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[otoutotears]

pinned post <3

read my carrd pls!! 

https://otouto.uwu.ai/

[xicamatl-deactivated20201127]

People on this website will reblog positivity posts about Indigenous peoples and our religions and supporting our spirituality

until they find out that some of us practiced cannibalism and human sacrifice and then suddenly no one can read and everyone has places to be

[xicamatl-deactivated20201127]

I’m speaking from the perspective of an indigenous Nahua who was born and raised in southern México. I’m very familiar with the cannibalism and sacrifice practiced by my people, and know that countless other Indigenous peoples have practiced both

Colonizers boil down the incredible achievements and scientific discoveries of Mesoamerica into ~human sacrifice~ and then have the gall to lecture me about the morality of human sacrifice???

Dismissing an entire civilizations achievements because their religion included sacrifice is absolutely peak colonial mindset. You are projecting your modern western colonial morality on something you cannot, possibly comprehend and think you are being helpful and respectful and you are not

I could write a book on my ancestor’s culture of sacrifice. Please understand that the way you likely learned it in school was racist and colonialist and taught from the perspective of white people. Please understand that trying to argue about it with indigenous people or using it as a gotcha to “prove that we’re bad actually” is incredibly disrespectful and ignorant.

And while we don’t practice human sacrifice or cannibalism anymore, the history of it is incredibly sacred and important to us. I will absolutely defend my ancestor’s practice of cannibalism to the death from non native people

instead of being racist about it, maybe you can try picking up a history book written by an Indigenous person for once in your life

If you can’t respect the ~scary~ indigenous cultures, then you have 0 respect for Indigenous peoples at all

[bpd-dylan-hall-deactivated20190]

reading a paper on quality of life among 45-to-70-year-olds with Down syndrome:

“Individuals expressed a desire to be allowed to go to bed when they wanted to.”

[queenshulamit-deactivated201602]

:(

[chavisory]

Imagine.

[fullyarticulatedgoldskeleton]

I lived in a room and board that failed the burrito test. (”If you’re not allowed to get up in the middle of the night to microwave a burrito, you live in an institution.”) No one stopped me from going to bed, but they did tell me I had to have my lights out by 10, and that I had to be out of the house by 10 the next morning. When I complained to my outpatient program that I needed more help than I was getting, they threatened me with board and care, where my cell phone would be taken away and I would lose contact with the outside world. My case manager sounded so damn smug, like he had caught me out, when he said, “if you’re really as helpless as you say, then you need to be in a board and care.” Like my only options were struggling to do things I couldn’t do, or surrendering my life to an institution.

When I tried to talk about these things with other people, they always rationalized it away. (I told my dad once that my caseworker was reading my e-mails as I wrote them, demonstrating extreme disrespect for my privacy, and he said, “Well, she’s probably making sure you don’t use the internet to goof off.” I was 22 years old.)

 People tend to mock the idea that telling an adult when to go to bed, when to eat, etc., is a human rights violation, even though they would find it outrageous and absurd if anyone came into their lives to do the same thing to them.

And this is what people seem to think when they tell disabled activists we’re just not disabled enough to understand that some people really do need to be locked up and deprived of all autonomy.

[mythicalcoolkid]

Hey can we queers please remember that the rural queer experience has unique challenges thanks

[mythicalcoolkid]

Coming out is different when you know if you come out to one person you risk the whole town knowing. Coming out is different when religion is entwined in your entire community. Being queer is different when you can't trust that your doctor or therapist will stay confidential. Being queer is different when conversion therapy is subtle and normalized. Transitioning is different when there aren't gender clinics or gender therapists for 50 miles. School is different when other kids are put at risk by being seen with you. Can we stop acting like there aren't queer people living in rural areas and start supporting them

[xxxepicfortnitegamerxxx]

anyone else sick of only being able to find years-old art reference masterposts that are just broken links and a bunch of eye shading tutorials? i uh. i sure am. so. introducing:

if trying to bookmark a tumblr post isn’t your speed, there’s a gdoc version you can copy as well!

one-off tutorials

shorter, image-based

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] gigi d.g., god of art’s color tips 

eyeball tutorial! not anime coloring, the actual anatomy

panel flow

dark skin coloring

showing expression with the mouth

color profiles overview

dos and donts of accessibility in design

local color adjustment!

filters for them fake 90s anime vibes

How to get an automatic outline in clip studio paint!

