#jerrejerreink

I know the rush of the getting a lot of notes but don't let that define you. Althought I've had some "hit" posts the firsts ones I did never went over 80 notes and that's to say a lo). The way I count my winnings then and now, is to have at least 1 note of a user that is not my friend. I know then, someone loved something I created it beyond of who I am. Maybe that could work for you too. Your art is great, don't let the notes race take that away from you.

That’s a good way to look at it. :) I try not to let note counts bother me but I can’t help it sometimes. I’m the same way with my fics on AO3, I’ll obsess too much over kudos. Like I’m all “one day I have to write a fic that gets over x amount of kudos.” Right now my benchmark is 300. I’ve got one that is slowly inching its way there, and I told myself if it makes it, I’ll do something nice for myself like treat myself to Starbucks on the way home from work or something.

And I know note counts aren’t an accurate measure of worth but the artist part of me that craves validation is like “omgggg please loooove meeeee” but I know I’ll keep on drawing and posting even if I don’t get any notes at all. Hell, when I was drawing Doctor Who art I’d be lucky to get 30 notes on a post and that didn’t stop me.

(as an aside I actually get more likes for my art on Instagram than I do here on Tumblr. I’m not sure what that says about analytics re: social media platforms, but I find it somewhat interesting.)

stressedasalways replied to your post “I tell myself that one day I’ll draw something that will get over 1k...”

You would have thousands upon thousands if we weren't such a small fandom. but we LOVE YOU. You need an inflation scale. Since were so small 1 reblog equals like 5 in a normal fandom

Hahahahaha thanks! And I love you guys, all of you in this fandom, don’t get me wrong. I am so appreciative of all of you and I don’t see myself stopping creating art for you anytime soon. I guess I just get irrationally thirsty for notes sometimes and my desire to turn art and illustration into an actual career overrides everything else and I think more exposure = fast track to career opportunities, which is not necessarily true. I like drawing Fitzsimmons, so I’m going to keep on doing it until I don’t.

Hi!

All of my drawing are done traditionally on either Strathmore 300 Series Bristol paper or acid-free card stock paper. I scan them on an Epson scanner, at 600 dpi for optimal quality. The minimum you would want to scan an image is 300 dpi, so I scan it at twice the resolution so I can make larger prints of my work without losing the quality. I save the high-resolution scans as TIFFs to preserve the quality. Of course, when I make the files to post online, I reduce the resolution to 72 dpi for optimal web viewing.

I import the image to Photoshop, where I edit it further. I usually will darken my pencil lines and adjust the Brightness/Contrast setting to get rid of the grays in the background from the pencil smudges. If it’s an ink drawing, like the recent Fitzsimmons piece, then this will also make the blacks look darker.

How much you wanna bet Fitz dragged the rock to a giant bay window or onto a rooftop and sat next to it with a beer, with a second beer just opened next to him. Until Bobbi and Lance and Skye came and Skye put her head on his shoulder.

1st. *PTERODACTYL SCREECH*

2nd. HOW DARE YOU?

For the artists in the gift exchange, (if you're planning on posting to tumblr which I imagine would be easiest), would you mind if I created a document on my own AO3 account, crediting you with the work, and linked your finished products in the document? I would just love for your work to be represented there in the AO3 Collection as well as the other gifts. 

lilamadison11, jerrejerreink, nightlocktime

So it's been not quite a week since I sent out assignments. I still have a handful of people who have not confirmed with me that they have received their assignments. I assume it's a mix of not checking their messages, thinking they confirmed when they didn't and tumblr being outrageously stupid. Mostly the last one. 

I've sent them all messages but have only heard back from a couple. 

I am tagging the people I still haven't received a confirmation from so they know that they need to get in touch with me. 

PLEASE SEND ME YOUR EMAIL ADRESS TO CONTACT YOU. I FEEL LIKE IT'S MUCH MORE RELIABLE THAN TUMBLR MESSAGING SYSTEM RIGHT NOW. 

IF YOU HAVE NOT CONFIRMED WITH ME BY NEXT FRIDAY I AM SORRY, BUT I WILL HAVE TO REASSIGN YOUR ASSIGNMENT AND REMOVE YOU FROM THE HOLIDAY GIFT EXCHANGE. 

A Trace of Meaning is the most appreciated fic by me and that should mean something people! ok maybe just to my mom who loves me and my opinion but anyway AWESOME FIC IS AWESOME!