[gunsdontkillpeoplesithkillp-blog]

I've just signed up for an AO3 account. I have half a novel of starwars fic written. Who am I?

[cy-lindric]

today : watercolour brushes as an excuse for star wars

[just-shower-thoughts]

I’m 100% convinced that every time a sock goes missing in the dryer, it comes back as an extra tupperware lid.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

This the first logical explanation I’ve heard for this phenomena

[ohgodshesloose]

That’s a very specific fey creature at work there…

[gunsdontkillpeoplesithkillp-blog]

"Submit your blaster for inspection" Captain Phasma by me (Heather Wall)

[gunsdontkillpeoplesithkillp-blog]

I made a gif of my dog. The future is here. Haha.

[gunsdontkillpeoplesithkillp-blog]

You know you have ADHD when you take your morning adderall.. With a cup of caffeinated coffee.. And you can still nap

[religionisthedownfallofman]

[kendrajk]

I hope you like some Antichrist with your Star Wars. 

[gunsdontkillpeoplesithkillp-blog]

Love these

[entp-akahighfunctioningsoci-blog]

just saying

person: “money is no match for true happiness”

same person: “don’t complain you have food and a house and clothes and lots of things you aren’t really depressed be grateful”

[gunsdontkillpeoplesithkillp-blog]

YES.

[hardyness]

Director Orson Krennic and Stormtroopers in balmy shoreline in Star Wars: Rogue One

[gunsdontkillpeoplesithkillp-blog]

Star Wars and a gorgeous turquoise ocean. They've combined two of my favorite things.

[gunsdontkillpeoplesithkillp-blog]

My DVD player is broke. I can't watch Star Wars. And I'm too broke to buy a new one. Life sucks.

[kaysonata]

The flood.

Saturday, August 13th 2016 Denham Springs, Louisiana Me and my friends were frantically texting each other, trying to get a hold of one another. We had no idea if they had gone under or if they were okay. One of my friends texted me saying “There is no water here, I am safe.” The same friend twenty minutes later texted me saying “My house is under water.” I have never been so scared in my entire life, I had no idea if my house was going to go under or not, or if some of my friends were even still alive. Many of my friends houses were full of water, them stranded on their roofs. I watched on the news as I saw the only town I have ever lived in be destroyed by water. My high school started filling up with water. Everyone was terrified. The most sickening feeling was getting text messages saying “Kayla, I am scared. I don’t know if I am going to be okay.”

Sunday, August 14th 2016 Denham Springs, Louisiana I woke up and looked out my window. I screamed when I saw the water had risen three feet. I ran outside to see the water was four inches from coming into my house. I checked on my friends, everyone I knew had lost everything or was stranded in their houses. There was no way to get out of my house, the water was chest deep and the currents were strong. Even if we wanted to leave, we couldn’t. We were stranded. The water started to rise, and then the rain came. The water started leaking into my house. I was scared. I was so scared. Soon after the water started coming up through the floors, the water stood at a stand-still. It stayed like that for what seemed like an eternity. I had no idea if it would rise suddenly, taking all of my belongings and memories with it, just like it did to my friend’s. The water then fell a foot. The water was no longer in my house, but stayed very high throughout the day. The threat was still there. We then began to realize that we had little food and water. We scavenged whatever we could from my house to make a small dinner for my family. I looked on the news, only to see that my school had been flooded over the roof. The school that only a few days prior I was laughing and learning at. I saw everything. I saw the neighborhoods and shops flooded up to the rooftops. I saw the children and babies being rescued by helicopters from a deadly situation. I saw the amazing Coast Guard and National Guard rescuing people by boat and helicopter. I saw residents going out, risking their own lives to save the lives of others. I saw thousands of people homeless with nothing to their name except the clothes on their backs and the children in their arms. I saw heartbreak, all across my city. All across my state. 

Monday, August 15th 2016 Denham Springs, Louisiana Today I wake up and the water has dropped two feet. I am one of the lucky ones, and I am eternally grateful. Many of my friends remain in shelters, unable to leave. There is no way to get out of the city. The roads are flooded and broken. I am so thankful that my friends are now safe, and out of harms way. I am stranded in my home, still unable to leave. Still unable to get food. I am so saddened by this destruction and this terrible situation we are all in. The places we made these memories at may be gone, but the memories will never be washed away. My heart is broken, but my spirits are not. I know we will come out of this strong. It will take a long time to rebuild my city, but the community is stronger than ever. We must rejoice that our family and friends have come out of this alive, not be mournful of the items we have lost. Items and buildings are replaceable but our lives are not.

[staff]

This is one story. There are 40,000 more like it. 

Louisiana needs help, Tumblr. Anything you can do:

Red Cross: Text LAFLOODS to 90999 to donate $10.

NOLA Pay It Forward: Provides resources for early relief and rebuilding efforts.

United Way of Southeast Louisiana: Donate online or drop off needed supplies at one of their donation centers: 2515 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70119 (9:00 AM and 6:00 PM) 411 W Coleman Ave, Hammond, LA 70403 (10:00 AM and 3:00 PM)

Associated Professional Educators of Louisiana: 100% of donations will be given to teachers to restock classroom materials. 

