a squirrel reblogs stuff

Hi! This is my personal blog where I reblog just any stuff.

[malinaa]

what if we all explode

[derring-do]

This very production of Orpheus & Eurydice is now available to stream, free, for the month of June.

[shrimpari]

“If I knew that I was never meant to be saved… I would’ve stayed far away from you—

The sky’s kindest, most radiant star.”

[earthcookies]

vash writing self insert fanfiction about him and wolfwood

[trashbabies]

[paleocat]

ah!!

[apatheticfluorescence]

some hyper famous artists like Van Gogh transcend overratedness and become underrated because they're so normalized. Like I'll look at a van Gogh and I'm like wait this really is amazing you guys don't get it

[headspace-hotel]

Shakespeare is like this

[insufferablepirate]

Every time I see a Van Gogh that’s not one of his better known pieces it absolutely blows me away

Have you seen this shit my liege? smh unreal

[softseaside]

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[alena-draws]

Comicsalon Erlangen - Let's be there!

Are YOU coming to Comicsalon Erlangen this week? Come say hi at the table of Dock11 Saarland, who are sponsoring the table for our group of totally amazing artists! It's my first time at the Comicsalon, looking forward to it and to YOU >;) Find us in Hall B, table 86!

[micheline2poke]

Happy 7th Anniversary Promare !!

I will always remember this movie as a fantastic love story between two FUCKING TERRORISTS

[parkchanwoohoo]

This kid is so fucking good holy shit. I love how into it the audience is, too

[jenny-holzer]

[starrynet]

that’s his little guy!!

[littleguysdaily]

I wish I had what they have...

[frowny-clowny]

The dinosaur’s name is Jerry

[littleguysdaily]

[idrawr16yt]

Sometimes I think that there are not enough details in my ST draws...it's because I often draw during breaks and draws are really small😊🙈

[heraldic-thunderbolt]

I am a huge fan of retiring to my quarters

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

In this economy you'll be lucky to retire to your nickels

[quinnception]

[dicennio]

so what’s gintama even about?

[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

[nattousan]

SHE'S DONE!!

Bird number 9: Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis

my chains are broken i am FREE. although i did have a great deal of fun with this, the barring on the wings itself took me like four days and i am READY to move on

this was a week and a half of continuous work so please excuse me for getting a little emotional in the bg 🙏

[nattousan]

*does a little jig*

BIRD NUMBER 10!!! The Male Mallard Duck, Anas platyrhynchos

the male and female ones are gonna be posted separately bc they're taking a lot longer lol but yea! super happy i was able to capture the iridescent green of the head, i found metallic green and blue paint at a craft store that really made his head POP. it looks better in person i promise

ALSO!! As this is the 10th one, BIG announcement. The end is in sight!!!!! I plan to finish within the next 3 weeks and there will be a small dedication ceremony/ unveiling happening at the library to commemorate its completion on the 16th of May. If you live in the Western New York region and want to check it out for yourself shoot me a dm!

Also thank you everyone for your kind words and support throughout this whole process, it's been a genuine treat thinking there are potentially thousands of you out there cheering me on while I paint this 🥹

[nattousan]

aaaand another one bites the duck,

we're movin right along with bird numero 11!! The lady Mallard!! Anas platyrhyncos

the 16th is looming in the distance so i'm trying to get thru these as quickly as i can so i can have as much time for the GBH as possible. i still need to do the names next to all of them so i've got about a week and a half to finish everything which is GREAT because i have adhd and nothing gets my ass in gear like a fuckin deadline, let me tell you

[nattousan]

power couple that they are, here's bird number 12 and 13,

the Northern Cardinals, Cardinalis cardinalis

and NOW that they are complete, ITS GO TIME, in the next five days (library's closed for mother's day 😭😭) i need to have the GBH fully rendered, the names of the birds vectored, weeded, masked, applied to the wall, and then painted, plus additional cattails throughout. I may be able to get away with just getting the GBH done in time for the unveiling and then just have the names and cattails added later, but i'm gonna really try to get it all done in time. BUT, i have a plan. Part of why i take so long on these is because i really am just figuring it out as I do it lmao. there have been many a time where i am sitting on top of the ladder googling "how to paint birds" but I think if i take the time tomorro to do all that figuring out how to approach it beforehand, this will go a lot faster. I may also recruit some of my artist friends to help with the placing of the names... hrmm we'll see.

