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YOU ARE THE REASON
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Andulka
Sade Olutola
Misplaced Lens Cap
Not today Justin
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@grumble-fish
ian’s finally gotten up the nerve. he’s gonna do it. he’s gonna ask out his smokin’ hot statistics professor, prof milkovich (“call me mickey,” he says). right after today’s class.
read the drabble at https://archiveofourown.org/works/54857386
happy gge to @sandrashaine who requested a college student x professor au. hope you enjoy!
drawing ian 13 years apart
here’s a dumb thing inspired by @gallapiech (who is not dumb and is, in fact, great)
a story in two parts
who the fuck dares disturb captain mick?
oh, it’s firecrotch!
fin.
some quick sketches
Gallavich Fanart Masquerade 2024
It's here! Our first ever fanart-only event (thanks @michellemisfit for the idea!).
The rules are pretty similar to the fanfiction masquerade. In a Masquerade, artists will create fanarts anonymously, attempting to create something in a style different from their usual in order to fool the "admirers". These fanarts will all be revealed at the same time on May 12th - our Fanart Masquerade Ball! - and admirers (who may also be other fanartists) will have two weeks to attempt to guess who's behind each mask, that is, who did which fanart.
Details after the read more.
Pride special! Historical figures who were LGTB (edited with pride flags)
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) - A famous Irish poet and playwright best known from his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. Homoerotic subtext was featured in some of his works. He was very flamboyant and had multiple affairs with other men. One of these affairs was with his friend and lover Lord Alfred Douglas while being married with two sons. This relationship ultimately lead Wilde to be arrested and put in trial for sodomy which he was found guilty. In 1895 he was sentenced in two years of hard labour. After his release from prison, he moved to France and lived in mid-1897 with Ronald Ross. Later that year he met with Douglass and they lived in Naples but separated because of the financial pressure from their families (who didn’t accept their meeting) and personal reasons.
Alan Turin (1912-1954) - British logician, computer scientist, and mathematician. His most influential work is Turing Machine which can be seen as a model of a modern computer. In 1952 he was charged with gross indecency after admitting his sexual relationship with Arnold Murray. Homosexual acts were illegal during that time in the United Kindom. He was given a choice to either go to prison or parole including his agreement to undergo hormonal physical changes designed to reduce libido. He chose the later and the treatment caused impotent and gynecomastia.
Pjotr Tšaikovski (1840-1893) - Classic Russian composer. He composed many masterpieces such as Swanlake and The Nutcracker. He suffered from bad mental health and was reclusive and shy. It is under debate that Tšaikovski might have had a hard time accepting his own sexuality. Sergey Kireyev was his first, and according to his brother’s diary his “strongest, longest and purest love”.
Frida Kahlo (1907-1953) - Mexican painter who is known from her colourful, yet dark-themes paintings. Based on her own experience, women’s harsh life and pain are expressed in her art, making her almost a feminist cult person in the 90s. She was openly bisexual and was friends with Pablo Picasso.
Joséphine Baker (1903-1975) - American-French dancer, singer and stage artist. She was openly bisexual and very famous in her time for her revealing costumes, dance performances and exotic beauty. She was also an activist against racism and worked as an honourable correspondent for France during World War II, gathering information about German troop locations. Baker was openly bisexual.
Anne Lister (1791-1840) - Considered to be the first modern lesbian for her openly gay lifestyle, Lister was an English landowner and diarist, who wrote about her life in detail, including her lesbian relationships containing intimate details about them (these parts written in code) to her diaries that are over 4 million words long. She took care of business and travelled a lot during her life. Lister was in a relationship with Ann Walker and in 1834 they took communion together in Holy Trinity Church and thereafter considered themselves married. A Historical drama series Gentleman Jack was released this year and it tells her story based on her diaries.
Chevalier d’Éon (1728-1810) - A French diplomat and spy who was also a soldier in the Seven Years’ War. While working in London as a spy, d’Èon was rumoured to be a woman despite wearing dragoon’s uniform and serving the king as a man. People started betting on d'Éon true sex. D'Éon declined the invitation to be examined for it would have been dishonouring whatever the result. Later on, d'Éon was in political exile in London (after a series of events), unable to return to France but after the death of Louis XV d'Éon tried to negotiate on his return to France. D'Éon was allowed to return but with the condition that he would turn over the correspondence regarding the secret du roi (King Louis XV’s secret channel of diplomats d'Éon worked in) D'Éon returned but claimed to be born as a woman and raised as a boy. D'Éon demanded to be recognized as a woman by the government. The government accepted this but demanded d'Éon to wear appropriately female clothing. D'Éon agreed and returned to France and lived as a woman until death. D'Éon’s dead body was examined and confirmed to have had male organs yet having feminine characteristics. This might be evidence to d'Éon being intersex.
