I AM GOING TO BE AN ARTIST!

Commission Artist! I draw stuff. And Animate too.

[otiksimr]

Poorly drawn Spinda

[cyriledits]

Angel’s egg by Yoshitaka Amano (1985) headers

fav or reblog if u save

[true-intha-blu]

Funny little comic about art life. Might make this into a sunday funnies things. I might.

[apricops]

can I just say that we all owe Kojima an apology for Metal Gear Solid 2? He looked right into the camera and said “the future of information control will not be censorship, it will be drowning people in trivial noise and misinformation until people partition themselves into their own separate realities” in TWO THOUSAND AND ONE. Three years before Facebook existed. Kojima gave us the biggest Babe-Ruth-pointing-at-the-sky called shot of all time and we weren’t ready for it.

[elioli-art]

25 days left to help fund the GENESIS KICKSTARTER!!

"GENESIS" - Animated Bible Proof-Of-Concept

GENESIS is an animated epic for older teens and adults - a retelling of Eden to Noah through bold, cinematic animation.

[depsidase]

[saathiray]

I think it's been said but I'll say it again. Asking for a photo with an application is illegal because of this

[10blue10]

Solar-punk Tech

I reblogged this comic about solar-punk not long ago and it gave me the idea to make a list of solar-punk technologies that exist right now, all taken from Sam Bentley YouTube shorts.

(Btw, if you’re not subscribed to Sam Bentley, you totally should. Because why doom-scroll when you can…idk, mood-scroll? But it’s a good mood!) To me, a solarpunk future would be one where all these environmentally friendly, sustainable technologies are commonplace.

Imagine a whole world with…

Floating plant structures like The Wild Mile in Chicago, filtering and detoxifying polluted rivers: https://youtube.com/shorts/8M7sF8df2jE?si=GvN7n6XL-xAXpDl0

Recycled tennis balls made into sound dampening panels everywhere from libraries to airports: https://youtube.com/shorts/6uutX7eqgeg?si=MZD3yTzKPKENQqkq 

A type of material that destroys ‘forever chemicals’ in water 1000 times faster than current filters: https://youtube.com/shorts/wdx-ULfKe2I?si=h7fbyCWcbBenMmPQ 

A renewable energy device that generates clean electricity just by bobbing in the ocean waves: https://youtube.com/shorts/yGCiuDcRcH8?si=XUToUeLUtc9Z_Rdm 

A cellulose based plastic that dissolves in saltwater in hours, leaving no microplastics behind: https://youtube.com/shorts/EePU8negPhg?si=5S8WVD879OK28QE_

Dune thatching, a technique to prevent the erosion of sand dunes by burying old xmas trees: https://youtube.com/shorts/SmQ3VCH7aqw?si=ychFcsPNdNbS1xOO 

Straw checkerboards, a simple and low cost technique that helps to combat desertification: https://youtube.com/shorts/L9Tr4BhagDQ?si=kXxC_ukHDpjGGDLy 

Compostable sauce packets made from 100% sugarcane pulp to come with your takeaways: https://youtube.com/shorts/18wiZdtd9A4?si=WiRsJRgd2nqYWMf 

Compostable plates and trays made from sugarcane fibre to be used for takeaways: https://youtube.com/shorts/Tb-7KDpuWkQ?si=IsHNRfbCFr9Rb2Qi

Edible cutlery that you can eat (or simply compost) after your sustainable takeaway is finished: https://youtube.com/shorts/t_aom6F1dDs?si=FR3gUlch6CMbGb1b

Companies that recycle old glass into everything from chandeliers to wine glasses:https://youtube.com/shorts/_9Zy_FVbU6E?si=ILvQOT366FQvh2gT 

A black pigment made from algae that replaces ‘carbon black’ pigment made from fossil fuels: https://youtube.com/shorts/wlJAH5qd3s4?si=dHSqZte9WIPVoCbI 

