a day in the life of an architecture student

Welcome to the blog of an artist. I am a martial artist, an architecture student, and a passionate lover of beautiful things.

[elsinore-snores]

some really beautiful african architecture because honestly this site is so western-centric

mako

unknown

cameroon

burkina faso

mali

Ndebele

burkina faso

please add more if you can!

[ayeshapoptropica]

these are SO BEAUTIFUL

[musinvenusian]

MALI IS MY FAVORITE. I LOVE THE COLORS 😍😍😍😍😍

[misshoneywheeler]

The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia

The Great Temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel, Egypt

The Nubian Pyramids at Meroe, Sudan

Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt, a commemoration of the destroyed Library at Alexandria

Bosjes Chapel, South Africa

The Gando School by Diébédo Francis Kéré, Gando, Burkina Faso

The Dyeji Building, Luanda, Angola

[anniefelis]

Good to see urban and ancient architecture here too. There’s more to Africa than little villages of mud huts.

[thewinterbabe]

Tag Yourself: Unflirty/Awkward Sims edition

[architectkidincollege]

I'm "inadequately express fondness" but at least he reciprocated. 😂

[stainedglassboots-blog]

Let’s say you wanted to glue fabric to wood, but what do you use? What about glass to paper? This to That lets you choose two things you want to glue and lists what types of glue is best. (Because people have a need to glue things to other things!)

[dramaticthreads]

This is an incredibly awesome site.  Go check it out!

[aicosu]

Whhhhaaaaaattt!???

[techfails]

EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS

This is one of the first websites I was told about in props. It also has information about the toxicity, adhere time, price, and other stuff about the glues.

[geekhyena]

Useful for cosplayers and DIY!

[architectkidincollege]

Every architect needs this for model building

[aliirq]

The Islamic art and architecture. Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala, Iraq. 2015.

via imamhussain.org

[travelbinge]

Karbala, Iraq

[thelordofthebutts-deactivated20]

do you ever use a pen and you’re just blown away by how smoothly it glides across the page and how the ink flows out so beautifully like tears of jesus or something

[rowandean]

Some people must experience the world in a more exciting way than I do

[marauders4evr]

Clinton lost Florida by 3%.

The third party was at 4%.

But hey…at least you all took a stand right?

[orbs-and-things]

Yeah because I voted for who I wanted, not for who everyone else wanted

[marauders4evr]

Yeah?

And how’d that work out for you?

[youngwildamerican]

[architectkidincollege]

Well I slept fine because my conscience is clear, so...

[quotebook-in]

Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from - it’s where you take them to.

Jim Jarmusch (via quotebook-in)

[steampunktendencies]

Meanwhile in Calais, France. #steampunktendencies Thanks Pierre Fournier #steampunk #steampunkart #art #fantasy #lamachine #calais #france #dragon

[thelovejournals]

How does this happen? To fall in love and be disassembled.

Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient (via wordsnquotes)

[inritum]

reblog and make a wish! this was removed from tumbrl due to “violating one or more of Tumblr’s Community Guidelines”, but since my wish came true the first time, I’m putting it back. :)

[ghostdog07]

OH MY FUCKING GOD, IT’S BACK ON MY DASH.

THIS SHIT WORKS OKAY, I AM DEAD SERIOUS.

The last time I saw this on my dash, I didn’t think it would happen, so jokingly I wished I could go to a fun. concert.

AND GUESS WHAT, I WENT TO A FUCKING FUN. CONCERT.

THIS SHIT WORKS, TRY IT.

[deathklaue]

YOOOOOOO

I SAW THIS ON MY DASH THE OTHER DAY AND THOUGHT “ITS WORTH A TRY” SO I WISHED I COULD GET A 3DS

LITERALLY LIKE 4 DAYS LATER MY DAD SENT ME A PICTURE OF THE 3DS XL HE BOUGHT FOR ME WHILE I WAS AT SCHOOL

IM STILL FREAKING OUT ABOUT THIS

[doryishness]

holy fuck, I didn’t expect this to work, I was like psh, whatever it’s just a quick reblog, but I wished my Dad would actually respond back to me AND HE FUCKING DID A FEW DAYS LATER, I GOT A FUCKING TEXT FROM MY DAD TODAY WHO HASN’T SPOKEN OR RESPONDED TO ME IN MONTHS HOLY FUCK WHAT IS THIS MAGIC IT WORKS. 

