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[vakthefox]

Item: Your First Video Game Rarity: ⏶ Common

What was your first video game?

Feed your dashboard by answering my question, blogger.

Taboo: The Sixth Sense (NES)

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fuck it 10 pm post we like to party

[moonkitty]

this video feels like seeing an old friend for the first time in a decade

[feminismisstillahatemovement]

[vakthefox]

The yearly tradition

[borderland-adventures]

The Borderland.

A place between what is, and what should never be.

Where dream bleeds into waking, and the laws of man hold no sway.

You didn’t come here by chance — no one does. Whether by duty, by design, or by disaster, you’ve crossed the Veil.

And now, something’s watching you.

The air hums like a live wire. The lights flicker in patterns that feel… intentional. And somewhere in the distance, you swear you hear music — a radio broadcast whispering your name.

Welcome, traveler.

You’ve entered the Borderland — the city of Edge, and everything that crawls, creeps, and conspires around it.

Before your journey begins, you must decide who you are.

The choice will define what you see… and what sees you.

So...who are you?

A Citizen of Edge

You’re a resident of Edge — one of the many who’ve learned to live among the unnatural.

You know better than to stare too long at the shadows, or ask why your neighbor’s reflection smiles before they do.

You’ve got rent due, a night shift at the market, and a bad feeling that something’s followed you home tonight.

A Bureau Agent

You serve one of the many Bureaus that keep the Borderland from devouring itself — the ECBUP, the ECBLF, or maybe one of the stranger ones they don’t talk about on the records.

You’ve seen too much.

You’ve done worse.

The ink on your most recent case report is still drying — a missing person, or maybe a monster, depending on who filed the paperwork.

A Visitor Who Slipped Through A Rift

You don’t belong here.

One minute you were driving home, or maybe falling asleep at your desk — and the next, the world folded in on itself.

You slipped through a tear in reality.

The air smells wrong. The colors pulse like veins under skin.

There’s a sign nearby, half-rotted and shimmering:

“Welcome to the Borderland. Population: Variable.”

Whose Eyes Are You Seeing Through?

The Civilian

The Agent

The Visitor

Voting ended onNov 19, 2025

[vakthefox]

Votes would be appreciated, as the time's running down!

[kotori-mochi]

Can't afford art school?

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free, mostly teaches anatomy and how to draw people. But does have art talks and teaches the basics.)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard and teaches you everything)

Aaron Rutten (free, tips about art, talks about art programs and the best products for digital art)

BoroCG (free, teaches a verity of art mediums from 3D modeling to digital painting. As well as some tips that can be used across styles)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free, teaches digital painting and has classes in Spanish)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price. Mostly teaching character designs and simple backgrounds.)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney. Mostly nature art)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Sinix Design (has some tips on drawing people)

Winged canvas (art school for free on a verity of mediums)

Bob Ross (just a good time, learn how to paint, as well as how too relax when doing art. "there are no mistakes only happy accidents", this channel also provides tips from another artist)

Scott Christian Sava (Inspiration and provides tips and advice)

Pikat (art advice and critiques)

Drawbox (a suggested cheap online art school, made of a community of artist)

Skillshare (A cheap learning site that has art classes ranging from traditional to digital. As well as Animation and tutorials on art programs. All under one price, in the USA it's around $34 a month)

Human anatomy for artist (not a video or teacher but the site is full of awesome refs to practice and get better at anatomy)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

📝As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. If you want to go fancy Michaels is always a good place for traditional supplies. They also get in some good sales and discounts. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are usually more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates. Galaxy, Windows, macOS, iPad, iPhone, Android, or Chromebook device. )

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99 usd, IPAD & IPHONE ONLY)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, animation and more. Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Aseprite ($19.99 usd but has a free trail, for pixel art Windows & macOS)

Drawpile (free and for if you want to draw with others)

IbisPaint (free, phone app ONLY)

Medibang (free, IPAD, Android and PC)

NOTE: Some of these can work on almost any computer like Clip and Sai but others will require a bit stronger computer like Blender. Please check their sites for if your computer is compatible.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

"also apologies for any spelling or grammar errors, I have Dyslexia and it makes my brain go XP when it comes to speech or writing"

[animalphotorefs]

Boosting this in case any of the programs and books suggested are useful.

All the photos on this tumblr ad the animal photo reference site I run is another resource available for artists to use!

As long as you’re not using AI to create your art, you can reference / trace / draw / recombine / make any sort of art you want, with any of the photos, for free.

[reo-speeddragon]

There's also MORPHO, a really good book series on anatomy by Michel Lauricella, with very clear explanations and sketches!

And for pose references, there's @adorkastock who shares a ton of them for free, with different models and props, and her website is amazing <3 you can also buy pose packs from her.

[haysey-draws]

Boosting as these free resources are how i learnt to draw. My GCSE art teacher told me i had no future in art and to stop 'wasting his time' with my imagination, which killed my passion for drawing for close to decade! I have NO art training, only what i have learnt from other artists online.

If i can learn you can too!

[borderland-adventures]

The Borderland.

A place between what is, and what should never be.

