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ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder · 4 months

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hello, question for the guy behind this blog. i've been wanting to start an askblog for a bit, but i'm worried about messing up... so i was wondering, what does it take to run an askblog? do i NEED to make little plot points? does it have to have a story? how would i promote it? sorry if i'm coming off weird

Hey, it's me! The guy behind the blog :]

It's not weird to ask for advice, especially if it's on something you've never done before. I'll do my best to offer up some advice, as someone who's had like, 3 askblogs over the years. My word isn't law, but I hope it helps!

1.) Don't worry about messing up an askblog, because there's no right or wrong way to run one. At the end of the day, the point of an askblog is to have fun with your art/ocs :]

Some askblogs are the medium for an artist to craft a larger project, some are character explorations for an artist to flesh out a character for a larger project, some are solely used for role play, and most of them are just fun ways to show off your oc.

2.) Other than an art program (if you intend to draw art for asks) and the ability write in character, running an askblog mainly takes motivation and perseverance. A new askblog might start slow - you might not get asks right away, or there may be slow spells, or you might not get as many notes as you expect. That's why it's important that you're making the askblog for yourself, for fun, because you have to be willing to continue making art, even if it's not immediately drawing the attention you expect.

3.) You do not need to have big plot points or a big overarching story! Many askblogs don't, and they're still very engaging. That being said, if you want to introduce plot points, feel free! They can prompt more/diverse asks and give you something to draw or write for if there's ever a time where you don't have asks waiting to be answered.

4.) Promotion can be finicky and in my experience, growth usually takes a lot of time. It might be slow at first.

If your askblog is within a fandom, make sure to use all the appropriate tags for that fandom. Most of an askblog's attention comes from other askblogs. So, some of an askblog's content will be from interacting with other askblogs. Don't be afraid to send other askblog's asks in character, or start a little rp, if the other person is open to it.

So, yeah! I guess the overarching advice I have is to just have fun with your art or writing, because that's what I consider an askblog to be.

Good luck on your askblog, when ya do make it! :]

#askblog #askblog advice #my first two askblogs were for minecraft ocs...#seems like a lifetime ago...#someone else might find this helpful to #i hope :]#go make that askblog :0!#cause why not ^^

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ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder · 5 months

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"It went something like that, though the memory is a bit... Hazy."

#tf2 #team fortress 2 #spyder #sniper #saxton hale #scout #tf2 scout #tf2 sniper #ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder #oh also #tf2 solider #technically lol #ask blog

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ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder · 5 months

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#ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder #tf2 #askblog

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ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder · 7 months

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so, that spy dress meme huh

#tf2 #team fortress 2 #spyder #dress meme #ask-the-itsty-bitsy-spyder

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ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder · 8 months

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"Don't smoke."

#team fortress 2 #tf2 #askblog #ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder #spycrab

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ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder · 8 months

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"Mon dieu, how long was I out??"

#back to my askblog roots #team fortress 2 #tf2 #askblog #ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder #summer update

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ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder · 8 months

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Well, well, well, look who it is!

(lol anyone still here?)

#team fortress 2 #tf2 #askblog #ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder #tf2 has sunk its teeth back into me #and i was feeling nostalgic for this lill guy

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ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder · 4 years

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At least, I have fun.

(( hey uh, long time no see ^^;; Got nostalgic for the ol’ askblog and may get to a few asks))

#tf2 #Team Fortress 2 #spyder #spy #scout #tf2 scout #ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder #art #askblog

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ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder · 5 years

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At least I get dental.

( Tried drawing this on my ipad :0 to see if it’d be faster in this style. I know it’s different but )

#Team Fortress 2 #tf2 spy #ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder #askblog #art #the-pigeon-queen

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ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder · 6 years

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It’s quite hard to rest when you can’t stop rolling in your grave. It was almost like I kept hearing someone mention me..

(( howdy everyone! Sorry that I never formally announced anything on this sideblog. I always meant to answer asks when I could, so I never said the blog was dead. But I never got around to answering any between making my webcomic. So yeah, not dead, just kinda on the backburner. But I’ll try to answer some asks more often ^^;; ))

#tf2 #Team Fortress 2 #ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder #askblog #ive got so many asks from before ; v ; and i appreciate all of them #just know that if you send in a fresh one #it may not get answered for long while #art #the-pigeon-queen

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ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder · 6 years

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Endearing? Terrifying? Roguishly handsome? Either way,

Quite the valentine, @angelcat-and-demoncat quiiite the valentine.

#Team Fortress 2 #tf2 #lol #the-pigeon-queen

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ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder · 6 years

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[A note appears along with a plush thing.]

“Here. A Valentine’s. Take it.

~Anonymous”

[It’s…. a doll version lookalike of you. Except with demon-like features or some at least. Is it? Twitching?] [It seems there is some blue hued pinstripe cloth too…. maybe that’s who left it here?]

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Adorable! adorable for a possibly possessed twitchy doll, anyways

Thank you!! ^^

I posted this separate from the response since I couldn’t add pictures to this ^^

#he's a cute one #and roguishly handsome #submission

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ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder · 6 years

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Ah, was your visit, your ‘gift‘?

( The second part will be done tomorrow, or it should be ((the part with the actual gift)) ) @ask-the-micro-blu-spy

#Team Fortress 2 #tf2 #spies amiright #vaguely insulting each other and then suddenly dissapearing #classic spies #the-pigeon-queen

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ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder · 6 years

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( I thought it’d be cute if his disguises were doll versions of other tiny mercs :0 Like, Medic’s one of those anatomical figures with squishy insides, Pyro’s straight up rubber, Sniper’s a regular plastic doll, Heavy’s probably a plush, it’d be funny if Engie was a lego but I'm not sure how’d that work out )

@leporygon-z and @gingersoulsby sorry that’s it’s been an eternity o A o;

#Team Fortress 2 #tf2 #trudging alongg #medic #sniper #shiny pyro #ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder #the-pigeon-queen

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ask-the-itsy-bitsy-spyder · 6 years

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