Discover Top Posts Tagged with #the layout

honestly, 2012 tumblr just feels like a whole lifetime ago.

#like everything was different #the layout #internet points to anyone who remembers old tumblr #group rps were more rampant #i feel like just in general it seemed bigger although that could be hindsight or rose tinted lenses #and oh god the drama lmao #even the classic blueeee #( ooc. )

Don't ask me how the ref is going on it's absolutely HORRIBLE

#the layout #THE LAYOUT OMG #i will probably kms over this #but anyways #very proud with the shield !#and i think i need to twist the description a bit #add more things that are less negative lmao😭#maybe i should just do another page ?#i alrrady need a second page with some close up #like face and hands #i think i just hate doing ref lol #wip #my art #link #zelda #oot link #ocarina of time

The page

"I'm not sure why it fell to me to do the traveling. Maybe because I don't mind traveling so much and maybe because I very quickly developed a certain instinct for the books, a feel for the paper, an eye for the quality of the printing, for a well-crafted binding. I don't know what it is, but it's almost physical, like an inchworm testing whether a leaf is worth creeping across, or a bird listening to insects moving in the bark of a tree. It might be a detail: the sound when you flick through the pages, the feel of the lettering, the depth of the imprint, the saturation of the colors in an illustration, the precision of details in a plate, the hues of the edges, I don't know what it is that seals it for me, because even thought I generally know which works I'm interested in, usually I'm not absolutely sure whether I want to buy a book until I have it in my hand."

-Solvej Balle, On the Calculation of Volume, Book I

#on the calculation of volume book I #solvej balle #current reads #bibliophile #bibliophilia #books #on the pleasures of physical books #as a former design major I have an affinity for a well published book #the color and texture of the paper #the type treatment #the layout #a hardcover with appealing art #have all my money please #bookblr

we have been experiencing a revolving door of principals lately and the last one had to ask me to put a book aside because it's queer and the parents are upset and it's so fucking stupid like FUCK. but it is a picture book and parents are apparently sensitive about children learning of the gays so young... but anyway the principal who asked that is gone now and today's one of our last library check out days and the book has been sitting on my shelf behind my desk but I decided like. fuck it, it can be on display for the day. and immediately a teacher comes up to me like. "weren't you asked to pull this book?"

which, entirely out of the school? no, actually. a bit more hidden, yes. but it's like... idk what the fuck it is where she thinks it's HER responsibility to remind me of the instructions of a former principal? cause she was like "didn't the principal ask?" and I'm like... not the current one... but she rightly pointed out like oh the last one? but again, NOT remove it entirely, no. but she's basically catching me in a lie and she's a terrifying bitch to her STUDENTS so I'm like... I can't fucking admit to this so I'm so fucking screwed and I just tried to hold my ground?

but then she's like "oh I'm sorry if I was rude" and I'm just like...... genuinely what BUSINESS IS IT OF YOURS THOUGH? tbh it doesn't even affect her like *I'M* the one risking the L of ANOTHER parent complaining to me about this book but I'm just like... I have a pride flag on my lanyard that was gifted to me from another librarian the FIRST time this shit occurred. I have pride flags on my cabinet. it's pride month. I'm out here fighting for just some goddamn respect and you're basically like "shouldn't you just censor this book entirely?"

which... I ended up having to tell her like, actually she did say just don't display it which I just grabbed it and threw it out to fill space on the shelf (minor lie but who cares), but NO, it was never meant to be culled from the collection which was the one silver lining and I told her straight up like I wouldn't want to cause it's censorship

the fucking book is Prince and Knight by the way and it's cute af and it gets signed out at the other school I'm at all the time but apparently we're just a bit too fucking conservative in this hell hole I've decided to call home

#i love the location of my library #the layout #most of the students and staff #but the fucking.... area we 're in is kinda getting to me with this shit

Part1 Part2 Part3 Part4 Part5 Part6 Part7 Part8 Part9 Part10 Part11

I’m very proud of just like, everything on this page :>

#my crappy art #fantasy #fantasy comic #webcomic #half elf #Marin #Sunita #I JUST LOVE SO MUCH OF THIS!#I'm very proud of the art #the action #the layout #and it was all fun!!!

“DOWN WITH CORPORATIONS! UP WITH CREATIVITY! UP WITH SELF EXPRESSION!”

#i could go on a huge rant about tumblr #i won't in public bc negativity lmao #but man this website is such a toxic trashfire to me and it has been for a while #not you guys #you guys are amazing #just the website #the layout #the uncaring dismissive staff #the bullying #the callouts #the witch hunts #everyone tiptoeing over topics for fear of judgement #rather than being encouraged to be an individual with free thinking thoughts #genuine self expression is so stifled here #also---- i don't like being dicked around #i've watched people complain and complain about tumblr for years #about the staff especially #and new features that pop up #everyone's always so ANGRY #and it gets to me man #i pick up on that shit emotionally which is why i have to be super careful #about keeping my dash clear just personally #ANYWAYS the tumblr staff has consistently not listened to the people they're #supposedly providing a service for #at least it sure seems that way #and if someone screws me over enough times i'm out #i've only stayed for you guys my friends honestly #but.......... if anyone's interested in working out a way to write FREELY #then hmu bc that's what i'm here for other than making friends #i don't want to constantly worry if i'm meeting someone's expectations

Me: it's late and I've taken melatonin I should probably sleep now

My brain: did you know you can't remember what the showers were like in your sophomore year of college? You can't remember taking a single shower? Here's a selection of bathroom layouts from your freshman, junior, and senior years, as well as layouts of random res halls you never actually lived in yourself. Why can't you remember the bathroom layout for sophomore year? You should probably map out every detail of the bathroom you remember. There was one sink and a mirror, a paper towel despenser, the toilet was in the far corner, in a stall--

Me: let me liVE