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Been working on my Neocities website!! I hope to be able to host all my art and characters there eventually so I have a space of my very own to shove it all into! I'll still be posting across social media too, but if you would like to check out my little personal corner of the web you can here!
misc game stamps graphics
So for something almost completely different
I've been working on this since the whole situation from February, but I have a Neocities Page Now! This is where I'll be uploading most of my CC that isn't Historical, Medieval or Fantasy related, so far, I've reuploaded most of the stuff that is already on my simblr, but I do have plans to reupload the stuff that was in my defunct livejournal and other places. It's still very much a work in progress, and i'll still be posting updates here for convenience, but feel free to follow me if you have a neocities page, and if you use and RSS Feed Reader, I did finish setting my RSS Feed.
genuinely frustrated and upset about how much using neocities as a filehosting service is being spread everywhere. they disable hotlinking for non-html files for free accounts so it won’t even work properly for those purposes and even supporter accounts are asked not to be used as a file dump host directly by the website. neocities offers a service that no other website provides and that i think is extremely important, but they sure don’t make a ton of money doing it. please, please, do not use neocities as a filehost, they don’t want you to and i don’t want you to either. there is a reason they ask users not to
yesss :D
neocities guide - why you should build your own html website
do you miss the charm of the 90s/00s web where sites had actual personality instead of the same minimalistic theme? are you feeling drained by social media and the constant corporate monopoly of your data and time? do you want to be excited about the internet again? try neocities!!
what is neocities?
neocities is a free hosting website that lets you build your own html website from scratch, with total creative control. in their own words: "we are tired of living in an online world where people are isolated from each other on boring, generic social networks that don't let us truly express ourselves. it's time we took back our personalities from these sterilized, lifeless, monetized, data mined, monitored addiction machines and let our creativity flourish again."
why should I make my own website?
web3 has been overtaken by capitalism & conformity. websites that once were meant to be fun online social spaces now exist solely to steal your data and sell you things. it sucks!! building a personal site is a great way to express yourself and take control of your online experience.
what would I even put on a website?
the best part about making your own site is that you can do literally whatever the hell you want! focus on a specific subject or make it a wild collection of all your interests. share your art! make a shrine for one of your interests! post a picture of every bird you see when you step outside! make a collection of your favorite blinkies! the world is your oyster !! here are some cool example sites to inspire you: recently updated neocities sites | it can be fun to just look through these and browse people's content! space bar | local interstellar dive bar creature feature | halloween & monsters big gulp supreme peanutbuttaz | personal site dragodiluna linwood | personal site patho grove | personal site
getting started: neocities/html guide
sound interesting? here are some guides to help you get started, especially if you aren't familiar with html/css sadgrl.online webmastery | a fantastic resource for getting started with html & web revival. also has a layout builder that you can use to start with in case starting from scratch is too intimidating web design in 4 minutes | good for learning coding basics w3schools | html tutorials templaterr | demo & html for basic web elements eggramen test pages | css page templates to get started with sadgrl background tiles | bg tiles rivendell background tiles | more free bg tiles
fun stuff to add to your site
want your site to be cool? here's some fun stuff that i've found blinkies-cafe | fantastic blinkie maker! (run by @transbro & @graphics-cafe) gificities | internet archive of 90s/00s web gifs internet bumper stickers | web bumper stickers momg | gif gallery 99 gif shop | 3d gifs 123 guestbook | add a guestbook for people to leave messages cbox | add a live chat box moon phases | track the phases of the moon gifypet | a little clickable page pet adopt a shroom | mushroom page pet tamaNOTchi | virtual pet crossword puzzle | daily crossword imood | track your mood neko | cute cat that chases your mouse pollcode | custom poll maker website hit counter | track how many visitors you have
web revival manifestos & communities
also, there's actually a pretty cool community of people out there who want to bring joy back to the web! melonland project | web project/community celebrating individual & joyful online experiences. Also has an online forum melonland intro to web revival | what is web revival? melonking manifesto | status cafe | share your current status nightfall city | online community onio.cafe | leave a message and enjoy the ambiance sadgrl internet manifesto | yesterweb internet manifesto | sadly defunct, still a great resource reclaiming online social spaces | great manifesto on cultivating your online experience
in conclusion
i want everyone to make a neocities site because it's fun af and i love seeing everyone's weird personal sites that they made outside of the control of capitalism :) say hi to me on neocities
I spent last night looking at Neocities sites and here are my takeaways:
There's a real push to keeping the internet weird, open and less corporate-driven -- info on bypassing paywalls, protecting your data, archiving web media and basic coding/tech literacy.
(I found one tutorial on how to make a pop up that detects whether someone has an ad blocker and suggests they install one if they don't! Love that.)
There's also resources on finding the kind of internet that isn't the default experience anymore - alternate search engines I hadn't even heard of, human-made link lists and webrings. (Webrings! Turns out they never went away!)
If any of that sounds interesting to you, by the way - sadgrl.online has a lot of it and is possibly the best thing on the internet????
