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canisalbus · 5 months

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I'm sure you get loads of these but heck I said I'd give it a shot anyway!

Your artwork is so inspiring and beautiful. I recently graduated from art school with a degree in Animation Production but I've decided I'd love to be an illustrator some day. Your work really motivates me and gets my brain juice buzzin. Keep it up!!!

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#oh thank you! I'm glad you did!#first off as a general rule I think it's always okay to message any individual independent artist/creator #and tell them that you like their work #you may think they probably get lots of positive feedback and such and another one doesn't matter #but I would bet money that the actual amount is almost always smaller than you'd think #so every kind comment has the potential to cheer them up and inspire them #and motivate them to continue creating and posting their work online for people to see #messages like that can linger at the back of your mind for ages #I regularly think back to the nice things people have said about my art over the years #especially when I'm struggling with art block and feel like what I make isn't worth anything and that I'm bad and my stuff is bad #this got a little long winded and I'm probably preaching to the choir #but what I wanted to say is don't be afraid to let creatives know if you like their work it's always appreciated #I'm flattered to hear my dog doodles motivate and inspire you!#animation and illustration are both good choices imo #I wish you all the best on whatever you end up doing #answered #starfruitwyne

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fauxbia · 1 year

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A commission I made for @aquaticnebulae! I really like how this one turned out, and I had a super fun time with their Hunter design :D

#rain world #rw hunter #the aninal... the creature... the gaybeast...#hnnngghhhhhh *goes feral*#i love drawing flowing clothes i love rendering fur i love fucking around with shading and highlights grrrrgrrrrhhhrrrrgrrr #anyway yea :]#i'd open comms more generally but i don't have a way of receiving money #so maybe one day...#by the time i can actually get paid for comms my art might be progressed to the point where it's actually worth money SO!#at least there's that #faux art

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foldingfittedsheets · 18 days

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Hi!

Not an ask exactly, but I just finished the Faun comic, and I wanted to say thank you!

Your comics are wonderful! Your art style and method of storytelling make for very compelling and uplifting reads. There have been more than a few times they've picked me up on a rough day; they just fill my heart with warm fuzzies and my eyes with the mistiest kind of happiness!

Thanks so so much (again, haha), and I really appreciate what you give to us!

I hope you are having a lovely day!

Thank you so much for the kind words! It can be hard dealing with the fact sometimes that I can spend months on a comic that gets four thousand notes only for a funny story I wrote up in less twenty minutes to get twenty thousand. But asks like this remind me that I make comics for people like you, who really cherish them.

#ask ffs #today is definitely one of those days where I feel uncertain about my future and finances and I needed a reminder that it's worth making ar #even if I don't make money off it I have a positive impact and that really is a wonderful thing to get out of a labor of love

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tippenfunkaport · 1 year

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It will never not piss me off that 80s She-Ra toys were action figures but when they went to make toys for 2018 She-Ra, they would only give us fashion dolls.

How did they learn nothing from the popularity of their own toyline?

Literally, three decades passed and somehow sexism in toys got WORSE.

#spop #shera #she ra #I want my SPOP action figures damn it #they could be completely lazy and just make the same toys again but make them look like the new show and I would take it #scratch action Catra but OUR Catra?#give it to me #i will even take bubble power she-ra idgaf #god I wish mattel wanted my money #*resists the urge to rant about the toy industry and all the ways they did this merch line dirty*#I'm not tagging mattel because then I will get the dudebros who think they know more about the toy industry than me when they SUPER don't #beyond the whole Target limited run / DC dolls thing shooting the SPOP toy line in the foot #the spop merch was very clearly made quickly as a reaction to the shows popularity #instead of ready at launch like a show that depends on toy sales #and if you are too clueless to understand the most basic way the industry works #you are not worth fighting with #'no one wanted the toys' ok jan #go on ebay and look at how much the spop toys sell for and try to say that again with a straight face #toylines that are legit bombs don't have a resale value like these do that's toys 101 babies #resale like that means supply issue #i'll stop now #this is my longest tag rant yet sorry everyone #and for that one specific dudebro let me clarify that obviously it would be great if all toys were made for everyone #but this toyline was specifically made and marketed for girls #and it's impossible not to factor marketing and intended demographic in when talking about this #see I said I would stop and it was a lie #now I'll stop for real

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ferberus-skull · 4 months

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so rng decided to be nice to me and gave me a plague egg in gathering. as per usual when rng gives me an egg like that, i expected at most something mediocre. but. um.

hello?????????????

