this reminds me of my brother's graduation!! The salutatorian not only made everyone who knew the game already lose, she then proceeded to explain the rules and indoctrinate the entire crowd

It's come to my attention that a good portion of the younger generation has not been made aware of one of the greatest and most hated PILLARS of millennial society.

So I apologize, but I must take on this task. A new hand must touch the beacon. The knowledge must be passed on. The chain can not be broken.

So.

The Game.

The following are the rules of The Game:

there is no winning The Game

once you know of The Game, you are always playing the game

the point of The Game is to not think about The Game

if you think about The Game, you have lost The Game, and must announce this to those around you - causing them to also lose The Game

A "reset period" of roughly an hour or two before loss announcements is common in colloquial rules to allow yourself and those around you to properly temporarily "forget" about The Game, however that is not an official rule.

Go forth, you next generation, and I am sorry.

yknow i never noticed the sheer rareness of images having ids or alt text on this website until i started adding alt text to my art (and trying to remember to add it to any images i post in general, especially text screenshots) and that makes me kinda sad

New zine that's free for anyone to print and distribute! Read the whole thing at newlevant.com/COVIDzine or in the rest of this post.

thanks for tagging me!! :D

1) View Between Villages - Noah Kahan

2) The Well - The Crane Wives

3) Up the Wolves - The Mountain Goats

4) Coyotes - Modest Mouse

5) Winter - Yabadum

@ugc1230 @staary-eyes @deityofhearts @wasabihere @sunbeamsinapinecone @luinen-bluewater

When you get this ask you have to put 5 songs you listen to, post it, then send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positive vibes are cool)

1:coming undone by korn

2:pressure by muse

3:lifetime achievement award by lemon demon

4:pseudologia fantastica by foster the people

5:GMFU by odetari

& im not sure if im doing this right because i never did answers on here before but here goes nothing lol

@crazycratebreaker @emmasmudge @oninonring (im not sure if oninonring is following me or not but they're a person i would love to get to know better) @dogbound1128 @sleuth-hounds @valoo622 @meet-you-at-the-cemetery-gates @deathnot-e @shinyeeveelynn & @blackheartbiohazards

money is Tight(tm) which means I’m Stressed(tm) so I was wondering if anyone would be interesting in buying any of these character designs I made and then never did anything with, idk how to even price these so idk just make an offer of $20 or $25 or above (per design) if you want thanks <3

EDIT the blue design has been taken <3

the other two are still for grabs pls buy them

Please be aware that the "opt-out" choice is just a way to try to appease people. But Tumblr has not been transparent about when has data been sold and shared with AI companies, and there are sources that confirm that data has already been shared before the toggle was even provided to users.

Also, it seems to include data they should not have been able to give under any circumstance, including that of deactivated blogs, private messages and conversations, stuff from private blogs, and so on.

Do not believe that "AI companies will honor the "opt-out request retroactively". Once they've got their hands on your data (and they have), they won't be "honoring" an opt-out option retroactively. There is no way to confirm or deny what data do they have: The fact they are completely opaque on what do they currently "own" and have, means that they can do whatever they want with it. How can you prove they have your data if they don't give everyone free access to see what they've stolen already?

So, yeah, opt out of data sharing, but be aware that this isn't stopping anyone from taking your data. They already have been taking it, before you were given that option. Go and go to Tumblr's Suppport and leave your Feedback on this (politely, but firmly- not everyone in the company is responsible for this.)

Finally: Opt out is not good under any circumstance. Deactivated people can't opt out. People who have lost their passwords can't opt out. People who can't access internet or computers can't opt out. People who had their content reposted can't opt out. Dead people can't opt out. When DeviantArt released their AI image generator, saying that it wasn't trained on people who didn't consent to it, it was proven it could easily replicate the styles of people who had passed away, as seen here. So, yeah. AI companies cannot be trusted to have any sort of respect for people's data and content, because this entire thing is just a data laundering scheme.

Please do reblog for awareness.

By the way, this is where this blog stands. I'm so fucking tired. Support your favourite artists however you can- we need the help more than ever.

its official: tumblr is selling our data to Midjourney

we'd been hearing rumors about this for a bit but now its open and out there. some details from this article

it goes without saying, but if @staff goes through with this its going to be an utter shitshow and im all but certain the website will not survive it.

✨hi all!✨ I hear there's a lot of energy for phone calls at the moment and I want to encourage you to keep that energy up and also call your reps to ask for a ceasefire in gaza! ❤️

Jewish Voice for Peace has a site which automatically connects you to the right people and provides a script you can use to call your members of congress if you're in the US.

Islamic Relief in the UK also has a page where you can write to your MPs to call for a ceasefire.

if anyone else has info about how to contact govt representatives in other countries please add it here as well!

tumblr has an AI toggle you should turn on to prevent your work being shared with training models/etc! it's under settings & visibility.

