#go forth internet

[stiwfssr]

Response to THE MOST PSYCHOTIC Anti-SJW Video I Have Ever Seen

#vaush #youtube #series #sjw #anti-sjw #bias #common sense #video #my gifs #268px #3mb #text #that second gif #is just aching to be used #out of context #go forth internet

[egophiliac]

I was wanting to try doing an art piece in the style of the signature spell poster art pieces you create. But I’m not really the best at coming up with a composition for such a thing.

Do you have a process for how you come up with the compositions for them?

oh, awesome! it is an INCREDIBLY enjoyable style to work in; I hope you have fun with it! :D

I'm not great at putting my thought/art process into words, so my apologies if this doesn't make a lot of sense, but I'll try! my first step is always to do a LOT of thumbnails to figure out both the idea and how I want to show it; not trying to do a real sketch or anything, just little doodles to figure out what exactly I'm trying to portray. (I also call these "garbage passes" because they're not meant to be any good, they're just there to throw things out. aha. ha. ...anyway.) I think it's important during that first stage to really focus on the idea and the layout and not to get too bogged down in the actual drawing yet!

I tend to save my final thumbnails, so I'll use 'em as examples (I posted the ones up through episode 5 here if you're interested!) (and, uhhh, spoilers through episode 5 also in this post, hopefully that won't be an issue!)

the main thing I try to think about in composition is balance -- not necessarily in terms of symmetry, but in where each element is placed and how much space it's taking up. remember, empty space is still space! it's also really important to think about the parts that don't have anything in them, as much as the parts that do!

personally, I like to divide things up roughly by both halves and by thirds -- there's a lot more in-depth info out there on why the "rule of thirds" in particular works well visually, but in short, our brains tend to focus on things that are placed closer to imaginary division lines, instead of in the exact center of an image. so even when I'm doing something that is very centered and symmetrical, I try to keep that in mind and generally aim around those for landmarks like faces/eyes (or...where they would be, anyway) and other focal points.

it's not a formula of "the character's face should be in this division of this grid" or anything, more like "our minds like to focus on these areas, let's think about how to use that", if that makes sense! and of course rules are made to be broken, art is lawless anarchy, and so on. but it can be a good starting place for deciding where you want to put things!

(blue - thirds, red - half)

and against the finished versions, because they do usually end up changing a lot (including the empty space of the border):

(...these actually lined up a lot better than I thought they would. :') it makes me look like I do things way more intentionally than I do.)

other stuff I just try to keep in mind is that our eyes like following arcs and paths, which can be a good way to guide the eye:

and frame and control the focus:

honestly, composition is one of those things I feel like I struggle with a lot, so I'm not sure how much of this is helpful or actually makes sense outside of my head. but hopefully it helps a little! it's all just stuff to think about while drawing and not anything hard-and-fast, so don't, like, stress out about making sure things are lining up exactly on the thirds or anything. again, it's more "our brains think these are the dopest parts of the rectangle" than anything else! take advantage of the cool parts of the rectangle!

NOW GO HAVE FUN DRAWING seriously though, it is always super cool that other people like this idea and style enough to want to do it themselves and for other/their own characters! thank you! ❤️❤️❤️

#art #sketch #twisted wonderland #...technically i guess? it's not about twst but there is twst art present anyway #i did have a few more examples but then i wasn't sure if you were cool with episode 7 spoilers. whoops. 🫠 #many other people have explained the rule of thirds and directional flow way better than me and i apologize #it is so hard to put things into words i am so sorry #me: the...you know...the lines...they sort of converge? like a triangle? #the internet: mm-hmm. yes. go on. #me: (sweating) the...the triangle points here...because it...it has a point. #the internet: it's doing better than you are then #genuinely shocked at how well some of these line up though #uh. i mean. actually it was all totally intentional and i put actual thought into it! NOT an accident at all! #my eyes darting back and forth shiftily are just ✨following the paths✨

[khaotunq]

You're allowed to be weak.

