:3

literally just my sideblog so I don't lose stuff I'll rb stuff with this account bc apparently my "save for later" tag on my main has disappeared and this is significantly easier lmao | i dont know why i made my important shit sideblog Juniper themed but like he's really cool

[junipers-hoard]

all my tags 👍

pfp by @graveyardcat7

[unmask-strange-aeons-deactivate]

I SUPPORT THE BIG 4!!! WE shall not be silenced by Father Strange!

[necronatural]

Compiled some basic information I know about drawing fat characters for beginners since I've been seeing more talk about absence of really basic traits in a lot of art lately.

Morpho Fat and Skin Folds on Archive.org (for free!)

[wildgeese98]

We should lean more into the fact that Helen was a real estate agent before she got Distortioned. After Helen takes over, the Distortion hallways should start looking like a really sterile, beige, house set up to be shown to potential buyers.

Endless hallways in various different muted pastel colors. The same three generic paintings repeated over and over.

A maze of open plan kitchens that all lead into each other endlessly. Each identical in layout but with portions and angles slightly off in different ways.

Hallways lined with doors that all lead to the same immaculately neat child's bedroom stretching on and on, seemingly forever.

A living room that seems normal at first but slowly fills with more and more bowls of fake fruit and tasteful flower arrangements.

A house where every room is a lie. Everything set up carefully in a facsimile of a welcoming home but if you scratch the surface you'll find it to be cold and artificial.

That would have been a cool thing to do with her domain in season 5 too. You would easily do something with it about being forced to perform the heteronormative ideals of domestic life or something like that.

[hometownrockstar]

some notes on drawing fat bodies in a stylized or cartoony art style! i tried to explain and illustrate things i keep in mind while drawing :)

[estrogenism-deactivated20250112]

poc-friendly picrews

[plaintext: poc-friendly picrews / end plaintext.]

reblogs are appreciated, this will be updated whenever i find more! if you want to suggest picrews to be added, do so in my asks or dms!

actionpilot's character creator

adriotes' character creator

adrisona maker

aiden's picrew

alohasushicore

amiiraux's chaotic gay maker

among us sona creator

anew's girl maker

astrolavas' character creator

aworus' friend maker

baydews avatar maker

bex's first picrew

bighead kid

black centered picrew

black centered picrew (fullbody version)

block game oc creator

bunnieclaire's character maker

caramael's character creator

cartoony maker

casual gay creator

cherevrie's avatar maker

childishspite's avi maker

cool kid maker

cosmitasia's character maker

cute chubby maker

cute girl creator

cutetimes (hair options are a bit limited)

djarn's character maker

djarn's character maker 2

friend factory

friend maker

judelta's character maker

julliapple's character maker

gay time 2: electric boogaloo

girl maker

ghostofadragon's character maker

harvey's picrew 1 (only has straight hairstyles)

harvey's picrew 2 (only has curly hairstyles)

lichtenstyler

lima0nada

little guy maker

lulljevic's icon maker

makowka's character maker

makowka's character maker 2

marice creator

nuclearvessel's character maker

nudekay's character maker

nuggts character maker

overwatch league icons

peculiar icon creator

perisceris' icon maker

piney's icon maker

pixel dating simulator maker

poicon maker

rainheal's character maker

rychu's picrew

sagravi creator

scuff's icon maker

semirealistic icon creator

smitty's ultimate maker-inator

sph.jpeg's icon maker

sqwidsona (hair options are a bit limited)

static maker

toon me! (a)

toon me! (b)

uris space maker

who me?

yee haw character creator

yet another character creator

[hibiscus-ships]

@bipocselfship-archive Hope you don't mind me tagging you but I found this in the wild and thought it would be a useful resource. I think these are all single character picrews.

[inber]

I am in the process of digitally painting a Black woman and have found an extremely low number of natural Black hair tutorials by actual POC creators, so I’m linking some I love:

- How to draw kinky/curly hair textures (4a, 4b, 4c) by Christina Lorre’ (YouTube)

- How to draw realistic curly/coiled hair digitally by Shikarte (YouTube)

- How to draw afro hair for beginners by Kendal Blake (YouTube)

- How to draw afro textured 4c hair - an explanation/Tutorial by Afro-Ami (Tumblr)

- Check out ilovemy4c-hair on Tumblr for some awesome Black 4C hair photo references

- Check out beautifulcurlz on Tumblr for some awesome natural Black hair photo references

This is by no means an exhaustive list! I am really enjoying drawing natural Black hair and WOC lately, and tutorials from POC/BIPOC are incredibly helpful. Please follow the creators/boost their posts; I take no credit for the tutorials or references listed here.

