Artistic Izzy - Multifandom & Random

Hillo, fellas! IzabelleGD here, and welcome to my blog! (am more active in my other blog, Artistic-Izzy-Multifandom) - 27 years

[artistic-izzy-gd]

About time I updated once more the visuals of my commission pricing chart! This time more in line with how my art's looking like nowadays + better examples

Welp! In case anyone's interested, message me!

[meret118]

I got the Verification Required scam for the first time today. THIS ISN'T FROM TUMBLR. Report and block it if you get it.

ETA: I've gotten two more in the space of three hours this morning.

[gonzos-humansona]

Woman in front of me in line at the caffe nero changed my life yesterday when she ordered a prosciutto sandwich but pronounced "prosciutto" like it rhymed with mosquito. "Pruh-squee-toe."

I heard this person say "uhhhh yeah can I get a prosquito sandwich please?" and I knew I'd never be the same. Prosquito. Prosquito. Its everything to me. I haven't been able to stop saying that lmfao. This is my spinch. This is my bagel and creem cheems. This is my ranibow sprimkle.

friends and family are already tired of me going crazy over prosquito but its so special to me

[specialagentartemis]

settings I would love to see more in fantasy:

Deserts, but like, positive. Deserts portrayed as beautiful places full of life and wonder. Desert as homeland, desert as a place of beauty and intrinsic value.

Mountains. Andean-style settings where the world is mountainous and the land is organized into altitude zones, where uphill/downhill are more meaningful than east/west

Island archipelagos. We’ve gotten a few in fantasy recently but 1) I want More 2) I want someone to do a Fantasy Kula Ring

Something inspired by Tiwanaku or Chavín de Huántar

Independent city-states. They all are unified by basically the same culture but they are all also politically independent variously at war, making alliances, happily trading, in a trade war, conquered and subordinate to other city-states, founding new city-states, travelling to the central temples of other city-states’ patron gods, etc.

Full of prehistoric animals that never coexisted with humans but they do in this fantasy world because they’re Cool

[jureiblueeagle]

the only issue with deserts here is that, deserts do have life, but it's hardy life that can handle the heat and lack of water. A desert, definitionally, just isn't a vibrant place of life and abundance with the exception of an oasis.

Because the desert would have to be altered to sustain more life, and that would mean it would be more of a grassland than a desert.

[specialagentartemis]

The Sonoran Desert looks like this:

The Chihuahuan Desert looks like this:

The Mojave Desert looks like this:

A desert can be and often is a vibrant place of life and abundance, and these deserts are home to plants, animals, and yes, people, and have been for thousands of years.

The partially excavated and restored Pueblo Bonito, the largest Great House of dozens in Chaco Canyon, the center of a social/cultural regional network that spanned hundreds of miles in the 900s-1100s.

The ruins of Paquimé, a cultural center full of royalty and ritual with settlements that radiated out around it for kilometers in the 1100s-1400s.

The remains of Casa Grande and its outlying adobe buildings, the largest remaining Hohokam platform mound great house, occupied in the 1300s-1400s.

I pull these out in particular because they were all at their height at roughly the same time as the European Middle Ages and the Early Renaissance, which a lot of popular fantasy settings take their inspiration from. It's not only possible to live in the desert with Fantasy Kingdom levels of technology, it's possible to have complex societies with politics and intrigue there.

Of course the modern Hopi, Zuni, O'odham, Navajo, Apache, Yaqui, Yavapai, Havasupai, and Pueblos live there today, as well as of course the millions of people of various ethnicities and origins who live in greater Phoenix and Tucson and Albuquerque and Las Vegas and El Paso. Parts of the surrounding landscape have been converted into grassland specifically to sustain cattle ranching, not humans; but they are also still very much deserts.

I am saying I want to see more positive depictions of deserts as places of life and abundance because that's where I live and that's the vibrant, beautiful desert environment I've come to know.

[jnyfmg]

I made these brushes for CSP a while back, and I've used them a LOT, but I've decided to share the files on my ko-fi. :-)

A while back, I worked at a comic book store five days a week, so I had access to a lot of old Marvel and DC comics. I made these brushes from scanning the comics directly. My brush set has all 64 colors which were possible to print on newspaper at the time.

The names of the brushes are the same names that a colorist would use if they worked for Marvel or DC back in the day. For example, R is 100% red, Y2 is 25% yellow, Y3 B is 50% yellow and 100% blue.

For a long time I told myself I wouldn't share them because I thought I could find more work as a colorist if I had my own tools. Well, I still haven't found much work as a colorist, and I thought it would be nicer to share with other artists.

It's $20 or pay what you want for a zip folder with 64 brushes. Yippee!

