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Y'all know ive not been the same since i discovered Electric Dreams 1984, and i wanted to make a real life edgar but what is even better than that ? BECOMING EDGAR !!!
Costume made during August 2023 Pictures - my mom
Credits : Tshirt - Waackery-art Stickers - turboraven, Siins, Hanenbow WEBPARTEEZ
The Lovers by Sneha Solanki // The Kiss by Kelly Mark // TV Garden by Nam June Paik (x2) // Sistine Chapel by Nam June Paik // TV Clock by Jam June Paik // Untitled (The Sky is Blue) by Sandy Smith // More Wrong Things by Carolee Schneemann // Nabil Saleh // Puma XO Tao by Dan Dowding/Media Pollution
neocities guide - why you should build your own html website
do you miss the charm of the 90s/00s web where sites had actual personality instead of the same minimalistic theme? are you feeling drained by social media and the constant corporate monopoly of your data and time? do you want to be excited about the internet again? try neocities!!
what is neocities?
neocities is a free hosting website that lets you build your own html website from scratch, with total creative control. in their own words: "we are tired of living in an online world where people are isolated from each other on boring, generic social networks that don't let us truly express ourselves. it's time we took back our personalities from these sterilized, lifeless, monetized, data mined, monitored addiction machines and let our creativity flourish again."
why should I make my own website?
web3 has been overtaken by capitalism & conformity. websites that once were meant to be fun online social spaces now exist solely to steal your data and sell you things. it sucks!! building a personal site is a great way to express yourself and take control of your online experience.
what would I even put on a website?
the best part about making your own site is that you can do literally whatever the hell you want! focus on a specific subject or make it a wild collection of all your interests. share your art! make a shrine for one of your interests! post a picture of every bird you see when you step outside! make a collection of your favorite blinkies! the world is your oyster !! here are some cool example sites to inspire you: recently updated neocities sites | it can be fun to just look through these and browse people's content! space bar | local interstellar dive bar creature feature | halloween & monsters big gulp supreme peanutbuttaz | personal site dragodiluna linwood | personal site patho grove | personal site
getting started: neocities/html guide
sound interesting? here are some guides to help you get started, especially if you aren't familiar with html/css sadgrl.online webmastery | a fantastic resource for getting started with html & web revival. also has a layout builder that you can use to start with in case starting from scratch is too intimidating web design in 4 minutes | good for learning coding basics w3schools | html tutorials templaterr | demo & html for basic web elements eggramen test pages | css page templates to get started with sadgrl background tiles | bg tiles rivendell background tiles | more free bg tiles
fun stuff to add to your site
want your site to be cool? here's some fun stuff that i've found blinkies-cafe | fantastic blinkie maker! (run by @transbro & @graphics-cafe) gificities | internet archive of 90s/00s web gifs internet bumper stickers | web bumper stickers momg | gif gallery 99 gif shop | 3d gifs 123 guestbook | add a guestbook for people to leave messages cbox | add a live chat box moon phases | track the phases of the moon gifypet | a little clickable page pet adopt a shroom | mushroom page pet tamaNOTchi | virtual pet crossword puzzle | daily crossword imood | track your mood neko | cute cat that chases your mouse pollcode | custom poll maker website hit counter | track how many visitors you have
web revival manifestos & communities
also, there's actually a pretty cool community of people out there who want to bring joy back to the web! melonland project | web project/community celebrating individual & joyful online experiences. Also has an online forum melonland intro to web revival | what is web revival? melonking manifesto | status cafe | share your current status nightfall city | online community onio.cafe | leave a message and enjoy the ambiance sadgrl internet manifesto | yesterweb internet manifesto | sadly defunct, still a great resource reclaiming online social spaces | great manifesto on cultivating your online experience
in conclusion
i want everyone to make a neocities site because it's fun af and i love seeing everyone's weird personal sites that they made outside of the control of capitalism :) say hi to me on neocities
“doing maintenance on your android is analogous to sex” is fun but i feel like a better analogy is that it’s like showering together. they’re perfectly capable of removing their panelling and resoldering their wires themselves; it’s a trivial task for a robot, simple daily maintenance, but it requires a deep familiarity and understanding of their specific layout and components and wiring format, all the stuff humans have a hard time remembering. but if your android lies down on the bench, pops their hatch, and allows you to perform this little act of intimacy for them? they trust you to know them, know how to take care of them — inside and out.
My new comic, VISCERA OBJECTICA, is now up for PRE-ORDER! ( $15 usd. click above to learn more, and to see more random pages!)
