OH MY GARBAGE

stfusexists: thedinosaurprince: fuckingrapeculture: signifiero...

Sat, 11 May 2013 02:51:04 -0400

thedinosaurprince:

fuckingrapeculture:

signifierofmalepower:

My picks from #safetytipsforladies on Twitter.

brilliant

ALWAYS REBLOG.

Did I blog this? Well, no matter, it’s amazing.

sirmitchell: rubthatnub: McRib is Back by Jonathan Devis His...

Sat, 11 May 2013 02:48:09 -0400

sirmitchell:

rubthatnub:

McRib is Back by Jonathan Devis

His teacher told him to take art more seriously… and here is his rebuttal on his final project.

Brilliance.

5 Keys to an Unforgettable Introduction

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:46:05 -0400

mywritingjourney:

I found this in my notebook today. It’s not mine, I’ll have read it somewhere and just jotted it down - so if anyone knows the credit, let me know.

For writing Short Stories.

5 KEYS TO AN UNFORGETTABLE INTRODUCTION

SET THE MOOD

ESTABLISH THE SETTING (USE IMAGERY, A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS)

HOOK THE AUDIENCE (PRESENT THE AUDIENCE WITH SOMETHING UNUSUAL)

INTRODUCE MAIN CHARACTERS

SHOW US WHAT’S AT STAKE

Must use.

kateordie: infinitenap: HUNK Dreamboat! Dat syntax.

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 03:04:48 -0400

kateordie:

infinitenap:

HUNK

Dreamboat!

Dat syntax.

Just a couple of gifts Jamie brought back from Portugal: 10...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:12:10 -0400

Just a couple of gifts Jamie brought back from Portugal: 10 year-old Tawny Port and a bracelet.

thehawkeyeinitiative: gailsimone: deliciouskaek: moonblossom: ...

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:27:02 -0500

thehawkeyeinitiative:

gailsimone:

deliciouskaek:

moonblossom:

jackiemakescomics:

whitachi:

vintar:

I showed the Hawkeye Initiative to my dude

ten minutes later I turned around and he was doing this

quality dude

excellent dude

I will hold this dude up as an example for all other dudes to follow

“Hello, ladies, look at your dude, now back to me, now back at your dude, now back to me. Sadly, he isn’t me, but if he stopped using outdated sexist norms and switched to the Hawkeye Initiative, he could be like he’s me. Look down, back up, where are you? You’re in a basement with the dude your dude could be like. What’s in your hand, back at me. I have it, it’s an oyster with two tickets to that comic book movie you love. Look again, the tickets are now first editions. Anything is possible when your dude looks like Hawkeye and not like a lady in an impossible contortion. I’m on a sofa.”

can’t

can

not

CAN WE ALL BORROW YOUR DUDE?

I promise to return him after I praise his hilarious awesomeness!

I dub thee “The Hawkeye Dude Initiative”

This. This tumblr makes my day.

amypoehler: Pawnee Squares Oh god yes.

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:18:42 -0500

amypoehler:

Pawnee Squares

Oh god yes.

carryalaser: WATERCOLOUR CHEAT CODES I made really quick...

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 23:51:13 -0500

carryalaser:

WATERCOLOUR CHEAT CODES

I made really quick tutorials full of swatches to send my mom who wants to take up watercolour painting for a hobby. I’ll share them here as I find time to type what I wrote her.

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The first two pictures illustrate discoveries in mixing skin-tones. I try to find paints that make it faster/easier to mix skin colours - even if you’re adept at making these tones out of other colours, the right combo of purple and yellow can cut out a lot of time and money. The one I have most success with is “violet gray”, then “permanent magenta” for darker and wider ranges, and “purple lake” when I was cheap and it was on sale.

Mix these (sparingly) with raw sienna. The darker the purple the less you’ll need to add to your yellow (yellow ochre works as well). Ultimately, watercolour is tricky to mix so if you’re not confident right away make sure to paint swatches before putting a loaded brush to paper, otherwise be ready to mix with water on the paper.