Csp auto-action that colors your lines For you……. A lifesaver

longer, mostly typed

traditional photo study setup 101

comic panel flow and structure

how to use ref pics and adapt em

portfolio tips!

pixel art tutorial. geared to pokemon

comic typesetting! what’s the lore!

webtoon typesetting! for the scanlators

webtoon typesetting and background cleanup! for the perfectionists

remember animation vs animator? yea he made a 30m animation overview

you know that ghost singin vid that goes around every year? that guy’s drawin ( and music!) process

reference sites

motion pose ref but actual photos

figure drawing/pose ref, but they’re all clothed

free textures. only the neutrals will probably useful, but it’s a good look into early!sites

skeletons! in detail! doesn’t link to the main page; check out the header bar. SO much on offer here

correct forms of address in nobility

movie screencaps

cinematographer. amazing set photos

more movie screencaps. cleaner site

2mil+ face database. so many search filters. good for facial features in character design

my personal fav palette generator

[PAID] croquis cafe. recently became paywalled :( their insta (at the bottom) has some of the stuff. incredible resource if you can afford it

historical fashion w/ narrow filters

random gen medieval city overhead map

random gen 3d model mansion with a floorplan!

shensi rebranded! pose ref.

more pose ref! gesture drawing oriented. very unique. love em. op cant really afford to maintain the site tho so certain categories are gone (rip erotica section. how will I draw slutty poses now)

more gesture/pose ref

analysis

amazing analysis of shot composition.

the culture surrounding loss

“bad” webcomics: what, exactly, makes a thing qualify?

papyrus is a bad font. intricacies of what goes into a font. very good read

when and how to reference

when and how to reference but an even better read. former is more interview, this is 1 guy who GETS it

case study

splatoon 3 concept. color, style, layout, concept, design

genuinely one of the best pieces of media of all times. panel flow, color, hUMOR, EXPRESSION,

also see his stuff in the first few chapters of sleepless domain! Very talented renderer, amazing flow

INCREDIBLE concept artist. god tier rendering

traditional artist’s (usually a paint) speedpaints.

paint-y? super expressive. mmmmm

mlp (think they’re more general furry now)’s speedpaints. excellent style & shading; good for fur fluff

paint-y? genuinely no clue how they render like this but I am obsessed w it.

artists’ blogs

incredibles cinematography guy. lots of different references, tutorials, and analysis, categorizes.

celeste’s artist’s pixel art tips

animators’ videos coverin all  sorts. genuinely well put together.

professional lectures on oneoff things. good. hour ½ each. not deviantart eyes-only, like, wing anatomy

analysis of all sorts of movies, general musings by a really talented guy. you can learn a LOT.

better photo ref guy. art tutorials in the well written style. more general overviews. highly recommend

opt in classes! anatomy, figure, and form

it is in japanese, so go on desktop for chrome autotranslation. case studies, mostly

[PAID] a storyboarder’s animation crash-course. stuff ranges from 5$-350

you have undoubtedly seen some of these guys’ stuff. whole lotta quick single page one-offs

subs, but. watercolor tutorials. korean portrait artist, as opposed to the mostly american animators here; good for a change of pace and also just he is SO good

character designer’s cartoon fundamentals. has the “what my mom thinks of when you say animation” style

I admittedly haven’t gone through this one. Incredibly clean and organized. a masterpost itself, it’s got so much

programs

ref image organizer. Stays on top of all windows. Sexy as hell, wish more people knew about it

[PAID] gold standard pixel art app. 20$ flat

human figure 3d poser in the anime style

most unique painting app ive ever seen. steep learning curve

a burnt out webtoon artist’s backgrounds’ bread and more bread.

