Arrow->

Hey there! You can call me Arrow. I like to draw furries and stuff. Ask nothing of me but to do better. that's my job as a creator.

[thatwolfarrow]

So, shit hit the fan with the platform you were publishing your work to.

 Lately it’s felt like there aren’t any reliable places for creators to share their work and that the whole internet is going up in flames. Well…you’re right. It is. And it’s squarely because the egos of the rich and power hungry are rearing their ugly heads. But, that’s no reason for you to stop trying to get your work out in the world.

So here’s 3 essential tips for artists/creators trying to regroup and build their presence on other sites

1). HAVE A BUSINESS EMAIL

This will be your most reliable form of contact online and should be your go to when it comes to contacting you about your work. Even if you use methods like Google Forms, Ko-Fi, or any sort of external site to take commissions, it’ll always be a good idea to have an email like this as a backup especially now with so many sites being hostile to creators.

2). CAST AS WIDE OF A NET AS POSSIBLE.

If your work is on multiple sites, it’s that much more likely people will see your work. Apps like Postybirb and sites like Buffer can help with this immensely. Since they let you post your work to multiple sites at once. And this doesn’t just extend to image hosting sites. Posting links to your work in discord and Reddit servers, and posting your timelapses on Youtube and TikTok can all help to build your presence. You shouldn’t be relying on a single algorithm to boost your work. You must become your own advertiser. Finally, and most importantly,

3). MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A WEBSITE OR CENTRAL HUB.

In the current state of the net, it’s more important than ever for people to know where they can find you. You probably already have a linktree or Carrd if you’re a creator, and while those work best as a way to let people know where people can find your work on different sites, having a full website of your own would be ideal. Since you can have a one stop shop for people to see all of your creations and updates about things like your work schedule, commissions availability, events you’re travelling to, TOS and Pricing changes, and so on. Having your own website also gives you much more flexibility compared to simply publishing your work to a social media site. If you’re working on a long form story, like a web comic or mixed media narrative, you can tailor your website to the needs of your story instead of having to create something with the parameters of another site in mind. I cannot make any promises about where the internet will go over even the coming few months, I just hope that, with these tips, creators won’t take too much of a hit as for them to be unable to sustain themselves in their endeavors. Because their work is more than just the sites they post to, let alone their followings.

[thatwolfarrow]

With youtube's new ID requirements, this video is a much needed addendum https://youtu.be/T-celP3mhPc

[thatwolfarrow]

'Phobes bring up the fact that trans women can't get pregnant (yet) as a gotcha like that isn't something a lot of us would be more than willing to go through the pain and struggle of in a heartbeat.

[interestingmistakes]

Reblogging this manually. Op doesn't want credit for fear of being terminated.

[thatwolfarrow]

Berserker Ari

Was inspired by this drawing by Rosieriot to draw Ari as a Berserker

[thatwolfarrow]

Izzy and the Mermaid (Mermay 2026)

I've had a fascination with mermaids since I was a kid. So it's a bit strange that I didn't get around to doing anything for Mermay until this year. It's also the first comic I've made in a long while, so that was fun.

[thatwolfarrow]

Witch Togo

Here's Togo in their witch attire. Even while in battle, he still makes a point to serve

[rayleearts]

Art vs the reference photo

Prints & links

[thatwolfarrow]

Bunny Suit Moon

Been in a mood as of late, so here's a Moon in a bunny suit. Very happy with the way the forms look in this.

[thatwolfarrow]

I wonder how much Penny and the rest of the @snapscube and @wayneradiotv crews realize how much of a tee up the boundaries vs. violence angle is for Birth By Sleep.

[futureblackwakandan-deactivated]

me hanging out with black people in the summer: “aye, yall don’t forget to put on sunscreen”

them: 

[futureblackwakandan-deactivated]

@flipflibberinflippinghell

Use the Walgreens Brand which is pretty cheap and it does wonders and doesn’t leave me with a white cast. And I’m dark as hell so I hate looking ashy but not all sunscreens are made equally and it’s one of the better ones I’ve used.

[angelic-tokkii-deactivated20220]

Wait cocoa/shea butter and coconut oil don’t protect you from the sun we really do need sunscreen??

[futureblackwakandan-deactivated]

Yea fam. All that “we don’t need sunscreen” shit is a myth. Combine that with the fact that most dermatologists don’t know how to spot skin cancer in Black people and it’s a nasty combination.

[jamaicanblackcastoroil]

Yeah, it’s harder for us to get it but when we do it’s deadly. I know two people who died of skin cancer, both were Black.

[lo-cotidiano]

“While incidence of melanoma is higher in the Caucasian population, a July 2016 study in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology showed it is more deadly in people of color. African American patients were most likely to be diagnosed with melanoma in its later stages than any other group in the study, and they also had the worst prognosis and the lowest overall survival rate.”

- https://www.skincancer.org/prevention/skin-cancer-and-skin-of-color

Sorry about the link, I’m on mobile. But this is from August 2016, which I know isn’t the most recent but it’s still SUPER IMPORTANT. Y’all please wear sunscreen. With Google it’s even easy to find smaller, Black-owned brands.

[sensei-aishitemasu]

https://blackgirlsunscreen.com/ is Black-owned!

[themardia]

I’m gonna second the rec for Black Girl Sunscreen, it’s affordable, Black owned, and immediately melts into the skin without leaving any gross white cast.

