Been meaning to ask why you reblog in chains and why the stuff you reblog is super inconsistent you don't have a set aesthetic and some of the art is really ugly or from dead blogs won't that make it harder to find your content
You're actually one of the few people to ask about my reblogging method, and that took me a bit to understand. Apologies, it's 3am and I've been doing things in preparation for moving house this Saturday (it's been a long two weeks thus far).
It's kinda embarrassing... The way I reblog stuff is tied in to a bit of a trauma of mine.
As a kid I was conditioned to believe all of my childhood drawings were worthless. That stuff I made wasn't worth saving. That when I drew things, inevitably the time I poured into making it was ending up in a trash bin. I only recently realized other artists saved their older art to look back on fondly (and cringe a bit because of past inexperience).
That in mind, I have this thing I like to do that I call "Rabbit Holing"... It's probably not the best way to find content on Tumblr, but it's the method that works for me due to my short attention span and terrible memory.
It involves a couple of steps:
Go into a random tag of whatever fandom I'm currently into.
Find a piece of art I like.
Click the Like button on that piece.
Proceed along to the next art and or fic. Like that one as well.
Rinse and repeat until you got a couple of nice different art pieces stored in my likes page.
After collecting enough of those, open new tabs with each OP's Tumblr blog.
Open each blog's archives and begin navigating their fandom/art/fic/misc tags. There might be slight variations of those so be as through as you want.
Look through their collection of things they've seen and reblogged into their own blogs, plus their own posts as well. Congratulations you've just opened several new rabbit holes to older/more obscure/newer artists that like the same stuff as you.
Reblog the accumulation of content in whatever order you prefer.
I see a variety of things through the eyes of other people.
I see artists who were clearly experimenting with new styles, new brushes, new colors, new methods. Drawing nothing and everything just to see what they could accomplish.
I see writers who wrote to their heart's delight, either making up lighthearted stories or trying to touch on more serious subjects that some would rather ignore or sugar-coat.
Sometimes I find the most beautiful drawings that come from long dead blogs, or that exist only through reblogs because the OP felt like they couldn't indulge in an old guilty pleasure anymore.
Or, I find a series of fics that have me at the edge of my seat wondering what comes next. The chapters lost to time, but the words leaving an impact that I'll cherish for as long as I can hold that story in my own archives.
Other times I find drawings that are wobbly, inexperienced or aesthetically ugly to some, but that people clearly put love and dedication into making. Little gateways into better more consistent pieces that then lead to a bold variety of shapes and colors.
Overall, I find a lot of old things that mark the beginning or end of an era in a content creator's life. And I'm led on a mini journey of seeing someone flourish into a better artist/writer.
It's... Kinda humbling. Not being able to remember where I started myself, but being able to see where someone picked up a craft.
Sometimes people don't learn past certain steps, and sometimes people give up halfway through... But I find that encouraging in its own way.
I learn from these people. I learn from their mistakes. From their attempts to be better, and from the way others tried to remember them too.
It's why I'm so eager to share ideas and spread the thoughts of others I guess. I just like the idea that maybe someone will look into my own blog's archive and maybe see all the good things the past and present of certain communities accomplished. Even when Tumblr inevitably crashes and burns, I like to think about the positive impact a lot of people try to leave.
So nah, doesn't bother me if my stuff doesn't get seen over the things I reblog.
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More Trese fanart, I needed to get this out of my system.
I wanted to redraw this scene. I hate how in the show, not once did I see Alexandra care about the twins considering they basically grew up together. She literally only had to give them a fist bump, its like the bare minimum in showing that she atleast cares a tiny bit, I was throwing hands. I want that sibling dynamic man, I’ll be making more stuff about that >:’/
Translation for some of the stuff:
Parati nalang: its always like this
Hay naku: oh my/oh jeez
Shameless self-promotion but please check out my other: Trese fanart
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