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Edited to add: Since a lot of people are reblogging this original post, I'm adding the updated version I did that incorporates the intersex circle...

I know intersex people are still getting excluded in a lot of LGBTQIA+ spaces (let alone wider society) and I think it's crucial to show this group is included in the statement that we all deserve equal rights.

quix5gg

happy pride month especially to them

excitementshewrote

flippyspoon

genderqueerjedi

Feeling a need to write a GO Star Trek fic bc Security Officer Aziraphale would def kiss Science Officer Botanist Crowley in the USS Enterprise's Life Sciences Department: Botany Section

#star trek #tos #good omens #ineffable husbands

rikareena

Jack McKoy from 'Law & Order' and Robert Gorren from 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' are like my intellectual soul mates!

succubusboyfriend

being a self-taught artist with no formal training is having done art seriously since you were a young teenager and only finding out that you’re supposed to do warm up sketches every time you’re about to work on serious art when you’re fuckin twenty-five

succubusboyfriend

someone: oh yeah, do this exercise during your warm ups! it’ll help

me: my what

suave-eddboy

thepioden

What’s up I have an actual college degree in art and I was never ONCE taught to do warm ups.

sparksel

when i was in undergrad, it was kind of mentioned in and offhand way that we should do warmups, but we were never shown what that meant. And, y’know, we were young so it didn’t matter so much.

Being older now and having an art job it’s…kind of essential.

So: a quick primer for those of you who are like ‘ok but how do i actually go about doing this warmup thing.’

1) you may be tempted to do ‘a warmup drawing’ which is just a drawing that will take longer than it needed to and probably be frustrating and kind of bad because you didn’t warm up first. It’s tempting but always a trick your brain is playing on you! Do not trust!

2) warmups will vary based on what feels good to you/what task you’re about to do/what motor skills you want to practice. That being said, some good standbys:

a) circles. Just a whole page of circles on whatever drawing surface you’re going to be using, whether that’s your tablet or your sketchbook or a drawing pad on an easel. For these circles you should make sure that you’re drawing from your shoulder and not your wrist. In fact, you want to be drawing from your shoulder rather than your wrist most of the time! forever! your wrist is delicate please preserve it!

In order to ensure that you’re drawing from your shoulder, when you’re holding your pencil or whatever drawing tool you’re using, the only part of your hand that should be touching the drawing surface is part of the last two fingers–some people prefer the finger tips, but I tend to favor the first knuckles. Either way, the fingers should really be ghosting over the surface, providing guidance rather than support.

I usually start with big circles and then go to smaller circles and lines of ellipses, and then try to fit circles and ellipses inside other shapes i’ve already drawn as a precision exercise, but i don’t do that unless i’m feeling loose

b) spirals! i don’t always do spirals, but if i’m stiff and the circles just aren’t cutting it, spirals are a good fall back. I start from the center and work outward, going both clockwise and counterclockwise until i feel comfortable with the whole range of motion. Some people really care about getting perfect spirals but for me it’s all about making sure i’m comfortable with how i’m moving so who really even cares about how the spirals look. Not me!

c) lines! straight lines! in parallel! i do a mix of vertical, horizontal, and diagonal. These are often more from the elbow than the shoulder, especially if I’m working on a smaller surface. For this exercise, I recommend holding the drawing tool perpendicular with the surface

d) connect the dots. This is a precision and accuracy exercise and takes two forms. The first is to draw two dots and then draw a straight line between them. The second is to draw three dots and draw the curve that connects them. This sounds a lot simpler than it is in practice. Take time to ghost over the line you plan to draw before actually committing to your line. (I don’t always remember where I picked up my warm up exercises, but I’m pretty sure I got this one from Scott Robertson. His how to draw and how to render books are very technical but also accessible and worth checking out)

e) cubes, spheres, cones, and cylinders. These help get your brain into a more volumetric space. I draw multiples of each, rotating the forms around, and I’ll often take the time to do some rough shading on at least a few of them

f) spidermans! This one is really good if you’re going to be storyboarding or working on dynamic poses. Just fill a page full of spidermans doing all sorts of acrobatics.

g) beans. I don’t do beans too much anymore, but I know a lot of people like it so I’m mentioning it here. Fill an area with different size bean shapes without lifting your pencil off the paper.

h) short medium and long line repetition. draw a short, medium, and long line on your page, and then draw directly on top of them 8 to 12 times, doing your best to exactly trace what you’ve already drawing. Repeat with a wavy line. I’m bad at this one, which means I probably need to do it more.