[punk-speedchunk]

good news: any time a venus flytrap plant produces flowers, it looks really stupid ♡

[ceescedasticity]

I have no idea how Venus Flytraps are pollinated but I am now imagining this is designed to try to keep pollinators well away from the jaws of death.

[darkladynyara]

That is in fact exactly why they're like this! (Several species of carnivorous plants do the same thing)

[myfootyrthroat]

Oooh! Bog time! Tumblr loves a bog:

(Image from Minnesota Wildflowers)

Pitcher plants do the same thing and have really cool looking flowers!

[optimysticals]

The plant version of it's not stupid if it works.

[impactrueno]

tumblr accounts are getting hacked through the exact same scam method they were using on twitter a while back, please be careful not to fall for this (user is a victim, do not report them)

[swanpit]

OH I KNEW IT! putting them on blast, yep, whoever this is i hope this is you being hacked and not actually you

[elbiotipo]

En serio que tengo que ponerme a leer más libros en castellano porque tengo miedo de contagiarme del estilo literario anglosajón contemporáneo más seco que tostada de sartén

[elbiotipo]

La palabra escrita es como la pintura, a veces la podes usar para hacer algo lindo en vez de Advance Plot o Develop Character. La gran mayoría de los mejores autores de la historia usan la palabra escrita no solamente para contar algo sino también para jugar con ella y hacer algo hermoso más allá de contar una historia. Incluso los autores fuera de la ficción, Galeano no sería tan conmovedor sin sus metáforas y su escritura apasionada. Es como ver una película con buena trama pero con una cinematografía, actuación y sonido horribles. También eso es parte!

Yo no soy muy bueno en eso porque me crié en base de enciclopedias pero incluso hay cierta belleza en un tono académico utilizado para algo ficticio, o algo académico, supuestamente objetivo, contado de una forma personal y sentimental

Lo horrible es que veo que ese pánico ridículo que los anglosajones tiene a la "purple prose" también se filtra acá. En parte lo entiendo porque cuando lo hacés mal queda horrible. Pero creo que es peor que el consejo literario que anda recorriendo es escribir como si fuera una carta documento

[good-fwiend-in-wome]

i think it's worth remembering this xkcd from 2013 that's still equally true

[subsequentibis]

not an apologizer but a contextualizer. yes the character did that but please understand the Circumstance. yes they had other options but they had to make this choice in a sea of available bad choices. and also it made the narrative more interesting. won't anybody think about the narrative!!!!!

[luna-azzurra]

Tips for Writing Injuries

✧ Broken ribs suck. You don’t just “walk it off.” Breathing hurts. Laughing hurts. Existing hurts. Characters with rib injuries won’t be doing heroic sprints.

✧ Concussions aren’t instant naps. Dazed vision, nausea, dizziness, maybe even personality changes, but they’re not going to collapse neatly like in the movies.

✧ Blood loss is sneaky. It’s not just about dramatic pools of blood. It’s dizziness, confusion, and the body getting cold as circulation tanks.

✧ Adrenaline lies. Someone can take a serious injury and not feel it until the fight’s over. That “I didn’t realize I was bleeding until later” trope? Very real.

✧ Twisted ankles are brutal. One bad step and suddenly running is off the table. Even walking hurts like hell. Perfect way to ground a chase scene.

✧ Burns linger. Even small burns hurt more than most people expect. Blisters, infection risk, constant pain, it’s not just a cool scar later.

✧ Dislocated shoulders = useless arm. Characters can’t keep swinging a sword or firing a gun. They’re basically fighting one-armed until it’s fixed.

✧ Shock is a thing. Pale skin, trembling, rapid heartbeat, and eventually disorientation. A character might not even realize how bad their wound is.

✧ Stitches aren’t magic. Getting sewn up is painful and recovery takes time. They’re not instantly battle-ready after a needle and thread.

✧ Scars tell stories. Some fade, some don’t. Some stay sensitive forever. Don’t forget the aftermath when the wound becomes part of the character.

[branwyn-says]

✧ Shock is a thing. Pale skin, trembling, rapid heartbeat, and eventually disorientation. A character might not even realize how bad their wound is.

Shock, the emotion, will give you pale skin, trembling, etc. Shock, the unhelpfully vague name we give to what happens when your body's lost Too Much Blood, is different. Outward symptoms might be similar, but a person who is clinically in shock will be notably disoriented and unable to follow a conversation closely. Crucially, they will also be dead in minutes without treatment, and maybe even with.

[thefakehedgehogaroundhere]

btw you're allowed to enjoy two differing interpretations of the same character and you don't have to justify why you like it to anyone. you can like your evil character to be malicious and serious and you can like depicting them as a silly goober. you can enjoy seeing people draw two characters in all sorts of different contexts without having to pick one over the other. you don't have to come up with a complex reason. you don't have to explain yourself to anyone. you can like a character multiple ways without having to justify why it's not problematic. do what you want. it's fandom, not a testimony before the court.

