Welcome to my little corner of escapism

29F She/Her. I'm Raia or Rai to some people. Shadow to others. If you know, you know. Writing Blog: @shadowswrite

[teathattast]

[willgrahamscock]

the most essential part of a fandom are those people who immediately tell you to write it, draw it, make it when you share your ideas, you have no idea how many fanworks are born just because someone encouraged it

[shadowstriker17]

I had pleasure of creating some amazing works and memories in fandoms all thanks to "just post it" and "why not?" Ideas. I still create now thanks to fandoms, I just havent made fandom content public in a while lol

[catchymemes]

[caffeinatedopossum]

"I'm still kicking" is such a funny way to say "I'm still alive". Like lol. I'm still thrashing. Flailing. Writhing even. The violence remains.

[violetsandshrikes]

to all my researchers, students and people in general who love learning: if you don't know this already, i'm about to give you a game changer

connectedpapers

the basic rundown is: you use the search bar to enter a topic, scientific paper name or DOI. the website then offers you a list of papers on the topic, and you choose the one you're looking for/most relevant one. from here, it makes a tree diagram of related papers that are clustered based on topic relatability and colour-coded by time they were produced!

for example: here i search "human B12"

i go ahead and choose the first paper, meaning my graph will be based around it and start from the topics of "b12 levels" and "fraility syndrome"

here is the graph output! you can scroll through all the papers included on the left, and clicking on each one shows you it's position on the chart + will pull up details on the paper on the right hand column (title, authors, citations, abstract/summary and links where the paper can be found)

you get a few free graphs a month before you have to sign up, and i think the free version gives you up to 5 a month. there are paid versions but it really depends how often you need to use this kinda thing.

[thefifthtetrahedron]

researchrabbit works similarly. you do need to create an account to use it, but it is completely free (as far as I know), meaning no limits to your collections/graphs.

[midwinterhunt]

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

[narrettwist]

Homie gonna share this

[yesterdaysprint]

The Kansas Industrialist, Manhattan, October 18, 1916

[kaity--did]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say something insane and crazy but I think even lazy people deserve to have food and shelter and water. I think it's lovely that so many people are out here saying I'm on snap benefits and I work really hard. I'm disabled. I still work really hard. I still need snap benefits that's wonderful and I understand the sentiment, but I think even lacy people should have access to shelter food and water.

Hell, I'll even go out and say that I think bad people should even have access to shelter food and water. Radical I know.



[godofautism-deactivated20250725]

Hi! Here is your reminder to:

Drink plenty of water

Eat food

Get plenty of rest

Take care of your mental health

Regardless of what state you're in, you deserve basic human rights. You are loved by at least one person out there.

Have a wonderful day, night, whatever.

[brosser-les-dents]

And very importantly: brush your teeth!

[durbikins]

[pending-trans-action-2]

[succubusboyfriend]

if you’re offline or away and i message you something (like a link to a meme or a picture or w/e) honestly just assume that i’m just leaving it there for when you get back and not expecting you to answer straight away. i don’t need you to respond with “hey, sorry, i wasn’t at the computer!” or anything. i was leaving u a gift for later.

[slightmayhem]

This also applies if you’re online and just don’t want to or have the energy to deal with humans in the moment. Just because we have the ability to reply in real time does not mean we have the obligation.

[melon-official]

im like a cat i drag the posts to ur doorstep and if ur not there it’s ok, the post will be on ur porch for later

[faustique]

just a reminder in case your mind is playing tricks on you today, you matter. you're important. you're loved. and your presence on this earth makes a difference whether you see it or not.

[krismatic]

Tag this with (if you had one) the colour(s) of your DS/DSi/3DS

[the-reblog-squad-deactivated202]

Reblog if you don't use Generative AI to write fanfics/original fics or to create fanart/original art.

[the-bedheaded-league]

Reblog if you’d rather give yourself papercuts between each of your fingers and then rub hand sanitizer all over your hands than use generative AI to write or draw anything ever

[shadowswrite]

Again, I will sooner write my stories by hand with a stick and dirt, poke letters into leaves with a sewing needle ans string them together with thread to read it by sunlight before I use Ai.

[shadowstriker17]

Reblogging from my side blog

[hands-off-my-dinosaur]

Tumblr pillow fight

Reblog to hit the person you reblogged this from with a pillow

[squigglyworms]

love the end of the two towers where gandalf looks into the sunset talking bout "yea frodo had to go it alone it was his destiny and there is no changing it he will be ok 😌✨" and aragorn is like "sam went with him btw" and gandalf is like "oh fuck thank god"

[utatane-piko-official]

Sits on your dash