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we're not kids anymore.

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Phil Tippett’s MAD GOD (2021)
Stop Motion Animated Sci-Fi Horror Feature Film
At Babbacombe Model Village
“Always go too far, because that’s where you’ll find the truth.”
— Albert Camus
do you have any advice on character design?
watch The Sopranos
i actually wanted to elaborate on this and say that i think it’s a really bad habit of a lot of artists, influenced by current media casting practices, to unconsciously or consciously make every single character they create super pretty, like everyone is just hot in that very boring, homogenous way, and this also comes as a result of people using actors and celebrities as character references or faceclaims and AI facial generation programs like Artbreeder being trained on people who are generally very pretty-looking. it results in alienating, uncanny worlds and drawings completely devoid of people who just look like regular people. it results worlds populated by mannequins fresh off the CW. I feel like whether a character is attractive or not should actually matter, be part of their character, because that kind of thing absolutely affects the way you move through the world and the way the world treats you.
so i wanted to throw in some suggestions that, whenever I’m trying to find a character reference or otherwise draw very interesting-looking yet regular-looking people, which i usually have to do for bit characters in @ikroah or something, I tend to look for references in the following places. these are far from the only reliable way to get inspiration, this is just a non-exhaustive list of places i’ve looked before for visual inspiration when needing to create a character, whether starring characters or background ones:
pre-2000s television (The Sopranos and Twin Peaks especially having incredible character design)
extras in comedy sketch shows
esports players
real photos (not staged stock photos) of line cooks
70s baseball players
athletes from more obscure olympic sports like the javelin toss or greco-roman wrestling, especially if you’re looking for a specific body type
ska, jazz, and blues musicians
firefighters
improv troupes
for teenagers, searching “high school english class project” on youtube and sorting by Upload Date
state senators, small-town mayors, and generally obscure local government positions like comptroller or treasurer (yes i know politicians can be bad sometimes but smaller elections especially don’t really depend on looks)
people who walk by your window (if you live in a city like I do)
and again these are just, in my opinion, deep and easy wells to dive in if you want to get a good idea of what regular people look like. these suggestions aren’t the limits on where you can possibly find inspiration for character design
My PIN number to this day is my second grade best friends birthday. There are people I don’t talk to anymore whose families are still in my prayers. There are shirts I wear to bed from exes of 8 years ago who are married now with kids. And I haven’t found a macaroni salad recipe better than my college boyfriend’s mom’s. Our lives are made up of so many people and when people become parts of our lives, some parts remain long after they leave. And in the same exact way, it’s comforting to know there are so many lives you’re still a part of that you have no idea about.
2021's Best Lesbian TV, Movies, video games, music and More So Far
Halfway through the year retrospective Part 1
We're halfway through the year and it's a good time to do a retrospective of how things have been going for wlw in the world of entertainment. 2021 offerings are still affected by the pandemic with a lot of projects being delayed but that doesn't account for the indifference of certain outlets to actually cater to lgbt people when they have been able to put out countless projects geared towards the straight audience. We've seen nothing of the projects Netflix was supposedly working on for example while they've miraculously been able to put out a lot of other content.
We have however had some good offerings and there are news that more is on the way. Let's take a look at what was good so far.
Best Lesbian/WLW Movies so Far
I care a Lot
The Mitchells vs The Machines
My first Summer
Shiva Baby
SWEETHEART, 2021 March premiere at Glasgow Film Festival
The Retreat
TV
Legends of Tomorrow
Home Economics
New Amsterdam
Genera+ion
Marriage or Mortgage
The Voice Season 20
Dickinson
Batwoman
Ginny and Georgia
Station 19
some of my favorite video essays
lady bird, fences, and why you don't need to forgive your parents
racebaiting, queerbaiting, colorism, featurism, and performative diversity
girlhood disrupted : the pseudo-maturtiy of traumatized girls in film
let's talk about the japanese school girl
the coraline bug theory
breaking down true womanhood & black girlhood in media
bill cipher : one fatal mistake
the philosophy of mob psycho 1000
why only goblins matter
soul eater : beneath the surface
perfect blue : the fear of yourself
the villain of edith finch
art vs the artist
how regular show saved cartoon network
big plotholes in reality
detroit : become human retrospective
a shit ton of more angsty prompts because writers are evil apparently
part one can be found here
being told to surrender or the antagonist will kill your lover’s entire family
kissing your lover only to realize you don’t feel the same spark you used to feel, while your lover is more in love with you than ever before
celebrating your victory of defeating the antagonist, only for your lover to be shot or struck by a blade a second later, falling helplessly to the ground as you watch the life drain from their eyes
saving your ex-lover (who you still has feelings for) from the antagonist, bandaging them up and tending to their wounds, then you bring them home, and they rush into their new partner’s arms, relieved to be back in their arms, and their new partner thanks you for bringing them home safely
finding out over the phone that your lover is dead, standing there with the phone still in hand, close to your ear, without saying a word because you’re ridden with grief
the bakery tells you they’re out of chocolate cake (?) and it’s your lover’s birthday, so it’s a problem because chocolate’s their favorite
calling your lover’s phone, it goes straight to voice-mail, they died three days ago but you forgot they’re not here anymore
crying at your ex’s house, the two of you realizing that you still love each other, only for your ex’s current partner to arrive in their car
