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"I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas"
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Anonymous declares new war on Donald Trump
Hacktivist collective Anonymous has threatened to take down 2016 presidential hopeful Donald Trump, this time declaring “total war” on the GOP frontrunner. Anonymous’ war plan against Trump includes dismantling the candidate’s online presence and digging for dirt on the business tycoon in an attempt to destroy his brand. And you don’t need to be a hacker to participate.
DO IT. BREAK HIM.
WIP: Clones in dumb zoo hat/visor things.
I enjoy thinking on what clone troopers would do in a post war environment. Imagine dating a guy and finding out that he had 300,000 brothers.
On the long list of things to do to update our shop, we’ve finally started taking in-person shots of the pillowcases. You know, ones that aren’t just on a red sheet laid out in our backyard.
Here we have the second pillow produced by Dirge, and my personal favorite for ‘most likely to be seen on body pillow:’ Knockout. The red pops so well and the printing is so crisp…he’s been a welcome staple in our store.
Stay tuned, more photos of old products and NEW products are on the way!
awkward how reassuring i find this
well ya duh society shames speech patterns associated with young women
“Speech fillers” are just a human’s way of saying “wait a sec I’m thinking”. It means we think more before we speak, always trying to find the right way to say it. Every language has them. And people shouldn’t be annoyed by it, ever.
It also sets the “stage” of the person who is speaking, basically telling the listeners that the person is not finished and would like to elaborate more on their point. (i learned this from a linguistics professor)
I accidentally started yawning in the middle of arguments because of this. It gives you time to come up with a better zinger, and even a really angry person doesn't interrupt you when you yawn.
I better quick get this out before pi day is over.
But honestly, it seems like they're having trouble explaining what NASA uses pi for and an infographic that just says 'EVERYTHING' doesn't look as cool. Maybe if they use Courier?
This did a number on me.
The Coolest Mathematical Facts You Never Knew
A comiXologist Recommends (the book that everyone in the office is always screaming about)
Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #50, @idwcomics
Story by James Roberts
Art by Alex Milne and Brendan Cahill
Colors by Joana Lafuente, Priscilla Tramontano, and John-Paul Bove
It’s not often these days that we get the opportunity to see a comic reach its fiftieth issue, and that MTMTE has done so is a testament to its quality. We’ve followed Rodimus and friends (and not-friends) on their quest to find the Knights of Cybertron (please pretend that text has been Blingee’d) and the many, many…many distractions they’ve faced along the way. Between spark-eaters, mad doctors, monsters in the basement, Megatron Himself joining the crew, a chase sequence through time(complete with Back to the Future references), and all of the other abundant deterrents the crew of the Lost Light have confronted, surely they’ve come so far in their adventure?
…Nah.
However, #50 marks a huge change in the status quo of MTMTE as we know it. “How Bright Their Frail Deeds”, the first story in this issue, takes a sharp turn as things get dire for Team Rodimus. The storytelling is paced exquisitely and, paired with Milne’s beautiful artwork, creates an almost cinematic experience while reading. Each page will have the reader on the edge of their seat wondering what more could possibly go wrong for our heroes.
The second installation, “No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases”, is a short character piece focusing on the memories the crew (and we, the readers) have made on their journey. Cahill’s art in this story really strengthens the blow the reader feel with his grasp on subtle body language and emotion. The story is poignant and sweet and funny, and you will need tissues.
MTMTE #50 is a hallmark in the series, and only Roberts knows where it will go from here. Will it break our hearts? Probably. But I’ve always enjoyed suffering the slow burn of a good story. I mean, as Swerve so eloquently puts it, “Who wants closure? Let’s really stretch this sucker out.”
ComiXologist Prime is a Digital Editor at ComiXology and really, who is that pseudonym kidding?
1) Risus Monkey Fantasy Language Cypher
This is amazing!!!!!!!!!!
Are you creating a fictional language? Do you need help coming up with words that sound like they fit with what you’ve come up with so far?
Just put your fictional language in the model text, type some words in the translation text, and click “translate”. It’ll “translate” whatever words you put in using patterns from your sample text.
2) Speed Distance Calculator
These calculators aren’t perfect, but they can help you figure out:
How long it will take your characters to get somewhere based on how fast they’re going,
how far your characters moved based on how fast they were going and on how long they were moving,
how fast your characters need to move to reach a certain distance in a specified time
The calculator was meant for cyclists, but you can use it to get estimates for other things too.
3) Fantasy Calendar Generator
Another amazing resource!
This can create a random calendar for you or you can input the year, the number of months, the name of the months, the number of moons, the number of days in a week, the names of each day, and more.
You can even save the data for your calendar so that when you go back to the generator, all you have to do to get to your calendar is paste the data.
4) Inkarnate Map Maker
This is a new resource that’s still in beta, so it’ll probably be updated in the coming months.
This map maker is easy to use and free. You can add different climates, mountains, trees, towns, cities, text, and notes. For an example of these maps, look at the quick map I made for this post’s header.
I have no explanation and no excuse.
are the swim suits just a visual thing or ate you going to transfer the design into physical products?
Excellent Question!! I have three swimsuits currently in the works which will be actual products that will be for sale in my new etsy shop, which I’ll link to when they’re ready.