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okmcintyre · 1 year

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Marcus shows Julie features of their new home

#i'll be watching #julie & marcus #enter ✨the house✨#he's so excited #and she's OVER it already #beliza #i'll be watching movie #i'll be watching spoilers #spoilers #ktedits #eliza taylor #bob morley #(not me having to re-rent this one bc I capped it all and forgot to take down all the dialouge LOL)#(new movies don't have online scripts? *faux shock*)#(expect more spazzy gifs soon- so I can get my money's worth)

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mwagneto · 6 months

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men will take 3 night shifts in a row

#muttering under my breath like a prayer. im making insane amounts of money here it's worth it it's worth it it's #i dont take anything other than night shifts anyway like i never begin earlier than like 9.30 #but my sleep schedule reset to going to bed at like midnight when i was in paris and BOY that's kicking my ass rn #it's literally fine. also i have to take my car to the mechanic (?) to get winter tyres which sounds so scary #but my father will come with me so it's fine. it's okay. it's fine #we need to get rid of all cars forever please bring back horse riding PLEASE #i say that like i don't literally live in budapest where you cant rly go a day without seeing ppl riding around on horses but #barking

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ivan-fyodorovich-k · 1 year

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I think a recession is just what we call the phenomenon when too many people realize the economy is fake too quickly

#OUR PRETEND MONEY IS WORTH LESS THAN WE PRETENDED #QUICK AND TURN IT INTO SOMETHING ELSE WE PRETEND IS VALUABLE #but Ivan pretending something is valuable is what makes it valuable #provided enough people agree #I do kind of get darkly amused with people who are like fiat money is worthless that's why you need a gold standard #gold also is only valuable because everyone says it is #'at least the supply is limited'#yes limited supply of resources has never been a problem before #I'm gonna stop typing now because I don't understand the economy and can only pretend I do for short bursts #I really think if I'd understood money I would have done something else with my life

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taylorswiftstylequestions · 8 months

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The author of RW&RB has also taken to posting playlists for her characters that are exclusively Taylor Swift songs 🙄 Whether she's pretending to like her now or she truly did a 180, I'm not sure. However, the original things she said were so so bad. Like it wasn't a simple "ew Taylor Swift". She really was out there celebrating bad things happening to her.

I typically find myself distrustful of people who gleefully took part in the 2016/17 shenanigans and are now seemingly pro-Taylor when it's convenient.

#it's worth noting that i don't think people are incapable of changing their mind #or that you need to be a fan for X years in order to be a 'real' fan #but there is a cohort of fickle people who are happy to get on and off the wagon as it suits them #including saying shitty things for the laugh when it's 'cool' to pile on the 'i hate taylor' parade #and then try to get eras tour tickets when it's suddenly the hottest thing in town #again - i don't think you need to quantify your fanship by years or by money spent #but i do think not participating in on/off shit talk as it serves you is where i set my bar

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bylertruther · 2 years

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i was doing my regular rewatch the other day and tbh... lonnie and will's relationship is so unsettling. lonnie literally did not give a single goddamn fuck that his own twelve year old son was missing and later "dead". he just... did not fucking care! at all. couldn't even pretend to. jonathan comes to tell him what happened and we see that...

lonnie got joyce's call and still didn't care to reach out,

when jonathan tells him this is serious and real, he mocks will by saying "he was never very good at taking care of himself" (which is already disturbing considering this is his son he's talking about, but especially so when you remember that lonnie abused will for being gay and tried to get him to like "masculine" things),

he's already talking to jonathan about seeing him more and reconnecting, like will isn't fucking missing, like he's already fucking dead and he's moved on, as if will is some stranger or worse someone that never existed at all,

instead of feeling any kind of shame about jonathan not believing him when he says will isn't there and him looking in the actual fucking trunk of his car, he just makes a joke out of it asking if jonathan's gonna check up his ass too,

his neglect is brought up again when jonathan slams one of the posters to his chest and tells him "in case you forgot what he looks like",

and that's not even touching on the fact that the very first thing we see lonnie do when jonathan enters the house is fucking shove and pin him to the wall, telling him "you got stronger".

