[purplequay]

keep complaining.

there is still shit that needs to be fixed about this website. dont thank staff. dont let them live down shit they are still doing.

other places to find me: i am in the process of remaking my neocities. i have a toyhouse i guess?

og version of post under read more + read it if you wanna know where i been

if you can spare a minute to tell tumblr why you think what theyre doing to their website sucks go reply to this post

here's my 2 cents on it

also i guess for anyone curious as to where i been: i havent been posting art because ten million things happened in rapid succession around a year ago and it fucked with my mental and im still recovering. also i put myself into art posting limbo where i AM making art but its all personal shit and i keep accidentally keeping myself busy with said personal projects but i cant post any of it yet because i feel like i gotta finish the few owed/commissioned art i took on that year ago. im getting there but its a slower process than i'd like it to be. it sucks that a website i loved so much keeps getting worse when i feel like im getting closer to being able to post again. there is no equivalent to tumblr and i dont really know what im going to do about it if it goes to shit because a lot of my old art is ONLY here. and i have little to no energy to archive it right now. there truly is too much of it for me right now.

if you are somehow still checking this blog and wanna know where else i am if you wanna find me in case tumblr explodes: i am in the process of remaking my neocities. will probably post about it when its in a usable state i have a toyhouse i guess? ive been wanting to remake that one as well but its.. a way to contact me. i primarily use it for the one(1) closed species im in lol thats it really i dont like any other websites. you can try to give suggestions but idk

see you when i see you

[photomatt]

Tumblr Advisor Board

I think it could be cool to put together a board of the top Tumblristas in the world, that could see previews of what's coming up and advise on strategic direction. Who should be on it?

[prismatic-bell]

Okay, look. We're gonna do it like this, Matt. I used to work in market research. This one is free, next time I expect a month of free premium and if there's a third time I expect a job.

TO EVERYONE ELSE:

A series of ten reblogs is about to follow, since you can only have one poll per reblog. Please answer all ten polls. If you don't see them all, check the notes (this shouldn't take me long so if it's more than like, fifteen minutes since I posted this one they should all be there.)

1) What is the PRIMARY thing you do on Tumblr?

I mostly reblog others' posts

I write original posts

I make/post memes

I make/post images or gifs

I make/post videos

I run a poll blog

I run a gimmick blog

Voting ended onMar 27

[prismatic-bell]

2) how long have you been here?

Under twelve months

1-2 years

3-4 years

5-6 years

7-8 years

9-10 years

More than ten years

I don't remember

Voting ended onMar 27

[prismatic-bell]

3) how old are you?

Under 18

19-28

29-38

39-48

49-58

59-68

I'm one of the Tumblr grandparents

Voting ended onMar 27

[prismatic-bell]

4) thinking about the recent Tumblr feature release/rollback, what did you find most frustrating?

There was no communication before the fact

I felt like the feature didn't take Tumblr users' wants and needs into account

I felt like the feature showed a lack of understanding of Tumblr culture

I felt the feature would hurt Tumblr culture

I felt the feature would hurt Tumblr artists and small makers specifically

I wasn't bothered by the change

It happened so fast I didn't even know until it was all over

Voting ended onMar 27

[prismatic-bell]

5) thinking about the recent Tumblr feature release/rollback, what satisfied you most about the response?

Tumblr staff responded quickly

I felt like we were heard and listened to

It was nice to see our concerns were understood

I wasn't bothered by the change

It happened so fast I didn't even know until it was all over

Other

Voting ended onMar 27

[prismatic-bell]

6) thinking about features you use on Tumblr, what would you like to see improved?

The recent UI changes to reblogging are too confusing

I'd like tagging to be easier

I'd like to see the tagging system overhauled

I'd like to see the reporting/adult tagging system improved

I'd like a separate page for my communities

I'd like to be able to mark posts as for my followers only

I'd like to see the blocking system improved

I'm happy with Tumblr as it is

Other

Voting ended onMar 27

[prismatic-bell]

7) with the understanding that Tumblr needs to attract new users or convert more current free users to paying users in order to stay online, what do you think of Matt's "top tumblrista" idea?

