Goodbye My Little Pony. :<

(Congrats on 10 followers and including Wing. =D)

TUMBLR 100+ FOLLOWERS SPECIAL! 

THIS IS THE BIGGEST PROJECT AND MOST PROCRASTINATED ITEM.

Thank you so much for being such loyal followers even if I ghosted y’all for like 5 years. I love you and I still very much love my Dudsy. I started this project back in 2014, being ambitious to try to include everyone. Which, I might, later on, just draw small chibis which are way easier. Anyways, congratulations to all who made this. It is still the biggest art piece I ever made with 300+ layers hhh. 

So, this project literally took 2014 - 2019. 5 years of procrastination. Congratulations to me.

Ponies in the picture (Still following me):

@ask-potluck

@meetnombre 

@showtimeandcoal

@asksweetpaw

@ask-twilight-and-derpy

@ask-sunset-shimmer

Gravire - @manehattansunderground-blog

@ask-zephyr-wing

@asknigel

@pwnytrain

@ask-googlechrome

@ask-ritsuka-pony

@ask-blueflame

@ask-moon-dust

@bigrednpastahead-blog

@strawberryicey (I drew this pair back in 2015 so sorry for the different designs fnvvnnm) 

@scythemaster892 http://scythemaster892.tumblr.com

@curiousponpon 

@ask-ghostwriter

@ask-aerosalt

@ask-hazelnut-swift

Ponies in the picture (Not following me. LMAO ITS BECAUSE I GHOSTED SORRY BUBS): 

Nursery-rhyme

Music Box

Darkpony

Emerald Pony

Xenon

Thundella

(I can’t find their blogs :( )

My IRLs:

Cherrychime

@bramblemocl

Lavender Mallow 

Cookie Beam

@nana-dashie-blog

@baybyfire 

@askchocolatesunshine-blog

My Other OC’s:

@ask-golden-crust 

@ask-the-almond-daze

(Doing a final reblog for tomorrow. ^^)

Alternate Account

In case Tumblr goes under, I’ll be posting my art on twitter as well.

Twitter

(I do also have an FA, but there’s NSFW content mixed in:

FA Link

Here’s my Deviant Art as well:

DeviantArt)

Alternate Account

In case Tumblr goes under, I’ll be posting my art on twitter as well.

Twitter

(I’ll be posting my art on Twitter as well, it’ll mainly be my normal art, but I’ll post pony stuff now and then.

Follow me there! ^^)

Alternate Account

In case Tumblr goes under, I’ll be posting my art on twitter as well.

Twitter

(Ended up drawing that Hocus Pocus/MLP crossover pic.

Kept thinking of Shining Armor when I watched the movie again.)

♫~ I put a spell on you~

you didn’t know that you fell,

now that you’re under our spell,

and now you’re mine!~ ♫   

I hope anyone who was at the Ciderfest Charity Auction didn't notice how nervous I was. I was on the stage helping dustykatt by handing him each item to auction off.

/)/////(\

Come back to us.

(To be honest though, I think my drive for ponies has run out. It’s just becoming more work than it needs to be and I find myself drawing more humans and anthro on my art blog. Not gonna delete him or anything, but I just don’t see myself really continuing with his story.)

Open for Commissions again

(\Feel free to check out my updated commission sheet when you get the chance, and I’ll be sure to work on an update when I can. Thanks! ^^/)

Taste the Rainbow Bitch!

(Happy Pride month everyone! ^^)

“Careful who your Waifu is~“

(Why hasn’t this been done before?  *judging* ಠ_ಠ So I know I’ve been a little quiet as of late, but I’ve been working on other little projects and trying to organize things in general. More art to come soon, thanks everyone! ^^ /)

Just got sent this. If any of you guys get sent this, report it to @staff immediately. Anything he links to is fake along with the address. (Blurring out the address just in case it’s actually someone’s. ._.;) Anything he says is obviously not true. 

Stay safe guys. :/

*signal boost*

Scammer Targeting Tumblr Artists

The title says it all really. So if nothing else, please share and reblog this post to raise awareness for those that might be caught out - both artists and followers. For a TL:DR, please look at the bottom of the post

What is happening?

Right now, there is at least one person actively impersonating multiple artists across tumblr in an effort to scam their followers into paying for fake ‘cheap commissions’. The scammer will clone a tumblr, usually using a slight change to the url/account name to look like the real deal. They will then message people directly through Tumblr with messages along the lines of “Hey, i’m doing cheap commissions right now. DM me to get one”. Naturally, this is ends up just being a way to take their money without giving anything back in return.

Who does this affect?

Everyone. Simple as that. As long as the scammer in question works unopposed, they are free to spread their influence and continue to scam more people. Even if you haven’t been targeted yet, it does not mean you are safe or immune. Several artists have already fallen victim to this scammer, and I encourage any artists that have to reblog this post with the details of their affected account(s) and the ones the scammer has set up.

How can we stop this?

