atlantis lostbelt brain damage

fate grand order more like fate gago order | xe/it/they, in order of preference | also into birds and linguistics

[typemoonconfessions]

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Gills are for usually for breathing- but not for the lancelet! These primitive animals diverged from fish-- and all other chordates-- during the Cambrian era, so even though they share plenty of traits with modern vertebrates, they've undergone a process known as exaptation, in which certain traits change function. For example, rather than use their gill slits to breathe, they exclusively use them to filter out plankton for feeding.

(Image: A trio of Mediterranean amphioxus (Branchiostoma lanceolatum) by Vincent Moncorgé)

[aleshakills]

Honestly, if you ever see a manga character and think "Damn, their style is dope as fuck" 9 times out of 10 their fit comes directly out of a fashion magazine. Sailor Moon was wearing Dior. JoJo was wearing Missoni.

Not to downplay the skill of the artists adapting those styles to their characters, but that is why the drip is so clean.

[aleshakills]

Like, this is a piece of trivia I love to share and I think it's important for a few reasons. One is because it emphasizes how much great art is about study and reference. Artists learn from artists and it elevates their work.

Two, because fashion *is* art (which is maybe a less controversial take now than it was a decade ago) and it's important that we recognize when great fashion inspires us.

Three, because acknowledging how much time great mangaka spent studying fashion *is* recognizing just how much hard work and effort goes into their creations.

And also I just think it's cool as fuck.

[sour-charity]

Is someone gonna post some examples? 👀

[sailor-seamster]

From Sailor Moon at least these are probably the most relatively famous examples.

For instance! ☝️🤓

- Sailor Pluto wears the Karl Lagerfeld-designed Chanel gold chain dress from their Haute Couture Spring/Summer 1992 collection. Even the jewelry takes cues from the runway styling as worn by Christy Turlington

- Neo-Queen Serenity's dress is inspired by the Il Palladio gown from Dior's Haute Couture Spring/Summer 1992 collection. It's not a full lift— the manga's version plunges in the back whereas the neckline of the original is fully straight, among other stylizing on the details of the gown

- Black Lady's outfit was inspired by the styling done for Kate Moss for YSL's 1994 print advertisement campaign for their Opium perfume

- Koan's whole look was based off the sheer jumpsuit with the feathered tutu worn in Mugler's debut collection from Haute Couture Fall/Winter 1992 (for the life of me I cannot find this model's name 😭)

[t3sticles]

Here’s an example from JJBA. Araki references fashion media a LOT in his art, especially with the signature JoJo poses people know and love. Here’s some more:

[skelliefrankie]

A lot of people ask where I get my character fashion designs from and it's pretty much exactly this. I look at a lot of runway art shows for inspiration and either directly draw outfits or learn from how fashion designers use silhouettes, texture and color.

[mrn0093]

I had the pleasure of illustrating the board game “Rosalie.”

The artwork is also featured as a stretch goal reward, so if you're a board game fan, be sure to check it out! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/uchibacoyapiece/rosalie

[miamaimania]

“Speechless City” (1975) by Gulam Mohammed Sheikh

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[knitmeapony]

She started to transition after 5000 years. It's never too late.

[cassiefisherdrake]

This is one of many reasons why scientists are (sometimes slowly, sometimes quickly) moving away from "male" and "female" flowers to calling them staminate (pollen-producing) and pistillate (seed-producing). Plants just don't fit our definitions of "male" or "female," rendering the old terminology insufficient - though, really, even humans don't fit this binary!

Also, fun fact, the flowers that include both pollen- and seed-producing structures on the same flower are called, among other terms depending on exact structure, perfect bisexuals. Moving away from the sexes terminology, they're often just called perfect.

[herpsandbirds]

[tractorgoth]

Mood. Have to add my other fave Darwin Being Hyperfixated On Invertebrate Taxonomy quote

[suncaptor]

linked tree (includes options to donate to Ghanaian projects)

petition to show support

all out donation link

[deszczowedni]

Smile :)

[kosmogrl]

[emryses]

listen to me. this is my final message to you. when you are at your lowest a fictional guy will come to you and when that happens you must start putting them in situations. this is the meaning of life.

[stillhere-erehllits]

This a a reminder to not fall victim to the sunk-cost fallacy. Just because you invested time and energy into something, does not mean you should indefinitely waste more time and energy on it, if you decide it’s not what you want anymore. This goes for anything, from books, to relationships, to jobs, to hobbies, etc.

If it’s not serving you anymore, move on.

[finnglas]

This is honestly one of the places I find Marie Kondo's advice most helpful. I stop, look at the thing I've spent time and money on only to realize I dislike, and I say, "Thank you for teaching me something about myself and my preferences. I think I've learned this particular lesson and we can part ways now."

And then I don't feel like I "wasted" things or made a mistake. I just tried one path of learning about myself, learned something, and now it's time for a different path. Works a lot better for my brain.

[ekjohnston]

The time Marie Kondo said "you can thank a a shirt you've never worn for teaching you about your taste", thereby making it NOT A WASTE literally rewired my whole brain. Acknowledge the thing and move forward, even if that means leaving the thing behind.

[specialagentartemis]

In honor of the news today

[voidsentprinces]

[nodudeshutup]

love the phrase 'methinks'. me does think. thinketh me do.

[nodudeshutup]

YOU

[acupofhoti]

[ivy-michaels]

if you've never engaged with a creative art on a regular basis you need to understand that it requires concerted effort to get into "the groove" to make something and every second that it takes to get into that groove causes physical pain, but the only thing worse than doing it is not doing it.

[purlty23]