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[blackfangirlsunite]

nappynomad replied to your post: Hi, my name is Suru. This is gonna be ...

Thank you for sharing and giving that advice to others. Stay safe and loved.

Thank you so much. <3

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m00nwill0w said: You just have artist block!!! It’ll be okay everything will be fine! Creativity will come back soon!!

nappynomad said: I’m sorry. Sometimes we lose our drive, what made us want to do art in the first place, what made us dedicate ourselves to a certain media. Take your time, take a break. Try other things. Give yourself time.

thanks, guys. c: sometimes i just gotta remember to breathe. and then approach the problem from a different angle. i feel sort of out of practice in doing actual illustrative pieces that aren't just environments (because that's what i do at work) or quick character sketches (because that's usually all i have time for on my own) and it's just really frustrating. i forgot that lines aren't even the way my brain naturally thinks. i'm more of a form and color person.

the thing is i really want to do some paintings for christmas presents this year, so i only have so much time. :c luckily, when i said "screw it i'm blocking this in with colors" i got a colorstudy/thumbnail that may be usable?  i'll post the one worthwhile thing i managed from tonight. i think my new year's resolution will need to be "paint more, create more."

[princesseblade]

nappynomad reblogged your post:The Real Life Fish Mooney, Stephanie "Queenie" St. Clair

I love how she got her money and then chilled. THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!!!

Right she was smart about it lol, like she did her and bounced XD. I wanna say Jada said in an interview that she was channeling Queenie so it's nice to see more information about her.

[threesideddream]

nappynomad replied to your post: I thought I should be nice to myself, ...

I am going to need the recipe please.

it was mad simple, tbh

porkchops: - marinate in lemon juice, salt, pepper, and cumin (like 15 min. minimum) - roll in egg wash (mine was 1 medium egg + evaporated milk bc that's the only milk i have in the house lmao) - roll in panko (mine was seasoned) - fry up in hot oil

salad: - throw lil tomatoes in a bowl - rip up basil. throw it in. - rip up mozzarella. throw it in. - hit it with a little salt and pepper - drizzle on balsamic vinaigrette

then eat everything and feel great

[cuscatlanaziz]

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http://cuscatlanaziz.tumblr.com/post/91797268665/i-get-a-lot-of-questions-re-books-i-read-about This one! "Iran and the Challenge of Diversity" by Alireza Asgharzadeh :')!

[jhenne-bean]

Some of JT's favorite Media Studies books

that she hasn't read in a long time jfc what a poser {This post is for the ever-patient nappynomad, who wanted to know some of my favorite media studies books~}

Books: Man. Books. The supremely shitty thing about Media Studies books is that they're rendered old/"snapshot of history" status in, like, five minutes. (Some titles try to compensate by having about a billion editions.) This can be kind of good in a way, though? If a chapter leaves you hanging like 'maybe someday in the future blah blah will happen', and you're reading in 2014 where it already has, it will prompt you to think critically about whatever that subject was. Hooray?

Disclaimer: I went to UCB, where media studies greatly overlaps with film/journalism/psychology101/anthropology/sociology, so some of the books reflect that. Also this list is p.heavily US Centric. 

STILL, uhm. I like these:

America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in the Movies, 2nd Edition

Decoding Advertisements: Ideology and Meaning in Advertising 

Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom

Media & Society - I have the 4th edition but apparently there's a fifth. 

Critical Terms for Media Studies 

Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture 

Critical Media Studies: An Introduction 

Figures of Speech: First Amendment Heroes and Villains - My professor happened to be the author of this book, so idak if I enjoyed the book or his teaching of it, lol. 

Media and Society: A Critical Perspective 

No Caption Needed: Iconic  Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy 

The Television Will Be Revolutionized - I thought this was a little boring, but it is a relatively good summary of television as a medium 

The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America - There's a few core ideas in here that I find interesting, and the rest is ehhhhh.

Privilege, Power, and Difference - This is a really 101 book that I'd give to beginners. But that's why I like it. "Here, read this and get out of my face."

The Googlization of Everything, And Why We Should Worry 

Yay!

[catceleste]

nappynomad replied to your post:nappynomad replied to your post:help wanted - i’ve...

How about I keep doing what I’m doing and you still give me emojis?

you're hired 💰💵💳

[catceleste]

nappynomad replied to your post:help wanted - i’ve just fired my entire staff, i’m...

What are the duties?

alert me to the best cat posts