Half & Half

Ravenclaw ○ INFP ○ 20 ○ She/Her ○ Asexual

[jubberry]

together. 

no spoilers please.

[skindeeptales]

1. Do your research when choosing a tattoo and an artist.

Don’t rush yourself when choosing an idea. You’re going to have to live with it forever.

Most artists have a speciality, think about this when choosing one. If you want a photorealistic tattoo don’t choose an artist who specializes in American Traditional, for example.

Don’t ask to have your neck/face/hands tattooed if it’s your first tattoo, you will most likely be denied.

Look into the cost of the tattoo before walking into the shop, don’t sacrifice the tattoo you want to get a good deal. Save up to get the right ink.

Be prepared to be placed on a large wait list for the more popular artists.

2. Prepare properly on the day you get your tattoo.

Eat a full meal beforehand.

Many artists recommend drinking orange juice prior to getting inked.

Don’t drink alcohol beforehand.

Getting tattooed is a pretty intimate experience, don’t forget to shower.

3. Bring a good reference photo.

Bring in a high res photo if possible; at the very least a picture that is big and not blurry.

4. Don’t bring your entourage to the shop with you.

It’s fine to bring a friend to hold your hand, any more than one is rude and obnoxious.

Children are not permitted in most tattoo shops, leave them at home.

5. Trust your artist. 

The artist knows what they are doing, there is no need to be a “backseat driver.”

6. Check out the stencil design, body placement, and spelling before the tattoo begins.

via Inked Magazine

Inked Magazine

If you see something, say something. You aren’t going to hurt anyone’s feelings if you tell them that something is spelled incorrectly.

7. Be prepared to go through some pain, tattoos hurt.

Don’t be afraid to tell your artist that you need to take a break if the pain is too much. Nobody wants a passed out client.

Ribs, feet, hands, head, and the spine all really hurt.

8. Stay still!

We know that it might be difficult to do so, but make every effort to remain as calm and still as possible while getting tattooed. If you are jittery the artist won’t be able to create straight lines.

9. Tip your artist.

Most artists don’t own their shops and have to pay a percentage of the tattoo price to the shop.

Tipping anywhere between 10-20% should be fine.

If you really love the work don’t be afraid of tipping extra.

10. Take care of your tattoo once you leave the shop.

Tattoo aftercare is a crucial step in assuring you have a good tattoo.

Tattoos will scab and they should heal in 2-3 weeks.

Avoid sun and going in bodies of water for the first 2 weeks.

Keep the tattoo moist and clean as it heals.

Once it’s healed don’t forget to use SPF 50 sunscreen when going outside, you don’t want your tattoo to fade.

via Inked Magazine

[jaded-sage]

For future reference!

[pfntyy-deactivated20180729]

THANKKKKK YOUUUUUU

[christel-thoughts]

that foot tattoo was THE MOST PAINFUL BULLSHIT I HAD EVER EXPERIENCED and it was my 7th freaking tattoo. 

i wish i’d seen something like this before hand to at least prepare myself. 

[teavibes]

I had ZERO pain with my foot tattoo.. but this is a great guide!!!!

[inhale-the-frost]

Gearing up for my ankle and this makes me at ease

[sparklyangelbear]

I’ve got some work in the blue zones, and that shit is no joke.

[dantecito-deactivated20220510]

I already got 2 in the yellow-orange area, I am aiming for one on the back… Good info OP! ESPECIALLY THE AFTER-CARE OF YOUR TATTOO, DO NOT FORGET YOU DON’T WANT AN INFECTED TATTOO

[juza-hyodo]

[ocfos]

but where’s the compensation

[juza-hyodo]

[birdsarecommunists]

Cute music terms to name your children:

Viola

Harmony

Melody

Cadence

Carol

Hymn

Celeste

Clef

Agitato

Oboe Player

F Sharp

♮

Barbaro

Plagal

Smorzando

ii♭ 6-4

Canon in inversion and augmentation

[sosdoestats]

well that escalated quickly

[rabbitinthemeadow]

[sdkdoesstuff]

“But it’ll confuse the children!”

