Samahlen

Hey all! I don't tend to reblog very often but when I do you'll see a wide variety of posts. I tend to lean towards art, web comics, cute animals, video games, and fiber crafts!

[thekimonogallery]

A gate to someone’s back garden on a trail near Kamakura, Japan.  Text and photography by  Subliminati on Flickr

[131-di]

the contrabass saxophone is such an absurd instrument

[medicalalucard-deactivated20201]

talk dirty to me

[illogicalhumanoid]

Have ya’ll seen the double contrabass flute before???

[131-di]

reblogging my own post because what in the fuck

[leaf-jelly]

i give you the contrabass tuba. Why is it real. I dont know.

[carbink]

Know what’s even better?

HYPERBASS FLUTE

[paulsrockinpagoda]

my counter:

piccolo trombone 

[gottabeastringplayer]

I’m both glad and sad that string players are only limited to violin, viola, cello, and bass. Can you imagine a contrabass? Or a piccolo violin????

[wielderofscythes]

String players are not limited to just those.

I present, THE OCTOBASS

It’s so big that it needs keys to hit the strings.

And in the reverse direction there exists the Pochette. Translated from French, it means pocket, as it was a pocket sized violin like instrument.

[katherine-xari]

[krisdoesart]

This is amazing

[anais-ninja-bitch]

someone post the archlute

[cargopantsman]

This one?

[recoil-operated-deactivated2021]

Subcontrabass C ocarina

[greater-than-the-sword]

Legend of Zelda: The Subcontrabass Ocarina of Time

[hey-its-saturn]

this is my favorite post i think i’ve reblogged it like 4 times

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[butterfly-sapphic]

I present to you, the Contrabass recorder.

[the-davest-of-uncles]

If all these instruments would play at the same time, humpback whales worldwide would sing along.

[kirbuart]

Fallen Takumi! 👿

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[samahlen]

My husband found out that there’s basically Gunpla model kits but like they’re for like mecha girls/creatures/etc. instead. Anyway they’re super cute and very fun, would highly recommend!!!! Just look at my new daughter, I love her.

[sticksandsharks]

96 little guys for your consideration (and perhaps... purchase...)

[cedarwool]

being an everything crafter is great but also sucks. like i want to get my watercolors out but i need to put away my microcrochet first. i want to do some leatherwork but my oil paints are on the table. i want to whittle but i'm using the bucket i catch wood shavings in to hold my papermaking mush. i want to write my book but my hands are too busy knitting a sweater. i want to code another video game but i'm too busy studying nalebinding. do you see my problem. the problem is that i need more hands

[broccoliseason-deactivated20210]

A close up of the Blanket Octopus during a blackwater dive with The Three P diving club , Romblon Island, Philippines. Credit: Joseph Elayani

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[victusinveritas]

Not all dumplings are ravioli, but all ravioli are dumplings.

[sarahmackattack]

Oh hey, it's Skype a Scientist again, here to fund science education projects with COOL ART.

Introducing SHRIMP CITY!

Look cool as hell in while talking about shrimp science with your friends.

For example: 🦐 Mantis Shrimp (who punch so fast they create pressure voids in the water that collapse to produce shockwaves, heat, and even a flash of light!) 🦐 Pistol Shrimp (Instead of a punch, pistol shrimp create their shockwaves using the snap of their claws!) 🦐 Hermit Crabs (who aren't "true" crabs, but Shrimp City is an inclusive town) 🦐Yeti Crabs (who live in Shrimp City's sister city, Hydrothermal Ventopolis, where they grow bacteria on their hairy arms that they lick off for a snack!) 🦐 Insects (who are not shrimps per se, but did you know recent research suggests that insects group with the crustaceans?? You may have heard that shrimps is bugs, but nay… bugs is shrimp).

These shirts were designed by Philly designer The 666 Cat!

What kind of science education are you funding by buying a shirt, you ask? Well, lots of stuff, but here's a recent example:

Here's a mural all about local biodiversity that we painted in collaboration with a Philly public elementary school with local artist NDA!

We got the kids from the school to help us paint it and everything! These projects are educational and cute as hell.

