one scatterbrained nerd

The name says it all, I think. If there's more than one post on a given topic on any page of my blog... then you know I'm REALLY obsessed.

[childhoodnostalgias]

[dynamo-of-fake-twin-brother-fame]

[thegeekstressart]

I’ve been slowly working on illustrating my own Tarot deck about black cats.

I have a long way to go, but I’m nearly done with the major arcana.

Here are some of my favorites:

I set myself a design challenge (as I often do). I wanted to limit the color palette and the brush styles to create a very consistent look.

And since each card focuses on black cats, it forces me to think deeply about symbolism and design to make sure the meaning of each card is clear and each design is unique.

But there’s still a lot of variety coming through. It’s not all class, or all silliness - just like cats

I have a forearm tattoo of the cats in this one ☝️

I’m so happy with how both of these two managed to feel dark, but adorable at the same time.

And then there’s this one absolute diva:

Most of these used my own feline friends for reference.

There are more but I don’t know yet how many I want to share online. If I can actually complete the entire deck I would love to have it made. But I have a ways to go, so for now I continue to chip away, one card at a time.

[occasionallysubtle]

happy sunday :) just resharing some of my faves in case they land for ya today

[pkaykim]

[dankxsinatra]

[davidmalki]

Wondermark #1582; Limit Your Scream Time

[gffa]

Okay, I'm going to be brave and say it. Idc what Rachel said, I absolutely think that, in a world where Ilya and Jackie didn't exist (which to be clear would be a devastatingly bad world), Hayden and Shane would definitely have had something going on.

(Heated Rivalry) Maybe it's the aroace in me, but "could think of worse things than having Hayden Pike all over me" and thinking about how incredibly good-looking he was, does not sound 100% platonic. Like 95% platonic, sure. But not 100%. Meanwhile, if you have read the other Game Changers books, you will know that Ilya Rozanov is downright frighteningly perceptive and has the most accurate gaydar you will ever find, literally every time he shows up, it's to insult their hockey skills, peer into their soul, diagnose everyone's sexuality in the room with precision accuracy, and then just leave, like he's not giving them 26 internal crises. And he thinks this about Hayden:

(My Dinner with Hayden) It will never cross their minds in this world and they would choose this world every time. But there have definitely been at least a couple of guilty jerk-off sessions in the shower on both sides there.

[onescatterbrainednerd]

My headcanon is that both Hayden and Jackie have Shane on their hall pass list. (They've totally talked about it, but jokingly. Hayden's sure Shane is straight, and Jackie thinks he's probably ace.) When Shane comes out to him, Hayden has about two mind-melting seconds of thinking, "Wait, I could actually have you?" before realizing that no, Shane is way too in love with Boston Lily—Boston Lyle? He's just as much of an impossibility as ever.

[holespoles]

Asako Yoshihama

吉濱あさこ

[battlecrazed-axe-mage]

Don't get me wrong, I love the dreamy fairytale-ness of the Ghibli movie version of Howl's Moving Castle, but the book. The book. Sophie, first off, being so incredibly set on being the boring un-gifted un-adventuresome eldest daughter (as is right and fitting for an eldest daughter to be) that she doesn't notice she's working magic, like, constantly? And when a witch shows up like "hey girlie you are fully working SO much magic that I'm feeling threatened, so like I'm gonna put you in the old lady dimension ciao," she's like well. That was weird. Anyway I guess I better go find something to do as an old lady. And she reasons that this famously evil sorcerer who eats young girls' hearts is probably safe for her now cause like. She's old. What's he gonna do to me. And proceeds to bully her way into becoming his cleaning lady. And Howl, known flaky whimsical fuckboy extraordinaire, is like sure okay I guess that works for me. And just as well because it turns out he's also a fucking bottom who kinda digs this strong stubborn lady who's steamrolled her way into his life, kinda weird that she's disguised as an old woman but w/e he's not gonna question her life choices and like it's not actually a problem for him, and by the time Sophie's figured out that oh crap oh shit she's actually kinda into this flighty asshole, what am I gonna do, he'd never return my feelings in a hundred years, Howl's basically accepted that they're mostly married. And also how can you top "my extremely powerful and slightly fey wizard is just a Welsh grad student who wandered into a portal one day" for a character concept. You can't. It's the perfect book really

[parrishsrubberplant]

#so true#howl’s moving castle#it is The book#when she realizes she’s into him and that everyone maybe knows it her first instinct is violence and that’s exactly right#this is my favorite book of all time I have read it like 20 times

[emwheezie]

Gamer cats

[lilaeleaf]

Some poor suffering gobs!!

[gothiccharmschool]

I love these and I wish to adopt them.

[highlandvalley]

[artofhitjim]

The green knight was very good you guys

[swordof-protection]

i did quite a few more arbys paintings

inspired by welcome to nightvale

[elevenbathroomsinks]

these are the same picture just on opposite sides of the spectrum

[admiralrainbow]

[rodrickheffeley]

why do i need to come out ? if you still think im straight then that's on you

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

This thing is called 百宝夹bai-bao-jia.The Chinese used it to store flat items about a hundred years ago. HOW TO MAKE A BAIBAOJIA HERE The video uploader said in old days baibaojia was commonly used by grandmothers to hold small odds and ends when sewing the soles of shoes.