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kaidae | he/fae | 18 | artist

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[maskeraith]

how woild do you do 7 + 48 ???

40 + 7 = 47, 47 +8 = 55

40 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 3

(24*2)+(5+2)

100-48-7 = 45, hence 100-45=48+7=55

7/11 + 48/11 = 5, so 5*11 = 55

3+4 = 7, 40 + 8= 48, 7+48 = 55

7^2=49, 48-40=8, -> 49+8=55

100+7 = 107 and 107 + 48 = 155 so 155 -100 is 55

another way

Voting ended onApr 29, 2023

[sheepwithspecs]

48 + 2 = 50 7 - 2 = 5 50 + 5 = 55 48 + 7 = 55

years upon years of working retail (and Brain Age Coin Counter) taught me it's best to round up and count the difference

[andronauts]

7+7=14+1=15

40+15=55

[endlerkai]

i jus do 7+8=15 then 40+15=55 👍

[endlerkai]

*farts*

*sjiffs aggressively*

[endlerkai]

i am nnowe trans 👍

[teathattast]

[anxietyproblem]

[teathattast]

me when I'm talking to myself in the car

[razorbladeromantics]

i have feelings for u. not telling u which ones.

[fourthepigram]

do you have any tips for drawing faces ? or any resources that are helpful?

Thankyou so much for asking. The thing is, academic art theories made my head hurt because I have an attention span of a fly. Therefore I train my imitation skill instead of having to remember thousands of techniques to draw/paint. Doing copies is the only thing that could improve my art. I copy a lot of artwork from old masters, 19th century masters, comic book artists, digital painters and what not. Because the thing is, painting or drawing is our ability to transfer reality into a surface. Essentially, it’s like trying to solve a problem. And those old and new masters with amazing brush strokes and composition have solved it. So if you decide to copy and learn their artwork, it’s like borrowing their knowledge for problem solving. Therefore if i’m about to make an original artwork i already know what i am going to do because my brain has picked up pieces of problem solving techniques from the copies i did. Like taking answers from various books or google for your thesis. It’s impossible for your brain to be unable to detect patterns used in the artwork. It’s in our nature to identify signals of the pattern and reproduce it with our touch. That’s the reason why some songs sound similar and some movies have predictable storylines. And it isn’t necessarily a bad thing because art is a product of convoluted imitation. And another important mindset I always adhere; drawing and painting is just a series of lines consisting of dragging your brush from point a to point b over and over again. Hence when I copy a painting it isn’t to have a better understanding of anatomy or anything, but to exercise how similar I can drag my line just like the original creators did. I don’t look at the reference as an object, I look at it as a series of lines i have to mimic. And the more i see everything as a series of lines, the more it is easier for me to draw other things because that’s all visual art is. Just lines.

Also the most important thing from all of this: USE REFERENCES!!! Don’t be afraid to look and compare your work to references. It will set an important standard for your art. 

I hope this is coherent enough to understand because it’s the only best way I could explain it. 

But, if you’re more of a theory person, here’s some resources that hopefully can help as they are fairly easy to understand:

-Proportions of the Adult Female Head 

-Female Proportions!

-Drawing Faces From Any Angle

-Basic Anatomy & Proportions 1/4

-How to Draw the Planes of a Portrait While Looking at a Picture

-The Planes of the Head

TLDR; Just do a lot of copies, use references and imitate artwork!

Best of luck for you darling💕

[mysharona1987]

[dancinbutterfly]

Yo, this might be a joke but speaking to you as a social worker who has worked in housing and homelessness services and food banks?

ALWAYS CHOOSE YOUR RENT.

Food pantries are a punch in the nuts to your pride but they require WAY less hoops to jump through to get than the financial side of housing assistance. Also, there is often going to be MORE RESOURCES AVAILABLE for you when it comes to food assistance of MULTIPLE TYPES (food stamps/ebt, places that double said EBT, food pantries, places that just give away free food like soup kitchens, places that give away their leftovers from the day before etc) rather than housing assistance which are neither numerous nor are people likely to apply for.

I personally have used food pantries. I may have to use them again. They are there to help you for that reason, okay? Please fucking choose to pay your rent until we can abolish landlords and live on mutual aid.

Stay housed. Do you hear me, if this choice happens, seek mutual aid or charity for food and STAY HOUSED. Statistically, it is better to take the hit to your pride, go ask for food assistance, and sleep in your bed and eat that food in your home because coming back from losing said home is going to be so much harder that recovering from food insecurity is.

ITS FUCKED UP THAT WE HAVE TO CHOOSE BUT PLEASE TRUST ME ON THIS ONE OK? JUST TRUST ME.

