Chuck’s Magical Artifacts

Hi I’m Chuck, a multimedia artist! I take inspiration from many places, but you’ll find I’m a big fan of Harry Potter (fuck JKR though.)

[art-res]

 🛑 Stop Working for Exposure (Mathematically)

I'm an artist and medical student, and I use art to help me pay some bills.

I built a free, helpful tool because to help prevent other talented creatives from undercharging, as I really see this a lot online.

It's a calculator with a built in reality check

Input your survival costs and expenses

True billable hours

Get the rate you actually need to charge to hit a 20% (or whatever you choose) profit margin.

It generates the rate, a template negotiation email + final invoice.

Plan to keep this tool free, ad-free, and open to everyone.

🔗 Check your math: fairpaycalc.artres.xyz

If the "Thriving Rate" calculation empowers you to double your quote on your next job, please consider hitting the "Buy me a coffee"button. It keeps the server running and the code flowing <3

AL is creating web apps, art resources, and illustrations

I am an artist and medical student and creator of Art-Res, a blog where I write and curate art resources. Hopefully you find art that bring

[art-res]

Patreon reboot live!

[hp-podfic-mini-fest]

Welcome one and all to the 2024 Harry Potter Podfic Minifest! This is a casual fest highlighting new podfics of works in the Harry Potter fandom.

You can find the full fest rules and FAQ at the hp_podfic_mini_fest_2024 collection on AO3, but here’s the overview:

no minimum length, no maximum length (podfics of microfics welcome!)

any audio work featuring the Harry Potter fandom is welcome

submitted works must not have been posted elsewhere before

works-in-progress should not have previous chapters posted

to participate, add your work to the AO3 collection by Friday, September 27

new works will be revealed every day starting on Tuesday, Oct 1

Never recorded a podfic before? This is a great opportunity to give it a try, and we’ve written a guide to help you get started.

Already working on a podfic that hasn’t been posted yet? We’d love to feature it in our fest!

We can’t wait to hear all your lovely voices!

Sincerely,

Your HP Podfic Minifest mods

p.s. if you have any questions, please get in touch!

[kellerific-writing]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

I was just given the most incredible birthday gift from @violetvulparia: a podfic of one of my fics! It is so good! Their voice is perfection and I couldn't stop smiling the entire time. Thank you so much, Chuck! I love you! Rating: T Pairing: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski Length: 19:44 Summary:

Stiles was under no illusions about not being an asshole. He was also under no illusions about not being a broke-as-fuck grad student. So when Jackson bet him a thousand bucks that he wouldn’t crash a wedding ceremony, Stiles put on his best suit, ignored Scott’s sad puppy dog eyes, and got into the passenger seat of Jackson’s douchey Porsche. --- Derek needs the courage to stop what may be the biggest mistake of his life and Stiles just needs to not starve. They both get something better.

Podfic of Crash for Cash by kellerific.

[burntlikethesun]

if you're just joining us, george takei is having to educate jk rowling on holocaust denial

[rhube]

This is of no surprise if you know JKR has been hanging around with literal Nazis for years, while George Takei is a gay man who spent some of his childhood in an American internment camp.

I'm glad to see more of the disguise slip from JKR, but can only hope more people listen to George than to her.

[Edited to expand on this because a lot of people in the notes seem not to realise:] she is not being ignorant. She is not a benighted fool who didn't take her own advice and check the sources. THIS IS DELIBERATE.

This is a Nazi talking point. This is a technique for conversion and indoctrination designed to shame YOU into not checking your sources. After all, a famous person in a position of authority (whether we like that or not) is shaming the very idea that Nazis persecuted trans people, or that trans people have a history that goes back more than a few decades.

If you haven't watched Shaun's JK Rowling's New Friends and think talk of her hanging around with Nazis is hyperbole, this video is for you:

She is in deep. She is literally friends with known Nazis. She will have been told that the people saying Nazis burned books have unreliable sources. That is why she's saying this.

You'll note that George doesn't @ her. Apart from the fact that literally starting beef with her is likely not something he needs, he knows she is a lost cause. She is primed to dismiss the actual sources. He is sharing the true information, with sources, because her statements mean that other people will now be wondering about this and he's offering those people an alternative famous person authority AS WELL AS the facts.

[angelofthemornings-deactivated2]

I gotta jump into the post real quick and remind everybody that Rowling uses her money and platform- we see her use of the platform here -to push her causes. (As for money, for example, she donated one million pounds to fight against Scottish independence.) Any money and attention you give her goes straight to the promotion of her beliefs.