[PAID] BEST DRAWING APP 100%. 50$ desktop, 4.50$ monthly or 25$ yearly mobile. frequently on sale, always worth it

adobe suite (or individuals) in the torrenting style. I hate adobe. the site is in russian but I trust it with my life. just use chrome autotranslate. it’s torrenting, tho, so get a good torrent downloader and a vpn. I use windscribe; you get 10g/month free if you let them email you (which theyve only done like three times in 2 years), and you can get only 2 bucks/month unlimited data with their build-a-plan. not sponsored just love em

others’ masterposts

hate to use pinterest, but it has the only archive of a gigi d.g. tip and seems to source everything

pinterest rec from a pal. trust em w my life, there’s some good oneoffs and case studies

reference/stock alternatives to pinterest so you never have to go there again

found this on a years-old reddit post. art book pdfs. one-offs. sai portable. this is a

goldmine

half these links are probably broken, but every good art ref list needs a section of broken deviantart “how to draw a skirt” tutorials. this is the Contained solution

Excellent, all around! Focused on specific program tips, but has a bit of everything

if anyone has any good art reference links, feel free to drop ‘em, and i’ll update! happy drawing <3

[treetopview]

does anyone else kind of.. enjoy spoilers ?? like they're sort of a relief because then I know whether or not something is worth investing in watching or reading or not

I'm not gonna be disappointed if it doesn't turn out how I want plus I'm not going to fast forward and skip through large parts of it to find out what happens, which I'm embarrassed that I do I just don't have the patience

Is that just a me thing or do other people do that too? Is that an adhd thing?

I just do way better watching things if I already know the entire synopsis and can predict kinda when things will happen like landmarks in a movie that help me through

Please tell me this is an actual thing and not just me

[bomberqueen17]

ok so recently i wanted to read a book to my niece, who just turned 7, that I thought she’d like. but it had some scary parts in it, that might be too much for her. she’s tough, but she’s sensitive too, like any kid her age.

so what did i do? I spoilered it. I said “hey this kid runs into some monsters that are gonna try to eat him, and then they chase him and it’s very suspenseful. You think that would be too scary?”

She considered it. “Do they eat him in the end?” she asked.

“No,” I said.

“Then no,” she said. And then, when we were about to hit the Big Reveal that this person who had helped him was secretly actually a man-eating monster, she lit up and was like “IS THIS WHEN IT HAPPENS” and I was like “SHH yes!” and she was like “AHH YEAH” and loved it.

I don’t think spoilers are just for kids, though. I’m now so Tired of conventional media’s endless race for The More Shocking Ending that I refuse to watch shit when I don’t know how it’s going to end. It’s not that I don’t have the emotional resilience to handle unexpected things (well, sometimes I don’t, honestly, and have no shame about that), it’s that if the unexpected thing is the “fuck you if you liked these characters ha ha ha!” plot twist, I just don’t have the time to invest in your fictional world. If you can’t respect me as an audience then I have other shit to do with my time.

Even my own writing-- I dithered a bit in my latest series, which was going to hinge on a dead character being revealed to really be alive. I did my best to avoid spoilers as I was writing the thing, but now I’ve posted it and I figured, the thing to do is just to-- tag it for the reveal. It’s not worth trying to be coy or people won’t know whether they want to read your shit.

[kedreeva]

Most of my friends HATE spoilers (which is hard for me because I don't understand that), and sometimes they do this thing where they don't understand that I... don't, so they refuse to tell me things I want to know when I ask. Which is frustrating, because they know, and I want to know, and they want me to watch the thing, and I don't want to watch the thing unless I know, but they don't want to tell me. So I never watch the thing because I don't know what will happen. It's equally frustrating to try to get those same people to watch anything because they don't want me to tell them anything, so I have no idea how to explain why they should watch something.

99.999% of the time, I like spoilers (and the rest of the time it won't hurt me). I live to be told stories and I am the sort of person who will watch something I like 27,000 times BECAUSE I know what happens. Telling me what will happen is one of the best (and one of the ONLY) ways to entice me to watch new things.

[exceptionally-proship]

selfshippers, rb this with a pic of your f/o and I’ll give them a squishmallow that they remind me of!