So hey. Get a shirt <3

[sarahmackattack]

UPDATE: as of Sunday morning, we've sold 271 shirts. To fully fund our fall mural series we need to sell 1100. Each mural costs about 330 shirts (this is a goofy way to fund good projects, but hey, that's life in the 2026 hellscape babbyyy).

This means we are 60 shirts away from our first Philly Bug mural being funded. So whaddya waiting for?? Get a shrimp shirt!

[isopodcore]

its woodcock season, baby!

[monstermonger]

AAAAA PHEW i just finished binding a bunch of new zines that compile my PNW fantasy sketch pages :”) just in time for when I get to table at the Portland Zine Symposium tomorrow!!!!! if anyone’s in the area come say hi!!!

I’ve loved walking through this event for several years now, I’m so happy that i get the chance to table this time 🥹🥹🥹

[monstermonger]

Thanks for the interest folks ;_; I went ahead and added it to my ko-fi shop for those who want one but can't make it to Portland!

(Since I'm tabling this weekend and next, I might be a little slow sending them out, but i'll do my best to do it asap, definitely within 2 weeks! Thank you ;v; )

[monstermonger]

So this zine managed to sell out twice, and your guys' support on it kinda actually changed my life. ( <- I've been anxious to say it that bluntly,.. but it's true.) Thank you, seriously ;_;

For this reprint, I made a new cover (since the old one was just a repeat of one of the inner illustrations), and also added one more ecoregion: The High Desert :D So now it has:

The Coast Range

The Valley

The Cascades

The High Desert

I'm definitely going to expand on this idea into a bigger project as soon as I have a bit more time-- like an actual book :") But this will be the final version of the zine! Thanks so much again yall.

[monstermonger]

Tbh a lot more sold than I thought, and I have a con coming up and will need to keep my workload from getting too much LOL ;_;

I'll leave orders open 1 more day (May 24) then will keep them closed til con stuff slows down (around June-July)

THANK YOU SO MUCH for your guys' support ;_____;

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[should-be-sleeping]

If you are here, you need to not be.

The mandatory evacuation zone stretches from Ball Road to the north, Trask Avenue to the south, Valley View Street to the west and Dale Avenue to the east. That includes parts of Garden Grove, Cypress, Stanton, Anaheim, Buena Park and Westminster.

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Potential blast zone:

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[sharas-bae]

here's the local abc affiliate for ongoing live updates (including a spanish version)

[hannahlockillustration]

The Colossus Ditto. Based on the Goya painting.

Day 19 of drawing Ditto....

[boomer-mythology-destroyer]

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

fuck i'll show yall when it's less two in the morning but the commission im coming back on post illness (flu or sinus infection or whatnot i just got done a full course of antibiotics) is the ENTIRE minecraft end poem

got all 8 thousand characters of text drafted and written earlier, i'll show yall tomorrow on better lighting and then i got 6 pages of borderwork to put together

heres the first two pages from earlier in the day tho

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

okokokok here's all 6 pages seperate so far

i'm not gonna go too much into the drafting, line choices and colour choices here since I actually think that's more of a patreon post than anything else but I could at least give yall a visual

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

holy SHIT this ended up being nearly a 15 hour project as spanned over like 2 weeks on and off

the piece is fucking complete!

Honestly this involved a LOT more WIP content, notes, design details and various other extra information, all of which made it SUPER long and a little unwieldy to post on most social medias, so instead I've made the full writeup one of my first few patreon premium posts! I only charge 3 dollars a month and the tier is mainly for folks who want to support all the free cue cards/openaskboxes BUT I wanna make an effort this year and try to put more stuff out there for yall sending me in those three bucks a month!

Get more from Mia Calligrapher on Patreon

Get more from Mia Calligrapher on Patreon. creating blackletter calligraphy, illuminations, memes (general). Support Mia Calligrapher and ge

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

Oh! there's also a free tier to the Patreon, so once every couple of writeups are gonna be just straight up free for everyone to read, so i do appreciate a follow there :)

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

btw just in case yall wanted to know, the commission itself was a scooch over 600 CAD to complete