Red and Blue make Purple

[Red and Blue make Purple]

[nocturnenebula]

EDIT: This post is inclusive to ALL art forms.

Likes can only go so far for artists. Artists may exclusively upload their artwork to tumblr, or don’t have the time to use other sites and prefer tumblr over deviantART due to its simplicity, but the tagging system can make it harder to navigate. Many artists on tumblr tag with high-traffic tags or use their own tags to prevent tag clogging which eventually become lost. That’s why it’s very important to reblog an artist’s work. 

I’m not trying to push you to ruin your blog’s aesthetic or something, nor am I saying that “you must absolutely reblog your favourite artist’s work or you’re trash”, all I’m saying is if you truly want to support your favourite artist, instead of just liking their posts, try to reblog them once in a while. The more reblogs they receive, the more exposure/notes/followers they may receive, and it’s just one of the easiest ways to show you care about them.

*This does not mean to reblog unsourced artwork or works reuploaded to another person’s blog without permission (re:stolen). Nor does this mean to reblog artworks without the artist’s consent, even if this case is slim.

[vogolsart]

My followers and artist friends always ask me why my notes are so low despite having a sizable follower chunk…No truer words spoken, y'alls. It only takes a few likes and reblogs to help an artist out…

[desterotica]

Its the truth. Help me out and anyone else I reblog.

[dlcute]

PLEASE.

Please.

[Red and Blue make Purple]

[ackerchou]

I posted this on my private Twitter but I felt this was relevant here as well

[pleasuremasq]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe by “repost” they mean, “copy, paste, & never attribute to the correct original artist.”

Because if I see some art that is fan-damn-tastic, I am going to share it everywhere WITH the artist’s name attached (wherever possible; I am happy to correct previous unwitting posts of someone else stealing the art!) so that the artist will get lots of curiosity and lots of searches and lots of new fans.

New fans always bring the possibility of compliments, encouragements, and commissions!

[ackerchou]

Credit or none regardless, if an artist explicitly states that they do not want anyone posting their works without consent is still bad.

Just because credit is given does not immediately excuse an individual for reposting without the artist’s permission. Because in the end, while “credit” is there, majority of the time the exposure does not go to the original artist themselves, but to whoever made the post.

TLDR; Don’t repost at all unless stated otherwise by the artist or if you have been given permission. Credit is useless when it isn’t properly given to you.