The #funny Tag - original art (?) and some thoughts - by @merej99
When I think of art, Van Gogh comes to mind. So does Monet, Kahlo, and Picasso.
This, dear friends, is me just screwing around and I have a hard time justifying the use of the #art tag, especially when I'm such a novice.
And to kick myself even harder, I've miserably failed the 30 drawings in 30 days challenge (11 out of 15 ain't bad, is it?), but today I was inspired by a couple of new tags that are being heavily promoted today.#funny, #news, and #til (Today I Learned)
After a couple of dreary days and still no rain, I needed something to cheer me up a little bit and getting my watercolors out was just the ticket!
And if you saw my last painting AUDREY...
...you can see why I might have a hard time topping that!
If you haven't read @the-alien's post [Announcement] Jumpstarting New Tags, Rewarding Comments, Boosting Engagement and Going Viral!, I highly recommend that you mosey on over there.
It seems as if SteemFest has rejuvenated many and I am personally glad to see that there is a (re)newed focus on community engagement because I've been advocating that from my first days as a Steemit tadpole.
And know this, my dear friends and followers - they are looking for engaging COMMENTS!In fact, it was clearly stated in @the-alien's post that they will be actively seeking comments.
So I'm going to give you a couple of helpful tips that I live by, especially if you're in any kind of curation guild or using a bot
- Check your username on Steemd.com and see what's been upvoted on your behalf.
- Visit those links of personal interest to you and LEAVE A COMMENT.
- Curate responsibly. If you find that your guilds and bots are not voting as you might normally, it may be time to make adjustments.
And if you're looking to follow an organic and manual curator,
check me out on Streemian.
My comment to upvote is at least 85%.
check me out on Streemian.
My comment to upvote is at least 85%.
Final thoughts
Okay... Here is my sad attempt at justifying using all the tags.
The fact that some of the Who's Who on Steemit are making a slight pivot into conversing with us is #news
#til that there are still some very cool people like @the-alien who are new to me and I'm gladly following him now.
#funny - the inspiration behind today's painting.
And here I am with the final piece.
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An interesting and enjoyable read. Also, I'm informed you're great fun to talk to!
That is so nice to hear @nikflossus
I'm looking forward to your dark tales. Glad you jumped ship from the face place. LOL
This initiative is made for you! You have always been so kind and one of the most active commenters. Looking forward to hearing even more from you!
You are so sweet @hanshotfirst. And look at you with the spiffy 66 reputation score! I think we need to gather a few more people and race to 70. LOL
Sounds like a plan. But my money is on you! You are so active on here! Are you part machine?
Great post!!!
I follow you now :)
Thank you for sharing!
Together we move forward!
Steem on!
Indeed @jcsteem - and welcome to Steemit!
I'm always excited to see new blood on the platform and I'm looking forward to learning more about you and your art! :)
Thank you for encouragement and support!
Steem on!
Love your cheery drawings! Havent seen you on for awhile! But i do blog on the graveyard shift, and i have also been busy lately, not on as much as usual! Thanks for the extra info. And link! I will check it out later when i get to work! Thanks for sharing . STEEM ON ! ♨😉🖒👍♨
I've been more focused on the fiction than the drawings. NaNoWriMo is my November priority. But I'm still twitchin'! LOL
Haha! Glad to hear it! Twitch on , steem on! Lol! 😂😂😂
I'm loving these tags, and really do need to work on my commenting skills. I try to leave as many as I can but am often too drained to think of anything more than "I really liked this" . think i need to schedule another 100 comments in a day challenge for myself to make up for being so quiet sincesis came home.
Good lord, I don't know if I could do 100 comments in a day! Between reading what I curate and leaving comments, I think I've only managed 50-ish on a really good day...with doing little of anything else. Even still, I may need a Steemit intervention. I can't seem to stop myself from checking in every spare moment I've got.
I've only managed it twice, it was exhausting I started at 8am and didn't finish until 11pm but there was a lot of spammy posts at the time so a lot of time was spent searching for posts worthy of commenting on.
ps are you about in steemit chat i have a message to pass on to you.
Yeah. I hear ya! Here's another thing that I've been practicing. A lot of the people I have followed for a while are pretty consistent with their quality so I've just recently starting using a bot to automate upvotes on them - then swing by later to comment when I'm done hunting for new-to-me people/content. This helps me support my favorites and I'm not missing their posts anymore. For me it's a good balance.
Beautiful work my friend @ merej99 as it is his custom to present magnificent works of art, congratulations on another wonderful post.
Thank you very much for sharing
Greetings to your husband
LOL - I don't know about "magnificent" but hopefully it brought a smile to your face. :)
Do not underrate your work, it is very well done
As always, you find a way to put a smile on my sour face when I read your blog. :) thanks for compiling the info for everyone!
Also just to show how goofy I am.....I replied to you moments after you posted this blog but didn't hit the post button until now....57 minutes later!!
LOL - around these parts, we might call them "senior moments" I'm having more of them every day!
That article did give me a boost. Same with yours! I'm all jacked up on boost!
That's helpful information, I'm going to share this post with a tadpole I just met! You also are a very funny artist...hahaha!
Thanks @reddust
Hubby yelled because I didn't sign it before I posted it.
Ah, the beauty of blockchain...it's got an automatic RSS
LOL
You can register your work on https://blockai.com
oooh! I'll have to check that out. Thank you!
A very important post to be sharing about the new project and tags.
Thanks @merej99, and your art was #funny!
Thank you @narrowminded - I'm just a messenger...or maybe the jester. LOL