bring it don't sing it

A personal/art blog where I usually like to reblog silly things. I don't really make a lot of personal posts, but if you want to block them just TS uberyammer. Is really into anime in general, but currently reblogging mainly haikyuu, yowapeda, and ace attorney On hiatus because of school and stuff

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Why does this post not have more notes?!

[whiteraven57-deactivated2017112]

Lots of people like me have never seen this post, like me, so I am relishing it for more exposure. That might help…

[maa-iingan]

!!!!!

[birdiebirdbirds-blog]

Also, tanka bars are amazing and delicious and you have no idea how hard ot is to have a business of you’re native and they are full of protein and good stuff so buy a million of them, they are wonderful.

[nyanelebajoa]

HOUSE OF CB PLAYSUIT

[kalidraws]

Today I gave my students a quick presentation on some of the basic considerations for composition, which I am now sharing with you! I’ve given them separate talks about color and tonal value/contrast, which are also super important compositional concerns. (I’ll be sharing those presentations too once I properly format them)

I personally love learning about different compositional techniques. It’s fun to think about the ways that the brain views & sorts images, and how we can trick it into feeling a certain way or looking at certain aspects of an image first! It’s easy to fall into compositional ruts (which I am also guilty of) because a lot of art gets by with mediocre, though serviceable, compositions. If you can generally understand what’s happening in an image then it’s generally fine. However, it’s the truly great compositions, where everything in the whole image has been considered and ‘clicks’ together, that bump up an illustration to a visual slam dunk. NC Wyeth is one of my favorite artists for this reason: his compositions are rock solid, varied based on the image’s intent, and always enhance the mood or action he is depicting.

For extra reading, some online compositional resources that I’ve found helpful or interesting include: Creative Illustration by Andrew Loomis (download it for FREE. Such a great book all-around.) Gurney Journey (check out the “Composition” tag, but really everything he posts is great) The Schweitzer guide to spotting tangents Cinemosaic (a blog by Lou Romano with some truly WONDERFUL compositions captured from various films) Where to Put the Cow by Anita Griffin

Happy composition-ing!

[bpd-galaxyy]

I found this really awesome free app for dealing with mental health issues.

It’s called Booster Buddy, it’s free, and it’s available for both Android and iOS.

It works by giving you ‘quests’ (daily tasks) that you are encouraged to complete each day. They are very small things and it caters to you (it asks you questions at the start about what you struggle with).

It’s designed to be child friendly and easy to understand. I’m finding it really helpful. You can also input medication times for a reminder and emergency contact details.

I love this app and I had to share it with you all!

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thank you for this.

[thebucca2-deactivated20221101]

“PLEASE come wake me up again tomorrow”…think of all the lives this app could save

[iheartfishiki]

I’ve got this app and seriously it really helps. Not only do you have a calendar to record medication and feelings but you also want to wake up every morning to help the animal. It pretty much made my life better.

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@hipsterghouls

[arty-ari]

SO GUYS. Reblogging from myself because I just downloaded the app and it’s got some really useful features.

In the Settings section, there is a list of Helpful Websites for a variety of different mental health issues. The list is short, but it is a great idea.

The app has you input information (which you can choose not to share) like your local emergency number, local hospital, and an emergency contact person.

There are plenty of activities to keep you going in the right direction.

There is a calendar function and a medication reminder if you need one– and if you have an “as needed” medication, the app can remind you to take them if you check in in “Crisis” mode.

You can edit or change your information at any time, including your symptoms.

Also, less useful but really cute, you can dress up your animal buddy as you do more activities.

TL;DR This app is adorable and will probably be really, really useful for a lot of people.

[artismspectrum]

BoosterBuddy!

I just downloaded this app this morning and it’s A M A Z I N G. I’m not overstating. This app combines some of the best elements and methods from all the various apps I’ve tried.

The two features that I haven’t seen elsewhere in mental health apps that I especially love are:

- It lets you choose a cute animal friend as a companion to keep you socially motivated. To “wake up” and play with this friend, you need to complete 3 wellness tasks (that are super simple and easy), once you’ve done your daily checkin tasks, the cute animal wakes up to play with you. You can tickle it, talk to it, and even play dress up!! Much more motivating than apps that try to make you feel connected to real people, IMO.

- It includes a “calendar” feature (not a big overwhelming calendar like a normal app) that lets you add your own tasks to your daily checklist. So now, along with “checked in,” “completed quests,” and “take medication” I have an extra task that’s alerting me to the fact that I have an important phone call coming up. It made me describe this as “appointment”: “An appointment means someone is counting on you to be somewhere.” I think that might be the most motivating description of an appointment ever. As an anxious person who tends to cancel and reschedule everything, this app is already making me feel better.