For a lighter, paler, redder skin tone, raw sienna + brown madder is what I prefer, although as you can see in the first image (about half-way down the page on the left), “cadmium yellow pale hue” and “cadmium red deep hue” work just as well, and might be cheaper on you. With that combo, however, it’s easier to get stuck mixing a ton of orange.

Back to permanent magenta, it’s great with browns to get darker tones, not just for darker skin but for shading. I keep three browns on my “skin” palette (last pic), “burnt umber”, “burnt sienna”, and “vandyke brown”. Mix it with some skin-tone, even just a little, to keep it from looking straight-out-of-the-tube.

So mix your skin tones, make a few test swatches to figure out how much water you need (every brush behaves differently), and lay down some washes.

In the middle of the first piece of paper is a gradation in a skin tone (violet gray + raw sienna) from really warm (“brown madder”) to really cool (“turquoise”). This was done wet in wet, to show what kinds of tones you get from adding warm and cool colours.

To the left on the bottom are a couple light washes of colours painted over a skin tone (same ol’ raw sienna + violet gray) to show how different colours look on this mix when applied dry on dry. Blue (I used turquoise again) is great for some shadows, implied stubble, and veins close to the skin, reds and most browns for warmer shading, yellow for jaundice or boogers… you get it.

On the bottom right is an example of really warm vs. really cool shading on the same skin tone mix (just guess). The initial skin tone wash is a bit warm for the cool side, but the contrast makes the shadows really evident. Different colours in shading will have different effects that way. The only surprise here is the use of dark blue “indigo” which is great for coming close to black when mixed with other colours.

On the second page are two more noses, different skin tones, and just three extra passes with skin tone washes - although difficult to tell because I was lazy and didn’t wait long enough for them to dry after the 2nd pass. The extra passes aren’t particularly warm or cold leaning, but simply draw off of the initial tone I placed.

IMPORTANT: These little quick studies serve to be as economical as possible, using few colours but still not looking just like an awkward mix of red and yellow or brown and yellow. For a more detailed or accurate representation of skin tones, a ton more colours might be added - for instance the darker skin tone on the right would have more pinks, and of course different parts of the body appear to be tinted differently. Also never forget no matter what colour or how dark skin is, skin is shiny. Be mindful of even diffused light. At the same time - perfect representation of skin is hardly necessary. More expressive colour treatment rules.

But ultimately - colour in skin - who cares! Just play around with colours you like, build a base that’s easy for you to mix quickly for wet on wet or however you prefer to work. Play with colours on different planes or surfaces of the body, with light, and take everything I say as a tips - not rules - ‘cause watercolour is really unpredictable and that is often the best part.

Another note: I use pencil tins for palettes, it keeps things portable, easy to mix, minimal paint waste, and I can rearrange paints easily to make mixing easier. I usually have three but you could get away with one or two. If you try it out, keep the paints and empty space clean with jut a bit of water and the wipe of a cloth/kleenex.

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The third picture shows a really quick, easy, natural black mix I make. It’s simply “Hooker’s Green, Dark” and “Dioxazine Violet” at almost equal quantities. You can mix it with a blue or red or yellow for a warmer or cooler black, depending on which you need. I included some gradation and overlapping swatches. Just keep in mind black can be very powerful in watercolour, or any opaque application of the paint, so use it sparingly and with a plan in mind.

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Despite my shitty watercolour sketches up here, I spent a huge amount of being a child working at a cooperative gallery with some contemporary and purist watercolour painters alike so I picked up a lot. If anyone wants me to be more specific about something, or maybe produce a more specific guide or sketch for a problem you have, let me know and I can try to help out.

These were things my mum asked for and that I produced with her knowledge of the medium in mind, so if it really did interest you but you’re stuck on something, or found something I said vague and confusing, let me know.

poupon: how you do fan make arl i drew this following my...

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:36:22 -0400

poupon:

how you do fan make arl

i drew this following my advice

This is a good idea.

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:42:23 -0400

This is a good idea.

molotov cocktail: Go West, Young Man!

