Tony R. (not ramos)

Just a little gay trans dude tryina make his way through he/him - 14 (15 on the 23rd)

[destiny-islanders]

If there was a way to run SUPER MEGA AD BLOCKER on this website I fucking would

[celtic-pyro-deactivated20230725]

“Please oh please open up your computer to a porn virus! If you don’t you’re evil!”

[history-student-against-antis]

Freeloader Comin’ through!

[moonlight-fox]

We didn’t start this war internet users have with ads - We might have moaned about banner ads, but it was only when they started making noises when we might be listening to music or a podcast or whatever, causing two sound sorces at once, that we started trying to block ads universally rather than just a specific type of ad (pop ups).

And since then ads have gotten worse - Actual malware rather than merely breaking one of the fundamental sins of web design - though shalt not autoplay anything with sound. And the more aggressive a website is with ‘please turn off adblock’ the less I trust it to bother to vet ads and advertisers to make sure they’re not installing malware.

[bramblepatch]

Not to mention that the idea that avoiding ads is “freeloading” is hilariously backward. Advertisement is a transaction between the platform and the advertiser, the user has no obligation to provide the views/clicks the platform has promised. Using an adblocker isn’t freeloading in the same way that leaving the room to get a snack during a commercial break isn’t cheating the tv network.

[pocosun]

Ok y’all, I work as a web developer and I’m here to tell you that you are 100% right and that it’s shit. SO I’m going to tell you how to get around websites that block you from using their website if you’re using an adblocker. 

Every website uses a language called JavaScript; long story short it’s a website language that allows developers to do the crazy shit you see on websites. Now the easiest thing to do is to disable JavaScript to stop them from knowing you have an adblocker:

Oh no! I’m blocked from viewing the website. It would be a terrible shame if I were able to right click and select the “inspect” feature

Click the three dots in the top right and open the “Settings” Menu

And then scrolled down to “Debugger” and checked the “Disable Javascript Option”

And then just refreshed the page

[valtsv]

me continuing to make terrible posts about my extremely niche interests instead of anything people actually followed me for:

[luftraptor]

Note: this is not ferret abuse, they really do enjoy being carried like sacks of potatos.

[mrs-faggot]

As a ferret owner I can confirm that my three ferrets do not give a single fuck about being held like that. A ferret WILL let you know if it doesn’t like how you’re holding it. But they like being turned into potato sacks for some reason.

[wolverinequeen]

Yeah ferrets get super limp sometimes when you hold them, plus they have a flexible spine and ribs, it doesn’t bother them a bit. They are just loose sacks of meat and kleptomania. 

[elodieunderglass]

Me continuing to make my extremely niche posts while gesturing with a consenting ferret

[kittleimp]

The theory of Crowley being the Archangel Raphael before the Fall is interesting and I’m here for it, but I would like to suggest another possibility as well.

Raphael’s domain is healing. He is also the patron saint of healers and travelers. In Islam, Raphael is known as Isrāfīl, which can also be spelled as Israfel or Esrafil. Interesting similarity to Aziraphale and Ezra Fell, no?

However.

I raise you the idea that Crowley was Ramiel, who is sometimes included as an eighth Archangel.

In the Book of Enoch, Ramiel is among the fallen angels. As an angel, his domain is hope. Oh, but do keep in mind that his name is not always translated or spelled consistently. One alternate spelling is Jeremiel.

Anthony J Crowley, hm?

Whatever could the J stand for?

[bonkalore]

Trying to draw buildings

[archive7481465]

yo here’s a useful tip from your fellow art ho cynellis… use google sketchup to create a model of the room/building/town you’re trying to draw… then take a screenshot & use it as a reference! It’s simple & fun!

[moorecolinart-deactivated201810]

Sketchup is incredibly helpful. I can’t recommend it enough.

There’s a 3D model warehouse where you can download all kinds of stuff so you don’t have to build everything from scratch.

[vanjestic-deactivated20160131]

reblog to save a life

[bludragongal]

This is an incomplete tutorial, and it drives me crazy every time I see it come around.

