The Nightwatcher

[vvesl]

those characters where if you knew them in real life you would genuinely fucking hate them but in a fictional world it’s like ah yes this fucking asshole that i love

[il0v3s3npa1]

Husband: Babe. If you never try something new, you'll never know what you'll miss

Wife: That's still not a good enough excuse for anal

Husband: Come on, I already bought the strap-ons

[bucciarati]

[fallinyourtidalwaves]

full offense it’s disgusting when men spit on the ground

[il0v3s3npa1]

What are they supposed to do? Swallow?

[ignis-divine-eleison]

yeah..?

[il0v3s3npa1]

Understandable have a nice day

[weebleroxanne]

“Nope,” I whisper as I exit out of a fic with no paragraph breaks.

[writingquestionsanswered]

No excuses, folks! Change paragraphs when:

- the “camera” moves - a new character shows up - someone speaks - someone else speaks - a new idea, subject, or topic is introduced - time passes or reverts to an earlier point - the setting changes - the mood shifts - you want to create dramatic effect

[saltoftheao3]

this is so so so more reader friendly, people, heed it!

[hellyeahrihannafenty]

[drakeandrihannablog]

Link To New Track : https://soundcloud.com/sol4rsyst3m/h8-myself-prod-nitrous

[jehovahhthickness]

There’s certain people that you cannot speak on specific topics with because they don’t have the range, the knowledge, the empathy or the depth, to even understand where the fuck you’re coming from.

[bro-ana]

What to do if you find yourself homless- written by someone who has actually been homeless

Most important: Spend the money you have on a motel. Churches probably will not actually help and shelters can be dangerous or turn you away. At a motel you have free breakfast, access to running water, and a lockable place to sleep. Do not waste money on a gym membership like the popular version of this post says to do, YMCA memberships are like $40.

2. Contact family and friends. Now is not the time to worry about being a burden. Your survival and safety comes first and that is all that matters, anyone worth having in your life will agree.

3. Start a gofundme. Even if someone can’t offer you a place to stay, they might be willing to toss out $5 so you can eat today.

4. Libraries have free wifi. Apply to any and all jobs you can think of if you aren’t already working.

5. Any home is a good home. Even if it’s a dingy apartment in a bad neighborhood. If its cheap and you can afford it, snatch it up. 

6. Pancake mix and peanut butter are filling, cheap, and last a long time.

PLEASE SHARE THE FUCK OUT OF THIS

[fallinyourtidalwaves]

full offense it’s disgusting when men spit on the ground

[il0v3s3npa1]

What are they supposed to do? Swallow?

[80slesbiab]

[il0v3s3npa1]

[nonbinaryqueerzim-deactivated20]

What cringe culture shouldnt be about: kids having fun & enjoying things like videogames and making OCs

What cringe culture should be about:

[dimetrodone]

The scene in Shrek 2 when the Fairy Godmother sings I need a Hero when the giant gingerbread man attacks the castle is still the greatest scene in cinema of all times

[wishingonyoump3]

it’s so hilarious to me that straight women think they are so irresistible to us gay women that we are just waiting to pounce on them as soon as we’re in the same space like nah we can smell your homophobia from miles away you fucking gremlins

[wishingonyoump3]

reblog to kill the predatory lesbian myth

[daree-to-dream]

Every girl has had the experience where a creepy guy asks for our number and we don’t want to give it to him, but we also don’t want to get gutted in a back alley. “Give him a fake number!” I hear you call, okay and then he says “okay let me call you real quick!” Because they are learning. “Give them your number and then block them!” Okay and then they can plug it into something like Spokeo, pay $10 and know everything about you. So what do you do?

First pick a fake name, I use Jessica, then download the Google Voice app, hook it up to your email, pick a number, and set up a fake greeting with your fake name. You can set it to ring your actual phone like a normal call or text but they don’t have real info on you.

Go forth and don’t get murdered, ladies!

[luckys-horseshoe-deactivated202]

Everyone reblog this post.

[milos-wr4th]

Free Bases I have made these already but I cropped them to be single so its easier to work with and less of an hassle to edit it yourselves but ayyyy its easy to crop.

[glam-rock-space-wizard]

Literally so sick looking. *Might use later*

[kikyozoldyck]

[fcknariel-blog]

CALL OUT POST FOR ORISONI/MALEFICARUM

Due to the inconsistencies in style her style, I had suspicions that Ariel might be tracing. Deciding to look further into it, I came across a stock photo that looks remarkably similar to this piece of hers here:

From then on more and more evidence of her having traced many, if not all pieces of her art began to emerge. Not only has she been tracing various stock photos:

She used one of the stock photos to trace a commission for tumblr user @looktothehorizon

She’s also traced non stock photography

T.v screen caps

And different other people’s artwork, one belonging to tumblr user @elvishness and another who I couldn’t find the source for.

Tracing stock photos is one thing, but to trace another artist’s work, whether it be their photography or drawings is completely unacceptable. To do that and also charge money for it is beyond believable. @orisoni if you’re going to go around policing other people, claiming that they’re copying your art and stealing your ideas, maybe you should learn not to do that yourself? 

[cellartater]

The thing is, I don’t think any of this person’s art is traced. It does look like they referenced or were inspired by all of the pictures you’ve found, but there are pretty obvious differences between their art and the original pictures that would be hard for someone who was tracing to make. Additionally, the bottom two pictures are poses that aren’t exactly rare in the art world. 