[milkedprince]

Some hair tutorial 💖

[bluebeetle]

This is definitely not a google drive full of the sleep stuff from the Headspace app, including sleepcasts, music, and wind down meditation, that normally costs 17.99 a month, no siree and you definitely shouldnt share this with people

[thatbastardlass-deactivated2021]

and here’s a link that does not lead to a google drive full of tv shows movies + books and also does not contain a shortcut to the above

[gigilberry]

this is absolutely not a link to another google drive with shows + movies + audio books either nope no sir

[ehlers-world-problems]

[daffy-taffy]

@timetravellingcactus cause for some reason I’m not able to send this to you

[do-you-have-a-flag]

the goog drive directory titled “the library” is transferring to a different platform soon so hustle on that one!

[nero-neptune]

this absolutely isnt a google drive of the imdb top 250 movies

and this couldn’t possibly lead you to even more books!

these arent musical bootlegs… what do you mean?

[toe-sucker-416]

Like to download a car, reblog to commit a victimless crime.

[transxfiles]

this is definitely not a link to a website where you can download literally any book ever for free

[inuzukahana-deactivated20210106]

Your daily reminder you can download a FREE copy of Stone Butch Blues off of Leslie Feinberg’s website

[inuzukahana-deactivated20210106]

You can also read a FREE copy of Transgender Liberation: a Movement Whose Time Has Come here

[inuzukahana-deactivated20210106]

You can also get a FREE copy of Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman here

[inuzukahana-deactivated20210106]

And here’s a bunch of hir articles for FREE about any number of things really

[inuzukahana-deactivated20210106]

And you can get a FREE copy of Drag King Dreams here <3

[katebushh]

here's a replacement for the original Drag King Dreams and Transgender Warriors links (they were both down) <3

[virgomoon-deactivated20240514]

continuing to push my black people in rock agenda … <3

black people created rock btw (original post):  a playlist of black rock artists from various alternative subgenres including: pop punk, metal / hard rock, psychedelic rock, post hardcore, and more. (listen)

black g!rl pvnk!: a playlist similar to the one above but it’s just black women. this playlist includes rock and rock subgenres, as well as rock influenced rap. (listen)

[starblaster]

i know hearing people on this website love to pass around those posts with links to free sign language lessons but you know you need to actually put effort into learning about Deaf culture, too, right?

[starblaster]

if you are currently learning ASL, you need to read Introduction to American Deaf Culture by Thomas K. Holcomb

[starblaster]

resources for other Deaf cultures include, but are not limited to:

Black Deaf Culture Through the Lens of History (BASL and ASL-centric)

Understanding Deaf Culture by Paddy Ladd (which can also be found on archive.org)

Many Ways to Be Deaf: International Variation in Deaf Communities

the British Deaf Association website

directory for Deaf Australia’s “Our Deaf Ways” video podcast (presented in Auslan with audio from an interpreter and accurate closed captioning for all episodes)

The Irish Deaf Community by Patrick A. Matthews

Breaking the Silence: The Education of the Deaf in Ireland, 1816-1996

the Canadian Deaf Culture Center website

History of Hawai'i Sign Language and Hawai'i Deaf People by Barbara Earth, with Linda Lambrecht

‘We did it ourselves’: The Deaf Social Movement and the Quest for the Legal Recognition of the Libras Sign Language in Brazil

[cartoonbrew]

Toonz Software Used by Studio Ghibli and 'Futurama' Being Made Free and Open Source

Studio Ghibli’s animation software will be made available via open source this month. 

That’s right…💯% free.

Read more on CartoonBrew.com

[kithandqin-deactivated20220918]

This is a BIG DEAL, folks.

Animation software is, by and large, very expensive and out of the range of most people seeking to get into animation.  As of March 26th, this software will become open source and available to all prospective animators!

Spread the word!

[amuseoffirebane]

Here’s a direct link to the Toonz website.

Update: Here’s a new link going straight to the page for OpenToonz, since I can’t find mention of it on the main Toonz website anymore!

[kaijudyke]

reflections on the mechs rabbit hole

[kaijudyke]

a few people have reblogged this asking where to find some of these things, so here’s a handy guide to the stuff mentioned on here (excluding the actual mechs albums, which i’m assuming you can find on your own):

UDAD live album

HNOC live album

DTTM stream

Half-Sin, Half-Virtue (also here)

Jessica Law (also here)

Shrove Tuesday

Gender Rebels

Revenge of Spaceport Mahon

TBI debut

The Mermaid’s Revenge

Nice vs. Kind

Prometheus (Come On and Slam)

A brief glimpse of HNOC

Port Mahon 2011

The Mechanisms’ Tour of the Pitt Rivers Museum

Lashings

Song A Week

have fun!

