#hope this clears it up

[sleazyjanet]

rumour has it a certain roman praetor and a certain greek daughter of aphrodite are meeting by the fountain 🤫

#reyna avila ramirez arellano #piper mclean #pipeyna #terrible shipname btw. whos responsible for this #reyna x piper #art #digital art #sapphic #i support ace reyna #she's just also a lesbian ! #hope this clears it up #pjo #hoo #heroes of olympus #riordanverse

[loife1m]

idea by @fish-ofishial123 <3

questions I get asked frequently and their answers!

How could you hate your mom when she gave birth to you and keeps you alive? Oh, you know how it goes lol. I guess im a rebellious teenager or something because I hate her. I mean she called me useless yesterday and that I don’t consider other’s struggles at all but meh she’s probably right just because she said it, huh? I’m being dramatic, right? She’s right, I totally don’t clean the dishes whenever she’s tired. I totally don’t make dosa for myself when she doesn’t want to. It’s not like she doesn’t do anything for me, you know? Not like she doesn’t take me to the store when I need something, or she won’t even do a simple thing for me. I’m obviously in the wrong here. What a bad child I am.

Are you just lying about all these experiences? oh, definitely! I have perfect reason to lie to random people online whose opinions I definitely need. I totally need to lie to people who don’t know me irl and aren’t in these situations. I’m not faking anything here. If something interesting happens to me, I just share it. You think I make the effort to make up some story and share it with y’all? I don’t care enough about my life for that. I just share what I want.

arent you obsessed with lemon dude? Shouldn’t you be happy to be associated with lemons? I’m not going to even be sarcastic here. I am not obsessed with lemon dude. I may like him a lot, but never has he been in a higher regard than my friends. I just think of him differently. I think of my friends like “oh!” And him like “oh 🫢”. That’s all. I don’t like being associated with lemons bc lemon dude is not my personality, you get my drift? Like my other life experiences, he’s just something I share with y’all. Remember, I share these things with y’all because you seem to like the experiences. If you don’t like the experiences, tell me and I’ll stop. Tell me and I’ll stop. I don’t want to torture y’all with something you don’t want to hear.

Are you an attention seeker because you’re sharing rants? I used to think I was, but a number of people told me otherwise. But totally!! I totally attention bait just for fun. Trauma and anxiety is so fun to joke about, no? I mean joking about getting kicked out at 8 pm is so cool and im attention baiting right? Posting an apology for something and explaining why is attention seeking and I should stop. It’ll create more delightful misunderstandings.

Are you against Jews? NO. I cannot express this enough. NO. Being anti-zionist does not mean you’re against Jews. It means you’re against Israelis bombing Gaza for settlement.

FYI, I am mainly being sarcastic. Except for questions 3 and 5, the rest are sarcastic.

#So tired of these questions #hope this clears it up #loife updates #the loife show

[hackercult]

Why do you hate fanfiction?

#hope this clears it up

[piers-official]

I have to ask cause its been bothering me for a bit now... what in the day is a "chinwag" f(^_^)

@strawberrymoon-cocoa

Ah, it's just Galarian slang for conversatin' like:

'Havin' a talk/conversation.' - 'Havin' a chinwag.'

I use that tag when m'talkin' to others on here or replyin' to reblogs.

#I forget slang is different everywhere #hope this clears it up #answered asks #pkmn irl #pkmn rp #//I use that as the tag because he says it quite often #//not only in swsh but that masters game as well #piers rp

[t4tadrienette]

(in regards to ml twt) were they thinking that last scene had emelie back bc of the wish?? and realized recently that was amelie. or was it that they hadnt put two (no mom) and two (no dad) together?

Most people believed it was Émilie because of the wish (also on ml instagram which is where I see most comments) and since now it's kinda been confirmed by the writers that it wasn't Émilie they are freaking out because of that

#hope this clears it up #raine answers #miraculous posting

[nariism]

the way i can't tell whether mimi likes you or

she doesn't

#hope this clears it up #✧.* chatting 💌 #{anon!}

[tokyo-daaaamn-ji-gang]

erm...sorry for this.how is Koko in round 2? He had gotten eliminated and in the end when the "losers" from round 1 had another round to resurrect someone rindou had won. I love Koko, but how is he in round 2? 😝

It's because there were 2 spots open in the resurrection round, 2 spots needed filling so it was the top 2 as said on the original post

