Last thing I’ll say before going to bed. A creator being cringe, or ‘unprofessional’, or annoying is not somehow justification to treat them badly. You are allowed to be critical of someone’s behavior, we all are. But I see it used to excuse such genuine cruelty. It’s not a crime to be openly human.

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28 YEARS LATER BONE TEMPLE: The first 28yrsltr set up an incredible and brave follow up to 28 days later. But it only set the stage. This one lets the players shine and continues to take this story to fantastic places. It reminds everyone this 'zombie' film is a cut above the rest. 10/10 acting!!

And HEY, creators, if you need any more encouragement, here's some additional sage advice from the mouth of one Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano! It's a big, BIG world out there, but YOU have the voice to break through it all and give the world a creatively-driven thrill ride to fucking remember! 💖👑

This. I never want to hear "protect the kids" or "trans people bad" or "woman are too emotional" when you have NAMES in the goddamn files and you do nothing! Instead of attacking people who make things you don't like, why don't you go after the real monsters trying to control our lives?!

I'm waiting for the day when a true, upstanding YouTube documentarian will make a groundbreaking, eye-opening, unbiased video breaking down every single bit of harassment and humiliation that Viv, Goose, Rebecca, Dana and other female creators have faced over the years. It's an abusive PATTERN. 💪👎💪

People will make feature length videos about lukewarm representation of fictional female characters but can’t spare the same energy for their marginalized female creators being harassed and insulted, much less take direct action on behalf of actual victims of misogynistic violence.

The cool thing about art and being a human is that if someone is making art that you don't like, you can quite literally go make your OWN art. It came free with your human condition.

Do us all a favor. If you can't respect queer women in animation, indie or corpo, you can just fuck off. We don't want you here. In this house, we show queer women respect, and we respect their art.

"Unalive" "grape" "seggs" This has got to stop. Do people hear themselves? Its like talking to a particularly sensitive toddler. We can't remove serious words from our language just because we're afraid some fickle algorithm will show our posts to less people

#sketch I haven't drawn dragon Kraus in a while. Here are some older sketches. These are initially for my Dragon's Dogma #DD2 story where Arisen Kraus devours Nex.

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Angel would if he could…and he will 😏 Angel Dust Cool World AU Patreon Sketch Requests

"Fire Devil", a commission piece of a custom HA Tokugawa and its pilot for the #LancerRPG. Posing multi-armed mechs is always a challenge, but I'm pleased with this one. #characterdesign #ttrpgart #mecha

ORETACHI GA JIGOKU DA!!!!!

Studying P. Craig Russel comics again, specifically his darker homoerotic work. All of his output is really gay, but his occasional trips into more overtly grotesque or "predatory" moods feel so potent, in a very lived-in kind of way.

I go back n’ forth about shutting up forever about dumb shit said online and actively wishing I could ✨virtually✨ punch people in the throat for the nasty shit they say to creators online lol some of y’all do NOT deserve the grace creators are expected to give you. fr lol

we have like actual fucking pedophiles and monsters in power and these people get more mobilized to virtually beat the shit out of some woman who made something they don't like or something. It's fucking INSANE and needs to be called out for what it is. fucking bullshit.

also HMMM it always seems to be women who piss off the internet to a ridiculous degree over absolutely nothing HMMMMMMMMM INTERESTING??!!!?

My best advise to creators nowadays-ESPECIALLY WOMEN honestly, is to stand up for yourself, and protect your peace ❤️ Fight for your ideas and don’t let people discourage you! Fuck em’! They could never be you 😘 live your dreams!

Gooseworx's "fans" are finally treating the creator like Vivziepop has been treated by literally everyone, including her fans. In a way I feel deeply vindicated, but quite tragic that this is how independent creators must suffer, unless you are a white male, I suppose.

AGAIN THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE FORCED VIVZIEPOP TO DO. ITS HAPPENING AGAIN!

We are in the rare and unique position where indie animation can be unique creative visions unfettered by corporate interference or IP shit Why would you, as the fan, demand that the vision of the creator, who you claim to love, bend to your demands Kill your inner exec

If Vivziepop wrote this people would be raving mad at her.

