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[my-nameis-jasper-deactivated202]

I asked my kids if they’d prefer a secret garden or a secret library and my son shook his head and was like “I don’t trust the secret gardeners and librarians”

[my-nameis-jasper-deactivated202]

Me: what if there aren’t any gardeners or librarians.

Son: there’s always a librarian. Just because you can’t see them doesn’t mean they aren’t there. And it’s a garden, there has to be someone taking care of it or it isn’t really a garden.

Me:

Me: this was supposed to be lighthearted

[my-nameis-jasper-deactivated202]

Daughter: don’t trust the secret librarian.

Son: any librarian who hoards a library to themselves is hiding something.

Daughter: /nods seriously/

Me: why are you two talking as if from experience should I be concerned

[skiplo-wave]

The kids are right Jazz

[supreme-leader-stoat]

But what if I want to be the secret librarian?

[my-nameis-jasper-deactivated202]

Me: what if you were the secret librarian?

Son: wouldn’t be a secret library. I have nothing to hide.

Daughter: so not a secret librarian. A good librarian.

Me: you two are on a wavelength I can’t understand

[brawltogethernow]

What a way to find out your kids went on a whole-ass portal fantasy adventure at some point.

[rahafwabas]

some SU doodles

[freshofftheboatdaily]

[teadalek]

HAPPY LAO BAN SANTA DAY

[videogolf-deactivated20170314]

[aubrophonia-deactivated20170627]

THIS IS SO COOL

[spookyram]

woah

[spoonyruncible]

This is from ‘Beasts of Burden’, a really cool comic about a bunch of dogs (and one cat) protecting their town from the supernatural things that threaten it. It’s spooky and sad and really just fantastic. At one point they teamed up with Hellboy. Everyone should read it (if you don’t mind some pretty dark things happening. it is not a cheerful comic but it is a good one).

[paniniville]

Hey! So, I loved this comic, and still think about it occasionally, and tonight it was linked to me again with just the right timing so that I hyperfocused and squirreled off to go read everything! They aren’t really numbered well, but the Wikipedia page has a list of them in release order and what anthologies to find them in!

But given that it’s a pain to seek out each one one by one, I’ve got a list of links in order a smidge further down! Please try to support Dark Horse Comics if you can, but if you’re broke like me and still want to read, the Internet is a beautiful place. According to the wiki page, there are at least two more installments to come, scheduled for May 1st and June 5th, but there’s no real update schedule for the series as a whole.

Do note: they are graphic, gory, and sad, with a lot of body horror. But they’re really fantastic.

Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites contains: 1. Stray 2. The Unfamiliar 3. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie 4. A Dog and His Boy 5. The Gathering Storm 6. Lost 7. Something Whiskered This Way Comes 8. Grave Happenings

9. Sacrifice (Hellboy Crossover)

Beasts of Burden: Neighborhood Watch contains: 10. Food Run 11. Story Time 12. The View From The Hill (the one in this post!)

13. Hunters and Gatherers 14. What The Cat Dragged In 15. Wise Dogs and Eldritch Men

[northstarfan]

The trade collection for “Wise Dogs and Eldritch Men” came out a couple of weeks ago, btw.

“Neighborhood Watch” is due out in October and contains more stories than listed above (including the Hellboy crossover).

[thebiscuiteternal]

This is one of my favorite series ever and I’m so glad it’s finally getting proper collections instead of one-off anthology appearances.

Warning, though, the story about Hazel and her pups will *destroy* you.

[peachvers]

imagine if the oceans were replaced by forests and if you went into the forest the trees would get taller the deeper you went and there’d be thousands of undiscovered species and you could effectively walk across the ocean but the deeper you went, the darker it would be and the animals would get progressively scarier and more dangerous and instead of whales there’d be giant deer and just wow

[chandrar-nalaar]

you have a beautiful imagination

[iguanamouth]

[cultofplush]

this gave me chills

[lifeofcynch]

HOLY SHIT

[weaselle]

first of all ^^^ I love this^^^

secondly, I’ve said it before, but 

this is exactly what the Old World was. Off shore there was Ocean, and inland there was Forrest

Here’s an Old World tree still surviving in a modern forrest of “large” trees

That’s just what trees used to be like.

