#kappa parade

[cattype]

Inspired to my response to this post, I went and made a persona for each of my tumblrs.

@cattype - My main blog for my artwork and personal posts (362 followers)

@gegege-no-blog - My blog for Gegege no Kitaro and everything else Shigeru Mizuki related. (958 followers)

@jigokuyeah - My blog for yokai and other bits of Japanese folklore (1182 followers)

@kappaparade - My kappa blog that I made after getting frustrated with the lack of actual kappa in the kappa tag (101 followers)

@creepy-crazy-kooky-spooky - My blog for everything spooky. Stuff I consider Halloweeny and often my catch all blog for non-Japanese folklore. Expect lots of cryptids. (52 followers)

@cattypethesequel - My blog for everything else that I find interesting or funny. I made this blog to keep my main blog neat and focused on me. I also dump Pokemon screencaps here.(11 followers)

So while we’re on the subject of Tumblr, a lot of people have been talking about leaving Tumblr because of the site’s stricter censor bots. A lot of people have been proclaiming the site dead.

 As you can see I’ve already put down a lot of roots here on tumblr. I’ve even made a couple of twitter accounts so that my non-tumblr friends can follow them. (JigokuYeah for my posts from Jigoku Yeah, Gegege no Blog, and Kappa Parade and CCKookySpooky for Creepy Crazy Kooky Spooky.) I’ve also talked about using them to post artwork that I can collect into books on yokai and superstitions. So the idea that I might have to up and abandon everything is more than a little upsetting. But actually, things seem pretty okay so far. I haven’t had anything flagged yet and my follower count hasn’t gone down on any of my blogs. Course, I haven’t posted much since the 17th and it’s possible that a good chunk of my followers abandoned their tumblrs without deleting their account but... Well, I’ve predicated a lot of decisions in my life on the possibility of what MIGHT happen and it never turns out that great. Often times it just makes for a lot of pointless stress over nothing or missing out on experiences that would’ve been worth while. The threat of being shadow banned makes posting things is a little scary but just because something MIGHT happen doesn’t mean you should live in fear of it. So as long as there’s feasible platform and an audience I’m going to stay with tumblr as long as I can.

But the threat of losing tumblr has also made me realize how important it is to utilize my other platforms. Especially my portfolio site www.BrennaStones.com. I mean, I frickin pay for the hosting why am I NOT using it more? I need to get into the habit of posting more art there before posting anywhere else. It’ll be harder to build an audience but at least I don’t have to worry about management randomly changing the rules when I’m the management.

So to anyone who likes what I do and wants to see more, please follow my above tumblrs, twitters and personal site. And remember that you can submit your art to any of my tumblrs except Cattype and Cattype the Sequel. One of the reasons I made these blogs was to promote other artists! Just look at how many followers JY has! If you draw yokai that is a dedicated audience of yokai fans!

Also, maybe donate to my Ko-fi.

[EDIT: changed the color on my Jigoku Yeah sona and fixed the spelling in CattypetheSequel]

[kappaparade]

The title of this blog came from an idea I had a long time ago about doing a book of kappa illustrations. I’ve now started on the path of bringing that idea to life.

...Erm, I was going to go into more detail about that but it doesn’t seem right to mush all my plans for that book together with such a sad kappa illustration. (”Hey! Do you like kappa? I like kappa! Here’s a dead kappa! Also I’m making a book about kappa! Won’t you please support Dead Kappa Girl’s book on kappa?”) So I’ll have to make a separate post for that.

So for now I’d just like to ask for your support, both morally and financially. Here’s my Ko-fi. If I get enough donations on a regular basis I’ll start a Patreon.

https://ko-fi.com/cattype 

You can also reblog this post, follow this blog, and follow my yokai twitter where I share posts from both this blog and my general yokai tumblr, @jigokuyeah and also my Shigeru Mizuki tumblr @gegege-no-blog because he was most famous for drawing yokai.

[kappaparade]

The title of this blog came from an idea I had a long time ago about doing a book of kappa illustrations. I’ve now started on the path of bringing that idea to life.

 The images in this photo set are a few concepts of what would be in the book. I may have to discover some of the particulars as I go on but my plan is to do a mix things like kappa related trivia, kappa folktales, types of kappa (such as hyosube up there), and more. Possibly even a section about fresh water monsters from around the world and kappa hanging out with them.

I don’t know if I want to guarantee the book will get made. I’ve personally come to see posing anything as an absolute as bad luck. Plus I’m in the middle of job hunting right now. However, I want to get as close to that as possible and at least provide lots of original content for this blog- in addition to all the other kappa stuff I’ll still be sharing and reblogging. 

So to make this book I’m going to need some support, both morally and financially. The worst thing about making internet content is not knowing if anyone will see it or care. I’ve been pretty hard on myself for that reason in the past. So here’s my Ko-fi. Even if you donate the minimum amount and say you like what I’m doing it means a lot to me. 

https://ko-fi.com/cattype

And of course reblogging my art helps too.

 I’m not going to make a Patreon until I’m sure I have a firm grasp on what I’m doing and that I have a following of enough people willing to invest in it. I don’t expect people to financially support me on a monthly basis until I’ve proven myself.