MEAT MOUNTAIN CONCENTRATE

evil doppelgängers dni

[catandcrown]

Mermay 2026

I wanted to do a few of these, but I’ve just run out of time, so if I get a chance, I’ll do some others down the line. Until then, here’s my golden boy!" More info below the break.

This was a really fun one, but I definitely spent too long on this in between other projects. It just felt good to work on something for me, when everything else is chaos at the moment.

I'm glad I went for a black model this time, as it's not a skin tone I have painted properly recently, and I wanted to practice some more, and it compliments the gold so well. I had a crisis on how to reflect the gold properly with so much metallic sheen and different bounce lights, but I had some help from the lovely Toby fox on it, and we dissected light sources, what ones could reflect where and how. Plus, I’m glad I went for the colour combos against a cooler background and chose a peaceful moment for a hunky merman at rest.

Sadly with my long covid/CFS I get kind of...fuzzy, very easily these days, I don't have much in the way of problem-solving patience, and it gets to me, so having art support always means the world ❤ I’m super keen to keep learning, but it’s at a snails pace, and it can often feel like I’ve been defeated before I even start. So, getting this guy done is a big win. Mermay is always a nice time to experiment with things in general for that 😊

The model, according to a reverse google of the image I found via Pinterest is Michael Otule! Really hope you guys like it!

[dogpuppy]

[squirrelly-13]

they got married btw

[visit-me-here-in-wonderland]

oh you’re not kidding

[road0flife]

[movementnudge]

Movement nudge!

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[kettle-bird]

More moidaboit doodlin', this time in dollar-store ballpoint pen (red, blue, black)

[border-collie]

one of the more frustrating about pet people and working with them is you can say things like "i've trained my dogs consent when it comes to handling" and they look at you like you are crazy for even thinking a dog needs to consent to being pet.

[maligatorthealligator]

@darkwood-sleddog have to agree with your tags. And, realistically, a lot of people never consider this because it's not a problem. For THEM. They don't know how to recognize if their pet is uncomfortable when it isn't growling or biting them and so they don't even think about it. "But he loves hugs! He licks my face and rolls over and waggs his tail every time!" And they don't clock that their dog is trying to appease them so they'll stop this nonsense. So they never look into it more deeply.

The clients that contact me and we end up doing consent work are people who's dogs are now blatantly afraid of certain type of touch/interaction or are aggressive over it because their smaller signals have been missed. Explaining to people how having control over your body can reduce stress as like a new technique they can try often ends up with me getting them fully on board. I think it alleviates blame when I phrase it that way which is my goal because if you feel like shit you;re less likely to want to train with your dog (and of course my clients are intentionally seeking out further information and help because they care so much about their dog so why punish that? I spend time with the people that feel bad explaining that you can't be expected to know what hasn't been taught to you. Then know NOW and are changing and that's great!).

And THEN there's the set of people who view their pets as decor and property. They obtained the pet not because they want a RELATIONSHIP but because they wanted something cute and warm and soft to manhandle whenever they feel like. These people expect their pets to always be conveniently available to them and get upset when they aren't. Like when you try to start your car but the battery is dead.

I think the solution to all of this is to start treating pet ownership as a privilege (which it is! It's not a right! There are bare minimum standards of care and not everyone can meet them!) and start teaching kids how to respect other people at a very basic level. If they know how to respect other people and their own friends then it's much easier to transfer that to other living creatures. But yeah, a lot of people can't even do that (looking at you people who think you have a right to touch my dog that i'm walking on a leash. Or cut in line. Or drive like no one else is on the road. Or touch pregnant women's stomachs.)

I don't really have a neat wrap up to this train of thought. Just that it irritates me but some people are trying and the concept is getting less and less weird while at the same time we're getting further and further away from a basic understanding of consent in general.

[thoughtfulravenart]

TMBD OC Character Sheet

June 29th, 2025

[hallwaysss]

Genuinely I think this might be the most important scene in the book

[hallwaysss]

@carlyraejepsans how does it feel to be the most correct person ever. You're so right

[vankaar]

I had a vision.

[thoughtfulravenart]

Self Preservation

August 9th, 2025

Fanart for NULLverse by @flipspring, of Mercy and ART.

Description below cut.

CSU pulls at strands of ART's code, interpreted here as literally pulling apart the skin of its neck in the feed. CSU is wearing a tank top and board shorts and is kneeling while four of ART's hands curls around it, claws extended and just shy of stabbing into it's back, somewhere between 'clench' and 'cradle'. ART's feed presence bares its teeth in what could be construed as a grin but it is mid-licking its teeth in a threat response, its tongue pokes out between its front incisors and its mouth curls in a snarl. It has a long crocodilian mouth with cat dentition and a rear fang implying it may be venomous the same way a hognose snake is. It has six eyes, but only three are visible in profile, with slit pupils facing different directions but not looking at CSU. Above its head five eyeballs seen in profile hover (and kind of look like fried eggs if I'm honest). It has sweeping antlers that mimic circuitry with rounded termination points, they are draped in strings mimicking a dreamcatcher and six stars float between the antlers. Five more eyes, seen from front this time, float over it's shoulder, looking at CSU.