[otoutotears]

himb…. <3 <3 <3 

[exceptionally-proship]

I think he gets Lucy-May the Llama Pegacorn, because I think he needs a cute little pastel llama pegacorn in his life. Or that he wants one.

[otoutotears]

HE’D LOVE THE FUCK OUT OF HER....... i also love her 

[exceptionally-proship]

selfshippers, rb this with a pic of your f/o and I’ll give them a squishmallow that they remind me of!

[otoutotears]

himb.... <3 <3 <3 

[tired-fandom-ndn]

continues to be uncomfortable every time pro-shippers frame discourse as "smart and sane" people vs "crazy and delusional" people

[shaaknaa]

Gets uncomfortable when any discourse revolves around "normal" people and "deviants" "freaks" or anything else that implies normal is an inherent good.

(Seriously, by the time you're arguing about it on the internet you aren't normal anymore.)

[tenitchyfingers]

I mean, it’s also uncomfortable when antis call us degenerates and freaks (knowing full well a lot of us are disabled, neurodivergent and/or queer) and push 15 year olds into suicide over fanfiction, but what do I know?

[zoby]

for real tho the people who want to police everybody else’s fandom activities are the ones pulling this garbage and trying to use these topics and identities as leverage, that’s literally the go to insult for discrediting the people they disagree with

like if yall are concerned with the ableism in these arguments there’s a pretty clear trend in who does it most

[opha]

i got dogpiled on twitter by pro-shippers the other day for asking someone not to mock delusional people. ableism is rampant among pro-shippers and it needs to be addressed.

[tired-fandom-ndn]

^^

Ableism, especially against autistic and psychotic people, is a serious issue amount pro-shippers. Antis do it too, but as I'm a pro-shipper, I'm focused on calling out my own community.

I'm a psychotic pro-shipper who experiences delusions and it sucks to constantly get thrown under the bus by other pro-shippers, especially when they're implying that antis are delusional and therefore a danger to themselves and others OR that being delusional means that people can't actually participate in fandom safely.

I've said it before but I need sane pro-shippers to know that every single time you all call antis delusional or psychos or "clinically insane" or whatever else, psychotic pro-shippers see that and know that you aren't safe to be around and that pro-ship communities are just as hostile to us as anti communities are.

[quinnfebrey]

asians: pls care about racism against us

tumblr:

[quinnfebrey]

like literally the fact that this has 9 notes (and most other posts abt asian american rep i’ve seen, rbed, or written have similar amounts), is proving my point. every time i reblog or post anything about racism agains asians, i can literally see everyone scrolling past it. not even given a performative like. are y’all consciously ignoring it or are you truly just that desensitized to racism against asians?

[madsinactivelol]

May I add:

Dont fetishize asians.

Dont make coronavirus jokes about asians. (Yes, it’s still happening, and it’s still a problem.)

Dont like?? Stereotype asians? Not every asian you’re going to meet is good at math or lives on a diet of rice, that’s just rude as hell and wrong

[reihara-deactivated20220417]

Exactly. Speak up for everyone.

Keep the same energy for racism against all asians as we do with other races. That includes more than just east asians. Asia is more than China, Japan and Korea.

And I see y'all, you’re really selective about the shit y'all reblog from me. This should have more than one reblog.

[mrs-lockley]

There has been a sharp increase of AAPI hate crimes ever since the pandemic (especially in the Bay Area if you live in the United States). If you’re going to be an advocate for Asians, please don’t forget to include Southeast Asians, South Asians, Western Asians, Central Asians, and our Pacific Islander cousins in your activism. As well as mixed Asians, too, especially if they’re not white passing

[rabdoidal]

i just saw someone completely seriously, without a hint of irony, refer to it as “Q-slur Eye” and my intestines started melting like so many Salvador Dalí clocks

[elisamaza]

[themintycupcake]

I’ve seen “don’t call the show Qu**r Eye if you’re a cishet and can’t reclaim the q-slur” so nothing surprises me anymore.

[thesaviorofmisbehavior]

“Don’t normalize this word that people fought really hard to normalize! Let it keep its oppressive power because I don’t understand queer history”

God I literally fucking hate this rhetoric. It’s exclusionary, gatekeepy, TERFy, and supports a totally revisionist queer history that erases so many marginalized people, especially people who are marginalized on multiple axes.