A+++++++++ plz download now guys

[demigray]

This app is amazing! I just noticed it said “people who menstruate,” so it is inclusive of trans people. Great attention to detail.

[electrologie]

Please reblog. There is a text version of the suicide hotline. Help is out there. Stay strong. I’ve been there. Asking for help is NOT a sign of weakness. Stolen from ImgUr.

[howtogrowthefuckup]

Yep, it’s called the Crisis Text Line and they have a lot of other great resources on their website (link).

Additionally, there’s a chat service through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (link).

[theslayprint]

Nicki Minaj interview as she graces the cover of @TIME’s 100 Most Influential People. 

Video: https://t.co/pmX0WeqjRA    Read: http://ti.me/22PVotL

[nyokoko]

Fandom Blinders

I feel like this needs to be said because it seems there’s a lot of misunderstanding amidst nonblack DA fans as to what happened yesterday.

I see a lot of vagueblogging and posts going around about “don’t give that awful fic more hits” while referencing me–a Black DA fan–who had to deal with seeing that fic in my midst.

So let me tell you what went down so we can set the record straight.

The fic author who wrote that terrible fic only came to my attention because they were leaving glowing reviews on one of mine. Because I tend to like to comment back to the people who do this, I visited their page to check out their fic.

THAT was how I stumbled upon that triggering content. It wasn’t even tagged properly. I didn’t have the luxury of someone uploading a PDF and carefully explaining it to me what it was about so I could avoid it. I went in hoping it wasn’t what I thought it was, and it was exactly what I thought it was and worse.

THAT is why my comment (the very first one on the fic) was necessary. THAT is why I brought it to the fandom’s attention on here. Because every single time I and other Black DA fans have tried to explain racism both implicit and explicit in this space, and how it makes us feel unsafe and unwilling to share our own works with the rest of the so-called community? I have been shouted down, threatened, ignored, silenced. The usual.

And so when I see people posting about “don’t give that fic more notes” it makes me feel as if they’re just trying to quickly sweep it under the rug, defeating the entire purpose of why I shared a link to begin with. I didn’t share it to be an asshole, nor did I even encourage anyone to go and attack the author. I genuinely thought the author was a nice person up until their response to my very civil comment.

Notice I didn’t attack the author with “you’re trash” and “you’re a monster” comments, which a lot of people did. And I see a lot of accusations flying around that I somehow commanded all of these people to attack the author, which I did not. I simply linked the fic which triggered me deeply.

When you write fiction, you bring your views, your knowledge, and your biases into your work whether you want to or not. It’s just human nature. There’s no such thing as writing with a completely neutral and objective view. When you write fics that perpetuate harmful stereotypes and tropes, you are contributing to the problem. Is it possible to write about graphic and troubling content? Yes, of course it is. Ask Toni Morrison how she managed to write The Bluest Eye, which tackles the theme of misogynoir, white supremacist beauty standards, pedophilia, and sexual violence against Black women without framing it as something ‘good’ and ‘normal.’

You too can accomplish writing about these subjects without coming off as gross.

But my original point is this: don’t vagueblog me saying not to give the fic more hits. Don’t recenter the conversation on yourself when you’re not the target demographic this fic aimed to hurt. Don’t speak over Black voices in the fandom when we’re discussing issues that directly affect us. Don’t blanket our issues with terms like “PoC” and try to apply it universally when misogynoir is literally something unique to Black women.

The fic in question was misogynoir, plain and simple. Not “PoC.” Black. Women. That is the group of people who were harmed in this incident, and I’d appreciate it if fandom could stop circle-jerking for one second to realize that.

[mogchar]

emergency commissions!!

 help me pay for my exams, i must pay them by next month or i will not be allowed to go to university! donations are also very very much appreciated!

*at some point i will create a limit depending on the demand

send all donations to my paypal: [email protected]

send a message to discuss a commission

i will not draw: nsfw, incest, under age/pedophilia, h*mestuck

please boost this and thank you for your support!!

[poldeergheist]

my friend needs 80£ in the next 6 DAYS or he will not be able to go to university, please donate if you can !!!!!!!

[illami]

Please donate!!!! Help my boyfriend graduate!

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An Open Letter from International Fans for #ChangeInKorea: Blackface

ATTENTION!: If you’re trying to tweet this post but cannot, please right click the twitter icon at the bottom of this post and chose to open it in a new tab. LJ is trying to fix this problem. Sorry for any inconvenience! 본 문서는 모든 한국 엔터테이너들에게 보내는…

Several of my followers have sent me links to this open letter that is now circulating requesting that the Korean media stop the dehumanizing and anti-black practice of blackface. Black face in Korean media occurs far too often and has a long history in S. Korea as well. You can visit the page and add a message of support (if you are a member), tweet @ them or send an email which will be posted anonymously. No change is produced by silence, so please reshare and reblog to spread awareness as the practice of black face is wrong in any and all contexts and needs to be stopped. 

