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Rating the birds in my backyard by tendency toward violence
Northern Cardinal, 4/10
I'm sometimes worried the male is sexually harassing the female but I'm pretty sure they're just doing some elaborate public pickup roleplay. The rest of us didn't agree to participate in your kink, guys.
American Robin, 1/10
Literally just some dude hanging out. Never bothered anyone but worms. Big fan of the way you just stand there in the middle of the grass like you forgot what you were supposed to be doing.
House Sparrow, 10/10
You're a gang. You're participating in gang violence. There's ten billion of you living in a single wood pile and it's been civil war for three years now. When will the bloodshed end?
Tufted Titmouse, 1/10
A shy baby. A pretty little guy. I saw you on the neighbor's garage roof and time stopped. There were anime sparkles around you. Come back.
European Starling, 9/10
Why is it always you? Listen, I know, I KNOW the sparrows are the problem, and YET. When the fighting starts, it's always you in the middle of it, provoking them and then screaming like you're an innocent bystander defending yourself. I'm onto you.
Carolina Wren, 3/10
This rating is not for physical violence, which you don't engage in, but for your role as an incurable narc. A tattle tale. I know they're fighting again, okay? I see it. Our yard has been a warzone for years, you don't have to make a big announcement every time someone misbehaves.
Eastern Wood-Peewee, 0/10
If this were "birds who think they're better than everyone else," you'd get 10/10.
Red-bellied Woodpecker, 6/10
It's a utility pole. It's not a tree. You're surrounded by trees that are full of bugs. But there you are, on the utility pole. Committing vandalism.
American Crow, unrated
For who am I to cast judgment on the actions of La Famiglia? I assume you are doing what is best for the neighborhood. If I could, though, without criticism, make a single observation. That when large numbers of you gather in the ominous dead cottonwood - no? No, you're right. None of my business.
Great Crested Flycatcher, 5/10
Frankly, I think you could be doing more. I think your name implies a great potential. I think you should massacre the insects. I think your beak should drip with viscera.
La Famiglia does not suffer you to stop in our neighborhood long, and I trust their judgement in this manner. You have the look of a guilty bird.
Tennessee Warbler, 2/10
You keep to yourselves, and I respect that. I get the sense that you could defend yourselves if it came to it, though.
Brown-Headed Cowbird, 3/10
You're not a crow, and eventually they ARE going to figure it out, kiddo.
Gray Catbird, 5/10
Would you. Respectfully. Would you shut the FUCK UP.
Eurasian Collared-Dove, 0/10
You're doing great, sweetie, everyone loves you.
Red-Breasted Nuthatch, 4/10
A comedian. A little jester of a bird. You're so silly. Sure sometimes you incite violence in others but, really, is that your fault? If it is, we forgive you.
Blue Jay, 12/10
If you could learn any human behavior you wanted, it would be how to build a bomb.
Honorable mention:
Turkey Vulture, 5/10
You weren't in my backyard, but you WERE eating roadkill in the street in my neighborhood. I know the animal was already dead when you got there, but you get violence points for frightening the small children that walked past you. Incredible work.
I immediately scrolled to the blue jay to decide whether or not I wanted to read the rest of the post. Once I realized that OP got that right, I went back and read the rest. 10/10 OP.
I read this to my dad who sits on his porch and watches the birds and his only note is that he has seen multiple male cardinals attempt to fight their reflections to the death and should have a higher rating.
i'd like to add that the shadow color isnt necessarily dictated entirely by the primary light source, but the bounce light! so for the example of a sunny environment, the reason the shadows are blue are because of the light from the blue sky reflects across the environment; but, if the character were to be under tree cover, the bounce light would be coming from the leaves and thus the shadow would look greener.
James Gurney is an absolute master and gives really good clarity on colour techniques. Yes, it is traditional paint focused, but the principles are the same. Yes it is informed by the environmental colour but as a painting technique it is achieved this way!
I would also suggest that in digital processing, rather than apply a regular colour layer at a mid opacity, try out the different types of layers, Eg. Screen or Multiply. This can give you at least a starting point to help direct your colour palette.
Layer Blend Modes are so so so important to working in digital art. There's a ton of math that goes into figuring out how the layers should blend together, which is why some of the modes you can pick are literally called Multiply, Add, Divide, and Difference (that's subtraction). The graphics software takes the color values of your base and blend layers and runs a calculation to get your resulting layer appearance. The ones that don't have specifically mathematical sounding names are still doing calculations, but they're more complicated (think linear Algebra and higher). Some of them, like dodge and burn, are named for actual photo editing techniques.
While it's not super important to know about the mathematical side of blend modes, I think it's worth knowing at least enough about how each of the categories of blend modes works and why they do what they do; if for no other reason than having a starting point when you start experimenting with them in your work.