[solarpixels48]

This is great for the olive toned/ tanned girlies too. White cast makes us look extremely anemic. Being more inclusive is better for literally everyone. Support black owned businesses!!

[thatwolfarrow]

Wynnburn: The Promethean Ashes

Long ago, fire was a power wielded only by the divine; by the ancient dragons. But one warrior, braver and more cunning than any god, claimed the flames for himself and his people. Thus began the age of fire, and the empire of Wynnburn.

[weirdwerewolf-deactivated-deact]

ATTENTION EVERYONE, IT IS NOW

[noelle-ism]

That's Not What Unc Means

You’d never know the meaning of unc or its origins in black culture if you looked to mainstream media.

Really good write-up on the origin of "Unc" as a term used in AAVE, and how it's been turned into a generic disparaging term when it didn't even have negative connotations to begin with.

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

More broadly, I’ve also seen this happen to words and phrases like “chopped,” “clocked it,” “the tea,” “no cap,” and “it’s giving.” All of these are slang terms that originate from African American Vernacular English—“clocked it,” “the tea” and “it’s giving” come from black queer culture in specific—but have now been categorized as “gen Z slang.” I have heard some people start to refer to the habitual be, as in “it really do be like that,” as a “meme” and it makes me want to tear my fucking hair out. We been saying that! That one’s ours!

[deathgasmic]

*kicking my feet n giggling* you're kinda scary

[sforzzz]

[noxidae]

[ID: A tweet and a reply. First is by @.Vickcantmiss, with an image of a Black man behind text reading, “iCarly was right. Live life… breathe air… I know somehow we’re gonna get there”. @.eurydicejones replies, “this is my least favorite kind of meme/joke because the humor is entirely reliant upon a juxtaposition with blackness itself”. End ID.]

[bisforbutch]

Do you know that the "gotta be one of my favorite genders" meme is just a truly random black man's selfie that some transphobic white gays shared in a group chat a ton? I think about it alot.

[mediummarketpaperback]

i didn't know the backstory behind the favorite genders meme. it's fucked.

here's the KYM page if anyone else was curious.

Gotta Be One Of My Favorite Genders | Know Your Meme

Gotta Be One Of My Favorite Genders refers to an image of a Black man posing in front of a car with his hands folded in front of him and an

genuinely just some random guy's instagram pic.

[thewarmvoid]

There is a type of very normalized popular humor that is quite literally just Black people existing “juxtaposed” with something that’s meant to be contradictory to…a Black person existing. Many will pretend that’s not the joke, but it is. The contrast between the Black man and shouting out a “favorite gender” being seen as conflicting is the joke. And it’s not funny. This is in the same vein as the running gag where some white people will go to a rap/hip hop show and do something like play chess in the crowd. The joke is “haha look at the juxtaposition between this Very Black thing and this Very White thing! Isn’t that hilarious? We’re so different this doesn’t even make sense xD” and these jokes suck, especially in the context of this meme in particular where the “very White thing” is….appreciating other genders. and the fact that when Black people try to talk about anything like this we are usually met with “it’s not that deep” is also a part of the problem. Anyways!!!!!

[friedri-ce]

my cool p-3 concept idea

[memecucker]

porn addiction is similar to IQ in that it doesnt exist but if you wanna incorporate the ideas into your fetishes go for it

[emeraldmemoir]

No wonder everyone’s addicted to porn yall be telling yourselves the problem doesn’t even exist!

[last-tarrasque]

No, the thing that can creates a huge dopamine rush in the brain and is super easy to access can't possibly by addictive, what are you talking about!

[cat-witch]

this is a textual form of the image with the gmail pill

[last-tarrasque]

If you have something to contribute, please do. If you want to insult me without contributing anything, please kindly leave.

[cat-witch]

you're obviously a dopamine addicted debaiter trying to get your replying kick, goon elsewhere

[charyou-tree]

Science Stopped Believing in Porn Addiction. You Should, Too

Research finds that porn-related problems are predominantly caused by religious conflict. Clinically, this means people need help, but not n

Porn 'Addiction' Isn't Really Addiction, Neuroscientists Say

Porn 'Addiction' Isn't Really Addiction, Neuroscientists Say

Sex addiction isn't recognised by science. So, why are people still being diagnosed?

Sex addiction is not a condition that is recognised by any scientific or medical community.

From the last article:

"There's a tremendous treatment industry that needs this to be a disease — a thing they can charge people to treat," Prause says. But promoting certain therapies may be ill-advised. "You can harm patients by using treatment models that aren't research-supported," Prause says.

"Porn Addiction" isn't a real thing. Medical research has repeatedly tried and failed to define such a syndrome. The only people who do are "spiritual healing" quacks and people who want to send their kids to conversion therapy "reform camps".

Y'all are repeating far-right purity-culture sex shaming propaganda.

I'm so tired of having this debate over and over.

[schizochroal]

It's somewhat missed in this discussion, but treating something that they consider an "immoral bad habit" as equivalent to physiological dependency to a substance is kind of gross, because it means that they are also saying that people who have chemical dependencies are morally deficient.

This belief, that drug addiction is associated with moral deficiency is not only a source of a lot of the prejudice and oppression that face recreational drug users and any other groups that can be associated with drug-use, but has also lead to a rejection of actually effective interventions and treatments in favor of ineffective, moralistic ones (i.e. 12-step programs)