#why not take advantage of it
And to the people who’ve been whining about how these recent posts are ‘guilting’ people in to reblogging art/fics/content ‘just to help their numbers’ or saying its stupid that tumblr creators have been asking that people reblog rather than just leave a like on their work because “you should be able to use the site however you want and if you want to use it like twitter/instagram/tiktok and never reblog anything that’s fine! uwu” or whatever: worsties you’re literally getting content - fics fanart etc - for FREE. If doing the literal bare minimum of sharing content that you LIKE to help and show creators appreciation for the work they put in is simply Too Much for you then start paying. Leave a Kofi donation or subscribe to their Patreon if they have one. No? You don’t want to do that either?? Then stop the “wah wah how dare creators who are spending hours to provide me with free content for my enjoyment ask me to take the extra step to Share the content that I already Like and use the site the way it was Supposed to be used and Ruin my ~blog aesthetic~ just to hELp ThEir NuMbErS“ give me a break
Real talk: I stopped making my own Sherlock fanart because it’s just too depressing to watch people ‘like’ it but not reblog it. Yay, glad people like it, but no-one else will see it because either a) they can’t be bothered to reblog, b) it’s not ‘good enough’ for their blog or c) despite repeated attempts to educate Tumblr users, they STILL don’t understand how this hellsite works.
A note about ‘not good enough’ - taste is subjective. Some art you think is crap, someone else will think is beautiful. The new artists who are getting their proportions wrong today are the people who will produce something amazing a year from now with more practice - but they aren’t going to practice or share their art if they feel they’re throwing their efforts into the void.
The reblog button is RIGHT THERE. It takes me 6 hours to make a piece of art, it takes you 1 second to hit reblog. If people aren’t willing to do that, then why invest my time? I make original art for myself instead and just don’t share it here.
These days I reblog TF out of all the Sherlock/Johnlock fanart I come across and people follow my account for that. I’m happy to help. It just sucks that when I spent hours making my own art to share that it tanked. I’m far from the only artist to go through this, and sadly won’t be the last.
Reblog fanart or there won’t be any more fanart.
Laters.
This tbh