The "90's web" aesthetic is really fun and nostalgic, but I particularly loved seeing some people bring the better parts of the "modern internet" into it. What if we had weird, eye-searing personal sites BUT with plaintext alternatives for accessibility purposes? CW for flashing lights and unreality triggers?
(Again sadgrl comes in with a lot of resources for making your website accessible.)
Most of all, I'm honestly emotional about all the sites I found that were like, "hi! I'm 14 and this is my website where I talk about stuff I like haha."
It's so good that so many kids and teens who never experienced the "old internet" are still finding stuff like this and making their own weird stuff! Not just because weird websites are more fun, but because these skills are being passed down.
Anyway it's great and who knows maybe I'll make my own site sometime to keep horror media recommendations or something.
liminal
some liminal-space themed stamps. liminality in every sense of the word is a bit of an obsession of mine.
lovely poolroom gif stamps are by @angeloshadows
neocities guide - why you should build your own html website
do you miss the charm of the 90s/00s web where sites had actual personality instead of the same minimalistic theme? are you feeling drained by social media and the constant corporate monopoly of your data and time? do you want to be excited about the internet again? try neocities!!
what is neocities?
neocities is a free hosting website that lets you build your own html website from scratch, with total creative control. in their own words: "we are tired of living in an online world where people are isolated from each other on boring, generic social networks that don't let us truly express ourselves. it's time we took back our personalities from these sterilized, lifeless, monetized, data mined, monitored addiction machines and let our creativity flourish again."
why should I make my own website?
web3 has been overtaken by capitalism & conformity. websites that once were meant to be fun online social spaces now exist solely to steal your data and sell you things. it sucks!! building a personal site is a great way to express yourself and take control of your online experience.
what would I even put on a website?
the best part about making your own site is that you can do literally whatever the hell you want! focus on a specific subject or make it a wild collection of all your interests. share your art! make a shrine for one of your interests! post a picture of every bird you see when you step outside! make a collection of your favorite blinkies! the world is your oyster !! here are some cool example sites to inspire you: recently updated neocities sites | it can be fun to just look through these and browse people's content! space bar | local interstellar dive bar creature feature | halloween & monsters big gulp supreme peanutbuttaz | personal site dragodiluna linwood | personal site patho grove | personal site
getting started: neocities/html guide
sound interesting? here are some guides to help you get started, especially if you aren't familiar with html/css sadgrl.online webmastery | a fantastic resource for getting started with html & web revival. also has a layout builder that you can use to start with in case starting from scratch is too intimidating web design in 4 minutes | good for learning coding basics w3schools | html tutorials templaterr | demo & html for basic web elements eggramen test pages | css page templates to get started with sadgrl background tiles | bg tiles rivendell background tiles | more free bg tiles
fun stuff to add to your site
want your site to be cool? here's some fun stuff that i've found blinkies-cafe | fantastic blinkie maker! (run by @transbro & @graphics-cafe) gificities | internet archive of 90s/00s web gifs internet bumper stickers | web bumper stickers momg | gif gallery 99 gif shop | 3d gifs 123 guestbook | add a guestbook for people to leave messages cbox | add a live chat box moon phases | track the phases of the moon gifypet | a little clickable page pet adopt a shroom | mushroom page pet tamaNOTchi | virtual pet crossword puzzle | daily crossword imood | track your mood neko | cute cat that chases your mouse pollcode | custom poll maker website hit counter | track how many visitors you have
web revival manifestos & communities
also, there's actually a pretty cool community of people out there who want to bring joy back to the web! melonland project | web project/community celebrating individual & joyful online experiences. Also has an online forum melonland intro to web revival | what is web revival? melonking manifesto | status cafe | share your current status nightfall city | online community onio.cafe | leave a message and enjoy the ambiance sadgrl internet manifesto | yesterweb internet manifesto | sadly defunct, still a great resource reclaiming online social spaces | great manifesto on cultivating your online experience
in conclusion
i want everyone to make a neocities site because it's fun af and i love seeing everyone's weird personal sites that they made outside of the control of capitalism :) say hi to me on neocities
EDIT: part 2!!
hehe!! check out my website thats a work in progress
May I request military themed stuff…if that’s okay with you
Yesyes!!! So unfortunately I couldn't find much... BUT!! I did my bestest and here's what I came up with:
Credits//Sources: ☠︎, ☠︎, ☠︎, ☠︎, ☠︎, ☠︎
I made the Army Dreamers blinkies, those are f2u with credit (got the idea from one of the posts I linked above :3). I also made the camo stamp but no credit required for that one !!
(●´ϖ`●) hope this was helpful anon <33
𓁼ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 Weirdcore graphics ⊹ ࣪ ˖𓇢𓆸
Got sucked into those 2021 backroom videos on TikTok and threw these up, enjoy! *+*☁️👁️📺🏠*+*
₊˚ʚ 🦷 ₊˚✧ ﾟ. Credits!!: ☆, ☆, ☆, ☆, ☆, ☆, ☆, ☆, ☆, ☆ ☁︎༄°✧
Found some !!!
