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Trans, Disabled, Shameless Art Gremlin They/Them. Support My Historical-fantasy Comic: http://patreon.com/BirdeeBlake

[magicfreelance]

The Magical Freelancer's Guild is now available on Itch.io!

MFG is a historical-fantasy LGBTQ+ comic set in an early 20th century-inspired world.

Get the first three chapters as pdfs for just $3!

[rocketsaurus]

My friend sent me this and I'm.howling

[carmahnart]

Hey y’all I have an announcement! My web app that I’ve been working on, Afro Index, is now live! It’s a visual reference library of Black hairstyles, for artist, animators, writers, and anyone who wants to learn more about them!

Check it out at afroindex.org! 💛✨

Afro Index – Black Hairstyle Reference Library

A reference library for Black hairstyles with accurate naming, structured filtering, and curated reference images.

[shencomix]

[0x4468c7a6a728]

it's the era of the asexual pervert

[nanaluvbug]

"but asexuals don't--"

coaches don't play

[crittaslink]

"twink death" HOT OLD MAN METAMORPHOSIS! HOT OLD MAN METAMORPHOSIS! !!

[eclecticopposition]

what is THE worst thing you've ever drank. all liquids acceptable. please tell me what it was, bonus points for why

[carby]

Hey whoa hi. Hello. I am looking directly into your ear canal. What do you mean you drank a tube of virus concentrate.

[whyamiherewhosummonedme]

So, I was working in a lab, right? My job in the lab was preparing a pure, concentrated enough sample of virus. This is tricky since, y'know, viruses require hosts to replicate, but you then need to get the host cells (and the pieces of the host cells that died!) out of the sample while still keeping the viruses. Once I'd finished and the samples had been sent to the database for analysis as well as a second one sent to be frozen for future reference, there was still some left over that needed to be disposed of.

I, knowing that this was a once in a lifetime opportunity, waited carefully for the lab director to be deep in conversation with someone else on the other side of the laboratory. And then I took my chance.

Test tubes, as it turns out, are really bad as shot glasses. Their shape turns any liquid inside into a stream, so you really can't knock it back quickly - it takes a couple seconds. Additionally, the best way I can describe the taste of virus concentrate was "sterile rot". A very unique kind of bad! Made worse by the test tube's inefficiency as a shot glass.

(by the way we were studying bacteriophages, not animal viruses. these viruses are too specialized on attacking prokaryotes to even recognize our cells as targets at all, according to studies.)

(but also like. if the viruses managed to successfully switch hosts and killed me with a violent infection, itd still be worth it.)

(for science.)

[violetthunderstorm]

You have a fitting blog title

[nico-the-overlord]

this post is getting 50k easy

[marlinspirkhall]

[teaboot]

This WOULD be how humanity would go out though tbh

[spiralatria]

honestly this whole revenge quest seems silly now that i've dug these two graves. turns out physical labor is a great way to work through feelings of anger.

[spiralatria]

for sale:

two graves,

never filled by the guy i wanted revenge on, and also me,

[spiralatria]

it's just like they say. the best revenge is regular cardio and proper emotional management skills.

[paranoid-parakeet]

oh this is wonderful, someone already dug two graves for my revenge quest! now i can focus an ever-increasing amount of hatred and rage into self-destructive habits without release of physical labor!

[favouritefi]

classic yuri dynamic

[transpocsuggestion]

what a beautiful day to remember that trans people of color exist and deserve better

[sassystarlightcollection-deacti]

trans people of color exist and deserve better!!!!

[thewolfofthestars]

Hey it’s Black History Month!

TRANS PEOPLE OF COLOR EXIST AND DESERVE BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!

[render94]

typewriter!

[theclockworkjudas]

I love the orchestra trying and failing to maintain a straight face throughout

[silly-jellyghoty]

Exactly. These people had to rehearse at least a few times all at once yet when it's nkt their turn to play they still look at that guy with the typewriter as if he was the most fascinating thing they have ever seen.

[ironwoman359]

My husband's wind ensemble played this song when he was in high school! you can do it with normal auxillery percussion, but it's so much more fun if you do it with a real typewriter

[alexseanchai]

now that is a writing mood

[whetstonefires]

they were really like, the only reasonable approach to this piece is to insert a clown at the center of the orchestra

[iconuk01]

If you're not playing Leroy Anderson's 1953 classic "The Typewriter" with an actual typewriter on stage... why would you even BOTHER?

From wiki

According to the composer himself, as well as other musicians, the typewriter part is difficult because of how fast the typing speed is: even professional stenographers cannot do it, and only professional drummers have the necessary wrist flexibility

[gracefuldisasters]

WAIT THIS IS A REAL SONG AND NOT JUST AN ANIMANIACS BIT?

[oleskyfm]

[brokenbythesirensound]

[kumanaru]

commission done for @sunnymimiis.bsky.social !! 🐍🍷

[dateamonster]

tbh im not entirely immune to a villain with a tragic backstory but i do think villain origins are a lot more interesting when the focus is less "here is the original sin, the first big bad thing that happened to them that made them who they are" and more "here is the first time a person who maybe otherwise felt powerless in their life realized that they could hurt someone and get away with it"

[dateamonster]

you can get a lot more mileage out of analyzing a truly abhorrent character through the lens of like. what sort of conditions would allow or even incentivize this kind of cruelty? what kind of person benefits from those conditions and how? over the more typical who hurt them type analysis. imo.

[hallohartje]

Go off hamish!!!

[doodlemancy]

i am pleased to announce i have been learning blender

basically once a year since about 2020 i've thought "it's time to learn blender!", bounced off a video tutorial halfway through and decided Maybe Next Year. happy to report that i made it through a tutorial this time. heres some funny little guys i made. i don't have a great grasp of sculpting yet and i'm definitely texturing in sinful and heathen ways but im having a great time

[ayy-junipei]

Yarn holder

[ayy-junipei]

The slurperrr...