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Hi! This is my blog and I hope that you like it. Here you will find things about science and how my life is going on //Mexican//18//She//Collage//Biologist//English and Spanish//

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The vegan to ecofascist pipeline

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Actually I'm going to expand on the steps of the pipeline.

It starts with:

"I want to do something to better the environment". A noble pursuit.

Then, "Large scale animal agriculture is bad for the environment". Accurate statement.

Then, "Therefore, I am going to stop consuming all animal products and biproducts." A lofty goal, but still reasonable. It's not something that's for everyone, but if that's what you want to do to do your part, more power to you.

Then, "If I can do it, so can you." Inaccurate. The human body is suited ideally for an omnivorous lifestyle. While the human body is very adaptable, its adaptability varies from person to person, and not everyone is able to subsist off of a vegan lifestyle.

Then, "People who don't follow my lifestyle are maliciously contributing to climate change." We're going into dangerous 'us vs. them' territory now. Now everyone who consumes animal products and biproducts even utilyzes large-scale animal agriculture, and there are myriad of reasons for someone to not be vegan. Personal lifestyle choices are also a distraction from the larger issue at hand, which is that corporations contribute the most to climate change, and blaming yourself and other individuals is a distraction.

Then, "Human beings are responsible for climate change. Humans are inherently destructive." False. Corporations and industrialization is responsible for climate change. Humans are inherently neutral, and for the most part are actually good.

Then, "If there were less people on this Earth, we would have less climate change and pollution." And there we are. At the ecofascism finish line.

Not every vegan ends up at the ecofascist finish line. Many vegans stay comfortably on the third rung of the ladder, focusing on their own personal boundaries and lifestyle choices. However, as soon as you dip your toes into the "if I can do it, so can you" mentality, that's when the ball begins rolling down the slippery slope of ecofascism.

As soon as you begin forcing your lifestyle onto other people, that's when it becomes dangerous.

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Gotta love the people in the notes being like...

"I'm not an ecofascist, but I think the world would be better off without half of the population."

"I'm not an ecofascist, but I think we should tell people how many children they should have."

"I'm not an ecofascist, but I think humans are morally bad."

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John Waterhouse

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Who doesnt love a good Kiwi

Just look at this guy the theory is theyre actually more closely related to the Elephant Bird than the Ostrich.

Because theyre flightless they dont need lightweight bones, what they do need are very strong legs for running, digging burrows and fighting! Because of this they actually have marrow filled bones like mammals apparently theyre that heavy they make up to a third of the Kiwis body weight!

I personally, especially like the female Kiwis calls far better than the high pitched, shrill males calls. The can make a variety of calls including grunting and hissing.

16/11/22

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Little mushroom dudes

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Someone has probably already asked you this but do you have any tips on studying/understanding perspective? I keep trying to find resources to learn but none of them really stick or are actually useful

so I'm hoping that your issue isn't just figuring out the difference between 1-point, 2-point, and 3-point perspective and how it works, because there are tons and tons of resources available for that, and I'm guessing what people tend to get tripped up on is what you're supposed to be doing with your grid.

I'm definitely far from being an expert on understanding perspective, but I'll share some of the things that helped ME finally Get It.

Things like eye level and different camera angles can be a GREAT tool to use when doing a comic or storyboard between multiple characters of different heights!! I actually drew an example of this exact thing for a friend about a month ago (I used adventure time characters bc they're easy to draw and have a good height variety):

You can use camera angles like this to add variety to your shots, and even use it to help convey something emotional (using a down-shot on a character to show that they FEEL small, use an up-shot on a character to make them look more intimidating, etc etc)

hope this helps!

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LESSON NINE: PERSPECTIVE PART ONE - LINEAR PERSPECTIVE

We perceive things differently based on our relationship to them in space. I’m obviously not telling you anything new here – we can all observe the way objects farther away look smaller than objects that are very close to us.

Perspective drawing is a way of drawing the diminishing size of an object, or the diminishing distance between objects as they recede from the viewer in space, in such a way that the illusion of depth in three dimensions is present in a drawing.

Linear perspective is a type of perspective used by artists in which that relative size/shape/position is determined through the line of drawn or imagined converging lines.

A little history context: linear perspective in art first appeared in the western art tradition in the 14th century. Prior to that, works of art primarily portrayed a flattened view of space – seen below in ancient Egyptian, and medieval French art: 

Compare these to the early Italian Renaissance – what differences do you notice?