And wandering among those trees, one might have encountered, yes, deer larger than a modern moose, but also, depending on what year, pigs bigger than grizzly bears, beavers the size of modern wolves, ground sloths the size of modern elephants, and bears nearly that big. Not to mention the insects and snakes and shit.

I could keep going, like, you might have crossed paths with a whole herd of these

or a family of these.

Like, 29,000 years ago, the last of the Neanderthal had just died out. Humans and this thing definitely lived at the same time.

And they didn’t live in the Forest, but there is one ice age creature that’s still alive, if you want to see what life was like back in the day. We used to think the Musk Ox was a type of bovine, or cow, which is how it got it’s name. BUT. See this?

that, my friends, is an ice age GOAT. That’s right, that’s a 900 pound GOAT. Here, take another look

anyway, yeah, the wild used to be a lot more Wild. Old Forest was definitely the inland equivalent of Ocean, and everything back in the day was turnt the fuck UP

[such-justice-wow]

This post was made by someone’s genetic memory of those scary fuckers

[blurrymango]

Can god please rerelease the Old Forest again

[rhaella]

why is barbie’s the nutcracker the only good film adaption of the nutcracker that has ever been made

[gaphic]

because barbie movies slap next question

[bomtrack]

the only reason weed is attributed to Bob Marley is because it was a huge part of the Rastafari religion. Rastafarians promoted black empowerment, self-love, and self-reliance and smoking pot was used as a way of enhancing meditation. although he was rumored to smoke one pound of weed a day, police found no pot in any of his belongings while on tour and none in the belongings of everyone on tour with him.

now Bob Marley is depicted as a happy dude smoking on a beach when he was actually a huge activist against African countries with dictatorships and even did a huge concert in Zimbabwe when they declared independence. thousands of fans broke in to the concert to see him and police shot tear gas into the mob. Bob didn’t stop performing even when tear gas reached the stage, making most of his bandmates rush off. he also did a huge peace concert in Jamaica to unite two warring political parties. his songs often spotlighted racism and inequality and he was an important voice for black people not only in the US, but the entire world.

and now he’s a snapchat filter

[nyokoko]

This is the man that wrote revolutionary songs like “Africa Unite”, “Black Man Redemption”, “War” (where he spoke out against apartheid and the conflict in Angola). Songs like “Buffalo Soldier”, “Redemption Song”, “Crazy Baldhead”, “Stiff Necked Fools”, “War”, and many other songs that made it clear where he stood in the movement. But folks have reduced him to “Jammin’” and “One Love”, ignoring his entire library of music in which he clearly sent the message that he was an activist who worked and strived for global Black liberation.

[kalichnikov]

i wanna talk about this shot

[kalichnikov]

if forum signatures still existed this would be mine

[un-javi]

[karvina]

[teslaswife]

[shitposting-hobbits-to-gallifrey]

God fucking damn it

[finding-a-way-to-run-away]

Parent: yells at and threatens child over a mistake

Child: doesnt want to spend time with them afterwards

Parent:

[tasmanianstripes]

Parent:*yells at and threatens child over a mistake*

Child:*doesn’t want to admit their mistakes and starts keeping secrets from their parent*

Parent:

[this-account-is-a-mistake]

parent: *yells at and threatens child over them self-harming*

child: *doesn’t talk to parents about their issues and feels worse*

parent:

[chibi-blue-scapula]

Parent: *attributes all their child’s achievements to god and all the mistakes to the child*

Child: *actively avoids academic achievement and becomes an atheist*

Parent:

[thou-creature-of-the-deep]

THAT LAST ONE IS WHY I STOPPED ATTENDING CHURCH AFTER I STARTED THERAPY.