So does math, but you still educate them on the matter so they’re knowledgeable about it for the future.

[latesummer94-deactivated2018071]

[digitalbeachrave]

shitty-car-mods-daily DO NOT interact

[ritdiculous-deactivated20240505]

every real life costco is a fantasy costco if ur dissociating hard enough

[ritdiculous-deactivated20240505]

this has ten thousand notes and the majority of the tags are “i dont know what this means but same”

[mousiemix]

back?

sooooooo it’s been awhile lol, but i think i finally have enough energy to actually continue with this blog. a whole mess of things have happened in irl but basically the TL;DR is... i got my brain sliced open!! i had emergency brain surgery last november and have spent most of these past months resting and recuperating and i’ve recently been able to stay awake for more than a few hours at a time lol so hopefully i can get back to posting on the regular, i’ve missed you guys so much!! 

💜miki

[imagination]

[spiritualxself]

these are too pretty not to reblog ♡

[strangehorse]

tag urself: dnd edition

[thistletongue]

Bard here.

[nyctosaurid]

people say the animorphs covers are *creepy* but the actual in book transformations are all like ‘then her face cracked in two, her organs melted, her bones all snapped and reformed backwards, and her fingers and toes fused together. she couldnt cry because her tear ducts didnt fucking exist anymore. everyone looked at the ground so they wouldnt throw up looking at this’

[nyctosaurid]

[strawberryoverlord]

new art challenge: Re-draw Animorphs covers based of the books description.

[emmersdrawberry]

New art challenge: dONT

[boxfullofcats]

Enrollment for 2018 Affordable Care Act (ACA / Obamacare) starts November 1 and ends December 15. Trump reduced the advertising funds by 90% to announce when people can enroll. Please reblog to circulate. #SpreadTheWord

[glassbonespaperskin]

what is the meaning behind your url?

my life story, I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs, and every afternoon I break my arms. At night, I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep

[nautilusing]

this was the first 280 character tweet I saw and now I never want to see another one because nothing is ever going to fucking top it

[volukai]

[glitchicorn]

Warning to writers

While you are worrying about whether beta readers will steal your ideas, there is a more genuine threat on the horizon.

When offered a publishing contract, please do all your research before you sign. There are a number of fakes and scammers out there, as well as good-intentioned amateurs that don’t know how to get your work to a wide audience. I won’t tell the heartbreaking stories here - there are too many.

Being published badly is worse than being never published.

It can destroy your career and your dreams.

The quick check is to google the publishing house name + scam or warning.

But, to be sure, check with these places first. They aren’t infallible (nothing is) but they can help you protect yourself. They are written and maintained by expereinced writers, editors, publishers and legal folks.

Absolute Write: Bewares and Background Checks

Preditors and editors

Writer Beware

and the WRITER BEWARE blog

Keep yourself and your work safe.

This is really important, so if you are a writer or have writer friends, or you are a writing blog, please reblog it.

[rosey-buddy]

Just to let you know, PublishAmerica changed their name to America Star Books.

[lunamax1214]

HEAD’S UP, WRITER TYPES: THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PSA!

[oldmanyellsatcloud]

Also applies to many so-called freelance sites that are just content mills, and may not pay unless your work is used, even if the contract seems designed otherwise.

[konekat]

Listen, reading these is like legit reading horror stories.  When it comes to publishing your writing, always, always, ALWAYS do your research.  Not only will it help you avoid scams, but it will also be likely to help you land a much better fit for an agent/publisher/whatever.  Knowing more is never going to hurt.

[glorious74-deactivated20181211]

Omg!!! Thanks for the warning! Writers— reblog!

[thegirlwiththebook]

I’ve heard stories like this that are scarier than horror stories. This is an all time worst nightmare for a writer. Everyone reblog and make sure you keep your work safe! 

[the960writers]

Always, ALWAYS check Writer Beware. Let me also recommend Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s blog about contracts and contract scams for authors in her section Business Musings.

