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[nonbinaryinfo]

Alternative Gender Neutral Titles (Credit to @genderqueeries )

Mum/Dad

Parent; neutral, formal.

Per; neutral, short for parent.

Par; neutral, short for parent.

Dommy; queer, mixture of mommy and daddy (note: sounds like Dom/me, a BDSM term)

Maddy; queer, mixture of mummy/mommy and daddy.

Muddy; queer, mixture of mummy and daddy.

Moddy; queer, mixture of mommy and daddy.

Zaza; queer, based on mama and papa/dada.

Zither; queer, based on mother and father. (Note, zither is also the name of a musical instrument.)

Baba; neutral, based on mama and dada. (Note, baba means dad in some languages and grandmother in others.)

Nini; queer, based on the N in NB, similar to mama and papa/dada.

Bibi; queer, based on the B in NB, similar to mama and papa/dada.

Cennend; neutral, Old English (Anglo-Saxon) meaning parent.

Cenn; neutral, short for cennend.

Sister/Brother

Sibling; neutral, formal.

Sib; neutral, short for sibling as sis and bro are short for sister and brother.

Sibster; queer, combination of sibling and sister.

Sibter; queer, combination of sibling and brother.

Aunt/Uncle

Pibling; neutral, your parent’s sibling.

Auncle; queer, combination of aunt and uncle.

Cousin; neutral, as sometimes people say aunt/uncle for parents’ cousins, or much older cousins.

Titi; neutral, from the Spanish for Aunt (Tia) and Uncle (Tio). (however, it is often a diminutive of aunt.)

Zizi; neutral, from the Italian for Aunt (Zia) and Uncle (Zio). (Note: zizi is also a French children’s ‘cute’ word for penis.)

Nini; queer, based on the N in NB, similar to Titi/Zizi.

Bibi; queer, based on the B in NB, similar to Titi/Zizi.

Untie/Unty; queer, combination of uncle and auntie/aunty

Niece/Nephew

Nibling; neutral, combination of niece/nephew and sibling.

Chibling; neutral, the children of you sibling.

Cousin; neutral, as sometimes people say niece/nephew for cousins’ children, or much younger cousins.

Sibkid; neutral, short for sibling’s kid.

Nephiece; queer, mixture of nephew and niece.

Niecew; queer, mixture of niece and nephew.

Nieph; queer, mixture of niece and nephew.

Daughter/Son

Child; neutral, formal.

Offspring; neutral, formal.

Sprog; neutral, informal.

Oldest; neutral, refers to age instead of sex/gender.

Youngest; neutral, refers to age instead of sex/gender.

Kid; neutral, informal.

Grandma/Grandpa

Grandparent; neutral, formal.

Grandwa; queer, based on grandma and grandpa.

Grandy; neutral, short for Grandparent, Grandma or Grandpa.

Nini; queer, based on the N in NB, similar to nana and papa.

Bibi; queer, based on the B in NB, similar to nana and papa.

Granddaugter/Grandson

Grandchild; neutral, formal.

Grandkid; neutral, informal.

Godmother/Godfather

Godparent; neutral, formal.

Goddaughter/Godson

Godchild; neutral, formal.

Godkid; neutral, informal.

Relationship Titles

Girlfriend/Boyfriend (non-serious relationship)

Date; neutral, the person you are dating.

Datefriend; neutral, the person you are dating, but fitting the boyfriend/girlfriend pattern.

Datemate; neutral, a rhyming version of datefriend, the person you are dating.

Lover; neutral, often implies sexual relationship, but simply refers to someone you love/who loves you.

Boifriend; queer, boi is a particular gender identity.

Girlboyfriend; queer, for bigender or androgynous people, or perhaps binary trans people.

Boygirlfriend; queer, for bigender or androgynous people, or perhaps binary trans people.

Paramour; neutral, someone you are having a sexual relationship with.

Bothfriend; queer, for bigender or androgynous people, or perhaps binary trans people.

Genderfriend; queer, based on boyfriend and girlfriend.

Sweetie; neutral, slightly cheesy.

Sweetheart; neutral, cheesy or old-fashioned.

[name]friend; queer, based on girlfriend and boyfriend.

Cuddle Buddy; neutral, cheesy.

Birlfriend; queer, mix of boyfriend and girlfriend.

Feyfriend; neutral, leaning towards queer.

Personfriend; neutral, leaning towards queer, based on boyfriend and girlfriend.