#the eclipse #the eclipse the series #akkayan #theeclipseedit #akk x ayan #userjamiec #mushiemaradame #my edits #my gifs #mine: akkayan #mine: the eclipse #mine: akk #mine: ayan #mine: thai bl #hi i just got emotional over a gif #the little nose tuck #i just #kdfjlskaj here have this internet i'm going to go rock back and forth in a corner #the quality is annoying me #they're so clear in my folder ;;;;

[ginjithewanderer]

A3! Web Manga Translation — Chapter 302: Chronic

Taichi looks at the pudding Omi gave him, and...?

Featuring: Taichi, Omi

Original at https://manga.a3-liber.jp/comic/1993/

Bonus: Reaction image under the cut

#me going back to 2012 #having to use bluetooth to transfer this image back and forth between my phone and laptop #bc my laptop cannot access the internet anymore #anyway that last panel is killing me #i needed it as a reaction image #a3! #taichi nanao #omi fushimi #a3! translation #an's translation

[anthropwashere]

Aw geez, Depression Hell has absolutely chewed through my ability to write for more than 2 years and counting, but the reviews I've gotten since I began posting Your Head Will Lie in Dust have been reminding me of why I write fanfiction at all: wrecking absolute havoc on the mindscapes of total strangers I will never meet and at best will exchange a truly delightful comment thread or two with

Thank you all for every view and kudos and bookmark and comment and everything else

#your head will lie in dust #look man i've been so divorced from writing i basically don't even work here anymore #but the COMMENTS i've gotten this week are SO GOOD #y'all're just ranting at me wholesale AND loving my OCs??? i'm not okay #and there have been SEVERAL people going 'oh shit ANTHROP posted?!' #like i'm somebody worthwhile for my sadsack nonsense #i keep 98% of my venting off the internet but just. thank you. thank you so much. #your appreciation of whatever i can muster an effort to in my veteran migraine hellscape means the world and more to me #i'm already embarrassed by the earnestness i put forth in the 1st chapter but still i must say #i love you i love i love you #i'll never know any of you beyond the input you put into my silly fanfiction but i love you

[everyryuujisuguro]

#ryuuji suguro #blue exorcist #suguro ryuji #ao no exorcist #ryuji suguro #bon suguro #suguro ryuuji #cram school #manga ryuuji #chapter 12 #aria ryuuji #go forth internet and have him say whatever you want

[ophernelia]

it’s too much going on on the net! age of aquarius + leo full moon combo is no joke.

#my momma asked me about what’s going on with Nicki and Megan like ma’am! #idk I haven’t really cared for internet drama and the back and forth #all I do know is the visuals for hiss were beautiful and I am very excited for this era from Miss Megan #I met her once a few years ago and she was an absolute doll #I wish her nothing but the best in life #nonsims #text post

[vukovich]

1. You don't have to answer this (obviously).

2. I'd drop into your DMs with this except we don't know each other outside of me bungling up a comment I made on one of your fics awhile ago and you firmly, but graciously, correcting me (as you should).

But I have to say this. All these anons trying to tell you to "do better" truly need to get off the internet or at least out of your ask box.

I saw the original post and OP had a good point. I even liked it and queued it up to rb. You, Vukovich, added to the conversation in a way that was also a good point; you're not worried and explained why in a way that makes perfect sense to me.

No one NEEDS to do better. We are who we are in this space. Isn't that part of the joy of fandom? To be unapologetically ourselves with all our interests? No one is performing a public service. Most people here are not publicly-known individuals. Fandom can be activism for/against (insert issue here), but it doesn't HAVE to be. Sure, it's great when you find your people, but assuming everyone agrees with everything is a a good way to ruin your experience.

Communities can be concerned about changes, but not every individual contributor has to agree on all points. Yes, even those with controversial takes (that are way more serious than someone not being worried about AI). I'm sure fandom is weaponized for much worse things.

