#polished edges

[zhalfirin]

Carmilla - Robert Sheridan Le Fanu Full vellum Bradel binding with slipcase

Book art - Alphonse Mucha Many thanks @notwhelmedyet for inspiring me towards Mucha for bookart

Materials used:

case board - museumsboard, white spine stiffener - cardboard gathering the case and laser printed cover decoration - white paper cover material - calf parchment

inner book text block paper - Schleipen fly 05, 115gsm endpapers - Chiyogami paper and Hahnemühle Ingres Bütten paper sewing material - linnen thread (flax) endbands - buttonhole silk (Gütermann) edge finish - head and foot edge polished Font's used Titel font - Boecklin's universe Chapter title, page count and drop caps - Amarante text body - Georgia

Slipcase case construction - grey board (1,5 and 1mm) covering materials - Tsumugi paper, Hahnemühle Ingres Bütten paper, Chiyogami paper

#bookbinding #Carmilla #le fanu #vellum binding #vellum #parchment #slipcase #Mucha #alphonse mucha #bookart #polished edges #this was a bit of a go for a vellucent binding #next time I'll try a treatment and see if it can be more clear #parchment bindings are always a bit nerve wrecking #also I improvised a new background because white parchment on white background is not really much of a contrast

[nukbody]

Mirror's Edge brainrot save me (ft. some cutscenes sketches from last year)

#I'm not 100% happy with the older ones #but at the attempt of polishing them i realized i had to almost redraw them from the scratch #so i just left them like this #at the same time i feel like they look like style i can't replicate no more #anyway am i planning doing big ass comic from ao3 fanfiction i randomly found like 2 years ago #yes ma`am i do #mirrors edge #mirror's edge #faith connors #mirrors edge faith #celeste wilson #nukbody sketch dump #artists on tumblr

[morhath]

yeah I love painting my nails my favorite part is how it takes half the day and they're uh [checks notes] always slightly tacky to the touch no matter how long you wait

#even if I let them dry for hours the SECOND I do anything they're getting imprinted with whatever touched them #or the nail polish gets scrunched around away from the edges or something #life

[sergle]

nail goddess I am humbly at your feet begging you to please please tell us which top and base coats you use for your gorgeous and intimidating claws

Ooh!! I like to use the long lasting base from HT most of the time, and I exclusively use the ella+mila quick dry topcoat, it is The only top coat I've tried that I actually like

#the HT top coats are dogshit in my humble opinion #and I've tried a COUPLE regular brands but not many #but the ella+mila one is really good #the BRUSH? is kind of dookie #If you can transfer the polish into a different bottle w a brush that you like better #you can do that #but it has a round skinny brush and not a flat brush like you'd generally want for top coat #but yeah #and the HT base coat does a really good job. keeping. that shit on there #My polish takes much much longer to start lifting at the edges these days #partially bc my nails are just so Treated #but also this base does help a lot #sergle answers #nailposting

[kiddosaurus]

come and join the treehouse!

my new agere discord server is finally ready to open i think, so here it is! this has been a casual work in progress for months, and although it still needs a lot of polish, it's ready for people to join :]

the treehouse is a 17+ sfw agere server with a relaxed, casual environment and a nostalgic and kidcore(ish) theme! we hope to provide a fun, welcoming place for folks in the agere community, ESPECIALLY for people who might feel out of place in other servers! we don't want our server to be a structured daycare type of situation; we're just a treehouse in a friend's backyard, a place for you to come and hang or play with your buddies :]

it's still INCREDIBLY small as of now, and i still need to iron out some details, but i wanna get some feedback and get folks started in here!

some stuff we offer:

a simple, easy to read layout, plus a map for navigation and descriptions of each channel!

manual verification, to make sure the server stays safe

movie nights and storytime! we hold official movie nights + storytimes occasionally, but members are welcome to hold their own events whenever they'd like!

lots of color roles, all named after crayola crayons!

hobby chats! great for finding like-minded people who share your interests :]

dedicated channels for both regressors AND caregivers, alongside our general chats! we've also got a bigs-only chat, for the folks who just wanna talk to other bigs without worrying about bothering people who are regressed

show and tell! we have lots of places to show off your cool pictures, everything from art to food to plushies and more!

QOTD, WYR, worksheets and coloring pages, and more fun activities!

before you join

this server is strictly 17+. younger regressors are good and lovely, but since most servers are already catered solely to the 13-16 range, we're strictly 17+ and have no age cap

NSFW and K!NK (even if "sfw") isn't allowed in the server

discord account must be at least a week old; the server won't let you in if your account is brand new. this is for safety purposes

don't join with the intention of asking about server partnerships-- we're not interested at the moment.