Enbyfriend; queer, based on boyfriend and girfriend. (note: enby comes from NB, non-binary)

Girlfriend/Boyfriend (long-term/serious relationship)

Partner; neutral.

Significant Other; neutral, quite formal.

S.O.; neutral, short for significant other.

Other Half; neutral, informal, and implies monogamy.

Boifriend; queer, boi is a particular gender identity.

Girlboyfriend; queer, for bigender or androgynous people, or perhaps binary trans people.

Boygirlfriend; queer, for bigender or androgynous people, or perhaps binary trans people.

Paramour; neutral, someone you are having a sexual relationship with.

Bothfriend; queer, for bigender or androgynous people, or perhaps binary trans people.

Genderfriend; queer, based on boyfriend and girlfriend.

Sweetie; neutral, slightly cheesy.

Sweetheart; neutral, cheesy or old-fashioned.

[name]friend; queer, based on girlfriend and boyfriend.

Cuddle Buddy; neutral, cheesy.

Steady; neutral, as in “going steady” or “steady girlfriend/boyfriend”.

Soul Mate; neutral, slightly cheesy, implies belief in soul mates.

Birlfriend; queer, mix of boyfriend and girlfriend.

Feyfriend; neutral, leaning towards queer.

Personfriend; neutral, leaning towards queer, based on boyfriend and girlfriend.

Loveperson; neutral, a person that you love.

Enbyfriend; queer, based on boyfriend and girfriend (note: enby comes from NB, non-binary).

Epox; neutral, from the French ‘époux’ which means husband/spouse.

Companion; neutral, reference to Doctor Who’s companions, or Firefly’s Companions.

Imzadi; neutral, from Star Trek, a Betazed word similar to beloved.

Fiancée/Fiancé

Betrothed; neutral, formal.

Partner; neutral.

Significant Other; neutral, quite formal.

S.O.; neutral, short for significant other, a tad formal.

Other Half; neutral, informal, implies monogamy.

Sweetie; neutral, slightly cheesy.

Sweetheart; neutral, cheesy or old-fashioned.

Cuddle Buddy; neutral, cheesy.

Steady; neutral, as in “going steady” or “steady girlfriend/boyfriend”.

Soul Mate; neutral, slightly cheesy, implies belief in soul mates.

Loveperson; neutral, a person that you love.

Epox; neutral, from the French ‘époux’ which means husband/spouse.

Companion; neutral, reference to Doctor Who’s companions, or Firefly’s Companions.

Imzadi; neutral, from Star Trek, a Betazed word similar to beloved.

Wife/Husband

Spouse; neutral, formal.

Partner; neutral.

Significant Other; neutral, quite formal.

S.O.; neutral, short for significant other, a tad formal.

Other Half; neutral, informal.

Sweetie; neutral, slightly cheesy.

Sweetheart; neutral, cheesy or old-fashioned.

Cuddle Buddy; neutral, cheesy.

Steady; neutral, as in “going steady” or “steady girlfriend/boyfriend”.

Soul Mate; neutral, slightly cheesy, implies belief in soul mates.

Loveperson; neutral, a person that you love.

Epox; neutral, from the French ‘époux’ which means husband/spouse.

Companion; neutral, reference to Doctor Who’s companions, or Firefly’s Companions.

Imzadi; neutral, from Star Trek, a Betazed word similar to beloved.

Official Titles

Ms./Mr.

Mx.; queer, from mix or X as opposed to M or F.

M.; neutral, short for any and all titles. (note: M. is also short for Monsieur, making it masculine in French speaking countries)

Misc.; queer, the word miscellaneous.

Msr.; queer, mixture of Ms. and Mr..

Mq.; queer, based on the M beginning of Ms./Mr..

Ind.; neutral, short for Individual.

Miscellaneous Titles

Ma’am/Sir

Comrade; neutral, not suitable for all situations due to leftist/communist connotations.

Friend; neutral, very informal.

Citizen; neutral.

Tiz; neutral, short for citizen.

Mirdam; queer, a mix of Sir and Madam, although it still sounds similar to Madam.

Mistdam; queer, a mix of Mister and Madam.

Sir’ram; queer, a mix of Sir and Ma’am.

Laddam; queer, a mix of Lad and Madam.

Mir; queer, a mix of Sir and Madam.

