nothing over, and over, and over again.Â
We complained to you for months and months about the rampant porn bots, and you did nothing except add a report button on mobile which only reported sensitive content or spam at best. You could have addressed this problem with an effective algorithm, but you did not. We complained to you about being harassed and sent hate speech for being LGBT+, and you did nothing. We complained to you about blogs being randomly deleted, and sometimes youâve restored them, other times you have not. We complained to you that there were people proudly claiming to be âMinor Attracted Personsâ, or pedophiles, and you did nothing. We complained to you about people proudly claiming to be white supremacists, and you did nothing. All of these things are âagainst the community guidelinesâ, and yet over and over, you have not found effective ways to handle these problems or suppress the feeling of welcome that these users claim to get here. You have had a long time to work on these problems, but you havenât addressed them. To say you have is untrue.Â
 Multiple other social networking websites, such as Wordpress, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and others have effectively dealt with rampant pornography, racism, pedophilia, and other problems without causing massive issues for their users who are not misusing the platform. They are continuing to find new, effective ways to deal with these issues without causing problems for their userbase as a whole. There is no reason that you are unable to do this effectively other than that you wanted to do it quickly. You have once again chosen your stock holders over your users. And we have had enough.Â
You have already started to ban âAdultâ content with a new algorithm. Here are screenshots of just a fraction of the posts you have flagged as containing adult content:
Your new system of simply tackling everything at once is not working. At all. And each of these screenshots is proof of your utter incompetence. None of these posts contain pornographic acts, âfemale nipplesâ, or any community violation of any kind.Â
We, the users, have been asking you for months to deal with these problems - particularly, the porn bots and bots that spam. In order to block a bot from a side blog, I have to do it manually, even though they are in my side blogâs feed. This is a huge issue for mobile - only users. They keep cropping up in droves, taking over our posts and tricking google into making it look like a legitimate blog linked to a pornographic website. We have complained to you for months and months now, and your solution to simply âban all adult contentâ is ineffective. I agree that children should not be able to access pornography - but this is not how you tackle a porn bot problem. Your system is utterly useless, allows for racists, pedophiles, porn bots, and Nazis to remain untouched. It also harms sex workers and real people who may use this website for some forms of adult content responsibly. Moreover, as seen above, it harms plenty of users who have in no way violated your terms of service.
 If you keep this up, you threaten your website and company as a whole. Many of us are backing up our blogs and planning places to go to.Â
You already have a content filter for âsensitiveâ content (content inappropriate for younger viewers). You could have improved this, instead of attacking your entire user base. It seems to be a very lazy âsolutionâ, if you could call it one at all, and one that harms your entire userbase.
If you are going to keep this filter in place and make Tumblr, a website that has never been known for being family friendly and has never claimed to be, you are going to lose millions of your users. We are already planning our exodus. It isnât hard to follow. Censor us, and we will go somewhere else. That is not a threat. It is a promise.Â
Sincerely,Â
The users of your website.Â
@staff @support
They flagged this post immediately and Iâve submitted it for review⊠this is⊠quite a week.
If you believe these words, reblog it, please. I want this to be right in their face because I couldnât email them directly.Â
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oh god what did i do
IT SUMMONS MAIL EVERYONE TRY IT
HOLY FUCKING COW.
OKAY ITâS TRUE
???
I THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE
WHAT HOW
Iâve been wondering what message it sends for awhile now, apparently itâs random?
oh?
OH
#lmfao no way #why do i reblog these things #hahaha #urban legends #tumblr myths #im so gullibleÂ
nO FUCKING WAY THIS JUST
gUYS NO JOKE I GOTÂ âmotor oilâ IN MY ASK BOX IâM SCREAMINH
I HOPE U GUYS DONâT LIEÂ
THIS SHIT FUCKING WORKS WTF
youâre shitting me
HOLY MOTHER OF ALL THAT IS GOOD IN THE WORL-
i wanna see what happens
it looks fun i guess
Where did this even come from
WHO IS THIS
//Mun did this before on her main blog so lets see if this happens again
i donât believe thisÂ
((HOLY FUCK??))
@gemcrust I wanted to jump onto the Euclase fanclub, so here is my Euclase I drew!
Can you draw the body shape of Holly Blue Agate?
Uh yeah
I guess thatâs kind of it? Maybe a bit off idk
Got a few asks for body type bases of some of the gems, so I thought I might as well just make one big post - some I drew without reference so theyâre probably not as accurate If you use these a small credit would be appreciated âïžïž
Subtitle: Everything Iâve learned so far.
*more added on bottom of list*
made for a friend but I figure Iâll post it if itâll help anyone ^-^
Probably will add to this every now and then if anything new comes up.
All links marked as ââ€â
Most link to written tutorials but some are videos. Scroll over links to see if itâs a video in case thereâs a reason why you canât watch them.
