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finxhes

ran a game involving time travel and so woe. baby magpie be upon ye

(don't use for your own ocs or games or else i'll getcha)

conibitty

i love sinosauropteryx so much

i designed this for a tote bag for myself but the stripes just called to me and begged to be put in motion

contact-guy

Did you know that JRR Tolkien wrote an unpublished epilogue to Lord of the Rings? It's achingly, beautifully wistful in the way that only Lord of the Rings is. I revisited it recently because I'm guesting on my friends' LOTR podcast, and THAT reminded me that I drew a comic of the epilogue back in 2021 (all text is entirely canon). Anyway I thought folks on this website might enjoy it!

cowboyhatesithere

Enough about favorite books. What’s a book you read and absolutely hated? The book you’ve got a bone to pick with.

#Well I was gonna say Gwen and Art are not in love #but then I remembered it has some fun redeeming plot bits #TILL DEATH DO US BARD ON THE OTHER HAND #betrayed me with a twisted knife #it was promised to be a cross of my two favourite books #and it was not only insulting to both of them #but so obviously bad Witcher fanfic #and I have a high tolerance of bullshit in my witcher fanfic #but this not only betrayed all character archetypes and growth of said characters #but in the faint bid to be original #took out all the redeeming features and defanged the characters #until I genuinely hoped it was secretly a tragedy #because then it would at least be interesting

sorrynopiforyou

sorry if i'm gonna be quiet for a while. my country recently introduced laws that make it so that in order to use social media to the fullest (not being able to view ns/fw content and in a few cases, not even having access to dms), i HAVE to give the sites my id/face scan.

it goes into effect july 25th. it'll probably effect here too, since this place allows mature content (tho not full on ns/fw)

i'm very distressed about it bc i might end up not even being able to talk to my internet friends. i don't really have any irl ones

if i have to disappear on most socials by then, you know why.

sorrynopiforyou

if you're in the uk like i am there IS a petition to sign on the official gov petitions website asking to consider repealing this law. it currently has almost 8k signatures and needs 10k in order for the government to even acknowledge it (and 100k for them to debate it)

idk if i can post it here but please... go sign it! and go write to your local mp if possible. they need to realize how dangerous this law is going to be for uk citizens online. it doesn't protect children, it's just privacy invading AND a huge security risk to boot

sorrynopiforyou

and if you are NOT in the uk, spread the word around! especially let your uk moots know about this!

sorrynopiforyou

i should've said this before but the law is called the online safety act 2023. look it up, educate yourself about what it does, and learn about just how damaging it will be to the internet landscape as a whole for uk citizens everywhere, as well as, ironically, incredibly unsafe for everyone

it's like those internet laws that the us keeps trying to push in, but the uk somehow beat them. it got almost no coverage from the media bc the gov was super sneaky about passing it through, and there were very few people speaking out about it. they KNOW that if the public knows about this overall, many would be extremely unhappy. absolutely foul.

AND the gov is thinking about adding even more social media 'safety' rules on top of that, such as like... curfews and limiting amount of time spent on social media for 'kids' (so basically anyone who doesn't id verify, which will be a lot of people bc it's a huge security hazard and invasive to boot). insane.

kids won't be protected by this. they'll be encouraged to do more risky behaviours as a result (such as stealing ids, or going to shadier, less monitored parts of the web). parents shouldn't be letting the internet baby their children - they should be actively making sure they're okay and safe, rather than blaming the internet every time something has happened. sometimes it IS the parents' fault for not being more attentive, yknow? you wanted kids, now raise them properly!

sorrynopiforyou

petition is now at 9k! 1k more and then the gov will HAVE to respond (though i imagine their response will be 'tough sh!t, we're not backing down bc waaahhh the CHILDREN')

signatures are slowing down for the time being unfortunately so even if it reaches that goal, don't stop sharing, signing, or letting your mp know how bad this law is!

sorrynopiforyou

the petition is VERY close to 10k! which is great!

however, this has only just begun, as the gov will likely double down on their decision bc 'the children!!!', so please, if you want to make sure kids and adults alike don't get harmed by this ill thought out law,

keep signing, keep sharing, contact your mps, and make them aware that this will NOT work. get it to 100k! that way they will have to consider it up for debate

in other news, reddit is the next site after bsky and discord to announce that they are complying with this act, instead of challenging it by shutting down services for the uk. wtf.

chororine

the petition in question:

We want the Government to repeal the Online Safety act.