like, he is not a good man in the slightest—the complete antithesis of the byers we know.

and then afterward... lonnie finally decides to come back. he's being nice to joyce and pretending like he's the man of the house again. like he's finally come home to fix and save his family.

he goes to will's funeral and treats it like a schmoozing event, like that isn't his youngest son being buried right in front of him, showing less emotion than one of will's classmates that hasn't ever even talked to him.

but... he's not there because he's had a sudden change of heart.

no, he's there because he has something to gain out of this unimaginable tragedy. his own youngest son is dead and he comes back home to collect a fucking check for it. because he's never cared about will, hasn't ever even seen him as a human being, he just... sees his death as something he can benefit from.

it's just so fucked up and so sinister. lonnie isn't a man riddled with vices, beholden to some disease which makes him act in ways most unbecoming. no, he's... just a man. a small, manipulative, and cruel leech of a man that just doesn't fucking care and is in it only for himself.

it's just... it's really tragic to think that will really was dealing with monsters way before that first demogorgon ever came through the gate.

and even then... that demogorgon was an animal acting as animals do / possessed by vecna and you can't really blame it for that. but what's lonnie's excuse, huh?

#like. hashtag felt lmao #a lot of ppl write lonnie as an alcoholic and i feel like ... lonnie just being a bad person because he Is a bad person without the help of #any vices is just... so much more terrifying and painful.#because then it's just lonnie. just a man who doesn't care about his son. a man who views his baby boy as less than a bug. a man who #doesn't care or hold any affection in his heart because he just simply does not fucking want to or care to. he doesn't care if will is in #danger. he doesn't care if will is dead at the bottom of the quarry. he doesn't care not because he's drunk or high but just.. because.#he couldn't turn will into what he thinks is a proper man so in his mind he's thinking well.. if i can't get anything out of him like that #then i'm at least gonna get my money's worth with this wrongful death case.#a man making the choice to be evil. to inflict pain purposely. for no gain whatso-fucking-ever.#bc at least vecna does it to gain more power to achieve world domination. but lonnie is just a piece of shit that abuses kids.#water is wet lmao but... i feel like stranger things manages to be so fucking dark sometimes and yet it just... it's treated so normally #that you almost don't even notice it. bc ur just viewing this story from the perspective of a character and for them it IS normal #i just. yeah. idk. Thinking Thotz Over Here #it's so fucked up when u stop to think abt it lmao like. if will doesn't get his happy ending bro.......#abuse tw #byers #lonnie #mine

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mastersoftheair · 1 month

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Sorry but am I the only one that thought that episode…sucked? Like it was straight up bad. Horrible pacing, no wrap up of all the random characters and plot lines they’ve thrown around all season (the tuskegee airmen, Westgates spying, literally all the guys beside like the main 4). (Seriously it makes me so mad that the three redtails got all of 5 seconds of screen time, almost no lines. Literally what was the point of introducing them other than to pretend the show was iNcLuSiVe) Even at the end of BoB and the Pacific you get a much better idea of what happened to all the remaining guys. In this they’re like what happened to DeMarco or Hambone or Brady or (insert character here) we don’t know! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The concentration camp scene felt shoehorned in compared to how it was done in BoB. Unless that actually happened to Rosie (which i haven’t heard anything about) but it was just like.. ok? It all felt so rushed and emotionless to me. Maybe I’ve just fallen out of love with MoTA but it’s been downhill for me since episode 6 or so.

i already made a little (read: long) post-finale write-up here, where i talk about the use of the tuskegee airmen, l'sandra, and overall editing/pacing issues i felt the show had. but i don't agree with the notion that adding the redtails was in any way insincere or trying to halfass being "iNcLuSiVe", i just think they suffer from this show's obvious time constraints. and to summarize what i wrote in my linked post, there's a limit to what white writers/directors/producers can do when creating a story about black people. there are some stories i'd feel uncomfortable with them telling on their own, truth be told. dee rees wasn't the sole nonwhite director, but she Was the only black one. i think she did her job well given the limitations and i appreciate that they let her direct those episodes, rather than leaving it up to a team of white people trying their best to tell a black story.

the worst i can say about the finale is that it didn't feel like That strong of finale, tho i wouldn't go as far to say it "sucked" or call it "straight up bad". i liked it plenty, it's just the weakest of the hbo war finales imo.