Sir; neutral, Sir is used neutrally in the military, although this doesn’t work as well outside of that.

King/Queen

Monarch; neutral.

Ruler; neutral.

Sovereign; neutral.

Your Majesty; neutral, a way of addressing royalty.

Quing; queer, mix of King and Queen.

Caln; queer, created word based on the K/Q sound of King and Queen.

Prince/Princess

Prin; queer, based on the Prince/ss ending.

Prinxe; queer, based on the Prince/ss ending.

Princet; queer, based on the Prince/ss ending.

Princette; queer, based on the Prince/ss ending.

Princev; queer, based on the Prince/ss ending.

Princen; queer, based on the Prince/ss ending.

Princus; queer, based on the Prince/ss ending.

Your Highness; neutral, a way of addressing royalty.

Heir; neutral, refers to future monarchy.

Princex; queer, based on the Prince/ss ending, POC-coined and POC exclusive.

Lord/Lady

Lairde; queer, based on the sound of La in Lady and rd in Lord.

Layde; queer, based on the sound of La in Lady and rd in Lord.

Ruler; neutral.

Liege; neutral, term of address for a Lord/Lady.

Sovereign; neutral.

Suzerain; neutral, a feudal equivalent of Lord/Lady.

Potentate; neutral, a Latin word for someone in power.

Khal/Khaleesi (A Song of Ice and Fire / Game of Thrones)

Khalsine; queer.

Khalse; queer.

Khalof; neutral, created by David J Peterson who developed the Dothraki for the show.

God/Goddess

God; neutral.

Goddex; queer, based on the God/dess ending.

Goddette; queer, based on the God/ess ending.

Goddeq; queer, based on the God/ess ending.

Deity; neutral, another word meaning god.

Boy/Girl

Kid; neutral.

Enby; queer, from the sound of NB, non-binary.

Neut; neutral, short for neutal.

Newt; neutral, variation of neut.

Null; queer, refering to someone whose gender is ‘null’.

Gul; queer, a mixture of boy and girl.

Fanboy/Fangirl

Fanenby; queer, using enby as a replacement for boy/girl.

Fanby; queer, a mixture of fanboy/fangirl and enby.

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[system-lgbt]

MALE: Emperor

FEMALE: Empress

NEUT: Emper

[iamrhapsodiic]

there’s also diamour for a nonbinary datemate!

[nlwlove]

and also ren / renny for parent

[ziseviolet]

Hey there! I checked your blog and found it to be absolute amazing! Thank you for sharing so much about chinese culture and information with us ^-^ Uh... so, I wanted to ask if you know some tips to drawing a huadian when you don't know how to paint well...? It might sound a bit dumb but... Or maybe I should just practice?

Hi! Glad to hear you like my blog! ^^ (Image via)

I’ve actually never drawn huadian/花钿 before, but I did find some Youtube makeup tutorials that depict how to draw huadian. For example, the tutorial below utilizes a lip brush and red lipstick to create a simple 3-petal huadian. Generally, when it comes to learning how to draw things well, all it takes is some practice!

However, the easiest and most commonly used method nowadays is temporary tattoos! There’s a huge variety of huadian tattoos available on Taobao, and they come in many different designs and colors. Below - a typical set of huadian tattoos from Taobao:

If you find painting huadian too difficult or if you want more complex designs, then I recommend using temporary huadian tattoos ^^. Hope this helps!

[nikkiirl]

A few make up designs!

[blvnk-art]

for artists trying to get into Photoshop, I did a video of myself explaining how I use only the tools that I need, almost to the minimal. I hope it helps you to not be intimidated by the software, it’s a really great one and that I’ve been using for years.

Here

[vuriks]

How To Bake Gold Texture | Blender Cycles Render

Huge thanks to @grafity-cc for teaching me how to do it ♥︎

[grafity-cc]

No problem thank you for your tutorial! :D I am sure this will be useful for a lot of people!

[furbyutopia]

How I gave my furbys scents!

Through the power of sheer curiosity I have managed to give two of my furbys signature scents! Papaya smells like oranges and Charlie smells like peppermint. Keep reading to find out how to do this yourself!

For this project, you will need:

•felt (or similar fabric)

•scissors

•a mug

•probably a spoon

•something to cover the mug

•hot water

•scent of your choice (preferably in a high concentration to make the scent as strong as possible)

•a furby!

CAUTION: this project needs very hot water. If you cannot/do not want to handle hot water, please ask someone to help you! I don’t want you getting hurt.