Absolutely not--this is very famously the influencer-hating site

Absolutely not--this site is too diverse for that to work

Absolutely not, for other reasons

I'm actually liking this poll method

The poll method is clunky but something similar would be great

I think the panel of "top users" would be great

I have no opinion on this

Voting ended onMar 27

[prismatic-bell]

8) if you don't currently pay for use of a Tumblr feature, why not?

I have paid Tumblr features

The price point is too high for my wallet

The price point is too high for what's offered

There's nothing offered that I want

I wouldn't pay even if something I wanted was offered

Other

Voting ended onMar 27

[prismatic-bell]

In the following question, "pre-social media" refers to platforms like LiveJournal, forums, alt.net boards, early MySpace, and similar spaces.

9) thinking about the given definition of "pre-social media," how much do you agree with the statement "I think most tumblr users I know would prefer pre-social media to modern platforms like Facebook and X"?

"Strongly agree" is not strong enough

Strongly agree

Agree

Kind of maybe agree?

Neutral/I don't know enough about pre-social media to say

Kind of maybe disagree?

Disagree

Strongly disagree

"Strongly disagree" is not strong enough

Voting ended onMar 27

[prismatic-bell]

10) do you think Matt should just hire me to do this so I don't have to squeeze it around my break at work?

Yes, this was awesome

Sure, you're not perfect but this was way better than what they've done til now

No, but someone should do this

Honestly I'm just sad you didn't give us nuance/bald/vanilla extract/tickybox

Voting ended onMar 27

[gojirawrx]

Hello tumblrinas ! I’m in the middle of hell (moving) and unfortunately the job market remains a nightmare so… commissions!! I’m also open to doing things that aren’t listed here and if you have any questions, feel free to dm me!

Even if you’re not interested, reblogs are appreciated 🙂‍↕️

[gojirawrx]

Some recent designs / art! !

[arschrom]

I will be taking part of the RGG for Palestine fundraiser event roster alongside many other wonderful artists. All donations will go straight to CareForGaza, a non-profit charity organization

Please consider supporting us by either donating or sharing <3!!

[deltasmep]

❣️ ANGEL'S ART LOG #2

this one features concept art for the main antagonists of chapter 1 and 2 dark worlds in this au! with a queenie for scale

also i just realized that in the previous log i said it has lightners only even though raslei is a darkner.. oops

the first to be designed was noelle! i already had ideas before this was sketched of the cyber world functioning differently in this AU, being something more along the lines of being inside of the computers rather than the internet. the reason behind putting noelle into queen's place was because mod moth is The ancient computer girl in the group and likes noelle. so. yknow. obvious connection for me there

dont remember exactly how we got to her having This design in particular but it was something along the lines of me and mod moth talking about it and deciding that she should be a malware and a "wire eating moth". IMAGO N03LL3 would be her giga queen form / second stage of her boss fight !

hearlty, king of hearts! this guy was really fun to work with. based off of mod lovebird's concept sketches (will link to them here whenever bro posts those..) where i try and help him make heartly look more like a darkner than berdly with a different costume on

we didnt know who's role we were going to swap berdly into previously, because lovebird didnt even know where he wants this guy.. and after i was N03LL3 posting and was in his dms he said this:

i then had a really funny idea of either swapping him into a king or a rouxls kaard like role. we went with a mix of both: he's technically the ruler of card kingdom but he is just. the biggest loser ever. dogshit at making puzzles while desperately trying to entertain the lightners

in the previous version of my take on him he used to have a second eye and defined beak but it made him look too much like a lightner to me still. pony suggested i delete his eye and like. worked wonders imho

and the reason as to why we went with hearts suit was because of pyke, the valet of hearts! this thing is based off of mod dove, who is associated with green in the group and i was like oh ok well in canon the green suits are diamonds and hearts, i should decide on which one to go with after this!

and then i had the idea of making card kingdom more wonderland themed than it already had the vibes of. therefore i went with hearts when we were figuring out heartly

she rides a little horsey toy because when i asked dove what their preferred way of riding is (bike/skooter/skates/etc) bro went horse. and i was like ok. well. i know what im fucking giving you.

pyke's name is a combination of pike (the weapon) and tyke (a small mischievous child)

[deltasmep]