Dr. Alan L. Hart (1890-1962) - An American physician, tuberculosis researcher, radiologist, writer and novelist who was one of the first trans men to undergo hysterectomy and gonadectomy in the USA (1917-18). He pioneered x-ray photography which was used to detect tuberculosis. Dr Hart also wrote short stories and four novels during his career. Gay men and gender dysphoria are portrayed in his writing.
Roberta Cowell (1918-2011) - A British racing driver and a fighter pilot in World War II. Cowell was the first known trans woman to undergo sex reassignment surgery. In 1940 she was commissioned in Royal army service corps. While serving as a pilot officer in Germany Cowell attacked enemy targets on the ground but crash-landed and was captured by German troops. Her too escape attempts failed and she was eventually taken to Stalag Luft I where she remained as a prisoner for five months until the camp was abandoned because of the pressure from Red Army. After the war, Cowell began her transition and became friends with Michael Dillon.
Queen Christina (1626-1698) - Queen of Sweden from 1632 to 1654. One of the most educated women in the 17th century, who was interested in books, painting, sculptures and manuscripts. She even called great philosopher Rene Descartes to teach her. Christina never married which was considered scandalous. She also felt strong loath towards actives that were considered feminine during her life time and preferred hunting, fencing and riding instead. Her sexuality is under debate, but some historians consider her to have been lesbian.
(fun fact, I’ve seen this portrait life recently)
BONUS: Leonardo Da Vinci in pride colours
These are only few amazing people I have mentioned and there is plenty of many others so don’t be afraid to add people who are not mentioned or correct me if I have errors
hot artists don't gatekeep
I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard
Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.
Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.
Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.
Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.
SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.
SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.
Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.
Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.
Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.
Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.
Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.
Mickey The Thug Goose
Aaaand Goollavich! Honk, honk!
fanfic where they both turn into coniferous trees. mutual pining
GGE2024 Masterpost
Thank you all for participating!
Here's the masterpost with all the gifts. Don't forget to leave likes, kudos, comments, etc. See you next time!
From @doshiart to @michellemisfit: Teen Gallavich fanart
From @mybrainismelted to @heymrspatel: Sex and Candy (& Cheesecake, Too)
From @bawlbrayker to @mybrainismelted: New Session
From @suzy-queued to @juliakayyy: Coming Attraction Fanfiction + Fanart
From @solitarycreaturesthey to @bawlbrayker: Tonight Belongs to Me
From @howlinchickhowl to @rayrayor: You’re Like In Love With Me
From @deathclassic to @ms-moonlight-inn: Blink 182 fanart
From @lingy910y to @vintagelacerosette: Lives Diverged
From @jrooc to @grumble-fish: If You Can't Stand The Heat…
From @dynamic-power to @energievie: Office Space
From @rayrayor to @whatthebodygraspsnot: Dove
From @juliakayyy to @dynamic-power: Breathing Underwater
From @ms-moonlight-inn to @lingy910y: Re-boyfriending
From @heymrspatel to @sam-loves-seb: Cupcakes
From @whatthebodygraspsnot to @look-i-love-u: Headphones Encouraged
From @energievie to @sickness-health-all-that-shit: Swimmin' in my mind (Siena dream)
From @arrowflier to @jrooc: Memoriam
From @sam-loves-seb to @notherenewjersey: find someone who grows flowers (in the darkest parts of you)
From @sandrashaine to @howlinchickhowl: The Day That He Left Me
From @notherenewjersey to @sweetbee78: Bracelets of Destiny, Half Price.
From @look-i-love-u to @arrowflier: Learning to Fly
From @sickness-health-all-that-shit to @suzy-queued: Heat of the moment
From sweetbee78 to @solitarycreaturesthey: Improvising A Dance To Each Other’s Heart
From @grumble-fish to @sandrashaine: Professor/student AU fanart + drabble
From @vintagelacerosette to @doshiart: Highschool AU fanart
From @michellemisfit to @deathclassic: Scrapey Mickey fanart
A video version of Call Me Maybe x Mandy/Ian/Mickey
picture version here:
Call Me Maybe x Gallavich + Mandy
southside subtlety at its finest.
Fanart Masquerade - sound off!
One event is barely over and the next one is already incoming! @michellemisfit suggested a Fanart Masquerade, so we're doing it!
I'm not an artist at all though, so I'll need your help deciding some stuff (let's pretend I didn't do this for the writers Masquerade as well 🤫).
Therefore, I'll be posting a couple of polls related to that. My idea is to have the guidelines by the weekend, and the actual Masquerade by the beginning of May.
These polls are for the fanartists, so please refrain from voting if you're not one. I'm not adding an extra button just for those who don't make art this time, sorry (because I think it would be the majority and it would make it harder to decide anything).