1. Robot swimsuit - Already finished, you can see a pic of this one here: http://mars-maggie.tumblr.com/post/140368149529/this-thing-its-gonna-be-a-real-thing-stay
2. Saiyan swimsuit - Art is done, fabric is on its way to me~
3. FPS swimsuit - Working on art currently.
There’s gonna be a biiig post about this coming soon I’m just getting all my eggs into one basket first and giving little previews~
From the 'upcoming swimsuits' hard-drive, I present the FPS Armor suit design in both traditional swim and extended leg. This is the next on the to-do list, and was inspired by the Mjolnir Mark VI armor from Halo 2/3/Reach/everything basically with a Spartan in it. There was such a big database of FPS (first person swimmer in this case) models to chose from, but I went with this one because it defines the genre for me the most.
I intend for the FPS armor to be available in a wide variety of colors like the robot swimsuit is. Including Red. And Blue. And other shades related to Red and Blue. Which are not being capitalized for ANY PARTICULAR REASON.
the truth is out there, and its in the heart of downtown toronto
what the actual fuck
this is toronto’s cultural pride and joy and it is slowly being consumed by an alien spacecraft
A significant portion of the city looks like this actually. Toronto’s aesthetic seems to be “real old buildings being devoured by real new buildings.” And like sometimes you have houses that look like a 12 year old’s first minecraft build sorta jammed between Victorian era stone houses it’s real fuckin weird
I feel like ocad and the ago should be added to this because holy shit toronto’s buildings are weird as fuck
THESE LOOK LIKE VIDEO GAME GLITCHES ARE WE SURE TORONTO ISN’T SECRETLY A GIANT GLITCH IN THE MATRIX??
What i’m getting from this is that Toronto is home to Missingno.
speaking of bad buildings
they seemed to have not centred the u of t sign in the glass, decided to just say screw it and extend it off the building and then add a solid O at the end just to add to that toronto aesthetic™
As someone who used to frequently visit Toronto--you get to be very familiar with these. Especially amidst the myriad of one-way streets and no-left-turn lights, remembering that your favorite sushi restaurant is just 'a block from crashed alien ship towards dalmation-square-held-up-by-pencil' is actually really useful.
So after having this pillowcase up for sale for YEARS, we've...finally taken pictures of it. Optimus Prime wasn't the first body pillowcase made by Nostalgia Bomb Studios, but it's definitely an early one, done in a vector art program SO OLD that the only gradient allowed was that white fade to clear on the windows. Thankfully we've got a new Optimus design on the way for those that like the live action movies, but this G1 will remain in our store as a good old classic bed buddy.
Buy Optimus here!
Receding objects in perspective.
Have you ever been trying to draw tiles on a wall or on the floor in perspective, but notice that after you’ve drawn them, they don’t look like they’re all the same shape or size? Well here’s a tutorial on how to fix that. Your picture probably looks like this, right?
Well, i’m here to tell you how to fix that…Let’s start out with your basics.
The gray line is the horizon line, and the black dot is your horizon line. These are essential for the first steps of perspective. Without these, your perspective may turn out wonky and just not flattering to the eyes. Right now we’ll work in One point perspective.
Now let’s pretend we’ll be drawing a hallway. Draw a vertical line where the edge of the wall is.
Now, from the tips of the bottom and top of your wall, you’re going to need to draw a line extending all the way to the vanishing point. If you’re working in photoshop you could either use the line tool, or shift+click. If traditional, you’ll need to use a ruler.
Now that we have the wall that’s in perspective, it’s time to draw the rest of the lines. here I’ve drawn the wall facing us that’s closest, the ceiling, the floor line, and the end of the hallway. ASSUMING that you are working in one point perspective, all vertical lines are straight and parallel to each other, and all horizontal lines are straight and parallel to each other.
Now here I have erased the lines that extended beyond the back wall, and found the center point of the edge of the left wall. From there, you draw an extended line just as before towards your vanishing point.
now make a vertical line where your first “tile” is.
now this may be a little hard to explain. Now you’re going to draw a line coming from the corner of the wall, through the corner where your line meets the tile you just drew, and all the way to the ground line.
You see where these two lines meet? you’re going to draw a vertical line to the ceiling from here.
Like so!
Now rinse and repeat! you should have perfectly even spaced tiles now! And if you have tiles on the ceiling
Just draw horizontal lines connecting to the vertical lines!
Now just erase anyhing you don’t need and…viola! Perfect tiles in perspective!! I hope this helps!! :D
Always reblog good tips
SO yes robot swimsuits are coming. In fact, they have come and I've made a few! But in other news, guess what other fabric I ordered today?
Hey, good guess! Saiyan armor swimsuits are now on their way, and for those body-conscious individuals they'll also be available in SHORTS STYLE. Did I also mention custom sizing is available? Ho ho ho more is still on the way...
This thing? It's gonna be a real thing. Stay tuned.
Well, I've been trying to get back into art. Embarassingly, I was trying to do a re-design of Emperor Palpatine (seriously, why is the dark side so reputed to be SO SEDUCTIVE when the big bad leaders are all ancient white guys or Gollum's weird cousin?), but it ended up looking like Orochimaru and Mozenrath had a son that took over the Fire nation instead.
Art wise, I tried to keep this simple. It's all done using one brush and thats fine because I finally finished something in less than a day. I'm...getting...faster?
