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[silarin]

OH MY GOD YES

Oh god, I can't hold it in any longer. I need to scream it from the rooftops! I GOT IT. I HAVE A JOB. A PAID ONE. I CAN FINALLY GO OUT AND DO SOCIAL THINGS INSTEAD OF BEING A PERPETUAL SHUT-IN WHO'S CONSTANTLY GUILT-RIDDEN BECAUSE SHE CAN'T AFFORD TO GO OUT WITH HER FRIENDS. I CAN BUY STUPID STUFF FOR SAID FRIENDS BECAUSE I SAW IT AND THOUGHT OF THEM. I CAN FINALLY BUY DECENT FOOD LIKE FRUIT AND VEGETABLES AND NOT STUFF MYSELF WITH CHEAP CRAP THAT MAKES ME PUT ON WEIGHT. I CAN FINALLY GET TO SEE A DOCTOR AND BE ABLE TO PAY FOR WHATEVER MEDICATION I'D NEED TO GET MY SHOULDER FIXED. I... I'M NOW EMPLOYED AFTER SO LONG AND IT FEELS SO GODDAMN FRIGGIN' FANTASTIC AND AMAZING I'M GENUINELY CRYING TEARS OF JOY. TEARS. OF. JOY. I'm serious about the tears.

[korvidian]

south-east queensland gothic:

the humming of cicadas in the neighbourhood in summer gets louder and louder. windows start to break in their panes.

after complaining to translink, your bus arrives on time. exactly on time. you happen to look out your window while making breakfast. the bus is there, in your driveway. waiting.

kookaburras laugh outside your window. you go to the doctor to get your cough checked out. the doctor jerks away swiftly when she places the stethoscope against your chest. muffled, you hear them laughing.

you find an old 4 minute shower timer from the water restrictions during the drought. you turn it over and watch the blue sand fall. when the last grain lands, the rain outside stops.

buskers in the queen street mall start singing in time. from one end of the mall to the other, they sing. the same thing, in the same voice, at the same moment. you make eye contact with one and feel your lips start to move. ‘help’ is not the word that comes out of your mouth.

it is summer. the dinosaurs outside the museum begin to rot. you can see bone.

small children with white hair emerge from the beach at south bank. ‘marco’, one says. ‘polo’, says another. a third points at a passing child. ‘fish out of water’. salt water starts cascading from the child’s eyes.

Slip. Slop. Slap. Slip Slop Slap. S l i p  S l o p  S l a p. SLIPSLOPSLAP. It gets closer.

you go on a Macca’s run at 3am. A Ronald McDonald statue stands opposite the order box in the drive thru. You look down and see soft serves sitting beside you. You hear the sound of large shoes slapping the ground, running.

thousands of kookaburras sit on telephone wires. their tails are on fire. the continue laughing. smoke fills the air. car alarms start going off.

after a night out drinking, you and your mates lay in the botanical gardens using goon sacks as pillows. you ask Tommo how he’s going and he says he feels pretty seedy. his fingers sink into the earth. then his elbows.

it’s finally winter. you curl up under your doona. a hand touches yours. you break out in a cold sweat. a strange voice whispers ‘no homo’ into your ear.

[sveltte]

I made a tutorial about mixing colors when painting! It’s really long and rambly and probably repeats itself a lot, but maybe it’ll be helpful to somebody. It’s intended for people who already have a basic understanding of color theory, so I might recommend this tutorial by gawki if you don’t already know the basics.

[flamingomediapr]

Right. Here is it everything you ever wanted to know about fashion cuts, trends, style, all in one post.

Every example of a trend that existed is list in the above post. So get to know your styles, perfect your image and enjoy mixing trends and different eras together. 😍👌👌

[navydream]

So you wanna do a comic and you have the passion and determination to do it and you have read thousands of comics, but when you deal with a blank page you are kinda lost… You already have your script and more or less have an idea of what to do, but how to construct it? are there...

[catfromwonder]

Lorene BARIOZ

[globegander]

Introduction

I must stress that the parallels I draw between Over the Garden Wall and Dante’s Inferno are rather broad as they study the overall themes of the latter in comparison to the occurrences in the former. In my defense, the work that chartered what many consider to be the...

