Honey, you got a big storm comin'.

I am a warning from God's stepmother-in-law.🙃 I'm 22. so, yeah he/they//Autistic//Trans🏳️‍⚧️, AceBiro//Supporter of comedy, animation, and more//Occasional Sketches🌈

[thegaygreasyboi]

How to draw: Not white characters

How to draw a Black person

How to colour Black people skin tones

How to draw dreadlocks

How to draw African hair

How to draw curly hair

How to draw braids

How to draw braids part 2

How to draw cornrows

How to draw Bantu knots

How to draw two strand twists

How to draw an Asian person

How to colour darker skin tones with alcohol markers

How to draw hijabs/traditional Muslim hair coverings

How to draw a hijabi girl

All links and art provided by @ itsajart on TikTok

Before you go “mY aRt sTyLe iS dIfFrEnT tHoUgH” you can moderate it and play around with your style to get it to fit.

[perpetualhearts]

also some tumblr/instagram posts, if it’s okay to add:

drawing black people (instagram--the rest are tumblr posts)- color, naturally kinky/curly hair, protective hairstyles

more tips on drawing black hair

drawing mixed people 

drawing asian people (goes over east, southeast, south asians--LOTS of good resources and tips in the notes from my knowledge)

drawing east asian people

drawing north american indigenous people (no images, just a textpost, but by an inupiaq person)

[rainintheevening]

What is prev to you?

the smell of woodsmoke in the dark

sunlight glittering on drifts of snow

opening chords to a classic song after an ad break on the radio

daisies in a mason jar

the curve in the road you always take a bit too fast

blank notebook with a leather cover

a stone church with carvings and spires and stained-glass

a cool pillow and a warm blanket at midnight

playlist that makes sense to no one else

yellow leaf floating down a clear cold river

silver fog over green hills and warm hands in raincoat pockets

a strain of violin music floating through a crowded subway

Remaining time: 4 days 9 hours

[syn4k]

"lock in" is probably one of the most important phrases to enter the public lexicon in the 2020s

[joyflameball]

[florallychaotic]

Im gonna be so real can yall actually talk about ways we can support trans women in the UK instead of giving all the attention to fucking JKR. I already know that Harry Poter sucks, I wanna know how to actually HELP people. Something something you have to love the oppressed more than you hate the oppressor

[snowonthebeachmp3]

trans actual uk - trans led and run advocacy, education and empowerment organisation

fiveforfive - collective fund for trans women and girls and transfem causes

gendered intelligence - trans led advocacy org

mermaids - supports trans youth

akt - lgbtq youth homelessness charity

loving me - domestic abuse service for trans people in england

not a phase - for trans adults

[matamatoki]

Here's some from Wales

Trans Aid Cymru - supporting trans people in wales

Queer Emporium - hub of queer businesses and events

And ones who operate in Wales but also across the UK

TIN Wadrobe - supplying clothes for trans and gnc people

G(end)er Swap - resources and events for trans style and gender expression

[severalowls]

Adding some from Scotland I have experience with and afaik take donations, some are broader but with good trans inclusion:

Scottish Trans - Trans advocacy, information and social events. Run by the Equality Network, a broader Scottish LGBTQI advocacy group.

LEAP Sports Scotland - Sports charity that advocates for queer inclusion in sports, runs trans sports groups (Trans Active) in at least Glasgow and Edinburgh that I can absolutely recommend.

LGBT Health & Wellbeing - Not trans specific but includes trans specific, trans led and trans inclusive support and social events, and supports a variety of smaller community-run subgroups.

And another couple UK-wide:

Gender Identity Research & Education Society - Trans led charity supporting research on trans matters and education/training on trans inclusion. Does consultancy for public and private sector organisations.

Trans Kids Deserve Better - Trans advocacy and activist group led by and for trans kids. They do good work.

[no-fudge-left-to-buy]

Saw this on Pinterest today and it reminded me of this note i made while reading that part.