Also posted on DeviantartÂ
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â§ Super helpful tutorials made by other people:
The shrimp method (How to draw anything) â€Â
Colour turtle â€Â
Background composition â€Â
Colour theory â€Â
Perspective trix for the needy & lazy â€Â
Step by step digital painting â€Â
Action line â€Â
Perspective tutorial â€Â
All of these video tutorials â€Â
All of these resources â€Â
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â§ Human anatomy basics:
Hair â€Â
Hair types â€Â
Head â€Â
Face â€Â
Eye and eyebrow â€Â
Ear â€Â
Nose â€Â
Mouth â€Â
Chin â€Â
Neck â€Â
Shoulder â€Â
Forearm â€Â
Arm â€Â
Hand â€Â
Finger â€Â
Back â€Â
Breasts â€Â
Chest â€Â
Hips â€Â
Butt â€Â
Vagina â€Â
Penis â€Â
Legs â€Â
Knees â€Â
Feet â€Â
Skeleton â€Â
Body type â€Â
Weight gain + loss â€Â
Age â€Â
Skin â€Â
Average female face â€Â
Average male face â€Â
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â§ Quotes:
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The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark. -Michelangelo
âIf you donât know what colour to use, use blackâ -Pablo Picasso
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âThe aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.â -Aristotle
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âThe purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.â -Pablo Picasso
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âGo and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here. Make. Good. Art.â Â -Neil Gaiman
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âNo oneâs better than me. Iâm not better than anyone. â -Carlos Santana
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âLearn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.â -Pablo Picasso
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âIf you hear a voice within you say âyou cannot paint,â then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.â -Vincent Van Gogh
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â§ Advice:
Loose grip = better for your hand & better precision while drawing.
If your hand hurts after a short amount of time drawing your grip is too tight.
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Colour is a very personal thing. It has a lot to do with the way you see colours and the way you feel about those colours. So as much as things like colour theory are important, youâre the one choosing the colours, Â youâre in control.
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People who say things like âa poor workman blames his toolsâ really need to stop. Your tools make a big difference, there is no denying that. Anyone whoâs ever tried Roseart crayons knows using them itâs like hammering in a nail with your bare hands, there are easier ways of doing things.
Of course this doesnât mean youâll draw better with more expensive tools but it does mean that if you donât like using a particular pen/brush/software/etc thereâs no use continuing to use it. Itâs distracting, makes you feel worse about your art and youâll be more likely to just not draw anything at all.
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Experiment thatâs all. Just keep experimenting with things until you find out what you like. (guess that can also be life advice)
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You can always improve. This doesnât mean youâll never be good, it only means you can get better even if youâre an expert.
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Okay let me use this quote as a start off point âThe enemy of art is the absence of limitations.â -Orson Welles. This might sound counter-intuitive but itâs very true. Your brain can only handle a few things at once, if youâre told to draw anything you want youâll most likely draw something like a cat or dog or a house, things that are very normal to you, things that youâve probably drawn a hundred times before because when youâre faced with too many options youâll most likely pick the simplest and most familiar things to you.
Give yourself limitations when youâre drawing. Before you draw start with a theme or palette (etc) to let your mind relax and boost your creativity. (of course you donât have to do this every time you draw, just when you want to draw but have no ideas.)
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Write down/sketch your ideas as soon as you get them because chances are you wonât remember them. Not that you canât change your mind about it later, itâs just good to know theyâre there and you havenât forgotten anything.
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If you feel like thereâs something not quite right about your drawing, take a break. Come back to it the next day even. If you focus on something too long it messes with your judgement.
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You donât have to show anyone what youâve drawn. Itâs your business what you draw so draw anything you want.Â
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Chances are youâll come across people who have no idea about anything to do with art but still tell you how to do it/ what youâre doing wrong. These people arenât worth listening too. Ignore their advice.
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Thereâs no problem with learning from tutorials, absolutely none. Itâs just one of the ways people learn. Itâs the same with art classes or anything similar. If you learn from it then keep doing it, but if youâre not then donât.
The best tip I can offer about tutorials is if you donât like the art style of the person who made the tutorial thereâs no reason to learn their techniques. Study artists who have art styles you like and figure out what it is you like about them. (their use of colours, emotion conveyed, etc)
And honestly if youâre a good artist and youâve never used tutorials or been to art classes, good for you, but itâs nothing to be smug about and no one is a lesser artist for using them.Â
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â§ Referencing:
I made a mini tutorial on how to reference here â€Â
Hereâs one on how to use them another way â€Â
Also see âTracing vs referencing' â€Â
also these are a couple great sites for references
Humans â€Â
Animals â€Â
Plants â€Â
Objects + architecture â€Â
Everything all together â€Â Â
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â§ Things that are really good to focus on and practice in your drawing:
-Light & shade â€Â
-Wind â€Â
-Reflection â€Â
-Perspective â€Â
-Movement â€Â
-Composition â€Â
-Emotion â€Â
-Mood â€
-Values â€Â
-Texture â€Â Â
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â§ Warm ups and practice
If you donât know about gesture drawing hereâs a tutorial â€Â
If you do, this site is good for it â€Â Â
Draw shapes, draw lines, draw random squiggles, whatever helps you warm up.
