Keys dragon/demon art event v2

(Keys dragon/demon art event v2)

Do you like getting random art for supporting fundraisers? Then you’re in luck! Here is a better version of my previous event. I am a digital artist, who draws dragons and creatures and I offer my services to those who donate to fundraisers! All art is made by me and is not made using AI or AI assistance.

So how does this work?

First, check out this list from my other blog:

Next, donate to a fundraiser from one of the lists! For the dragon, donate any amount you’d like and message me to get a dragon custom based on your preferences or randomized! Want a shaded Fullbody, or a shaded headshot, or even a custom design with a ref sheet? Then donate an amount equal to my commissions!

$28 - Shaded Fullbody | $20 - Shaded Headshot | $45 - Custom design with a refsheet

All links about commissions just lead to my ko-fi where you can see examples of my artwork or you can check out my art blog @artofshadowfoxsilver which is my art blog ran by me.

Currently there is 11/100 dragons and 1/10 bonus dragons designed! Once 100 dragons are made, I will design Key a demon form.

Currently there is $0/1,000 for the second goal. If $1,000 is reached, I will design Jess (my oc) a demon form!

Also while I’m here…

Commissions open! (Updated prices)

(Commissions open! (Updated prices)

Simple sketch $5

Recent example:

Headshot: $15 (shading is extra)

Recent example:

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Fullbody: $23 (shading is extra)

Recent example:

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Custom design/Character redesign of oc you own: $35 (ref sheet is extra)

Examples:

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Dropshipping scams

(Dropshipping scams)

(aka the scammy dropshipping websites you see promoted by funny meme accounts)

Did we learn nothing about the user pizza incident? Remember that?

Anyway, what is a dropshipping scam?

While not necessarily a scam outright on its own, dropshipping websites tend to rip off real artists or even use AI to have whatever is seen as trendy, funny, cute, etc. You may know of these from the popular meme blogs that post a seemingly regular post then suddenly days later it’s turned into an advertisement for some cool product they found that you totally need right now this instant. They’re lying to you. They didn’t find it. That’s just part of a script.

What they’re really doing is being paid to promote a website that’s been on tumblr for decades now, only ever advertised by popular meme accounts and often not even a product related to the meme blogs theme. You’ve likely seen them on a daily basis, or even follow them and not realize you’re just being used for their ad revenue.

The issue is, most of these blogs don’t outright disclose their ads in an easily visible place to see. They don’t tell you “ hey I’m being paid for this promotion by (x) so check out the link below to check it out” which would make it extremely easy to avoid the site. Instead, they just disguise the ad as a funny meme and that’s it. Because they’d get backlash for advertising a dropshipping place. Where the item is marked up and often found cheaper elsewhere if it’s not ripped off from an artist.

Genuinely, as an artist myself, if your on tumblr you could be using your audience to promote artists own personal crafting website. Ask them to draw you a funny meme post, and offer to link to their commissions or art shop where others could get something for themselves. Don’t promote a scammy drop shipper who rips off the artists themselves.

At that rate meme blogs don’t even exist here anymore for memes, they’re just here to make bank and hiding what they do. Sure some may say what they’re doing, but that doesn’t make it any less bad that they’re willingly risking their followers getting scammed if something never arrives. Some blogs even use stolen art uncredited for memes!

Also most of the meme blogs doing this have been around for years, and honestly don’t seem to care about people possibly getting scammed by their promotions. I don’t support meme accounts who do this, and you shouldn’t either. Find better meme blogs who don’t sell out because they have a high follower count. Buy stuff from more reliable shops. Promote artists you like that you ordered stuff from!

Keys guide to scam spotting v4

A new masterpost of guides!

Donation scams - Ranges from medical emergencies to veterinary care

Pet donation scams - A variant of the donation scams based around needing veterinary care.

Campaign boost/mutual aid support scams - Don’t pay people to boost your gfm and don’t trust DMs that ignore links to support you

Mural commission scams/Commission scams - Sadly sometimes the high paying offer is just a scammer

Lottery winner scams - Lottery winners don’t use tumblr

Commissioner scams - You didn’t ask someone about their commissions but they told you anyway

(More TBA, but I’m posting this now to edit later on.)