A humble tailor is very skilled at his work, but finds the complex patchwork of love painful to stitch together. One day, he visits a farmers market and is drawn to a beautiful puppet, whose vendor utters only: “His name is Theu.” Though the puppet is inanimate, the tailor inexplicably falls for Theu, day by day finding that patchwork of love no longer painful. Viscera Objectica explores the depth of feeling that develops between man and object, lover and loved.
Something something sunset if she's flustered/blushing.
[robot with the biggest eyebags ever] ill be fine as soon as i organize my wires nothing a bit of cable management camt fix. yeah hold on i just gotta allocate more ram and reset my internal clock and plug this usb stick in. ya im fine i just need to recharge and turn this dial and do a quick system reset. the diagnostics of that script i ran are a lie btw im fine. do you have any cigarettes
"the latin phrase deus ex machina translates literally as 'god from the machine.' ... god from the machine! an unimaginable force brought down to earth! a level of artificially created power that makes all human problems into trivialities!"
@xenosagaepisodeone // @sweatermuppet // @cyberiada // @prohaloplayer // @taohun // the conceptual failure of orbital lasers by jacob geller
Nicolas Schöffer (1912-1992) — "CYSP 1 - The Dancer Cybernetics" [black steel, sixteen plates of polychrome aluminum, and electronic brain, 1956]
round two!
evelyn clarke - sky_baker
azusa - @pissfizz / kyuziipon
lace - bottomlessballpit
hansen (lcb) - sapsen_r
neil monochromia - @norisowll / NorisOwl
reine de citrouille - SallyWalterson
Tips for taking & pricing commissions
I very frequently give the same advice in the discords that I'm in so I thought I'd just go ahead and write a post collecting it all!
Pricing commissions
It's very difficult to look at your art and try and determine some arbitrary value and end up with a price that is not only fair but also something you can live off of. You could try asking others to arbitrarily value your art, but they're going to struggle just as much.
So let me detail a much more practical method for determining your prices. First, answer these questions:
Will this be your primary source of income?
Are you a bill payer?
Option 1 - You don't pay bills:
Look up the living wage in your area, multiply it by 2, and that will be your hourly rate.
If your area doesn't have an established living wage, look up the average living costs of your area and go to option 3.
Why do I say to double it? Because the living wage is calculated based on an 8 hour work day, and studies show that a 4 hour work day is more efficient and practical and that there is nothing to be gained from working beyond that. So, twice the rate, half the hours.
I say living wage over minimum wage because, really, the living wage should be the minimum. You should be earning enough money to live off of.
Taking commissions means you're setting your own rates and hours. While you specifically may not currently be paying bills, you will be one day & the prices you set have an influence on what prices will be considered normal for everyone. Take that opportunity to improve the industry for us all by setting an example on fair pricing!
Option 2 - You do pay bills, but this is not your primary source of income:
Then any commissioned work you do is you working overtime. Take the living wage x2 or your current wage (whichever is higher), and then multiply that by 1.5x to give yourself an overtime wage, and this will be your hourly rate.
If you're taking commissions because your job is not enough to cover your bills, take the amount you're short on each month plus some extra to cover one off things you might need to buy and save up for, then decide how many hours you can spare to work on commissions each month, and divide that total by those hours.
E.g. lets say you could do with an extra £100 each month and can spare an hour a week for commission work, that'd give you an hourly rate of £25. Compare that to the overtime wage we calculated before, and take whichever is higher.
Option 3 - You do pay bills, and this will be your primary source of income:
Calculate your living costs for a month, plus some extra for anything you might need to buy and save up, and divide that by 80 to get your hourly rate. Compare it to the living wage x2, and take whichever is higher.
Do some tests and time yourself while you work
Use the work timer tool that can be found here:
and calculate how long it takes you on average to finish pieces.
Then, add at least 2 hours onto that time to account for correspondence, research, and getting familiar with unfamiliar designs (add more if you think this will take you more time, you know yourself. This is all work, and therefore should be included in the price)
Once you have your times, multiply them by your hourly rate, and you have your base prices.
For example, the living wage for me is £9.90. For the sake of simplicity, I will round that up (don't ever round down) then double it, giving me an hourly rate of £20. If it takes me 2-3 hours with correspondence to finish a character bust, I should then charge £40 - £60 for it.
On discounted rates for multiple characters:
Don't do this.
For one, it makes it confusing for the client in terms of figuring out at a glance how much something will cost them. And for two, you are doing more work for less. It's not worth it!
Avoid making your clients having to do percentage calculations when figuring out how much it's going to cost them, in general.
While it might seem like it would make multi-character commissions more appealing, making it easier to calculate prices is what will actually make that more appealing!
