Okay, so LOFTER is a Chinese language website, it’s a lot like Tumblr.
AFAIK, the only way to create an account directly with LOFTER requires a Chinese cellphone. It is possible to make a Weibo account outside China, but QQ or WeChat is probably easier. So make an account with QQ or WeChat and log in that way.
Ok cool you’ve got an account now. Let’s check this bish out:
Here’s a screenshot of a portion of my LOFTER dashboard (in Chinese, 首页). You can see my icon and some pretty self explanatory icons to make a text post, photo post, music post, video post, and then the last one is for a long text post (such as for fanfic).
At the top, the thing between the dashboard tab and “APP” is kind of like the Explore function on Tumblr only not as useful IMO. None of the others are very useful if you aren’t in China/read Chinese except the last one, which has two things you need:
Logout is self-explanatory I hope. Settings, the only things you probably need are at the bottom:
From left to right, “blacklist (of people)”, “tag blocking”, “delete account”. Isn’t tag blocking a useful feature by the way? Wouldn’t it be nice if Tumblr had that??? You can subscribe to your favourite character and block your NOTP tag and basically never see it!
Ok. Time to look for a fandom! The easiest way to find the Chinese name of your fandom is to use Wikipedia. Look up your fandom in English, then change the language to Chinese on the side (中文). Another option is to Google “[fandom name] 是什么” which means “what is [fandom name]” and might give you a clue. Or, you can try searching for the English name directly in LOFTER.
Let’s try “Naruto” or 火影忍者 as it’s called in Chinese:
The top result is to search the tag “Naruto”, then there’s the option for stuff that includes “Naruto” but isn’t necessarily tagged, and then some related searches such as “Naruto mobile game” and “Naruto Shippuden”. Below that you can see people who have “Naruto” as their username.
Naruto is in the top 5 most popular Japanese media on LOFTER. Cool.
From left to right, you can organize by most recent, what’s hot now, and top all time. Unfortunately I haven’t yet figured out a way to sort by photos vs videos, text etc. The “+” sign icon is to subscribe to the tag for your dashboard.
Hopefully you find something that you like! Whoa, check this out:
Looking good Neji. (You can also see the tag 日向宁次 which is Neji’s Chinese name.)
The “heart” is an obvious way to show an artist your love and basically works the same as a heart on Tumblr. Directly to the left of the heart is “recommend”, clicking this will put it into the dashboard of people who follow you, but it will not go on your own LOFTER blog, to do that you have to do reblog. To the left of “recommend” is “share” and to the left of that is “comments”, all artists love comments! A single word adjective in English like “beautiful” or “cute” is easy to understand, or you can use this post I made to aid you in writing compliments for Chinese artists.
If you hover over the upper right corner of the post, there’s a little folded corner (it’s visible in my screencap), click that to go to the permalink version of the post.
Ok now in the top you should see these icons. From left to right, it’s “like”, “recommend”, “reblog”, “share” (via email etc), “follow this user”, “return to dashboard”.
Now we are getting to another exciting feature of LOFTER. Click “reblog” to see.
You see that circle in the upper left? LOFTER enables artists to opt-in to using creative commons licenses or not, as they choose. This screencap’s artist is not using any creative commons license, so you do not have any advance permission to use this work. You can still ask to reblog on Tumblr, just like you would someone on Pixiv or elsewhere!
This artist is using a Creative Commons License! You can click the symbols and read an English version of it, but IIRC this one says you can share, as long as you give credit, don’t use it commercially, and share your work under the same terms.
Here’s another CCL! This one is freer than the above one–all you have to do is give credit and indicate if you changed anything.
The image I screencapped is released under this license, so here I’m going to say that the artist is Hanyijie and the only change I made was showing it in the context of a screencap.
So that’s the basics! Feel free to send me a message or ask if you have any questions!
For my next guide, I want to make a list of Naruto character names in Chinese and how Chinese pairing names work. :)
as requested by anon ; a simple static carrd themed around cats . the title card cat and three small cat-heads are links ! can be used for a single muse or personal use ( just remove the “CATNIP” section ) all the drawings are linked within the template hidden behind a section. free / pay what you want & mobile-friendly .view the demo#here
NOTES;
all images have been hand drawn by me, except for all tbhk images
if you run into any issues or have troubles adjusting anything, you can always send me a dm or ask
do not remove credit
any tip given is highly appreciated so i can continue making carrds and other resources
🐝 * ― 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐃 𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝟎𝟏𝟔: 𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊. ( although i said i was gonna focus on memes for a bit, have a new carrd template anyway. but, to be fair, this had been sitting in my drafts for a bit and i only just needed to add a few finishing touches. it’s a single muse template with a landing page, and pages for rules, an about section with dossier and biography, and verses. the preview for it can be found here, and, continuing my trend of making templates usable for everyone, it’s actually base account friendly. )
― HOW TO USE
please don’t claim this as your own, and don’t delete the credit. you can change it’s size or color but it should stay where it is.
of course, you can edit all the colors, sizes, fonts, etc. however you like.
to get this template please click here. it’s on a pay what you want basis so it is possible to get it for free if you set the amount to 0. ( if you’d like to leave a little tip i’d very much appreciate it, though. )
you can keep the image i’ve used here or make your own ― if you need sizes for orientation please let me know.
if you have any questions on how to edit it, just send me a message and i’ll try to explain it to you.
If I may add, since one of those links provided is a photoshop auto action, anyone with clip studio who wants to get this Vibe can get similar effects by following this guide!
Being on this website is fun because you can absolutely tell when a blorbo clicks in someone’s brain. You’re scrolling, and suddenly out of nowhere there’s like 12 posts about the same character back to back reposted by the same person, and you just know “oh. They’re a permanent part of their psyche now.” and honestly it’s a vibe go off king
The Death Toll of the Earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria may have reached 20,000 people, and that’s outside of all those who are injured and lost.
If you could donate PLEASE do!!!
Here’s a post full of charities you could donate to, but I’ll add my own trustworthy ones here:
Islamic Relief: teams are on the ground right now providing emergency food assistance, shelter, medical supplies to hospitals and clinics, as well as blankets and tents for those made homeless by the quake in Turkey and Syria
Molham: The team at Molham are currently on the ground helping displaced families in Turkey and Syria who have been affected by the earthquake
Turkish Red Crescent: Theteam are distributing essential aid to those affected by the earthquake across Turkey.
The White Helmets: The team are on the ground in Northwest Syria searching for survivors and removing the dead from the rubble.
Turkey Mozaik Foundation: Attempting toprovide immediate relief and medium to long term recovery to survivors of the earthquake.
MSF: remaining in close contact with the local authorities in northwestern Syria and with the authorities in Turkey to extend their support where it’s needed. They’re providing essential life kits to displaced people in the region