#my post #wooo!! it's here!! finally!! #it's still rough around the edges but i wanna see what ppl want from it so i can polish it up a bit #agere #age regression #cglre #agere blog #agere discord #nsre

[possamble]

Can't help but notice that Falin's got shorter nails than Marcille in that picture in that post you reblogged. Wonder what they get up into...

i hope you know you're just feeding my 'pillow princess marcille' agenda

#asks #in seriousness #falin probably doesn't practice any kind of nailcare so they're just kinda plain or fucked up #she always forgets to put hand cream on so her cuticles are dry and its like... #the only reason she starts moisturizing and filing off rough edges is because she finally started dating marcille #marcille goes on a trip and then comes back and falin's gone right back to fucked up no manicure again. #she tried nail polish once when she was like 15 and HATED it #fake nails are absolutely out of the question that's like auDHD hand jail torture but worse #yes im projecting. but also ive yet to meet another auDHD who didn't hate nail stuff #or only did nail stuff for the fun of slowly chipping/biting it off

[thedreadvampy]

I tried listening to Olivia Rodrigo and I'm sure this is really good for its target audience of Teen Girls Going Through A Breakup but has she actually ever put out a song that isn't about a guy cheating, breaking up with her and moving on to someone else?

like babe he's not coming back it's been 2 years you gotta find something else in your life

#red said #it's not to my taste. tbh #content aside pop music is going through a very early 2000s breathy oversinging phase #hated it with xtina and alanis hate it with ariana and olivia sorry #it's a personal taste thing but to me however hard you go with the backing track that kind of soft pretty vocal style kind of #drags it back into midtempo sludge for me #also tbh it's just extremely normal music. like i went over to her yt bc people were talking about how Weird vampire is #it's not though????? it's super not???? #anyway the only one I've got anything out of is good 4 u cause she sounds more involved and less self-pitying on it #every other Olivia song I've heard sounds kinda the same bc they all have the same earnest self-pity vibe #which is what a lot of people need out of music! music that makes them feel the depth of their anger and sadness! #but idk it's never done it for me i like there to be something of a tongue in cheek or a hysterical edge #i think most of the songs I've heard from her are just too controlled and polished for them to not sound to me #like she's the person who sees you crying cause your partner is in hospital and goes YEAH I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL #MY EX CHEATED ON ME 5 YEARS AGO AND IT REALLY TRAUMATISED ME AND I'M STILL NOT OVER IT and then you have to comfort her #like i recognise she's a 20 year old making music for teenagers so that is. appropriate. #but i struggled with the wallowing then too. were i a Teen at school with Olivia's character i would be so desperate to tell GROW UP #and it's not the lyrics it really is the music #heartbreak is a perfectly good theme to write on but oh my god not every song about it needs to be a mouthful call to arms

[illiana-mystery]

Father Gabrjel, Edges of the Lord (2001)

#i gave him that name #because he's just referred to as priest or father #but i makes it easier for me #if he has a name #for fic purposes #also he's polish in this movie #hence the polish spelling of gabriel #i had to do some research and stuff #father gabrjel #edges of the lord #willem dafoe

[blobbei-art]

Scene drawn very carefreely.

There is also no story context, I just wanted to draw Kasifer in a simple scene. But it looks like he saw someone sneakily taking a picture of him.

#kasifer #oc #ocs #my art #artists on tumblr #original character #its rough around the edges and many things i absolutely couldve done better but this was super not meant to be a bigger drawing #my goal was to just get it to a point where most things are worked on and look somewhat fitting into the scene #and then call it a day bc detailing it too much would just frustrate me bc i know i can never get it to be perfect #and thats perfectly fine #i think sometimes you can just let yourself be a little messy for the sake of hey! you finished something and you got the point across #because one day my 'messy' will be what i currently consider polished and so on #its a process and we are here for the journey and not the finish line

[knife-em0ji]

Maybe I’m just biased but as an american living in Europe who goes back once or twice a year it always hits me how much more personality Americans tend to dress with when compared to northern/western europeans. Adults tend to dress in solid monotones with sleek lines and teens look like they just stepped out of gen z tik tok with fake American collegiate wear added for spice. Like this isn’t bad necessarily it’s just so blandly on trend that I don’t get a sense of who anybody is or what their personal style is just by looking at them. The sense of relief I felt stepping off the plane in the Denver airport seeing the diversity of styles from full cowboy to crunchy backpacker to athleisure couture to Dude Stuck In 2004 to married butch lesbians is ASTOUNDING.

#also it fuckign astounds me that american college wear and random American sports t shirts are considered cutting edge alt fashion here #I found an xxl cheap broncos t shirt like the type you can get from any Colorado walmart in a secondhand shop here selling for like 20 euro #I found licensed merch FROM MY UNDERGRAD ALMA MATER in a Glasgow Zara once #Americans save all your old novelty tshirts in case you go to Europe you can make bank #but anyway even the goth teens I saw in kfc were too polished to achieve full verisimilitude

[silverskye13]

I have realized a very interesting thing about the relationship between tanguish and the hels witch is that is a place where everyone is running out of time he’s the one with long term consequences

I would argue many of them have long term consequences! But you're right Tanguish is definitely the one Going Through It with consequences right now. Mostly dealing with other people's but his are also thrown in there for good measure.