And there are lots more options too! Hit up youtube to see what other people recommend, put together your own go-to list, mix it up when you’re getting bored, etc.

This is a long list, I know, but I usually don’t take more than 10 to 15 minutes to warm up, and I can warm up one handed while I’m drinking coffee, so, multitasking hurrah.

Sometimes I’ll advance to a precision warmup and find that I haven’t loosened up enough yet; it’s totally ok to go back to an earlier exercise! Also, all of this has the added benefit of kind of ritualistically getting you into the drawing mode so even if I’m not feeling it before I start, by the time I’ve gotten to the end I’m usually Ready For Drawin’. Brain hacks.

so, yeah! that’s a lot of words, but! Warmups are important! Save your joints, take less advil, do better drawings!

concerningwolves

t-c-art-inspiration

How on earth are you supposed to draw from a sholder? might as well tell me to draw from the foot. It makes no sense

justpickupthatpen

https://youtu.be/pMC0Cx3Uk84

https://youtu.be/NBE-RTFkXDk

stupidlittlesideblog

Reblogging to save a wrist

justpickupthatpen

horrorobsessor

In uni they told us that animators working on a specific character will spend a half hour before starting the actual animation to just quickly sketch out that character in a bunch of different poses and faces. Like just super quick sketches. Gets you used to the character again even if it’s only been a day since you last drew them.

I started doing that and oh boy does it help significantly for keeping characters consistantl and also helping you draw them faster when it comes time for the actual piece

genderqueerjedi

🤯🤯🤯🤯

trainingfaith

Hello! I'm going to attempt to train my puppy to be a migraine alert dog and I was hoping you'd be able to help me a little bit. I've started basic scent training with him but I'm not sure how to train him to signal to me and how I should go about switching from the essential oil to my scent/what should I use for my scent. Thank you for any help or guidance you can give me! I've had chronic migraines since I was 2 (28 years) and I'm hoping an alert dog will help me have less episodes. :) Carly P

Hi! As far as signaling goes, pair the scent with an immediate cue (such as paw). So what you’d do is give your verbal “scent” cue, followed by a verbal “paw” cue, then a reward until your dog is reliably pawing whenever he senses the scent. You can also start hiding the scent somewhere and asking your dog to find it and signal you.

This is when you can start mixing in blanks. Hide one correct scent in a row of blank scents (BE CAREFUL NOT TO CROSS CONTAMINATE!) and reward heavily for your dog hitting on the correct scent. You can even mix it up by having your “blanks” be things like garlic, cloves, other essential oils, tea, and even treats!

Before I allow my clients to move from easy/strong scents to their own personal scent (which will be much more challenging), the team must pass a “double-blind” test where I hide a scent article somewhere (amongst blanks), and the dog must find the scent and alert the handler. Neither dog nor handler knows where the correct scent is. I do this because all too often, handlers are giving subtle cues without even realizing it to where the correct scent is. This sets both up for failure in later stages of training.

For more migraine alert dog training info, you can reference this post here: https://trainingfaith.tumblr.com/post/130514342435/how-to-train-a-migraine-detection-dog

Good luck! ~ Lex (& Faith)

#scent detection #scentwork #dog training #service dog #service dog in training #migraine alert #ref

trainingfaith

Hey! I’m training my pup to be a migraine alert pup! What kind of containers do you use to keep the cotton swabs in? Thanks!!