And trying to use shame and guilt is not a usefool method to change behaviors. Furthermore, why are you trying to change an internet stranger's mind? What miserable wheel are you choosing to walking on?

Vuk, I'm sorry for ranting in your ask box. But if you post this: Anons, I'm saying this as kindly as I know how - You are solely responsible for cultivating your own space. If you feel so strongly you need to try to parent/tone police someone else because you think you know better, BLOCK THEM. Protect your energy for the things that are actually worth. I've yet to meet a troll who actually feels good about harassing people.

Welp, this is the only thing on Tumblr this week that made me cry. Anon, I genuinely have no idea who you are, which is probably good for you, because it would be a hell of a hug.

-- </soapbox>

(Dusts off the massive "community organization" section of her CV) --

If watching this Tumblr drama unfold intimidated you, this section is for you.

You should know that: 1. This was bullying. Let's call it what your school counselor would call it. Bullying. Punching down? Check. Recruiting others? Check. Repetitive, targeted behavior? Check.

2. The private support I received outnumbered the anon hatemail by roughly 10:1. I heard from people I worked with years ago, and it was so good to catch up. I did not lose any readers, subscribers, or Tumblr followers, at least not looking at the numbers.

3. When talking to the half-dozen or so creators I'm currently collaborating with, I mentioned in passing that they could drop me with no hard feelings. They laughed. No one even considered not working with me in the future.

--

In summary, the fandom is not a "community" any more than people who coexist in an apartment building. Strangers with huge followings on Tumblr are just noisy upstairs neighbors, but if you knock on enough doors, you will find your people.

The folks in this fandom you choose to work with, and who you show your writing to when it's tender and new, those people are your community. There is no trust fall quite like pouring your heart into a gdoc and sharing the link with someone.

When we find those people, we find solid ground. As writers and artists, we become bolder. We become more authentically ourselves. Our stories become so intrinsically us that nothing artificial could ever, ever hope to replace us.

</soapbox>

#let us go forth now and write the most appalling smut the internet has ever had to endure

[tallyhoot]

Asbdjeheke I’ve got internet for like ten minutes :D

#eddie’s random rambles #Argjhh the new house has none so when we go back and forth grabbing stuff I get internet :3”

[tenacious-minds]

In Clays and Creams and Yellow Music is now on ao3

Robin is gay, is the thing. She always has been.

She remembers being very small and watching the way girls skirts twirled around their knees, the way their hair would brush they collarbones and get stuck on their mouths, lips sticky with gloss and— his hair has grown out, is the thing. Since everything. Since it's all been over. He hasn't gotten it cut. 

Used to be every three months like clockwork, the minute it would start brushing his shoulders. And she'd asked him once, why he bothered when it looked so nice longer. He'd tensed up, facing away from her, hands still poised above the register. And then his shoulders had dropped, all at once, forced like, and he’d shrugged. Told her he didn't like the feeling of it brushing his shoulders. He hadn't looked her in the for the rest of their shift. 

She doesn't think she believed him then, either, but she hadn't known what to say to him about it (years later, in the quiet dark of their apartment, he will tell her about his first hair cut and his father and the way his hair brushing against his shoulder's made him want to cry and how confusing that was because it was from happiness and from fear and sadness and some weird twisted second-hand form of disgust (and she knows if she ever sees Harrington senior again she will absolutely break her fucking hand for the sheer pleasure of popping him one right in his great big nose.)) 

So, yeah. His hair is getting long, and the longest bits reach past his shoulders, now, and the front pieces are falling just past his chin, with this one extra short bit— lifted by his great big swirling cow’s-lick— tickling his cheek-bone. And he’s stopped swooping it up with too much hairspray, lets it fall soft and wispy around his face instead— and the door opens, bell jiggling, and he smiles at the pretty girl on the other side of the counter. All big and flirty-like, that one that shows off his one crooked incisor and it makes her stomach twist uncomfortably and she feels sick with it. But Steve is talking with his hands now, fingers flying as he explains the plot of whatever movie he’s recommend, and she can see the way the girl tracks them, nose wrinkling, and that makes Robin's stomach twist for a whole other reason, sinking like a rock in her fucking abdomen, tugging at her diaphragm until she can't breathe with it either. Because really, Steve’s picked up a lot of that from her and Eddie, the way he flourishes his hands. But Eddie knows better than to really do it much in public, and he’s created the kind of personae that it wouldn’t matter even if he did but Steve doesn’t have that, and he doesn’t even really know. 

