Chibi-Shibby

21. Eat. Sleep. Draw. Dream. Play. Sing. I like lots of things, which means this blog will be preeeeetttttyyyyyy inconsistent and all over the place. Kinda like my brain.

[chuwenjie]

A compilation of stuff I know about drawing Asian faces and Asian culture! I feel like many “How-To-Draw” tutorials often default to European faces and are not really helpful when drawing people of other races. So I thought I’d put this together in case anyone is interested! Feel free to share this guide and shoot me questions if you have any! I’m by no means an expert, I just know a few things from drawing experience and from my own cultural background. 

[skribblethis]

Unicorn Enamel Pins

I have designed 6 UNICORN ENAMEL PINS and they are up for grabs on Kickstarter! with 7 days to go

These are the 6 possible designs to unlock

click HERE to check it out! and please SHARE with any unicorn or pin lovers you may know

PEACE AND LOVE

[bryanstone]

Some beautiful drawings by Katsuya Kondo from D’arc.

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[actualdogvines]

when ur grumpy and bae tries to cheer u up

[gostast]

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[as-per-usual]

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[hazelthinking]

Same

[badlydrawneverything]

[manoverboard-blog]

We have spent the last 7+ years tirelessly building Man Overboard into something that we all love and are proud of, from booking our first tours and hand numbered copies of the Hung Up On Nothing EP to touring the world and making albums with producers we never thought we’d meet. We put our hearts and souls into this band because it’s something we believe in. Whether we were being detained in a desolate Russian train station after illegally trying cross the border to the Ukraine or walking off stage after a sold out show, our friendship and love for everything this band has afforded us is what makes us want to be a part of Man Overboard forever.

This band has been and will always be something that we hold close to our hearts, not only because it has transformed and shaped us as people but because of how we know how it has affected other people’s lives, be it in a large or small way. Joe Strummer said “Without people you’re nothing” and we know that the support of our friends, families and fans helped guide us to where we are today.

Our current plans are very few and will likely remain that way for a while. Don’t read into it. Don’t think it’s something it’s not. This Spring we will be playing eight shows in the United States.

Farewell for now.

*Tickets are on sale now*

April 7 - San Diego, CA - Soma (Tickets / VIP) April 8 - Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction (Tickets / VIP) April 9 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of The Hill (Tickets) April 10 - Los Angeles, CA - Los Globos (Tickets / VIP) W/ Forever Came Calling, Souvenirs and Such A Mess

April 14 - Worcester, MA - Palladium Upstairs (Tickets / VIP) April 15 - New York, NY - Webster Hall (Tickets / VIP) W/ Watermedown and Gin War

April 16 - Baltimore, MD - Otto Bar (Tickets / VIP) April 17 - Philadelphia, PA - TLA (Tickets / VIP) W/ Microwave, Watermedown and Gin War

[chibird]

It can be hard work and take a while before you see results… but training your mind to be positive and confident will be worth it in the end! :D

[kshanahan]

French cake decorating.  Feast your eyes

[bigbigtruck]

now with soundtrack

[oxboxer]

Go to an online clothing store, pick three items minimum, draw a person wearing them. Left to right: Hot Topic, Torrid, Nike.

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[daeranilen]

"Should parents read their daughter's texts or monitor her online activity for bad language and inappropriate content?"

Earlier today, I served as the “young woman’s voice” in a panel of local experts at a Girl Scouts speaking event. One question for the panel was something to the effect of, “Should parents read their daughter’s texts or monitor her online activity for bad language and inappropriate content?”

I was surprised when the first panelist answered the question as if it were about cyberbullying. The adult audience nodded sagely as she spoke about the importance of protecting children online.

I reached for the microphone next. I said, “As far as reading your child’s texts or logging into their social media profiles, I would say 99.9% of the time, do not do that.”

Looks of total shock answered me. I actually saw heads jerk back in surprise. Even some of my fellow panelists blinked.

Everyone stared as I explained that going behind a child’s back in such a way severs the bond of trust with the parent. When I said, “This is the most effective way to ensure that your child never tells you anything,” it was like I’d delivered a revelation.

It’s easy to talk about the disconnect between the old and the young, but I don’t think I’d ever been so slapped in the face by the reality of it. It was clear that for most of the parents I spoke to, the idea of such actions as a violation had never occurred to them at all.

It alarms me how quickly adults forget that children are people.

[daeranilen]

Apparently people are rediscovering this post somehow and I think that’s pretty cool! Having experienced similar violations of trust in my youth, this is an important issue to me, so I want to add my personal story:

Around age 13, I tried to express to my mother that I thought I might have clinical depression, and she snapped at me “not to joke about things like that.” I stopped telling my mother when I felt depressed.

Around age 15, I caught my mother reading my diary. She confessed that any time she saw me write in my diary, she would sneak into my room and read it, because I only wrote when I was upset. I stopped keeping a diary.

Around age 18, I had an emotional breakdown while on vacation because I didn’t want to go to college. I ended up seeing a therapist for - surprise surprise - depression.

Around age 21, I spoke on this panel with my mother in the audience, and afterwards I mentioned the diary incident to her with respect to this particular Q&A. Her eyes welled up, and she said, “You know I read those because I was worried you were depressed and going to hurt yourself, right?”

TL;DR: When you invade your child’s privacy, you communicate three things:

You do not respect their rights as an individual.

You do not trust them to navigate problems or seek help on their own.

You probably haven’t been listening to them.

Information about almost every issue that you think you have to snoop for can probably be obtained by communicating with and listening to your child.

[daeranilen]

Part of me is really excited to see that the original post got 200 notes because holy crap 200 notes, and part of me is really saddened that something so negative has resonated with so many people.