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:58:35 -0400

molotov cocktail: Go West, Young Man!:

sachinteng:

Sorry for the lack of posts this week. Long story short, I’ll be moving to California next week! I’ve been busy packing and saying my good byes. Heads up, not sure how long it’ll be till I get internet at the new place so. Consider this an advanced notice of going MIA.

For those asking about…

If you're a feminist who understands the (apparently not) radical concept that women can have penises and men can have vaginas (and that there are people with either or both of those who may very well identify as neither a man nor a woman), would you mind reblogging this? I could really use a little faith in humanity being restored right about now.

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:35:49 -0400

kateordie:

southcarolinaboy:

fauxmosexualtranstrender:

reblogging yet again because a) i’m so sooo happy how many notes this has, it really warms my heart b) i went into a fit of glee when i saw bugbrennan’s butthurt post about it (you’re damn RIGHT this has 7000 notes Bug)

Reblogging it just for that.

Also HECK YES on this blog post! I went a long time in my very queer but very sheltered life somehow not knowing these things, and I sure am glad I’ve wised up.

usedbandaid: poptartable-assassino: bleachhime: this will...

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 02:35:09 -0400

usedbandaid:

poptartable-assassino:

bleachhime:

this will never not bother me

makorra is a horrible ship anyways \( o u o )/

Some what realistic…

Hahahaha

"‎Rape culture is a culture in which people who have survived a violent crime are asked to laugh..."

Sat, 12 May 2012 16:39:35 -0400

“‎Rape culture is a culture in which people who have survived a violent crime are asked to laugh about it because other people think it’s funny.”

- (i wish i could put this on a business card and hand it out to people who make rape jokes. the flip side would say FUCK YOU)
This card is a great idea.

jkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjk: Amber sent me her colouring book, “Old...

Fri, 11 May 2012 16:07:55 -0400

jkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjkjk:

Amber sent me her colouring book, “Old Year, New Year,” which was already a little creepy… so I pushed it over the edge with some tiny additions.

Get it here (and see what I changed — particularly pleased with “soon we’ll all live forever!”) before it’s sold out!

How wonderful.

Writing Prompt #473: Did You Get the Memo ... of Doom?

Thu, 03 May 2012 19:47:21 -0400

Write about someone who uses everyday office supplies for evil.

I have an idea and I’m going to write it right now.

Summers a comin'!

Tue, 01 May 2012 19:14:44 -0400

Summer means working my writing muscles more and more, so on top of working on my Zombie Cowboy vignettes, the short story about traveling through Luzon, continuing my daily journal, and keeping my commitment to my writing group, I plan on starting a food blog that is about my food journey in the Bay Area, mainly San Francisco.

This will include recipes focusing on using meats from Avedano’s, fare from Fatted Calf,and produce from Eatwell Farm and the wonderful farmer’s markets that I stumble upon. On a weekly basis, I’ll have the progress of my collection of water color paintings of produce that will fill up the white space of my kitchen wall, articles on quirky little treats I find myself obsessing over only found only in SF, and of course, those special occasions when I do eat out. I do also plan on finding all things “Roma.” That means cafes, restaurants, etc. I’ve found a couple, but my hunt will not stop until I can try everything they have and review it on my blog!

I really hope that this is the summer where I get my writing groove back. Not that the muscle is in complete atrophy; it’s just a little meh (or at least not up to my standards). I just thought of this the other night so I don’t have a name yet, but this is for what’s to come!

Finally!

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:56:04 -0400

Finally!

artforadults: submission...

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:02:35 -0400

artforadults:

submission from roma-isms

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Purple Haze - Roma Gray

Yay! Submission taken!

melaphantastic: Great flamboozles, it’s OUT! I hope you’re all...

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:54:51 -0400

melaphantastic:

Great flamboozles, it’s OUT!

I hope you’re all wearing your iron socks for this!

Happy Happy Yay Yay is now OFFICIALLY on the internet, so be a pal and spread it around. Kapow!

Click on the pic, or go to this Youtube link.

Balls. They have tripped.