Ditch the like button
No, seriously. If you don’t have money to help out an artist financially, the second best thing is to reblog all the things you like. While liking it does tell the artist that “hey I really like this!” It does jack shit because the only ones who will see that are me and you.
Why do you think there are so SO many posts made by people that are literally summed down to “please reblog my artwork I need the notes!”? Because no one reblogs artwork. Unless you’re a ridiculously popular blog with thousands of followers, you’ll only end up getting 1 or no reblogs.
SO HELP OUT ARTISTS AND PLEASE REBLOG OUR ART, BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED THE VIEWS ;V;)/
THIS IS ALSO VITAL FOR AUTHORS/WRITERS!!
As my buddy devilishkurumi has said many many times, author visibility is unfortunately LEAGUES below visual artist visibility because fic takes MUCH more time and effort to consume.
If you read a fic and you decide you really love it or even liked it a little, please reblog it! Visibility for all artists!!
And just adding my 2 cents here. REBLOG FROM THE ARTIST/WRITERS, NOT FROM REPOSTERS. It’s not doing the artists any good if their art gets reposted, especially when sometimes they dont even get sourced or credited properly. Their artwork is just floating in the internet, without the proper recognition on who drew it. Not cool. Check and see the original post first, if you are wary of reposters. Sometimes artist have their link or their url watermarked on the art itself. If the watermark doesn’t match the OP, then most likely it’s a repost of the art. Just keep that in mind if you see some fanart in your dashboard.
Also, another thing to add. As much as it is good to reblog and support the artist, just be extra careful if you see fanart posts are taken from pixiv. Some of our Japanese artists do get in trouble if their art circulates online without their knowing, and they DO put in their pixiv account not to repost any of their artwork in other social medias. Please respect their wishes and not post it anywhere else! It is good to support artist by reblogging their artwork on the respective social media site they posted their art on, but it’s not good at all to show your support to some artist by reblogging their artwork without their consent, which can cause them serious trouble.
I reblogged this post not long ago but the above comment is super important. Adding a credit to a repost doesn’t really do jack because the original poster can’t see the notes/comments/tags. Wanting to share something you enjoy with people is great but if you can’t be bothered to go to the source then it shows you don’t care about the person who made it and the effort that went in to it. And yeah, if you want to share something but there doesn’t seem to be a version of it posted by the original creator on the site that you use then I’m sorry but you’ll just have to deal with not posting it.
Remember pinterest, weheartit, and any site that is built on taking images from other sites are NOT sources.
Also re: writers, I do track my author name tag and I can’t tell you how happy I am when I stumble across someones fic rec of me.