I K E A

I K E A

Finally answered Instagram’s question

I'm getting new followers recently

AND I DONT KNOW WHY-

I don't know why they followed me if they don't specify why they follow me in the first place especially me who don't really do Tumblr posts as interesting as the ones I follow.

PLEASE If any of you are new to Tumblr and have not changed their profiles or bio PLEASE UPDATE THEM Because I am not comfortable knowing I have followers who are not interested in my blog/content. It's giving false hope of appreciation for just new users like me and just totally uncomfortable vibes

If you don't change your profiles/bio immediately there is a high chance you will be blocked and spammed.

PLEASE Follow the guide

PSA for New Users/Blank Blogs/Ageless Blogs

If you keep getting blocked from content creator blogs there are three major reasons and ways to fix them.

🚩🚩🚩This is a Huge RED flag!🚩🚩🚩

1. Update your avatar. Anything besides the default picture.

2. Update your blog title and description. Add your age range, Minor, or 18+ to the blog title/description. "Untitled" is a red flag that you are a bot. Something as simple as "Here for the fanfic! 18+" will do it.

3. Reblog or post something to let us know you aren't just a bot. You can reblog the potato of luck or make a post that just says "Human. Please don't block me!"

Please respect others' boundaries. If a blog says they are 18+, don't follow them if you are a minor. If a blog posts things you aren't interested in, unfollow or block them.

Most of all, be kind. Kindness costs nothing and means everything.

I've been seeing a lot of doom and gloom about the animation industry lately, particularly related to AI, overwork, underpay, etc. As an artist in the industry, would you mind sharing your view of things? Is it as bad as it looks?

It's definitely rough out there right now, just because of a number of different factors:

Being overworked and underpaid has been an issue for a real long time. This area is actually improving a little bit (but not completely) since I first came into the industry.

Social media platforms collapsing because of crappy management's poor decision-making is a problem, since that's where a lot of artists network and even find new jobs.

The streaming bubble is a big reason why a lot of my friends are out of work right now...a lot of our work was going into streaming, and the streaming companies in turn have screwed over artists in a number of different ways (weird splits on seasons, cancelling shows to avoid residuals, not giving proper credit or marketing, obfuscated viewership numbers, etc.) So either streaming needs to be fixed to be artist and viewer-friendly, or better platforms need to come about for hosting shows and movies.

AI is definitely an issue, but it's not just the animation industry; it's something to deal with in a lot of different industries. That's one of the big reasons that the writers and actors are striking, and it's very important that they get job protection from that, since that will affect a lot of other industries. (Animation's union, TAG, can't sympathy strike right now; their contract is renewed next year...and where I work in Canada, most studios don't even have a union.)

If you're looking to get into the industry yourself, what I do want to emphasize is that this is not a death knell, and that you shouldn't give up on it! The industry always goes through ups and downs, and unfortunately right now we're in a down state, and it's nerve-wracking since it's not clear when or how we'll go back up. But despite what tech bros and mediocre capitalists lacking imagination may say, the world will always need art made by humans, and that includes animation. The important thing to remember is that you're not going at it alone, and that as with most things, there's real power in unionizing and solidarity with fellow artists. That's why I think union stuff keeps coming up, and why it's so important...because collective action is the real solution to all these problems the industry is facing right now.

Spoiler alert for the new Ava episode/season

Wait what part did AvM was referenced?????!! PLS I NEED TO KNOW I WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION MUCH 😭😭😭

And now

YES! I've been thinking the same about our ghost boi, Victim. He was deleted, Erased to existence, so I believe he can't be that one dude. (That is unless the logic here is whenever a creation is made, it ended up in that city website for sticks instead of being ghosts, but I don't think that's the case. Just still a theory)

As for TDL, I saw a comment about this in the AVG reacts, so a user said it could possibly be DTL whose colors fade/change after TSC K.Oed him. Who then might have been saved by the gun guy (I think some call him 'Striker' but idk)

I kinda want to believe this more than Vic being alive, because firstly, Vic is canonically erased, the only way to bring him back is if the logic is different. Secondly, we never know what happened to DTL after that final strike, TDL is mostly known to be indestructible. It's most likely to be him then saved OR making a new army (well, agency might be the term?) Then hunting TCO for his 'crimes'

Oor maybe it's just a new character in general TvT

Right now here's my bingo chart?

Maroon X's are canon

Purple and blue are unsure ofc TvT

HERES MY AVA S2 BINGO CARD. CAN YOU TELL I WANT TDL BACK?? CAN YOU *TELL*???????????? (feel free to use!)

Awwh yaayy :D thanks Tuliip

*scoops him up and places him in a more nicer bed

You must've been very tired from your trip little one, you should rest ^^

📦 Oh boy! You guys got another package!

👌🎉✨

3rd, 5th and 6th you say? XD

Your 3rd, 5th and 6th non-face emoji shows how RGBY are gonna learn about Orange's powers.