as for the concentration camp scene, artistic license was taken with both shows. unlike what's seen in the BoB, easy company wasn't the first to arrive at kaufering, and there's 0 mention of the all-japanese american 552nd who helped them liberate it). similarly, rosie rosenthal did assist in liberating those camps, though it would've been after the events shown this episode. idk if he saw one in that up-close way seen in this episode, but he could've (i should research this when i have time). plus, it would've felt weird Not having him acknowledge them at all. "shoe-horned" is an odd term to use here imo, as both scenes more-or-less center a jewish character (BoB's liebgott and MotA's rosie). the former show has survivors the characters can help, the latter shows no one left to help. the former has all of easy company there, the latter has rosie there all alone. rosie's scene felt deeply personal in that way. at the end of the day, both scenes are communicating different things. that doesn't make one better than the other when they aren't trying to be identical. (disclaimer, i'm not jewish, so i'd be interesting hearing from the perspective of someone who wrt whether or not they felt it was "shoe-horned")

i can understand if you've disliked the show post-episode 6 (and episode 6 was a very strong episode i'm ngl). eps 7 and 8 were weaker in many ways, even to me, so i get it. everyone's entitled to their own opinion (i'd be a hypocrite saying otherwise). just understand that this blog is run by someone who overall enjoys this show despite its flaws! basically, i encourage you to take this energy and make your own posts.

#masters of the air #hbo war #e9 #asks #long post #masters of the air spoilers #mota spoilers #all the hbo war finales are different. i don't think MotA's is as strong but like #my fav hbo war show is still BoB and even Then i don't think it has a better finale than TP. and i dislike a lot of TP! like A Lot!#and Even Then we don't get a good idea about what happens to a lot of the minor-er characters in TP once they leave #anyone who isn't sledge or leckie (rip basilone) is hand-waved-'they went home'-away #not every show needs a sandlot ending w/ a voiceover going:#'[NAME] got really into the [INSERT DECADE] and no one ever saw him again' like they did to webster (rip webster)#and again! i'm mixed about the redtails. but i can Very Clearly See this show getting released without including them #which wouldve left many people (justifiably!) upset that they weren't shown when they were Literally there in the same pow camp #i'll give the hbo war team a lot of shit about a lot of things (despite the enduringly positive energy i try to keep up here)#but i Have to give MotA props for Trying. i don't see faux inclusion i just see it as not quite hitting the mark but an attempt was made #and i think that's worth Something given neither BoB or TP bothered trying #(like i think there was a missed opportunity in TP not mentioning what's happening to japanese americans on the home front)#this got away from me (i'm also opinionated) but while i can agree with you about how the show feels rushed #i do take issue with the idea that they were pretending to be inclusive. i'll blame money time and covid19 before i blame bad intention #maybe that's controversial here but it Is my blog. so.

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dove-da-birb · 8 months

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My Makeup

People seemed interested, so this is a post of my makeup. I didn't include everything I have, as I have more moisturizers, setting powder, setting spray, and brushes. So yeah.

My favs will be bolded.

I use makeup for expression purposes; makeup has no gender babes.

People who seemed interested; @eynnwwyjth, @krenenbaker, @twistwonderlanddevotee, @silvers-numberonefan

Eyeshadow Palettes

Palette; Fierce by Nature from Morphe (I think it's out of circulation now)

1st Row; Trance, Consume, Frenzy, Power Play, Savage, The OG, Disrupt

2nd Row; Temptin', Flame Game, Ferocious, Come Alive, Major Hottie, Stun Wild, Embers

3rd Row; New Flame, Ball of Fire, Red Alert, Make Believe, Unstoppable, Explode, Hot Contents

4th Row; Domination, Full Blast, Ignition, Mesmerize, Inferno, In Command, Hypnotic

5th Row; Stamina, Warning Label, Combust, Outta Control, Smolder, Jolt, Smoked Out

Palette; Oh Boy by Morphe (out of circulation too I think)

1st Row; Hendrix, Derick, Benji, Maddox, Alexander

2nd Row; Jacob, Wyatt, Timmy, Carter, Liam

3rd Row; Max, Kai, Austin, Mace, Blake

4th Row; Bentley, Jax, Chris, Jonah, Oliver

5th Row; Paxton, Knox, Eli, Jace, Daniel

I only really have it to have a neutral palette just in case I need to do something more business or formal.