[icykynite]

Signal boosting this, as I think there are some followers that might be into K-pop, but are disgusted with the amount of racism against Black people and wish the industry over there would change.

[owning-my-truth-deactivated2022]

Re-signal boost from me too.

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don’t let this die out!

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[yellowsunbluedove]

I was born to see this video

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Oh my god

[kingrudegyalchina]

When you drunk as fuck but your homie got you .

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Omg Omg Omg

[sleep-well-darling]

Oh my god

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IS IT JUST ME

[viria]

experiment / background freestyling / atmosphere practice because if not for something else I will do it for mushishi and Ginko because they are worth it.

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Teen With Epilepsy Has A Seizure When Her Service Dog Is Distracted

This article is too important for me to just post a link that you probably won’t click through to read.  THIS is why you DO NOT EVER pet service dogs.  They are working and it can mean serious injury or even death if you are distracting them from doing their job.

[taitetsu]

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This is a matter very close to my heart. I have bipolar I disorder and ADHD as a result of bipolar. There aren’t many big posts about studying with mental illnesses so I figured I would compile a huge list of tips and posts! I’m going to be making a video about this very soon. I hope for all of you struggling that this can help or at least remind you that mental health is more important than school sometimes. Take care of yourself in any way you can. lets get started…

Studying with Mental Illness

Take things slowly. Don’t be afraid to take a week doing one assignment. Making sure that you can focus on assignments can be draining so breaking them down day by day can truly help you. Make a task list with each portion of an assignment mapped out so that you can see exactly what you need to do. I know that i get overwhelmed very easily and seeing smaller things is less daunting then having a list full of HUGE things like research papers and midterms. Seeing it as “write paragraph one” or “review unit one vocab” makes everything less scary. 

Nothing has to be pretty. Notes don’t, papers don’t have to be perfect, study guides don’t need to be colorful and cute. What really matters is getting things done. My mom always tells me “even an F is better than a zero” which is so true. Turning things in late is not shameful because you are still turning it in. You still did it and that is something to be proud of. 

Study somewhere other than your room or your house. Make sure there are people there. Surrounding yourself with others will allow you to feel less isolated and sometimes more motivated to do things. You can’t take naps when you’re at a Panera or Starbucks either. People can be motivating, they can remind you that you are not alone, they can hold you accountable for what you have to do. Get out of your bed where you can sit and stare at the wall and go to a coffee shop or the library where other people are doing work. This always helps me get on track. 

Study in short bursts. Don’t wear yourself out with work. Find out when your concentration peaks and go with that. I usually work the best around 2pm so I have to make sure that I have eaten and showered before then so that I can capture that time to focus on my studies. 

Don’t beat yourself up. Studying just takes a lot more effort other days when depression hits you the worst. There might be days when you can barely get yourself out of bed but know that you do have the ability to succeed and that depression just has to suck sometimes. 

Get yourself out of bed. Shower. Change your clothes. Read a single page. Look at only one thing you have to do so you aren’t overwhelmed. That is something to be proud of and know that I am proud of what you did!

Study in a routine style. Let yourself have a routine that you can fall into. Try pomodoros or study games, Create a routine that you can stick to

If you don’t feel like doing anything… work for 5 minutes. You may feel more motivated or up, or you will at least be able to say that you have done something. 

HYDRATE. I’m really awful at drinking a lot of water, but it helps so much with both anxiety and depression. Water keeps you moving and awake. SO drink that H2O guys

Helpful Links

Staying Sane on Campus

Tips to stay mentally and emotionally healthy while you study

How to school when mentally Ill

A student’s guide to coping with PTSD

Study and Mental Health 

Back to School with Mental Illness

Depression

Studying with Depression

Depression study tips

Studying through Depression

6 Tips To Get Motivated When You’re Feeling Depressed

Five Ways To Deal With Depression During Exams

Anxiety

Anxiety in Grad school

Dealing with Stress and Anxiety

Studying with Anxiety

Get Ready for School If You Suffer From Anxiety

Living & Studying with Anxiety

Tips on studying with Anxiety

Exams & Anxiety

ADHD

How to succeed with ADHD

10 Study tips for ADHD students

ADHD Studyblr masterpost

Apps for ADHD Students

I couldn’t find any resources about OCD, BPD, PTSD (found one jk), or bipolar for that fact so keep on the lookout for any additions to this post if I find anything more! If all else fails, just google things. That always helps me. Message me personally if you have any questions about my struggles or need some specific advice! I love you all so much and I am so proud of you!! xx Haley

UPDATE: I’ve added quite a few new links!!! 

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