[bri-lin-biscuit]

Parent: *uses personal info,told to them in confidence as ammo to make child feel bad*

Child: *never tells the parents about how they feel or their personal insecurities*

Parent:

[therapist-anon-deactivated20220]

[wolfsteax]

wow this tea is exceptionally tasty tonight thank you

[laim-o-nade]

Parent: *tells child they’re overreacting every time they speak up about poor mental health*

Child: *never tells parent what’s wrong until they break into a screaming match with parent*

Parent:

[lauraexplorer]

Parent: *immediately dismisses or laughs at child’s ideas about plans, future and clothes choices, without consideration even when asked for ideas.*

Child: *becomes indecisive or never gives ideas because they’ll just be dismissed regardless of how good they are. Answers every question with ‘I don’t mind/ care.*

Parent:

[florencesn]

[frootsnaacks-deactivated2023081]

Child: *shows parent art they’re proud of*

Parent: *points out bad parts of art, makes fun of it, grimaces at it*

Child: *doesn’t show parent any more art*

Parent:

[writing-reigns-deactivated20200]

[boyswhofellout]

Child: *tells parent about their interests*

Parent: *seems inconvenienced/annoyed/isn’t even listening or paying attention, or worse, makes fun of them for liking said interest*

Child: *stops talking to them*

Parent:

[honey-pad]

It just hits different...

[dykeofhearts]

[funkyness]

[astraldemise]

*gently places a small mushroom in your hand*

[shiny-audin0]

?

[astraldemise]

*gently places another small mushroom in your hand*

[heturnedleft]

Little brown mushrooms are unidentifiable, worthless crap. If you’re going to hand me small mushrooms, make sure they’re some color other than brown.

(I have opinions about things)

[astraldemise]

the fruits of the earth do not exist to be worth something to us

[feministdwaynejohnson]

@shitpostsampler vibes here

[shitpostsampler]

[catmeme-moved]

ok are u all ready

cut 6 perfect squares out of fabric(s) of ur choice, mine are 3x3 inches but urs can be bigger or smaller. make them all different colors if u want! go hogwild w this

[catmeme-moved]

take 2 of those bad boys and sew one edge of them together

[catmeme-moved]

sew a 3rd square on! repeat w the next 2 squares, we r making a cube

[catmeme-moved]

5 squares sewn n now u got a funky cup! time for the 6th square

[catmeme-moved]

when u sew on the last square, be sure to leave part of one edge unsewn, this is so u can flip it inside out and stuff it!

now it's stuffin time

[catmeme-moved]

stuff with some stuffing or u can use fabric scraps, whatever u have on hand. now we have a plump cube

time to sew up the little hole with a ladder stitch! im using a different colored thread here so its hopefully easier to see, but when u do it id recommend using a color that matches better so ur stitches are more hidden. first put the needle thru the inside so that the knot is hidden

then pass the needle through like this, pulling as u go. try not to pull too tight or else itll end up weird and wrinkly! i still have some troubles making this stitch look nice, so dont worry too much about getting it Perfect! its perfectly ok if ur stitches show

once uve stitched up the little hole, tie a knot in ur thread and snip it off! now we really have a cube

set that baby aside bc now we r gonna make something else

[catmeme-moved]

cut out 8 lil pieces like this, sew the pairs together, and turn inside out. now u got feet!

repeat the process w ears and a tail in shapes or ur choice. mine's gonna be a kitty :3

[catmeme-moved]

sew on all the paws, ears, tail, etc using the same ladder stitch from earlier! i also added some spots to mine to give it a bit more character. u can add anything to urs!! the world is ur oyster

i used some embroidery floss to make a funny little face. if u dont have any, u can also stitch on some teeny pieces of fabric for a face instead

finally, give urself a pat on the back for making a little tiny friend!!! u did it!!!

if u make one, post it n tag it w #yarrowlook bc id love to see it! :')

[squideotape]

@punksand

[lulusketches]

a background I painted for Tangled the Series!