Hey! For storage, I use plastic, airtight jars like these: https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-17982P-W/Jars/Straight-Sided-Glass-Jars-4-oz-White-Plastic-Lid

For training, I use metal scent work cans like these: https://www.etsy.com/listing/558413742/magnetic-scent-tin-two-sizes

Happy training!~ Lex (& Faith)

#service dog #dog training #scentwork #scent detection #migraine alert #ref

trainingfaith

I have been self training a dog and everything has been going surprisingly smooth up until I noticed this one issue she has. On occasion she will bark at other dogs when out in public. I'm so afraid it might mean she isnt fit for service work. I've been training her for 8 months and shes spot on with everything expect seeing other dogs in unexpected places. Shes fine at dog parks, the vet, pet stores.. it just seems to be areas where she doesnt smell/anticipate another dog. Any advice?

Hi! 8 months old is a difficult age, so don’t give up yet! Instead, avoid giving corrections and instead play the “engage disengage” game with her. This will condition her to look at you every time she sees another dog. It was originally designed for reactive dogs, but I use it with all my clients :)

Here’s a graphic that can explain so much better than text can!

Let me know if you have any questions! ~ Lex (& Faith)

genderqueerjedi

reblogging for when i start training Appa 🧡

#service dog in training #service dog #dog training #ref

nogodsnokingsnomasters

Kent State University

tiredtransgal

“The Kent State shootings (also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre)[3][4][5] were the shootings on May 4, 1970 of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio during a mass protest against the bombing of Cambodia by United States military forces. Twenty-eight guardsmen fired approximately 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.[6][7]”

“There was a significant national response to the shootings: hundreds of universities, colleges, and high schools closed throughout the United States due to a student strike of 4 million students,[10] and the event further affected public opinion, at an already socially contentious time, over the role of the United States in the Vietnam War.[11]”

Student strike of 4 million students! Let’s do that again lol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings

solarpunkcast

Don’t forget that basically half the country thought the students deserved it…

captain-rez

Another picture from Kent State.

But it was not just Kent State, eleven days later Mississippi Police fired 150 rounds into a dormitory at Jackson State College, killing 2 and wounding 15 black protesters.

saurons-optometrist

Btw half of the students killed at Kent State weren’t even protesting, they were just there

bando--grand-scamyon

What in the absolute fuck

wuh2k

When the Irish guy has known about this since he was like 8, but it’s suspiciously hard for Americans to learn about…

hekeepsmeworm

I literally only know abt this bc my parents are hippies it’s fucked up

jheselbraum

I only had a vague idea of what this was and what happened until I did my own research on it.

When I was 21.

beautifultoafault

i never heard of this…… and i live in this country……… WTF

fuckyouformakingmedothis

Welcome to America. If you want to learn some actual history, then research it yourself

genderqueerjedi

just wanted to pop in to say that I DID learn about this, albeit briefly, in my high school social studies class. some heroes don't wear capes, they teach real history to high school sh*theads. thank you to all the great teachers out there!!

#history #school shootings #propoganda #cover ups #teachers make the world go round #murica

Stranger Things S3 watch notes

It’s been a few months and I’m finally ready to go back and re-live this. I think. With several fanfic ideas brewing I had optimistically set out to take watch notes as I first watched Season 3. These notes were typed in real time and are unedited. (I was experiencing a migraine attack during a good chunk of this so bear with me)

Chapter One: Suzie, do you copy? Hawkins, 1985 -first off, Will's shorts These babies being normal kids and having an adolescence- can't call it "childhood" anymore -Lucas' sister -"hey dingus, your children are here" Steve is whipped by these kids -"oh really" flips switch faster. (billy's rubbing off on him) -Will and Mike <3 <3 -Jonathan Byers Peptalk TM -Dustin, sweet babby -Pleas tell me Bily is a lifeguard....please??? YAAAASSSSSSS -everyones mustaches though Hopper needs something else to focus on... Jopper? yes, please. -"A heart-to-heart? What is that?" "Boun-da-ries" -NANCY DESERVES BETTER -OFC Steve can't flirt with /girls/ - Oh shit. Billy

Chapter Two: The Mall Rats -Oh Shit. Billy -Max has dumped me five times! (five) -OMG which Billy is it???? What Billy is it? -What if Steve was trying to pull girls because Billy blew him off (when he was in the upside down) -This season is a flip of season one, Hopper who was engulfed and grief and removed enough to accept things calmly has traded personas with Joyce who was in a panic over the wellbeing of her child -Max and El bffs. my hearttt -Like me? Just you. - I dump your ass. ROTFL