Underwater ‘kites’ generating electricity by using reliable ocean currents to ‘fly’ through water: https://youtube.com/shorts/NksQVy4f0BU?si=DZsF8UzOJgiI1lLV 

Biodegradable mannequins made from recycled textile waste instead of using plastic ones: https://youtube.com/shorts/Bcbg6p-XY5U?si=P1ILBdwr0HqvvUee 

Microplastic silicone filters that catch up to 98% of microplastics in water: https://youtube.com/shorts/HxdNUdEvqhM?si=dteA2XbtybQoA34C 

Underwear specifically designed for periods that doesn’t waste plastic with old pads/tampons: https://youtube.com/shorts/Vbnt8ye0fHU?si=w0VZ-BIEY5yunNfG 

Colour changing stickers to check the freshness of food, paper packaging that can be dissolved in water and machines that turn carbon from engines into limestone pellets that can be reused: https://youtube.com/shorts/mqOKnzc297s?si=on3xm5oFsgOTQPqp

Batteries made from fungi that digest themselves after use, leaving no waste to end up in landfill: https://youtube.com/shorts/00qa4wnX-5E?si=25HnToNhJJv7-pkT 

Cardboard biodegradable cocoons that help protect and water tree seedlings so they can grow:  https://youtube.com/shorts/Tx8OnkoOhhU?si=NkF3LAWEXkcgXyie 

Paper bags made from fallen leaves in urban areas rather than actual trees: https://youtube.com/shorts/StoyKSF_1z8?si=FR-plG3BAfwR67Lp

Toys, paper and other items made from recycled cigarette butts: https://youtube.com/shorts/KFRyItBVV1A?si=NkIsOd5JnN8iwLy9 

Now I know what you’re thinking. Compostable takeaways and tennis ball soundproofing is all well and good, but what about infrastructure? What about actual buildings? Imagine a world where… 

City blocks are combined into super blocks with more walkable, safer, cleaner public spaces : https://youtube.com/shorts/r7-Ch1PXXow?si=odJJJE1Lc9YgCVfT 

Wildlife crossings like bridges and tunnels are used to reconnect fragmented animal habitats: https://youtube.com/shorts/_F3xAXK-XxE?si=0U9p4D2MdKyDzF4U

Ecoblox tiles are used on sea walls to give animals like barnacles and coral something to cling to: https://youtube.com/shorts/T6UdvxPCttM?si=x13mKMBV96gbttcp

Sugarcrete, a concrete alternative made from, yes, sugarcane waste, is used in construction: https://youtube.com/shorts/SAkhBA4rXuE?si=hEC87uO-C7UrMsAg

Rubble (from natural disasters or wars) is recycled into bricks to quickly rebuild peoples homes: https://youtube.com/shorts/hSpo3seekgg?si=UNyomj22tdYPMKmi 

Porous concrete that helps prevent flooding is retrofitted or built into new roads and pavements: https://youtube.com/shorts/9ziEXJKzNf4?si=mjxwF3G3ldq7Ds8w

Furniture is made from rice husks to avoid deforestation and the use of toxic resins in plywood: https://youtube.com/shorts/JBxyxbY27Fw?si=SKQ4FDRnKfFXOGAY 

Swathes of concrete and tarmac are replaced with urban forests full of trees, flowers and wildlife: https://youtube.com/shorts/iqIJNjsaiqo?si=bUJGSsQWHBXG7shx

Underwater sculpture parks/museums are placed in barren seabeds for corals to grow on them: https://youtube.com/shorts/XChA_vgaAtY?si=KC4bu_l-6GRDilGh

Windows are decorated with polka dots and other simple designs to prevent bird collisions: https://youtube.com/shorts/EoeK3ZXzkOk?si=1BbBjZs2yAZCp3_W 

Swimming pools are built that use natural means, not chemicals like chlorine, to stay clean: https://youtube.com/shorts/sYc6aBs8Af4?si=tmTkhhhjeNzMjXAM 