[tahthetrickster]

Attention non-artists who commission artists: don’t fuckin do this???

[cursedcharley]

Actually had someone do this to me too. Was doing a art stream, it took me over 2 hours to do his inked commission, he got a refund cause ‘it took too long’ that he figured I wasn’t going to do it after I gave him the file.

Don’t do this. Do not.

[littlegreendorito]

I’ve had this happen to me with a $350 comic :/ I had already finished it, it was full color, 6 panels and had a full bg in every panel. I was lucky in that I didn’t spend him money yet, but it left me without funds. I’ve also had the above happen to me as well.

Don’t do this shit to artists. We’re people too. Drawing for you is more than a hobby. It’s a job.

[aroyalmoon-deactivated20211014]

Use Paypal Invoices. 

I cannot stress this enough. That shit helps A LOT when it comes down to Paypal refunds/disputes. There’s a description box that let’s you put in what the product is/how long it’ll take/yadda yadda, and then there’s another little memo box that only you and paypal can see where you can say it’s a digital commission and doesn’t require shipping (So Donald Mcfuck can’t say that they never got their commission). And there’s also a box for your Terms & Conditions where you can say, if you have any conflicts/want a refund - email me, or you can actually tell the user that this is a digital commission and they won’t be getting a hard copy of it.

ARTISTS. PLEASE USE PAYPAL INVOICES. it will SAVE you. And to: the people who do this to artists – Fuck you. It’s okay if you change your mind and want a refund. But freaking TALK to us and let us know what’s going on. Let us WORK with you.

[thelilnan]

ALSO A HUGE TIP: Invoices paid will automatically set up a shipping notice which, if not fulfilled, can land you in SERIOUS hot water with PayPal. Since a lot of artists don’t print and ship the commissions, this is a huge problem.

However! Totally manageable. Just go to your PayPal, scroll down to find Seller Preferences

>> Shipping Preferences

>> Display Ship Button. Make sure all the boxes are unchecked. Then you’re all set!

[captain-spicypants-deactivated2]

As a big supporter of artists, don’t you ever fucking dare fuck over an artist like that. Like don’t. And if they take their time to do a good job, don’t shit all over them for it! Don’t be a fucking ass hole. Just don’t. These people put a  LOT of work and time and effort into their artwork. Just don’t be that guy. Often times these artists aren’t even getting what they deserve in compensation. 

[happykittyshop]

I am very grateful my customers have been good to me, but I’m spreading the word.

[guzma-reader-hell]

Very important!

[theakaning]

As a new artist, I’m very grateful for this post. Never knew this. Thank you.

[enteratabucking-deactivated2020]

@saferion - I know you create some artwork/photo edits. I’m not sure if you knew about this or not but I figured I’d pass it along just in case.

[safingual]

Thank you for mentioning and warning! PayPal is a big hole of pitfalls, it’s always good to be aware of these kind of things!

[lenbarboza-deactivated20200128]

IMPORTANT ADVICE FOR ARTISTS AND CUSTOMERS.

[lesbiancousin]

happy pride everyone im enlisting your help to convince my girlfriend to be the bee movie with me for halloween we have 5 months to change her mind let’s go… gay rights!!!

[lesbiancousin]

success! 

[sizvideos]

TL;DR : Watch this incredible story in video

[magicpottybaby]

holy fuck! so how did the penguins taste?????

[monetizeyourcat-blog]

this is the cutest video in the entire world. this seal is just so afraid for this dumb weird baby she thinks she’s found out in the ocean. have a bird. have another bird. no, see, eat the bird! the bird is food! why won’t this stupid baby eat. open your mouth you idiot baby i will feed you bird if it’s the last thing i do