There’s been a lot of amazing zine projects lately, but something I see mentioned a lot is a lack of transparency and organization! By detailing sales and transfers in a spreadsheet, I’m hoping to establish more trust in collaborative efforts. (here’s some tips for avoiding scams!)
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG LAD i saw a great many people i admired drawing on the computer. i wanted to draw on the computer too… and seeing as mspaint was the only thing i had, i decided i would become an mspaint master then use the $$$$ to get photoshop USE WHAT I HAVE, WORK WITH WHAT I GOT.
I’VE SINCE GOTTEN LIKE PHOTOSHOP AND ALSO SAI BUT IT IS. MY HONEST OPINION THAT MSPAINT (all versions prior to vista) IS STILL. THE BEST DRAWING PROGRAM EVER.
AS SUCH, most of the things i’ve drawn these past… five… six years… has been on mspaint! for this tutorial, i will demonstrate how i use the limited number of tools available on paint to create my art!
(preview image! character helena belongs to kotaline. if gif doesn’t work click here)
TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction/Important Reads
Preparing your sketches - a. Changing sketch colour - b. Cleaning lines
You’re an artist having a wonderful day posting your art to Tumblr dot com. You don’t always get a ton of attention, but that’s okay. But then one day somebody reblogs one of your posts…
You’re super excited! Someone appreciates your hard work. Then you see the profile picture, and it’s something like this…
[Screenshot of a Tumblr notification that shows an icon that looks suspiciously like a white girl in a bikini showing off her butt, though it’s so small it’s hard to tell. “axpgthglewut reblogged your photo.”]
You’re suspicious at this point, but mildly optimistic. Maybe someone likes both T&A and your Steven Universe fan art. Then you go to their blog and…
[Screenshot of my drawing of Lapis Lazuli. My original description was replaced with the text “you want to fool around?” and a link that leads to God knows where.]
It’s happened. Again. For some bizarre reason a p/orn bot is using your completely safe for work art to get click throughs to something that’s definetly not safe for work.
You desperately want at least your attribution back, but since Tumblr is so horrifically set up you’re very sure there’s no way to do that.
Except you can!
Tumblr allows you to report copyright violations which includes removing your description and injecting their own link. But how to do this?
Step 1: Report them
Go to that human icon, click it to go to the drop down, and select “Report”.
Step 2: Select “Community Violation”
This behavior is explicitly against the Tumblr terms of service so that’s where it goes.
Step 3: Select “Misuse of your identity or work”
Step 4: Select “Misattribution or non-attribution”
Step 5: Select “yes”, this is your work that’s being misattributed.
Step 6: Select “yes”, you posted it to Tumblr.
Step 7: Select “Someone reblogged it and injected a link to their own blog.”
Step 8: Put in the link to your original post, the link to their reblog, and your email. Then submit!
You can get it the link to the reblog without going to their blog directly by going to the dash view of the blog, hovering over the top right corner, right clicking and selecting “copy link address.
While all of us here on this trash website enjoy picking on staff, in my experience they take care of this kind of thing relatively quickly (usually 2-3 days).
I hope this has helped at least some of you, and remember: only you can stop bot reblogs. [insert gif of Smokey the Bear here]
Attention non-artists who commission artists: don’t fuckin do this???
Actually had someone do this to me too. Was doing a art stream, it took me over 2 hours to do his inked commission, he got a refund cause ‘it took too long’ that he figured I wasn’t going to do it after I gave him the file.
Don’t do this. Do not.
I’ve had this happen to me with a $350 comic :/ I had already finished it, it was full color, 6 panels and had a full bg in every panel. I was lucky in that I didn’t spend him money yet, but it left me without funds. I’ve also had the above happen to me as well.
Don’t do this shit to artists. We’re people too. Drawing for you is more than a hobby. It’s a job.
Use Paypal Invoices.
I cannot stress this enough. That shit helps A LOT when it comes down to Paypal refunds/disputes.
There’s a description box that let’s you put in what the product is/how long it’ll take/yadda yadda, and then there’s another little memo box that only you and paypal can see where you can say it’s a digital commission and doesn’t require shipping (So Donald Mcfuck can’t say that they never got their commission).
And there’s also a box for your Terms & Conditions where you can say, if you have any conflicts/want a refund - email me, or you can actually tell the user that this is a digital commission and they won’t be getting a hard copy of it.
ARTISTS. PLEASE USE PAYPAL INVOICES. it will SAVE you. And to: the people who do this to artists – Fuck you. It’s okay if you change your mind and want a refund. But freaking TALK to us and let us know what’s going on. Let us WORK with you.
ALSO A HUGE TIP: Invoices paid will automatically set up a shipping notice which, if not fulfilled, can land you in SERIOUS hot water with PayPal. Since a lot of artists don’t print and ship the commissions, this is a huge problem.
However! Totally manageable. Just go to your PayPal, scroll down to find Seller Preferences
>> Shipping Preferences
>> Display Ship Button. Make sure all the boxes are unchecked. Then you’re all set!
1. Draw yourself in what you're wearing now
2. Draw yourself as a superhero
3. Draw yourself as a super villain
4. Draw yourself in your favorite book
5. Draw yourself in your favorite movie/show/anime
6. Draw yourself in your favorite game
7. Draw yourself doing something completely out of character
8. Draw yourself doing something totally IN character
9. Draw yourself in your favorite outfit
10. Draw yourself as an animal
11. Draw yourself as the opposite sex/gender
12. Draw yourself sleeping
13. Draw yourself as a monster (ghoul/werewolf/vampire/ghost/skeleton/etc)
14. Draw yourself swapping clothes with your favorite character
15. Draw yourself as a dragon
16. Draw yourself making a weird expression
17. Draw yourself doing something badass
19. Draw yourself doing something dumb
20. Draw yourself as a magical girl/guy/other
21. Draw yourself at school
22. Draw yourself as a fantasy creature (elf/dwarf/halfling/etc)
23. Draw yourself as a pirate
24. Draw yourself as a knight
25. Draw yourself as royalty
26. Draw yourself cosplaying as a Disney princess/prince
27. Draw yourself wearing clothes from a different time period
28. Draw yourself punching something
29. Draw yourself in an outfit you want but don't have
30. Draw yourself sleeping
31. Draw yourself mmmblockin out the haters
32. Draw yourself drawing yourself drawing yourself
33. Draw yourself in the position your currently in
34. Draw yourself doing whatever you want
Tag it as #drawyourselfart so I can see!
