an artsy vacuole

"glow"

the illustration is started sometime after an event that happened a few months back, when I tried a more affordable pain med brand only to end having a flare up because they did not work at all.

it was bad enough to remind me of the days before being diagnosed and starting medications, back when the pain was so strong I sometimes couldn't even keep my eyes open because that hurt too

I'm still unhappy about the whole ordeal, though at the very least I can say I am back on track, with a brand that is both affordable and trustworthy

fibro might be invisible to the average person, but to those with it, it has an appareance. for me it's plants, constellations and sometimes insects

YOUR FAVORITE ARTIST: this drawing attempt didn't come out at all like i thought it would.... maybe i'm just not cut out for this drawing thing

YOUR FAVORITE ARTIST'S FAVORITE ARTIST: this drawing attempt didn't come out at all like i thought it would.... maybe i'm just not cut out for this drawing thing

I will admit I REALLY like the recent improvements they've added to tumblr's search (you can exclude terms now!! you can search multiple tags!! and time frames!!) so it's not like they're incapable of adding useful features. it might be mutually beneficial for us as users if we were more vocal about things we want and don't want. Some features I'd like to see added:

spoilerable text

spoilerable images

the return of hover text!! remember when we had that?

ability to embed videos in reblogs

ANIMATED GIF ICONS!!!!!!!!!!!!

the ability to turn off other people's animated gif icons

the ability to filter original posts on a user's ENTIRE blog, not just a tag/search

more html support, like what if we could build tables

adding reactions to replies! I'm glad we can like them more but it'd be nice if we could take this further

embeddable tiktoks?? I don't even use tiktok but I remember trying to embed one in like 2020 and I'm surprised we still can't! even vines were able to be embedded

being able to search in your DMs. not being able to do this is why I tend to redirect mutuals to discord

MUTING USERS POSTS/COMMENTS WITHOUT BLOCKING THEM! just cause I don't want to see someone's posts doesn't mean I don't want us to never interact ever

a mutual-only dashboard feed

a feed for the blogs you're subscribed to

get rid of tumblr tv lmao I've literally never used it

"mark as read" button for communities without opening them

please dear god no AI shit unless it's a way for me to filter/block it easier

for art that someone has added reblog commentary to (or removed the caption from), reblog from the source

otherwise, avoid adding reblog comments to art (as this will affect the artist's notes/visibility)—utilize tags and replies to provide commentary (which artists will absolutely appreciate)