i'm not dead i swear

happy valentine’s day ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 13 lookin’ good in nikaido’s fit, a collab with my friend @neonfigs​ where she made the sketch and i completed it uwu

here’s her gorgeous sketch

No artist wants you to repost their art. Stop it.

What do I mean by reposting? I don’t mean reblogs/retweets. Those are the best thing you can do. By reposts I mean downloading another person’s content and reuploading it to another account on another site, or even sometimes the same site.

It might seem harmless, especially where fan work is concerned, but reposting is super detrimental to an artist’s growth on social media, not to mention that it’s capitalizing on another person’s hard work for personal gain. It’s essentially art theft.

Some artists do make exceptions. I’m personally fine with translations, dubs, and occasionally color addition to line art pieces because they all bring something new to the art. I’m also usually cool with re-uploads to sites that make my work accessible to fans in other countries that might not see it otherwise. All I ask for in these situations is that you talk to me first, give credit, and link-back. Sometimes that’s all artists want.

But when it comes to posting directly on mainstream sites like Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, etc…. I have those. If I didn’t upload something there, I probably didn’t want to, or I forgot, or I’m still getting around to it. That’s not a get-out-of-jail-free card to repost it. “I want to share this on Instagram but there’s no reblog feature” isn’t a free pass to repost, either.

Artists put a lot of time and effort into the things they make. Reposting takes away the interactions and followers they could have received if that reposter had just shared a link instead. But if you still think you have a good reason to re-upload something, just ask. Always, always ask. Silence should be taken as a “no,” and if they do give permission, always link back. Always credit. There’s something uniquely disheartening about seeing a creation you worked so hard to perfect blowing up on someone else’s account while you see little to no recognition or return.

**TLDR**

Always share the original. 

Get permission if you can’t.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS PIECE SENPAI... He looks so good in your style?!!!