Chapter Three: The Case of Missing Lifeguard "Max." "Yea, quiet. Sorry." -its not about you Hop, jesus you gotta stop drinking man lol -"It's not my fault you don't like girls!" Wil is gay, confirmed. -wtf Pod People

Chapter Four: The Sauna Test - Wonder Woman fangril bffs -this season is so freaky -Joyce *eyes speaking of longing* vomits-same -In the meantime, sling ice cream, don't get beat up and behave -i'm pretty sure it's gumbo -Can't spell America without Erica -Billy and Max's relationship is much better! -Joyce and Hopper working together tho -wtf Upside down zombies

Chapter Five: The Flayed -Joyce Byers is one in a fuckin' million -Hopper so salty -please tell me Nancy starts a Detective Agency after this -keep the Russian science baby safe -Joyce Byers and Steve Harrington are the best mums

Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum -Steve's like, fml. me and billy always fight at THE worst possible time -all the Eldritch Horror ooze -El is also a great momma bear -this season is very lovecraftian -mike is a dumbass -I need you to trust me -OMG Billy's mom and cali and his dick homophobe dad. omg his mom left him. left him with his dad -two children try to rescue two stoned teenagers from a Russian underground nuclear bunker

Chapter Seven: The Bite -we all die my strange little child friend -they look out for eachother so well - Hopper is so fucking salty still - I fucking love Robin's gay ass so much. Good bro Steve - Jopper handholding FTW -oh noooo the Russian science baby -BAMF and fed the fuck up Joyce -the gang is FINALLY all back together, almost

Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt -fuckin' finally, Hopper -Erica and Dustin, the sass friends -somebody needs to save Billy -has anyone even told Steve his bf is posessed by the devil?? -'pretty good team' -somebody cocksuckin' save Billy Hargrove -recharge -what the fuck

... ... ... I was so distraught at this point that I completely missed the little easter egg at the end until my brother told me later. btw the Teaser for season 4 is my new obsession

#stranger things #stranger things season 3 #all the spoilers #season 3 #season 3 spoilers #watch notes #headcanon #someone save billy hargrove #the feels #billy/steve #harringrove #jopper #joyce/hopper #spoilers #billy deserved better

indybobcat

"And I'm all the Jedi."

Obi-Wan: "These are your final steps, Rey. Rise and take them."

Anakin: "Rey."

Ahsoka: "Rey."

Kanan: "Rey."

Anakin: "Bring back the balance, Rey. As I did."

Luminara: "Find the light, Rey."

Kanan: "You are not alone, Rey."

Yoda: "Alone, you have never been."

Qui-Gon: "Every Jedi who has ever lived lives in you now."

Anakin: "The Force surrounds you, Rey."

Aalya: "Let it guide you..."

Ahsoka: "...as it guided us."

Mace: "Feel the Force flowing through you, Rey."

Kanan: "Let it lift you."

Adi Gallia: "Rise, Rey."

Qui-Gon: "We stand behind you, Rey."

Obi-Wan: "Rey."

Yoda: "Rise in the Force."

Kanan: "In the heart of the Jedi lies her strength."

Obi-Wan: "Rise."

Qui-Gon: "Rise."

Luke: "Rey, the Force will be with you. Always."

genderqueerjedi

i just watched tros (finally) and im so full of all the feelsss!!!

#rise of skywalker #star wars

alessiajontrunfio

“Shortly before Remus’s eleventh birthday, no less a person than Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts, arrived uninvited on the Lupins’ doorstep. Flustered and frightened, Lyall and Hope tried to block his entrance, but somehow, five minutes later, Dumbledore was sitting at the fireside, eating crumpets and playing Gobstones with Remus.(…) Dumbledore told the Lupins that he saw no reason why Remus should not come to school, and described the arrangements that he had made to give the boy a safe and secure place for his transformations.”

(Pottermore)

#Remus Lupin #Remus John Lupin #harry potter fanart #hp fanart #pottermore #comic