Solar panels can be installed along train tracks to power both nearby homes and the trains: https://youtube.com/shorts/880GIqvoH2k?si=cr2Vt1NZ3mYSmLHN

Unproductive land is replanted using a more bio diverse method called syntropic farming: https://youtube.com/shorts/RQloUQzIAMY?si=IJbRMonlkb9rDEuT 

Sandbags and barbed wire are used to build shelters for people after a crisis: https://youtube.com/shorts/wE6N3xi16m8?si=Nat0772RQe1pgTtg

Hot streets are shaded with beautiful crocheted canopies made by local crafters from yarn:  https://youtube.com/shorts/ZqERZLCfO1Q?si=Ry4dE1TKQvklM0yd 

High speed continental rail networks (no planes! Yay trains!): https://youtube.com/shorts/djx2zztoorQ?si=M6yWytrAijbUOr65 

‘Warka Water’ towers are used to collect clean water in dry/arid locations across the world: https://youtube.com/shorts/U-JQAddsF1U?si=zqleBTCwN4MPhrit

Buildings are made with hemp-crete, which reduces the need for concrete and thus pollution: https://youtube.com/shorts/aBrtHZ640Is?si=FOJGY-50D2qg3F5c 

Buildings are made out of blocks that work like Lego which are easy to build & use less resources: https://youtube.com/shorts/EeFBs_ZHq64?si=X-vKKN2xFmf6zHnL 

Greenhouses are built that both grow food and generate power with light filters and solar panels: https://youtube.com/shorts/L1coZb3y3Xo?si=e3XMBEjbiYlccuwF

Insulation is made from recycled coconut husks instead of burning them or using plastics: https://youtube.com/shorts/3_YuzRbymMA?si=3rsnBgFIZtDapEdc 

Sponge cities are designed that use various natural/sustainable means to reduce flooding risks: https://youtube.com/shorts/jI0p5w1Ea1U?si=TMGEESwy0RYept18 

These are just a few of the many innovative solutions to pollution and climate change that have and are being created. Click the links to learn more about each one and just check out Sam’s YT channel. 

[aetherograph]

If you want to know how things work and who is working in the background on various solutions to problems, read literally ANY Of Mary Roach's books. But her most recent one talks about the intersection of animals and people, and covers everything from bears to monkeys to tigers to deer, and how many people are working to try and make it so animals and people interacting doesn't result in anybody getting harmed. There's also a really good section about search and rescue and how easy it is to get lost in the woods.

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

When Nature Breaks the Law

I learned from that book that two things that would solve a lot of problems are:

Giving restaurants incentives to properly use their food waste containers so that bears cannot get into them, thereby keeping bears from learning cities are places there is food.

Lowering the speed limit to 35mph or less would prevent deer strikes. There is no amount of wildlife bridges that will help with deer because bridges are generally best for animals that migrate. Deer are not migrating, they are just around.

Another thing that would help with deer strikes is RE INTRODUCING WOLVES.

Ranchers are fucking wretched little ingrates that actively want to destroy the ecosystem and pitch hissy fits every time someone isn't ranching near them. They pitch hissy fits about vultures. They pitch hissy fits about wolves. They pitch hissy fits about neighbours having bison instead of cows. They pitch hissy fits about EVERYTHING that doesn't coddle them and tell them they are the backbone of this country by raising cows and killing everything else. They are horrid.

Re-introducing large cats will get rid of prion diseases like Dear Wasting Disease. Prion diseases CANNOT be disinfected away or even got rid of with heat--but a cat's gut can kill them. So, more hunting cats means less prion disease.

Large apex predators fix the ecosystem.

Leopards still eat people. Like this is very much still a problem.

You cannot really stop elephants from doing anything.

Americans are like the only people that react to a human-habituated animal by killing it. People in India think we're "psychopaths" for doing this. Makes you think.

Another big big thing that is very solarpunk and will help everyone everywhere is LANDBACK.

