oh hello i shouldve made this ages ago but i didnt feel like it lol
Hi Hi I'm Bentley (he/him, 28)
I have a BFA in Theatre Tech :]
ASD, CPTSD, OSDD, Bipolar Disorder
Fun fact: named myself after the turtle from sly cooper
I write and make multi-fandom art and sometimes original works whenever the will strikes. I typically post my works in progress because it gives me ten seconds of a break from it while I do that lol. I was on a hiatus for several years for my ptsd but I've done art for a long time ~uwu~
also i have two cats. their names are moldy & seasick. yes really.
#bent sketches for all art stuff, #bent art for finished work, #watcher valley for ficposting
click here for my fic if that's what you're looking for
at some point i will add a link here with info about my system
WAIT! WHATS YER RUSH? WHATS YER HURRY? YOU GAVE ME SUCH A.. FRIGHT I THOUGHT YEW WAZ A GHOST! HALF A MINUTE CAN'T YA SIT! SIT YA DOWN SIT!!! All I meant is that I haven't seen a customah for weeks.... did you come in FER A PIEEE SUHH?? Do forgive me if me head's a little vague!! what is that? ... But you'd think we had the plague!!!! ... from the way that people... keep avoiding NO YOU DON'T (smack)
The Animal Photo Reference Repository is an independent, permanently open-access project and funded entirely by donations. Artists creating derivative or transformative works (without AI) have blanket permission to use all photos in the repository as references.
The Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository is live!
You can find it at: https://www.animal-photo-references.com!
Here's how this repository works: all photos were taken by me, a human, at zoos, aquariums, sanctuaries, and other facilities with animals in human care. There is no AI involved in the photo editing or creation and there never will be. Right now there's 56 species on the site; my catalog has over 300 and I will be uploading the rest of them as fast as I can.
Artists creating derivative or transformative works (without AI) have blanket permission to use these references. Yes, even for work you're going to sell.
All other usage/reproduction requires permission, but assume I'm friendly and please do ask! That's educators, researchers, the media, people who need images for a school presentation, etc. This is just to retain copyright/control in case they're scraped/reused unethically - it doesn't meant I don't want folk to have access! So please do reach out via the contact form on the repository website, I don't bite and I'm most likely going to say yes.
Please don't repost the repository photos to your own blogs: I've created @animalphotorefs as a dedicated blog to share photos from the site, and of course I'll reblog a lot of it here! That again just helps with retaining copyright and sourcing of the images. If you really want to repost some for a specific purpose, please just ask me first!
Also, folks, this project has no funding. It's just me and my camera.
There will never be a paywall on the site - I believe resources like this absolutely must be free for everyone to access. So please, please, please support the repository if you use it. Want sneak peeks at photos, cute videos I take, or to help choose what I photograph and what gets posted first? You can do that through Patreon (and there's a free trial on the most interactive tier!) If you'd like to just drop a tip, I've also set up a Ko-Fi.
I can't wait to hear what everyone thinks of the repository.
To whet your thirst for cute photos, here's an Indian rhinoceros contemplating a goose.
I genuinely read that as 'erotic animal photo reference' and I was nodding along like 'oh this is cool I'm not a furry but it's nice that someone is making a reference source that people can use without the op getting mad that the animals got hornified'. Like yes this makes total sense in tumblr culture I'll signal boost that. 😅😅😅
Let’s be real: you can’t make a resource like this and popularize it on tungl.hell without expecting it to be used by the furry community. That isn’t the only audience for the site, but… make the art you want to make, folks. I'm not here to judge.
i am 100% convinced that mobile phone/ social media bans for under 16s are an attempt to remove kids and teens from public life. this is not protecting kids this is locking them in houses with no escape from their abusers. the world is so hostile to teenagers rn
Last Song: I'm listening to the In The Heights soundtrack (again) and Paciencia Y Fe is the one i heard before i started typing this and i fucking CRIED (i haven't slept), yesterday i was listening to phantom of the opera, before that it was jekyll and hyde and sweeney todd, listen i have a theatre degree okay?
Currently Watching: uhhhhhhhh my hero academia?? my boyfriend mostly watches tv while i'm working and i kinda pretend to pay attention tbh but im invested in this eternal won't-they won't-they between deku and bakugo
Currently Reading: Death Note (i need to get back into it but i reached the part where it gets convoluted and got nervous lmfao)
Current Obsession: my longfic lmfao bc it's the only thing I work on all day, every day, literally, but I'm also big into minecraft, and oli orionsound (garbage rat specifically, the wedding episode more specifically) can just take a permanent seat in the fixation station
Currently Working On: Watcher Valley! A Stardew Valley fic, kind of a mystery romance story centered around Sam and Sebastian that takes inspiration from other media. They're gay, they're a little off their rocker, they play music a lot, and... some other stuff will happen later ((various audience reactions including several thrown tomatoes))
Last Google Search: "Dishonored Whale." Needed to remember how they looked. For reasons.