But Steve is ringing her up now, and they’re both smiling and the girl is thanking him and—it’s fine, really, it's all fine.

Except that now Robin's looking at his hands too, all cluttered with rings, which he's slowly been collecting for the past month now—two months? All delicate weaved silver and floral motifs, one with a small inset amethyst and one with weaving ivy (from Robin) and another, the only chunky one (one of Eddie’s)— an old signet style ring with a heavy lined moth, weighing down his pinky-finger in tarnished silver. And his nails— they’re painted. A soft pink clear coat you can barely see, except for when it catches the light just right and the florescent bulb shines in arcs across them. He'd had Robin repaint them Saturday night, after the girls had left, from a bright yellow ( his favourite colour) to this ‘so he could still wear it into work’. (When pressed he had simply stated that he'd promised El, and then, in a much quieter hushed kind of voice, that he thought it would be good for Will to have some positive roll models.) They're well cared for, Robin knows, and by turns soft and rough—slightly callused from years of sports and swinging his dumb bat at dumb terrifying monsters, but he has this whole drawer full of fancy creams and she knows that he trims his cuticles, files his nails until they are a perfectly shaped oval—

“-obin" Steve is looking at her now, head tilted to the side with that soft exasperated Robin-smile he saves just for her. "Robs?" he says again, and he laughs softly when she just blinks at him, it makes something in her stomach clench painfully. She feels sick. Is she sick? She wonders if this is all some sort of fever induced hallucination and— Steve is looking worried now, stepping closer with that little furrow between his brows, one hand lifted like he's thinking about pressing it to her forehead to check her temperature and— is he wearing lip gloss what the fuck? But— no. Steve is not allowed to look worried.

He's worried so often— about her and the kids and Eddie and even Nance and Jonathan, and there's absolutely no need for him to be looking like that right now, not about whatever is happening inside Robin's head because its nothing. So she laughs and pokes at his forehead, and he swats at her hands, still kind of frowning at her, and she knows he's still worried.

“I'm okay, Stevie, really” she says, and then he goes a little pink, the way he always does when she calls him that, fond and pleased, and he squeezes her hand tightly between his.

"You looked a little warm, are you sure?" and she doesn't stop him from pressing the back of his hand to her cheek, forehead, neck until he's satisfied. He smells like the lavender he puts on his temples before bed and like something else sweet and musky and floral. Fuck.

"See?" She says, and squeezes his other hand where they're still clasped by their sides. “All good."

He hums, still looking her over. "Alight, but let me know if that changes okay? We’re closing early to day to help out at the middle school, so I can always drive you home and then come back to finish closing up on my own.” And then he's back to work again, squinting at the computer screen and typing with his painfully slow two-fingered jabs. 

And Robin's gay, is thing. She always has been. She likes women, or at least, she doesn't like men.

But Steve is—

Well. Fuck.

Part 2 

#part 1 #When I tell you I cried very real tears over this ship I am not lying #I read one to many NBfem steve fics and now I feel physically ill because this ship has invaded my entire brain and its all i can think abou #I'm with Robin when I say 'what the fuck' #I can't even type the ship name #anyway Robin is still a lesbian people hold tight we're going on a ride. #stobin #My writing #stranger things #headcanon #non-binary steve harrington #Tentively titled lavender haze becasue it's PERFECT but I also promised myself i would never title a fic after a TS song #but go on tell me that lavender haze (and midnights over all) isn't a good match #anyway #go forth and #die with me i guess #new hc alert #There's definitely more coming soon but if I didn't get it out of my brain and into the big wide internet im pretty sure I was gonna explode

