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I'm saying this so I can block people without feeling too bad: if you comment on my posts, especially my art posts, asking about my commissions or purchasing my art, I'm going to assume it's a scam and block you.

To any serious inquiries, my commissions aren't open and I do not sell my art. This could change in the future, and if it's something you're interested in, let me know! Just don't ask, or, again, I'm going to assume it's a scam and block you.

#basically if it sounds like a scam it's getting blocked #at the very least make it clear you've read this post and i probably won't assume you're a bot

m0ldyapricot

For seven years we shared a wall before realizing the weird lady next door has an eerily quiet child.

#art #coming out of my unintentional silence to reblog awesome art #yippee! awesome art

A cat wanders through Brockton Bay not long after the Slaughterhouse Nine leaves the city.

#my writing #fanfic #wormblr #parahumans #my shortest fic yet!

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

After Sayeon, the princess of the dark kingdom, asks for the impossible, King Samin commands her loyal hound Min Woo to steal light from other lands.

#my writing #fanfic #min woo #hand jumper #...maybe the secret to writing fanfic is stress

The sequel to Red Gardenias, Yellow Roses!

#my writing #fanfic #victoria dallon #antares #wardblr #parahumans #i'm not dead! just stressed and busy

linolenvorovek

I temporarily lost my touch for drawing but it came back to me through the process🥳

I wanted to paint something abstract! This is gouache and watercolor pencils:

While I was taking photos, I was playing with the filters and camera scanner and it accidentally made this. It created this thing that looks dope and trippy🤸

#art #hand jumper #so cool!

#my art #art #fanart #digital art #darling charming #ever after high #another example of solving my too-much-empty-space problems by adding text

shadowed-yet-vibrant

I'm not okay. I understand I'm able to say this from a place of privilege and safety. But I'm still not okay.

My neighborhood is the backdrop of your evening news. The suffering of my neighborhood is your content to consume. My backyard and my neighors are your talking points. Everyone has an opinion on what me and my neighbors have done, are doing, and should be doing. And just... oh my god. I just watched a man shot to death on a street I consider part of my home. I saw it 20 times over, in multiple angles, in 4k.

So many photos show a record store in the background. It's a local chain, they're called Cheapo, and they're lovely. Did you know they stock obscure extreme metal cassettes in each of their stores, including that one? They have the kind of things that are hard to find, but mean the world to passionate collectors. Did you know they have a whole section devoted to DVDs and movie posters and golden-age television merchandise? Right when you walk in the doors there's a wall of posters for local shows, it's punk as hell. It smells like old records and CDs inside - and, well, there are old records and CDs inside. It's a gem. As a collector myself, it's also a financial hazard for me to walk through their doors. If you'd let me, I'd spend all day in there with you. We could flip through the jewel cases and browse through the posters and chat with the employees about the latest arrivals on the endcap.

And there's the donut shop, too. Did you know that donut shop makes incredible gift boxes, the kind that are sure to light up someone's day? Seasonal donuts, vegan donuts, even personalized donuts. I don't think I've ever seen donuts as fluffy as they are here. I get them for my brother when he's in town. Expensive, but worth it to see his smile. The boxes are all pink and dressed up. We could go get half a dozen and sample them all, your choice of fillings.

The neighborhood has something called "Eat Street." The name is on the banners you can see on the lightposts, it's something we're proud of. It's also just what it sounds like. It's a whole neighborhood celebration of art, culture, community, and food. There's breweries, there's theater, there's concert venues, and so, so, so many restaurants. You could spend weeks there and never run out of new cuisines to try.

I wish you could all see South Minneapolis through my eyes. I wish you could see how fun, beautiful, artsy, quirky, and beloved this place is. I wish you could walk under the aging trees, along the winding creeks and massive lakes, eating your fill in local food. I wish we could hold hands and enjoy the many years of work that have been put into making South Minneapolis a place that has welcomed family and strangers alike.

So when you watch my neighbor's blood stain the snow in my backyard, remember us. Remember the ones who live here. The ones who have been here, and will be here long after the prime-time news buzz has settled. And maybe, one day, come take a walk down Eat Street with me. I promise you'll love it.

m0ldyapricot

#art #limbus company #project moon #gorgeous as always

keplercryptids

How Do I Write Good Image Descriptions?

This is probably the question I get asked the most. And I’m glad, because it means people are starting to think critically about how they share content on the internet, and they’re wanting to do better. That’s awesome! I’m super grateful for the opportunity to educate more folks about this.

I have a secret, though: there isn’t a secret to writing good image descriptions.

Here’s a guide on how to write image descriptions and alt text. You can also check out my how to ID tag for guides and other tips and tricks. There are many approaches to writing image descriptions, which is why I think checking out multiple guides is useful.

But I wanna stress: you don’t have to write image descriptions just like someone else. There isn’t a secret formula or code. How I write image descriptions isn’t going to be exactly how someone else does it, especially when describing something subjective like art.

And I want to make another point: ANY image description is better than none. Literally. If you share an image and just write “a photo of a family reunion at the park,” that’s providing information that was not there before. You are making that image more accessible!

Here are my tips for describing fan art specifically:

I start with what I typically notice first about the image. That usually means that I write things in about this order: Character ID, hair/skin color, pose, clothing, background. This varies, of course.

Because it’s art, sometimes it’s useful to describe the lighting and mood of the piece. Is it dark? Illuminated by a single light source? What’s the tone of the piece (both the literal color and the feeling)? Is it referencing another visual work, like a scene from a movie or another famous art piece? Is it bright and colorful or dreary and moody? These are all good things to mention, if you feel so inclined.

Some people like to go into extreme detail when writing image descriptions. Some keep them very brief and to the point. I fall somewhere in between, but I do try not to get too bogged down in the details (for my own sake, honestly).

And, Tumblr-specific points:

Add the image description directly beneath the image in the main text portion of the post, before any commentary (if you’re the original artist). Add it in the text portion before your own commentary if you’re reblogging. That way, your commentary will make sense to someone using a screen reader.

Don’t hide the description under a read more link. Simply because…well, imagine if that was how Tumblr worked for sighted people, and you had to click through to people’s individual blogs while scrolling through your dash to see any images. That’d suck, right?

Accessibility should be built into your posts from the start. So don’t post an image, then reblog it from yourself with a description. Put the description in the original post so that there’s just one accessible version of the image floating around.

Let me know if you have any questions that I didn’t cover here! I’m not an expert on image descriptions and I hope I don’t come across as one. I’m just a person trying to do their best in this cold, inaccessible world.

(If you want to support the accessibility work that I do on this blog, you can buy me a coffee!)

#reference #didn't know image descriptions were a separate thing! i should go through my posts and edit for accessibility