Assess The Need: Livingston Parish school supply drive. Help get these kids back to school. 

Companion Animal Alliance: Baton Rouge’s city animal shelter needs supplies and foster homes for homeless pets. 

Denham Springs Animal Shelter: Accepting donations on GoFundMe—PetCo is matching donations up to $50k. You can also get them an Amazon gift card.

Tangi Humane Society: Accepting donations on GoFundMe.

[hardyness]

Rogue One: a Star Wars Story + Orson Krennic’s Death Troopers

[mxnrique]

ok but can we talk about the tagline? yaasss let them know

[thetaoofzoe]

Give me this movie and all of the wardrobe!

[gunsdontkillpeoplesithkillp-blog]

So glad their story is being told. It's fucking 2016 and people are just now realizing women have been in science as long as men. It blows my mind.

[bonus--level-deactivated2018070]

You shouldn't raise the price of your commissions at all. You make fantastic artwork for 20 dollars. It is a perfect price.

Wow I’m sorry but that made me feel really degraded. I wasn’t going to raise it to $100 or something. It’s a perfect price to a buyer, but my art isn’t worth 20 dollars but that’s not my point. 

 Yes I know it’s a good deal, but I’m not a robot. Even if I’m someone that “sucked” at drawing, the matter is all about the time spent on my drawings. On average it takes me 6 hours to create 20 dollars worth of a drawing. That’s like 3.3ish dollars an hour. Working all day. Possibly no sleeping until the next day. No breaks except to use the bathroom or to eat 1 cup of ramen or not eat at all. Because of the time limits I’m receiving.

[chanface]

Please keep in mind the only reason people ever charge 20 dollars for a commission is due of the crippling trend of amateur artists selling themselves short at those prices- a trend that artists like Rinji has to compete with. Any self respecting artist knows that is hardly an acceptable price for their works. Rinji knows that. And that is why I applaud them for raising their prices because it is our responsibility as artists to educate people like you that a 20 dollar commission is not a perfect price at all.

I hope you have learned something from this, anon, and please, never, ever assume nor determine the price of an artist’s time if you are the client and they are their own employer. The price is set by them and it is your choice to either comply or move on.

[kiango]

can we talk about how living wage is $15/hr? Can we talk about how artists should have THAT as a baseline, and because they are SKILLED WORKERS IN THEIR PROFESSION, should actually be charging even more? I charge at around $15-$20/hr. My dad’s a freelance graphic designer and has been in the industry for over 20 years; he charges $80/hr. Rinji works at a little over $3/hr can we talk about how the expectation for low commission prices is a issue, or…? because $100 is NOT a ridiculous price. At ALL. That’s ~$16.60/hour for a 6 hour commission, which is cheap as hell. I mean I get why people price the way they do; competition. HOWEVER: Each commissioner is commissioning YOU because they like YOUR style. Usually? People are more than willing to pay more. Fuck, dude. I worked at a place that sold knife sets for like $2000/set, and people ate that shit up. People spend money on whatever they want as long as they know it’ll be quality work that they’ll enjoy.

[chanface]

^This.

We should really be encouraging our fellow artists to charge themselves as they would as a professional. You’re offering your services because you know your art is worth doing business with. If we’re not going to stand up for our own industry, no one will.

[gunsdontkillpeoplesithkillp-blog]

SO MUCH YES.

A lot of this comes from people who really have no idea how art is made. They think it's easy, like doing a page in a coloring book. Most don't realize the amount of mental effort that goes into something like that. I compare it accounting. Your accountant is sitting down while they work, doing long intense work mostly in their own mind.. And it's exhausting. Art is the same way.

Not to mention the fact that anyone with actual artistic talent did not just start doing this yesterday. They didn't just fucking decide " oh hey, today I'll be an artist" and just pop out some goddamn masterpiece in 30 minutes. "Talent" takes YEARS. It takes fucking up tons of art before you get anything remotely decent for a very long time. It means working on this shit for hours and hours until your brain hurts and not giving up until you get it right.

People who don't pay artists what they're worth have no concept of what it takes to have this talent they think just happens overnight.

[queerlaurabarton]

Jurassic Park is so quality like the little girl is the hacker, the main woman is sensibly dressed & smart & allowed to have agency w/o people being like “no women can’t do that thing”, and Jeff Goldblum is the one who’s shirt is sexily open & who’s injury causes him to lie in a strategic model pose to his best advantage. Plus of course the cgi & robotics are incredible

[intj-confessions]

I honestly never thought of it that way. Thanks for pointing it out.

[reconnect-restore-rewild]

The buzz word in popular feminism today is empowerment. When I became a feminist many years ago, the word we used was liberation. Unlike empowerment, liberation is a collective concept which means that even if my life is all rosy and “empowered,” it doesn’t mean shit for those women who are doing low paid jobs while trying to raise families. In fact, there is a very good chance that elite women’s empowerment is built on the backs of other women whose exploited labor provides the goods and services that enable a good career and a comfortable lifestyle. The low pay of nannies, cooks, cleaners, sweat shop workers, and day care providers means that wealthier women are freed up to make a salary that no doubt does feel empowering.

Gail Dines (via reconnect-restore-rewild)