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Well I’ll be. . . I’ve finally posted another piece of artwork on here! It’s something I really enjoy, too! One of those accidental experiments that went 180 degrees from where I was thinking, but heck it looks great! I’m loving it!

#Maani #Art #Salty

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A silly series because, who doesn’t want a dark souls game with cute animals?

It's hip to fuck bees?

It's bees to fuck hip.

It is finished. . . . Toriel reading to the young ones~ ＼＼\٩(๑•̀ㅂ•́)و//／／

#Undertale #Toriel #Frisk #Asriel #Pixel Art #DETERMINATION

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The Mistake - Part 3

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[EDIT: WHOOPS FORGOT A PANEL! Added it in!]

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Muffet

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GAAAAH!!!! MUFFETTTTTTTT

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sorry sans

I simply adore Muffet’s design. She’s too cute. @u@

I probably messed up how her attire actually looks since it’s hard to figure out from those pixels. xD

#Undertale #Muffet #Spider

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Sorry, I forgot tumblr doesn’t like long comics 8′)

Here’s the [ FULL PIC ] for the comic!

Listening to the songs from the game on repeat always helps visualize such great ideas from the journeys that were had.

#Undertale #Frisk #Papyrus #Sans #Toriel #Undyne #Dr. Alphys #DETERMINATION #love not LOVE

“You feel DETERMINED . . .”

#Frisk #Undertold #Souls #DETERMINATION #DETERMINED

"Stay DETERMINED, Frisk . . ."

I have to say, if you haven't seen or played Undertale, yet. Do it. It's a heavy story based game, and a wonderful one at that. This will spoil you if you have no clue what Undertale is. My bad, but I couldn't resist, as my husband and I beat it yesterday.

#Undertale #Frisk #Asriel #DETERMINATION #DETERMINED

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A PRIMER ON HOW TO REACT TO ART THEFT

hey friends! here is a helpful primer on how to react when your artist friends have their art plagiarized for profit.

DO NOT: - suggest that watermarks would solve the problem. large watermarks greatly decrease a work’s rebloggability, and the internet is a double edged sword - even though reblogs are what inevitably gets our work stolen, we still need our work to be rebloggable in order to get recognition and build a fanbase. subtler watermarks and artist signatures are often edited out, and sometimes even straight up left in the image (the BEST BUDS shirt on Dolls Kill recently is a good example - my signature is literally printed on the shirt). people who are already stealing art don’t give a shit about a watermark.

- say that if we copyrighted things it wouldn’t be an issue. even assuming that all original works aren’t BY LAW immediately and automatically protected by copyright (which they are, at least in the US), having a registered copyright will do literally fuck all to keep companies from stealing artwork if they feel like it. "whatever forever" has a registered copyright and is also the illustration stolen from me most often.

- say “imitation is the greatest form of flattery.” getting paid for your artwork is the greatest form of flattery. having your artwork stolen is hugely disrespectful and really sucks.

- trot out that tired Picasso quote about how good artists borrow and great artists steal. this is NOT what that refers to, and if you think Picasso would have been OK with people directly copying his paintings and profiting off them without his permission, you don’t know enough about Picasso to be quoting him anyway. (also it’s highly probably that Picasso didn’t even say that, but that’s a rant for another day.)

- unless you are a lawyer or personally know a lawyer willing to work on contingency or at drastically reduced rates, please do not suggest we sue, no matter how helpful you may think you are being. speaking as someone who currently has a lawyer on a variety of these cases - it’s not easy or cheap. just sending C&Ds can cost hundreds of dollars. if a case goes to litigation it can can cost thousands. the vast majority of lawyers are not willing to work on contingency for the small payout these types of cases typically get. most artists just can’t afford to litigate over theft by larger companies, regardless of how cut-and-dried the case might look.

- basically just don’t imply that it is the artist’s fault their work has been stolen.

now, here are the things you can DO: - retweet, reblog, and repost your friend’s social media posts about their art being stolen. because of the reasons outlined above, this is often the only real recourse we have, and it is often successful at least in having the products pulled. every single post helps.

- refuse to patronize businesses and brands that steal art, no matter how cool or inexpensive their other products might be. spread the word to your friends about the businesses and brands that steal art.

- if you see shit, call it out. if you see your friend’s art being used anywhere and you are not 100% sure they authorized it, let them know. some people don’t even realize they’re supporting stolen art. let people know.

- don’t “forgive” brands that have done your friend wrong after time has passed. you might think we won’t notice your new shirt from that store that stole our artwork two years ago, but we do!

- buy from small businesses and independent artists whenever you can! SUPPORT YOUR ARTIST FRIENDS & ALL INDEPENDENT ARTISTS!

"I didn't start the fire. Shh. . . -Maani"

I tried something new. I kinda like this new brush I got. So I tried the whole color process with it. It's nice, but I don't think it's always what I want. I definitely abused it in this piece. Haha.

I really need to work on things like afterglow effects and flames. I think I did decent, but not well enough.

#Maani #DarkRonot #art