Skylar's Art

Woe is the artist, always. Casual art blog. Reblogs consist of inspiration art, art tips, and relatable content, whereas my own art is mostly monsters and creatures. ON HIATUS

[goodpark]

illustration by Daniel Danger

@tinymediaempire on Instagram

[dappermouth]

Hi, I’ve made a new set of hi-res phone wallpapers from my recent illustrations! They’re free for personal use, as always ♡

[artofmaquenda]

The Feast

[italianoutlanders]

[capturetheatre]

this is genius!!!!

performer: @abby_seim 

video source:  @josey__terry

[sapphire363]

Ok so not only is this person a fantastic singer, this is also fucking hilarious

[roseyturtles]

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disclaimer: I am east asian. if anyone who is not white sees anything wrong with my phrasing, inaccuracies, or insensitivity, or something I missed, please feel free to add on. I'm just one person with one perspective; none of what I say should be taken as The Singular way to draw an Asian character. if you havent done so already, please take the effort to expand your view of Asian culture outside this one tutorial.

if a white person reblogs this and adds something stupid I'm going to bite and kick you like a wild animal

[liminalrot]

" t̏h̏ȉs̏ t̏ȍw̏n̏ .̏.̏ .̏

ȉs̏n̏,t̏ ȉt̏

s̏t̏ȑȁn̏g̏ȅ t̏ȍ y̏ȍȕ ?̏ "

[elcomics]

Midnight Radio. Written by Ehud Lavski. Art by Yael Nathan. If you like it, please share.

Contact: [email protected]

[theslaybymic]

Eighth Generation is what modern Native American design looks like without cultural appropriation 

Louie Gong describes his company, Eighth Generation, as “a Native-owned, community-engaged small business that began when I started putting cultural art on shoes.” It’s true, in 2008, Gong began decorating sneakers and skateboarding apparel with indigenous Nooksack patterns — a move that, as a Nooksack himself, set him apart from the non-Native designers who’d been doing so for years. As demand grew, so did Gong’s ambition.

[breelandwalker]

Here you go, kids!

How to procure Native-American-and-First-Nation-themed items without entitlement or cultural appropriation in one easy step.

BUY THE THINGS DIRECTLY FROM THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES.

Because if they’re selling these representations of their culture and being fairly compensated, you’re not appropriating, you’re appreciating. And helping good folks make a living while you’re at it.

Everybody wins.

[sinistershit]

^^^this is the difference. participate in the parts of culture that people CONSENT to sharing!! it’s that simple, if you buy directly from the source, they are creating with the idea that people outside the culture will be consuming, and can pick and choose what they are okay with you having. 

the same idea as wearing traditional dress that someone of that culture gave you as a present vs. buying a knockoff version for “fashion”

[notallfay]

I’ve used this argument for a long time as a difference between appropriation and appreciation. If you are buying directly from the people of that culture you are supporting them in keeping certain practices and talents alive. They are choosing what they share while making a living from their work. You are supporting them, while enjoying their culture. This is not only okay but it can really help people from these communities.

With appropriation, you are taking money away from the people. While mocking everything they stand for, and giving money to big companies who only care about profit, and have no understanding of the people they are stealing from.

[deelaundry]

Eighth Generation is awesome!  They ship fast in addition to having gorgeous merchandise.  Five stars.

[studentsocialworker]

I appreciate everything in this post

[kawuli]

Because it took like 4 steps to find the damn thing, here is a link to the place:

https://eighthgeneration.com 

(yes ok that was obvious but c’mon, we’re all lazy here)

[modern-austen]

GUYS I JUST SAW THIS ON TWITTER AND I AM DYING

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[teashoesandhair]

OK but Madeline Miller responded to this, after the OP on Twitter directly tagged her in the thread making fun of her like a total jerk:

(Link 1, link 2)

(Link 3)

[aconfusednerd]

HI, excitable classicist here!!!

ancient interpretations of colour is so different from our own (in the modern west, anyway) and it’s incredibly interesting! colour-descriptors were metaphors, it indicated (most commonly) the shade/tint of colours (forgive me, I am a classicist not an artist so my colour theory vocab is lacking)

but tl;dr if you didn’t read the articles, we translate a bunch of Greek (and Latin) colour words to match modern colour words in ways that either don’t really make sense to us or just lock colours onto things. Like with Achilles’ “blonde” hair.

Hector’s hair in the Iliad is described with a word that’s often translated to “blue” - he almost certainly didn’t have blue hair, in the Greek it’s a word that’s synonymous with dark, or sky-like sometimes.

two of Homer’s most famous colour epithets are “the wine-dark sea” and “rosy-fingered dawn”, and there’s so much built on them. No one’s saying that the sea is a burgundy colour, but it’s dark and deep, and in the wide Greek wine cups, you can swill your wine to make it look like a stormy sea easily. And sometimes the sunrise is pink, but not always, but you can immediately picture the tendrils of that rosey/orangey sky in the morning.

Basically, classical colour descriptions are beautiful and so much of that beauty is in the way that the colour is never fixed, and I will talk about it forever.

[pomrania]

I make crocheted mousies. They are very cute, and they are available for sale.

If you want to see more pictures, they’re under my “crocheting” tag.

Acrylic yarn for the exterior, polyester fill for the interior; if you’d want something different, we can discuss it.

I can do mousies in the colours of most Pride flags, not just the ones shown; if you’re wondering about a particular one, feel free to ask.

I charge five dollars per mousie, plus the cost of shipping (ten dollars for a “small package”). Specifically for Pride month, instead of charging per mousie, I ask for a donation in that amount to Amnesty International; I would be making zero profit off of this. For larger orders I’ll also lower how much I charge you for shipping; I recommend finding someone to share an order with, if you only want one or two.

Interested? Send me a message and we can talk.

Yes I do more Pride colours than the ones shown there, yes I can do colour variations if you want something more pastel or dark or whatever.

Yes I ship to anywhere in the world that gets postal service. (EDIT: I can ship to anywhere in the world that Canada Post will ship to, which is most places but technically not “everywhere” these days; Canada, the States, and the UK are definitely fine.)

No I can’t say when it will arrive; Canada Post isn’t even giving out estimates these days.

[pomrania]

So this worked out pretty well, so this is being extended indefinitely.

[pomrania]

Today I FINALLY figured out how to nicely represent a flag that has seven equal stripes; so if you want a mousie in agender, demiboy, or demigirl colours, among others, I can do that!

[pomrania]

Yes, I am going to keep reblogging this stuff a) for as long as I remember and b) until I get a bunch of orders.

[marzipanandminutiae]

just because this deserves its own post:

dressmakers, tailors, cosplayers, historical costumers, and generally any people who sew are artists

people who work with fiber (knitting, crocheting, etc.) are artists

embroiderers are artists

weavers are artists

lacemakers are artists

shoemakers are artists

leatherworkers are artists

textile, clothing, and fiber arts are still art forms, even though they’ve historically been devalued in many societies

credit. all. artists.

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[assovi]

Blue pencil, gray shadow. Random.

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Couple more of these!

[isharton]

Thing i learned some time ago!  hope you all find it helpful ( perspective grids can be your friend!)

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