[more-legit-gr8er-writing-tips]

Reblogging again for the links. Also check pred-ed.com and the Absolute Write forum. Then google Publisher’s name + scam and see what comes up. Do NOT use the BBB ratings, they are wholly unsuitable for rating publishers and regularly give A ratings to well-known publishing scams. You can also read my own post on publishing scams, have a link on the left of my blog ( can’t link here, I’m on mobile, sorry).

[bodaciousbanshee-deactivated202]

@korrigu

[breelandwalker]

SUPER IMPORTANT PSA!

Equally important to know is that you can SELF-PUBLISH through a number of platforms these days. @ean-amhran and I used Amazon’s CreateSpace and Kindle Direct Publishing to publish both of our books. No editors, no contracts, no finagling with publishers who want to change your materials. Just direct-to-market material.

(Granted, it means you’ve got to do a LOT more work yourself with editing and formatting and cover art, but it’s worth it to miss the headache of trying to bargain with publishing houses or avoid scams.)

Be vigilant, fellow writers!

[jenniferrpovey]

If you choose to self publish then HAVE A PLAN and think things through.

And hire an editor. Please, for the love of all that is holy, hire an editor. It’s expensive, but you will get a better book out, a better reputation…

[athelind]

If you’re going to publish electronically, make sure you also get someone who can LAY AN EBOOK OUT PROPERLY.

I have spent money on Kindle books, many of them reprints of older works, whose formatting is so messed up as to render them unreadable.

[jenniferrpovey]

I actually recommend using the Smashwords Style Guide even if you don’t use Smashwords.

It lays out how to neatly format an e-book in a wonderful step by step format, and you can get it free from Smashwords. Just leave off the couple of things that are (very obviously) Smashwords specific.

If you can’t stand dealing with the meticulous detail, then by all means hire somebody, but most people can learn to format an ebook correctly and once you’ve done it a couple of times it takes about an hour tops.

[freshest-tittymilk]

@ghdos spread the knowledge

[vorpalgirl]

Because the redirects aren’t working for me, I’m going to assume others might have trouble with these links, so for those who need it the URL for the website to Writer Beware is: www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/ As stated on here: “Writer Beware is sponsored by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, with additional support from the Mystery Writers of America, the Horror Writers Association, and the American Society of Journalists and Authors.” These are not publishers’ guilds, notice; you sometimes see scammers trying to defend themselves against Writer Beware exposes by claiming that they’re “small press” or “indie” and Big Publishing is somehow out to get them - but all of those guilds are run by and for writers, to help support them and represent them in the field. It is the closest writers have to having unions, and there’s no direct competition between them (you could literally be an in any of those guilds are the same time as each other, in addition to others, and I believe a number of authors are).

Writer Beware is a wonderful resource, and I highly recommend it. It’s both a good general guide to the scams people run/red flags to watch out for (such as giving up your copyright entirely as opposed to specific rights, or being charged to publish something or have it edited, when they’re trying to act like they’re a “normal” publisher), and a frequently-updated list of the latest specific known scammers, both in “fake agents” and fake/scammy publishers categories. (The company formerly known as Publish America is one of the most famous and egregious cases, but by far not the only one)

Additionally, for SF and fantasy writers, the SFWA’s own list of qualifying markets that one can be published in as a prerequisite to be able to get into their guild (remember, it IS a profession-based guild), is a great guide to normal markets for those genres that have standard contracts that aren’t abusive or scammy, and their guidelines include some of the industry-standard minimums for “per word” etc rates, so even if some new magazine market isn’t on their list, you can tell if it’s suspiciously far outside the usual per-word or whatnot standards. (It’s likely the guidelines for Mystery Writers of America etc also would be useful in that vein) Even if you’re unpublished or don’t want to join their guild, they’re a wonderful group and resource, and I highly recommend their site and Writer Beware in particular! The other sites mentioned above, such as “Preditors and Editors” should be still valid if you Google them, and are often rec’d by Writer Beware, but Writer Beware is the one I’m most familiar with. :)