Your parents think you’re good looking because you either look like them or the person they wanted to have sex with.
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@shitposter500
Your parents think you’re good looking because you either look like them or the person they wanted to have sex with.
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yo send me asks, the more awkward the better!
something is wrong
What’s up? Feel free to dm if you need help!
idk if this acct is linked to who I am, but something's wrong and I can't figure it out
Can you be more specific? -Hera
I wish I could but I dont know, I'm...im not ok....but idk why or how exactly
something is wrong
What’s up? Feel free to dm if you need help!
idk if this acct is linked to who I am, but something's wrong and I can't figure it out
I cant believe the heterosexuals are gone
Theyre gone
We’re still here.
who said that
Sometimes I can still hear their voices
wait I thought those were a myth
So I used to make fun of this guy for using the same face over and over. And you know what? Kudos on this made for actually taking the criticism and breaking out of his rut.
This is also terrifying and I hate it.
“Kudos for actually taking the criticism and breaking out of his rut.“
Except it wasn’t criticism, it was constant daily harassment. Look, I’ve been making comics for the internet for 10 years. I made comics for BuzzFeed for about two years, but people love to focus on those comics for some reason. They were simpler and quicker because I needed to publish at least one thing a day. And I loved it! I learned a lot!
At some point when I was getting really popular, Reddit and Tumblr decided they’d had enough and launched a targeted campaign against me. Tried to doxx me multiple times. Sent death threats. 4Chan threads started popping up for the sole purpose of spreading rumors that I’m a pedophile. All because I was making “lazy” comics and getting a salary for it.
Also, it’s always the same 10 or so comics that got posted as proof of my laziness. I made 1,008 comics at BuzzFeed (I counted). I worked really hard for my extremely mediocre salary.
Now that I’ve left BuzzFeed and don’t have deadlines anymore, I can spend more time on comics and only draw things I’m passionate about (like my dick). But make no mistake—if you like my stuff now, it’s because I pushed myself so hard as BuzzFeed. I’m not better now because of the “criticism” I got from trolls on the internet. Don’t fucking take credit for that.
Is all criticism from trolls or is there any way of providing you with constructive criticism? Do you even care to hear it or would you prefer people keep it to themselves?
Not trying to be a troll myself, just curious.
I will answer this question for you: No, unless you are someone who an artist knows well, is on friendly terms with and the artist has asked you specifically for advice.
Artists know other artists. If I'm having trouble with something specific, I can actively say "who do I know that does this really well?" and immediately come up with a shortlist of names belonging to people who I 1)trust to be honest and helpful and provide me with actual solutions to the problem I'm having, 2) know what they're talking about, 3) are at least somewhat familiar with my workload and process and 4) have time for my questions. If my issue is more involved, I will even offer to pay them for their time!
Most artists will not take unsolicited advice from random people on Tumblr or in their comments, and they shouldn't! You have no way of knowing if the person giving you critique has any experience, has any insight into what might work better, has any familiarity with anything about how you work, and so on. You also don't know anything about them personally, so you really can't trust that someone has genuinely good intentions towards you and isn't just fucking with you--that even if you did everything they said they wouldn't just move the goalposts until you finally realised that their goal wasn't to help you improve, it was to waste your time and jerk you around for as long as they could get away with.
Also, you never want to give people who consume your work the idea that they have power over the decisions you make, because then you set yourself up for caving to audience whim in a time and place where collective hate-reading is a thing that people do.
That's not to say that your readers shouldn't call you out if you say something shitty or racist or genuinely harmful, but that is an entirely different situation from constantly being hounded by a group of assholes who are all saying 'you're doing it wrong, do it a different way because I say so, and if you don't I'm going to tell everyone that you just can't take criticism!' Fuck that.
Good on Adam for having clear boundaries and being able to articulate them so succinctly.
This is what happened to me too. When I was on DeviantArt, I posted my comic “So, You’re A Cartoonist” on an almost daily basis. I got TONS of criticism, which I tried to listen to and follow. I was told my backgrounds were lacking, so I added more backgrounds even though the comics and jokes didn’t need them. I was told the format was too repetitive, despite the fact that a 4 panel structure made posting daily easier. I was told my jokes were too tame, so I tried making edgier jokes despite not being comfortable telling jokes like that.
Every time I adjusted my art to fit the needs of some random critic, more would just take it’s place. Nothing I did was EVER good enough, and I eventually ended up burning myself out trying to accommodate everyone. I was getting hundreds upon hundreds of comments a day, and what did I get for listening to the feedback? Branded as “unable to handle criticism” by those whom I missed or didn’t listen to. It didn’t matter that I listened to feedback, because the second I didn’t listen to one person or they felt slighted by me for whatever reason, it was all over 4chan and SomethingAwful and the trolling intensified. It’s physically impossible to listen to hundreds of criticism and adjust our work to them all equally, yet we’re treated like that’s a fundamental aspect of our job.
This doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of why random criticism from online fans is kinda useless. The best type of criticism happens DURING the making of the work, when you still have time to change the art and adjust things easily. Once the work is completed and put out there, it’s not viable to go back and change things because you’re got other projects to work on and you can’t get hung up on what’s been done. There are deadlines to meet after all. But fans can only realistically comment on final works of art. They can’t usually comment on the behind the scenes process and influence the art in any meaningful way.
My longest paying gig was a 2 year stint drawing “the Brentalfloss Comic.” It was weekly, and I got scripts sent to me. I would draw up the comic, send it back, get notes on it, change things, and make adjustments. It was rough, but it worked because I was getting feedback BEFORE I finished making the comic. And it yielded some of the best work I’ve ever done. But when people criticize my work, they conveniently ignore those 378 comics. Strange...
Also, speaking personally here... the best type of feedback I could get is someone telling me what I did RIGHT. Not mindless “praise,” mind you... but what did you LIKE in my art? What did I do that you ENJOYED? I know what I did wrong. I drew it, after all. I don’t need the negative pointed out, because I know eventually I will overcome it. But I need positivity. I need people to tell me why I should keep making the art I do. If all an artist ever gets back is negativity and harsh criticism, they’ll quickly fall into depression and despair because they’ll feel their work is never good enough. So why bother? If every work of art is just going to spur more negativity, why bother making new work?
The biggest lie social media has instilled in us is that your ability to reach out and contact the creators of your favorite works is a “right.” It’s not. And if a creator doesn’t want your feedback or doesn’t listen to your criticisms, you are not being “censored.” Artists are not obligated to waste their precious time dealing with your personal beefs. Especially if you’re not paying them. lol
Stay outta my posts Andrew
give @adamtots love guys, hes awesome and doesnt deserve all this bullshit, hes just an artist tryna live life, let him
What does this even mean
It means you McPress McF to McPay McRespects
*mcpresses mcF*
As grown ups who plays Among Us it’s our duty to kick/ ban everyone who:
Has a name with a slur in it. (The amount of slurs I see in names is crazy)
Asks for minor’s Snapchats/ig/ etc. (I literally had someone come in and immediately ask for specifically kids Snapchat’s.)
Showing inappropriate or bad behavior.
If you arent in charge of the server then point it out and make sure the kids who play know it’s not okay.
It’s a fun game that a lot of us play, and it came be a good thing that grown ups are on there keeping an eye on things. Let’s make a nice space for ourselves and everyone else to enjoy.
Thank 👏 you
I’m a teenager who plays, and I’m mature enough to know who to kick and what to let slide, but it still drives me nuts when people who are blatantly inappropriate try to join my games
as a teenager, thank you
They are about equal, though the 1st place one makes me just so happy.
May the 10 of Pentacles bless your account with more money than you can spend. 💵✨
10 of Pentz came thruuu
Omg this actually works!!! Thank you 10 of Pentacles!!!
I could seriously use this money right now….
Please give me my refund of 400$ soon…
I feel obligated to reblog this every time it shows up in my dash
No bragging, just 100% floored and grateful. Work hard, maintain a positive attitude, and believe that anything can happen.
So I reblogged this exactly a week ago because I thought it was funny and uh lo and behold, a family friend wrote me a big ol’ check just to help me out of a tough financial spot AND my bank refunded me $32 for fees they’d originally taken out. SO UH YEAH. Reblogging this again in hopes that it brings equally good fortune to my followers.
Sure why not? Jobs bring in money and prosperity…
I NEED TO FIX MY CAR DOOR
It fucking WORKED.
give me money
i can’t afford to breathe
i need to fix my whole life please
I'm a high schooler please help! I need a break!
OMGOMGOMG
The former leaders of the Horde attempt to reconcile…
P.S. - Hordak dyed his hair blue to be closer to his old self
prompt by @hermajestythebomb
when I say I spat out my Diet coke...
yes sir!
I'm sorry but if you are from ages 12-18 and you havent gone through at least one Minecraft or Five Nights at Freddys phase, I don't trust you.
I don't make the rules.
But today’s Sunday.
but today's the first day of the apocalypse
Lunchables float
I don’t want the ghosts to see my boobs
I'm Sorry
W H A T
Well do you want the ghosts to see your boobs?
well...idk....
are they cute ghosts?
That is a valid question.
I have no idea
find out, then I'll decide
Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, I make memes on company time.
Where’s the third and fourth horseman?
My time has come
One more, and they will be complete
Does this count?
FOUND THE FOURTH HORSEMAN
They’ve all been collected. Now we have the warriors strong enough to take down capitalism
WOOHOO