Hi, Tumblr. It’s Tumblr. We’re working on some things that we want to share with you. 

AI companies are acquiring content across the internet for a variety of purposes in all sorts of ways. There are currently very few regulations giving individuals control over how their content is used by AI platforms. Proposed regulations around the world, like the European Union’s AI Act, would give individuals more control over whether and how their content is utilized by this emerging technology. We support this right regardless of geographic location, so we’re releasing a toggle to opt out of sharing content from your public blogs with third parties, including AI platforms that use this content for model training. We’re also working with partners to ensure you have as much control as possible regarding what content is used.

Here are the important details:

We already discourage AI crawlers from gathering content from Tumblr and will continue to do so, save for those with which we partner. 

We want to represent all of you on Tumblr and ensure that protections are in place for how your content is used. We are committed to making sure our partners respect those decisions.

To opt out of sharing your public blogs’ content with third parties, visit each of your public blogs’ blog settings via the web interface and toggle on the “Prevent third-party sharing” option. 

For instructions on how to opt out using the latest version of the app, please visit this Help Center doc. 

Please note: If you’ve already chosen to discourage search crawling of your blog in your settings, we’ve automatically enabled the “Prevent third-party sharing” option.

If you have concerns, please read through the Help Center doc linked above and contact us via Support if you still have questions.

one of these days when i have more time and more of my life together I'd love to participate in hourly comic day. Seems fun

need to draw something it's been too long

First illustration of 2017! A generic dromaeosaur among some vaguely-researched prehistoric flora! It may still need some touch ups, but I’m proud of it.

🍁🐓A Haunted Harvest🐓🍁

Happy autumn everyone!! I hope you're all doing well!! Had a minute to breathe from school to finish formatting this!! Here's a little series I did in one of my classes as part of the visual development of a project of mine :) It may also end up in my school portfolio too to showcase the process, I'm not too sure. I'm reaching a point where I'll probably end up adding work I've done here to it. So far I've kept things pretty separate and not tied to any of my school or professional work, but that's becoming slightly impractical as I look for internships and whatnot. That being said, it will be very rare I add any of that stuff here, it'll be more likely I use this work in my portfolio instead. anyways, ramble over haha.

This was a lot of fun to do!! at the time of making it, I really wanted to test out a new inking style, one I've incorporated in my other pieces since :) for the final project, i did end up doing something somewhat similar, but in a more painterly style with line art. Aaaaand I was advised to make the chicken happier, which did make sense for the final application haha. But I love my haunted little chicken buddy ^^

[ID: Three white papers in a line with illustrations on them partially covered in leaves on leaf covered grass. the two outermost illustrations are tall, narrow pieces of paper, while the center page is a square. From left to right, the illustrations are a lettuce plant with roots, a chicken head, and a carrot with leaves and smaller root structures at the tip. are are drawn in black ink, and colored with yellow, red, and blue inks. they are also surrounded by black, yellow, red, and blue hash marks throughout the page to imitate a block print. the chicken head face left and slightly down, it's beak opened.

Image 2: A hand holding the previously described illustrations over a grassy, leaf covered pack ground. instead of the previous order however, they are held in a splayed out pattern like a deck of cards, the rightmost image being on top. from right to left, the order is carrot, lettuce, and chicken. the hand comes in from the bottom right of the frame, and is white, has black nail polish and a gray sweatshirt sleeve.

Image 3: Illustration of a chicken in black, blue, and red ink head on a white background covered in the same colored hash marks. the chicken faces left, it's head tilted downward with an open beak and blank stare. it's beak is predominately yellows, while parts of its face, full comb, and wattles, are mostly red. it's eye is yellow, and its body is mostly white. all areas of the chicken have yellow, blue, abs red in them to differing degrees. the outline of the chicken has wavering, disconnected lines surrounding it.

Image 4: Illustrations of the lettuce and the carrot, left to right, on white pages overlaid on a black background. they have the same style line are and colors as the chicken piece. No one color out of the yellow, red, and blue takes up either drawing. however the carrot is more saturated than the lettuce.

Image 5: close-up on the chicken's head. details in the face, such as the skin and feather texture, are more apparent. it crops at the tip of the beak, cutting the lower part of it off at the end, halfway up the comb, and before the neck truly begins.