Charge extra for complicated designs & requests
Make a note in your terms & info that these are a base estimate price, and that more complicated designs and pieces may cost more. Also note that multiple revisions may incur additional charges.
Sometimes you might get a client who asks you to redraw things repeatedly, even after giving the go ahead with the sketch... If this happens, charge them for it. You deserve to be paid for the extra hours they are making you work.
Taking Commissions
I recommend taking your commissions through a google form or similar:
It allows you to ask all the questions you need answers to in order to determine if this is a commission you're willing and able to take on, without having to go through some awkward small talk as you try and get this information out of your potential client.
It also makes the process easier for your client, as they can simply fill out your form to tell you about the commission you want without having to cold message you about it and try and figure out what details are important to tell you and what aren't.
Additionally, when using google forms, you can get the advanced form notifications forms addon to automatically email your potential clients after they've filled out the form. (Just be aware that if, like me, you're using firefox the settings do not currently work on FF, you'll need to manage those through another browser but it should only be a one time setup anyway).
I have the advanced form notifications set up to send a confirmation email to my clients that I will then reply to when I reach them on my list, and also an email sent to myself to let me know that I've recieved a new submission.
I use gmail, so I also have it set up to automatically label the confirmation email with an "incomplete" label so I can view all pending commissions in one place.
Optional, but I also have my form linked to a spreadsheet. You can mirror the contents of the response sheet onto another sheet using an array formula, allowing you to style it and by using conditional formatting and checkboxes, you can do stuff like this:
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The way I have my google form set up is the first section reiterates my terms and conditions and requires that the potential client accepts these terms before proceeding onto the next page.
Speaking of, a very important part of taking commissions is your terms. Here are some base terms I would recommend:
I reserve the right to refuse any commission for any reason without question. [This protects you from any kind of client or commission that makes you uncomfortable.]
Clients are not permitted, under any circumstances, to use any part of their commissioned artwork for non fungible tokens. Use of the artwork for any advertising or profits associated with non fungible tokens or cryptocurrency is strictly prohibted. [Self explanatory, but sadly important to include now]
I reserve the right to display the commissioned piece on my website(s), online galleries, and in my portfolios. (If the character is an original character, you will be credited accordingly) [This just lets you post your work on your social media and the like.]
You may use the commissioned work for personal use only (this includes avatars, signatures, wallpapers, etc.), but credit must be given.
I reserve the rights of to the artwork, so you may not use the commissioned work for any projects (commercial or nonprofit) without express permission, nor redistribute the artwork as your own. [This protects you from people commissioning you and then profiting off of your work. Commercial commissions should be handled differently with a proper contract & you should charge 3x your base price for it at minimum.]
Accepting payments
I recommend using PayPal invoices to manage your payments. You can set up an invoice template and then and create an itemised list of all your charges, require a minimum of 50% payment upfront, and allow for tips.
You'll then have a record of your commission payments for tax purposes, and you'll be protected from fraudulent clients and chargebacks. Just make sure you disable shipping if you're not sending them a physical piece!
On your commission info or in your terms, make it clear that you require 50% of the payment upfront before you will begin working on the commission.
This protects you from scams where a "client" will make you complete a commission and then never pay for it, but also gives your clients the security that you won't take all the money and run, either.
Here is an example of what to write irt your payment and process from my own info:
Note the explanation of the payment processor I will be using, expectations on what may influence the price, when to expect to hear from me, and that multiple revisions may incur additional fees.
As a note, should you require to charge additional fees after you've already begun and been paid, you should create a new invoice with the additional fees for the revisions and not continue until the fee has been paid.
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And that's all my advice, I think! Best of luck to anyone taking commissions, I hope this is helpful.
NO MORE 映画泥棒 X THE SHOP TK
Xavier, what did you do with that ice pick…?
draw squeatley
why do you request such heinous things from me anon.
why do I have Will Wood brain rot ??
My favorite part was make the text for some reason
Finally accepting that my art is just absolute dogshit and working on it so I can actually get recognition and not cry and whine about not getting any commissions or offers. Gee past me, I wonder why you didn’t have any success? Your style is literally THE WORST!!! No one likes unique shit here, just go with what pop artists are doing if you want to make money; Bland twinks and $100 here I come!
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I’m really trying
(not a vent)
Oh I see a young man w/ x-ray glasses.
His name is Xavier…
Ok ok been a while so maybe I should post something and vanish for a few months.
likes and reblogs are always appreciated as usual :]
I take my time to test out a painted style
I really like how ADO (left) turned out! He just this style really well!