We live in a pretty great digital age and we have access to a ton of amazing tools that artists in past generations couldn’t even dream of, but a lot of people look at a cool trick and only learn half of the process of using it.

Here’s the missing part of this tutorial:

How do you populate your backgrounds?

Well, here’s the answer:

If the focus is the environment, you must show a person in relation to that environment.

The examples above are great because they show how to use the software itself, but each one just kind of “plops” the character in front of their finished product with no regard of the person’s relation to their environment.

How do you fix this?

Well, here’s the simplest solution:

This is a popular trick used by professional storyboard and comic artists alike when they’re quickly planning compositions. It’s simple and it requires you to do some planning before you sit down to crank out that polished, final version of your work, but it will be the difference between a background and an environment.

From Blacksad (artist: Juanjo Guarnido)

From Hellboy (Mike Mignola)

Even if your draftsmanship isn’t that great (like mine), people can be more immersed in the story you tell if you just make it feel like there is a world that exists completely separate from the one in which they currently reside – not just making a backdrop the characters stand in front of.

Your creations live in a unique world, and it is as much a character as any other member of the cast. Make it as believable as they are.

[shatterstag]

Great comments and tutorials!

I’m a 3d artist and have been exploring the possibilities of using 3d as reference for 2d poses. I want to add a couple of tips and things!

Sketchup is very useful for environment references, and I assume it’s reasonably easy to learn. If you’re interested in going above and beyond, I highly recommend learning a proper 3d modeling program to help with art, especially because you can very easily populate a scene or location with characters!

Using 3ds Max I can pretty quickly construct an environment for reference. But going beyond that, I can also pose a pretty simple ‘CAT’ armature (known in 3d as a rig) straight into the scene, which can be totally customized, from various limbs, tails, wings, whatever, to proportions, and also can be modeled onto and expanded upon (for an example, you could 3d sculpt a head reference for your character and then attach it to the CAT rig, so you have a reference for complex face angles!)

The armature can also be posed incredibly easily. I know programs exist for stuff like this - Manga Studio, Design Doll - but posing characters in these programs is always an exercise in frustration and very fiddly imo. A simple 3d rig is impossibly easy to pose.

By creating an environment and dropping my character rig into it, I have an excellent point of reference when it comes to drawing the scene!

Not only that, but I can also view the scene from whatever angle I could ever want or need, including the character and their pose/position relative to the environment.

We can even quickly and easily expand this scene to include more characters!

Proper 3d modeling software is immensely powerful, and if you wanted to, you could model a complex environment that occurs regularly in your comic or illustration work (say, a castle interior, or an outdoor forest environment) and populate the scene with as many perspective-grounded characters as you need!

[askoursquad]

reblogging to save a life

[bludragongal]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Look at this amazing addition! This is fantastic!

[king-monky]

Marriage is good and weddings are great but I hate modern wedding culture. You don’t need to bankrupt yourself to have a nice wedding. Stop supporting the wedding industry, stop buying outrageously priced engagement rings, stop spending 10k on a dress you’ll only ever wear once.

[tidy-tidings]

Coming from a professional event planner - weddings are egregiously expensive because companies openly raise prices at the word “wedding.” 

Pro Tip - Never drop the word wedding while planning if you don’t need to. Most things can be for “an event you’re planning.” This obviously doesn’t include things like the venue, DJ (who needs specific wedding songs), and the wedding dress company if you’re going that route versus just buying a dress.

For my wedding I got “discounted” cupcakes, flowers, decor, bridesmaids dresses, groomsman attire, and invitations. I did this by either searching for things that aren’t marketed for weddings or not telling the companies I was working with it was for a wedding. Because honestly, most of the time they don’t need to know why you’re ordering.

These companies target people planning their weddings and markup everything the second “wedding” is said. And it’s said often because people assume the services change exponentially for weddings. They absolutely do not. 

The best example are the cupcakes I had for my wedding. I used a designer cupcake store in town instead of spending $1000 on a wedding cake. If you place a large order of cupcakes with a cake tree for display - it costs about $150 for 100 (which is what I did). When you order their “wedding” package - the price raised to a $700 base for 100 cupcakes. The only other perk includes a “tasting.” Forget that. Our tasting was buying a few cupcakes in flavors we thought we’d like and picked three. It cost maybe $20. 