If anyone has more stamps like these:
HAND THEM OVER!!!!!!!!!!! I YEARN FOR MORE THEYRE MY FAVOURITEST THING EVER .·°՞(¯□¯)՞°·.
If anyone has more stamps like these:
HAND THEM OVER!!!!!!!!!!! I YEARN FOR MORE THEYRE MY FAVOURITEST THING EVER .·°՞(¯□¯)՞°·.
°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･Stamps I found at a (suspiciously green) garage sale Σ┗(＠ロ＠;)┛₊˚ʚ ✿₊˚٭✾。all f2u ✶⋆.˚
︻デ══━一.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.•°•<3!!
ʚ(*´꒳`*)ɞ｡✧･ﾟ:* ~♡ Pssst!!.... check out my super duper cool and epic Graphics Masterlist!!!!
Hi, would you be willing to make south park main 5 character blinkies? (ex. kyle fan)
I shall give you a silly cat for your efforts: ฅ≽(•⩊ •マ≼
Aaawwhwh he so cuuute =^◕⩊◕^= #1 cat emoticon enjoyer btw and yesyes!!
South Park season 27 is coming out soon and I'm gnawing at the bars of my enclosure waiting for it I'm SOEXCITED!!!!!!
Main 5 + Craig cuz I love him, my gay son 💙💙
I found the lil pixel dudes here and here btw !!
Flint and STEEL BLINKIE !! And my personal favourite quote from the movie..... AN ENDERPEARL (๑◎△◎๑)〃
⊹ ‧₊˚♪ 𝄞₊˚⊹ H U G E S T A M P D U M P !!!!1! ‧₊˚♪ 𝄞₊˚⊹
L&ter that evening stamp by @neosprites
helpful links & resources for web graphics
(✿◕‿◕)♡ here's a list of pages from carrd, neocities, tumblr, and rentry where you can find pixel dividers, favicons, transparent pngs, and other graphics to decorate your site.
carrd resources
✧ gifcity.carrd.co – a collection of blinkies, buttons, pixel dividers, stamps, and image masks. contains bright and flashing colors.
✧ decohoard.carrd.co – an archive of decorative images, including banners, stamps, dividers, favicons, pixel art, and more.
✧ enchantments.carrd.co – features backgrounds, dividers, gifs, and links. site navigation is hidden in the page titles.
✧ storagespaced.carrd.co – still being built, but already has sections for dividers, stamps, buttons, blinkies, and more.
neocities resources
✧ pixelsafari.neocities.org/dividers – a huge collection of pixel dividers sorted into themes like hearts, stars, ribbons, plants, music, and more.
✧ y2k.neocities.org – an aesthetic archive of 2000s-era graphics, including transparent PNGs, buttons, and banners.
✧ gifcities.org – an archive of old Geocities gifs, perfect for a retro web aesthetic.
✧ sadgrl.online/graphics – provides pixel decorations, dividers, blinkies, and stamps.
tumblr resources
✧ luigraphics.tumblr.com – custom rentry graphics, icons, favicons, dividers, banners, and more.
✧ sweetparty.tumblr.com – posts a variety of pixel dividers in different colors and themes.
✧ vaniillamyk.tumblr.com – specializes in dividers, including unique black and red polka dot designs.
✧ oldwebstuff.tumblr.com – a blog dedicated to collecting and posting graphics inspired by early 2000s web design.
rentry resources
✧ rentry.co/pixel-dividers – a curated list of pixel dividers and decorations.
✧ rentry.co/oldweb – a hub for nostalgic web graphics, including favicons, stamps, and icons.
✧ rentry.co/webcore – focused on Y2K and webcore aesthetics, offering backgrounds, dividers, and transparent images.
extra resources
✧ stickpng.com – find transparent PNG images in various categories.
✧ iconsdb.com – free icons in customizable colors.
✧ subtlepatterns.com – seamless background patterns.
✧ blingee.com – make custom glittery images.
(¬‿¬) if you know of any other good resources, feel free to drop them in the replies! i plan on making a neocities page just for keeping up with potentially EVERY single resource site i can find.
ps ps- i am desperately in need of some pretty serious dental work (thanks depression) and would graciously ask you to check out my custom themes and resources on my ko-fi, it would help me a lot and i need some really expensive work done basically to avoid having dentures or no teeth at all as embarassing as thatt is to admit. i am also homeless, livng in my broken down car as i type this, so any support financially is pretty much a dire need and something i would appreciate beyond words. sorry for the negativity, dont take it as a downer, im smiling right now!! :P
check out my ko-fi!
𝐁ᥣ𝗂𐓣𝗄𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝚰 𝖿ⱺυ𐓣ᑯ 𝗌υ𝗋𝖿𝗂𐓣𝗀 ᑯα ω𝖾ᑲ ‧✶⋆.˚
