#and talks

[snoopysupe]

i was going to re-organise my clark kent masterlist so all the husband (which is pretty much all of them) fics are in one section so it’s easier to find if you just want to read husband!clark etc. is that too much to click through or a better system?

[spinningspencer]

So I found out my cousin is non-binary today

How's your day going?

[anemonia13]

Ah, how I love seeing people interacting with my blog, reblogging my art and then tearing my blog to smithereens for my theory about Diavolo and Doppio. A good day to think about the weirdness of this platform, even though it's something that happened in the July, it still bothers me. There was two times of this happening but I'm going to talk about a specific one.

There was a blog (I won't name it) that reblogged my art and then, when I interacted with them, blocked me and wrote a post that was like "They've interacted with me when it's written in their pinned post that they don't think Diavolo and Doppio have DID and I blocked them and moved on" and it would be okay if that was the end of the post but then they *drum roll*... wrote whole two paragraphs about me trying to tell them (exactly like that) that this is the only truth and that I'm a singlet and hate systems. Wow! That's how you're not wasting your time and energy, interacting with me when I stated for everyone wanting to interact to think twice before doing it because of my theory and opinion. It's not me who came onto your space, it's you, surprise. Where tf did I say everyone is wrong and Araki is too? Where tf did I state I'm a singlet? Where tf did I state I hate systems? Where tf I tried to change their mind (it's stated in my text it was just a theory, lol)? God knows.

Why do people complain about something that pisses them off after approaching it themselves?

The meaning of the post: be kinder and more attentive to each other, Tumblr and Internet users. If you want to speak out against something, speak softly, courteously, diplomatically, as if you were leading a discussion. You and I live in a civilized world, and not in a cheap TV show where everyone yells and spits hatred at each other. Even if you really want to have a fight and speak out to someone, do it to that person’s face, and not for everyone to see (I would love to do that, but I was blocked).

Good luck to everyone, love you.

[lovekenney]

how is this thing hot to you

I DONT KNOW.

It’s a issue.

[radiowallet]

There is no reason for a meeting to be three hours. I will die on this hill.

[a-fight-we-have-to-win]

*sigh* I am gonna get so much shit for this I can feel it

Alright. Unpopular Opinion: Ben Cook’s Race is kind of an asshole and Giuseppe Bausilio’s Race is the excited dork we all deserve. Thank you and good night.

[magdove]

I thought I’d share how I did the background in my recent Masquerade comic. As these are only web comics I do for fun, I don’t really want to spend the time painstakingly painting every detail. But I knew what I wanted this page to look like. So, instead, I used textures under a creative commons license and altered them to what I needed. Long post incoming 

Here it is in its unedited glory! All of these textures are available at textures.com, formerly cgtextures. I’ve been using these guys for a while.  You can get them for free at smaller resolutions and pay a premium for the big boys.

I was lucky that they happen to have a dedicated library of Venetian buildings but they have many more. These dudes help supply even big studios like Pixar, Dice, Valve, and others. 

I got the fireworks from PhotosForClass.com and used it as a lighten layer to get rid of the black. 

For the other larger textures, I used Krita’s oilpaint filter under the Artistic tab to take out a lot of that detail and to make it blend with my style a bit more. I was unable to use the same filter on the fireworks but ultimately felt they looked just fine as is. I also drew in some lights. Honestly I could have put soo many more things on the buildings, banners, fairy lights EVERYWHERE, and all sorts of carnival things. But I didn’t. 

Most of them eye popping colors were thanks to a color dodge layer that interacted really well with the textures.

And the final result! Don’t think of using textures as cheating. Seriously. A lot of pros use them. Just make sure that you have the rights to use them and you’re golden. Hell, go out and take your own photos. You can even paint on top of them, using the texture to give yourself a good base. Just have fun and create. Thanks for coming to my ted talk