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staff: Now Live: The newly optimized Tumblr web view for iPad

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:04:02 -0500

Now Live: The newly optimized Tumblr web view for iPad

staff: While browsing the Dashboard, in addition to clicking J...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:05:34 -0500

While browsing the Dashboard, in addition to clicking J and K to jump to the next and previous posts, you can now click L to like the current post!

staff: We’ll be rolling out Fan Mail — a new interblog...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:05:32 -0500

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We’ll be rolling out Fan Mail — a new interblog messaging service — over the next few days for everyone.

You can send unlimited Fan Mail to the blogs you follow and customize each message.

You’ll see the new option appear in your Inbox, avatar menus, or in the top corner of the blogs you follow.

Have fun!

staff: Two days ago, you guys stepped up once again to show the...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:05:21 -0500

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Two days ago, you guys stepped up once again to show the world just how much we care about protecting the Internet. Together, we generated more than 140,000 calls to Senators, spent more than 4,200 hours on the phone with their staffers, and blacked out 650,000 of our blogs to make our point and inspire others to get involved. And what’s more, this was on top of the 90,000 calls we sent to members of the House of Representatives a month ago. Incredible.

It’s now becoming clear just how much impact our action is having. On January 18th, only 31 members of Congress opposed these bills. Just one day later, 101 members of Congress publicly stood with us in opposition. We are being heard.

And as of today, it looks like both the Senate PIPA and House SOPA bills have been shelved, for the moment. It seems pretty likely that the bills won’t pass as written—a big first win. We now hope that Internet companies, the creative community and the content industry join together to innovate and devise new partnerships to combat online piracy. We’re confident there are effective ways to do this without damaging the Internet or diminishing our freedoms.

You’ve made a big difference in keeping the Internet a safe and open place for creators. Thank you again.

staff: Name Pat FalcoLocation BostonFirst Post April 2010 Pat...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:05:17 -0500

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Name Pat Falco
Location Boston
First Post April 2010

Pat Falco is an artist, curator, rapper, and former college athlete from Boston. He helps run the Lincoln Arts Project, a vehicle to promote young and emerging artists from the Boston Area, and Pedro Romero Clothing. Pat has been named “Best Artist In The World” 7 of the past 10 years by his mother. He also runs a comic strip called The Strip Bar.

Also check out…

Cave to Canvas
Everything art history. From Lascaux to Toulouse-Lautrec, Raphael to Rodin, and Klimt to Kahlo.

Free Dolphin Rides
The travel journal of a 1977 Toyota Dolphin and its inhabitants.

Music Educators
A quickly growing think tank for music educators.

staff: Name Kate SpencerLocation Los AngelesFirst Post December...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:05:15 -0500

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Name Kate Spencer
Location Los Angeles
First Post December 2007

Kate Spencer is a comedian, writer, performer, and mother! She’s a writer/segment producer/correspondent for VH1 News, writer for HelloGiggles, and she performs and teaches improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. The Huffington Post recently named her one of the 18 Funny Women You Should Be Following on Twitter. Kate once spent a lot of time traveling the country following the band Phish.

Also check out…

OffTheBus Iowa
Citizen Journalism across Iowa brought to you by Patch and The Huffington Post.

PUMA Sailing
Just a crew of average guys who enjoy the occasional extreme sailing race around the world.

UX Rave
Interfaces, interactions, research, and raves.

staff: Holy crap — you guys are averaging 3.6 calls per second, and rising! You’re making a real...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:05:11 -0500

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Holy crap — you guys are averaging 3.6 calls per second, and rising!

You’re making a real difference. Don’t let up. Spread the word.

staff: Introducing your new Activity page (and...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:05:08 -0500

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Introducing your new Activity page (and “Tumblarity”)

Two big things:

We’ve added a new link on your Dashboard labeled Tumblarity. This will take you to your new Activity page where you can see cumulative and trending stats about your activity on Tumblr.