[sludgeguzzler]

man. i changed so much these past years

#im different from last years me who was different from 2021 me who was different from 2020 me and so on and so forth #it feels kinda weird thinking about it bc i went through *so much stuff* #all of it in just the past 4 years... insane #i found out i was trans. i went on lockdown. i started posting my art online. i made online friends. #i went through three different relationships. every single one of them changed me forever. #i started writing. i finished middle school. i read homestuck. i used discord everyday for 2 years. #i found my personal sense of style. i started going tk school again. i made friends irl. i lost all the online friends i had. #(thay wasnt bc of any scandal i just left the friendgroup and then started to slowly interact more with ppl irl #whi sorta made my online interactions dwindle especially one-on-one interactions #i think i feel better like this go be honest with you. the connections feel stronger and i feel closer to the friends ive made #not saying i dont like the people i know and befriended here just saying that not being chronically online anymore really changed how i #go through with internet interactions) #damn. really feeling the passage of time now. #also this is not a sad reminiscent post im *really* glad im in the place i am in life right now #i have a qpp i have an irl friendgrouo that i feel 100% comfortable with for the first time in my life im doing ok at school #i have a vision for my future my relationship with my parents is sooo much better #idk man. compare that with 14 year old me eating alone at school bc i was too scared to talk with the other people on my class and like. #yeah man. im doing a lot better #i DO have to update my art blog though. its been too long sincd i posted anything #talk

[sureuncertainty]

at least now i've gone through an important tumblr rite of passage, watching a longtime mutual become a radfem :/

#the thing that really got me was that they were talking about their morality ocd triggering them about it #bc of the way tumblr and the internet in general has this black and white approach to things #and one of those i guess was 'transphobes = bad' which like. is not what i'm ever talking about when i say that things have more nuance #that said i DO think that the way this website prioritizing hating terfs over supporting trans people is kinda gross #but anyway this person was so anxious about it and it just was depressing bc i related to that #they were SO afraid of losing friends or being cancelled over it and i was just like damn i wonder if all terfs are that miserable #but they acted like they just had no choice but to believe this 'thing' that they constantly alluded to but never talked outright about #which i am pretty sure now is just that they're a radfem or at least believe in a lot of radfem ideologies #and honestly? i go back and forth between genuinely feeling so bad for them and being like well that's what you fucking get #i wish i'd had the courage to talk to them about it but whenever i thought about it i got immeasurable anxiety #sorry for the very long tag ramble i just haven't been able to talk about this and it's been eating ME up too for a long time #i just feel horrible. i know in the past they've mentioned too how they want people to tell them why if they unfollow/block them #but i can't. i cannot. and then i'm afraid of just feeding into their victim complex by doing this #i just can't win. and it's like. i'm trans i am literally affected by their bigotry that they're acting like is just not even a choice #ALSO I REMEMBER HOW THEY MADE A POST ONCE ABOUT HOW PEOPLE IRL DON'T TALK ABOUT TRANS STUFF #LIEK IDK WHAT PLANET YOU ARE LIVING ON MY DUDE BUT I HAVE LIKE 5 TRANS COWORKERS AND EVERYONE IS VERY NORMAL ABOUT THEM #like maybe YOU live in a bad area #but you're just a really loud minority #anyway. yeah. just. oof. #still feeling some kind of anxiety about it #win rambles

[prettyboysdontlookatexplosions]

most of the examples i see of this are in a vacuum harmless but i do find it concerning how often i witness an exchange on the internet that’s like:

some complete fucking rando on social media, potentially a self-branded expert of some kind but probably not even that, like literally just a person with internet access: did you know that actually [information that may or may not be factually accurate, because it’s literally just some person saying stuff on twitter]?

other people: wow this is so helpful, thanks so much for telling me, i had no idea

like even when the thing the person is saying is true i find this concerning. because like, Some Person On Twitter should not be an automatically accepted source on…… anything. like it’s fine to read something like that and be like “oh interesting i’d never heard of this” and then do some more digging. or i mean if it’s not serious it’s also fine to be like “oh huh cool if true” lol. but it stresses me out how many people are wandering around with their default reaction to certain kinds of alleged information, regardless of its provenance, being “thank you for enlightening me, o kind stranger,” and not, “hm, i wonder if there is literally any basis for believing this other than that someone said it was true?”

