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[redstonedust]

its fun to remember we can use the big text if we want. bonjour motherfuckers. i'm posting loud as hell now.

[doggirlcomet]

[theartingace]

So I've been going through files, trying to move myself towards getting back to sharing my art again, cause I miss talking with yall! But also the capitalism and ai scrapers eating up all my former posting haunts and turning them into ghouls has me looking at posting places I have more control of, like patreon and substack - but also has me shuffling through files looking for backgrounds and things i could post and in so have stumbled on a ton of centaur doodles that I've never shared! I'm just never not drawing centaurs, so these were for no purpose other than love of the game. And cause this one never ceases to make me laugh so yall need to enjoy it too

Look for more posting as I get my act together, and find me on patreon and substack under the same name as always The Arting Ace (theartingace) and hopefully we'll be able to get me finally moving on that centaur basics book I've been promising for years, with lots of extra doodles and thoughts along the way!

[tatumsdrawing]

Heeeeeeey! Ya’ll remember that Witch Hat Atelier doujin I was working on? I finished it!

It’s going to be download only due to MAJOR spoilers for chapters 45, 92, and 93 (and honestly the comic just doesn’t make sense without the context of those chapters)

You can nab it here

It’s pay what you want in case anyone feels like throwing a few dollars my way, but otherwise please feel free to put a big ole 0 in that payment slot. My goal is just to have as many people read this cause I put a lot of effort into it.

Happy reading, and remember there’s spoilers in this!

[atompalace-official]

wash him he smely

[atompalace-official]

here’s how the other Eeveelutions react to bathtime 🛁🫧

[kaijuerotica]

i hate that diet culture means all the tasty drinks everywhere are loaded with stevia now. this isn't even a stance about health, I just think it tastes so fucking bad

[godbirdart]

unfortunately this whole "sit and be bored so your brain can have a minute to process the shit you've been leaving in the background" thing means I periodically get slapped with closure on old wounds and I know it's good and necessary but damn this shit sucks!!!

[jawlipops]

Do you have any tips on rendering metal/ shiny objects? You do it so well 

thank u!! i tend to cheat it a lot with a specific formula lol its basically just this

labeled one more recent drawing that has slightly more texture & correct bounce light but the same rules apply

[the-upper-shelf]

Doe

[the-upper-shelf]

You've got that right ;) 🏳️‍⚧️

[pillowspace]

Sometimes having an OC is like "this character is an outlet for my insecurity and trauma" and sometimes it's like "this character is an outlet for my love of vampires :)". Sometimes it's both

[pillowspace]

Sometimes you think it's "this character is an outlet for my love and nothing more :)" and then you look it over later like "shit. product of the deepest depths of my soul again"

[unyieldingsilence]

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[pillowspace]

Sometimes it’s the unyielding silence

[ijustwannawritepls]

Scenes to Write When Your Draft Feels Flat

Not epic or climactic. Just... alive.

• A character almost admits they were wrong and then pivots • Two people sitting in a car after an argument, engine off, neither leaving • Someone practicing a speech in the mirror and hating how it sounds • A character lying for someone they resent • An inside joke that no longer feels funny • A public setting where private tension is simmering • Someone seeing their ex unexpectedly and performing indifference • A character giving advice they absolutely do not follow • A confession interrupted by something mundane • A person rereading old messages they shouldn’t • A gift that misses the mark completely • A character realizing they’ve outgrown someone mid-conversation • Someone saying “It’s fine” and meaning “I will remember this forever” • A moment where a character notices they are no longer the favorite • Two people who used to be close struggling to find a topic

If your story feels stuck, it likely needs friction. Not explosions. Just a little pressure.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[nynehells]

YOU FORGOT THE BEST PART

[intriga-hounds]

Beloved Sivi ❤️

[kids-toothpaste-enjoyer-deactiv]

not to be captain obvious here but they literally just knowingly lied about this for a decade & ruined our lives. there was never any evidence to support trans women having an advantage over cis women it was always just made up to further transmisogyny & sexism.

also notice how the telegraph is really trying to avoid using the word trans women, even referring to a trans women as a women is a crime in the uk.

