a toad makes shit

bound to mortal flesh through a long series of circumstances i dont feel like getting into here • making the most of it, moss is pretty neato • i enjoy esoteric feuds of no consequence and weird art • [ID: header is a young clump of ringless honey mushrooms with white stalks and small brown round caps growing at the base of a tree. profile picture is a small toad sitting on the ground. end id]

[lichenous-loser]

welcome ye travelers to my art blog!

[id: a digital illustration of an earthworm scrolling through tumblr while curled around a smartphone. end id]

i reblog other artists but tag my original art under the my art tag. if you feel like inflicting the marvelous atrocity of my creations upon yourself (be warned they are often pun derived and sometimes nsfw), you can find them there.

when reblogging i either add image descriptions or tag as #undescribed, so feel free to filter that tag if you only want to see my described image posts.

[lichenous-loser]

was expressing my Gay Longing to finally read the tumblr holiday classic to my bestie and then...this happened

[valtsv]

the worst thing about writing or any kind of craft is having an idea you're really excited to make a reality but then you sit down and realize how much work it's going to take to get to that point and suddenly you feel like those two little gay guys in the mountain in the lord of the rings

[valtsv]

do you remember how good it was in our head mr frodo

[theartofmadeline]

i promise i wouldn't blame you

[coveredinredpaint]

simple tutorial on how to make those bottlecap buttons you see everywhere

you'll need:

bottlecap•soda tab•safety pin•pliers•sandpaper/file•paint/paint markers/smth to decorate with•clear nail polish

remove the print on the buttons using a file or the sandpaper

(if you wanna keep the print skip this step, use a cloth to protect the print from scratches when folding down the sides of the cap)

fold down opposing sides of the cap, to help add in the safety pin

bend the tab at a slight angle, insert it into the cap. make sure the side of the safety pin that can not open is the one stuck under the tab

fold down one side of the cap to lock the tab in place, then try and press the tab as flat as you can, to lock the safety pin in place (prevents the buttons from moving on the safety pin, if you like rattling buttons, skip this step)

fold down all other sides of the cap

cover the button in one or more base layers of paint

add ur design (i use paint or paint markers for good coverage and vibrant colors)

cover that in one or two layers of nail polish, it will protect the button from rain and the paint from cracking

thats it, lemme know if you want tutorials on anything else, i like making em.

[lichenous-loser]

Making pinback buttons and holographic stickers out of some of my art! And working on more designs too 👀

[lichenous-loser]

the turn of phrase "hindsight is 20/20" may never recover from the fact that 2020 sucked actually so what does that say for hindsight 🤔

[retroactivebakeries]

labyrinthine affirmations:

labyrinths confuse and disorient you

labyrinths imprison those who can't solve them

labyrinths are not just physical

labyrinths can be social conditions

labyrinths can be incorrect ways of thinking

labyrinths can be states of suffering

I can be a labyrinth

every labyrinth has a heart

at the heart of every labyrinth, there must be a minotaur

[airitree]

GOAT…

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Artfight attack for @reverendwitch 🐐🐐

[1000drawings]

via tawakachina

[feather-bone]

[ID: a colorful digital illustration of an archaeopteryx fossil with its head twisted upside down under one wing. The animal’s silhouette is shown behind the skeleton in black with a red outline. Surrounding it are various plants, beetles, fossils, a feather, and stars, all outlined in shades of orange, yellow, and green. The background is blue with a simple blue and black fern border. End.]

Archaeopteryx! A beautiful feathery link between non-avian dinosaurs and modern birds (avian dinosaurs)! This illustration is based on the iconic Berlin specimen and will be the postcard for this month’s ko-fi supporter rewards!

[lichenous-loser]

“Recognition of the Self through the Other.” a deconstruction of the themes of identity within myths of lycanthropy. 

[id: a digital illustration of a glowing blue human form and a larger-than-life wolf skeleton drawn with glittering gold outlines sitting on a dark background facing each other. each is wearing the face of the other as a mask, and both masks have grown into the wearers with thin tendrils of red tendon and vein. the human reaches up to cup the wolf’s mask and pull it off. dark red blood drips down the mask onto the human’s arm and leg. end id]

[codecicle-archive]

i don't care if you live in new york city get normal about drug addicts sometime soon or jump in front of the trains

[codecicle-archive]

i promise you that person on fent bent over + swaying in rags is having a worse couple hours than you've ever had in your entire life. i promise you that person begging for money on the subway is going throughs something 1000% worse than you having to avoid their eyes while going to a restaurant. i swear on my life that person talking to themselves in public isn't evil or the devil or going to kill you. i think you need to get the fuck over yourself and stop acting like you're suuuchhh an NYC native and being afraid of all drug-heavy areas and posting videos of people on the trains like "only in the city! lol!". i think you should learn how to either have some compassion or shut the fuck up

[harbingersolution]

[bogleech]

Remember: drug addiction is a form of desperate self medication, as is alcoholism. The wealthy use these things as an escape as well. People cannot be blamed for seeking any break they can get from PAIN, and the problem is whatever's causing that pain, not them for attempting to flee from it.

[lichenous-loser]

[ID: A three-panel image of an animated man and woman talking to one another in a living room.

First panel: The woman says, "Randall, there's crackheads outside."

Second panel: The man replies, "We live in an era of some of the greatest class disparities and injustices ever thrust upon the noble worker by the bourgeoise."

Third panel: The man continues: "Your gona [sic] see crackheads outside."

End ID]

If you'd like less people to be self medicating with whatever they're able to get their hands on, then fight for accessible healthcare, housing, livable wage, fair working conditions, anti-discrimination protections (BIPOC, queer, and disabled people are more likely to face barriers when seeking employment, housing, and medical treatment), and economic safety nets so people don't lose everything when they experience crises.

We all experience a life-altering crisis at one point or another in our lives. The only difference between people that are able to get through it with their life intact and people who lose everything is the privilege of having a support system that ensures you still have access to food, shelter, and medical treatment when your life is unmoored.

Punishing people experiencing homelessness and people using substances to self-medicate is just victim blaming. It's the system that puts people in that position that needs to change.

[draconym]

My housemate just took a drive to the landfill to throw out junk the previous homeowners left behind, and when they got there they found this tree frog hiding in our outdoor trash can. After a weird field trip, she is home in our yard again.

[lichenous-loser]

happy disability pride month to all my cripplequeer kitties!

we're here, we're queer, we have chronic fatigue 🌈

[only-tiktoks]

[gunsandfireandshit]

>frog

Pretty sure that's an American toad (Anaxyrus americanus)

[captain-price-unofficially]

That’s the best part though, not all frogs are toads but all toads are frogs.

[kingarthurscat]

[bogleech]

Slug and snail, mouse and rat, turtle and tortoise, butterfly and moth are a few distinctions we have in English that this applies to! These distinctions also don't exist in many languages, but some cultures might differentiate animals that use the same word in English.

I only recently learned that the genus name for one group of tree frogs, hyla, was once used as their common name, so frogs were almost split three ways in English as frogs, toads, and hylas!

[theodysseyofhomer]

on the one hand it's pretty cool when athena disguises odysseus as an old man, but what if that was a lie to spare him from the pain of knowing for certain that no one could recognize him anyway?

[theodysseyofhomer]

#tfw when u are an oar but a goddess disguises u as a winnowing fan ✌ via @brucespringsteentheriver