For the past few months we’ve been using an internal metric called “Tumblarity” to sort and filter content on the Search and Popular Content pages. Tumblarity is derived from every blog’s activity and popularity across our network. We’re getting ready to start using it to organize the boss new Tumblr directory (which should be done next week!).

For the first time, you can view your Tumblarity on the Dashboard and Activity page.

Please ignore the fact that I’m less popular than fuckyeahparamore.

staff: Awesome. This happened last night. :) Thanks for putting...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:04:34 -0500

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Awesome. This happened last night. :)

Thanks for putting this together, Frankie!
You have an amazing collection of Jon Stewart GIFs.

And thank you, Daily Show!!

staff: Introducing: Photosets If a picture is worth a thousand...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:01:53 -0500

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Introducing: Photosets

If a picture is worth a thousand words, photosets are the future of books. Enjoy!

New theme tags are available in the Theme Docs for customization.

staff: Your recommendations are live! Thousands of you have...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:01:49 -0500

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Your recommendations are live!

Thousands of you have already added your favorites to the Tumblr Directory, and have helped us find TONS of awesome new blogs to follow. Keep it up! We’ll go again next Tuesday.

Make your nomination if you haven’t yet!

PS. Depending on how well this works out, we’ll probably be replacing our editor’s picks with your recommendations. Sorry, Chris.

New: Lookup your email contacts on Tumblr

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:01:45 -0500

New: Lookup your email contacts on Tumblr:

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Find your contacts from Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL, or MSN!

staff: Automatically publish to your Facebook News Feed We’ve...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:01:41 -0500

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Automatically publish to your Facebook News Feed

We’ve seen a bunch of junky Facebook integrations by publishing platforms, and we wanted to make sure we did you, your blogs, and your News Feeds justice.

So today we’re very excited to announce Facebook publishing, built into Tumblr, that makes your posts look hot.

Activate it here. Enjoy!

The Copy Editor: Tumblr and link attribution

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:58:03 -0500

The Copy Editor: Tumblr and link attribution :

motherjones:

kateoplis:

thepoliticalnotebook:

copyeditor:

I’m reading Anthony DeRosa’s post again on how some traditional media companies refuse to enter into the link economy.

The practice is also prevalent here in Tumblr, it seems.

Photos and articles are sometimes posted sans attribution or links to the sources. Other Tumblr users, meanwhile, delete the link pertaining to the original tumblelog that posted the material.

No. If it’s on the web, it’s not yours. You can’t pull out the fair-use-clause card if you don’t attribute or try to claim something that is not yours. Remember Krip?

Fellow Tumblrers: This is important. I see this a lot, particularly when it comes to crediting photos. The rule is, give as much credit as you know, and if you can’t find enough information to credit the photo, quote, or article, DON’T POST IT. This isn’t something to be casual about.

This issue really bothers me. Yes, the photo posts are the majority of it but I see it happening in all kinds of posts: videos uploaded to Tumblr w/o links (Tumblr’s video upload is reserved for videos you’ve taken yourself, no?); text w/o block-quotes and sources, etc. It’s especially disheartening when it’s from “reputable” Tumblrs.

From a Tumblr editor’s perspective, I cannot promote a post without proper link to the source, per Tumblr’s Editor Guidelines, and I refuse to reblog one based on the same criteria. Please take the extra minute and credit.

We (and a lot of our friends, big and small) have fallen short of these standards on some (recent!) occasions, and we’ve been fortunate enough to benefit from the patient instruction of a few standout wardens in the Tumblr community. So the only thing we’d add is: When somebody doesn’t attribute, call them on it! Chances are they’ll do the right thing.

Handy Art Link Megapost

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:11:25 -0500

Handy Art Link Megapost:

typette:

campriot:

Handy Art Link Megapost
I take no credit for any of this, all I did was assemble them togetha’.

Hellooo friends, I was just handed a couple of useful links from a talented friend, and seeing some posts on Facebook and around the internets inspired me to share them all with you in this handy place.