You know this already, but I want to add something that isn't common knowledge: Please do not pirate her stuff because...first of all, who cares what art a Holocaust denier makes. Second of all, MARKETING TEAMS MONITOR PIRACY and consider pirates "sales ready leads" who have a high interest in the product but haven't converted over to sales yet. So if you steal her shit they're gonna mark you in the "likes JK Rowling" column and give her another movie deal. You are supporting her with extra steps.

It is impossible to engage ethically with anything she creates, DO NOT PIRATE HER WORK

[glowcowboy]

without arts & crafts we are in hell

[violetvulparia]

Chaaaaaaarlie,

Top 5 cities! (Am I doing this right? 😅🤡)

I hope you kick that block's ass. Love you!!!! 💖

Thank you love! Here are five of my favorite cities I’ve visited!!

[violetvulparia]

[ihopeyoubothstaysafefromharm]

inspired by Away Childish Things by @letteredlettered!

here's draco in his magical rainbow cloak, after all is well again! this story means so much to me. thank you for trusting me with this idea @wetassdrarry ❤️

[violetvulparia]

The Meadow

Beautiful boys spend a soft day in a meadow of wildflowers. Draco wears a jumpsuit. Next frame would be Harry kissing Draco soundly while wearing the flower crown Draco made for him.

Ao3

[violetvulparia]

De-Stress December ❄️ Day 14 ❄️ Mistletoe

Kiss This

Draco hangs the mistletoe, so Harry complies with a surprise kiss.

Ao3

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

Sarahmcgonagall.etsy.com

[princessneleam]

Link to sticker since her shop has been hidden by etsy so you have to have the direct link.

Metallic Sticker it's Transphobia Not | Etsy

Details: - Its TransphObia, Not TransphobiA (2021) sticker - Inspired by Joanne - Glossy finish with gold mirrored details - 4 x 3 - For eac

[violetvulparia]

De-Stress December ❄️ Day 3 ❄️ Holiday Music

Any Song

Any excuse to hold each other, to feel their magic and the music floating around them. They love the holidays.

Ao3

[violetvulparia]

De-Stress December ❄️ Day 1 ❄️ Holiday Decorating

Good Enough

The boys attempt to decorate the flat for Christmas. Draco falls asleep. Their cat falls asleep. Harry decorates their cat and Draco, and watches the moon rise.

Ao3 @hpdestress

[violetvulparia]

[facial-expression-descriptions]

Facial expression description library (2/?)

Wow, okay, I was fully prepared for this idea to be considered stupid and fail miserably but apparently not??! 🥺😭❤️ Thanks so much to everyone who shared and responded to that first post! So many brilliant descriptions came together there! I made a separate side blog for it now, because reblogging that first post would get messy quite quickly, and new posts would probably drown in the chaos that is my main account.

For everyone who might not have seen the previous post, this is the idea of the FEDL:

Describing expressions is hard, especially for more nuanced faces than “smile” or “frown”. The point is now to find/take and post a gif or picture of an expression that needs words. (If you make your own post, use the tag #facial expression description library, and/or #fedl, so it’s searchable.) Then everyone responds to/reblogs that post with how they would describe that expression. It takes a moment to build it up, but in the end we all have a neat little library of gifs and descriptions and we just have to find the one we need when we need it.

Now I still have no following and this side-blog even less so. Subsequently, I (again) humbly ask if you would consider to reblog this even if you don’t add your own description. Even just a like (to appease the algorithm-gods) would be great!

But on to round 2: How would you describe this expression?

[chuckandpuppy]

Tilted head and slight purse of lips, half shrugging in non-committal agreement

[violetvulparia]

Thinking about the usefulness of this blog not just for writers but also artists!!! Thank you, V!!!

[violetvulparia]

Maybe I’ll do requests again? Pick a character and a boob option and if the muse sings to me I’ll post a sketch!

[urlocalllama]

I’m sorry, Disney Corporation,

But your mascot is Very A Bisexual and if he were in this world he’d loathe you with a seething passion.

With love, The Me and the Mouse.

[chuckandpuppy]

For awesome pride merch by a queer artist, try my Etsy!! Lucky Goose Studio I just put up a bunch of pride pins so everyone can match their picrews 💁🏼‍♀️

[violetvulparia]

^^My alternate artist ego is a pin and magnet maker, check out my stufffff