[aireina]

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Black Trans Women Inc.: a national nonprofit organization committed to providing the trans-feminine community with programs and resources 

SisTers/Brothers PGH (Pittsburgh, PA): A transgender drop-in space, resource provider and shelter transitioning program

Love Me Unlimited for Life: helps transgender community members reach their goals and fulfill their potential through advocacy and outreach activities

My Sistah’s House Memphis (Memphis, TN): designed to bring about social change within the Trans Community in Memphis by providing a safe meeting space and living spaces for those who are most vulnerable in the LGBTQ+ community

Black LGBTQIA Migrant Project: builds and centers the power of Black LGBTQIA+ migrants through community-building, political education, direct services, and organizing across borders; provides cash assistance to Black LGBTQ+ migrants and first generation people dealing with the impact of COVID-19

Taja’s Coalition at St. James Infirmary (San Francisco/Bay Area): navigating housing, medical services, legal services, and the workplace, as well as regularly training agencies

Marsha P. Johnson Institute: helps employ black trans people, build more strategic campaigns, launch winning initiatives, and interrupt the people who are standing in the way of more being possible in the world for black Trans people

Black & Pink Bail Fund: national prison abolitionist organization dedicated to dismantling the criminal punishment system and the harms caused to LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV/AIDS who are affected by the system 

Black Visions Collective (MN): healing and transformative justice principles and develops Minnesota’s emerging Black leadership, creating the conditions for long term success and transformation

Middle Tennessee Black and Indigenous Support Fund (Middle, TN): a community fund for Black and Indigenous queer and trans folks to foster wealth redistribution in its larger community, direct the funds to Black and Indigenous community members, and build the leadership of Black and Indigenous community members

SNaPCo (Atlanta, GA): a Black, trans-led collaborative to restore an Atlanta where every person has the opportunity to grow and thrive without facing unfair barriers, especially from the criminal legal system

Brave Space Alliance (Chicago, IL): created to fill a gap in the organizing of and services to trans and gender-nonconforming people on the South and West Sides of Chicago

House of GG: a nonprofit, founded trans activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, that is raising money to build a permanent home for Transgender people  and be part of a growing network of Southern trans people who are working for social justice

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My Sistah’s House: a trans-led nonprofit providing first hand experience and field research to create a one-stop shop for finding doctors, social groups and safe spaces for the trans community, providing emergency shelter, access to sexual health services, and social services

TAKE Birmingham: focuses on discrimination in the workplace, housing advocacy, support for sex workers, providing trans-friendly services, and working to alleviate the many other barriers that TWOC face

Dem Bois: provides charitable economical aid for female to male, FTM, trans-masculine identified person(s) of color ages 21 years old and older for them to obtain chest reconstruction surgery, and or genital reassignment surgery

G.L.I.T.S: approaches the health and rights crises faced by transgender sex workers

Emergency Release Fund (NYC): aims to ensure that no trans person at risk in New York City jails remains in detention before trial; pays cash bails

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Princess Janae Place: provides referrals to housing for chronically homeless LGBTQ adults in the New York Tri-state area, with direct emphasis on Trans/GNC people of color

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The Outlaw Project (Phoenix, AZ): prioritizes the leadership of people of color, transgender women, gender non-binary and migrants for sex worker rights

WeCare TN (Memphis, TN): Supports trans women of color 

Community Ele'te (Richmond, VA): provides safe sex awareness and education, linkage to resources, emergency housing assistance

TAJA’s Coalition (San Francisco, CA): ending violence against Black Trans women and Trans women of color 

Black Trans Task Force: intersectional, multi-generational project of community building, research, and political action addressing the crisis of violence against Black Trans people in the Seattle-Tacoma area

The Transgender District: stabilize and economically empower the transgender community through ownership of homes, businesses, historic and cultural sites, and safe community spaces

Black Trans Media (Brooklyn, NY): #blacktranseverything storytellers, organizers, poets, healers, filmmakers, facilitators that confront racism and transphobia

Garden of Peace, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA): for black trans & queer youth, elevates and empowers the narratives and lived experiences of black youth and their caretakers, guides revolutionary spaces of healing and truth through art, education, and mentorship

House of Pentacles (Durham, NC): Film Training Program and Production House designed to launch Black trans youth into the film industry and tell stories woven at the intersection of being Black and Trans

Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition (Minneapolis, MN): committed to improving health care access and the quality of health care received by trans and gender non-conforming people through education, resources, and advocacy

RARE Productions (Minneapolis, MN): arts and entertainment media production company for LGBTQ people of color that promotes, produces, and co-creates opportunities and events utilizing innovative artistic methods and strategies

Baltimore Safe Haven (Baltimore, MD): providing opportunities for a higher quality of life for transgender people in Baltimore