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[ BOOK ] Lessons on the Thrust (paperback)

Price: starting at £18.00

Original Author: Jéann Daniel L’Ange

Translator: Reinier van Noort

Editors: Harald Rotter, Keith Farrell

Illustrator: Ivan Curic - Publisher: Fallen Rook Publishing

Date of Publication: 11th November 2014

Pages: 156

Height: 17.78 cm

Width: 22.86 cm

Language: English 

[ BUY IT HERE ]

In 1664, Jéann Daniel L’Ange published the “Deutliche und gründliche Erklärung der adelichen und ritterlichen freyen Fecht-Kunst” in Heidelberg, Germany. This was one of the first concise and systematic treatises on the typically German style of rapier fencing that evolved from the teachings of Fabris and his German students. L’Ange presents his personal point of view on this fencing style, which includes a rather large selection of brutal grappling moves. 

This first English translation of L’Ange’s treatise, made by Reinier van Noort and published exactly 350 years after the original edition, provides a fascinating viewpoint on a fencing style that is underrepresented in the modern studies on historical martial arts.

In this translation, Jéann Daniel L’Ange’s view on fencing is presented in a way that is both close to the original, and clearly understandable by a modern reader. Meticulously cleaned scans of the 61 page size plates from the original treatise are also included. 

Reinier van Noort has been researching and teaching rapier fencing since 2010, focusing mainly on the single rapier as used in the Netherlands and Germany in the late 17th century. He has translated the anonymous Vechtboek (UBL BPL 3281), Johann Georg Pascha’s Kurtze iedoch Deutliche Beschribung handlend von Fechten auff den Stoß und Hieb, and more. Reinier has been a member of HEMAC since 2010. 

[ BUY IT HERE ]

Source: Copyright 2014 © Corsair Wares

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[silarin]

Hair palettes by StarshipSorceress (AKA TheSpaceGypsy) on deviantart

OH my god this is amazing. I've always wanted to know how to paint hair! :D

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Steampunk Pretty Soldier by briannacherrygarcia

[1los]

[10knotes]

omfg that is just too adorable

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i can show you the world

[erisiana]

FEELS

[kranja]

if i ever fail to reblog this, assume that i am dead

i love you so, witch cat and brave kitten

[zooophagous]

Its back

[silarin]

Ohmygod it's so adorable... but that pencil work, though. Love it!

[fripperiesandfobs]

Costume designed by Philip Prowse for the 1984 production of Phèdra

From the V&A

[jethrocane]

[silarin]

reblog with your personality types bolded, for your own reference, or for your followers to get to know you better! 

zodiac: aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, leo, virgo, libra, scorpio, sagittarius, capricorn, aquarius, pisces

myers-briggs: istj, isfj, infj, intj, istp, isfp, infp, intp, estp, esfp, enfp, enfj, esfj, estj, esfj, enfj, entj, entp

the four temperaments: melancholic, phlegmatic, choleric, sanguine

enneagram: type one, type two, type three, type four, type five, type six, type seven, type eight, type nine

alignment: lawful good, neutral good, chaotic good, true neutral, lawful neutral, chaotic neutral, lawful evil, neutral evil, chaotic evil

[tokyo-fashion]

Snakeskin tights & socks via Mimi [身巳].

[frnsm]

The scutes on the bottom of the feet are killing me

[silarin]

Holy crap I need these for reasons. Just sayin'.

[silarin]

Congrats to @leadpaintrose, who got married yesterday. Every happiness to you both!

[keyofnik]

Confession Time: I’ve never had Nutella. It’s one of those things where I’m just dubious as hell, despite enthusiastic endorsements. I’m just not food adventurous, what can I say.

Mum and i were in Costco last week though and she was “OO NUTELLA”....

[silarin]

Avengers Mustache Drinking Game!

Get 5 mustaches and arrange them on a screen. Take a drink if a face matches up!

Chug if Nick Fury (or his eyepatch) gets a stache.

Also, Loki is a troll. He came so close to so many staches but only got two! Augh!