Anyways, shout out to the librarian who tracked down exactly the thing i needed so i could figure out where to place the highlights in my birds eyes, ur the real mvp

[nattousan]

thanks for the reminder, kid

[nattousan]

at long last, we've reached the end...

Bird number 14 out of 14,

The Great blue heron, Ardea herodius

thank you to everyone who reached out or got excited about this project, it genuinely gave me the fuel i needed to keep going. In total, the 480+ total hrs it took me to cover this wall pales in comparison to how long its expected to spend on there, hopefully imparting a sense of beauty and love for the natural world to the next generation and here's hoping i'm only getting started with these.

i'll see y'all soon :')

[infriga]

I've seen some people interpret Vash's thoughts about Wolfwood after he kills Legato as him realizing he'd been wrong about Wolfwood in the scene when he tells Wolfwood that he give gives up too easily. But I don't believe that personally, because I don't think he was wrong.

I don't think he was saying he thinks that killing is easy for Wolfwood in that scene, I don't think that's what he meant by "giving up", but rather that Wolfwood gives up on himself too easily, specifically he gives up on his own potential to change for the better and stop being a killer. And yeah, Wolfwood does in fact do that at that point in the series, he has plenty of internal monologues about how he feels irredeemably stained by his sins and can't be anything but a killer. He also often projects these feelings towards himself onto humanity as a whole. It takes quite some time for him to actually start thinking that he's capable of making that choice for himself, that humanity by extension is capable of it, and it takes him WORK to get to that point.

For someone in Wolfwood's position it WOULD be easier, understandably, to think that little of himself, because he's been conditioned to think that way for most of his life. And he has pretty significant motivation to keep killing to protect the orphanage, heck to protect Vash as well. I highly doubt Vash looks down on him for it, he just hates that it's how Wolfwood feels about himself. And I think it's a mark of Wolfwood's determination and strength that he does manage to get to the point of not giving up on himself anymore after everything he's been through, even if he ends up dying for it. He worked hard for the peace of mind he managed to attain by the end, and he successfully saves Livio because of that determination.

I think in the scene after killing Legato, Vash isn't thinking "oh god, I was so wrong about Wolfwood", quite the opposite. I think he's thinking "oh god, I was so right about Wolfwood" because he's empathizing with Wolfwood in a way he couldn't before, because he is now feeling exactly how easy it would be to give up on himself too and think of himself as eternally damned for what he's done. But this time it's his turn to not give in, to make the choice to start again no matter how hard it would be to do so. Just like Wolfwood did. It wouldn't be fair if he didn't, after saying that to Wolfwood back then. And I think that plays a big part in why he saves Knives instead of killing him, why he continues to refuse to kill. Which is especially important when you consider how Legato wanted to break and stain Vash permanently with his death. He failed to do that, and I think Wolfwood is a major reason why. It perfectly exemplifies the meaning behind the "blank ticket to the future" idiom. It's not about never failing, it's about continuing to try anyways, even if you do fail. That's my personal take on that scene at least.

[qwiddit]

[partlymadeofgold]

This map was designed by Kenyan artist Priya Shah.

You can read about it here: https://minds-africa.org/fabric-map-of-africa-the-art-of-storytelling/

and buy copies of the map here: https://www.miakora.com/fabric-map-of-africa

[awritersrejections]

saw your tags @did-sm1-say-catfish and yes, that link is broken! I looked into it, and it's because there are now multiple maps, including a map of India—

Here's a new link for purchasing purposes

[india-official]

WOW THIS IS SO COOL :O