UK folks: sign the fuck out of it. everyone else: spread the fuck out of it

herpsandbirds

Do you have any skinks with just the tiniest possible legs? Or other types of lizard with a similar deal

I have exactly what you need. You've come to the right place...

McCoy’s Elf Skink aka Highlands Forest Skink (Anepischetosia maccoyi), family Scincidae, Australia

photograph by @skinkmania__

Banded Supple Skink (Lygosoma haroldyoungi), family Scincidae, Northern Thailand

Photograph by Rupert Grassby-Lewis

Three-banded Larut Skink (Larutia trifasciata), family Scincidae, Malaysia

Photograph by Tristan Csb

Snake Skink (Nessia sp.), family Scincidae, this genus is endemic to Sri Lanka

Most of the snake skinks (genus Nessia) have 4 tiny limbs, but one species has only 2 hind limbs.

photograph by arturtomaszek.com

Siamese Supple Skink (Lygosoma siamense), family Scincidae, Pekan, Malaysia

photograph by matthieuberroneau

the-tree-line

“i asked chatgpt-” ohhh ok so nothing you are about to say matters at all

justgarb

Absolutely losing it over this reenactment history show. Farming, fibercrafts, dining, architecture, and art. This show is lit. Here's the whole season: Tudor Monastery Farm, 2013

#this series is my favourite #they did a bunch of victorian and edwardian ones too #but theyre so much fun

mikimuun

the trauma compelled him to correct stanley's grammar

ohbandera

"Wow omg you drawwwww? I wish I was a drawer soooo bad omg I suckkkk so bad at arrrt"

me:

#saving this gif to send to art blocked friends #thank you for this gift

angelacostumery

i'm so glad you guys like this costume! it is one of my favorites. but I put my absurd pumpkin pants on one leg at a time just like everyone else.

...literally

anyway, here are some construction/project notes/wip photos in case you don't have 50 minutes to spare for the full video about making it!

inspo wise, The First Book of Fashion: The Book of Clothes of Matthaeus and Veit Konrad Schwarz of Augsburg [this is an affiliate link] served as the major influence for this. the book is basically documentation of what this man and his son wore to major events in his life over a period of decades. he was getting ootd painted before it was cool.

the base pattern for the pantlegs came from another pair of ridiculous pants I made a few months earlier.

the paned portion is made from homemade piping sewn to strips of jacquard that are backed with twill tape to prevent fraying.

I made so much fucking piping for this oh my god. each of these strips was 20"+ long, both sides have piping, and these are the panes for ONE LEG. there were also sleeves. we're talking like 60+ yards of piping.

perhaps unsurprisingly, these strips were too thick to gather. so instead I had to overlap them to create the shaping over the leg. it looks OK but isn't ideal.

after this was done, velvet ribbon was sewn over the marked point to hold them in place.

oh! I also sewed a layer of mesh over the orange base fabric to dull it somewhat and provide contrast before sewing on the bands.

the upper portion of the pants was made from even strips of velvet and jacquard seamed together and fitted over a cotton base. the appliques were added to cover the fact the stripes meet at an angle at the side seam, and I sewed on orange sequins because I like sequins.

the happiness I felt when this fit was immense, I must say.

the bodice is two pieces, one for the front, one for the back. it laces up the sides with hand sewn eyelets. it wasn't very flattering as just an expanse of orange of the chest, so I added appliques to the front and back, too.

the black detailing around the top edge is made from varying widths of velvet ribbon.

the sleeves have similar elements of everything shown above--a paned upper portion, velvet ribbon trim, and a bit of lace at the cuffs.

unlike most of my projects the sleeves have no lining forcing the shaping, what you see beneath/between the panes is the chemise worn beneath this. it's made from the mesh used as an overlay on the pants with a jacquard/velvet ribbon collar which you can see peaking out above the neckline of the bodice.