alcohol culture is so wild…people all over fb will be sharing a meme like “i can’t have just one glass of wine, it’s always 2 bottles and 3 people i can never look in the eye again” as if that’s normal? but if a meme like that was going around about cocaine or any other drug, everyone would be like “sounds like a drug problem bruh”
alcoholism is SO normalized and it’s such a toxic environment honestly
So over the past 10-15 years, as I’ve been trying to branch out, grow a following and sell commissions, there’s one phrase I’ve heard more than any other.
“I’d love to support you, but I have no money.”
And you know, I get that. I understand. I don’t have any either. But here’s the secret. The most powerful and useful thing you can do to support an artist? It doesn’t cost a penny. Reblog their posts, signal boost their commissions, advertise their patreon./ If you have commissioned them, or do support their patreon? Write a review, tell your friends, share their links. Keep circulating the tapes.
Every post is an artist laying themselves bare before you. You have the power to make them into somebody. You can make them into a big name, you can help bring them an income. All you have to do is share.
Here’s a handy infographic.
If artists get only likes, they never get any exposure. They find no followers, they make no money, and feel worthless.
But with reblogs, who knows how far they could reach? New people could see their work and follow them, and maybe one person will spot that commissions post or patreon promo, and maybe offer to help support them. And it didn’t even cost those followers a penny to reblog the post.
So please, anyone out there. If you enjoy an artist’s work and can’t afford to give any monetary support, you can give them something more powerful. A voice.
And authors, too. Please reblog and share author commissions!
To use the first 200 reblogs of this post as an example:
That orange dot is OP! Look at how far those first few reblogs spread this post!
Can I also add!!!!!!
This doesn’t work if you repost art.
Especially when you remove the credit, you break the web of connections. Only only only ever repost an artist’s context if you have ALREADY asked them and they have ALREADY given EXPLICIT permission
okay I know it’s late but I want everyone to hear this thing I came up with earlier:
Karkat is a wedding planner. He’s fantastic at his job, literally the best in the biz. People don’t really like him all that much because he yells a lot and insults everybody even remotely involved with the wedding at least once (it’s like Gordon Ramsay on kitchen nightmares except worse). People do respect him a lot, though, because his work is beautiful and magical and somehow exactly how they always dreamed it would be. They never fail to make people cry. Karkat usually ends up apologizing to everybody he insulted or treated badly at the reception (aside from the wedding party he generally works with the same people, so they’re used to this by now, but the wedding party tends to appreciate it).
Because of how amazing his weddings are, there’s always tons and tons of couples clamoring to get him to work with them. Since Karkat is technically a god, it doesn’t matter how much money people give him to do their wedding. Instead, he insists on hearing all about the couple, from how they met all the way to the proposal. He works with the couples he thinks have the most romantic story, because he thinks they have the greatest potential for a life filled with love and happiness together.
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