An overview of the basic blend modes and how they work from Genevieve's Design Studio: Accessible with minimal color knowledge; practical and illustration focused. https://youtu.be/kMc87hQrJd0?si=TWCB365pKSfWS8p0. (16 minutes) This creator also has a ton of free resources you can download, including a Blend Modes cheatsheet, but fair warning: you have to create an account to get them!
Want to learn even more about the math-y stuff? It has great film visuals! A video from FilmmakerIQ: You need some basic knowledge of RGB color models, understanding of values/luma, and at least a tenuous understanding of Algebraic formulas. (26 minutes) https://youtu.be/F7_kaTP7_W4?si=x0urqXZ8f51nQVKl
Decided to give Hazbin Hotel another chance and I gotta say, I'm liking the concept(sans certain parts). So here's an oc:
Alice Arbor
She's a sinner who is only in hell because she cussed right before she died. She died from a gunshot to the heart/bleeding out. She's jaded and bitchy and swears with every sentence she speaks.
This is what she looked like when she was alive. She was kinder/sweeter/more compassionate when alive.
When mad, she begins to cry bloody tears. When she is enraged/taps into her ability, her physical form becomes amorphous/she leaks blood from her eyes/mouth. The only part of her that doesn't become amorphous is her face. She can become a puddle or blob like, but wherever she moves to in this state gets stained with blood.
Out of curiosity, which of the main Pokemon Professors is your LEAST favorite?
Professor Oak
Professor Elm
Professor Birch
Professor Rowan
Professor Juniper
Professor Sycamore
Professor Kukui
Professor Sonia (Magnolia was too much of an easy throwaway choice)
Professor Laventon
Professor Sada/Turo (they're basically the same character in terms of role)
Voting ended onAug 30, 2025
I'll be honest and probably unpopular opinion, it took the anime, manga, Masters, and Evolutions to make me like Sycamore. (Aside from being mutually toxic shipbait/aesthetically.)
The anime had him being proactive, but he didn't know Lysandre there, so my biggest issue with him didn't exist. The manga, he addresses his earlier mistake in brushing off the protagonists' concerns about Lysandre and is active in trying to help do some beneficial research to help them out, so I'm more willing to pardon him. Masters and Evolutions actually address the aforementioned issue and have him argue against Lysandre's viewpoint, tho I do think the Masters version of him still comes off as pretty naive.
I was always really frustrated by how he was handled in XY tho, especially the impersonal way he just sent his aides to help out. Sure, he's not capable of Mega Evolution, but he's still a pretty capable Trainer using the three Kantonian starter evos, and in the XY demo, Chandelure, Crobat, and Dragonite, he should have been on the front lines with us. They were friends, and while I don't think he could have known things would escalate to the point they did, he at least KNEW Lysandre was spiralling and blames himself for how things ended up, but it just comes off as too little, too late, so his apology was just irritating. (It's one of the reasons why I want him to be in ZA even if he stepped down as Professor, maybe they can do more to redeem his gameverse-version.)
It's been a minute, but since i listened to a baller of a remix of a dmc song, it inspired me to draw a few pics of a dmc oc that's been rolling around in my head:
Meet Mia, my nephilim dmc oc! She is a demon hunter by trade. She has 6 total wings that each turn into a blade upon removal.
Hanaberu which belongs 2 @khaos-kore and okra ! They drew okra HELLA CUTE fightin Hanaberu so i had 2 draw the moment leading up to it ! He really wasnt having it 😤
//INSERT THAT ONE NOISE THAT PLAYS WHEN THE ENEMY WARNING SHOWS UP
love how much attention this post is getting i knew the gay people in my phone would understand me. btw here's the picture that inspired me to make this post in the first place:
the fun thing about this is while it may be marketed ts you can do this yourself. it usually comes as grown seedlings or potted plant if its the genuine deal and not fake amazon seeds (fake seeds and seed scams are a big thing on amazon). but anyways these plants are made via grafting which is really pretty simple.
right now late june might be too late to try this out and get good results BUT. pick out any variety of tomato plant you like best. i prefer a good slicing tomato for sandwiches, not cherry tomatoes. any thing like Better Boy or even Black Cherokee is tasty. the other part is choosing a potato plant. you got to pick out a potato you like too. this has to be done before either plant starts fruiting or blossoming in the spring.
here’s you a video how to assemble your Frankenstein plant :D
Fire is the combustion, while flames are the visible portion of a fire. It's still a continuation on the last few chapters but kind of separate so these chapters get their own name. As it stands this part will most likely be 4 chapters long!
Thanks for bearing with the long hiatus! Sorry again about that, internship started getting busy and then I got really into nine sols (you should play it) and then I just couldn't find the time to sit down and work on this. Super excited for yall to see the rest of what's planned for this arc though hehehehehe
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