[dailyskeletonreminders]

yeah sorry boss i can't come into work today, yes, ye- yeah. it's the pursuer again, yeah he appeared outside the front gate an- yeah, in a mass of black fog. and he tried to use cursed impale on me so i got back in my car and left

[woerm]

[chronically-cai]

Quick little doodle of my emotional support creachers to celebrate Disability Pride Month!! 🖤💚🩵🤍💛❤️🖤

[most-adoptable-grown-man-contest]

Most Adoptable Grown Man Contest - Round 5, Poll 7

Which grown man is more adoptable?

Crimzon Ruze - Holostars EN

Polites - EPIC: The Musical

Voting ended onJul 1

If I didn't pay attention to the propaganda and such, this matchup would be easy in my mind.

Unfortunately, the Ruzaders are good at yapping about their man to the point where I actually checked him out and now I can say that I'd struggle to pick who to vote for between these two

EPIC is my current obsession...and Ruze is a funky little man who I recently became attached to. So. Let's see what y'all think.

[arankoi]

Ruze committing to the bit and proving he's the most adoptable grown man, even more adoptable than his cats

[canisalbus]

he prefers "figs, pomegranates, dates and various citrus fruits."

okay so bro is cosplaying a roman emperor, i do think hes a lil too... moist to be one

Half the people are saying he's soggy and wet and moist, the other half deem him as shriveled, brittle and crumpled.

He's never the appropriate amount of hydrated :[

Vote now to make Machete wet or dry

wet

dry

Voting ended onJun 27

[chainmail-butch]

Hi, its me. The warmest creature in the world. I love you. Im the warmest creature in the world and I love you so much and I need to be in your lap right now. Yes, I know about the heat wave. That's okay though because I was already the warmest creature in the world so I don't mind. I love you and you need to let me sleep in your lap right now. I'm soooo warm and I love you sooo much. If you say no you'll be saying no to a thing that love you. Let me sleep in your lap. When I fall asleep I get warmer. I love you

[hotlegsharker]

[xargon]

Designer shoes? I don't even know her shoe size, let alone her style!

[thatlittleegyptologist]

It’s too hot to give a fuck that the prime minister resigned…again

[latis-ali]

This is almost better than finding out new info through the supernatural meme

[thatlittleegyptologist]

sorry about that 🫠

[qvarr]

This piece has been rotting in my art folder for months now and I finally figured out how I Wanted to color/render Dinraal.

I want to make a piece for each of the dragons, so consider this part 1 of the set.

[magpiesketchins]

uk social media is short-sighted and embarrassing and, like every other related legislation in recent years, not actually tackling the problem. The PROBLEM is predatory algorithms and insidious advertising and raw sewage pipes of unchecked misinformation pumped directly into people's eyes. And hey guess what? That's a problem for adults too!! If you legislate against predatory practices rather than acting as if it's the the children who are the problem you might actually get somewhere. You might actually prove you have a spine.

[xargon]

Doing food play with Branston Pickle so that the brand new kind of yeast infection I get will be able to write the next Great American Novel

[tmos-time]

Oh noooooooo! The mystery is solved! You’ve solved my final riddle, you are ze new riddle master... Congratulations… You have proven yourselves... quite the adventurers... oh, I’ve landed on Bryan- Bryan, ahhh… Bryan, I’m so proud of zem… I’m going to die now... My life is flagging from my body... I’ll see my family... goodbye cruel worrrrld-

[geekandmisandry]

I literally have no context for this and it’s fucking me up.

[thelilskee]

I don’t know how but this post is funnier in night mode

[thelilskee]

[thesadpuffin]

Zelda reacts: pt 1

I woke up in the middle of the night with idea for a series of comics; basically the ending scene of BOTW, but Zelda reacts differently depending on which armour set Link is wearing. of course I had to start with the rubber set which is one of the funniest to me lmao

what armour should I do next??

>>> Part 2: Stealth

[canisalbus]

I love the fact fact that machete is either aura farming or being pathetic as possible

The duality of man.