Definitely dipping into "the single immortal languishing at the mortality of others" vibes.

#answering asks #redstone and skulk #anonymous #its a city of rust #decay and decay and decay and direlection #and to polish it risks a cut on a sickening edge #and yet still it is loved #for every voice that cries save it save it another says let it lie #how do you mend the broken things the universe forgot? #hi i got 2 hours of sleep last night welcome to my dilerium tags

[ssreeder]

I saw that other ask about Zuko ending up firelord in LIAB and I'd just like to add on to that my thoughts abt it in the original show- was it just me or did it feel really out of character for Iroh to try and push Zuko into a major leadership role at 16?? Like how did he possibly think that was a good idea, what with all the seriously heavy burdens that it would bring on to Zuko? Not to mention Zuko has had barely any chance to be a regular teenager for a second throughout the show, what with the 3 year banishment and then he's immediately pushed to be firelord.. Also the fact that firelord feels really unfitting for Zuko?? He's shown to not be a good leader. I feel like coming out of a 3 year banishment and awful childhood I don't think he'd want to be surrounded by constant reminders of his abusive father and not to mention be in the same role his *abusive father* was in... Sorry for the impromptu and slightly incomprehensible rant... this is still one of my biggest gripes in the show. Btw your writing is wonderful and im so excited for the next chapter of LIAB! Have a great day :D

Hiiii!! (here is another impromptu & very incomprehensible rant)

I think Zuko would have been a good fire lord if he was given the proper training & support. But I have to say I think it was completely in character for iroh to do that to Zuko…

I enjoy iroh but I think his character is EXTREMELY flawed & his way of helping zuko develop from a young angry hurt 13 year old boy could have been handled a lot better. Yeah yeah he isn’t zukos dad but he signed up to mentor and be there for Zuko so he could have mentored him a little more. (a lot more - I don’t think is was likely Zuko had any growth from 13-16 because he was pretty awful at season 1 and disrespected everyone including iroh and was in so much denial about his situation it was SCARY)

I could go on & on about iroh and his missed opportunities with zuko but I think irohs “Zuko will overcome and he is good inside” way of thinking is what prompted him to plop his teenage nephew on that throne even though he was like 3 days into his redemption (ok yeah it was maybe a month? Idk but not very long). The anger, sadness, self doubt, unhealthy coping mechanisms were all still there - but iroh is very…. ‘He’s got this I believe in him’

Even if it means zukos going to struggle and stumble over himself and work extra hard to try and be a good leader with (let’s face it) almost no healthy leadership experience. (5 minutes into being aangs fire bending trainer he is yelling at him. his idea of how to get aang to take training more seriously is to attack him - yeah let’s give him a fucking country! Yiiipeeeeeeee)

If iroh cared about Zuko he would hang up his tea uniform, take his RIGHTFUL place as fire lord and have Zuko become his crowned prince and start learning how to be fire lord while UNCLEEEEE took the initial burden of becoming fire lord right after the war. But nahhhh let’s invent boba or whatever he was fucking doing in BSS

*deep breath* sorry… I promise I LIKE iroh… I just….. DISAGREE with his methods.

Sorry about my rant anon haha

#(but iroh deserves to retire - blah blah blah - #NO! you get your dragon of the west ass back in the FN & finish this the right way) #I don’t even understand how that works out #did iroh think because he liberated BSS from the FN he could stay?? #did he get a pardon?? #where’s zukos community service?! #kid burned down kyoshi island he needs to go clean that up #idc if it’s already cleaned up making him sweep the dojo and polish uniforms #sorry anon I appreciate your ask #but yeah irohs whole method with Zuko is just… yeah #it’s ok to be a LITTLE more assertive when it’s for their own good #if a child is wandering close to the edge of a cliff do you #a. say - ‘child do you believe the path you are taking will lead you to safety or peril?’ #b. yell - ‘ARE YOU TRYING TO DIE?! GET AWAY FROM THAT LEDGE!’ #c. snatch his ass up so fast and plop him down in a safe area and then go over the dangers of CLIFFS #I’m going to go with c… but that’s just me #you’re the best anon have a great day #yippiieeee glad you’re liking liab!!! #can’t wait for some zukka next chapter:):):) #ask #liab

[cogentranting]

I've heard the criticism of TTPD bouncing around that it "needs editing", and also I was reading a little placard yesterday about the Impressionist painters and their art being provoking with an "unfinished" look. And I probably wouldn't describe the album as particularly impressionistic, but I do think there's something to be said about a stylistic choice to let us see the seams and ragged edges, so to speak.

#ttpd #taylor swift #i mean #this album is inkblots and rough edges and raw emotion #it just is #So I haven't seen the 'editing' criticism first hand #but it seems like it's clearly missing the point #to suggest that tortured poets should be more polished