Rindou got first and Koko got second, I would've edited the poll to include two winners if I could, that probably would've helped to make things clearer 😅

#hope this clears it up #jojosquad

[draculas-tits]

yknow it's totally moral to simply kill terfs in the most painful ways possible right

#they already sacrificed their humanity by seeking to eradicate that belonging to innocents! #hope this clears it up

[motocorsas]

crawling through tags and saw you said you didn’t like bautista? do you mind me asking why, i know next to nothing about him so this is simply curiosity

it's mostly because of his awful cornrows which are a) blatant cultural appropriation of a black hairstyle with deeply ingrained historical significance and b) are pretty ugly. i'm also more of a toprak fan when it comes to world superbike, and it's frustrating to see him lose to bautista.

#ask #hope this clears it up

[sowhatnotcreative]

You didn't even read the whole thing. They don't change because there is literally no real consequences if they don't. The whole world is set up and continues to fight for status quo.

"you didn't read" do you think the only men who offend are the ones that get away with it? Men who go to jail and men who recieve therapy do not change, they reoffend. That's why i wrote they can not be rehabilitated, maybe I wasn't clear enough. Or is jail not a big enough consequence?

#asks #yea the world is set up to mostly not give consequences and my point was even the ones who do recieve them do not change #aka they can not #aka kill them at first offense #hope this clears it up

[7salty7]

My sexuality is every woman, every gender queer person and a few select men I will never meet.

#hope this clears it up

[hattiestgal]

If you don't mind my asking, how do you go about drawing fat? :3

JUST THE EXCUSE I WAS LOOKING FOR

So, for me personally, a lot of the time when I draw fat characters, I'm not looking to specifically capture the specifics of fat as much as the feel of fat. Bulkier, rounder shapes in the right places that has a feeling of weight to em! A lot of that is intuition and simplification at this point, but it all works on the same frame as just any ol' person. Like take this-

For example. This is the basis for any body shape, not just the more average one that it may imply. Sure- it can be that average body shape:

But also a fat one too!

And a big part of that is knowing where fat usually tends to bunch up on the body, so lets take a look piece by piece! (Please keep in mind this is very simplified, and not completely precise in some parts)

THE FACE: Cheeks (in purple) and especially the chin (in light blue) are the places where a lot of the fat is gonna wanna gather and round out on your face! Additionally, theres a small pocket of fat beneath the cranium on the backside of your head. It's small, but it is there. I believe fat can build up elsewhere like the bridge of your nose and forehead, but generally speaking, you're gonna have a whole lot more buildup in other places first.

THE TORSO: A lot of the fat built up on the torso is gonna be sent to your tummy. More cushioning for vital organs, mostly out of the way, it just makes sense. Additionally, the lower backs fat builds up and joins with a patch of fat on your sides that forms what is typically referred to as the love handles to make that double belly look. Along with this, the immediate next target for the torso is the breasts, followed by the upper back!

THE ARMS: For this limb, a VERY notable amount of the fat present builds up on the tricep and bicep areas, lessening once you get towards the flexor and extensor areas. You can almost think of the arm as a sort of triangular shape, wide side starting from the shoulder and tapering towards the hand, which itself mostly builds up fat around the back of the hand and the fingers. The shoulders themselves don't build up too much fat unless you got a lot

THE LEGS: And finally, you can think of the legs having pretty similar curves to what you're probably already used to thinking. The front of the thighs getting a big buildup, along with the back of the calves, the other parts being flatter in turn. As far as the feet go- similarly to the hands, the top of the feet, along with the heels get most of the buildup, as fat on your soles would impede mobility. The glute, hip and crotch area will also especially build up fat, lending to the same triangular shape that you can see in the arm!

A big thing to note with fat is that it tends to taper off towards joints. Your knees, elbows, shoulders, hips, and all the other places are gonna have significantly less fat so that you remain mobile and flexible, as that's important!

Now that we have an idea of where fat builds up on the body, you might have something that looks kinda like this

Which yes, does demonstrate a solid understanding of the places fat builds up, lacks the weight you're probably trying to convey, which brings us to out next point! Fat is well... heavy! Gravity is what gives fat much of it's shape, especially as you tread towards larger and larger bodies.