1. Prepare the fabric

[image description: a yellow rectangle of felt rests on a piece of notebook paper. it is roughly 3 inches (horizontally) by 2 inches (vertically)]

First things first- I took my felt and measured out a 2”x3” rectangle. This is around the size of a furby baby’s belly patch, which is where the scent was going to be. Later on I actually cut the piece in half vertically because I found that the piece was too large to place in the belly, and instead I placed one half in the front of Papya and the other in his back.

2. Prepare your scent mixture

[image 1 description: a right hand holds a package containing a small vial of fragrance oil with oranges on the white label. the packaging is light purple and reads “hello lovely fragrance orange”]

[image 2 description: a coffee machine can be seen sitting on a granite countertop with a blue mug sitting underneath, ready to be filled. in front of the coffee machine are three items; (in this order) the aforementioned fragrance oil, the yellow felt rectangle, and a blue silicone lid.]

For this part I used a coffee machine to fill up my mug with hot water. Then I dropped in about 7 drops of the fragrance. Then I stirred the water for about 30 seconds with a spoon.

3. Soak the fabric

[image description: the rectangle of yellow felt is completely submerged in the mug of hot water. drops of oil can be seen on the surface of the water.]

This part is really simple. Just submerge the fabric into the mixture and place a lid on top. The lid will help keep the water hot. I let the fabric soak for just about 1 hour.

NOTE: the scent did not turn out as strong as I hoped. If you would like your scent to be very strong, I would suggest either putting in more drops of the fragrance or letting it soak for longer (or both).

4. Rinse the fabric

I didn’t even take a picture of this part because I was lazy. But all you have to do is rinse out the fabric and let it dry.

5. Put the fabric under your furby’s fur

[image description: a sunny yellow furby baby with a blue beak is shown. it’s fur is being pulled up by a hand, and the faceplate has been pulled away from the face.]

As I said earlier, I cut the felt in half before putting it in. All you need to do is pull up your furby’s fur and slide the fabric under. You should be able to smell your scent through their fur. If you can’t, I would suggest doing another round of soaking with the fabric.

And there you have it!

I hope this worked for you if you tried it, and I hope you all found this helpful!

exclusionists/nsfw/kink/ddlg do not interact ☁️🌱🌿🍵

please like and reblog if you liked this post!

[nannernanner07]

I might try this on a long furby!

[diycraftsnmore]

Siv Lorgen’s home in Alesund, Norway.

[mtcolubo]

i'm pretty sure someone has asked this before but where did learn how to draw anatomy so well?

aahh thank you! i’m still learning but i try doing figure drawings as a warm up before i draw anything for the day! 

my go to place for poses are either line-of-action or new masters academy!

i think a basic understanding of anatomy and the body is the most important thing to know when starting off, and it really helped me when i began incorporating figure drawing into my warm ups!!

just some general placement tips:

1. the eyes are typically in the very center of the head

2. the nose usually ends in the mid point between the eyebrows and the chin

3. the bottom of the lips end at the mid point between the end of the nose and the chin

4. the elbow bend usually is aligned with the belly button, this varies if the person has a long torso

5. the crotch ends at the mid point of the entire height, again this varies if the person has long legs or torso

6. the knees are Not at the mid point of the legs, they are slightly lower.

[scribbly-z-raid]

People have told me that they like the way I draw eyelashes so uuuhhhh here ya go

[kristorey]

Kinda a mini tutorial on how to draw peoples. Sorry if I’m kinda vague but I’m open to questions hahah. Also I’m no pro nor teacher but I tried. Also if you wanna learn more and from an AWESOME PEEP I’d highly recommend Aaron Blaise on youtube or his website creatureartteacher.com !! He’s awesome. Not spons. I’d also recommend figure drawing classes where you draw live models and make shit like this:

you get a good understanding of the human body there. Catch you cool cats later! 

[scribbly-z-raid]

Can you give me some tips on drawing eyes? ^^

There’s already a shit ton of tutorials/tips about eyes that can teach you how to draw an eye way better than I can so I’m just gonna give general tips that help me draw eyes.

Even with my anime ass art style, I still use a sphere as the basis for my eyes. It’s noticeable when I draw a character’s face at a more extreme ¾ths view

Anyway I hope that helps!

