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alliartist · 10 days
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I have wanted to make an animated illustration since, about, a million years ago. 
Hey, wow, this is my 7,777th post.
Done in Manga Studio 5 & Photoshop CS3
Took so many hours. 
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alliartist · 11 days
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Here’s the whole set. Team Free Will and whatnot. Hurray for fan art.
Individual post links: Cas, Dean, Sammy.
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alliartist · 11 days
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I’m back to working on the story Jason and Sharky are in, getting it ready to pitch to an agent. God, I love them, and I wish it didn’t take an entire first arc before they really meet.
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alliartist · 11 days
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Imma share some music here from a band that doesn’t exist anymore.
The Golden Age existed briefly in the late nineties/early two thousands. My brother picked up their EP at a concert.
The Golden Age is now the title of a different band. There’s barely a record of the original one online. I searched for them for ages.
But archive has them.
I still love these songs. Precious to me.
I hope you enjoy them.
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alliartist · 14 days
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The last scammer who went after me on IG used photos of a FRIEND. Me and this friend aren’t following each other on my art IG but we are on my personal one, so I DM’d him like, “hey this guy says he’s your cousin” and, shocker, he wasn’t. I didn’t want to give the scammer my friend’s real name or anything so he wouldn’t have more ammo to scam using him.
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This is what I sent to my friend, and I didn’t grab what I sent at the end but it was basically “ha ha, you’re not, byeeeee” and then I blocked and reported him and that account doesn’t exist anymore.
I really do love “it’s actually a family.”
Artists, let’s talk about Instagram commission scammers
There’s been a huge rise in commission scammers recently, mostly on Instagram. A lot of new artists don’t know what to look out for, so I figured this might help people.
How they begin
Usually the scammer will write to you asking about a commission. Something deceptively cute - mostly I encounter asks about pet portraits, with one or two photos sent. They’ll probably try to sell you a sweet little story, like “It’s for my son’s birthday”. They will insist that they love your artwork and style, even though they don’t follow you or never liked a single piece of your art.
What to look out for:
Their profiles will either be private, empty, or filled with very generic stuff, dating at most a few years back.
Their language will be very simple, rushed or downright bad. They might use weird emojis that nobody ever uses. They will probably send impatient “??” when you don’t answer immediately. They’re in a crunch - lots of people to scam, you know. 
They’ll give you absolutely no guidelines. No hints on style, contents aside from (usually) the pet and often a name written on the artwork, no theme. Anything you draw will be perfect. Full artistic freedom. In reality they don’t really care for this part.
They’ll offer you a ridiculous amount of money. Usually 100 or 300 USD (EDIT: I know it might not be a lot for some work. What I mean here - way higher than your asking price, 100 and 300 are standard rates they give). They’ll often put in a phrase like “I am willing to compensate you financially” and “I want the best you can draw”, peppered with vague praise. It will most likely sound way too good to be true. That’s because it is.
Where the scam actually happens
If you agree, they will ask you for a payment method. They’ll try to get to this part as soon as possible. 
Usually, they’ll insist on PayPal. And not just any PayPal. They’ll always insist on sending you a transfer immediately. None of that PayPal Invoice stuff (although some do have methods for that, too). They’ll really, REALLY want to get your PayPal email address and name for the transfer - that’s what they’re after. If you insist on any other method, they’ll just circle back to the transfer “for easiest method”. If you do provide them with the info, most likely you’ll soon get a scam email. It most likely be a message with a link that will ultimately lead to bleeding you dry. Never, and I mean NEVER click on any emails or links you get from them. It’s like with any other scam emails you can ever get.
A few things can happen here:
They overpay you and ask for the difference to be wired back. Usually it will go to a different account and you’ll never see that money again. 
They’ll overpay you “for shipping costs” and ask you to forward the difference to their shipping company. Just like before, you’ll never see that money again.
