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Whatcom, Washington by Sergiy Matusevych
i hate that every time i look for color studies and tips to improve my art and make it more dynamic and interesting all that comes up are rudimentary explanations of the color wheel that explain it to me like im in 1st grade and just now discovering my primary colors
âred and green are opposites đĽ°â cool now how do i paint a tree with pinks and blues without it looking like a childâs finger painting or incongruous blobs of rainbow vomit
ok i canât explain it very well but im looking for tips and techniques for rendering art like
with specifically the highlights and colors being hues that compliment each other, donât distract from the scene, and make it more interesting/visually appealing
is it too much to ask
gonna drop some sources I have saved on Pinterest! I don't know if these all link back to the original sources so apologies for that
cohesive but still contrasting
This kind of talks about color and composition
This is a bit about landscape specifically
Values & composition
Contrast in composition
Balance in colors & values
This one's more for palette building but I think it's useful and can be applied to the other ones
Cohesion within compositions/lighting
"Chromatic fringe" - I also see people using this with shading, they bring in a transition color that is a different hue than the base color or shadow, it makes it so that less vibrancy is lost and it doesn't get muddy!
This one specifically has a lot of process behind the style of painting you're looking for!
Also one of my favorite artists who makes bright and colorful art like this is Not Sorry Art on TikTok & YouTube, her website is here and it's<3 my fav. She has some videos where you can see her process
With the oranges painting you put as an example, I noticed they painted the lighter values more toward yellow - they also exaggerated the hues of the undertones of the photo, so I'm guessing they either did it in their head or bumped the saturation up to get a closer look! I really love these paintings you shared and I definitely share your desire to paint/draw like that :)
thanks this is super helpful! /gen
Twin Peaks â 2.19Â âVariations and Relationsâ
I cannot emphasize enough how much you need to read thoroughly through the terms of any publication before you send your writing to them. It is mandatory that you know and understand what rights youâre giving away when youâre trying to get published.
Just the other day I was emailed by a relatively new indie journal looking for writers. They made it very clear that they did not pay writers for their work, so I figured Iâd probably be passing, but I took a look at their Copyright policy out of curiosity and it was a nightmare. They wanted ânon-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide license and right to use, display, reproduce, distribute, and publish the Work on the internet and on or in any mediumâ (thatâs copy and pasted btw) and that was the first of 10 sections on their Copyright agreement page. Yikes. Thatâs exactly the type of publishing nightmare you donât want to be trapped in.Â
Most journals will ask for âFirst North American Rightsâ or a variation on âFirst Rightsâ which operate under the assumption that all right revert back to you and they only have the right to be the first publishers of the work. That is what you need to be looking for because you do want to retain all the rights to your work.Â
You want all rights to revert back to you upon publication in case you, say, want to publish it again in the future or use it for a bookmark or post it on your blog, or anything else you might want to do with the writing you worked hard on. Any time a publisher wants more than that, be very suspicious. Anyone who wants to own your work forever and be able to do whatever they want with it without your permission is not to be trusted. Anyone who wants all that and wants you to sign away your right to ever be paid for your work is running a scam.
Protect your writing. Itâs not just your intellectual property, itâs also your baby. You worked hard on it. You need to do the extra research to protect yourself so that a scammer (or even a well meaning start up) doesnât steal you work right from under you nose and make money off of it.
Exclusive publishing rights have to have a set time frame! Do not agree to anything that doesnât clearly state âup to five years from signatureâ or something like that.Â
What if the publisher goes defunct? What if they get bought by another publisher who doesnât care to promote or publish your work? You still canât to anything with it, you donât own it anymore!
For a thorough overview of what you should be aware of regarding your intellectual property and publishing rights, please read through this collection of post [https://kriswrites.com/business-musings/contracts-and-dealbreakers/] by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.Â
Protect your IP. Do not give away your stories.
Every writer needs to read this before signing that contract:
Writer Beware!
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me looking at john singer sargents watercolours: Just Fuck Of...
