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look at this wonderful gif of scallops getting scared and scattering like a flock pigeons
whatever. go my scallops
last night I had the experience of "referencing a tumblr post that you think is widely known but turns out to not be as widely known as you thought it was" last night and it was this post. whatever. go my scallops
triops are one of my all-time fave little guys
their name comes from their three eyes. if i'm correctly recalling the Wikipedia page i read, they exist dormant, possibly for years, waiting for sufficient rainfall in the desert to emerge.
th fuck r u doing in the cambrian ???
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' >:)
and now, the birds
Birds 1 and 2/14: Red Winged Blackbird, Male and female, Agelaius phoeniceus
Bird 3/14, American Robin, Turdus migratorius
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
speaking of obnoxious coverts:
bird 5/14, Bluejay, Cyanocitta cristata
the friggin stripes almost got me chat, i may not make it
Madam....
birds 6 and 7: American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, male and female
pleasantly simple to paint! next is the flickerrrrr
*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 :)
in other news, I am losing my mind hairline
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 🙏
*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 🥹
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
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
thanks for the reminder, kid
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 :')
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It has come to my attention that it’s not a common “belief” in most countries that the weather on your birthday is indicative of how good or bad you’ve been all year.
When I say belief I don’t actually mean that people in Denmark truly believe it. It’s more like a funny thing you can say like “The sun is shining so I’ve been good” or “Its not my fault its raining. Must be all the other people who have their birthday today”
As someone who was born in December I’ve apparently never been good a day in my life according to the weather while people who were born in late summer are apparently angels walking the earth.
Heh, the weather on the day you were born says nothing about you in this context because it’s supposed to be indicative of your behavior since your last birthday. You haven’t had a chance to be good or bad yet on the day you’re born.
Unfortunately your personal weather preferences don’t count. It goes like this:
Downpour/snowstorm/storm: very bad
Rain/snow: bad
Cloudy: neutral
Sun with clouds: mostly good
Clear skies: good
Heatwave with cruel sunshine: people will beg you to commit a crime next year to save us all
You can however request that a person behave a certain way to get your desired weather on their birthday. My grandmother used to say she had been deliberately bad so her garden would get rain.
The responses below are exactly the spirit of this “belief”, silly and fun banter for all.
"Offering" by Ulla Thynell
the concept of a site that doesn't even allow porn requiring age verification for mature content. you gotta give us your legal id or else we'll hide random posts that were incorrectly flagged from you
the plot chickens (becomes scared of its own premise)
everyone on the block hates me because I have to take my pet loose sheet of aluminum siding on a walk every day at 3am
TUESDAY AGAIN NO PROBLEM
[Image description: Two images of a white cartoon dog with black ears and tail. In the first image, they are smiling and says, “Tuesday again?”. In the second image, the dog is winking, sticking their tongue out, and making an “okay” symbol with their paw. They say, “No problem (long ellipsis)” /end image description]
do me a favor and plz reblog with your five most recently used non-face, non-hand, non-heart emojis
do you ever look at a friend and feel soooooo affectionate
i’m glad this is the post of mine to get a degree of notes, fuck yeah friends
This is asking only about movies, not episodes of a TV show. Assume you're only watching one movie at a time.
Assuming you had access via streaming at home and no obligations that day, how many full-length movies (90+ minutes) could you stand to watch in one day?
I can't make it through even one whole movie in a day
Only one
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I could literally watch movies for 24 hours straight (up to 16 movies)
Definitions of "feature length" vary and can include shorter films, but this is mainly asking about modern mainstream movies, which typically are at least 90 minutes.
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