Favorite Flower: Black Iris maybe? Though, yall ever seen a Bat Orchid? I always liked peonies and bluebells, as well. And Chrysanthemums, bc they remind me of the story.
bonus fun fact, one time i had to help someone study his lines for a play where he needed to say the alphabet backwards, I ended up remembering it and he did not, then the play got canceled and now i still know how to do the alphabet backwards for literally no reason. negative reasons. in the red on reasons.
i dont need to tag anybody else bc yall been tagged okay??? lol xoxox
back again, this time w a spoiler-free preview to the chapter currently in progress.
so i dont lose my damn mind while im still working on this shit bc i usually work much faster than this
cw: alcohol/drugs
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Same time as every day, Shane trudged his way through the Saloon door to slump into the seat that had long ago been established as his, and the friendly, twinkly-eyed man behind the bar quietly slid over his usual order. At least, Shane assumed it was his usual order- but looking at it, he'd not been given the cheap lager he expected. He saw a round, stubby glass of something dark, instead, and a whole, large pizza with pepperoni and jalapeños.
He started to argue that he'd not ordered this, but Gus smiled at him and stopped him before he could get going. "Already paid for, Shane, don't worry about it."
"Gus," Shane groaned. "What the hell are you doing? You can't afford to be giving me this on the house. Take it back, you fuckin' idiot."
"I didn't say it was on the house," Gus clarified. He threw a wink at Shane and conveniently walked off to fetch something from the back of the Saloon.
"There's no one here!" Shane protested loudly. He looked around to confirm what he'd already claimed. As he had intended, it was way too early for anyone else to have arrived yet. Gus, however, was long gone, unable to hear his arguments.
Seeing as he had been given this pizza whether he wanted to accept it or not, he figured he may as well eat it. "Who paid for this, then?" he mumbled to himself through big bites. Certainly Gus was just being cheeky with him.
The beer he'd been given was of a much higher quality than a tap lager. He already knew that by the fact that it had been served in a snifter instead of a pint glass, but it was harder to ignore when he tasted the robust notes of oak and coffee that filled out the brew.
After he'd gotten a couple slices into his pizza and halfway through the beer, he hunched over and dropped his head onto the bar.
This was a normal day. He was having a normal time. There was nothing to celebrate. He was going to stay here the usual amount of time and then go home and have another normal day the next day.
"Not a fan of birthdays, Goob?"
The squeaking interruption to Shane's long silence jolted him out of his hunched over position, and he lifted his head to see Mouse beaming a wide, painfully polite grin with red, glazed-over eyes. Forced to acknowledge the farmer's presence here, Shane now noticed the potent smell of weed that had wafted into the room.
"Fucking scared me, you asshole," Shane grumbled. "You reek, by the way."
Ignoring entirely Shane's attempts to establish a combative energy, Mouse's smile did not waver, and he continued on with his aggressively friendly demeanor. "You know, I bet you could bribe Lewis to take it off the public calendar."
"Damn it. I hate how good of an idea that is," Shane admitted. "Too late for this year. Maybe next."
Mouse settled into the stool next to him and propped an elbow on the bar, leaning his head onto his fist and eyeing Shane like he was expecting something. "Aren't you gonna tell me to fuck off?"
"I see. He learns," Mouse teased. He eyed over Shane more intently, scanning down his shoulders and over his arms that were usually covered by a hideous blue JojaMart jacket but were currently exposed from the short sleeves of his jersey, then he tilted his head to look down over his thighs.
"Stop it, creep," Shane mumbled. He took a sip of his beer and returned to his pizza.
"You're wearing jeans," Mouse noted with poignant surprise.
Shane side eyed him and spoke through his pizza mouth. "Yeah, so?"
"What happened to your terrible cargos?"
"Nothing," Shane answered defensively. "Go away."
Mouse grinned at him and let out a warm, quiet chuckle. "There it is."
my favorite thing about saltburn is how felix really lingers, like this mf is not subtle, but oliver just.... will not... look at him.
the scene where felix has shown him around the house and just lingers out of focus and we're stuck watching oliver completely dissociate.... purposefully refusing to engage with felix even a little bit.
this is not a guy who struggles with eye contact. this is a guy who does not fucking want any actual intimacy with felix. "get away from me" ass energy as soon as he's getting signals.
but then you're gonna slurp up his nasty bath water and brood over him giving other people attention and stick your fucking dick in the dirt of his grave SERIOUSLY? like dude be serious LOL like oh sorry he was meant to be available for you to ignore? foh
at one point my boyfriend said "felix better get a move on if he wants a piece of this" and i was kinda like bro he's been getting a move on, oliver fucking hates him >.< like what movie have you been watching lmao
about halfway through the movie i started to wonder if we were ever gonna see felix being crazy too but my predominant thought was that they'd have a hell of a time justifying and retconning his behavior if so. bc felix is soooooo genuine and sweet with him start to finish.
the characterization reminds me of that liz lemon bit where the audience learns that the popular girls were much nicer than her and she was a loser for a reason. except in this case the loser gets to win it all bc it's a thriller. lol
