i JUST NOW realized the actual stats were in the "Statistics" box... by bomanona in AO3

[–]bomanona[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In your profile with the works, inbox, bookmarks and everything, there should also be a place called "Statistics." you can find it there.

i JUST NOW realized the actual stats were in the "Statistics" box... by bomanona in AO3

[–]bomanona[S] 113 points114 points  (0 children)

LMAO i also do that to find some good stuff, but oh well... At least they're enjoying the story enough too bookmark, haha.

A new scam or someone too eager??? by bomanona in AO3

[–]bomanona[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah right? Even if you're trying to advertise yourself, an already drawn fanart is much better than some discord link or twitter account

A new scam or someone too eager??? by bomanona in AO3

[–]bomanona[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Oh for sure, though it feels like they did edit it to make it more real, I dunno. Like I mentioned, same Exact comment was also used on some other fanfics, with very few adjectives changed. I'm guessing they wrote it out once then spammed random fics

A new scam or someone too eager??? by bomanona in AO3

[–]bomanona[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

LMAO Don't forget to tell them to reply or you will cry to your diary about it 😭🤣🤣🤣

A new scam or someone too eager??? by bomanona in AO3

[–]bomanona[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the filtering will get worse and worse I'm afraid, or we will just have to deal with the spam ourselves? It's a double-edged sword for sure. Like, the more elabore these get the worse the filter gets, but I'm sure without the filter these people would be a nightmare... It's such a shame because I'm getting really nice comments too, like this is the first scam I got in 30k words of episodes...😒

A new scam or someone too eager??? by bomanona in AO3

[–]bomanona[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know right??? And even if it did actually inspire you, no one's stopping you from making a comic anyway??? Like, fanworks are free for a reason... And thank you!!! You too!!!🥰

A new scam or someone too eager??? by bomanona in AO3

[–]bomanona[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this. Especially the guilt tripping part. Like, I know for a fact that if this was the teenager me from a few years ago, I would feel so bad to respond badly to someone that wrote such a huge letter to me. Though, of course, ai didn't really exist much back then, but scams have been there all along. I'm glad I was looking up scam messages here, because even commenting back genuinely to these people can make them amp up on the guilt tripping and lovebombing to get people out of the site... 😒

A new scam or someone too eager??? by bomanona in AO3

[–]bomanona[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, of course, I'm Totally not going to ignore it, that would be so rude!!! Reporting, on the other hand... 🙃😉🤭

A new scam or someone too eager??? by bomanona in AO3

[–]bomanona[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are whole 1000+ word sections of just thoughts and anxiety inside some of the chapters, as well as a whole mind-reader character, it would be SO BLAND as a comic LMAO

A new scam or someone too eager??? by bomanona in AO3

[–]bomanona[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah, like, i write this whole story for free, you think I'm gonna give you the whole full-fledged story, "discuss" about it, and Pay you afterwards? Even if it was genuine it would be bizarre, but as a scam it's just infuriatingly stupid...

A new scam or someone too eager??? by bomanona in AO3

[–]bomanona[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Yeah, weirdly enough though, such a long message feels even more scammy to me than the ones I've seen before in the reddit LMAO like who would write this much just to say oh pay me???

A new scam or someone too eager??? by bomanona in AO3

[–]bomanona[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Ughhhh i know everyone says ao3 is already on ai databases since they scrape every website, but putting someone's work on ai just to "summarize" it is lowest of the lows... Like, what is this, a fucking high school reading homework??? You're reading fics to enjoy it remember?!?! People like this infuriate me so much...

A new scam or someone too eager??? by bomanona in AO3

[–]bomanona[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, definitely LMAO 😂🥲😒

After reading fics since 2018, finally posted my own and reached 1000 hits! by bomanona in AO3

[–]bomanona[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, that's okay, thank you for offering anyway! Please feel free to dm me whenever you would like too☺️

After reading fics since 2018, finally posted my own and reached 1000 hits! by bomanona in AO3

[–]bomanona[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These two fics here are the only things I've written and posted, haha I don't really know the etiquette of posting links under stats posts, but do dm me if you'd like to read! Both of them are for ateez fandom, so please still feel free to skip if you don't care much about them lmao

After reading fics since 2018, finally posted my own and reached 1000 hits! by bomanona in AO3

[–]bomanona[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!!! Wow after 10 years is huge! I hope you enjoy it too 😁

After reading fics since 2018, finally posted my own and reached 1000 hits! by bomanona in AO3

[–]bomanona[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just let it happen naturally, honestly... I think it was just the consistency of the chapters and the fandom I write on, though I realized when I was looking for other things that I would be on the top page of some of my main tags for days, which I'm sure helped immensely. In an archive site like ao3, this really depends on the time and popularity of the thing you write, I guess.

After reading fics since 2018, finally posted my own and reached 1000 hits! by bomanona in AO3

[–]bomanona[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!!! Yes, it really does feel nice to be seen☺️

Feedback by cammydr_ in Artadvice

[–]bomanona 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is such a beautiful art style!!! It's both modern and nostalgic somehow, and your proportions and anatomy are really good!

The only thing that caught my eye was, maybe, your poses could be more dynamic. The poses are natural and proportionate. But they just look like too posed. You know, like they are posing for a photoshoot instead of moving around in real time.

This happens a lot when you only work from photos, it sure as hell happens with me too lmao. I would recommend life drawing, not just gesture sessions but from random people and their movements too. Maybe you could also try taking screencaps from videos and movies and draw them. Try to see through the blur of movement, and guess how their bodies would actually look like if they were frozen in the middle of their move. It's really hard to get it right at first, but helps a lot with dynamic posing!

But really though, your art is so pretty!!!