[kaijudyke]

idk if people will see this addition but the above list isn’t comprehensive bc it’s limited to what i’ve personally explored so far and to what i could fit on the meme (and i really didn’t expect this post to get as popular as it did, nor did i intend it to be a guide to the mechs), and you should for example also check out:

Maki Yamazaki (Dr. Carmilla) (maki rules and there wouldn’t be any mechs at all without her!)

Reesha Dyer (opened for the mechs at DTTM and is super cool)

in addition, reesha is currently running an extremely cool kickstarter project you should check out and support if you can: City of Sirens

Lolina: Origins

Softwire

i also didn’t include all the live content above, so if you haven’t seen the rest, here are some more links:

OUAT(IS) live

Our Boy Jack (or part of it, rather)

UDAD live: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

a short clip of another UDAD performance

Trial by Song

Sirens

Rocket Girl

Homesick

Drunk Space Pirate (two versions): 1, 2

if you’re at all curious about the marius backstory album you’ll want to keep an eye on kofi’s twitter for updates on that. lastly, if you just wanna watch the mechs bicker with each other for a while, i’ve made a compilation of some good banter from the various available videos… and also another one that’s just nastya. happy exploring, stowaways!

[charlataninred]

Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.

[meraarts]

Might I add:

The defeat of the wizard who made people choose how they’d be to be executed

The woman who raised the changeling alongside her biological child

The human who died of radiation poisoning after repairing the spaceship

[eater-of-hopes-and-dreams]

The adventures of a space roomba

Cinderella finding Araura (and falling in love)

I don’t know a snappy description but the my nemesis cynthia story certainly lives in my head

[blitzlowin]

hilariously, these are almost all in my fic tag. so, a compiled list from the notes (and some extras):

The God of Arepo (graphic novel 1 / 2 / 3) (ebook)

The Monster of Sentan

The Witch’s Cat

Raise Both Children

Stabby the Roomba (honorable mention)

Cinderella Marries the Prince (comic)

My Arch Nemesis Cynthia

Pirates and Mermaid

Eindred and the Witch

The Demon King

The Cornerwitch

Grandmother Beetroot

Apocalypse Daycare Worker

Grandmother Accidentally Summons a Demon

New Year Saga

A Story About Changelings

Ranger in the King’s Forest

The Difference Between a Hare and a Rabbit

Goblin Men (Canines)

[charlataninred]

I am in love with you /p

[asyipyip]

sweetrock is one of my favorites too!

[lizardgalactica]

I was reading this article on The Carseat Headrests whose lead singer Will Toledo often hints towards himself as being asexual and I started thinking bout how hypersexuqlized so many songs are. Too many songs talk about sex in a very sexual way, if that makes sense. As an ace myself, I've always found this rather repulsive however, when singers sing about sex as just another thing, without meaning to arouse, I don't have that issue. If any fellow aces into alt/indie wanted some band refs other than cavetown, I made a list of a few less hypersexual ones tho warning, they are rather strange

Cosmo Sheldrake(Not a single sex song)

Animal Collective(makes it sound strange and off putting)

Neutral Milk Hotel(same^^)

The Flaming Lips(Yoshimi at least)(some of it)

Lemon Demon(Two Trucks is the least sexualized sex song I've ever listened to)

The Oh Hellos(folk)

Dan Deacon(psychedelic)

of Montreal(maybe a little)

The Mountain Goats(similar to Neutral Milk)

Sorry if this is written poorly lol, I might repost it later with it worded better, feel free to add on!

If anyone wants to read the article thing vv

Car Seat Headrest and Asexuality — WECB

The sexual coming of age story has been retold in song thousands of times…

[kosmogrl]

zlibrary gone... FUCK TIKTOK FUCK BOOKTOK I hope that app burns in hell

[dreamingofseastars]

library genesis is still up (very similar site) and r/freemediaheckyeah and r/piracy have lots of other alternatives. zlib was the GOAT though. fuck tiktok

(originally commented. putting as a reblog as its important)

[kosmogrl]

for anyone that wants to know about other sites, I also didn't know so this is a big help!!! thank you!

[ichornyra]

some sites i use to read online: - https://libgen.li/ - https://www.pdfdrive.com/ - https://libretexts.org/ - https://openlibrary.org/ - https://novel80.com/ - https://www.allfreenovel.com/ - https://bookreadfree.com/ - https://allbookshub.com/ - http://thefreeonlinenovel.com/ - https://www.epub.pub/ - https://www.readingsanctuary.com/ - https://yes-pdf.com/ - https://www.booksfree.org/ if none of the links work if you just search up "(book title) read online free" there's almost always gonna be a pdf link and those are always good to read from too