Transgender Emergency Fund of Massachusetts: recently helped organize a Trans Resistance Vigil and March through Boston, in place of the Boston Pride Parade that was cancelled due to COVID-19

Semillas: in Puerto Rico, the trans, gender non-conforming and queer communities are facing many obstacles to survival

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[noodlescout]

my daily struggle

[eucalyptus-sage]

being known is being loved

"i know your pizza order" "you have freckles on your ears" "you make this face when you're tired" "you order green tea on a good day black on a bad day" "you always make that face before you try something" "the tips of your ears turn red when you're angry" "i knew you'd say something" "you must be exhausted to miss the class" "your favorite pie is pumpkin, right?" "i know your phone number, don't worry" "you miss me, i can tell" "you fiddle with your pens when you're bored" "you don't like converse unless they're high tops" "your favorite cereal is cinnamon toast crunch and you first ate it when you were 8"

being known is being loved.

[girlofdogs]

oh to wear a knife strapped against my thigh beneath a silk dress

[12lotus]

I don’t think people realise how easy it is to feel ugly when you’re South East Asian.

I know so many popular East Asian bloggers, who always get so many notes because of how elegant and refined and. Pale. They are. Those are standards most of us can never achieve. I’ve never seen a selfie set of a southeast Asian girl break 1k: but I’ve seen plenty, and I mean plenty of pale East Asians break 3k easy.

I know East Asian bloggers who go on about racism against East Asians and act like it’s universal. I know some who will talk about East Asian racism but never breathe a word about racism against southeast Asians.

I know East Asian bloggers who literally don’t follow any South East Asians. The ones who say that it doesn’t matter because “we’re all East Asian!” Technically. Or those who act like we’re a different breed and a different species.

I wonder if most East Asians know that their beauty standards get passed down to our countries. I wonder if they know how it hurts a lot of us.

So I’m giving a shoutout to every southeast Asian girl. Every one of you,if us, deserves to feel pretty.

I’m talking about the Indonesian gals with broad noses. The Malay girls who wear Tudung and are mocked. Chinese Singaporeans who are still not “Chinese enough” for mainlanders. Filipino girls who feel guilty about their curly or frizzy hair. Indian Singaporeans who are feel like they need to be pale to be worth something ( you don’t). Thai girls who are told their country is only good for farming rice. Myanmar girls who get asked mockingly if they’re domestic workers. Even if you are, there is no shame in that. Every Cambodian girl who felt bad about having thick lips. I know I left a lot of people out, and I’m sorry. But if you’re reading this and haven’t seen yourself here - you are just as worthy and my spirit and strength and good wishes are with you

You are all beautiful. Every single one of you. We are all beautiful. It’s hard to see it and it’s hard to feel it sometimes but we are. You are. Every one of you. Pride to our people!

[12lotus]

I have never seen a proper positivity post for southeast Asian girls by a southeast Asian girl so could you please reblog this? I want any southeast Asian girl seeing this to know I love them

[peachykopii]

^

[driftersbone]

I think that it's absolutely vital if you are a part of the dark academia community to actively speak out against classism, racism, homophobia and transphobia, and sexism and support rights to education for all.

[driftersbone]

Injustices have always been brewed into the very nature of academia. It has been used to create and further discrepancies between classes, oppress and manipulate minorities with misinformation and lies, and limit the amount of voices that are able to dissent from orthodox beliefs. It's ridiculous to think that these sentiments aren't ongoing.

When appreciating academia and modern education, we need to actively, vehemently fight against the current academic systems in place. They are inherently insidious, and complacency will only allow them to fester and history to repeat itself. We need to vocally reject academia where it has fallen short and reteach the stories that have been suffocated. We need to ensure a better future of learning for our children and society.

[minstrivia]

i’ve been seeing this post come up but please know that you can in fact donate as long as it’s to the right places!!! as stated in the full thread

good places to donate;

Help Lebanon

Ways to help local Lebanese communities survive the crisis.

as well as places linked in this post!!

[neonprotagonist]

a massive explosion just rocked the capital city of lebanon, beirut. footage of the explosion has been captured, and it is horrific and terrifying. dozens and maybe even hundreds of people have been injured and the reports have confirmed at least 10 people dead. reports are still coming in.

hospitals are overwhelmed. the lebanese red cross has sent out an urgent message in need of blood donations of all blood types. open transfusion centers to help aid in this disaster are currently

tripoli

jouneih

antelias

spears

zahle

saida

nabatieh

if you have loved ones in lebanon or you are aware of someone who has loved ones in lebanon, i strongly urge you to reach out to them as soon as possible. if you don’t have loved ones in lebanon, i hope you at least spread the word to help others and keep beirut in your thoughts today.

this all started just barely two hours ago, and the reports are still coming in with updates. keep an eye on the news, if you can. stay safe.