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🇭🇺🇺🇸she/her, they/them, ze/zir 19y/o illustrator and art student. Likes dragons and eldritch beings a lot. My art tag is #artofclou. Wannabe comic artist and voice actor

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So! This is a perfect case study in situations where you should be wary of misinformation.

Take a moment and ask yourself, a project like this requires a lot of time, money and dedication of resources, why would scientists dedicate that time to something that could just be done by a tree?

The answer is they wouldn't. So that means this claim requires further investigation!

This project is called LIQUID 3, and it's not meant for cities with wide open spaces, it's meant for cities like Belgrade in Serbia. These cities are densely populated and heavily polluted, to the point where pollution actually chokes out current trees and makes creating green spaces difficult.

Liquid 3 was a PhD scientists answer to these problems. The microalgae tank is intended for spaces where you either:

Don't have enough space to plant full trees, or

Don't have enough time to plant trees and wait for them to grow up.

The tank is extremely efficient when you consider the amount of space needed compared to the amount of CO2 turned into oxygen. The tank can operate throughout the winter. And most importantly, it can be quickly set up in areas that desperately need relief from air pollution NOW not in 10 years when trees are done growing. Children currently suffocating on polluted air can't wait for trees to grow, they need to be taken care of now, and Liquid 3 is one of the ways to take care of them. Depending on the species of microalgea used, a number have shown a pretty amazing capacity to pull heavy metals out of the air which is something trees can get choked up by.

The tanks aren't just tanks either! Liquid 3 have solar panels placed on top, they have lighting and mobile phone charging, and they work as public benches. The designers of it want to encourage green spaces where there's room, but where there isn't room or time, Liquid 3 can step in. Realistically, this isn't a replacement for trees. It's replacing boring metal city benches with new, cooler benches that also clean the air (and have at least some heating during the winter).

Not only that, but the microalgea that grows is native to Serbia and all that microalgea has a ton of great uses! It makes for great fertilizer, compost, wastewater treatment, cleaner biofuels and even for helping create new tanks for further air purification. They only require a quick algae divide once a month, and the produced algae can be carted off to where ever it's needed. This makes them effective solutions for areas that can't sustain complex installations.

So yeah, there's actually quite a lot of places that would like these. Lots of people currently breathing in terrible quality air would much rather have their boring city benches replaced with really fucking cool algae tanks that clean the air and can be used to help create + sustain future green spaces in cities. I dunno about you, but I'd take that over a dumb metal bench any day. Put these at every bus stop and I'd be delighted.

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can ppl pls reblog this version

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Well damn. I was also like wtf is this stupid slime tank and then I read the rest and my mind got blown

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The full saga of Margie and the Nuns (so far). Realised I never compiled these in one place.! Also, bonus Margies!

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It's been a while,,, I miss dem uwu

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Mabel joins the crew? ٩(˃̶͈̀௰˂̶͈́)و To the creature rescue!

watched Hoppers and I swear the crossover crossed themselves 🐾🦫

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Trans guy going on T, call that Project Male Hairy

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often when i read about the history of my people, i get emotional, sad, angry, and its somewhat uncomfortable to the point i am scared away from learning. its a lot to feel and think, especially when life is already so complicated.

im starting to move past that discomfort and really face my feelings head on. i mean, i started reading braiding sweetgrass, and began crying in the INTRODUCTION! before the first damn chapter lol. but at some point the not knowing is so much worse than the discomfort.

so learning is my way of connecting to that part of myself, and quelling my concern that i dont belong in indigenous spaces. and subsequently feeling secure in myself enough to exist in the world as i am.

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Same, OP, even though I am a second generation White European immigrant to the US... I don't know how to describe this, but I am scared of learning the truth sometimes, because I assume it's all more horrible than even my gutterbrain can imagine. I read Braiding Sweetgrass for class last semester and wept because it was so beautiful and because I also saw a lot of similarities to how my relatives in Europe interact with nature, and also made me even more of a bio nerd interested in both folk sciences (zooanthropology and ethnobotany) and the intersection of religion and nature. I haven't finished the book, but it's definitely one of those books that demands to be finished.

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when u touch an unaware cat and they make that small surprised sound reblog if u agree

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hope is a skill

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hope is a weapon you are trained to wield

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You cannot hide this in the tags, bestie. This is too lovely to keep a secret.

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Metzti 🌙

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Hot take, I am not fond of Aztec or Nahuatl being used as terminology to describe us Nahuas, Nahua cultures, or anything remotely outside of Nahuatl in terms of Nahuan languages. Language is extremely important and many should start realizing that the Mexica, Acolhua, and Tepanec are all Nahuas. They're a subethnicity, same as Tlaxcaltecs. Not all Nahuas are them, but they're all Nahua subethnicities. It is annoying to refer to deities like Xipe Totec/Xipetz Tuteku as just "Aztec" deities when they were worshipped outside the Aztec empire. This only retroactively makes sense for deities that were more confined to their space like Huitzilopochtli. Nahuatl is a language, not an ethnicity and not all Nahuas, even in Mexico, speak Nahuatl. Many also speak Nawat, Nawal, Mexicano, etc. Terminology is important!

For example:

Doña Malintzin was a Nahua woman who spoke the Nawat of Tabasco.

This is factually and historically correct.

NOT:

Doña Malintzin was an Aztec woman who spoke the Aztec language.