Broke: "DISCLAIMER: the author does not endorse any of the reprehensible actions written in this story. It is merely a narrative tool, so don't worry ;)." Woke: "Oh yeah I definitely am super into the torture stuff, thats why I wrote it. I'd write more if I could but I have a job"

so today, for painting practice and PROBABLY making a Proxy commander for magic the gathering I have started painting Van Pelt, the antagonist from Jumanji (1995) as portrayed by Jonathan Hyde

Soaring high with the buzzing shadow of the voracious insectile huntress looming over her demonic prey is a sight unique only to the anomalous circumstance by which this predator in ascension was seen as kin. Greatly significant for how flight is considered to be a lost domain in the Dismal Lands.

Last year, my partner and I were asked to create one illustration each to be used for promotional material (posters, t-shirts, banners) at KamCon, a tabletop/RPG (and fantasy, sci-fi, fandoms, etc.) yearly convention in Kamloops. The theme was kind of a retro sci-fi adventure, and this was my take.

I finally own and finished reading Dorohedoro. It's a truly delightful manga, and with its horrific gore and chaos, it'll warm your heart and maybe, just maybe, teach you an important lesson about the true power of friendship. Pinky-Swear 😭❤️🦎

Working on the dragon girl 🐉

And trust me I know this sucks BAD. If I had some OCs that suddenly became loved by millions of people I'd want to talk about it nonstop. But you have to Resist.

Buncha Eliots from a Magma session 🐦 #Eliot | #OCs

There's really no way to say any of this without sounding victim-blamey, unfortunately. Like of course its not your fault, you just wanted to engage with your community! But you can't throw yourself into the maws of Fandom. You have to build a wall between You the person and You the artist.

All communication should be like, in-universe in some way. You the person shouldn't be answering questions. You should have a little digital gremlin called The Knower that essentially speaks for you so people don't get so fucking attached to YOU as a person.

I think a key way to get people to be more Normal about you as a creator of a successful media franchise is to attempt to keep as much of yourself separated from your work as possible. You can't show vulnerability, or vent, or make yourself a Known Quantity in any way. You have to vanish.

working a new commission of an insectoid angel :3c

Petrifying pterygote.

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If you see this, post a monster

I actually consider toby to be the gold standard for communication with fans when it comes to big art projects. 1. Doesn't explain shit. 2. Makes random weird posts that only become meaningful AFTER the fact 3. Only talks openly about patch updates, news, or things he likes.

Trix for @theprincesskari.bsky.social I really like how she came out!

This is particularly a problem with creators who don't seem actually ready for the massive success they get. But at some point in your growing success you have GOT to lock the fuck in, essentially. If you can't say it in your art, does it really need to be said?

Things have gotten really bad recently and I think its because both fans and creators have gotten far too used to this sense of familiarity and closeness between each other. Like why are you as the lead of a multi-million dollar franchise doing "ask me about my OCs" posts????

Also the showrunner wasn't a woman so people were inclined to be more normal about things

And this makes me so incredibly mad because it was so COOL. This is where the "some of you mfs need to be put down" part comes in

If you HAVE to talk about your art in a potentially clarifying way, do in a way that becomes part of the art instead of just explaining it. The Voxstagram stuff for Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel was a PERFECT example of doing it right. hh-voxtagram-archive.tumblr.com

I myself do not tune into livestreams or interviews or whatever. I resent when I need to consult a fan wiki to learn basic things about a character that I should have been able to learn in the primary media. Little tertiary tidbits are fun, but these days it has become WAY too much of a crutch.

Would Undertale have been improved if Toby Fox was on here every day clarifying his character's sexualities, or giving people lore-by-tweet? Even when he does stream he doesn't say anything particularly revelatory and that is one hundred percent on purpose. At some point yapping just becomes useless

I can't help but ask, is this overabundance of communication between fan and creator REALLY helping people's appreciation of art? I'm not talking about interviews and shit, I'm talking about this hyper-online culture of instant feedback and putting lore in like, art streams. Does it actually help?

This is going to sound extremely mean but showrunners have GOT to learn how to shut the fuck up. Stop litigating your IN-PROGRESS work on social, stop dropping lore in some random fuckoff stream, stop doing tumblr asks. Stop explaining your art before its even done.