HOW TO SHARE SPICY ART
Okay so, for all the new users arriving and the old users here alike, this is my offering of helpful information on how to post NSFW art that ISNT Twitter.
The information I'm offering are methods I have used before and like! It may not work for you
So before I start, here is Tumblr's Guideline about NSFW:
"Sexually Explicit Material. Visual depictions of sexually explicit acts (or content with an overt focus on genitalia) are not allowed on Tumblr. That includes pictures, videos, GIFs, drawings, CGI, or anything similar. Historically significant art that you may find in a mainstream museum and which depicts sex acts—such as from India’s Śuṅga Empire—are now allowed on Tumblr with proper labeling.
Nudity and other kinds of adult material are generally welcome. We’re not here to judge your art, we just ask that you add a Community Label to your mature content so that people can choose to filter it out of their Dashboard if they prefer."
You have the option to add a community label when making a new post, reblogging a post, or editing an existing post. Depending on your content, you can label it as generally mature or choose a specific category such as “Sexual Themes” if your post contains sexually suggestive subject matter."
Essentially: You can't post full images/videos of porn, not even with the community labels! If it is obviously sex, it is not allowed and it will get flagged.
So alternatives you could look at are:
- Newgrounds
- Archive Of Our Own
- Neocities:
Newgrounds:
Newgrounds is it's own art sharing website. It lets you post art, animations/videos, and apparently games are an option, too? So long as you use the correct ratings, anything (within their sensible guidelines are allowed).
This means you can post NSFW art there, and get interactions on that site, so you don't have to worry about getting in trouble with Tumblr. You need an account to post, and as long as you have a link, you don't need an account to see a post. I could be wrong, I'm not the most familiar with Newgrounds but I have posted there
Archive Of Our Own:
Any fanart, even NSFW, can be posted here, if you didn't know. It's not just fanfics :D
The only CON is that i'm pretty sure you still need to host the image somewhere offsite. You can use Newgrounds and Neocities, for sure, and I've read that Discord images also work.
I've personally used Neocities to post here.
Neocities:
Neocities is supposed to be used for HTML website building BUT you can upload and host images there. AND you can get an image url link to use anywhere (I use it for AO3).
You get 3GB as a free user if I'm remembering right. Which is a decent amount. If you post A LOT the free version might not be suitable. Paid users get 10GB, though which is also significant.
I made an archive of my works because I wanted to, but you wouldn't have to.
Also, if anyone needs help with these I'm happy to provide help :D