This is demonstrated really well on the arms especially-

Those big ol' bits of fat'll really start to sag when left hanging, and they will squish like hell if they run into something. I like to think of these bits of fat as big ol' ovals that squash and stretch depending on if there's an obstacle in their way or not

These are the important shapes to remember when it comes to the weightiness of fat! If you take all of this into mind, you should be getting something a lot closer to that shape you've been after!

Oh, and always remember that fat bodies come in all variety of shapes and sizes! Play around with a whole lot, and seek out all the resources you can! it'll really lend to your knowledge when it comes to this kinda stuff!

And as I always recommend when it comes to learning art- look at what your favorite artists do with fat bodies. See what you really like about the fat bodies they draw and try to replicate it in your own work, I promise you it's one of the most helpful things ever.

This is like the most basic of basics when it comes to drawing fat bodies though. If there's any additional thing about fat bodies, or maybe you want clarification on something, don't be afraid to ask! If there's enough to cover, I'll make an addition to this post!

#hat answers #my art #design talk #tutorials #yeah im unfortunately pretty tired so this gets a liiiitle rambly at the end but i think this covers like the basic basics #i hope this was helpful at all #and again dont be afraid to ask questions and stuff #if theres enough traction/questions on this i will most definitely try to clear up as much as i can in an addition to the post #whoops this took a bit!

[guarddogbutch]

femmes i am giving you flowers and holding you close and watching you do your makeup in awe and also fucking you until you can't move

#hope this clears things up #butch4femme #t4t nsft #dyke nsft #butch nsft

[prinsomnia]

smitten 🦋

#illustration #aesthetic #butterflies #fantasy #flowers #maximalist #romance #sapphic #purple #pink #magic #digital art #art ph #art fart #prinsomnia #portfolio #this piece was a bit of a “one for them one for me” sorta thing #i've been so busy with my day job and just clearing out my backlogs and it was so hard for me to realize day by day how little i do for mys #myself anymore. #more and more i feel trapped in a really fucked up world. but nothing that a nap can't fix!! #i hope life has been kind to you. and i hope you have been kind to you. <3

[nevesceramics]

🦆 🦆 🦆 wips through their second bisque, time for a black wash and clear glaze 👀

#some weird glaze flaking on the drake but i touched it up and will hope that the clear fixes that! #ceramics #clay #sculpture #animal art #wip #420 #smoke #duck #mallard #bird #bird art #pipe

[reasonsforhope]

Hey adults: Why do you like being an adult? What do you like about your life?

A couple weeks ago I told the kids at my work that "Being an adult is pretty nice, actually," and they looked shocked, laughed incredulously, and told me I was the first person they'd ever heard say that

So clearly we adults need to talk about this way more often

The past few years have been hard for a lot of people, me included. Covid sucked. I lost three relatives and three pets in one year. Right after lockdown ended, I got badly injured, and ended up housebound for six months and (much more) disabled for two years, and that sucked too.

And you know what? Literally all of that was easier and better than being a teenager.

I like being an adult. I like my life. Even when it's hard, it's mine, and I am building to the best of my ability the a life that I want to live.

I talked about a lot of why being an adult is something worth looking forward to in my last post, so right now I'll simply say this:

I love actually knowing who I am now. I love that I learned and am learning what I want and need. I love that I have independence and autonomy and don't get treated like a kid. I love the fact that I'm the one who gets to decide want I want to do and what I need. I also love that I'm learning to sew. I love that I've had pet rats, and next will have a pet cat. I love that I got top surgery. I love the way I've decorated my room. I love traveling to visit and crash and even just hang out and do work with my friends, when I can. I love that I started reading good news every day, and that I actually have hope for the future, and that I started this blog and have been able to help give so many other people hope, too.

So, here's a call to action for my fellow adults: comment or reply or tag what you like about being an adult. What you love about your life.

Let's give some kids some reasons for hope.

#hope #not news #life #life advice #growing up #teenagers #adulthood #adulting #hopepunk #hope posting #hopeposting #also feel free to put your age to help make things feel more concrete and real #and make it clear that “being an adult is good” isn't just limited to your early twenties #in fact it's often better after your early twenties #I'm around 30 personally #I hope this post sounds poetic rather than pretentious lol #that last bit in particular had me going “hmm is this too much” #but actually I think that we dismiss hope and happiness too often #hope deserves to not always have to be serious but I think hope also deserves all the seriousness and gravitas that we can give it