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(Adding some of his alligator watercolors to this post)
This could save your life.
BOOST.
Absolutely vital information to have if you live where the waters freeze over.
I especially appreciate this guy's commitment to actually showing the steps himself. That cold-shock response is a bitch and willingly subjecting himself to it couldn't have been fun.
I donât live anywhere near water like this, but I am still memorizing this knowledge because:
* I might use it in a story someday.
* Any knowledge that staves off the dying is good knowledge.
Chinese street fashion in Chengdu
Videos compiled by me. Videos were filmed with the subject's knowledge.
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People in the BDSM and kink communities are the only people who are normal about sex, actually, and we should all learn from them.
I think everyone should familiarise themselves with the theory for such key concepts as consent, rejecting a sexual practice for yourself without judging it morally for others, sub drop and how it can happen even in the most vanilla sexual encounters, and aftercare and how itâs often needed in even the most vanilla sexual encounters (but often treated as a joke and something to ridicule).
Summary for those who havenât read the links:
Sub drop is basically getting the endrophin high from sex and then crashing hard from it. You just had an amazing, intense experience, so why do you want to cry??? Why do you feel weird and empty and alone? Even if you donât get the outright crash, when the horniness fades, it catches up to you just how vulnerable youâve been, and itâs natural and common to feel a little lost and alone after that. Contrary to what the term implies, you donât need to be the submissive party to experience this. Note how much vanilla sex culture ridicules this (âcrying after sexâ jokes, etc.).
Aftercare is the antidote to sub drop, itâs the post-sex affirmation that things are good and you are safe and appreciated. Common forms include cuddling, ice cream, taking a warm shower together, wrapping yourself in your fuzziest softest bathrobe available and general relaxation together. Comfort and reassurance. Note how much vanilla sex culture condemns people as âneedyâ for wanting this kind of treatment, or for being upset that their partner just walks out on them after sex. (The people being condemned as âneedyâ are usually women, but I donât even want to think about how much men certainly need this comfort too but feel like they canât ask for it without being seen as un-masculine.)
This is what I mean when I say BDSMers and kinksters are the only ones who have this shit figured out. None of these things are actually exclusive to BDSM and kinky sex, vanilla sex for everyone would be SO MUCH BETTER if these things were part of universal sex ed.
HEY ARTISTS!
Do you design a lot of characters living in not-modern eras and youâre tired of combing through google for the perfect outfit references? Well I got good news for you kiddo, this website has you covered! Originally @modmad made a post about it, but her link stopped working and I managed to fix it, so hereâs a new post. Basically, this is a costume rental website for plays and stage shows and what not, they have outfits for several different decades from medieval to the 1980s. LOOK AT THIS SELECTION:
OPEN ANY CATEGORY AND OH LORDYâ
Thereâs a lot of really specific stuff in here, I design a lot of 1930s characters for my ask blog and with more chapters on the way for the game it belongs to Iâm gonna be designing more, and this website is going to be an invaluable reference. I hope this can be useful to my other fellow artists as well! :)
Did you find this helpful? If youâre able, maybe buy me a coffee please? :D
hii! How do you turn adjectives into nouns in french? Like how words in english like 'polite' turns into 'politeness', 'courteous' into 'courtesy', etc.