First poll
Second poll
So, for the fanart Masquerade, the idea would be to actually try to "copy" another artist's style in order to really disguise your work. That would be the challenge.
One possibility is to do something similar to the gift exchange, where all artists sign-up and are listed for other artists to choose. That way, all artists would be "copied", and no artist would be copied more than once either. This could also lead to the viewers (?) to try to guess both who the artist was and whose style they were trying to copy.
Another possibility would be for the artists to choose any other fanartist in the fandom, even the ones who don't post anymore (it would be a way of appreciating them). For this, the artists would sign-up already saying who they'd be trying to copy. And again, the list of "copied" artists could be release for people to also vote on who the participating artists were inspired by. In this version, it would be possible for an artist to have their style copied by more than one participant, and also not everyone would be the "inspiration".
We could also make a mix of them, effectively working like the second option, where everyone can choose whoever they want, but only the ones who have already signed up could be copied.
And finally, artists could just have to change their style, not necessarily trying to copy anyone (I think it would be less fun? Maybe? Again, I'm not an artist, so you tell me.)
So, what do you think?
What's the best format for the Fanart Masquerade?
Each artist "copies" a different participating artist (1x1)
Artists can "copy" any of the participating artists
Artists can "copy" any other artist in the fandom
No copying, artists should just try to make something in a different style
Here's the second poll regarding the Fanart Masquerade. Read this post for more information, as well as the first poll.
This is about the prompt. If artists are trying to copy another artist, should they attempt to copy one specific fanart? Or should they just base their fanart on prompts? Should they all have the same prompt, or one prompt each? Or no prompts, just do whatever they want?
Again, please allow the fanartists only to vote, for accuracy.
What should the arts be based on?
The exact art they're trying to copy.
An individual prompt
A single prompt for everyone
Anything they want, no prompts
ian’s finally gotten up the nerve. he’s gonna do it. he’s gonna ask out his smokin’ hot statistics professor, prof milkovich (“call me mickey,” he says). right after today’s class.
read the drabble at https://archiveofourown.org/works/54857386
happy gge to @sandrashaine who requested a college student x professor au. hope you enjoy!
A Note on Reblogging (Your Own Fic/Art/Stuff/Etc.)
Look, here’s the deal with tumblr: it moves fast. A lot of people follow enough blogs that scrolling through one’s entire dash is impossible. I remember the days when I could wake up in the morning and scroll back to the last post I saw before bed. Sweet, summer child.
Here’s the other deal with tumblr: I see so much anxiety about reblogging one’s own stuff, be it art; analysis; fanfiction; hell, personal posts and replies. I have (and continue to feel deeply) that anxiety. Every time, my inner critic and I go through the same song and dance.
Critic: You look like you’re begging for notes/replies/reblogs. People will think you’re needy/full of yourself/have to be the center of attention. You already have a few notes, why do you need more? Other people have it worst than you. Ugh, you’re just clogging the dashes of your followers. If they wanted to read it, they’d have read it already.
Me: *ball of anxiety* You’re right. Wait, no you’re not. Wait, maybe you are. Wait, no—
I’d say it’s 50/50, even now, that I’ll reblog myself.
And you know what? Fuck that.
Not everyone can get through their dash in a sitting.
Timezones are a thing.
Work hours are a thing, also affected by timezones.
Life away from tumblr is a thing (what??? I know).
There are so many reasons a person might not see your fic/art/stuff the first time. Reblog it the next day. Reblog it a week from now. Hell, set up a schedule or a queue and have it reblog itself three months from now. Go back through old fics and reblog the ones you really liked; I guarantee you have followers who are new enough to have never seen it or who would like to reread it.
Be proud of the work you do.
Oh yeah, I felt that resistance from here.
Say it again. Out loud. Write it on a post-it note and stick it where you’ll see it.
Be proud of the work you do.
You wrote/made it for a reason. And yeah, part of that reason was probably to share it with other fans. Otherwise, why post at all? I know. Man, I get it. I’m cringing even writing that. The fucked-up “don’t show off” mentality runs deep, right?
Fuck that, too.
If you have followers who unfollow you because you’re reposting your stuff (and this is hard to prove, remember; maybe they quit tumblr, maybe their interests diverged from yours, whatever), who cares? Let them go. For everyone who leaves you, many will stay. And many will be happy to see that thing they missed because of work, life, sleeping. Especially if you follow a few points of tumblr/dash etiquette:
Use cuts/read mores for anything longer than a few hundred words (I tend to cut at about 400-500 words, though if something’s under about 700 I might leave it).
Reblog at reasonable intervals (day/evening, next day reblog, etc. Hourly might be a bit much ;D).
Use tags so people can filter appropriately.
Be proud of the work you do.
(Write it down. Yes, you. <3)
