#danmei art | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

maalidoesart · 6 months

Text

this scene is bery VERY wenzhou coded

1K notes · View notes

aworldforastage · 10 months

Text

Novels I read for the audiodrama cover art

judge a book by the cover of its adaptation ~

钟情 by 静水边 on Mao'er FM -- We have dragons, capes, and swords, in space! Are they real or symbolic? What genre is this actually? I never read a space-themed danmei or any original guide/sentinel stories, so this picture totally hooked me for the novelty.

心眼 by 北南 on Manbo-- This cover art actually sketches out a story instead of "just vibes". Why is this guy leaving? Why did the other person take until the train station to try to stop him? Are the big red headphones over the ears important symbolism to contrast or complement the "eyes" in the title?

我成了虐文女主她亲哥/I Became the Older Brother of the Heroine in an Abusive Novel by 刘狗花 on Mao'er FM -- You can just tell the boy in white is Best Boy™ who deserves ALL the cookies and encouraging pats on the head. The boy in blue is obviously trying to be cool and ready to bite the head off anyone who is mean to Best Boy™, so he also deserves cookies and a pat on the head.

督主有病/Governor’s Illness by 杨溯 on Mao'er FM -- Bare branches, autumn leaves, and dramatic winds. Based on my years of watching c-drama, two people looking at each other like this under a pavilion are almost certainly headed for a dramatic and/or tragic confrontation. This picture is promising beautiful, poetic angst.

君有疾否/Jun You Ji Fou by 如似我闻– on Mao'er FM -- That gremlin's little smile and adoring expression while he plays with his partner's hair! The intimacy implied by the the bare forearm, loose hair, and untied cloak! The reservation and uncertainty in one partner's expression, contrasted with their physical closeness! This relationship is going to be so much to unpack!

#钟情 #心眼 #君有疾否 #jyjf #nwnz #我成了虐文女主她亲哥 #dzyb #督主有病 #Governor’s Illness #danmei novels #danmei faves #danmei audiodrama #danmei art #my reading

9 notes · View notes

unforth · 9 months

Text

Gentle reminder that very little fandom labor is automated, because I think people forget that a lot.

That blog with a tagging system you love? A person curates those tags by hand.

That rec blog with a great organization scheme and pretty graphics? Someone designed and implemented that organization scheme and made those graphics.

That network that posts a cool variety of stuff? People track down all that variety and queue it by hand, and other people made all the individual pieces.

That post with umpteen links to helpful resources, and information about them? Someone gathered those links, researched the sources, wrote up the information about them.

That graphic about fandom statistics? Someone compiled those statistics, analyzed them, organized them, figured out a useful way to convey the information to others, and made the post.

That event that you think looks neat? Someone wrote the rules, created the blogs and Discords, designed the graphics, did their best to promo the event so it'd succeed.

None of this was done automatically. None of it just appears whole out of the internet ether.

I think everyone realizes that fic writing and fanart creation are work, and at least some folks have got it through their heads that gif creation and graphics and moodboards take effort, and meta is usually respected for the effort that goes into it, at least as far as I've seen, but I feel like a lot of people don't really get how much labor goes into curation, too.

If people are creating resources, curating content, organizing the creations of others, gathering information, and doing other fandom activities that aren't necessarily the direct action of creation, they're doing a lot of fandom labor, and it's often largely unrecognized.

Celebrate fan work!

To folks doing this kind of labor: I see you, and I thank you. You are the backbones of our fandoms and I love you.

#unforth rambles #this wasn't really prompted by anything #I'm just sick and tired and distractable #or i should say it wasn't prompted by anything recent or that happened now #like no one has disrespected me #but as i hit the point that it's regularly taking me an hour plus every single day to queue things for the danmei art blogs #i just think of all the times people go WAIT YOU RUN ALL OF THOSE??? BY YOURSELF???#like i just don't think a lot of people realize how much work it is to really do background fandom labor long term #and i appreciate places like rec blogs and networks and events and just everyone #y'all are awesome #thank you so much

18K notes · View notes

quelmdn · 6 months

Text