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Meredith | (she/her) | 28 | AAA | mostly gaming | animal blog: @fluffydogbutts | icon credit: lichedits

[beardedmrbean]

[sabertoothwalrus]

I hate the videoification of everything. If I have to hear one more video of someone speaking closely into their shitty mic and I have to have all their yucky wet mouth noises and plosives and nose whistles and throat clearings and sniffles I am going to dig a vertical hole the exact dimensions of my body and I’m going to slither in head first

[sabertoothwalrus]

as someone with misophonia, the widespread popularization of asmr audio editing + people that are being pushed to make video content with no formal training and have no idea how to edit their audio (ex college professors, average joe tiktokers, etc) is literally my nightmare scenario. this is hell I am in hell

[yyymmmrrr]

sketches

[puffychi]

eevee snacks 🌸🤎

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[prunsel]

if you've ever pet more than a few dogs you'd Know what dog residue is

[computationalcalculator]

[catcrumb]

[dragon-hoard]

10 years old!!

[hemipenal-system]

temperaturebreaking play. oh sweetie are you cold? awww thats a shame. this isn’t even very much winter! you definitely don’t need more coat than that; i’m gonna wear shorts actually. it’s pretty nice out, i’m not sure what your issue is, but your constant shivering and goosebumps are really cute

[the-real-list-of-ominous-threats]

I will subject you to the Shrimp Rant

[the-real-list-of-ominous-threats]

I'm getting a lot of requests for the shrimp rant, so here it is. Okay, so you know how I'm a marine biologist? I mention it sometimes on here. I'm a marine biologist, and right now what I'm studying is mangroves. This means that I am at least somewhat qualified to tell you that shrimp, both wild caught and farmed, is terrible for the environment and maybe the worst seafood there is environmentally.

Wild-caught shrimp are generally caught using trawling, which involves dragging a weighted net across the bottom of the seafloor. This practice is kind of notorious for just ruining the benthic (seafloor) habitat of whatever the nets go over, because weights on nets have a tendency to stir up sediment, cause turbidity (cloudy water) that's bad for benthic primary producers such as seagrass and coral, break stony corals, and rip up sessile (stationary) organisms such as soft corals.

However, farmed shrimp is also terrible for the environment! Historically, according to my marine ecology professor (the one who has such great quotes as 'we've been talking about death and destruction, so now let's talk about sex' and 'dying is always an option. this applies to humans as well as other organisms'), shrimp farms tend to set up shop in mangrove forest areas. They clear out swathes of mangroves, put in the shrimp, let the shrimp ruin the water quality, and then...just move on when the water is too gross to put more shrimp in. Shrimp farming operations often just start over again to clear and foul more areas of mangrove swamp. (Fish farming in general tends to kind of wreck water quality, that's not unique to shrimp). So, at least according to Dr. 'this fish looks kind of dumb', shrimp is perhaps the least sustainable type of seafood there is.

This is why I don't eat shrimp. I'm not going to moralize at you if you still eat shrimp after reading this, though, because it was super easy for me since I kind of already didn't like shrimp anyway.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I love you Safety Wizard.

(Inspired by @keroascrazy)

[frustratedasatruar]

Its like how people who don't learn fire safety are brutally mauled and eaten alive by Smokey the Bear.

[mero7t]

man you know female characters can have important platonic relationships and care about people without being a mom or sister or wine aunt right

[annabelle--cane]

love when an absolute nightmare of a character is introduced and all you can think is "jesus christ buddy what the hell is your problem" and the narrative gives you a hot minute to stew before explaining Exactly what is Their Problem. and you just sorta sit back in your metaphorical rocking chair and think "huh. yeah okay fair. that would do this to a person, yes."

[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 :')

[vintage-tigre]

"Dreaming of the Blue Tiger" by Jester Pepita

[only-cat-memes]

[forgwater]

[anthonycrowley]

every time i search where a movie is streaming and it’s not on like one of the big streamers i whisper to myself ‘poob has it for you’

[anthonycrowley]

one of the most poobified movies i’ve ever seen

[ianime0]

Witch Hat Atelier || Brushbuddy Episode 3