[victoriaringsinyourears]

I WANTED TO SEE MY BOYFRIEND AND I DIDN’T THINK I’D GET DAYS OFF BUT THIS WEEKEND I’M HEADING UP THERE??? THIS IS CRAZY SHIT 

[lenshade]

SO LIKE I JOKINGLY WISHED FOR MY OWN LEN KAGAMINE AND THEN LIKE A WEEK LATER I GOT A LEN NENDOROID??? H ELP

[themixedbagofwhat]

WTF OKAY SO THIS SHOT ACTUALLY WORKS BECAUSE WHEN I WISHED, I HAD WISHED MY CRUSH WOULD LIKE ME BACK AND GUESS WHAT? I HAVE A BOYFRIEND NOW. WHAT THE HELLLLL?????

[wodkat]

ok I’ve said this before but IM DOING IT AGAIN THE FIRST TIME I SAW THIS, MY WISH DID COME TRUE SO I REBLOGED AGAIN AND SAID IT IN THE TAGS BUT THEN I WISHED FOR SMTH ELSE AND IT LITERALLY LITERALLY HAPPENED LIKE A COUPLE DAYS LATER WHAT THE HELL SO NOW IM WRITING THIS HERE FOR YOU BC I DONT BELIEVE IN THIS CRAP BUT STILL IT’S AN AWFULLY BIG COINCIDENCE

[acstiel]

THE BOY I FELL I LOVE WITH LEFT TO TRAVEL THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD AND HAS BEEN GONE NOW FOR 3 MONTHS. WE HAVENT SPOKEN SINCE BECAUSE I DIDNT WANT TO MAKE HIM FEEL TRAPPED TO ME AND NOT ENJOY HIS TIME SO I WAITED FOR HIM TO CONTACT ME FIRST. I SAW THIS ON A PARTICULARLY LOW DAY WHEN I WAS MISSING HIM SO MUCH I CRIED FROM THE PAIN, GUYS I REALLY LOVE HIM, SO I THOUGHT MEH WHAT THE FUCK, AND WISHED HE WOULD JUST LET ME KNOW HE WAS OKAY.

GUYS.

HE FUCKING CALLED ME 20 MINUTES LATER

20 FUCKNG. MINUTES. LATER.

GOOD THINGS DO HAPPEN. AND ITS IN THIS POST.

[juststrokemyglabella]

I wish for someone to leave something in my ask.

[adweeb-deactivated20160228]

OKAY SO I ASKED FOR A HEDGEHOG AND NOW GUESS WHO HAS A PET HEDGEHOG

[vermillionkill-deactivated20230]

worth a shot huh

[wild-nirvana]

+

[chinchillaontoast]

The universe knows what I would want most 🌌 🌙

[vacant-love]

Please work. 🙏🏼

[nflstreet-deactivated20180710]

[ugh-blog1]

[lifeofan-architecturestudent]

submitted by: pleadthe1st

[prokopetz]

In which we make informative posts about built-in software accessibility features that are commonly overlooked because nobody ever documents them:

In most Windows-based applications, double-clicking a piece of text will select the full word you’re pointing at, while triple-clicking will select the full paragraph.

If you’re bad at clicking and dragging, you can also select a range of text by single-clicking the starting point of your desired selection, pressing and holding the SHIFT key, and single-clicking the ending point.

For extra precision, you can also single-click the starting point, then hold down the SHIFT key and use the left and right arrow keys to adjust your selection range letter by letter. A lot of people know about this in text editors; the interesting (and less well-known) part is that it works even in applications with no visible cursor, like web browsers.

If you hold the CTRL key while clicking and dragging to select text, you can select multiple discontinuous ranges, then copy-and-paste them as a single operation.

Find right-clicking and using the context menu awkward? CTRL+C is copy and CTRL+V is paste. (This incidentally circumvents those asinine “right-clicking is disabled!” scripts.)

