dspace

metre? i hardly even know 'er!

[99fish]

hi heres the entire twilight movie as a stamp

[weepingchoir]

hey man it's me. your old friend. qing dynasty portrayal of the mexican flag.

[crunchymayo]

Lord, grant me the strength to throw away this box that i'll never use, the courage to throw away this box that i'll never use, and the wisdom to throw away this box that i'll never use

[institute-for-thermal-research]

Found craigslist image John Baldessari’s painting - EVERYTHING IS PURGED FROM THIS PAINTING BUT ART, NO IDEAS HAVE ENTERED THIS WORK (1966)

[here-by-chance]

im obsessed

[the-real-seebs]

oh, of course. because he died for our sins.

[nattousan]

ok so, I approached my local library with a proposal to donate a mural as a way to A: build portfolio/gain practical experience and B: give back to a beloved public institution. The director was very enthusiastic about it and i've been working on it since the beginning of March. Come with me as I endeavor to paint what is in all honesty an excessive amount of birds

I wanted the birds to look like they were actually in the space so first thing after doing the draft was to do a lighting study

after that I covered the walls in letters in lieu of a projector/vr headset bc i have neither of those :) Then i take a picture of the section of wall and superimpose the lineart over top of it so I can pencil in the lines

et voila

and that was a whole week on it's own so next comes the paintin' >:)

[nattousan]

and now, the birds

Birds 1 and 2/14: Red Winged Blackbird, Male and female, Agelaius phoeniceus

[nattousan]

Bird 3/14, American Robin, Turdus migratorius

[nattousan]

hoo boy, ok *out of breath*

GIVE IT UP FOR BIRD NUMBUH 5, THE CANADIAN GOOSE, Branta canadensis!!!!

this guy took me about 4 days to completely finish, all of those freakingk coverts were a bear to render

[nattousan]

speaking of obnoxious coverts:

bird 5/14, Bluejay, Cyanocitta cristata

the friggin stripes almost got me chat, i may not make it

[nattousan]

Madam....

[nattousan]

birds 6 and 7: American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, male and female

pleasantly simple to paint! next is the flickerrrrr

[nattousan]

*melts into goo*

BIRD NUMBER 8, (yellow shafted) NORTHERN FLICKERRRRR, Colaptes auratus

genuinely made me start questioning my sanity around day 3, it's half the size the of the goose, WHY did it take me 4 days to finish??

nothing but pain and suffering, i'm sure hope the next bird will be much easier and with FAR less barring :)

[nattousan]

in other news, I am losing my mind hairline

[liebelesbe]

accidentally clicked on this tag

and tumblr was like WOAH THAT'S A FORBIDDEN TAG YOU CAN'T LOOK THAT UP!! so i was like... huh whuh. which word is making this bad? Butches?? no, that works. Mutter?? no that works as well... hm...

ES IST TANTE. TANTEN VERBOTEN AUF TUMBLR. leave your aunts at home everybody bc they're ILLEGAL.

[otherstuffimake]

big fish, made out of junk

[56k-modem]

2002

From https://archive.org/details/webshots-freeze-frame

[lecstat]

CINEMA! 🇵🇷

cr: patrick fallon, thearon henderson, neilson barnard, chris graythen

[deadgenerations]

it would really suck if it was winter right now. luckily December is in the summer and I'm having another beach day tomorrow. I'd hate to be cold and stuck indoors with the sun going down early, instead of sometime after 8pm. Can you imagine a cold Christmas?

[partingglances1986]

If you enjoyed this book you should read every other book in the world for extra textual context. All things are intricately related to one another.

[februarytrash]

[cbcbiology]

These little dudes are not only chillin' but also warming themselves in heated cubbies to help them beat a fungal infection!!

Photo from the article in Science.

Research abstract: Nature

[1percentcharge]

My own personal “counting sheep” style trick to fall asleep when I’m having trouble is to imagine the following: while I am lying in bed with my eyes closed, two burglars (reminiscent of the wet bandits) creep into my room. One sees me and exclaims, “hey, I thought you said the house would be empty!” The other replies, “Shhh, keep it together! Look, she’s asleep!” The first one then says “But what if she wakes up?” and the second responds “She won’t if you’re quiet, numbskull. But if she does, then we’ll take care of it,” alluding to a gun in his pocket. Then I have to keep pretending to be asleep while I imagine the two burglars picking items out of my room. Works like a charm

[noxaeternaetc]

Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) drawing of a tiger, next to 14 notes written on a scrap of paper by his friend Frédéric Chopin.

[shutyourmoustache]

[demonicae]

Jurch

[foldingfittedsheets]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything more incredible. Fifteen hundred hours of love to create this masterpiece. Humans are wonderful actually.