Its body is long and it has six large forelimbs and two smaller ones. The smaller forelimbs are holding onto CSU and it is implied they terminate in two thumbs and three digits, delicately built for precision work, but still clawed. Its more powerful forelimbs are in various positioned, the first set holding onto CSU and nearly engulfing its entire body, they have four digits and a thumb and are certainly meant for violence more than anything. Its second set is curled beneath it in a 'loaf' implying it is content despite its other posturing. Its third set is pushing its body up as though it is about to rise, this set terminates in six digits, a thumb, and a sort of vestigial dewclaw, all clawed. Its two pairs of hindlimbs are only partially visible, swept back behind it, but they are implied to also terminate in clawed toes of which three are visible.

[asteroidtroglodyte]

Contemplating the theological implications of the fact that the Unseen Thing which gives Motion to Matter in Living Things is Electricity.

[anarqueeen]

Hate when I'm trying to find my luggage at the baggage claim but they all look the same. Many such cases.

[razielim]

"O’hana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind... or forgotten."

"That’s the Ugly Duckling. See? It’s sad because it’s all alone and nobody wants it. But on this page, its family hears it crying and they find it. Then the Ugly Duckling is happy because it knows where it belongs."

"These hippies are wasting their time. A SecUnit cannot be taught to ignore its destructive programming."

"They want my security consultant! ...Oh, good, my security consultant found the chainsaw."

"Don’t run. Don’t make me shoot you. You were expensive. Yes. Yes, that’s it. Come quietly."

"You’re built to destroy. You can never belong. Now come quietly and we will take you apart. No, no, no, no, don’t, don’t run! Don’t run!"

[securityunit-ese]

“I’ve fucked everything up,” I’d told ART. This was when I was in Medical after my “incident.” Mensah and I had called Amena so she wouldn’t worry (or at least so she would know that I was still alive, even I know that’s important for human children). I told Mensah I wanted to watch media and she had left, and I’d blocked the humans’ comm and feed access to the room.

ART had said, That’s nothing new.

I ignored that because it was just trying to reassure me. If it started being sympathetic it would be terrifying. “Your crew isn’t going to want me to do their security anymore.”

Why is that?

That question was obviously a trap and I should ignore it. It wasn’t as if I could put the answer into words. I was different. It wasn’t just the alien contamination.

What came out was, “Something in me broke.”

System Collapse, Martha Wells

[awzominator]

Gasp another murderbot post!??! Say it ain’t so! Anyway here’s another work that was inspired by the kill ware prompt

[waspdaily]

Today's wasp of the day is Ropalidia saussurei!

Credits: photo 1, photo 2

Most other wasps that have green on them are not a true green, and instead only appear green due to what is called "structural color"— the micro-make up and surface of the scales reflect light to make it appear that color as opposed to true pigment, which is a chemical mix that results in the color. This is why so many green wasps (and birds for that matter) have a metallic sheen to them, as the angle the light hits at will also effect the perceived color.

There are only a handful of wasp species with true green pigment, the majority of which can only be found in Madagascar.

[cheesefags]

2-YEAR CHEDDAR

from GRAFTON VILLAGE

I usually try to review cheeses virginally - that is, ones that I’ve never had before. In this case, this is a cheddar I’ve had many times before. But I couldn’t leave it off the blog, what with its obvious appeal to leather and rubber fetishists.

As far as cheddars go, Grafton’s 2-year aged isn’t going to shock you. It’s mild, light on the salt, with a slightly sweet and grassy flavour. It’s got a nice texture. It’s dense, more moist than I expected, and smooth.

So what is the deal with the gummi suit on this cheese anyway? Well, cheese has obviously been around a lot longer than fridges. Fresh cheeses like mozzarella are too moist to last very long outside of a cold place (bacteria and fungi do so love damp places), though I don’t think anyone was too mad about eating that stuff quickly. But cheeses that have been aged (and dried) more have some more preservation options, which is where cheese wax comes in. The wax is a physical barrier, stopping fungal spores from landing, and also blocks moisture and air, making the cheese a pretty unfriendly place to grow. Even drier cheeses can be bandaged in cheesecloth and then slathered in lard to preserve them while allowing some ventilation.

I gotta admit: hot wax isn’t really my thing. But cheesecloth bondage and grease… it has potential.

[dumbpuppyfag]

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