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[maeril]

Hi everyone! This is an illustrated guide I made as part of my co-admining work at The Middle Eastern Feminist on Facebook! It will be published there shortly.  The technique that is displayed here is a genuine one used in psychology - I forgot the name and couldn’t find it again so if you know about it, feel free to tell me! Some could say: “Yes but you can use that technique for instances of harassment other than Islamophobic attacks!”, and my reply is: Sure! Please do so, it also works for other “types” of harassment of a lone person in a public space!! However I’m focusing on protecting Muslims here, as they have been very specific targets lately, and as a French Middle Eastern woman, I wanted to try and do something to raise awareness on how to help when such things happen before our eyes - that way one cannot say they “didn’t know what to do”!  I’d like to insist on two things: 1) Do not, in any way, interact with the attacker. You must absolutely ignore them and focus entirely on the person being attacked! 2) Please make sure to always respect the wishes of the person you’re helping: whether they want you to leave quickly afterwards, or not! If you’re in a hurry escort them to a place where someone else can take over - call one of their friends, or one of yours, of if they want to, the police. It all depends on how they feel! For my fellow French-speakers: I will translate it in French and post it on my page as soon as I can :) Please don’t hesitate to share this guide as it could push a lot of people to overcome bystander syndrome!! Lots of love and stay safe! PS: I you repost this cartoon of mine on twitter or instagram, please add me in the post so I can see it, with @itsmaeril :)

[junwool]

gwendolyn

[junwool]

velvet

[mikapikazo]

2014.6.30　初音ミク

CLIP STUDIO PAINT

作業時間：約3時間

[williamhereford]

6am in Nagano…  I shot these all within 1 block of each other on the same street while traveling on assignment last month through Japan.  

[parakavka]

[sexhaver]

“i can’t fucking read”

[bntailor]

Chad in B&TAILOR

[tokimonstamusic]

Sydney, Australia

[artbooksnat]

The Atsushi Nishigori Animation Works Telegenic! (錦織敦史 アニメーションワークス Telegenic!) cover art is up on Amazon Japan! The art book is slated for release June 27th, and will feature character designs, storyboards, original animation drawings, sketches, and of course colorful commercial works, from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Idolmaster, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, and more!

[mustardtigress]

I love bread just as much as Daifuku!!

[mattakumo-suke-deactivated20230]

2015/4/28

[dihard-blog-blog]

Well! I have opened an ice cream shop.

I didn’t really mean to open an ice cream shop. It just kind of happened. And I’ve been going along with it.

I thought I’d share the story here. Because I do believe it to be a pretty good one. And also, if I share it now, I won’t have to repeat myself a hundred times at our opening party tonight. One and done, k?

So, late last year, a girl I sort of knew, Stef, reached out to me to meet. To talk shop. I had met her briefly last summer when I paid a visit to her ice cream shop, Hay Rosie, in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.

We met for early coffee in December. We shared our war stories (yes, we have those even in the glorious land of ice cream). We shared dry ice resources (as you do). And then we got real. Or I did, at least, because, for better or worse, I’m always quite candid about the way things are. This time it was for better.

I was unsure of what my next steps were with MilkMade at the time. I’d had a tough year, you know? With work, with life, and health (remember how I had a stroke?). As fortunate as I had been last year with the aforementioned, it felt like things were falling apart. To the point where MilkMade was about to become a homeless ice cream company, as we’d just been kicked out of our shared production facility.

Stef, with no deliberation, offered us the use of her shop’s production facility while we searched for a long-term solution. After a successful first summer, Hay Rosie had closed its doors for the winter season and she, too, was at a crossroads, rethinking the next steps for her business.

This is the point at which things just kind of happened. And I started going along with it. As of January, we began producing out of the Hay Rosie space for the MilkMade Membership. One week later, she emailed me: Stef had decided to vacate the space and take Hay Rosie on the road. Would I like to take over her lease and assets?

So okay, as of March 01, we took on the lease and acquired her assets - which included a totally built out factory that perfectly matched our needs. Which never happens. But it happened.

I’ve been referring to Stef as my fairy godmother. I think I’m hers too - we gave each other a good deal in the deal; we both really helped each other out and couldn’t have asked for a more serendipitous friendship.

As of today, MilkMade is opening a Tasting Room, a scoop shop. While a brick and mortar retail shop was not in my near-term business plan, and our core business will continue to be the Membership - we figured, why not? The front room was open for a retail space, the neighborhood kept showing up looking for scoops throughout the winter, and for yeaaars our Members have been asking when we’d open a shop. And really, I joked, all we needed to do was paint the trim from red to pink. Which I did myself. Easy!

So here we go. When life gives you an ice cream shop, I suppose you open an ice cream shop. (Come in for a scoop or tasting flight. 204 Sackett Street, Brooklyn. And here’s a nice little preview from Grub Street.)

[junwool]

viera~

[artbooksnat]

Nisekoi (ニセコイ)

The “do’s and don’ts” guide to drawing the characters of Nisekoi, illustrated and annotated by character designer Nobuhiro Sugiyama (杉山延寛) in the Nisekoi Production Note (Amazon US). Looks like it’s really easy to get the blush and uniform collars wrong! 

[junwool]

ノアchang!

[junwool]

yummy!!

[tofuvi]

sunny side up.