Hello,
It depends on the termination of the adjectives:
_able > _(ti)on: Raisonnable > Raison, Admirable > Admiration (f) OR _our: Aimable > Amour (m)
_aire > _aritĂŠ: Capillaire > CapillaritĂŠ
_al-e > _e: Architecturale > Architecture
_are > _aritĂŠ: Hilare > HilaritĂŠ
_arre > _arrerie: Bizarre > Bizarrerie
_c-he > _cheur: Blanc > Blancheur
_cien-ne > _que: MĂŠcanicien > MĂŠcanique
_d-e > _deur: Grand > Grandeur
_e > _tĂŠ: HonnĂŞte > HonnĂŞtetĂŠ, Atroce > AtrocitĂŠ OR _erie: DrĂ´le > DrĂ´lerie
_ĂŠ-e > _age: FloutĂŠe > Floutage (m) OR _ement: ManquĂŠe > Manquement (m) OR _t: ArrĂŞtĂŠe > ArrĂŞt OR _tion: MentionnĂŠ > Mention (f)
_eau/_elle > _tĂŠ: Beau > BeautĂŠ
_ĂŠen-ne > _ĂŠisme: ManichĂŠen > ManichĂŠisme
_el-le > _e: Culturelle > Culture
_ent/ence > _ence: Apparent > Apparence
_er/ère > _erie: Boulanger > Boulangerie
_esque > _erie: Chevaleresque > Chevalerie
_eux/euse > _Ă: Amoureux > Amour (m) OR _e: Argileux > Argile (f) OR -itĂŠ: Curieux > CuriositĂŠ (f)
_ical-e > _aire: Grammatical > Grammaire
_i-e > _ssement: Accomplie > Accomplissement (m) OR _tesse: Poli > Politesse (f)
_ien-ne > _ie: BactĂŠrien > BactĂŠrie
_ieux/ieuse > _ce: Gracieux > Grâce OR _ie: Minutieuse > Minutie
_if/ive > _ion: Administratif > Administration
_in-e > -at: Assassin > Assassinat
_ique > _isme: Anachronique > Anachronisme
_iste > _isme: FĂŠministe > FĂŠminisme
_it-e > _tesse: Petit > Petitesse
_nnĂŠ-e > _n: AbandonnĂŠe > Abandon
_oir-e > _ceur: Noire > Noirceur
_ois-e > _oisie: Bourgeoise > Bourgeoisie
_on-ne > _onnerie: Mignon > Mignonnerie
_phile > _philie: HaltĂŠrophile > HaltĂŠrophilie
_polaire > _polaritĂŠ: Bipolaire > BipolaritĂŠ
_t-e > _ce: Abondante > Abondance OR _titude: BĂŠat > BĂŠatitude
_tique: _se: Extastique > Extase
_u-e > _eur: Ardue > Ardeur OR _e: Barbu > Barbe
_ueillant-e > _ueil: Accueillant > Accueil
_ueilleux/se > _ueil: Orgueilleuse > Orgueil
I'll stop here but you get the point. More details about nationalities (five posts, tagged with #places)!
N.B.: Sometimes there is no noun etymologically related to an adjective (ex: Avocat, Narquois).
Hope this helps! x
somepony asked how i draw shoes & here is my thought process :)
Good stuff.
This. This is good fiction writing advice. I really appreciate how it was formatted as âthis is a common problem, here is a solution to try in your own workâ and not âoh god, donât do that!â without any extra help. And I extra appreciated the âdonât rely on adverbsâ bit, because they do have their place but they arenât the only way actions can be emphasized.
Teen French expressions
For if you want to make hip young friends.
Disclaimer: French people complain a lot. A lot. Donât be surprised if 90% of these expressions are complaining.
Non mais oh - say this if someone does something mildly annoying and you want to express your shock and distaste.
Tu me fais chier - (alt. tu me fais chier, lĂ .) literally âyou make me shitâ. means youâre pissing me off.
CarrĂŠment - translates to âsquarelyâ. Means âliterallyâ. If someone tells you something surprising or annoying, you can answer simply âah carrĂŠment.â see: tu me fais carrĂŠment chier.
Jâhallucine / je rĂŞve - are you annoyed by something? say these.
Câest pas possible - a classic. anything bad happens - câest pas possible. There is no cheese left? Itâs not possible. Iâm hallucinating. This is a burden on me that solely I can bear I cannot believe this is happening.
Ăa commence Ă me gaver - Iâm starting to get real sick of this. see: Ăa commence carrĂŠment a me gaver lĂ , putain.
Tâes relou - verlan slang for âlourdâ meaning someoneâs heavy, personality-wise. Theyâre tedious.