[podcastwizard]

LIKES TO CHARGE REBLOGS TO CAST

[the-goddess-of-annoying]

you people aren't CASTING

[the-goddess-of-annoying]

NO

[quietwingsinthesky]

the thing about being nonbinary is that you really do start to forget that other people have such strict walls around what is and isn’t allowed for genders. i thought we all agreed that we made that up. could you climb out of the cave real quick and feel the sunshine for a minute.

[ampervadasz]

[pocketgameboy]

This transition is straight out of a horror movie

[an-odd-idea]

@heymynameismolly-jk wow

[elisecairo]

[katherynefromphilly]

As someone who was alive when Bob Ross (and William Alexander before him — that’s where the approach is from) was on PBS, I can 100% testify that you can paint along with him.

You may need to learn how to set up your paints and such… but this is what people did, live, while the show aired. That’s what the show was for. I had family members create lovely works of art they enjoyed, which I still have on my walls, because William Alexander and Bob Ross both said:

SCREW METICULOUS CLASSICAL ART PRACTICES — JUST GRAB A PALETTE KNIFE AND BIG OLD BRUSH AND PAINT!

They freed a whole generation of people who were taught to paint detail and realism and exact representation of reality — people who largely gave up this kind of thing because it got tedious.

I watched the joy of family members as they rediscovered art as a messy fun spontaneous half hour activity.

Give it a try.

[i-am-a-fish]

new game called hi

it's really easy to play

I'll go first!

hi :)

[sourdoughnoodle]

Hi!

[messsssmer]

"Whimsy" is truly a wretched term. What maketh thee so carefree?

[fireknightqueelign]

thy mother

[messsssmer]

Art thou for fucking real

[joy-and-whimsy-official]

Official joy and whimsy post

[finelytaylored]

[fluentisonus]

do you ever remember the note the scribe left at the end of catullus manuscript G and want to burst into tears

[fluentisonus]

colophon from manuscript G (36 recto), trans. oakley

[trans-ralsei]

[trans-ralsei]

[caughtthedarkness93]

I love my job, but reblogging employment jelly for someone else I love.

[skullytrickybonez]

This is a warning everyone who is using BlueSky in the US please whatever you do PLEASE DO NOT AND I'VE REPEAT DO NOT PUT your ID Nor your face cause THIS ISN'T PROTECTING THE KIDS THIS IS ALL ABOUT CONTROL!!!

[soulivium]

For anyone who is dealing with the dreaded age verification page on Bluesky, there is a way to bypass it without submitting your ID, credit card, SSN, etc.

Check out mary-ext’s GitHub page for options and instructions: https://gist.github.com/mary-ext/6e27b24a83838202908808ad528b3318

I can confirm method #2 worked for me on my desktop.

Normally, I wouldn’t endorse something like this, but this level of age verification is egregious.

Whatever you do, do not submit your personal ID, passport, credit card, SSN, your own face, or anything for age verification. This sort of data would be an identity theft gold mine for hackers. Just look what happened to the 70,000 UK users who had their info leaked after a cyber-attack on Discord thanks to their forced age verification process.

I’m sorry that we have to deal with this sort of nonsense. I’m sick and tired of this, too.

The only silver lining I can see out of this is that maybe it’ll motivate some of us to finally drop these social media platforms for something else. Maybe a different platform that actually respects privacy or focus on other things in life.

For now though, I’m gonna keep doing what I can to not have to submit my personal info for age verification.

[pkmndaisuki]

the fuck? i've been on bluesky a lot just today and now getting this?

ok, sure, probably just because i'm in fucking texas but who is this kws group?

is that epic games? that epic games?

they put their moderation in the hands of the fortnite people???

not gonna log out from them, not gonna delete my account either, but also not going to fill this out. why do you need to know, especially when bluesky is not a site marketed to kids in the first fucking place?

bluesky itself is rated mature on the google playstore! as in adults only! as in children should not be here anyway so who is this verification for??

yeah i'm not gonna use them until this goes away.