[ariesrin]

20 Ways Characters Show Love Without Saying It

Sometimes the strongest "I love you" doesn't appear on the page at all. Sometimes the strongest form of love is written in the details. Perhaps it's unrequited love, or saying those three words are just too difficult. Here's 20 ways you can show love in your writing without admitting it.

Remembering tiny details nobody else notices.

Saving the last bite of food for them.

Touching them absentmindedly (shoulder, sleeve, hair, hands).

Keeping track of their comfort without saying anything.

Sharing jackets, blankets, space.

Adjusting their tone when they speak to them.

Letting them see moments of vulnerability.

Reaching out to steady them without thinking / catching them when they trip.

Buying or making something “because it reminded me of you.”

Defending them when they’re not around.

Staying up late just to keep them company.

Learning their hobbies so they can talk about them.

Seeking their face first in a crowded room.

Standing closer than necessary.

Softening whenever they smile.

Doing chores they hate without being asked.

Letting their hand linger too long.

Giving up something important because it matters to them.

Being patient with their flaws and fears.

Looking at them like they’re the safest place in the world.

The reader doesn't need dialogue to understand how strong your character's emotions are.

[draculasdaughter]

This is about Sci-Hub. yeah we get it.. gatekeep knowledge and protect the interests of capital…

[three-blogs-in-a-trenchcoat]

Listen, this is serious.

Do not use the website called Sci-Hub!

It lets people access scientific articles for free. This is dangerous. It helps the free flow of knowledge and reduces the competitive edge of all the people who worked really hard to have been born into a wealth.

Like, it’s literally a website where you can type in the DOI of an article and read it, without ever having to pay the publisher who exploited the author.

So, again, do not, under any circumstance, use Sci-Hub. I mean, can you imagine a world where knowledge is free and easily accessible to everyone? Even, y'know, poor people?

[whateverthebeeswant]

Libgen also has many books online, including textbooks, searchable by name, author, and ISBN. Can you imagine textbook companies not getting their hard-earned income from poor college students? Here is the link just so you make sure that you never accidentally stumble across this horrible, unethical website.

[three-blogs-in-a-trenchcoat]

Oh, and while we’re talking about books, if you’ve managed to stay clear from Libgen, definitely don’t go to zlibrary, where you can also find a lot of textbooks, but unfortunately they’re completely free.

[teachingtales]

Reblogging so you know which sites to totally avoid

[professionalwritingnerd]

[irockasingranite]

Another inside tip from academia: Those papers in really expensive journals that are effectively inaccessible to anyone not in a university network? Depending on the discipline it’s very likely that same paper is on a “preprint” server somewhere, with no access restrictions.

Like if you want to read basically any physics, math, or CS paper, arXiv.org will have you covered, because everyone uploads their papers there before submitting to a journal (and generally updates it after peer review). I know all of my papers are on there. This is such common practice that journals have it baked into their licensing agreements that authors retain the right to upload their work to these places.

So the next time you get hit with that paywall, you may not even need sci-hub, just click the arxiv link on google scholar instead.

[twinkenjoyer-deactivated2023083]

if for some reason none of this works, the old “send a email nicely asking for the paper to the author” is always a good trick. remember most scientists hate the commercialisation of scientific knowledge

[afoxwithpenguins]

Don’t mind me, just gotta share this with my bf so that he knows what websites to avoid

[astudyinpanda]

Many authors of papers are on ResearchGate! You can ask for papers there, if they don’t just post a copy to download. If they’re associated with a college, you can usually find their email addresses in the department directory, also.

[viking369]

Always reblog.

[42bakery]

For science people can I suggest https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/? They have a bunch of papers and if they don’t have, they at least offer the DOI or page to access so you can go to SCI-HUB.

Also another trick get the paper you want and search the tittle in google or your search enginee. Sometimes you can hit the jackpot and get another page which host the paper for free or a paid journal by your university (in case you are using their network) or a similar one from the same authors that can literally save your ass. Like in my case it lead me to a National Geography communication page where the basic information about their discovery was posted and helped me.

[pezpenser205]

im sorry but when you grow up and interact with people irl youre gonna have friends where you dont fw their tastes. sometimes youre gonna meet someone chill whos also a hazbin hotel fan or have a really nice coworker that likes taylor swift and youre gonna need to mind your business and shut the fuck up or youre gonna be real lonely

[doodlemancy]

hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage. (for future editing convenience i am just linking my blog post on dreamwidth.)

✨ good places to find art reference that are not full of AI trash 🌈

[cheerfullycatholic]

From capitalstitchco on Threads

[unashamedly-enthusiastic]

Xkcd

[oswako]