[casualstrawberrykid]

Dragon Skins

just a few  ideas if your a dragon fanatic

opal shimmers for a cave dweller

marble swirls for a elegant sea serpent

prehnite for ancient omniscient Chinese dragons 

heck, mabey even erratic spines for a more woodland dragon

cracked stone for the war wearied mountain dragons

[scribbly-z-raid]

If you don't mind, I have 2 questions... How do you draw hands? And how long does it usually take for you to make line art? Thanks :3

I’ll tell you how I draw hands: badly

Ok for an actual answer

I’ll be honest, I have no idea what I’m doing lol. I just scribble and brute force my way into making that scribble into looking something resembling a hand.

I’m very much a 1. draw circle 2. draw everything else kind of person so yeah I’m like the worst person to ask how to draw shit lol

As for line art, how long it takes for me to get it done depends on what I’m drawing but it usually ranges from 30 min to longer. I spend a lot of time with details, so something like this

took me about, like an hour or two. BotW Zelda took less time than the Woman in White (the one with the yellow line art) cause it’s a just a bust and I’m more used to drawing Zelda than the WiW.

All of these bust line art took a little over an hour. Each individual head took maybe 20 min???

Long story short I waste a lot of my time making hair look pretty lol

[arturkabuterimon]

my friends have been asking me to make a tutorial and how I draw faces, so here!!

[ashyybees-art]

How to Draw HANDS and HAND POSES!

Download the reference files: http://bit.ly/DWJ_HandPoses Get the Tutorial Archive (and more!): http://www.jazzastudios.com/Shop.php ------------------------...

For any of my followers that are artists and struggle with hands (who doesn’t), I highly recommend Draw with Jazza’s tutorials. I watched just this video and drawing hand’s has done a total 180 for me:

[thatonevalgirldraws-archive]

How do you shade hair in on digital art? I can't figure out how.

Keep reading

[immaplatypus]

Fan art idea for those stumped with artists’ block!

Turn on your favorite movie, or your top episode of a TV show you enjoy. Pause it at 9:17, 15:12, 24:01 or 41:45 (whatever is most appropriate for your show length and/or gives you the least blurry screencap). 

Now do a screenshot redraw in your style! 

It doesn’t matter if the characters are in the midst of epic war or simply talking about salad.  This is a great chance to practice everything from backgrounds to facial expressions.  Do the best you can!  

(P.S. Please tag me in the results if you want!  I’d love to see them!)

[salamispots]

Your art is delightful! I’m in love wig your color choices and imaginative mental scenes ;—; uhm do you have any advice on getting started with daily speedpaints? I’m real slow haha and you’ve been doing them for so long

So this is what my set up looks like before I start the timer:

-A new and SAVED photoshop file with a blank layer (I say saved because I had a bad habit of not saving till the end and I’ve had photoshop crash and die mid spitpaint a few times and a couple times accidentally pressed some random keys and closed out without saving haha); blank layer is so I can start working when the timer starts.

-timer off to the side near the bottom so it doesn’t really get in the way of blocking any photshop stuff/drawing but still in view to keep track of time.

-having brushes you want to use ready; I’m pretty mush using 1 brush now but when I was starting out I remember it’d take me a coupla minutes sometimes to find a brush I liked (not to mention my earlier spitspaints I’d texture the heck out of them with a ton of different brushes)

-google page open to look up reference for various random stuff

(this is stuff I do before so I don’t have to kinda scramble after the timer starts)

When I start I tend to cover the canvas first with a color so it’s not just white and then go from there. Twenty-twentyfiveish minutes out of the thirty (probably?) I use to get the overall gist of the idea I want and then the rest is refining/detail adding to help make the idea/mood more clear.

For me it helps when I have an idea of what I want to do rather than a specific image, if that makes sense (like a sentence rather than a picture; there are times when I have an image in my head and when I feel like I can’t translate it properly I end up getting frustrated and it ends up kinda showing in the spitpaint). 

That’s another thing too, for spitpaints I’ve been focusing more on the idea rather than the outcome of the drawing since I can always go back once the 30 minutes is up and work on it more; it’s less pressure on me to make something ‘nice’ or finished looking (I think of them like digital sketches).

But yeah! I hope this was helpful anon! : 0 For the heck of it here are some of the first spitpaints I ever did because everybody starts somewhere hahaha

Also the more you do spitpaints the more you’ll probably figure out your own way of working that works for you. And last but not least have fun anon! :D