I'm bready to die

15/lesbian/single/Coquitlam

[vee-a-literal-alien-deactivated]

This is literally the last month you can reblog this joke

[intrigant-e]

[weaver-z]

Broke: Coming out of the closet

WOKE: Containment Breach

[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]

[irtaze]

Spongebob Squarepants: Squid on Strike

Standing at the concession

Plotting his oppresion

[kaijuno]

This is what it’s like living in Michigan

[the-new-mandalor]

It’s a Monty Python skit.

[flyingwerecats]

Guy: *Singing* I’m doing some fishing…

Officer: *Emerges from the water with a grunt* You there, Sir!! I certainly hope you’ve got a fishing license!

Guy: *Panicking* Wha, no, I don’t!

Officer: Oh no?

Guy: *Screaming*

Officer: I’ll have you beheaded!!

[hclark70]

As a Michigan native,  I confirm this is all true.

[gotshadowbanned-feralfungii]

[glumshoe]

Instagram ads piss me off. Like, yes, I do want those black waterproof boots embroidered with a gold sun and moon, but I hate that you know that about me. I hate the little AI oracles sitting in their digital caves making algorithmic prophecies about my spending habits, then sending sending their electronic servants to me with hedonistic temptations targeted at my weaknesses... I’ve already got nice boots, thanks!

[buffysboobs]

right after i reblogged this post i went on instagram and

[xueyangapologist]

[catchymemes]

[the-real-zhora-salome-deactivat]

Sound on!!

[wolfsmom1]

I just laughed so hard my Husband came running up stairs to see wtf was wrong.

[sweedishcoochiemeatballs]

Me trying to pull myself outta bed

[geekscoutcookies]

im laughing so hard im drooling

[thefuzzydave]

thanks. I needed this.

[6hundredcubiccentimeters]

Been waiting for this video to appear again

[wolvesdreamofnewdays]

i thought he was holding a cactus pancake or something

[dashiellqvverty]

how about “stanning” your local library

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[riverlarking]

i want to share with you some of my favourite graffiti from Pompeii

“Weep, you girls. My penis has given you up. Now it penetrates men’s behinds. Goodbye, wondrous femininity!“ 

“Amplicatus, I know that Icarus is buggering you. Salvius wrote this.“ 

“We two dear men, friends forever, were here. If you want to know our names, they are Gaius and Aulus.“

“Floronius, privileged soldier of the 7th legion, was here. The women did not know of his presence. Only six women came to know, too few for such a stallion.“

“On April 19th, I made bread.“

“ I have buggered men.“

“If anyone does not believe in Venus, they should gaze at my girlfriend.“

“It took 640 paces to walk back and forth between here and there ten times.“

“Chie, I hope your hemorrhoids rub together so much that they hurt worse than when they every have before!“

“Epaphra is not good at ball games.”

“Two friends were here.  While they were, they had bad service in every way from a guy named Epaphroditus.  They threw him out and spent 105 and half sestertii most agreeably on whores.“

“Secundus likes to screw boys.“

[archivedbarfblog]

I’ve always loved these. Humanity has never fucking changed.

[frognonbinary-deactivated202412]

the guy who wrote “if anyone does not believe in Venus, they should gaze at my gf” drank XTREME respect women juice

[coastal-witch-deactivated202308]

Healing Witchcraft Guide🌼⚕

🌼Altar items/ symbols: salves, tictures, oils, honey, Himalayan salt lamp, lunar symbolism (mental healing), solar symbolism (physical healing), salts, teas, medication, cannabis, essential oil diffuser or humidifier, mermaid symbolism, snake symbolism, elephant symbolism, fresh flowers

🌼Herbs/plants: chamomile, lavender, aloe, passionflower, lemon, rose, lemon balm, calendula, oak, echinacea, apple, potatoe, cinnamon, cornflower, comfrey, milk thistle, thyme, basil, garlic, pine, lime, eucalyptus, rosemary, cannabis, elderflower, peppermint, ginger

🌼Stones: (any soft or round stones) bloodstone, agate, selenite, rose quartz, red jasper, garnet, jade, amethyst, pearl, moonstone, adventurine, hematite, amber

🌼Colors: blue, red, pink, lavender, green

🌼Deities: Eir, Brigid, Hygeia, Epione, Asclepius, Apollo, Toth, Gaia, Artemis, most solar goddesses

🌼Essential oils/ incense: lavender, mint, lemon, orange, eucalyptus, tea tree, pine, bay, frankincense, sandalwood, dragons blood

🌼Elements: all (water and fire especially)

🌼Time: full moon, Monday, Sunday, sunrise

Healing masterpost (not mine)

Healing tea recipes

Healing deity guide pt. 1 (not mine)

Healing witch ideas

-infuse ice cubes with herbs or essential oils for ice packs

-make homemade healing salves, tinctures, and oils

- make some healing tea mixes and give them as gifts when someone you know isn’t well or save then for when you’re under the weather

-take a healing bath with fresh mint leaves, lavender, and rosemary

-practice physical empathy (If you’re comfortable with it)

- make a personal healing list! Healing is a very individual thing (e.g. some people think chamomile is healing while others may be allergic to it, so for them, chamomile probably wouldn’t be a healing correspondence)

-healing correspondes with all elements, and each person has an element that heals them over others. Some people associate healing mostly with fire (to kill of diseases, protection from illness), and water (cleansing from illness, soothing pain, healing in general)

to heal with fire, light a blue/lavender/red candle or use a heat pack

to heal with water, hydrate yourself, take baths, use ice packs

to heal with air, do some deep breathing, art therapy, or aromatherapy

To heal with earth, use healing herbs and plants, use crystals, make teas

- you may find oracle decks to be more helpful in healing witchcraft than tarot

-enchant first aid items like bandaids for fast healing

-take care of yourself, always. Sometimes you need to heal yourself first

[haunting-hibiscus]

I made some lavender milk for my spirit companion L <3  I used this recipe if anyone was interested in making their own! It tastes wonderfully sweet and floral

[querquelife-deactivated20180518]

If I was your girlfriend, I would do whatever it takes for you to be happy. You tell me you’re sad, you better believe I’ll be over in 5 min at your doorstep with your favorite movie and ice cream. You tell me you’re too overwhelmed with homework, I’ll do it for you. You tell me you’re cold, I’ll give you the jacket I’m wearing. You tell me you miss me, I’ll surprise you when you get home. If you’re my girlfriend, I will do anything to see you smile.

[expressions-of-nature]

[inklesspens-blog]

I just watched loving annibelle, fuck.

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