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Phil | he/him | 18+ ♥ Currently stuck in cold boy hell ♥My art is under #brainyraccoons draws Find me on Patreon and etsy! Twitter @ brainyraccoons General commissions are ON A WAITING LIST, please do feel free to send me a message if you're interested in one! FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE, DUDE

[brainyraccoons]

commissions are open!!

please help me pay my rent while I look for stable employment, I'm currently £260 short for June, every little helps 🙏

flat colours: half body - £30 | full body - £60 + £30 for additional characters

shaded: half body - £50 | full body - £80 + 50% for extra characters

CHIBIS at a discounted rate of £30 full body each, £45 for two!

please DM me if you're interested! you can see more examples of my art here and get more info about the commission process here. payment either through paypal or revolut. I also have a ko-fi if you'd rather just tip an artist in need ✨

even if you’re unable to get a commission at this time, just reblogging and spreading the word really helps! thanks in advance guys, I really appreciate it 💖

[brainyraccoons]

hello, I just got hit by an unexpected £160 bill, if you were thinking about getting a commission from me now would be an amazing time!! 💖 I'm currently in some dire straits because I still don't have a stable salary yet and can't really pay this bill out of pocket 😭 if you could even just signal boost this post that would be sooo so great, every little helps 🙏

[roycohn]

happy donna sheridan unprotected sex day (1/3), everybody!!!

[brainyraccoons]

had the joy of drawing for @pregnant-javert again, fell a little bit in love with Nero and Archie in the process 💛

[nerdygaymormon]

[dunkthebiscuit]

This is why Pride is not just a party. It's a joyful celebration, but it's also a pointed and colourful two-finger salute to a world that stood back whilst so many of us died. And we'll never go quietly, never again.

[ltwilliammowett]

"A becalmed Man O'War firing a Salute", 1797, by Thomas Whitcombe (1760-1824)

[oceansode]

[lacnunga]

Something something something about tall ships that were drawn contemporaneously by someone from another ship being depicted without visible people on board. The artist knew there were people on there, but theyre not important because the tall ship is a Creature in itself, the little people who sail it are consumed by the Creature are the Creature are nothing to the Creature

[vetchtibbles]

just got a job as the hopeful young sailor whose mind breaks due to the utter vastness and grandeur of the ocean within only two weeks of the ship’s voyage across the great blue

[writergirl719]

What kind of benefits you get with that?

[vetchtibbles]

scurvy

[vetchtibbles]

and homosexuality

[crowboy-bebop]

unauthorized fucking thing!!!!!!

(warning: loud chirping throughout)

source: hellgate osprey cam

[curlicuecal]

[a-totally-reasonable-username]

@namelessennes

[avidreaderffn]

@sandstonesunspear

[polyamorousmisanthrope]

Jesus Tapdancing Christ... THIS is a good welt pocket and the people who designed Simplicity 2895 ought to be blasted well ASHAMED of themselves for the crap way THEY wanted a welt pocket made. *SNARLS*

[makereadgrow]

This is how I learned to do it and a good example of what you want to see in a short form tutorial: pinning, pressing, seam finishing, good fabric handling.

I would mention that you can make the pocket facing with a small panel of your matching fabric that is visible and the rest in a lighter fabric to reduce bulk. That's a lot of denim layers for comfort.

[teaboot]

HOT DAMN

[simplyvintagexx]

The amazing Cab Calloway 🌹

He was an American jazz singer, songwriter and bandleader, whose mixing of jazz and vaudeville won him acclaim during a career that spanned over 65 year!

Calloway had several hit records in the 1930s and 1940s, becoming the first African-American musician to sell one million copies of a record!

[boltlightning]

That is without a doubt the worst pirate I've ever seen. ➢ JACK DAVENPORT as JAMES NORRINGTON pirates of the caribbean: the curse of the black pearl (2003)

[homericwinter]

pov ur a bug and they lifted up ur rock

[theprofessional-amateur]

Oh hey, do you know what time it is? It is highly specific resource time!

Today we have the Royal School of Needlework Stitch Bank! There are HUNDREDS of stitch types in the RSN Stitch Bank.

And more added regularly, let’s look at a recent addition

I picked the first one in the 25 recently added Elizabethan stitches, the Elizabethan French Stitch

The stitch bank provides written and photo tutorials as well as a video option to learn to do it yourself. There are examples of the stitch in use, resources, references, everything but a needle and thread!

RSN Stitchbank

rsnstitchbank.org

[vincentbriggs]

I looked at some of the tutorials last night and holy shit I'm so impressed! They're SO thorough! Not only do they have written and video instructions, but there are photo and illustration options for each image AND a "flip view" button so that left handed people can see all the images in reverse!

[theprofessional-amateur]

I am going to jump in and add, as you said they are very detailed in their directions, something that takes a lot of time and money.

If anyone who has enjoyed this resource has the means, I encourage you to adopt or sponsor a stitch to help keep this free to access. I know not everyone has the means to (fair, been there) but if you can, check out their sponsor options

RSN Stitch Bank Progress

And one other resource I have shared before, The Lady's Magazine. Embroidery patterns from 1770-1819. In case anyone wants some historic ideas for using all these new embroidery stitches

The Lady's Magazine: Patterns of Perfection

[peatbogpirate]

I was lucky enough to be able to view Shackleton’s WW1 North Russia photo album recently, which most prominently featured not Shackleton but… Leonard Hussey

[quakeandquiver]

"Though Cook is remembered today—if he is remembered at all—as the charlatan who lied about reaching the North Pole, he may yet find redemption in the next phase of human exploration: manned missions to Mars....When we do reach Mars, we will, in some small part, have Cook to thank."

-Madhouse at the End of the Earth, Julian Sancton

Frederick Cook's observations from the Belgica expedition, of the psychological impact of wintering over trapped in the Antarctic ice pack and his attempts to keep the crew alive and mentally sound, are still used as a behavioral case study for extended space travel conditions.

[highways-are-liminal-spaces]

Humpback whales singing off the leeward coast of O’ahu

(sound on 🔉)