Ăa me saoĂťle / ça me gonfle - similar to gaver, means somethingâs pissing you off, youâre sick of it.
Grave - totally.
Câest clair - totally/thatâs clear. Like âclaroâ in spanish. âJustine elle est trop relouâ âCâest clair. Elle me fait chier.â
Jâen ai marre - Iâm sick of this.
Jâen ai ras le bol - Iâm sick of this.
Jâen ai ras le cul - Iâm sick of this (vulgar).
(Jâen ai) Rien Ă battre - I donât give a damn.
(Jâen ai) Rien Ă foutre - I donât give a fuck.
Câest bon, lĂ . - Â Thatâs enough.
Perso, euh, - âPersonally,â generally used at the start of a complaining sentence, to express how personal the matter is to you. Perso, euh, câest bon lĂ . Jâen ai ras le cul.
RĂ´h lĂ - general expression of distaste. Le longer the rĂ´h, the more annoyed you are. RĂ´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´Ă´h, câest quoi ce bordel.
Câest quoi ce bordel ? - translates to âwhatâs this brothelâ, means âwhatâs this shit?!â
Câest de la merde - Itâs shit.
Câest une blague ? - Is this a joke?
Idem - ditto
Jâai la dal - Iâm hungry
Ăa caille - Itâs freezing
Ouf - two meanings 1. phew or 2. verlan for âfouâ, meaning crazy (as a noun or adjective). âKĂŠvin, câest un ouf! Il fait du vĂŠlo sans casque!â âOuais carrĂŠment, câĂŠtait un truc de ouf!â
KĂŠvin - thereâs a running joke that all the young delinquents seem to be called KĂŠvin.
Crever - slang for âto dieâ. Va crever, connard!
Connard/Connasse - c*nt, but a lot less vulgar in french peoples eyes
And finally,
Tâes con. No English translation can express the power behind the words âtâes conâ. While it may sort of translate to âyouâre a c*nt/idiotâ, it expresses something much deeper. You really are a god damn fool.
The ONLY WAY to combat the lack of funding in arts education is for professionals to take a few hours a week to share their skills for FREE, to empower and encourage the next generation of artists. THIS IS WHAT THE INTERNET IS FOR. Hereâs 200 tutorials:
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what ARE your anti-dipshit with a clipboard and a confident stride measures?
"You are not allowed into the facility without presenting identification. Okay, lovely. I also need your site specific training for specific hazards of this location. Okay, thank you, finding that on record. Okay, so who is your plant contact? And what work are you here to do precisely? Your work order number should be on the job assessment that your supervisor should have been sent when setting up this job....oh? Youâre missing any one of those things? Sorry I cannot allow you into the facility today.â
If someone shows up and is missing any single one of these or canât come up with a plant contact name? They get turned away.
I have in the last week in fact had a dude scream at me because I would not simply let him in. He was insisting he was here to meet with a maintenance manager to see about repairing some of their equipment. Problem with this is that he said âyour maintenance managerâ
We have like seven maintenance managers who each specialize in specific departments or systems or projects. Not a single one. Someone saying âTHEâ manager of anything here is, 100% of the time, trying to fish info out of me.
So I ask WHICH one, and he gets upset, and finally says the name of a dude who retired three years ago. I say âno, he does not work here, any other contact information you have?â
Now, what this dude wanted, 100%, is to go into the plant with his pickup truck and steal scrap metal and he was trying to Bavarian fire drill his way in. It did not work. He didnât have any other names or contact info or appointment information or anything that could verify that he was supposed to be there. He was HOPING that when he screamed at me that heâd talk to someone and have me fired that Iâd go âno no itâs fine of courseâ. If I HAD done that I WOULD have been fired. I didnât. He left. Havenât heard shit. Knew I wouldnât. Wrote up an incident report with his description and vehicle description so now everyone knows whatâs up with him.
Thatâs how you defeat a dude with a clipboard and a confident stride.
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I donât kmow how
But this thing will be
In my fic, like, now
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