[realmsmaraj]

Some more Blockhead sticker drawings from Magma during an art event on Jowol's server. The theme was Flower and I did some mother's day things for Mother Jowol(Porcelain Guard).

[realmsmaraj]

Just some fun drawings I did on an art event on Jowol's server. They kind of look like stickers now that I think about it. This was like my second type using Magma. The theme was tea.

[nemirutami]

HAY GIRLIES here's a sneak-peak of my upcoming pride month comic "Instruments of War"!

It's a gay comic about dead boys whose existence has been reduced to being government property in a post-apocalyptic Croatia where creatures masked as 'sound' go savage, and the only counter humanity has left to survive is playing a special kind of music!

Read on TAPAS, the homepage, or join Kofi to get pages early/as they're completed :)!

[buggachat]

the best female characters are the ones that online discourse calls annoying and cannot stand. this is a fact sorry. the more hated she is by the online sphere the better her character is sorry

[ieatratsyummy]

They could never make me hate you, complex female character whose reaction to trauma was not pretty and digestible like how people think it should be.

[carmahnart]

Hey y’all I have an announcement! My web app that I’ve been working on, Afro Index, is now live! It’s a visual reference library of Black hairstyles, for artist, animators, writers, and anyone who wants to learn more about them!

Check it out at afroindex.org! 💛✨

Afro Index – Black Hairstyle Reference Library

A reference library for Black hairstyles with accurate naming, structured filtering, and curated reference images.

[queen-mihai]

Ooooooooooo

[rowanisawriter]

write insane shit that’s way beyond your perceived ability and skill level even if you don’t finish it even if you think it sucks

[000l]

[shrewreadings]

like to charge, reblog to cast.

[zillychu]

I hope you sued your previous employer. It's not legal to fire someone for needing hospital to survive.

I paraphrased in my original post to just "it's legal here" but it's more complicated than that.

Missouri is an "at-will" employment state, meaning employers can fire you with no warning for anything at all... unless it breaks federal or state laws.

Discrimination against someone disabled (me) is, technically, not legal. However, the difficulty lies in (1) proving that the employer did without a doubt fire me for needing time to recover from surgery, and (2) that the injury was caused by a legally recognized disability. Ehlers-Danlos is in that category, and tbh, any reasonable judge would look at the circumstances and rule my termination to be unlawful.

But then, we get to the legal system. Which is stacked to protect the rich, including corporations. Bribes could happen under the table. I could get a shit judge or a bigoted jury.

I know I just posted about donating $100 to charity, but I'm poor. Like, well, below poverty line. I simply do not have the money to hire a lawyer, and even if I could scrape enough together, it's just too risky. I could lose the case and owe tens of thousands of dollars. I'd love to find a pro-bono lawyer in the St. Louis area, but those are so few and far between (I've found none), and my case likely isn't enough for them to even consider.

The shit icing on my crap cake is that I also can't collect unemployment, because I'm currently applying for disability. Yippee!

Anyway. I post this in hopes that some people learn a little bit more about how every system in America (and most of the world) is rigged against disabled folk, so we can all be advocates for change. It's stealth eugenics. It also eventually comes for everyone; because everyone becomes disabled if they live long enough.

(I do have my Ko-Fi here and in my pinned post if anyone can spare a couple bucks since things are really tight, but please, don't send me anything if you're struggling too!)

[bebsi-cola]

disabled people are often in permacrisis

[bebsi-cola]

there's never enough money each month. there's always an unexpected illness. new symptoms pop up or old symptoms flare up. meds have to be managed always and refilled constantly and any refill has the opportunity to go wrong. any regular care has the opportunity to go wrong. any mistake can send your health spiralling. it's always "i just need to get through this bad patch" but as soon as one ends another begins. another crisis begins in the middle of the last crisis. managing one thing leaves another thing to be neglected until that becomes a major issue and has to be managed asap and the cycle starts anew over and over and over