d0raemon

[butterflyjam]

weird fruit huh

[ilikecanele]

expression studies with the kids

[shadowaod]

YOU’RE BREATHTAKING!!!!!!!!!!!

easy to figure out where this is from lol

hope you all like :)

[msbonnieart]

I had a color revelation today and now I know how to explain the colors I use!!

Color theory schemes never really helped me.

It was focusing on saturation, tint, and temperature that gave me the skills I have now.

Here’s a compressed guide :]

[ancestorswatching]

In many cultures, ethnic groups, and nations around the world, hair is considered a source of power and prestige. African people brought these traditions and beliefs to the Americas and passed them down through the generations.

In my mother’s family (Black Americans from rural South Carolina) the women don’t cut their hair off unless absolutely necessary (i.e damage or routine trimming). Long hair is considered a symbol of beauty and power; my mother often told me that our hair holds our strength and power. Though my mother’s family has been American born for several generations, it is fascinating to see the beliefs and traditions of our African ancestors passed down. We are emotionally and spiritually attached to our hair, cutting it only with the knowledge that we are starting completely clean and removing stagnant energy.

Couple this with the forced removal and covering of our hair from the times of slavery and onward, and you can see why so many Black women and men alike take such pride and care in their natural hair and love to adorn our heads with wigs, weaves, braids, twists, accessories, and sharp designs.

Hair is not just hair in African diaspora cultures, and this is why the appropriation and stigma surrounding our hair is so harmful.

[hqscans]

Official Twitter - December 8, 2017

T/N - The “35” is parodying the Blouson Chiemi skit where she tells girls to get over their ex lovers by saying there are still 3.5 billion dudes in the world (“35 oku” in japanese, oku is a unit of 10^8). In speech you’d say “Oku” more like ‘ku, so 35 'ku, and for volume 35 you’d say 35 kan, so I suppose Furudate was going for that vibe.