Where dream bleeds into waking, and the laws of man hold no sway.

You didn’t come here by chance — no one does. Whether by duty, by design, or by disaster, you’ve crossed the Veil.

And now, something’s watching you.

The air hums like a live wire. The lights flicker in patterns that feel… intentional. And somewhere in the distance, you swear you hear music — a radio broadcast whispering your name.

Welcome, traveler.

You’ve entered the Borderland — the city of Edge, and everything that crawls, creeps, and conspires around it.

Before your journey begins, you must decide who you are.

The choice will define what you see… and what sees you.

So...who are you?

A Citizen of Edge

You’re a resident of Edge — one of the many who’ve learned to live among the unnatural.

You know better than to stare too long at the shadows, or ask why your neighbor’s reflection smiles before they do.

You’ve got rent due, a night shift at the market, and a bad feeling that something’s followed you home tonight.

A Bureau Agent

You serve one of the many Bureaus that keep the Borderland from devouring itself — the ECBUP, the ECBLF, or maybe one of the stranger ones they don’t talk about on the records.

You’ve seen too much.

You’ve done worse.

The ink on your most recent case report is still drying — a missing person, or maybe a monster, depending on who filed the paperwork.

A Visitor Who Slipped Through A Rift

You don’t belong here.

One minute you were driving home, or maybe falling asleep at your desk — and the next, the world folded in on itself.

You slipped through a tear in reality.

The air smells wrong. The colors pulse like veins under skin.

There’s a sign nearby, half-rotted and shimmering:

“Welcome to the Borderland. Population: Variable.”

Whose Eyes Are You Seeing Through?

The Civilian

The Agent

The Visitor

Voting ended onNov 19, 2025

[stalker-among-the-stars]

Why do people trim the fat off of meat? The fat is delicious.

[silent-calling]

Because too much fat can leave a food excessively greasy and difficult to handle, or ruin a broth they might be making the meat in.

[stalker-among-the-stars]

Skill issue tbh.

[silent-calling]

U rite, but my liver is fatty and I need to cut some of that away and don't have a "liver knife" available to do it quick.

[stalker-among-the-stars]

You get a pass then.

I've heard that you can save the fat for other things too. Not entirely sure what, but I know it's a thing.

[vakthefox]

Fat can be kept and used for later cooking as a substitute for any other greasing method, you just gotta render it

[kyleehenke]

uhhhhh guys

[shubbabang]

[carrionhearted]

Sorry for infodumping about my special interest out of nowhere, you said a keyword and it activated my unskippable dialogue

[beardedmrbean]

[vakthefox]

Dear Hamasnik Asshats:

Stop Inboxing me with your scam "Charities", you're only making my blocklist grow larger.

[vakthefox]

I've said it once, I'll say it a million times.

If you run a blog dedicated to a gimmick - be it Roleplaying as a particular character, aesthetics, game news, etc. - Keep your fucking political shit out of it. Nobody follows you for your goddamn political takes, and most people are actively doing all they can to AVOID political bullshit, because 90% of the time, it's just spewed propaganda, skewed viewpoints, or half-truths being over-embellished.

If you want to bitch about politics, run a blog specific to THAT, or, hell, put it on your PERSONAL blog. Don't sour the days of people who just want to look at things they like with your fucking gobbledygook.

[freakvampiresex]

im taking media away from some of u guys until you can pass a 6th grade literary analysis test

[freakvampiresex]

you guys think im fucking joking but im not. i cannot deal with another second of people complaining about stories "glorifying" their subject matter just because no one turned to the camera and said, "hey guys, just so you know, this thing is Bad and Not Good, and this story is about Why it is Bad and Not Good."

[freakvampiresex]

i say this with love in my heart. But i genuinely do believe some of you on this horrid webbedsite are so used to only consuming media that explicitly tells you what you are supposed to take away from it (i.e. children's media) that youve lost the ability to examine media beyond a surface level

[freakvampiresex]

this is not to say that children's media is bad. or that adults can't enjoy it. i'm an adult, i love cartoons, and i probably always will. but if all you are consuming is tv shows made to teach children about kindness, you are going to rot your brain

[freakvampiresex]

If ur annoying on this post you will owe me 300USD

[freakvampiresex]

Discussion questions:

1) When OP says "I'm taking media away from some of you guys until you can pass a 6th grade literary analysis test," this is an example of a rhetorical device. Which rhetorical device is an example of? Is it effective? Why or why not?

2) Why might OP only mention the website he is posting on? Does this mean he thinks every other website is without these issues, or is it in order to make it relevant to the viewers?

[bluebabysparrow]

It really shows how these people can't handle any message that isn't surface-level by how they throw a tantrum whenever their *kids* shows have a message that isn't on the nose and make the most bad-faith interpretations of it imaginable.

[vakthefox]

"Please reblog my pinned post and send me monies"

Nah. Fuck off. Get outta my inbox with that scam shit.

[catchymemes]

[artbrekker]

Alastor

[incubator-zero]

Bowser.

[vakthefox]

Glotta Stomach

[bearingxnorth-deactivated202501]

You'll never guess what it was