Palette; 18 Hit Wonder by e.l.f

1st Row; Supreme, Vibrant, Moss, Peachy, Quartz, Pave

2nd Row; Velvet, Electric, Evergreen, Solar, Heat, Candy

3rd Row; Royal, Shade, Element, Summer, Penny, Danger

I also use this to do some dorm-inspired makeup; plus look at that rainbow.

Single Eyeshadows (also blush and highlighters but I use them as eyeshadow too)

Starting at the top left;

Dito Galaxy Shade in Mars

Autobalm Day2Night in Lombard ST

Wander Beauty in Bouquet

Kaleido Cosmetics Skin Blush in Primadonna

Bottom row, left to right;

Nomad Cosmetics Desert Sands

Araceli Jalisco Eyes in Tequila

Estate Dew Me Baked Highlighter Powder in Lit

inmo cosmetics velveteen dream shadow in Kween Bee

Ciate London blush highlighter in Pinch Me

All from IPSY; why did they keep on sending me gold eyeshadows?

Foundations & Moisturizers

Left to right;

Camelina + Strobe Luminizing Primer (I use it as a highlighter)

tarte Maracuja Tinted Hydrator in 10N Fair Neutral

ColourPop Pretty Fresh Foundation in Light 40N

Formula 10.0.6 Thirst No More! Moisturizer

I mix the two shades together, but it also depends on the season. I don't wear foundation very often, so yeah.

Clear Lip Stuff

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Bath & Body Works Pumpkin Cupcake

(Malin + Gotez) mojito lip balm

Ciate London Watermelon Burst Hydrating Lip Oil

Jersey Shore Cosmetics Watermelon Moisture Rich Hydrating Balm

Bath & Body Works Champagne Toast Lip Gloss

Lipsticks

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e.l.f Sheer Matte Liquid Lipstick in Bright Poppy

Lottie London Slay All Day in Fleek

melt in rebound

Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balm in Sienna Rose

e.l.f. Sheer Slick in Dragonfruit

bellapierre cosmetics Mineral Lipstick in Envy

Liquid Eyestuff

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L.A. Colors Eye Marker in Blue

Covergirl Exhibitionist Lash Enhancing Liquid Eyeliner in Matte Black

Wet n Wild Mega Volume Mascara

item Lid Glaze in Lunar Drop

Kokie Profesional Crystal Fusion Liquid Eyeshadow in Polaris

#dove's makeup stuff #i don't plan on getting any more until i use up something #also idk if the foundation options are great with the ones i use; for colourpop they have 42 options but it's :/#might get colour matched at sephora when i go idk #neon eyeshadow my beloved <3 #ALSO I WENT APESHIT WHEN I SAW A BLUE EYELINER I FUCKING LOVE IT #yes i do twst inspired makeup on the occasion; or an attempt is made #... yeah all of it is def 'expired' but bitch i paid money and I'm getting my money's worth

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dalesramblingsblog · 1 month

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I think about the second season of Millennium a lot, and its conclusion that doomsday will start simply out of indifference.

I think about it every time I compare my fatigued, post-COVID self to others and find myself lacking. I think about it every time I realise that my life increasingly feels like it's been allowed to slip through the holes in the great universal colander. I think about it every time I remember how everyone just decided to give up and move on to the next shiny topic offered up by the 24-hour news cycle.

It's an entirely human apathy, which is in many ways the worst kind of apathy. Inhuman apathy at least implies wilful coldness and shittiness, an active desire to not care. But with human apathy, oh you don't even have to do a thing my friend. You can just sit back and let yourself get distracted. Maybe you can even pretend to care about something else!

"Sit back and do nothing. Anyone can do it. Hell, most people do."

You really don't need floods, or earthquakes, or falling comets, or giant crabs roaming the Earth. You just need people who've decided not to care. It's so, so simple and easy.

I think about the second season of Millennium a lot.

#millennium #but like barely #dale's ramblings #tw vent #this is a mood piece and the mood is anger #if you don't like it #sorry #but like my future is probably deeply deeply fucked #i'm used to defining the worth of my blog outside how much money it makes (zero)#i'll be fine #i just needed to get angry #just this once

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maladaptivedaydreamsx · 3 months

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