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â§ Possible reasons for artblock and remedies:Â
-Stress. Sometimes there are certain times when stress is for whatever reason unavoidable. Itâs a difficult thing to deal with and there can be a lot of different reasons why youâre stressed. Take breaks, try yoga or something thatâs more of a workout like boxing if it helps, meditation, anything that helps you feel better is a good start. Try writing down everything thatâs making you stressed so you can get more of a perspective on why youâre stressed and deal with the smaller problems first. Things like cleaning your room/house or fixing something thatâs been bothering you can help a lot. Thereâs also this helpful list if you wants some more ideas â€Â
-Depression. *groans* donât get me started. Depression is a big deal and I have no idea what the best way to help it is. Maybe time. Maybe feeling useful. Maybe leaving your current life situation. Depression makes the simplest things difficult so the main thing to remember is to put your health before your art. Art will wait for you and be there when youâre ready, it always does.
Thereâs also this masterpost on depression if youâd like to have a look â€Â
-Feeling inadequate. This might sound like a strange thing to say⊠Itâs kind of a good thing. You are wanting to improve and thatâs great. Itâs safe to say everyone experiences this multiple times in their life at some point but what you need to keep reminding yourself is, if you know you love doing something then youâre on the right track so stick to it.Â
-Feeling Un-motivated. Make an inspiration folder and go on a picture finding search to fill it with anything that makes you want to draw. Learning something new always helps for this as well so read/watch tutorials or someone drawing/painting.Â
-Not having ideas. Surprisingly easy fix most of the time. Use a random generator like this â€Â or start some kind of art challenge to get you started.
-Boredom. (or being bored with the way you draw) Try using a different medium like sculpting or pixel art, anything you donât normally do. Surprisingly changing your image can help as well so getting a new hairstyle/colour, anything like that can work.
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â§ Selling art:
Donât under charge for your work. It doesnât matter how much you love to draw, you shouldnât have to under charge for your work. Youâre not only charging for the piece its self but for your skills as an artist and for the time and effort you put into it.Â
âSo how much do i charge?â This question is one of the more difficult ones to answer. It can depend on the demand and the time it takes for you to make, etc. So this is just a basic list of things to ask yourself before you decide how much you should be charging.
-âHow much time do I spend making it?â
-âHow much am I willing to work for?â
-âHow much do other artists charge?â (not always relevant but something to consider)
-âWhat kind of customers will i get?âÂ
-âWhat is the customer going to use my art for?â (if itâs for a personal thing itâs no problem but if itâs commercial and theyâre going to use it on multiple occasions profiting from it, either charge more or work something out where they have to pay you each time itâs used)
Donât worry if you realise youâve been undercharging for your work because itâs part of the process of finding out whatâs right for you.
If someone challenges you on your prices or says youâre charging too much remember this
âIf you like what I do, this is what I charge. If you donât want to pay it, you donât have to buy it.â
Visual examples work better than descriptions. Show what youâre willing to draw and what kinds of commissions you offer with the prices listed. It can be laid out however you like. Hereâs an example â€Â
Additional payments. Something to consider is are you going to charge more per added character or for a detailed background anything else that requires more work than your set price.
Make a check-list for commissioners to fill out. Not always necessary but can be a good thing to have. Things like âcharacter: Â background: Â outfit: Â â anything that you would usually ask them.
Some people might ask you to copy or trace something. I have absolutely no idea why people want something thatâs traced but donât do it. I promise you wonât like working with the client and you wonât be proud of your work at all.
Explain when you expect to receive payment. Either before you start, after you show them sketches or when the whole project is completed. In this case just do whatever feels right to you. But keep tabs on who hasnât played because there are some people that think they can get away with not paying. (just something to be aware of)
There will be people who try to get things for free. Ignore people who say things like âI wish could have something like this but i donât have money :( â please, please, please donât respond to these people with anything other than something along the lines of âThank you, maybe next time :)â because the only reason theyâre saying that is because they want it cheep or free. These people arenât your customers, donât worry about supplying to them.
Also along those lines, if someone asks you to do work for them for free and âmaybe theyâll hire/pay youâ if they like your work is bullshit. Theyâre conning you. What they do once they get your designs is tell you theyâve decided not to hire/pay you when theyâve actually stolen your design and get their designers to finish/alter it. DONâT TRUST THESE PEOPLE.
Have a paypal or something similar set up. This is completely necessary unless youâre working with someone face to face.