Bookmark them all, or bookmark this note, idc, just keep track of ‘em!

ALSO IF YOU HAVE MORE TO ADD PLEASE LET ME KNOW. (Also, apologizes for the wall of text. I CANNOT SEEM TO GET THE “READ MORE” BUTTON TO WORK.)

ArtsyPoses - http://artsyposes.com

Relatively new, but very cool. The 30 second drawing tool seems to be glitching a little but that could be my computer being a dumb. Lots of unique poses and they’re looking to expand to other body types (if you read the FAQ they even said there are too many fit models haa)

PoseManiacs - http://posemaniacs.com

Everybody knows this one! Great poses, you can interact with them (rotation, etc) and has a very cool 30 second drawing tool. Also I belieeeve this is available on iOS.

Pixelovey - http://www.pixelovely.com/gesture/figuredrawing.php

Another fantastic drawing tool - I prefer it over PoseManiacs’ but I can NEVER FIND THE LINK :( Lots of options here, too.

CedarSeed - http://www.cedarseed.com/fire/tutorials.html

The drawings here aren’t great but there is so much information here. SO MUCH.

Color Is Value - http://sevencamels.blogspot.com/2010/09/color-is-value.html

Handy coloring tips and things!

Ctrl+Paint - http://www.ctrlpaint.com/

So many digital painting tutorials. SO MANY. Ridiculously helpful in everything ever, and constantly updated.

Lackadaisy Expressions - http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/exhibit.php?exhibitid=333

This artist is incredibly talented and even though they are cats there is so much to be learned here.

+ more - http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/210/1/5/lackadaisy_construction_by_tracyjb-d422uo7.jpg

The Angry Animator - http://www.angryanimator.com/word/2010/11/26/tutorial-2-walk-cycle/

Because come on, all sorts of handy animation tips. I linked directly to the walk cycle because I found it to be most useful but there are other things floatin’ around there if that’s your thing~

Constructing the Head/Face - http://amberblade.tumblr.com/post/11177240121/tutorials-done-by-stanislav-prokopenko-who-is-an

Done by Stanislav Prokopenko, an instructor. Also really seems to know what he’s talking about. Saving images off of Tumblr seems to be hit-or-miss so keep this link handy as it may not save correctly. :(

And so begins the dumping of handy tutorial images that should all be on your harddrives soon :

How to Draw All Kinds of Shit - http://coelasquid.blogspot.com/2009/01/muscle-tutorial-thinger.html

Some of you may remember this from all of James Phegan’s classes ever! Super handy, and this is a printable version of the giant jpg he used to e-mail us.

How to Draw Beef - http://coelasquid.deviantart.com/art/Abdomination-How-to-draw-beef-132538271

The same artist; she’s really damn good at drawing beefy dudes.

Drawing people in perspective and other handy things - http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/125/9/9/IFX___Strike_A_Pose_by_WarrenLouw.jpg

http://alexds1.deviantart.com/art/Fellas-Tutorial-104865472 - Fellas Tutorial

http://alexds1.deviantart.com/art/Ladies-Tutorial-98311607 - Ladies Tutorial - NSFW

http://alexds1.deviantart.com/art/Pose-tutorial-72010406 - Pose Tutorial

http://alexds1.deviantart.com/art/Expression-tutorial-77399204 - Expressions/Head Tutorial

http://alexds1.deviantart.com/art/Hand-tutorial-83785318 - Hand Tutorial

http://alexds1.deviantart.com/art/Foot-tutorial-90158269 - Foot Tutorial

Resources :

http://lockstock.deviantart.com/ - Nude models and drapery!!

http://ictoa.deviantart.com/favourites/42274937 - Lots of nude models in all sorts of poses

http://www.japanesestreets.com/photos/ - All sorts of clothing styles!

http://tobyshelton.blogspot.com/2010/10/ive-got-to-hand-it-to-you-2010.html - Amazing amazing hands

http://s103.photobucket.com/albums/m148/squidsmanphotos/?start=all - Coelasquid’s “manbucket”

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsmtnfmnJV1qa8bb7o1_400.jpg - haaands

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lshg8hi59P1qjozoyo1_500.jpg - HAAANDS

Other neat things :

Color Scheme Designer - http://colorschemedesigner.com/

Allows you to quickly and easily create specific color schemes for a wide variety of purposes! If you’re like me and terrible with color, this will help.