Now, not every work needs to have a strong architectural component showcasing linear perspective – but a solid understanding of perspective will help you as an artist to work with issues of depth in any drawing where you are trying to realistically depict any subject in three-dimensional space. 

Before we keep going, let’s cover a few terms:

Horizon Line - In any scene, there is a line where you, the viewer, will perceive the horizon. Obviously, you may not see the actual horizon (where the sky meets the earth) in every scene, since you’re often, say, indoors, but in this case, we’ll define the horizon line as your eye-level. 

Vanishing Point - A vanishing point is a point on the horizon line at which receding parallel lines viewed in perspective appear to converge. 

Orthogonal line - A line that recedes toward the vanishing point. 

Ok? Now, let’s get started with:

ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE

One-point perspective is so called because all orthogonals recede to a single vanishing point:

Seguir leyendo

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List of Extremely Important Art Resources

I've covered these on my TikTok, I'm also posting them here to make everything easier to access.

Free:

My Brushes

Will Weston -Design/Composition/Visdev Notes (free) He has really good classes/workshops too.

Phils Design Corner - Pretty much anything you need for Visdev/ Concept Art/BG design

Krenz Kushart (@KrenzCushart on twitter) - Dynamic figures in perspective & other things

The Sartorialist -Modern - clothing/ people reference rec

Wootha Public Domain Release -  Wootha is amazing with storytelling & I HIGHLY recommend his tutorials. They're all free.

Paid:

http://Bodiesinmotion.photo

Books:

Gesture Drawing for Animation (FREE)- Very good for learning how to people sketch

Setting the Scene: The Art & Evolution of Animation Layout (FREE)

[LEZHIN] Secret Character Drawing

Vision: Color and Composition for Film

Bridgeman Constructive Anatomy (FREE) - a classic

Designing Creatures and Characters by Marc Taro-Holmes

Real Action Poses Vol 1 & 2

Morpho: Anatomy for Artists -- this a good overall anatomy book

Morpho: Simplified Forms: Anatomy for Artists (My fav one super good for beginners)

Morpho: Hands and Feet: Anatomy for Artists

Morpho: Fat and Skin Folds: Anatomy for Artists

Morpho: Skeleton and Bone Reference Points: Anatomy for Artists

Morpho: Muscled Bodies: Anatomy for Artists

Bill Cunningham: On the Street: Five Decades of Iconic Photography - Historial clothing/ people ref rec. I really love this book! Also, check out his documentary-- it's super inspiring

Space Drawing: Perspective by Dong Ho Kim-super goated & good w/ Draw a Box

Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter (James Gurney Art) --goated 100%.

Eclipse: The Well And The Black Sea. Justin Sweet and Vance Kovacs are amazing, man

Drawing Ideas: A Hand-Drawn Approach for Better Design - Concept art/Ideating/Problem solving

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🐝Black and Gold carpenter bees🐝

Males:

Females:

Xylocopa sonorina, the valley carpenter bee or Hawaiian carpenter bee, is a species of carpenter bee found from western Texas to northern California, and the eastern Pacific islands. Females are black while males are golden-brown with green eyes.

They are among the largest bees found in California and Hawaii.

Though they are huge and look intimidating in all honesty they're gentle giants who show little fear of human interactions.

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Hymenoptera

Family:Apidae

Genus:Xylocopa

Species: X. sonorina

Binomial name:Xylocopa sonorina

Size: 1 inch (2.5 cm) in length

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Coral Fungus (genus Clavaria)

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Mushroom friends from this year.

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teach me?? how to draw?? the action of kissing????

Step 1. yearn

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thanks op for letting me add on to this post!

have fun drawing kisses now!!!!!!

more detailed tutorial by another person: x

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finally got around to drawing some big squids for redbubble (left to right: colossal squid, bigfin squid, giant squid)

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White Mandarin Duck

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fish sculptures!

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Australian Raven (aka Little Raven) being harassed by a Willie Wagtail

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I had to draw them

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Holy fuck

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“A ʟᴏᴛ ʜᴀs ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇᴅ sɪɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʏs ᴡʜᴇɴ I ᴜsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜʀᴏᴡ ᴍᴜᴅ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴀᴄᴇ. Bᴜᴛ ɴᴏᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ’s ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇᴅ.”