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
bc they were on the starblaster for 100 years come on
magnus: [points to any animal on any given planet] taako tell that motherfucker i want to fight him
honestly a bunch of jokes about taako, lup, and barry being disney princesses for talking to animals
barry: can you please help me clean this mess up? merle: why don’t you just ask your animal friends to help? gather up your woodland creatures– barry: THAT WAS JUST THE ONE PLANET IT DOESN’T WORK ANYWHERE ELSE
merle is jesus
making up increasingly ludicrous stories and trying to get lucretia to actually write them down
magnus: you know, my real name is actually studly burninglove lucretia: [without looking up] you know what, magnus? i’ll do it. i will actually write that down. future generations will know you as studly. would that make you happy?
in that vein, davenport knew absolutely nothing about pop culture, so they keep making up celebrities and events and acting like they happened
they like. maintain it too. they have a whole canon of made-up pop culture.
taako: [something explodes] ugh this is just like when fantasy billy ray cyrus had his mid-90s breakdown davenport: isn’t it more like when fantasy kesha and fantasy bill nye had a cage match? lup: [completely straight-faced as magnus and taako try to smother their laughter] yes, cap’nport. exactly like that.
taako and lup almost managed to convince him that they were celebrity chefs until lucretia stepped in
[something goes wrong on the ship] anyone: greg fucking grimauldis
[points at anything] is that a bond
lup: am i made of bonds? barry: in a sense, yes. everything is. taako: are shadows? barry: lup: are dreams?
barry and lup bullshitting scientific-sounding words whenever magnus or merle ask them a question
Artist: Hey, here’s my new OC! Have a detailed visual reference and 2500 words of meticulously plotted backstory!
Artist: *literally never draws them again*
artist: *posts art of OC*
8 of them are likes
the 3 reblogs are self reblogs
If I ever get a single message about any of my OCs I cherish it as if I have been spoken to be angels because it is the only thing that will motivate me to ever draw an OC again
i cant believe americans on tv really say rock paper scissors like???? its paper scissors rock omg do u irl americans actually say rock paper scissors????
rb this with whether u say paper scissors rock or rock paper scissors
me normally: linguistic differences are so interesting and cool! I love hearing different dialectal variations.
me, reading “paper, scissors, rock” with my own two eyeballs: the lord is testing me