Go ahead and add your own!

[prokopetz]

Here’s one for digital artists: do you need to work really close in, but that makes you mess up because you can’t see what the piece looks like normally?

Most digital art programs will let you open multiple windows on the same piece simultaneously, each with its own independent zoom level and other settings.

Making changes in one window will update all of the others in real time, so you can work at 800% zoom and see the effects of what you’re doing at 100% zoom at the same time.

In Adobe Photoshop, it’s Window > Arrange > New Window For [name] in the top menu. It’s right at the bottom of the Arrange menu; if you have multiple files open, you’ll see multiple menu items.

In GIMP, it’s View > New View. You don’t need to select a file here - it’s automatically the one that was most recently active.

Your own art program probably has a similar option.

[meefling]

You Aren’t Boring I Just Suck At Conversations I’m Sorry: a novel by me

[phantomcat94]

I’m Not Ignoring You I Just Don’t Know What To Say: a sequel by me

[anartisticanomaly]

I Feel Like I have Nothing Interesting To Say So I Don’t Say Anything At All And I’m Really Sorry Don’t Stop Talking To Me: the trilogy.

[architectkidincollege]

I Don't Want to Steal the Spotlight from Your Story by Giving my Personal Experience to Show Empathy: the spinoff novel

[richkidsandfakefriends-deactiva]

[gaillllll]

this is really cute

[okssure]

awwwwwwww stop it thats gross

[wxlfluna]

My heart omg my eyes it brought me happy tears omg

[architectkidincollege]

I thought this song was great, but this is so adorable that now it's honestly become 100000000x better..

[she-kicks-she-throws]

So personal reflection and question for other women or femme martial artists.

Once some of my Hapkido footage was going to be featured in a kind of martial arts community video showcase. The guy who was putting it together told me he was making an effort to include more women, and I told him I appreciated that - representation is important. But then he told me that he found women martial artists to be hot, that women doing martial arts was sexy, and that’s why he wanted to include us.

Um. But I don’t practice martial arts as sexual expression. I don’t want to be looked at as sexual by anyone as any part of my martial arts identity. In fact, for me and many women participation in martial arts is, in part, a reaction to sexual violence and sexual discrimination which sexual objectification contributes to.

I think a lot of us found the She Kicks and Budoblr community when we were disappointed in the mainstream depictions of women martial artists as nothing more than sex objects. And while I don’t object to individual women having a relationship to their sexuality and their martial arts practice, I do not. I found that guy’s view of my martial arts as sexual to be offensive, and his depiction of my martial arts as sexual to be offensive.

And, as ever, I don’t use the word ‘offensive’ to be about my poor hurt feelings. My feelings aren’t hurt. Offense is about attack, exploitation, and harm done.

Sexualizing me and my martial arts isn’t a compliment. I don’t want my value as a martial artist to include how sexy men think I am.

Tangentially related: - @the-exercist ’s post about the problem of Strong is Sexy: http://the-exercist.tumblr.com/post/90294474202/expanding-on-why-phrases-likestrong-is-sexy-and

- Kimberly Belmonte for Spark “Sexualized Female Athletes and the Impact on Young Women” http://www.sparksummit.com/2013/07/12/research-blog-sexualized-female-athletes-the-impact-on-young-women

Other women martial artists: how do you feel about this? Have you encountered this kind of thing?

[architectkidincollege]

As someone who practices Jiu Jitsu, I actually run into this a lot more than I care to admit. I'm blessed that my friends in my home gym don't sexualize it, but I've met SO many people, including fellow martial artists, who do.

My training was a direct reaction to society insisting on objectifying me. It has always been my unique way to be more than what people expect me to be. But when fellow martial artists take my practice and my pride in what I do and turn it into "any man loves a woman who does Jiu Jitsu" it's debasing and offensive.

When those comments come from people who I know are more skilled than I am, it legitimately causes me to fear for my safety.

I don't train to be an object of desire. I train because I need to bear the image of a fighter. I train because my sense of security hinges on being known as a fighter. I train because if you see me as a sexual object, I want you to see me as a threat.