Styxcolor @Styxcolor@mastodon.art

#introductions part 2
Here are some examples of my latest #illustrations

Just in case...
I love and illustrate #80s, #horror, #SF #retroSF, #action and #medieval stuff (my guilty pleasure)

in my own retro #comicstyles.

Will be offering commissions again by the end of June, up to then already plate full. You're awesome.

Old but still gold... I have some difficulties atm to get back to drawing. It's not drawing in itself, but I'm rather learning/studying more anatomy, perspective and other fundamentals instead of producing fresh finished pieces.
Is this a problem... yes.
Will this result in better pics in the future...also YES.

#mastoart #arttoot #hell #hellgate #bones #skull #ink #traditionalart #arttalk #blood #vermin

Damn! I want to quote sources for what I said about IG, but the obscure blogs I had for this are gone or I can't retrieve them quickly. I'm sorry that I cannot back up quickly on this point. So again, you don't have to believe me and IG could have overhauled that three times in the meantime.

Just...be cautious out there.

Ah, and if you need arguments, why #deleteinstagram is a good idea, just google tipps for getting more followers there. What a cynical mess!

Things instagram does:

4) Forgets your post after 15 minutes.

Disclaimer: IG never disclosed, how their/FB's algorithms exactly work. They can apply changes to them anytime.

But this is the true core lifespan of your content on IG. This is the time the algorithm needs to decide whether your post is "relevant" and to be shown on more explore-pages of non-followers...or not. And it's based only on how many likes and comments the post gets within 15 minutes. Nothing else.

#instagram #ranking

Things instagram does:

3) Randomly unfollows people you follow on your behalf. You are not informed about this. So double check whether your friends really are on hiatus or whether you just stopped following them!

I can only assume it's a punishment for inactive users. Rather spammy accounts seem to be spared, only curbing the toxic bot environment.

#instagram #autounfollow #unfollow

Things instagram does:

2) Shadowban you for being mistaken for a bot.

If you like too fast or leave multiple short comments too fast, you are at danger.

If you re-use the same hashtag, such as "digitalart" or even "instaart" too often in consecutive posts within a short time period, you are at danger. In this specific case you might get a shadowban for 2 weeks.

And as usual- no notifications, no information.

#instagram #shadowban #bot

Things instagram does:

1) Shadowban you for the use of blacklisted hashtags. The blacklist is a secret and changes regularly. You can only guess.

A shadowban means, as punishment for your bad behavior your posts are not shown to people who are not already followers. And you get no notification about it at all. Not that you are banned, not why and not for how long.

It could be a ridiculous hashtag such as "ink" if too many porn-bot-accounts have used it before.

#instagram #shadowban #hashtag

I'm doing research for my next big illustration, in the meantime have my take on the viral
#eyememe
with mostly recent and/or dear art of mine.
I'm a bit surprised myself how this turned out. I'm one who walks in the shadows, eh?

#mastoart #arttoot #skull #darkart #cyborg #horror #horrorart #eyes #psychedelic #meme

Yay! Exams are over and I have a whole week to get stuff done I have had no time for in years/months! First of all some icons and assets for my husband's apps&projects. He is supporting me so much, always, and never asked for anything in return. Thanks, darling.

#arttoot #mastoart #raven #king #icon #krita #digitalart

This is my alter dino ego chilling out. My hands fell off from writing exams, but I should have that fixed until Wednesday, when my hiatus is finally over! 11 law exams! WAH.

#personal #meettheartist #status #trex #dino #trexcostume #tyrannosaurusrex

#deletefacebook

An update:
Apparently no sane person would delete their FB! And that it was because of the company's policies must be a lie to protect myself!

Questions whether I'm having a mental breakdown: 1

Questions whether I'm pregnant and want to take it easy: 1

Let's see how many further questions of this kind will pile up the next days!

I received so many private messages with regards to #Instagram , thank you all so much!

No need to worry that there is no open source alternative anymore:
#Pixelfed is on it's way.

But how do I connect to a larger audience? Those bigger platforms are really good at selling the idea, that you are disconnected if you ditch them. But how many people is enough?

And could it be that it all just is manipulation? Feel bad if you leave the line?

#deletefacebook
It's happening. I'm outta there in October. As a private person and as a content creator this was the best choice I could make.

But pls, do not cheer for me right now. I still have Instagram. So that's like we got rid of the plague but there's still cholera...

What still keeps me on IG gets a post of it's own.