You can decide whether or not to work with someone. If whoever is commissioning you is making you feel uncomfortable or asking too much or is trying to make you do anything you donât want to, you donât have to work with them. Itâs entirely your choice.Â
Little bit more commission advice by someone else â€
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â§Â More stuff added by others: added by fruitncreme - What is talent? â€Â
- Anatomy, Manga to realistic and perspective â€Â
- Poses â€Â
- Anatomy and proportions â€Â
- Folds and wrinkles â€Â
- Tips and tricks â€Â
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Feel free to add to this list if you have any other advice or tutorials you think would be helpful
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anyone please ask your crush out like this
The thrilling answer
no they need to kiss out behind the school!!!!
oops my hand slipped
nexttttt pleaseee :D
Come on guys add on to this tumblr needs this to be a comic series
I was asked for doing this, so I did
BAM!
Iâm out of ideas! XD
next?
THIS IS TOO CUTE I CANâT LEAVE IT ALONE IâM SORRY
OHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDD!!!!!!!
LOOOK ATT THIIIIS!!!!
LOOOOK ATTT THIIIISS!!!!
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NEEEXT!!!!!
IT HAD TO BE DONE:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*O*
OH MY GOOD!!!!!
ThATâS IT!!!!
#0o0#
so yeah
WORDS CANNOT EVEN DESCRIBE HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS
And all the people that collaborated on this!!!
@spooky-little-bug
I want more
OMGâŠYes..
welp (/o~o)/
I HAVENT SEEN THE LAST ADD ON OMG IM IN LOVE
AWWWWWWW OMF THIS IS TOO CUTE
THE LAST ONE IS NEW I HAVENâT SEEN THIS BEFORE
Best love story EVER!!!! XD
When tumblr just works like this, itâs a wonderful thing
I second this last post! This is a beautiful story and a beautiful collaboration and this is what makes tumblr so great!
oH HELL YESSSSS
Iâm so happy there is more!!
MOOORE PLEASEEE
And that was how young wizard Yuuri (13) met his Durmstrang idol Victor (17), who still managed to throw shade while being supportive lmao. BASED OFF OF AND INSPIRED BY @46gohanâs absolutely lovely YOIxHarryPotter au:
â„ http://46gohan.tumblr.com/post/153315272616/so-ive-been-rewatching-the-hp-series-lately-and â„Â
When I saw the au I was absolutely smitten by the idea and I wanted to draw something for it, but then I thought maybe one frame wasnât enough.. And then this long-ish fluff comic happened LOL. I also just wanted an excuse to put blue roses and Victor in the same shot heh. Wiki stated âorchideousâ is used to conjure ANY type of flower, but it really sounds like itâs exclusive to orchids hahah. Thanks again @46gohan ~ ! :))
; ______ ; THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH FOR DRAWING AND SHARING THIS!!!!!
I already spammed your inbox with my thoughts and screams on this but boY IF IâM STILL NOT CRYINGâŠâŠ..I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR ART, YOUâRE AN INSPIRATION !!!!!! LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS the colors!!! the paneling!! The way the sun comes out when Yuuri gets the spell right and Viktor appears!!! t h E WAY YOU DRAW EXPRESSIONS Iâm dead. deAD
@gemsonaresources Here are the gems I asked (forced) you to write about with the fusion thing! I want you to critique them please! 1) Blue Topaz 2) Petrified Wood 3) Biggs Jasper Thank you!!!
Oooooh boi. These babes. Amber (Left) Gemstone is located on her chest Her weapon is a machete thing She/Her pronouns She is heterosexual She is a rad ass sassy bitch Black Tourmaline (Right) Gemstone is located on the inside of his right wrist His weapon is a spiked sword thing uvu He/Him pronouns He is heterosexual He is MADLY in love with Amber
I drew my own Ruby, Sapphire and Garnet!
Yaaay!! Â nose ruby!! >w< you did a good job on the outfit designs too!Â
I did these at like 1 am x.x XD
Tigerâs Eye (Left)
His gemstone is on his right bicep. His weapon is a pistol. He uses male pronouns. He is asexual. He has the ability to teleport!
Pyrite (Right)
Her gemstone is located on her chest. Her weapon is a dagger. She uses female pronouns. She is pansexual. She has electric powers!
*whispers* I drew this hunk of meat at like 2:00 amâŠ
This is Zincite! This gemstone is at the palm of his left hand. He doesnât not have a set weapon, he stores multiple weapons in his gemstone. He uses male pronouns. He is pansexual. Every sentence he says has at least one swear in it.
This is Melanite, she is my queen
well sheâs definitely  got the the whole regal look down o.O
Moonstone Her gemstone is on her neck. Her weapon is singing and dancing! She uses female pronouns. She is pansexual. She honestly is a little innocent peach.