Shifty’s reblogs

[melancholygirls]

I passed a flower shop next to a tattoo shop and at first I laughed because I thought it was ironic and then i freaked because IMAGINE YOUR OTP IN A FLORIST/TATTOO ARTIST AU

[stillalittlekid]

OMG I COULD TOTALLY IMAGINE THEM LIKE THAT IT WOULD BE SO PERFECT

[christ-with-a-why]

[melancholygirls]

I cannot BELIEVE a post I made when I was 13 is circulating! And also apparently started this trope? I thought somebody had the idea separately and it blew up that way😭

[almondcroissantsandink]

au where the amnesia doesn't stick and Grace still does his little video logs but he's MAD

[najsigt]

I've been in a bit of an art funk lately, so I decided to do a little redraw of this piece from 2021.

[llama-sidekick]

did you predict the bloody mary ship

[hellokittydirtblock]

i love my mutuals because we never talk but we still… like… follow each other……….. and i admire that we stick together even tho there is no communication in the slightest………u kno what i mean… hello…

[its-emimi]

Happy Pride month! 🌈

[daysleftofsecondterm]

963 days left

[crackshipsandregret]

Curious pebble (3/?)

Part 1 / Part 2

A massive shoutout to @thereal-sillyguy for making everyone's favorite pebble into a gif! I very literally couldn't have done it without them!

[umbreeonic]

incomplete (and incoherent) list of tips for drawing vitiligo

- unless your character is pale the patches won’t be just a couple shades paler than their skin color. it’s the destruction of melanocytes, not an opacity filter. they won’t be pure white but they’ll be pretty close and just looking at photos of ppl (especially in different lighting) will help

- that said don’t be afraid to give pale characters vitiligo, it’s definitely not as noticeable at first glance but still cool

- pls... don’t draw patches pink.. it makes my skin hurt. unless ur character is sunburned just don’t

- vitiligo is, in MOST cases, symmetrical TO AN EXTENT. you obviously don’t have to follow this rule bc there’s real life exceptions, but most patches will have a patch/other half similar in size and shape on the other side

- idk if other people have this but the right side of my patches are bigger, which is why i say TO AN EXTENT

- patches can’t have freckles. i actually have a freckle that’s cut in half by the edge of a patch currently

- vitiligo can happen anywhere on the body but it’s most common around the eyes, mouth, hands and feet. also armpits but ppl don’t usually draw characters w visible armpits. that said not everybody has face patches most famous example i can think of is jon hamm

- patches can have smooth and/or splotchy edges, even on just one person. for example the bottom of my eye patches are v smooth but my forehead patches are all over the fucking place

- there’s a theory that trauma to the skin can trigger a new patch of vitiligo to form (which i’m prone to believe cause my forehead patch came in after i got a bad habit of popping pimples LMAO) so if ur character has a cool facial scar along w vitiligo u could give them a patch originating from the scar (or an acne patch like me.......)

- adding on to that the reason for this theory is bc it’s an autoimmune disease and while most ppl with vitiligo won’t have another one there IS a corrolation w other autoimmune diseases so like if u wanna maybe draw ur character also w a diabetic pump that would be kinda cool (they said diabetically)

- it also spreads with age, so if ur drawing a younger/older version of ur character keep in mind how it has changed over the course of their life. example mine started out small in the corners of my eyes and spread into what i call my superhero mask in the span of three years, for others that kind of progression could take way less time or way more time. it’s up to you to decide

- it can affect hair color as well so if patches go over the hairline of ur character feel free to give them cool white streaks

- draw more vitiligo in general it’s pretty and makes me like characters instantly

if this post actually gets any traction and u also have vitiligo feel free to add anything! every case is unique and i’ve only got my perspective and this is just my rambling thoughts

[crow-queen-art-deactivated20210]

Please share this!!!!! As you resident vitiligan and fellow artist I am here to educate people on how to properly create a character with vitiligo and other things to keep in mind about the disorder. And don’t forget, this trauma can be purely environmental. Even a small cut or scratch can trigger vitiligo to start appearing.

Only 1% of the entire world’s population has vitiligo but I see so many artists making characters with it when they sometimes don’t even know what vitiligo is and pass it off as “skin pigmentation”. Like— what does that even mean??? XD

It’s not an aesthetic and it won’t get you “diversity points” so stop romanticizing vitiligo!

[pansy-picnics]

Came to the conclusion the other day that the crystal gems teaching at little homeschool are probably just the epitome of the most unserious college profs you’ve ever had

[benzohoarder]

[figural]

#google translate does not capture the tone switch so i have to say. first two sentences are like. normal maybe kind of feminine posting tone #& the last is like. shounen manga protagonist. action movie hero. jojo's bizarre adventure character. #the tone you would use if you were holding a gun with the safety off (– @chadlesbianjasontodd)

[minothtime]

Basically, a translation could be:

I just think it's so interesting that people end up falling in love with their friends' boyfriends! I absolutely despise every single one of them. give me my fucking homie back you goddamn bastard

[liminalweirdo]

translation tags by @minothtime because they are so so good

[dikdikpronouncedxylophone]

[edgebug]

"grace. grace! grace give attention. rocky perform human ritual of escape closet now. statement."

"come again?"

"i learn more from thinking machine. human gender preference. attraction to same gender, means word 'gay.' all eridian same gender." rocky stands straight up. "rocky come out to grace now. all rocky plural gay, statement."