[canisalbus]

✦ Yeehaw ✦

[dokelsss]

sockeye salmon bear commission

[nattousan]

ok so, I approached my local library with a proposal to donate a mural as a way to A: build portfolio/gain practical experience and B: give back to a beloved public institution. The director was very enthusiastic about it and i've been working on it since the beginning of March. Come with me as I endeavor to paint what is in all honesty an excessive amount of birds

I wanted the birds to look like they were actually in the space so first thing after doing the draft was to do a lighting study

after that I covered the walls in letters in lieu of a projector/vr headset bc i have neither of those :) Then i take a picture of the section of wall and superimpose the lineart over top of it so I can pencil in the lines

et voila

and that was a whole week on it's own so next comes the paintin' >:)

[nattousan]

and now, the birds

Birds 1 and 2/14: Red Winged Blackbird, Male and female, Agelaius phoeniceus

[nattousan]

Bird 3/14, American Robin, Turdus migratorius

[nattousan]

hoo boy, ok *out of breath*

GIVE IT UP FOR BIRD NUMBUH 5, THE CANADIAN GOOSE, Branta canadensis!!!!

this guy took me about 4 days to completely finish, all of those freakingk coverts were a bear to render

[nattousan]

speaking of obnoxious coverts:

bird 5/14, Bluejay, Cyanocitta cristata

the friggin stripes almost got me chat, i may not make it

[nattousan]

Madam....

[nattousan]

birds 6 and 7: American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, male and female

pleasantly simple to paint! next is the flickerrrrr

[nattousan]

*melts into goo*

BIRD NUMBER 8, (yellow shafted) NORTHERN FLICKERRRRR, Colaptes auratus

genuinely made me start questioning my sanity around day 3, it's half the size the of the goose, WHY did it take me 4 days to finish??

nothing but pain and suffering, i'm sure hope the next bird will be much easier and with FAR less barring :)

[nattousan]

in other news, I am losing my mind hairline

[nattousan]

SHE'S DONE!!

Bird number 9: Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis

my chains are broken i am FREE. although i did have a great deal of fun with this, the barring on the wings itself took me like four days and i am READY to move on

this was a week and a half of continuous work so please excuse me for getting a little emotional in the bg 🙏

[nattousan]

*does a little jig*

BIRD NUMBER 10!!! The Male Mallard Duck, Anas platyrhynchos

the male and female ones are gonna be posted separately bc they're taking a lot longer lol but yea! super happy i was able to capture the iridescent green of the head, i found metallic green and blue paint at a craft store that really made his head POP. it looks better in person i promise

ALSO!! As this is the 10th one, BIG announcement. The end is in sight!!!!! I plan to finish within the next 3 weeks and there will be a small dedication ceremony/ unveiling happening at the library to commemorate its completion on the 16th of May. If you live in the Western New York region and want to check it out for yourself shoot me a dm!

Also thank you everyone for your kind words and support throughout this whole process, it's been a genuine treat thinking there are potentially thousands of you out there cheering me on while I paint this 🥹

[nattousan]

aaaand another one bites the duck,

we're movin right along with bird numero 11!! The lady Mallard!! Anas platyrhyncos

the 16th is looming in the distance so i'm trying to get thru these as quickly as i can so i can have as much time for the GBH as possible. i still need to do the names next to all of them so i've got about a week and a half to finish everything which is GREAT because i have adhd and nothing gets my ass in gear like a fuckin deadline, let me tell you

[nattousan]

power couple that they are, here's bird number 12 and 13,

the Northern Cardinals, Cardinalis cardinalis

and NOW that they are complete, ITS GO TIME, in the next five days (library's closed for mother's day 😭😭) i need to have the GBH fully rendered, the names of the birds vectored, weeded, masked, applied to the wall, and then painted, plus additional cattails throughout. I may be able to get away with just getting the GBH done in time for the unveiling and then just have the names and cattails added later, but i'm gonna really try to get it all done in time. BUT, i have a plan. Part of why i take so long on these is because i really am just figuring it out as I do it lmao. there have been many a time where i am sitting on top of the ladder googling "how to paint birds" but I think if i take the time tomorro to do all that figuring out how to approach it beforehand, this will go a lot faster. I may also recruit some of my artist friends to help with the placing of the names... hrmm we'll see.

Anyways, shout out to the librarian who tracked down exactly the thing i needed so i could figure out where to place the highlights in my birds eyes, ur the real mvp

[nattousan]

thanks for the reminder, kid

[nattousan]

at long last, we've reached the end...

Bird number 14 out of 14,

The Great blue heron, Ardea herodius

thank you to everyone who reached out or got excited about this project, it genuinely gave me the fuel i needed to keep going. In total, the 480+ total hrs it took me to cover this wall pales in comparison to how long its expected to spend on there, hopefully imparting a sense of beauty and love for the natural world to the next generation and here's hoping i'm only getting started with these.

i'll see y'all soon :')

[amberautumnfaebrooke]

has anyone noticed recently that it's expensive

[sociallyawkwardrevolution]

times like these really make you appreciate pouring river water in your socks