Image 6: crop focusing on the leaves of the carrot illustration. most of them are in frame, with the exception of the tips. the top quarter of the carrot is also in frame

Image 7: close up on the root structure of the lettuce plant. most of the roots are in frame, with the exception of the very ends of them. the crop also shows the lower half of the lettuce leaves /end ID]

🍂 GILDED WOOD🍂

Winding through the gnarled trees, down twisting and turning paths, it’s not hard to lose your way. If you’re not careful, it’s not hard to lose yourself

hi everyone!! It’s been too long since I’ve drawn a dragon!! This one is actually based on a sketch I did a couple of years ago!! Happy to have turned it into something more finalized!! Now to finish a couple more WIPS before school starts.. I have a good feeling that with my course load and some other factors I’m going to be swamped this term, bit we’ll see

[ID: Black, gold, and tan Ink illustration of a dragon head and neck framed in the top corner and right side by gnarled, gold branches on a textured white background. The dragon’s neck is cropped through the use of its scales turning into golden drips. It faces left in profile view, its mouth opened with a frightful expression, revealing sharp teeth lined with gold ink at the tips. Its tongue rolls in the back of its mouth. A tan plume of smoke rises from a flared nostril. The lower lip, reminiscent of a dog’s, is gold. The dragon has one, wide, vacant gold eye visible. It also has a large, branching horn coming from the top of its head, a pointy ear with a wing-like shape, and three, large curving inward horns coming from its cheek. Along the dragon’s spine, there are also spikes. The dragon’s underbelly has thin scales that stretch across the neck, while the face and body has more circular to rounded scales. Both types of scales transition into the gold drips; the underbelly scales do not extend as far, and follow more of a line compared to the rounded scales. Surrounding the dragon are sketchier, shaky lines that stand on their own, or extend from the general outline. In the top left corner is a large gold branch thats roots stretch over 2/3 of the top and the rest of the branch down 3/4 of the left side. Where the smoke overlaps it, the branch breaks. A few dead, golden leaves hang from the smaller branches. Stretching 3/4 up the right side is another golden branch with a smaller root system. It also has a few dead leaves hanging from its branches further up. There are a few watermarks reading “LEAVES AND INKS” on separate lines, along with a signature below the dragon’s head with the same text in one line, preceded by an “@“ symbol.

Image 2: Close up on the previously described dragon’s head. Details with the gold ink and scales become more apparent. It crops just after the beginning of the top horn, ear, and the largest most cheek horn, the other two being more in frame. The top portion of the branches are visible and stretch across the whole frame, only breaking up for the smoke. In the bottom left corner there is a small portion of the rest of the left branch. There are a couple watermarks reading “LEAVES AND INKS” on separate lines, along with the signature below the dragon’s head reading “leaves and inks” on one line, preceded by an “@“ symbol.

Image 3: Close up on the neck and ends of one of the branches of the previously described illustration. The crop begins at the start of the head horn and ears, only two cheek horns are in-frame. Most of the head horn is in frame, save for one off-shoot at the top. The neck crops midway down, and fills up one half of the frame. The top most gold branches of the right side branch make up the bottom right corner, along with one dead leaf. There are a couple watermarks reading “LEAVES AND INKS” on separate lines.

Image 4: Close up focusing on the bottom part of the rightmost branch, some of the gold drips, and lower portion of the neck. The neck takes up the leftmost third of the frame, cropping before any of the most external drips come to an end. Everything but the roots and upper half of of the right branch are visible, focusing instead more on the trunk structure and beginnings of the branches. There are a couple watermarks reading “LEAVES AND INKS” on separate lines. /end ID]

Bonus! The original sketch it’s based off of!!

[ID: Pencil sketch of a dragon bust, similar to the finished piece. It’s drawn in a less realistic style, and does not include spikes alongside the back. It’s eye also has a pupil, and the branches overlap the dragon’s shape more. It’s horns, of which there os one additional one on the upper part of the cheek, have webbing in between them. It also does not feature the dripping effect featured in the original. The branches are more angled, and have interconnecting, not long roots. The are a few watermarks on the piece that read “LEAVES AND INKS” each word on separate lines. /end ID]

thanks for tagging me @ugc1230 !! :D

L: Little Dark Age by MGMT

E: Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears For Fears

A: Alrighty Aphrodite by Peach Pit

V: Ventura Highway by America, George Martin

E: Ends of the Earth by Lord Huron

S: Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin

A: A-Punk by Vampire Weekend

N: Northern Attitude by Noah Kahan

D: Dog Days are Over by Florence + The Machine

I: It's Called: Freefall by Rainbow Kitten Surprise

N: Notion by The Rare Occasions

K: Kilby Girl by The Backseat Lovers

S: Space Song by Beach House

feel free to participate if you'd like!! ^^

tagged by @gayjokes to write out my url in songs!

u - us and them by pink floyd

g - glory days by bruce springsteen

c - carefree highway by gordon lightfoot

1 - 14 years by guns n’ roses

2 - 25 or 6 to 4 by chicago

3 - ‘39 by queen

0 - (i don’t know any songs that start with a zero so i’m gonna pretend it’s an o) outta time - orville peck

i’ll tag @leaves-and-inks @freshwaterraven and anyone else who’s like to do it :)