Make your brush in Photoshop look like Flash or Paint Tool SAI - http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa104/ResultGraphics/screenshot20100331at728.png

Things to keep in mind while gesture drawing - http://hospitalvespers.tumblr.com/post/8712840616/gesture-drawing-basics

Super Obvious Secrets I Wish They’d Teach In Art School - http://philmcandrew.tumblr.com/post/5588480161/super-obvious-secrets-that-i-wish-theyd-teach-in-art

The Complete Guide to Not Giving a Fuck - http://inoveryourhead.net/the-complete-guide-to-not-giving-a-fuck/

How to Steal Like an Artist - http://www.austinkleon.com/2011/03/30/how-to-steal-like-an-artist-and-9-other-things-nobody-told-me/

Also, psst. - http://www.mediafire.com/?z7c401x9fdwqx - Ten art books that we should all own already.

For artsy fartsy types like me. I’ve got A LOT of this book marked already if that says anything about how useful this stuff is.

ALSO! Side note, there are a few very kind asks in my inbox regarding my artwork and inquiries about webcomics. I HAVE read them, and I WILL answer them. If the comic is any indicator, I haven’t had the time to sit down and do personal work as of late, and that includes responding to folks that would take a little longer than a quick “Hey! Thanks for that! I appreciate it!”

But, yes! Bookmark Miss Addy’s post and give this stuff a genuine look.

A MILLION REBLOOBS

staff: Look Back at 2011: Biggest Tumblr Meetup Self-organized...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:10:05 -0500

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Look Back at 2011: Biggest Tumblr Meetup

Self-organized Tumblr Meetups both big and small are happening around the world on any given day, but the largest of last year took place on June 5, 2011 in Curitiba, Brazil with nearly 500 RSVP’s.

Above: Attendees at the Curitiba Tumblr Meetup singing Happy Birthday to Tumblr! More video here!

staff: Accidently blow away all your hard work on a custom...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:10:00 -0500

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Accidently blow away all your hard work on a custom theme? Don’t worry!

Tumblr now stores the last 20 revisions of your Custom HTML. To revert to a previous version, just visit the Theme Recovery page.

staff: Keep your blog safe! Never type in your password unless...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:09:36 -0500

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Keep your blog safe!

Never type in your password unless you see the green “Tumblr, Inc.” emblem in your browser.

Spammers and other bad guys use fake forms to steal passwords.

staff: Tumblr Android 2.0: Now available on the Android...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:09:19 -0500

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Tumblr Android 2.0: Now available on the Android Market

Android users, say hello to the new Tumblr app, rebuilt from the ground up! We hope you’ll enjoy the updated features, including:

New interface: A total redesign centered around Android’s hardware and software.

Manage multiple blogs: It’s now a simple swipe to access your different blogs and manage your drafts, queue and followers on-the-go.

Create a post: We’ve highlighted posting to Tumblr so you can share text, images, links, chats, quotes and videos whenever you want.

Messages: View and reply to messages for each of your blogs.

Address book: Find people to follow from your phone’s address book.

New users: Sign up right from the app.

Bonus: For quick sharing, you can post anything from your home screen via the Tumblr widget.

Go ahead and grab it on the Android Market!

staff: Photo posts now support Animated GIFs up to 1MB....

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:09:01 -0500

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Photo posts now support Animated GIFs up to 1MB. Woo!

GIF by iwdrm featuring Blow-Up (1966)