What these companies do is scummy and targets people who don’t have information about the event industry.

I will yell it from the rooftops until people realize there’s a better way.

[apictureofspace]

it’s almost May 31st, you guys, so in honour of Michael Sheen being an Ineffable Husbands fanboy on live television, have a ridiculous meme that my roommate suggested I make at 11:00pm on a Saturday night.

[tariqah]

Interspecies lesbianism

[onedeadkitty]

It’s cute guys

[rosalui]

nothing but respect for MY lesbian big cat couple

[butchflirt]

Butch/Butch couple

[lumpatronics]

This is actually hella interesting, bc in simple terms, tigers are extroverts and lions are introverts. There’s more to it, but that’s the gist.

Whenever zoo’s tried to put lions and tigers in the same enclosures, the tiger would eventually try to groom the lioness and play constantly. The lioness would lose patience and snaps at them

So basically what I’m saying is that you have a regal and refined gf who stands at the edge of a balcony during parties, sipping champagne

Then you have the other girl who drank all of the little flutes on the servers platter, and is now drunkenly pointing at her gf and telling everyone that that’s her gf and doesn’t she look beautiful I love her so much

[hillnerd-art]

So I had to draw them in human form???

[slinkanorabundyblr]

You drew them in the corresponding ethnicities for their Geographic locations!!! Bless you, you have no idea how sick and tired I am of white human lion king characters.

[antique-scarecrow]

This post is deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant as certified by the National Shitpost Registry.

[nyokoko]

Can bees get drunk?

White girl wasted? Do bees party? Do they do lines of pollen off the stinger? I just found out today that bees don’t have lungs which is why they survived the Notre Dame Fire because the smoke just made them go to sleep.

But do bees get wasted?

[systlin]

Short answer; yes they absolutely can. 

I’ve seen with my own eyes bees get wasted off of fermented fruit juice. They start flying all unsteadily, then land and sorta wobble in circles until they sober up. 

[nyokoko]

THAT IS SO CUTE OMG

Love that the ladies know how to have a good time lol

[systlin]

I’ve seen them just, sorta sit there and buzz to themselves and groom a bunch, which is so far as I can tell the bee equivalent of having a deep conversation with the mirror in the ladies room. 

[autumnhound]

Hold up theres a dark side to this. Some bees like getting wasted SO MUCH that they’ll stake out fermented fruit on purpose to get that sweet honey booze. However bee hives dont really enjoy Loud Becky coming back from a frat boy kegger because the bee in question won’t respond to other bees properly. So the hive guards will bite at drunk bee’s legs until she fucks off and sobers up and can answer questions like “why did you shave your eyebrow off”.

However if Loud Becky cant kick the drinking habit, the hive guards will KILL HER and sweep her corpse off the doorstep for Loud Becky 2038 to take her place and hopefully this new bee will be a PROPER POLLEN GATHERER and not get krunk off her ass on honey shots.

[nyokoko]

I’m Loud Becky. Honey shots for the hive let’s get ittttt

[kontrazvedka-deactivated2019031]

Borders are violence.

[roadkillrabbitt-deactivated2019]

His name’s Frank Gonzalez and information on where this all went down can be found here: www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/post-nation/wp/2018/07/28/immigrant-girl-hides-in-auto-shop-after-escaping-attendants-from-florida-detention-facility/

[judo-ichidai-deactivated2018121]

Please reblog this important information.

[cannabiscomrade]

The name of his store is Gonzalez Auto Center, and google/Facebook reviews are always a great way to show how we feel about people like him.

[armedandgayngerous]

“um, girl cried so aiding and abetting fugitive from the law good now actually”

[diesetdown]

[trans-homura]

People say that they would hide Jewish people look how quickly they prove they won’t

[spaceraptor]

Rescuing slaves from the Confederacy = illegal. Hiding Jews from the Nazis = illegal. There are crimes we should be proud of committing, and laws so heinous that those who follow them should be ashamed to do so.

