The Ex- Med-Student's notebook

@dxmedstudent

Personal blog of a UK GP (former hospital doc) taking life one day at a time. Medicine and science, art and literature, and everything in between. I write a comic about the funny side of medicine; over at @dxmedicalstudent. I give tea and empathy, but I cannot give medical advice; please see a qualified medical professional you can trust. *Susquitare aliquos ad magnificentiam - Raise others to Greatness.* *Quia Omnis Successus - Success for All.* *Vos Facitis - you do you.* *Kindness inspires more kindness.*

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upongoblinhill

Cover and interior illustrations for Diana Wynne Jones’ Howl’s Moving Castle. Available as prints on INPRNT

into-wonderland-caroline

jeniferprince

Xena & Gabrielle

they were so important to me as a baby lesbian :')

patreon // buy prints here

redstonedust

you can exchange money for art of your blorbos. many are doing this.

neosatsuma

pokemonarchive

Pikachu (2020) - Pokémon HOME Wallpaper © Pokémon / Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK How to Unlock: Deposit 30 Pikachu

blueenergycat

You spot a Shinx out in the foliage… a good sign for a fair Summer?

midnightssea

it’s amazing how women are able to navigate crowded rooms without ever touching a palm to a man’s lower back

mycupofstars

It’s amazing how MEN are able to navigate crowded rooms without ever touching a palm to a man’s lower back

spiribia

The thing about character design theory is I really think we shouldn’t just keep reinforcing our “this is what a sneaky and untrustworthy character looks like, this is what a threatening and intimidating character looks like, this is what an innocent character worth protecting looks like, this is what a smart and competent character looks like, this is what a man looks like vs what a woman looks like” conventions like they’re innate human wiring that we tap into scientifically and not like, heavily societal

gayteensupreme

NOT staying in the tags on my watch

vanemiin

I love drawing Link in the archaic set! It looks so good on him and it's the closest we got to having another green tunic in the game 💚 Also a little bonus ember set at the end

promptcalender

Piece of advice to all writers who need a cover but don’t have the money to hire an artist: use the public domain.

Online, you can find quite a lot databases for photography in the public domain that you could use (always check their specific rules regarding commercial use), like Pixabay, Unsplash, or Pexels.

But, even a tad more charming, there are also hundreds of thousands of paintings in the public domain. If the artist has been dead for over 70 years, the image is (typically) in the public domain and can be used however you want it. This is not a new concept, big publishers like Penguin and the Oxford’s World Classics do the same!

When you use such images, always make sure that 1. the painting really is in the public domain (sometimes the art itself may be in the public domain, but the photograph you are using to see it is not!), and 2. that it is an appropriate image. Sometimes, an image may look innocent and fitting, but would actually cause irritation, like accidentally using a painting of siblings for a romance or using a controversial image for different reasons.

Some places you can find art in the public domain (always double check!): National Gallery of Art, Artvee, Public Domain Image Archive, and most websites of bigger museums.

[Prompt Calender: April 23rd, World Book and Copyright Day]

thebaconsandwichofregret

Your cover will look so much more professional and interesting if you use public domain imagery rather than AI.

Your hard work deserves thoughtful presentation.

maggotmuncher0

i bought a new lavender pencil (or "Bright Lilac" or whatever)

dorothygale

pop health science is so annoying bc it'll be like "did you know? eating strawberries will give you mega cancer" and you're like pfft whatever begone influencer. but sometimes then you'll see a reasonably credible article like "Study Shows Possible Link Between Strawberries and Mega Cancer" and you're not usually the type to follow that kind of thing religiously but idk maybe you should consider not eating strawberries? but then there's another article saying "Strawberry/Mega Cancer Study Debunked" and it turns out the original study had a sample size of 3 and was funded by Big Blueberry, and strawberries may have a small connection to mega cancer but only if you are genetically predisposed to mega cancer and eat 50 strawberries every day. so you return to your strawberry eating life. but whenever you eat strawberries in public someone tells you about the mega cancer.

strombolicious

teathattast

reblog to do this w your mutuals

kaiserin-erzsebet

Some day I am going to properly articulate why period dramas have ruined people's ability to interact with historical portraits.

Short version: most historical figures look like pretty average people, because they are for the most part just some guy (gender neutral). They just don't stand up well to casting a whole show of people who are pretty by modern standards.

kaiserin-erzsebet

This is mostly in response to a rather persistent trend of "can you believe this person was considered handsome/beautiful at the time?"

When:

1. The person is not styled in a way that appeals to modern taste.

2. The style of portraiture diverges from photography, so it doesn't appeal to your sense of aesthetics.

3. You're comparing to an actor/actress who is very good looking by modern standards styled in a way that isn't really meant to challenge you.

4. They are average to good looking, but in a normal person way.

Our own media environment doesn't really leave much space for "good looking normal person" which is part of the issue.