Another popular meme blog posting disguised ads. Screenshotting in case it gets deleted as they tend to remove posts when called out.

And some meme blogs from the notes sharing the ad without stating it’s an ad. Please don’t harass these accounts just be aware they’re using you for advertisement and nothing else. They’ll likely delete the posts later so the links won’t work.

daily-spooky | ur-daily-inspiration | caats | mostly-funnytwittertweets |

If you want something similiar to this but not from some drop shipping website, you can find an artist below:

(Note: this isn’t a paid ad, I just want meme blogs to do better than use their massive following as a payday)

@mostly-funnytwittertweets uses a specific tag to indicate a post is an ad and to block it if we don’t want to see it, she has explained what it was before and doesn’t even try to disguise it as something else, don’t accuse my girl of this kinda stuff

Otherwise I fully agree

I don’t support meme accounts supporting a drop shipping website. Let’s support actual artists and not a notoriously scammy website, right? Your friend is still making profit off the following count even if letting people block it. I’m tired of it and so is a majority of other users. Some may make it clear it’s an ad, but that doesn’t mean others do. I’ll edit the post to remove the link (I don’t think it had tags but whatever I guess) but my point still stands. Lavender constellation was the original website before the new one was created.

Also an ad is still an ad. It’s a paid promotion. For a drop shipping site that often steals from real creators. If you want to make funding off your followers, don’t use a scammy drop shipping site for it. Promote real artists and share their creations instead! There’s plenty of crafters who don’t get the attention they need because drop shipping places have priority.

Hey you. Yes you. C’mere.

*grabs you and throws you into space*

Just some examples of detailed art I did recently of my OCs~ Interested in getting something similiar? Check out my commissions!

(Note: The goal has been temporarily changed to supporting my family as I am currently not working for a few months.)

Check out my guides on avoiding commission scammers who just want your email address!

Just a reminder that if some brand new blog with a generic username follows you and their bio says commissions open:

1. Reverse image search the pfp

2. Don’t DM them about their commissions

3. It’s probably a commissioner scam account stealing art as examples

4. They follow hundreds of blogs all at once

5. Will refuse to publicly communicate since it’s done through DMs only

6. Might change urls when called out for scamming

Art scam accounts below are just wanting your email address to send you a phishing link and don’t want to commission you. Cut contact with them if you’re in communication with them at the moment:

spookyblazedreamland | darkcreationobservation | bigperfectiongarden | breeariaga7 | casualdonutgalaxy | marybzed21 -> lovethma21 | nazagrace | nilison99 | tomsony33 | lynettecarter | laberose | williamsart | veryphantomphantom | coraldreamninja | decadentreviewtree |

(More TBA)

Pet donation scams

(Pet donation scams)

A variant of the usual donation scam, these scams revolve around a sick pet needing veterinary care. Unfortunately these kinds of scams are extremely common and often take their text and imagery from private sources making it difficult to really locate proof that someone’s running one. However, there is relatively easy ways to tell something is amiss. I can’t really give a detailed explanation of this scam since it works like a usual donation scam but here is the basics that make it different:

Philippines PayPal address - It is known the scammers who runs these scams are located in the Philippines because their PayPal address has PH in it. While not all PH PayPal’s are a scammer, this scammer doesn’t use vet bills from the Philippines. It’s always American ones with the real owners info scribbled out so the real name is hidden.

Uses a private vet group - All content used by this specific scammer type is always stolen from a private group where people are trying to raise funds for their sick pet. This means their timeline is almost always full of injured animals and often graphic imagery as they look for a story to steal. They know this makes it harder to find a public source. They will often use personal photos from the owners Facebook page to further look legitimate.

Denies being a scammer - These scammers will always deflect accusations and even block the real owners who confront them about the theft. They often will go as far as saying the real pet owner stole their story first even with evidence showing otherwise. They will comment on posts that call them out and make up excuses if asked simple questions about ownership.

Basically, closely examine the vet bills posted by relatively new accounts and search the location of the vet they use. More often then not it’s an American location that doesn’t match the Philippines PayPal they’re using.

Can popular blogs share this post please.