[huzni]

New Study Once Again Shows Trans Women Have No Physical Advantage Over Cis Athletes

Researchers analyzed data from almost 3,000 trans women.

Body composition and physical fitness in transgender versus cisgender individuals: a systematic review with meta-analysis

Objective To compare body composition and physical fitness between transgender and cisgender individuals. Design Systematic review with met

Objective

To compare body composition and physical fitness between transgender and cisgender individuals.

Design

Systematic review with meta-analysis.

Data sources

PubMed, Web of Science, Embase and SportDiscus.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria comprised studies of transgender individuals comparing body composition or physical fitness pre-to-post gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) or versus cisgender controls.

Results

52 studies (n=6485) were included. Transgender women had similar relative fat mass (standardised mean difference (SMD) −0.33, 95% CI −0.72 to 0.05, Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE): very low), relative lean mass (SMD 0.19, 95% CI −0.14 to 0.53, GRADE: low), upper-body strength (SMD 0.54, 95% CI −0.95 to 2.02, GRADE: very low), lower-body strength (SMD 0.05, 95% CI −1.31 to 1.40, GRADE: very low) and maximal oxygen consumption (SMD −0.28, 95% CI −0.81 to 0.25, GRADE: very low) in comparison to cisgender women. Transgender men exhibited higher relative fat mass (SMD 0.96, 95% CI 0.28 to 1.64, GRADE: moderate), lower relative lean mass (SMD −6.42, 95% CI −12.26 to −0.58, GRADE: moderate) and lower upper-body strength (SMD −1.46, 95% CI −2.52 to −0.40, GRADE: moderate) than cisgender men. In transgender women, GAHT was associated with increased fat mass and reduced lean mass and upper-body strength over 1–3 years. Transgender men demonstrated reduced fat mass and increased lean mass and strength following GAHT.

Conclusion

While transgender women exhibited higher lean mass than cisgender women, their physical fitness was comparable. Current evidence is mostly low certainty and has heterogenous quality but does not support theories of inherent athletic advantages for transgender women over cisgender.

[official-megumin]

I think we should add this little addendum from the study:

"In fact, when height-normalised, transgender women and cisgender women appear to show comparable appendicular lean mass/height² or lean mass/height²."

Basically the difference in absolute lean mass (the study makes it clear that relative lean mass between cis and trans women is essentially the same) comes from trans women on average being taller than cis women.

From this study, showing that cis and trans women are pretty much entirely comparable. Yet according to this trans men are "somewhat in between" in terms of strength and body composition, makes me wonder if on a structural level transmascs aren't given enough testosterone to have actual similar levels to cis men. We see this with estradiol in transfems, so I don't think it's out of the question, especially given how testosterone is generally viewed in the public eye.

Of course it's nothing but a hunch, but probably worth looking into really

[official-megumin]

also

This is like the third or fourth time a big landmark study has been published that pretty definitively proves that trans women don't have physical advantages over cis women. Not even the first to go through and fact check other studies and confidently concluded that pretty much all of them hyper focused on specifics, like absolute lean mass here, without pointing out how height or hand size for an example accounts for it (and also is present in cis women, it's all based on averages after all)

Or straight up conducted studies without having the trans women be on estradiol or testosterone suppressants and just didn't disclose that.

Every single study showing trans women having advantages was like that. As OP said.

All of the bans and discourse has been based on lies and deceit from the very start.

Sadly this probably won't change anything, because governments and agencies do not care for facts, they care about excluding.

But at least if you come across people either willfully or ignorantly perpetuating lies, you can show them this to get them on the right track, or to shut them the fuck up

[shirecorn]

Deer Character Design

Character Design | Creature Design | Patreon | Ko-fi

[ismenes]

you know those studies showing that cursing helps with pain tolerance or whatever. that’s how i feel about making my weird little noises to get through my basic daily activities. sometimes you just have to go hggblaaaah for a minute so you can find the strength within yourself to get up or wash the dishes or send an email. mmmnneh. urgh. the torments are unending but you can always make some little sounds about it.

[nr1-logo-design-inspiration]

GoodBad typography design ☆☆☆

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[r-girl]