OR

Doña Malintzin was an Aztec woman who spoke the Nahuatl language.

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Many people need more awareness that other Nahuan cultures and peoples exist.

I was so glad to stumble upon your blog. I love seeing any artist be proud of their culture.

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everyone should watch this video. just learned something new. the usa is still genociding indigenous people and they won't stop.

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This video is by far the best explanation I've seen of this crisis. It makes so much sense now why indigenous American women face this much violence from non native serial killers. The law that tribal courts can only try tribal members has made an implicit "bounty" on native communities' heads, so OP is right about the genocide part, even if it does sound like catastrophizing.

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fat bodies tutorial!

ALRIGHT SO my pal @kalreyno wanted help with drawing fat characters and as a fat artist i felt like i could give a bit of helpful insight on that. there’s also been a lot of complaining about “boo hoo fat characters are hard to draw so i can’t include them in my work Ever” goin on lately so if that’s your case then this is for you too!! and also just for anyone who would like help with fat bodies in general, ofc. anyway, let’s get this show on the road!!

let’s start with some common misconceptions. these are the two main attempts at chubby bodies i run into, so i’ll focus on them. 

the Anime Chubby i see everywhere, and it’s just……so wrong in many ways. first of all, there is almost no additional body fat compared to your average thin character - except for where it’s added in “attractive” places (breasts, hips, thighs). the breasts are way too perky, and don’t have the realistic shape fat would give them (though how to draw accurate breasts is another tutorial all on its own lmao). there is still a thigh gap, which usually only happens in very thin people, and bones are still visible on the surface of the skin, which also rarely happens in fat people.

the Michelin Man is better in some ways, but still not that great. it’s a slightly better attempt, but basically all that’s done there is taking a thin character and blowing them up, while giving no thought to fat distribution. the thigh gap is usually still present, and they look a lot more hard than soft - and fat is very soft and pliable.

here’s a chart on how fat usually distributes (if you can’t read my messy writing, “1. next to no fat, 2. moderate amount, 3. most of the fat distribution”). basically, the more muscle an area has, the more prone it is to develop fat, such as the abdomen, thighs, and upper arms. it’s important to note that fat sits on top of muscle, and that it does distribute in different levels, and not evenly across the body as shown in the Michelin Man. 

now, here’s an accurate fat body with all of that kept in mind!! notice how the fat isn’t only kept to aesthetically pleasing areas, and how it sits realistically on the character’s body. their breasts sag a lot more, which happens even in thin people with larger breasts, and the nipples are pointing more downwards than straight out. there is no thigh gap in sight, there are no bones in sight, and most importantly, they have fat rolls, which are very important in drawing a convincing fat character!! as far as i know i’ve never met a single person with no rolls at all, and everyone has them, whether thin or fat - they’re just more prominent and more consistently present in fat people. pay close attention to where they are and how they’re shaped.

here are a couple of drawings showing how fat is affected when sitting vs stretching. as seen in the first, the fat specifically on the stomach is distributed a lot more evenly and stretched out, so it becomes “flatter”. the love handles are still pretty visible, though, as well as the fat on the thighs and arms. the breasts are raised with the shoulders, and the fat on the shoulders and near the neck forms rolls as it’s being pushed together. 

in the second, there is a lot less room for distribution, so the fat is all pushed together. the breasts sag and the stomach forms rolls and spills into the lap. a good analogy for the way fat works is to liken it to a water balloon, and thinking of how its shape would change when resting flat on a surface, hanging off of a ledge, held upright, etc.

here are a few extra tips i find a lot of people miss!

first on the top is the hip/pubic region. the first circle is showing the way the bellybutton is folded in fat people, as opposed to stretched out in thinner people. the second is the stomach fat spilling over onto the pubic region and creating a separation in the two areas, which is something that’s missing in a lot of art. in addition, the pubic mound also gains fat, making it round as seen in the profile drawing i did up there (i’ve heard people refer to it as fupa?). the last in the hip region is the lack of a thigh gap. i can’t stress this enough!!!! if you’re trying to draw a convincing fat character, make sure their thighs are pretty much always touching!! for reference, mine literally don’t separate until my feet are about 2ft from each other.

the bottom right is showing the double chin, which a lot of people are afraid to draw!! fat does distribute itself here too, and there’s nothing wrong with it, so don’t feel like you shouldn’t give fat characters a double chin in your work for fear of it looking like a caricature.

in the bottom middle, it’s showing how fat affects different types of breasts with the presence of more or less breast tissue. 

lastly, at the very right are stretch marks with their usual locations and directions, which i also can’t stress enough!!!!! i sometimes forget to add them honestly, but they’re so important in accurately portraying fat characters, as they literally come from the skin being stretched from fat being gained (and they’re also just rlly neat lookin like why wouldn’t you lmao). some people have less and some people have more, feel free to experiment with them!

the last thing is body types!! there isn’t one single way for a person to be fat, so feel free to experiment with shapes once you’ve learned the basics!! 

so there you have it, a tutorial on how to draw chubs!! now go forth and make some accurate fanart or some rad fat characters, because the world could always use more of both. hmu if you have any questions or concerns, and thanks for reading!!

EDIT: someone pointed out the bad wording in the tutorial. thank you for bringing it to my attention and sorry for offending anybody. i’ve updated the tut, so please reblog this one!

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Reblogging because I struggle with this