Welcome Back!! You Said That We Are Free To Draw Your Mer! OCs (or Just Your OCs In General), May I Have

Welcome back!! You said that we are free to draw your mer! OCs (or just your OCs in general), may I have some pictures of them? I would love to make art of them!

YO!

i don't have any actual refs done (bc i hate making those and stall making them like hell)

But what yesterday i made this lil' Sunxolotl temp* ref with a bunch of artist notes (*which will prolly never be updated) so have that and admire the sunshine

and as for the other mers the best i can give u are these 2 flat vers of other pieces of them i use for color ref lol

u just gotta figure them out sorry-

i do not have any more made for others (will do them someday) so i'd just say to scroll thru my #mermer tag

all of the pieces with the mers r tagged with it there ain't that many of them, so it shouldn't take too long

but if you're feeling lazy, here's just direct links for Moon Bloodmoon(s) and Solar (tho this design is not final)

have fun with that

YT, please give us back our show i cannot do this anymore-

sadly i am dead over on twitter X, so this won't go really far

but just- lemme grieve in peace-!!!

feels bad frogde.

Ok, I'll say this for the first and hopefully only time.

(I know it's long, but it's quite important, so please read.)

If you ask me to draw anything in a form of a request (but also applies to trades or even commissions in a way)

I am not obligated to do it. If I do decide to do so, it's because I have the time, strengths, and will I am kind enough to do it for you. I do not. Owe you. Shit.

If I say I'll be willing to do something before discussing the details, I am 100% free to just say no if the thing you want is not something I am comfortable with.

And I do not need to give an explanation why. Most of the time I'll just go silent about it. Because I am not good with serious talk, I don't like it, I am awkward, social anxiety etc. And because I also want to try and be kind.

So if I ghost you after such a thing. You may text me again. Once. To make sure I didn't just forget, it happens. If I still go silent, that means it's not happening. Give up.

Weird shit includes oversexualizing characters or putting them in weird scenarios.

Sure, I do some questionable shit, but I don't usually go outside of suggestive or just thirst traps if I feel like it. I don't do explicit NSFW. (in a sexual sense, I use curse words and enjoy some heavy gore quite often, but those are not the focus of this.)

Or weird kinks or somethin'. No kink shaming. Just don't ask me to make shit I don't like. I think it's that simple. If You're aware, what you are going to ask for is questionable - make sure the artist you're asking is ok with that - and if you won't find anything about it - don't. At the very least, ask about their boundaries. Don't just slap them with that.

I legit am traumatized by some shit some people asked me to do. And I am not easy to get a reaction from.

It's ok to ask me for stuff I've done already - take for the example the 'Solar's hips' joke I have going on. Some people would probably consider it weird in some way, but it's just harmless simping and poking fun at a character that canonically has been called out for being a twink

It's a small gag I have going on with some people I know on Tumblr

if I was uncomfortable with it, I would not take it as far as I did. I think it's funny, and I do enjoy drawing that candy corn, so it's win-win for everyone.

This also comes down to me drawing characters suggestively only if I myself find them attractive in some shape, way or form. I find it funny or there's other context behind it.

Even if it's a character I like, not always will I do that to them.

I can draw shit out of Shadow, but I will not touch Tails with that. I love both of these characters, but I see them very differently. Also, Tails is literally like 8yo, but that's a completely different discussion.

When it comes to commissions - yes. You pay me to do something for you. But because of that factor - I am willing to do more and get more out of my comfort zone than if I was doing it for no profit. (still not NSFW. I mean, more character design or somethin') And the thing is discussed before payment. I will not agree to it if it makes me feel in any way I do not enjoy.

This issue appeared only on DeviantArt, thus far, and I am really happy Tumblr doesn't put me though that too. (update: I actually got one kinda weird ask there once, but it was more of a cursed thought, a laugh and that's about it)

if I ever get anything like that again and don't break my arm while trying to break the monitor, I'll just be deleting everything that person said and if they keep on pushing, I'll just block. I don't usually block people, but I am kinda tired at this point.

Apologies if it's a very long, aggressive rant but-- idfk I'm fed up with that bs.

TL;DR

don't ask any artist to draw you weird shit that might make them uncomfortable, don't act/sound demanding and behave like they owe you their work for any reason, bc in this situation you're the one begging somebody else to do work for you for free. Basically.

I had to rant.

This post goes onto both Tumblr and DA btw. DA to hopefully stop that bs and Tumblr to hopefully prevent it from happening.

LOVE IT WHEN HE 🦎!!!!!

Let's talk about the bring back laes movemet.

As someone who's dealt with this YouTube bullshit before, I said on the tsbs server for the younger fans who are upset and panicking, it would take about two weeks maximum for YouTube to do anything.

Well, two weeks came and gone, practically half a month, within that timeframe, we are looking at a year.

While I do think Davis has the right idea, on "respectfully make some noise" and I do think he has the best intentions I don't think he knows what to do to get YouTube's attention and it's a frustrating situation. So I understand his frustration.

DON'T BOTHER MAKING NOISE ON INSTAGRAM OR TUMBLR.

YouTube does not go there. They won't see it.

What you actually have to do as an audience is to @ The YouTube team on Twitter.

And while fanart to @ YouTube corporate is.... Ummm.... Fine??? Like they legitimately won't understand.

YouTube sorts through lots of emails and correspondence a day. They are a corporate run account.

It's like sending a picture of fanart to your boss about asking for a raise.

It just doesn't work and isn't appropriate for the situation.

Tagging things as #bring back laes or #save laes is... Better.

But, tagging YouTube in those things, they wouldn't know what laes is.

What has been shown to work. Is @ YouTube. And fully explain the situation and why you are atting them. Pretend you are writing a formal letter and this is the first time YouTube has ever heard of the situation.

This is the best possible method with the tools provided to us.

If you feel unconfident with your letter writing skills, feel free to use a template.

The number one best option to get YouTube to not drag their feet is for any of the VAs to do one of two things: Threaten Legal action. Which I don't think any of them are inclined to do, and likely don't have lawyers. Or actually KNOW someone who works for YouTube corporate. Which unfortunately I don't think they do.

So yeah. Strongly worded letters @ 'd over Twitter work best. Tumblr and Instagram noises will be far quieter, and fanart will just be misunderstood.

Good luck getting the channel back.