❣️ ANGEL'S ART LOG #1

most logs will likely not be this big i just already had a lot of art before we even got the idea to make the blog.

features the sprites and concept art for the lightners i primarily designed. next log will have darkners

ahh yes these..<3 these are what started it all.. very simple idea behind these: i just wanted to draw myself and my friends inserted into characters that we like to shitpost rp as ( roaring knight, ralsei and kris ). as you can see my guy was originally named krismas because i really like that nickname kris got from rudy one time but i decided to go with just a christmas to separate the smep version from the canon counterpart. can you guess what our favorite colors are.

somewhere after this pony joined in with a tenna self insert and we thought it'd be fucking awesome if we put tenna into asriel's place as the big brother and from there we were coming up with all of the various swaps that'd happen in this thing . most of them are just "Hey Wouldnt It Be Funny If X Was In Y's Role" (or for purely self indulgent reasons)

fun fact: i had designed ant's dark world outfit :-)

and so, as we're coming up with all the swaps i have a horrible. Horrible evil cruel idea. of putting papyrus into noelle's place. this is both for the angst and because well im a papyrus selfshipper what can you do

(yes, thats a gaster blaster shaped helmet!)

i have another sketch relating to papyrus i mean Papya. but ill post that .. at a later date ..

after having completed the sprites for xmas, raslei, diss and papyrus, it was time for the Annoying Nerd Character. please meet Queenie The Only Other Human In Town (i mean "Robot")

her dark world fit was pretty fun to design even if its a bit simplistic cuz its mostly just canon queen fit slapped onto this nerd kid but im obsessed with her little berdly visor

currently i have a walk turnaround finished for chrimas and some battle sprites in the plans! check out these banger concept sketches

hopefully ill be able to show these and the entire gang's battle animations soon . in the sense that i hope i finish them soon . Ough !

[purplequay]

Your messages are closed so using an ask-Are those icons still open? 👀 Would love to get a set. Was also wondering the turnaround time

yeap , they are ! if they werent i'd edit the post lol please read through my commission info & tos , should answer any questions you might have . the only information not accurate at the moment is that im accepting payment via paypal (to my friend's account) for this batch

[purplequay]

quick commissions for a friend's visa 🩸

2 sketch/icon slots open currently . paypal only . info here

[scringee]

Hey so I legitimately need some emergency funds to get my testosterone. I need like 30 bucks I take cash app, PayPal venmo and zelle, this is time sensitive I'm sorry

[scringee]

So I just checked my balance. A phone bill I forgot about came through. It's so fucking joever it's so over I'm so fucked I don't even know what to do at this point

[spamton1997spam-ton]

[purplequay]

ok finally set it up 👍 jesus christ

this is now an art only blog!

to continue seeing my funny reblogs and, hopefully now more frequent rather than occasional, text posts go follow @beloswittebane

[purplequay]

WE WIN THESE

[purplequay]

come on tumblr support dont let me down 🤞

[purplequay]

was about to post about how im rebranding as an art only blog now and what my side was going to be and it just fucking . exploded ? its not there anymore ? did tumblr just kill my sideblog ? what the fuck happened ?

[purplequay]

actually kind of pissed off about this because i had a banging theme going on for it . time to go redo all of that . i fucking guess

[purplequay]

PISS OFF

[purplequay]

what even the hell ever

[purplequay]

was about to post about how im rebranding as an art only blog now and what my side was going to be and it just fucking . exploded ? its not there anymore ? did tumblr just kill my sideblog ? what the fuck happened ?

[purplequay]

actually kind of pissed off about this because i had a banging theme going on for it . time to go redo all of that . i fucking guess

[purplequay]

PISS OFF

[purplequay]

was about to post about how im rebranding as an art only blog now and what my side was going to be and it just fucking . exploded ? its not there anymore ? did tumblr just kill my sideblog ? what the fuck happened ?

[purplequay]

actually kind of pissed off about this because i had a banging theme going on for it . time to go redo all of that . i fucking guess

[purplequay]

was about to post about how im rebranding as an art only blog now and what my side was going to be and it just fucking . exploded ? its not there anymore ? did tumblr just kill my sideblog ? what the fuck happened ?