Referencing photos is an excellent tool for every artist. I once had an art teacher who told me that you should never draw something unless you have a reference to look at. I don’t really believe that’s necessary, but her point was that there is this culture that’s recently arisen online in which referencing pictures reflects badly on someone’s skill. Every time I reference a picture from sight only, I worry that someone is going to come along and do exactly what you’ve done to this artist. Plenty of artists have taken pose or piece inspiration from stock photos or other artists, and I’m curious as to why you’ve chosen to attack this particular artist for something so common.

 Accusing this artist of tracing, especially tracing for a commission, is a serious claim that could damage this artist’s reputation needlessly. All you’ve really done is shown that they possibly referenced these pictures. You cannot prove that they traced them (I’m inclined to believe they didn’t) and it’s not really your place to police their references or sic the Internet Mob™ on them for a crime (?) that you’re not even sure that they committed. Finally, whether or not they traced the commission is absolutely none of your business, and is between the artist and the person who commissioned them.

[omgsolas]

I BET THEY TRACED THAT AMAZING COLORING TOO RIGHT

[niiix-archive]

This witchhunt is actually disgusting-

[elipseon-archived]

I agree with cellartater on this one. Referencing poses is a key things that many artists do to make sure their work is accurate. It also helps further the ability of an artist. I often look up pose reference to make rough base poses from to practice my art flow.  Honestly, trying to flame an artist who is using reference for POSES alone and claiming they are tracing everything is just…

Every artist is guilty of tracing poses to start off before they gain confidence and draw the poses better and easier on their own. Reference is always the starting point.

[fcknariel-blog]

This isn’t a beginning artist, she has been drawing for 5+ years. No one once said that artists were not allowed to reference. Every artist does it. That’s not the problem here. The problem is tracing/heavily referencing something and then not giving credit to who you’re referencing from, denying claims of tracing/heavily editing, and blocking or ignoring anyone who tries to discuss the matter with you. Referencing how an artist usually does would not result in the art being able to line up almost identically with the reference. All I’m asking is to not lie and give credit to those who deserve it. 

[ladywinde]

Here’s the thing though. Artists are ALWAYS learning how to better themselves. Five plus years drawing is still pretty small experience considering most artists have spent almost their lifetimes drawing. That’s not even considering how fast an artist can pick up anatomy and shading naturally without having to use references. And even if they are super talented, most artists will continue to use them. I’ve been drawing for 30+ years and rely on looking to photos for references to this day. I had to especially chuckle when you mentioned one of the pictures closely lined up to the hands. OF COURSE it does. Hands are the freaking devil!

I can tell you that artists reference things differently too. Some trace, some simply eyeball it. The link you put up is simply one way an artist can reference. 

The artist you talk about in your initial post simply used photos as references for for her fanart. If she had simply redrawn the same people in those pictures or used the same subjects in the other art shown, but she’s clearly changed the subjects at hand and used a different art style to call these pictures her own.

Anyway, a great example of one artist ripping off another is the below gif. The below example is art theft. The stuff you’ve posted isn’t. 

[fcknariel-blog]

Just because she adds things to the drawing and fixes things her own way to make it to her liking doesn’t mean it’s a new art piece or it hasn’t been traced. She’s STILL using theses images as a base and not simply a reference. Like I mentioned above, all I’m asking is to be honest and give credit where it’s due. 

[faranae-moved]

Posts like these honestly absolutely terrify me.

I use references. A lot. I’m still uncomfortable with proportions in my less-cartoony style and using those references is how I improve. Every reference I use is either from free stock, stock I’ve paid to use (which is NOT as expensive as OP makes it out to be), pose reference libraries, or other sources such as pornography (live action).

But you know what? That’s why I’m so open about using them. Hell, on my commission page I openly offer slight discounts if someone comes to me with a good free stock reference for a piece they want done.

Posts like these demonize artists for trying to use every resource available to them in an attempt to improve their craft. Posts like these try to ruin artists’ reputation for no obvious gain. They are malicious. And it scares me that people think these callouts are okay.

You know what else pisses me off? This line right here:

Due to the inconsistencies in style her style, I had suspicions that Ariel might be tracing.

People change the way they draw all the time, and it’s not always some gradual improvement. Using my own stuff as an example? I have two very, VERY different styles. Both of which are constantly shifting and evolving. I’ll figure out a new way of drawing eyes that I like, or some such thing, and it’ll be night and day from piece to piece.

Saying “inconsistencies” in the style prompted you to spend what must have been HOURS hunting down the references used for each of these images is an excuse. If it makes you feel better, all power to you. But what this post comes down to is this: The OP wanted to hurt this artist. I don’t know why, and quite frankly I don’t care.

I hope whatever misplaced sense of justice or victory they got from it was worth it, because this shit doesn’t fly in the artist community. 

OP: You will be proven wrong time and time again, and each time you will circle back with the same “I’m right you’re wrong lalala” logic.

Referencing is not art theft. 

Whatever crusade you were trying to start against this artist has failed. 

Sit down while you still have some dignity left.

[faranae-moved]

Reblogging this because there is a very important lesson to be learned from the reblogs that came up in Discord today. 

[such-justice-wow]

Like seriously the fact they even included the stock image ones is pretty damn weird. They’re stocknimages, most of them are available for use so its not art theft.

Also they diverge pretty quickly so its clearly not traced and being used for proportions and poses