Grey Gold

Teacher and illustrator. Personal account for all that is funny and cool. Kimmy - Kimmikart.tumblr ---> Illustration

[nixscriptum]

[pardalote]

Some stitched felt shapes I made a couple of years ago.

[emilybeemartin]

I've been using these as illustration warmups for the past five weeks

[brbarou]

my wife and i don't argue she cuts my hand off and i dedicate my heart and soul to her

[svetlacreates]

A late night and an expected guest. An illustration based on The King of Attolia, depicting a stolen moment between Eugenides and Irene.

This was a gift for seaofeels in the @hamiathesgiftexchange!

[oliviawhen]

Doggust 30: Coton de Tulear. New painting. 🪵

[thecollectibles]

Doggust 2025 by Olivia When

[jordanbolton]

To The Substitute Art Teacher - Jordan Bolton

[metamatronic]

Okay, but did Mike get the message?

no he did not—he’s dense as bricks sometimes. continuation of this.

[sofseashell]

roxy redesign

[l-system-l]

fnaf new character

I like his line design

[lyrajellycat]

the hours? bad. the pay? bad. the job? bad. hi, i'm steve raglan and welcome to freddy fazbears pizzeria where the owner is sentimental and definitely not me

[chanapontmblr]

“They’re murderous animatronics” THEN WHY DO THEY LOOK LIKE THEY GIVE SUCH COMFORTING HUGS

[kieraillustrations]

Another autumn illustration!

[animentality]

[the-tired-tenor]

So uh….some dude apparently recreated Adobe Photoshop feature-for-feature, for FREE, and it runs in your browser.

Anyway, fuck Adobe, and enjoy!

[adv3nturelust]

Give credit to the 30-year-old who worked on this for free and offers this service for free!

[marsh-mallow-adopts]

WHAT?!

[triona-tribblescore]

I study graphic design and my tutor recommended and used this in his classes at art college last year, it’s so good it has SO many features for free, I really recommend it, even if you’re just trying to learn the basics of PS, such a wonderful thing <3

[no-longer-another-bondi-blonde]

In 1990, the high school dropout rate for Dolly Parton's hometown of Sevierville Tennessee was at 34% (Research shows that most kids make up their minds in fifth/sixth grade not to graduate). That year, all fifth and sixth graders from Sevierville were invited by Parton to attend an assembly at Dollywood. They were asked to pick a buddy, and if both students completed high school, Dolly Parton would personally hand them each a $500 check on their graduation day. As a result, the dropout rate for those classes fell to 6%, and has generally retained that average to this day.

Shortly after the success of The Buddy Program, Parton learned in dealing with teachers from the school district that problems in education often begin during first grade when kids are at different developmental levels. That year The Dollywood Foundation paid the salaries for additional teachers assistants in every first grade class for the next 2 years, under the agreement that if the program worked, the school system would effectively adopt and fund the program after the trial period.

During the same period, Parton founded the Imagination Library in 1995: The idea being that children from her rural hometown and low-income families often start school at a disadvantage and as a result, will be unfairly compared to their peers for the rest of their lives, effectively encouraging them not to pursue higher education. The objective of the Imagination library was that every child in Sevier County would receive one book, every month, mailed and addressed to the child, from the day they were born until the day they started kindergarten, 100% free of charge. What began as a hometown initiative now serves children in all 50 states, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, mailing thousands of free books to children around the world monthly.

On March 1, 2018 Parton donated her 100 millionth book at the Library of Congress: a copy of "Coat of Many Colors" dedicated to her father, who never learned to read or write.

[bonediggercharleston]

Everything I learnt about Dolly Parton was against my will and it was an absolute delight every single time

[bumblebeerror]

You WILL learn about Dolly Parton and what a fucking amazing woman she is and you will LIKE IT.

[bevismusson]

I assume everyone already knows how much I idolise Dolly, and it's because of stuff like this. She saw an issue, saw a way she could help (and importantly how she could help a community help itself) and just... did it. None of it feels like she's doing it for any other reason than because she has the facilities to do it and it's the right thing to do. She is proof that it is possible to be a millionaire and still be a genuinely good person.

[ms-cellanies]

Great article about the wide reach that Dolly's Imagination Library has made not only in her home town but across the world: https://cardinalnews.org/2023/01/31/dolly-is-part-of-the-answer-advocates-spread-dolly-partons-imagination-library-free-book-program-throughout-virginia/