The actual owner of the account (yes, they most likely use stolen accounts to wire from) will realize there’s been something sketchy going on and request a refund via official channels. Your account will be charged with fees and/or you get in trouble for fraudulent transactions. 
You will transfer the money from your PayPal credit to your bank account and they will make a shitstorm when they want their money back, making your life a living hell. They will call you a scammer, a thief, make wild claims, wearing you down and forcing you into wiring money “back” - aka to their final destination account. 
Never, EVER wire money to anyone. This is not how it’s supposed to go. Use PayPal Invoice for secure exchanges where the client needs to provide you with their email, not the other way around.
You can find more info on that method HERE.
What to do when you encounter a scammer:
Ask the right questions: inquire about the style, which artwork of yours they like, as much details as you can. They won’t supply you with any good answers.
Don’t let the rush of the exchange, their praise and the promise of insanely good money to get to you. That’s how they operate, that’s how they make you lose vigilance. 
Don’t engage them. As soon as you realize it might be a scam, block them. The sense of urgency they create with their rushed exchange, and pressure they put on you will sooner or later get to you and you might do something that you’ll regret later.
Never wire money to anyone. Never give out your personal data. Never provide your email, name, address or credit card info. 
Don’t be deceived by receiving a payment, if you somehow agree to go along with it. Just because it’s there now doesn’t mean it can’t be withdrawn. 
Here is a very standard example of such an exchange. I realized it’s a scam pretty fast and went along with it, because I wanted good screenshots for you guys, so I tried going very “by the book” with it. 
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Please share this post, make it reach as many artists as possible. Let young or inexperienced artists know that this is going on. So many people have no idea that this is a thing. Let’s help each other out. If you think I missed any relevant info, do add it as an rb!
Also, if you know other scam methods that you think should be shared, consider rb-ing this post with them below. Having a master post of scam protection would AWESOME to have in the art community.
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alliartist · 14 days
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B&N is offering 25% off all pre-orders now through 4/19! Be sure to save your copy of HELLAWEEN: Spellbent, coming soon!
GET YOURS
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alliartist · 14 days
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@hydro3bernal no problem, I always forget to sign my sketches
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Drawings from today's stream!
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alliartist · 17 days
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I popped in to draw with Matt!
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Hella fun.
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Drawings from today's stream!
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alliartist · 26 days
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IT'S OUT! WATCH IT (or not) ! LOVE IT (or not) !!!!!!
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alliartist · 1 month
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Nowadays my mindless doodles is these two being cute lil shits
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alliartist · 1 month
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Well, 2hrs later it’s showed up in my dash.
Still weird.
Sometimes I try to post a drawing, and everything goes through, but the post doesn’t appear on anyone’s timeline and is only visible on my blog itself.
I’ve tried to toggling the tags, if I post with text or not, and it always comes down to the image (sometimes just one of them, if it’s a group).
I’ve tried saving it as a different file type, creating a new file to save from, cropping the image into multiples. I don’t understand.
So. Anyway. I was gonna post a thing, but I can’t get it to go through right.
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alliartist · 1 month
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First. Pull him into the lake.
Second. Kiss him.
Third. Get yelled at by his cat.
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alliartist · 1 month
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Sometimes I try to post a drawing, and everything goes through, but the post doesn’t appear on anyone’s timeline and is only visible on my blog itself.
I’ve tried to toggling the tags, if I post with text or not, and it always comes down to the image (sometimes just one of them, if it’s a group).
I’ve tried saving it as a different file type, creating a new file to save from, cropping the image into multiples. I don’t understand.
So. Anyway. I was gonna post a thing, but I can’t get it to go through right.
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alliartist · 2 months
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Akira Toriyama, thank you for the amazing work you’ve left behind.
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alliartist · 2 months
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11 years
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alliartist · 2 months
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We vibin with Bea today. Go read @dinolich’s Hellaween.
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alliartist · 3 months
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Happy Valentine’s Day! @hiveworks made a kiss prompt template so I drew all the boys!
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