Tumblr, like many other social media platforms, seems to care very little about ‘minor’ occurences like this one, and despite reaching out directly to them over a week ago through multiple avenues of contact - they have refused to comment on the situation, provide a recommended response for users, or take action on behalf of those already affected. Despite this, there are still tools at our disposal that we can use to make this scam more difficult, and to increase its visibility to those within Tumblr staff that are required by policy to take action. Tumblr has the following to say on the topic of impersonation: Confusion or Impersonation. Don’t do things that would cause confusion between you or your blog and a person or company, like registering a deliberately confusing URL. Don’t impersonate anyone. While you’re free to ridicule, parody, or marvel at the alien beauty of Benedict Cumberbatch, you can’t pretend to actually be Benedict Cumberbatch. They then provide a link to this online form that you can fill out if you suspect someone’s identity is being confused. Unfortunately, this can only be filled out if you are the victim of impersonation. In other words, only the artists can fill this out legitimately. So, what about the followers and users of tumblr whom aren’t being impersonated? Our most valuable tool in this online platform is the platform itself. It enables us to spread our word near-virally across all the many sub-communities on Tumblr with remarkable efficiency for a user-driven system. We can take advantage of that effect to increase awareness of the situation. Even if you - the one reading this right now - aren’t an artist or don’t know an artist, the act of reblogging this post or sharing it directly with friends improves it’s ‘ranking’ in popularity increasing its chances to be seen by more people. We don’t need everyone on Tumblr to see the post for it to be effective, just like we don’t need the entirety of the human population of the world to be immune to a disease for that disease to be rendered ineffective or eradicated. If enough people are aware, the likelihood of pulling off a successful scam increases dramatically reducing efficiency to a point that it no longer becomes profitable to continue. Why should I care? It disheartens me to say this, but of the many artists I contacted directly over the past week to warn about this issue many of them refused to listen or dodged the responsibility with lines like;

“I’m not being impersonated, so it doesn’t affect me”

“I’m just one person. I can’t make an impact”

“I need to take care of my community. Other people can look after theirs”

This is honestly disappointing that so many artists or art-rebloggers care so little as to intentionally wave the responsibility of keeping their followers and fellow artists safe from this, that they cannot spare 10 seconds of their time to share an informative post. I’m not here to bash artists, but it is time that everyone takes responsibility for their own communities, and of those around them. Artists: You have a responsibility to ensure that your followers and fans aren’t being abused by someone who may impersonate you. If they succeed, your reputation will be damaged, and your followers will resent you. Your followers are also almost guaranteed to be following other artists meaning your efforts can spread beyond your own circle of influence, so don’t be naive when you think you have little effect. Followers: You have just as much responsibility to be aware of those that might try to scam you or your fellow followers. Don’t just sit in silence when you see something wrong: Ignoring the issue only makes it more resilient to our efforts to stop it. You are the vocal majority if you just use your voices to be heard!

TL:DR

A scammer is impersonating artists and scamming money from their followers under the guise of ‘cheap commissions’. If we ignore the issue, it will get worse. Every single person that reads this can afford to spend just 10 seconds to reblog and share this post. Those 10 seconds can save others from being scammed for hundreds of dollars. Reblog & Share

Wait, so would there be 2 blogs, 1 with the story, and 1 with asks for Zephyr Wing and random art and reblogs? Why not have the asks and story be on the same blog and the random art and reblogs be on your mod blog?

Yep, exactly. At this point, my mod blog is more so now just for random posts and reblogs. Not that many people really follow or interact with me there, but it’s fine. I like that it’s a place I can just post and reblog random pony or non-pony related things for fun. lol

Wing’s blog would be more so for general pony art, and for asking something about the story, or anything else.

Doing it like this though gives people an option to just read the story with less clutter, plus I’d still reblog the story posts on Wing’s blog so people can still keep up.

Update Thoughts

So, do you guys think it would be better to have a separate blog solely for story posts? Been on my mind for awhile and even got an ask about it too. This way I could keep this blog for just normal pony art and fun stuff with Zephyr Wing while the other blog gets right into the story with no interruptions. I wouldn’t be burying updates behind random art or reblogs either and I could even talk more with people openly.(I’ve held back because I didn’t want to spam people with text posts.)

In the next update I was going to start doing story posts more comic-page style with 10 pages to cover more of the story at a faster pace, instead of just 10 frames per update. With that method I could post updates once or twice a month and cover a good amount of content without squishing anything.

I would use my Ko-fi and also make a Patreon for supporting updates and add tiers for rewards like commission raffles, update previews, and maybe streams. General commissions would really help as well regardless it’s it’s just a $5 one. Links to my Ko-fi and the Patreon would be posted on the bottom of the story posts as well.

Now I’m not just saying “give me money and then I’ll do more updates,” I’m just looking to get a little support so I can dedicate more time for it is all, that people truly do care about it’s success. I genuinely want to know what you all think and want this all to work out because I really do want to show Wing’s story, but I just can’t do it with “drive” alone. I really have tried.

Thoughts everyone?

really losing my drive to continue updating my zephyr wing blog. I always work hard on content, but never really get any form of support or donations which could really help me update more often. .-. Patreon’s failed me before and I guess now Kofi has.

Mod: It’s tasty! :D

Wing: Mod...stop...*face-hoof*

(Little something I drew for my friend, tusky-duskie, of his OC, Poison Touch, since his birthday is coming up. Some of you might remember him. :P

... ...so DO ponies like Twinkies? o.o;)