[flowisaconstruct-deactivated202]

I’ve never used this expression before, but that’s some piping hot tea right there.

[gemstuff]

Some the absolute best T pose memes I’ve seen

[beatcroc]

this is just 2018 planking

[glitchmage]

You’re right but I really wish you weren’t.

[realest-asami-requiem]

more

[chuckletons]

hot take: it’s planking but actually funny/a good meme

[blackwoolncrown]

pretty shitty how baseline human activities like singing, dancing and making art got turned into skills  instead of being seen as behaviors

so now it’s like ‘the point of doing them is to get good at them’ and not ‘this is a thing humans do, the way birds sing and bees make hives’.

[spongebob-autisticquestions]

One thing I worry about in society is how autistic people seem to be more at risk for getting in trouble for things they didn’t even do all because of not understanding the situation in the first place

For example: I remember one time I was shopping at a supermarket, and after paying, a staff member walked up to me, and without explaining why, asked me if they could look inside my bag. I was only aware they suspected me of shoplifting (which I hadn’t) because of a previous post I’d read about another autistic in a similar situation. Imagine if an autistic person, unaware of the hidden context, declined to let them look inside the bag. They’d already be deemed as suspicious when in reality, they just didn’t want someone to look inside

Another time I was about to go to a university party organised by the university itself. I was carrying an empty Coca-Cola bottle ONLY because I was drinking one beforehand, and couldn’t find a bin. Without warning, a staff member grabbed my empty bottle and took it away. At first I thought they were just being helpful until I saw the stern look on their face, and then I was confused (only later did I realise they might have thought I would refill it with alcohol later on or something). When I was unable to get in due to not having enough money, I had a shutdown due to the noise and confusion, and was then screamed at to get out despite the fact I did nothing wrong

This is the kind of thing autistic people have to deal with. Society has to learn to understand that just because a person isn’t reacting the way you expect, and seems “suspicious”, doesn’t mean they are. There’s a high chance they’re an autistic person who may not be fully understanding of the situation at hand, especially when the other person isn’t explicit about what’s going on

[990000]

source

[a-cosmic-raccoon-deactivated202]

Oh god, imagine being the person who created that page.

[somewhereinthedetails217]

She promised an ex who had belittled her dreams that one day he wouldn’t be able to order a coffee with out hearing one of her songs. She deserves all the good she’s worked for.

[filipfatalattractionrblog]

I suddenly have much more respect for lady Gaga than I had before.

[phantomthread2017]

[catpda]

how can ppl say cats dont have feelings like. 

when my cat got deadly sick she refused to eat a single thing and it had been days but when i started crying she ate just a little bit, and upon seeing how happy it made me, kept doing it whenever she could.

now whenever im sad or crying she finds wherever i am with a mouthful of food and eats the pieces one by one, every time looking up at me making sure i was watching her eat it all because she knew it made me happy. and it DOES make me happy

i love cats!!! 

[catpda]

im so glad my little Foofy has touched everyone’s hearts… she luvs you all

[yeeyee-imbi]

I legit cried reading this.

[themerrywriter-deactivated20200]

Your book is going to be great; just put one word in front of the other. 

[unwriter-sc]

Until we hit a plot hole.

[themerrywriter-deactivated20200]

Nope. No negativity - you drop into that hole, see what you can learn from it, clamber out and finish your draft.

You can edit a bad book, but not a blank page.

[ladykittenfair]

I think that’s a really, really important note and I never thought of it in that context. But if you stop and look at your plot hole and can identify why you stopped? you CAN get back out.

Examples:

“I’ve written myself into a corner” - back up to your last branch, and restart

“I have no idea what’s going to happen next” - have a plotting session (which may just consist of figuring out what WON’T happen and going with what’s left)

“I have no inspiration for this piece” - take a break, and ideally revisit your source of inspiration, remember why you wanted to write it to begin with!

“This absolutely sucks” - ngl, it might in fact actually suck, but the only way to write better words is to hone your craft; keep writing, and read a lot too

Just a few small things, but it helps.

[alexandria-monik-art]

EXCELLENT!!

www.instagram.com/alexandria.monik.art