[w04hxo]

“LET IT KEEP ITS OPPRESSIVE POWER BECAUSE I DON’T UNDERSTAND QUEER HISTORY”

Wow that really sums it up.

[aphony-cree]

I lived through the “take back the word queer” movement, so let me further sum it up

The entire point was to strip the word of the power to hurt us. We embraced it by refusing to be offended by it. We were saying “you can’t hurt us with that word, we now feel empowered when we hear it.” 

During this time I saw an interview with a gay man who’d been arrested while wearing a “We’re Here, We’re Queer, Get Used To It” t-shirt. He was put into a holding cell with other detainees who tried to verbally abuse him. They started out by calling him queer but after seeing his t-shirt, and him not reacting to that word, they started stumbling over their words trying to find a name to call him. They finally settled on repeatedly calling him a “sissy” which, by the late 90s, had become a very out-dated slur toward queer men and was a laughable effort by these hyper-masculine and sexist bullies

When they tried to call him a queer it had no power because embracing the word, no matter who said it, had taken away that power

tl;dr We took back the word Queer with the intent of it no longer having the power to hurt us, but people now calling it the Q-slur are giving power back to the people who hate us  

[w04hxo]

^^^^^^^^^^

[fmlcomic]

Someone who hasn’t heard we reclaimed it already: So you’re some kinda fucking queer?

Me, annoyed and asexual: Excuse you, I am a Nonfucking Queer.

[niichantime]

💛 Primary colour Buster Bros with brotherly support and recovery, for @otoutotears ! 💛

💙 Requests are Open! 💙

Art Credit

[otoutotears]

eeby deeby is heaven but, like, for gay people

[niichantime]

I heard there was a secret floor

Where Tumblr went, and it pleased the Lord

But you don't care for elevators, do ya?

Well it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth

The minor fall, the major lift

The baffled king going to Eeby Deeby

EEBY DEEBY

EEBY DEEBY

EEBY DEEBY

EEEEEEBY DEEEEEEEEEEEBY

[otoutotears]

*makes passionate love to u, like so so hard and so romantic so passionate just SO passionate*

[otoutotears]

eeby deeby is heaven but, like, for gay people

[chromehoplite-deactivated202309]

Antis can stay mad.

[proshipichiro]

Hi there! I'mma brand new PROSHIP request, positivity, and discourse blog, all wrapped into one! My carrd is in my description AND on my desktop theme, but if you don't wanna do any extra clicks it's HERE too. My rules can be found on my blog under "rules"! (For mobile, please see HERE.)

I'm looking forward to taking requests, talking to some fellow proshippers, and having fun!! Have a good day, and maybe consider giving me a follow or request?? Thanks! ✨

[xiaq]

Small Town Grocery Store Stories: LGBTQ+ friendly edition

Me: minding my own damn business in the grocery store

One of my students and a few of his teammates enter the dairy aisle. 

My student is holding hands with one of his teammates. 

My student: Oh hey, Professor X!

Me, who has both my student and his girlfriend in my class: …Hello

My student, looking at his hand-holding partner: Oh! Don’t worry. My girlfriend knows. Not that I’m cheating! I’m not cheating. I’m not gay.

Hand Holding boy: Not that being gay is a bad thing! It’s a good thing!

My student: Right! But no, listen. We aren’t together, we just hold hands in public sometimes.

Hand Holding Boy: Especially on Friday nights. And weekends. And at away games.

My student: Because sometimes people will say shit and then we can punch them! And if the fight started because someone was being homophobic, coach won’t get mad at us.

Hand Holding Boy: Always nice to punch a homophobe. And [gesturing to another boy in the group] maybe they’ll think twice about saying something to [other boy’s name] if he ever gets a boyfriend and wants to hold his hand for real. The Gay One, resigned but smiling: I’ve decided it’s sweet and not really fucking weird.

[the-long-gone-souls]

This is what “boys will be boys” is meant to be

[chaoticevilbean]

This is the best thing I’ve seen in a while.