Hearing the song of a siren is like having a spell cast on you. They say few have seen one and lived to tell the tale, but as the travelers who go missing are never found, it's unclear whether these cryptids are actually dangerous or if they live peacefully in an undiscovered realm.
what's stopping people from just fuckin writing entire fanfictions on this site i saw the bee movie script somewhere in css crimes
i bet you could just write a fucking tome and nobody could stop you
Just a compilation of helpful tutorials or fun utilities shared by cohorts. Mostly a resource for myself to easily re-find helpful things, but maybe other folks will find this handy too! I'll probably update this post over time as I learn new things around here.
Updated 11.19.2022
Helpful Tricks for Artists
How to post inline images without hotlinking or hosting on another site by @blackle
^Note for image linking in Cohost drafts, I have noticed one of my images posted this way break after a site update. It wasn't a big deal to replace it at this time since my account is still pretty new, but for the sake of not having to comb through all my posts in the future, I think it's better practice to use your own image hosting. I use Neocities!
Apparently there is no limit on image length. Some Examples by @mrfb and myself. I think there is potential here for experimenting with infinite canvas style comics!
Cohost Inline Gallery Generator and explanation post by @YellowAfterlife -^I have some sequential ideas to experiment with this--maybe a flipbook type thing?
CSS Shenanigans
Toggle image on click and Moveable Object tutorials by @blackle
Convert CSS to Inline Styles A simpler version of Prechoster by @blep
Manipulating Animation Tutorials by @oatmealine
Detailed explanation including manipulating animation frames for this crazy good chost by @rosieposie and @blep
Markdown Plus Amazing! Easy to use utility for CSS text stylizations by @oatmealine.
Interactive Fic Using Divs Tutorial an Occam's Razor alternative to details/summary interactables by @YellowAfterlife
Other Fun Stuff
View source for chosts, really helpful for learning how people make cool interactables! by @amgg
Cohoard, for formatting chosts to look like Discord chats, Twitter posts, and other templates by @a2aaron
-Masterlist of Cohost Userscripts/Userstyles compiled by @kiophen
You're still a human that needs time to stop for a hot minute. Just relax. Take a breather. You're more than just your work. You're flesh and blood and a brain that needs to focus on things other than trying to survive constantly.
Art's kind of just like this. Frustrating and weird, and it feels inane in a world that feels godawful.
But it's strong. It's important. And it'll be there if you take a breather.
Don't stop, not by any means. But learn to know when you're tweaking the dial a little too hard.
This is also kind of a letter to myself because I tend to forget it a lot but every so often you do gotta just stop. Burning yourself down doesn't make for better art.
It just makes you tired.
And you deserve better.