#you think someone would do that? just go on the internet and lie? #i thought about this bc i remembered the p*yt*n b**chd**th louisa may alcott thread lol #and how the replies on twitter were so like…. #like it wasn’t even ‘i’d never considered this but now that you mention it you make a good point’ #(which like. He Did Not. but whatever) #like the tone of it was very ‘thank you so much for enlightening me with your expertise’ #with a side of ‘it’s crazy how this objective historical fact was only brought to light by Some Guy On Twitter With A Podcast’ #like there was no awareness of it even *as* an argument being put forth #that’s the element of this that i find a concerning behavior pattern even though in this case it reallt #does not matter that much #like it wasn’t people agreeing with this bad argument. that’s annoying. but it’s different #than people taking something as like empirical fact literally just because the person saying it said that it was #anyway but i was also sort of thinking about this phenomenon re: a mutual’s post on the twitter definition of intrusive thoughts #because i feel like i see this a LOT with psych stuff #where someone will be like ‘hey did you know that [behavior or feeling] is ACTUALLY [term for a symptom]? #and people will be like ‘wow thanks so much for educating me kind stranger’ #like you should really aim to build into your thought process some degree of #‘this sounds interesting but back up. do i have other reasons to believe that it is actually true?’ #nobody’s perfect and i let stuff slide without noticing i’m sure #but many people really seem to think ‘uncritically accepting what someone who seems cool says’ is like the correct approach #it is not!!!! #don’t take my word for it :) use your brain to decide if i am right (i am)

[bye2k]

#nickelodeon #rugrats #the wild thornberrys #cartoons #00s #flash games #webcore #internet #animals #nature #images #now THIS I did play and loved it!!! sadly another one where all trace seems to be gone save for somebody asking about it on reddit with pic #I used to get so stressed finding medicine kits for the animals haha. also going back and forth to encounter rarer species

[aimwigs]

got my aimen shirt we’re so back

#censored my face i go back and forth on internet safety also ignore my musty ass mirror

[opens-up-4-nobody]

No hate at all ( I wish you the best) but it is so funny that your blog is called opens up 4 no one but you have all those ... journal entry things. You open up for everyone all the time (again it's very interesting), but the irony is just so funny.

My username comes from my favorite song when I was in like 8th grade (little house by the fray (one of the most emo cringe songs ever lol)). But yea the irony is not lost on me, it's bc I don't talk to anyone irl 🙃

#also im just a very open person. like if u ask me something irl ill probably just tell u #i dont really give a fuck. but also im just so unhappy currently that im just anxiety shrapnel everytime i open my mouth #but like im very self isolated and i talk to other ppl and i cant tell if what i do deviates from the norm #bc everyone is like oh yea i dont see ppl enough #but like. i only talk to ppl at work and i avoid coming in when ppl r around. the most i talk in a week is probably when i meet with my #boss for like an hr every week and we have to cancel all the time bc shes busy #i dont even text people. like my parents might text me once a week and we'll go back and forth like 2 texts and thats it. then maybe they #call once every month or 2? so idk that seems unusal to me but its my life so its hard to tell #but thats y i vent on the internet so much bc i literally never talk to anyone in my daily life when im not trapped on long car rides #its not as bad as when i was an undergrad tho. then i would go week long stretchs only uttering thr words please and thank u #bc then i was truely not talking to anyone and hadnt developed socal skills lol #unrelated #my dad Said i was only hermit spectrum lol bc i dont really get lonely #on the hermit spectrum*