The Nearsighted Microraptor

Tumblr keeps cutting off my blog description. The name's Raptor, gender is Some Sort of little Dirt Gremlin, occupation is artist and part-time cryptid (which is basically the same thing anyway lbr). They/them pronouns. Bizarre, but charming. Kind of like a normal human, only weirder and worse. please read my BYF

[thenearsightedmicroraptor]

Hello! Welcome! This is an old pinned post that I am dusting off. Before you peruse my blog, I've got some things to say up-front:

Free Palestine. Trans women are women. Black Lives Matter. If you disagree, you are not welcome here.

I also don't want you here if you're a fan of and/or give publicity to openly bigoted creators. In other words, if you talk about harry potter, five nights at freddy's, dreamSMP, pewdiepie or south park, get out of here.

Same goes if you support/use NFT's or AI generators. This includes any use of chatGPT. I think it sucks and I don't wanna hang out with you about it.

Also the 'pro-ship' movement is stupid at best and disgusting at worst. Shoo.

I believe in solidarity. I also believe in biting a bitch. This goes both ways! If I am being a dumb white person, you are allowed to pelt me with rocks. Hopefully I will remember to sit down and listen before it comes to that, but you get my permission up-front. I trust you guys <3

If we're still all on the same page, I hope you enjoy your stay <3

Interests and such:

Human rights

Virtual pet sites

Birds

Bugs (wasps are my best friends)

Frogs

Nature in general

Media analysis and author intent

Making weird art

The process of getting ideas for said weird art

I also have a fandom blog, an inspiration blog, an art blog, and a daily art prompt blog. And some other ones, but these are the most likely to be active.

[thenearsightedmicroraptor]

I am hyping myself up to practice animation every day until I feel like I understand what I'm doing, this is day 2

[james-winston]

you mean to tell me i suffered through 2020 and no one thought to show me this???

[thenearsightedmicroraptor]

I adore Krita in concept, I think it is such an important thing and a fantastic initiative, I am glad it exists, but god I wish it was more intuitive to work with. The UI is so complex and everything feels like moving an image in word

[thenearsightedmicroraptor]

My biggest problem with it is everything is so scattered. I have tried so hard to get things organized in a way I understand, but my brush settings are still scattered to the four winds. The brush type is a menu separate from 'tool settings' and it only contains smoothing. Then there's a third menu for "quick settings" or something, where you can choose preset sizes, opacities, or 'flow', but each function is in its own little tab. The SLIDERS to adjust size and opacity FREELY are UP IN THE TOOLBAR. Blending modes for tools are ALSO IN THE TOOLBAR. And these are just the settings I have been able to find! WHY are the settings for the SAME TOOL in FOUR DIFFERENT PLACES?? The selection tools are all categorized as different tools (freehand, square, magic wand, circle, whatever else), cluttering up the sidebar, but every single brush is categorized as the same tool, with just one icon. What is going on!! You NEED to CLEAN UPPPPP!!!

[thenearsightedmicroraptor]

I adore Krita in concept, I think it is such an important thing and a fantastic initiative, I am glad it exists, but god I wish it was more intuitive to work with. The UI is so complex and everything feels like moving an image in word

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

you can only do this career for the rest of your life

https://wheelofnames.com/dng-wgq

How are things going?

Great! A job I actually enjoy!

okay. I can put up with this

bad but not terrible

terrible

I don't work/results

Voting ended onApr 13

(this wheel is set in a magical world where all jobs pay enough to support yourself so this is purely about the work you do and not the money)

[thenearsightedmicroraptor]

So unemployable that not even the wheel knows what to do with me

[hthrrloooo]

Catastrophize Benedictine

[dragongirlsweetie]

it sucks that the backrooms and by extent liminal spaces turned out the way they did in popular culture. i love dreamy places not because they're full of Scary Screatures or whatever but because they're fun and interesting and cool and a perfect place for a girl like me to lay her eggs

[dragongirlsweetie]

i could make a nest here it would be so good it's got the perfect amount of structural support for the strands of goo to connect up and hold together easily without collapsing and forming a cozy little den for me to sleep in. but all anyone cares about is booboo's playtime party friends

[foxxear]

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but you are one of the Scary Screatures

[dragongirlsweetie]

i'm a cute girl and everyone loves me

[lesbiansforboromir]

You actually cannot skip to being good at a creative endeavour that you haven't put much practice into. You cannot trick your way out of the 'knows that your work is not what you want it to be but don't know how to improve it' stage by planning or reading or talking about it really really hard. At some point you just have to craft through it until your brain finds it's own unique way back to the 'everything I make slaps' stage and be prepared to start the cycle all over again. You just have to make that project you're excited about slightly less good than you want it to be. (Says this standing in a pool of blood and covered in blood and also coughing up a little blood)

[yoursminehourss]

honestly i think im good without that thanks

[movementnudge]

Movement nudge!

X

[suncaptor]

linked tree (includes options to donate to Ghanaian projects)

petition to show support

[kuwau]

what character(s) do you associate with the person you reblogged this from?

[manuciruja]

awww the like button turns into a rainbow when you press it! that's so cute...hey staff what's with all the trans women you keep nuking?

[manuciruja]

i think we should be ridiculing them more for this. you don't get to try and go all "queer website" when your staff likes to go on nuking sprees targeting the trans fem users

[rabbitkinglune777]

trans women make this place better

[rabbitkinglune777]

not just the website but da world!

[transsexual-feminism]

Today I wanted to talk about Kyle Bassinga. Kyle was a 21 year old man from Georgia, whose family described him as "a kind, thoughtful, and smart young man who loved nature, music, and the people around him". Kyle Bassinga was killed on February 18th 2026, just ten days after his birthday. He was found hanging from a tree in a park.

The police ruled it a suicide. The family and local community demanded an investigation. The police refused to change their ruling.

I know this website it too white for this to really go anywhere, but an understanding of the present reality of white supremacy in the United States is just so important to transfeminism here. Lynchings never stopped, white supremacy never went away, you just stopped looking.

[creatingblackcharacters]

Want to know how to actually apologize for being antiblack? How to be believable and a better antiracist?

If so, do I got the post for you! 📢