"...wow, that's... rock, i'm not sure it makes much sense to apply human ideas of sexual orientation to a monogendered species."

a long and judgmental pause. then:

"grace HOMOPHOBIC, question????"

[fmloridamam]

Prince turtle and prince fathom 💚

[yokemaxxing]

might delete later because it’s uglay. …happy Mother’s Day featuring Peril and Scarlet.

[onikrii]

I know other people have likely talked about this already, but I can't imagine how terrifying the trip back to Erid would have been not only for Grace, but for Rocky

Imagine having your life, and by extension your entire planet, saved by your best friend only to have to watch him slowly waste away day after day from malnourishment with absolutely nothing you can do except for watch and hope that someone back home can do something to save this leaky space blob who's come to be your platonic soulmate

Imagine having to watch him get progressively weaker every day with all he has to eat being strange slimy space amoeba and you can see he's trying to keep his spirits up and stay positive but you know this is taking a toll on him, you can hear it in the pitch of his voice or the way he breathes when he moves and see it in the way that he's been sleeping for longer than he used to

Imagine having to force him to eat because some days he doesn't want to or to get up and walk even just a little to keep his muscles working or having to ask him to tell you his favourite stories about earth and science and the things that he loves and remembers to see a little bit of light come back into his eyes

Imagine doing your best to let him know that you're here and you're his friend and you aren't going to leave and that you're in this together and that things are going to turn out okay because Grace Rocky save stars and you saved me and that can't be the thing that kills you

[ghostlysketcher]

somebody's probably already done this, but stupid headcanon that some gems are fluorescent like their real world counterparts and have ~secret patterns~

[amberluvsbugs]

Silly twitter instance I saw. Everypony knows where I'm sitting on this plane lmao.

[skarlettskwrl]

Embedding images on AO3: A Guide

Since AO3 doesn’t host images themselves, we’ll just have to host them elsewhere.

In this guide we will use Google Drive, https://postimages.org/, or Tumblr as possible choices to host our images.

Step One: Grabbing the URL

Google Drive:

In google drive create a new folder where the image(s) or sub folders for further organization.

Right click and select New Folder, name this folder what ever you what.

Now upload your image(s)

Right click on your image and hit share

Under General Access ensure it is set to Anyone with the link

Hit Copy link

The link you have should look something like this

**https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mzOp9pOYhaWahgJP6yVFXbtYagCQ_0Up/view?usp=sharing **

But as is it won’t work! We need to modify it first!

Copy the string of random numbers and letters after /d/ and before /view?

1mzOp9pOYhaWahgJP6yVFXbtYagCQ_0Up

Here’s a template https://drive.google.com/uc?id=

paste your string after id=

your new link should look some thing like this…

https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1mzOp9pOYhaWahgJP6yVFXbtYagCQ_0Up

Now, you have a working link from Google Drive ready to use.

This Google Drive portion was from this guide here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28132845

Now, you have a working link from Google Drive ready to use.

Using a image hosting service like https://postimages.org/

https://postimages.org/

You can create an account for free with this one. This is pretty straightforward so I’ll gloss over. Hit the sign up button. Then, enter your desired email

Once logged in you will be presented with this page

Upload your image, and you will be taken to this page.

Copy Direct link

Now you have a working link from postimg.cc ready to use.

Tumblr (mobile):

Tumblr is not always the best to use as blogs can get deleted or URLs can change here. But I’ll include it here anyway.

Long tap the image you wish to use in a post.

You will be presented with this menu.

Tap share photo. 

Then you will be presented with another menu.

Tap Copy URL

On Desktop (Google Chrome Browser)

Right on the image in the post.

You will be presented with this menu…

Click copy the image address.

Now you have a working link from Tumblr ready to use.

Now, you are ready to embed.

Step 2: Inserting and fitting the image

Go to the new/ existing chapter you wish to be embed.

HTML OPTION:

Make sure in the HTML editor view.

This is located next to the rich text button in the Worktext section, as shown.

Now, find the place in the text where the image should go…

<p>  <img src=“https://i.postimg.cc/8zG9ZNMw/blob-danny.jpg” width=“270” height=“600” /> </p>

For this image, it was much too large. So, I modified it with the width and height modifiers.

**First you must find the dimensions of the image. **

This can be done with the same image URL from earlier. With this online tool.

http://myfreeonlinetools.com/get-image-size-and-dimensions/

In this example, my image is 1080x2400

Once you have the dimensions, you can find the aspect ratio.

Use this calculator:

https://www.digitalrebellion.com/webapps/aspectcalc

Once have the aspect ratio, you can half or quarter the height or width and calculate for the one you don’t have.

Example I’ve quartered my height as halving it was still to big.

In my case the dimensions are now 600 by 270 which fits the page much better.

These will be your new dimensions.

Record them.

Here is a blank template to paste in.

<p>

<img src=“” alt=“” width=“” height=“”/>

</p>

src is the path to the URL.

alt is the alternative text for the image. This is used for accessibility as well as be a modern web standard.

width is the image width in pixels

height is the image height in pixels

You insert your values in between the double quotes.

_*remember to close your quote _

*remember to close your image tag

RICH TEXT OPTION

Make sure in the Rich Text editor view.

Set the cursor where you want the image. Click image icon.

Set the values in this form.

Use the URL we generated in one of the previous 4 options.

Set the Image description

The width and height may be input automatically,  if not consult the HTML OPTION for finding the dimensions and aspect ratio of the image.

Here’s how it looks after posting

Shout out to @playedcrowd5610 for inspiring me to make this guide.