having to say goodbye to your dog because you and your partner broke up and it’s rightfully theirs
you and i both know we can’t be together, but i’ll grab your hand when no one’s looking and hope we don’t get caught
kissing your lover one last time before parting ways, cherishing the last few moments of their lips against yours because you know it’s the last time you’ll ever get to kiss them
standing with your back to your lover, then turning around, uttering the words ‘’i’m sorry’’ before you fall to your knees, and the last thing you see is your lover rushing over to you, screaming your name
you want a traditional white wedding cake for your wedding, whilst your partner wants cheesecake. whatever will you do
after your lover dies, your friend has to physically drag you away from their body, while you cry uncontrollably and kick them, screaming at your friend to let you go
during a life-or-death situation, you reach for your lover’s hand to comfort them, only for the antagonist to snatch your hand away from them, leaving your lover to deal with panicking by themselves
your lover saying goodbye to you over the phone, you can’t kiss, you can’t hug, you can only hear their voice
a character being forced to pick between saving their lover, or their best friend of many, many, many years
a character finding out that everything their lover has told them during their time together has been a big fat lie, when they catch them in bed with their cousin (is it even angst at this point? no but it’s evil)
you’ve went and done something that upset your lover, and as you try to apologize, they back away, refusing to let you touch them
telling your lover that if they can’t put more effort into your relationship, they should simply walk out of the door, and they do, which you weren’t at all prepared for, because you thought they were willing to fight for you
a character saying ‘’i love you’’ to their lover as they’re dying, which makes their lover freeze for a moment, because saying i love you, means they’re accepting it. after the character is dead, their lover grabs hold of a weapon, storming towards the antagonist
asking your lover to stay the night, because you can’t bear the thought of being alone, and they know they can’t stay, so they kiss your forehead, and it hurts like hell having to leave you as you’ve got tears in your eyes
having spent the last couple of weeks away from your lover, only for them to come home to surprise you, but they only have a day before they have to leave again
you’re in a love triangle and the love of your life has to choose between you and another person. you aren’t chosen. a couple weeks later, the love of your life shows up at your door, telling you they’ve made a colossal mistake
a character has been cursed or brainwashed into killing their love interest, and as they’re straddling their lover’s hips, tears bursting out of their eyes and with a knife pointed at their lover’s chest, they beg their lover to kill them instead, but their lover can’t bring themselves to kill them either
you’re in a love triangle, kissing one of the men you’ve got wrapped around your finger, only for the other one to round the corner, catching you right in the act
if there’s any type of angsty prompts you think is missing from this list, please let me know and i’ll make a part three. @decseptapril asked for more death prompts so this one is more focused around that!
I love that, since this video came out, we now have the added context that this was during his Year Of Halo
I feel really self conscious posting non-fandom art on here :(
this is one of those moments where you’re learning about your people’s history in school and all your classmates are either making jokes or just not paying attention
Small history lesson for context:
Signs with saami place names were finally put up in the 1990s, after a long history of the government trying to wipe out saami culture and languages. These signs would get painted over, vandalized, and shot at until they were unreadable. I saw one of them on a museum trip in 7th grade, the saami name was completely destroyed, while the rest of the sign was left alone. I don’t know why I still remember it so well 9 years later
In case anyone is having a bad night:
Here is the fudgiest brownie in a mug recipe I’ve found
Here are some fun sites
Here is a master post of Adventure Time episodes and comics
Here is a master post of movies including Disney and Studio Ghibli
Here is a master post of other master posts to TV shows and movies
*tucks you in with fuzzy blanket* *pats your head*
You’ll be okay, friend <3
hobbies masterpost!
a really excellent way to reduce anxiety is to pick up a new hobby. find something you’re interested in, learn it, then use it as a healthy and productive way to cope.
learn to play guitar
learn how to make interactive stories with the free program Twine
learn how to make pixel art
learn another language
learn how to build a ship in a bottle
learn how to develop your own film
learn how to embroider
learn how to make chiptunes (8-bit music)
learn how to make origami (the art of paper folding)
learn how to make tumblr themes
learn how to make jewelry
learn how to make candy
learn how to make terrariums
learn how to make your own perfume
learn how to make your own tea
learn how to build birdhouses
learn how to read tarot cards
learn how to make zines
learn how to code
learn how to whittle (wood carving)
learn how to make candles
learn how to make clay figurines
learn how to knit scarves
learn how to become an amateur astronomer
learn some yoyo tricks
learn how to start a collection
learn how to start body building
learn how to edit wikipedia articles
learn how to decorate iphone cases
learn how to do freelance writing
learn how to make your own cards and
learn how to make your own envelopes
learn how to play the ukulele
learn how to make gifs
learn how to play chess
learn how to juggle
learn how to guerrilla garden
learn how to chart your family history
learn how to keep chickens
learn how to do yoga
learn how to do magic tricks
learn how to raise and breed butterflies
learn how to play dungeons & dragons
learn how to skateboard
learn how to do parkour
learn how to surf
learn how to arrange flowers
learn how to make stuffed animals
me when my uquiz results tell me i’m emotionally unavailable and i self-sabotage whenever something good happens to me because i’d rather fail while being in control than face the possibility of my best effort just not being enough because i picked a certain hozier lyric: