#aka all of it. not just a ton

[of-mutts-and-men]

Can’t wait till my hair grows out again so I can look like a fruity little prince (with the body of a bear), a cub prince if you will.

#it’s just passed mullet length rn #aka in the terribly ugly growing out phase #have a shit ton of new baby hairs all over my head doe that’s nice

[laomelettedufromage]

In my experience the best way to find other apsec people in the wild is to first admit you are aspec. Obviously not a safe and open option for everyone but if you have the means and the confidence it’s fun to unlock more aspec friends from the wild unexpectedly

#aka I met another aspec person the other day because I was casually like #‘yeah I’m aroace so I feel like that influences my prespective on this topic a lot’ #and the guy who I had literally just met was like ‘woah we’re the same’ #and I was like ‘FOR REAL????’ #and then we bonded over aspec experiences for a bit #I could also just have a lot of luck #my NM friend has many times been like ‘why do all the aspec people seem to live in OH you know so MANY’ #and she knew only one (1) that wasn’t me ajskakskksks #🤷‍♀️ #anyways I’m not meeting a ton of aspec people or anything #but being out and comfortable talking and bringing it up to strangers has definitely helped me find more #it’s good practice trying to talk about it casually in conversation #by yours truly the omelette of cheese #aromantic #asexual #aroace #also I realize this is probably a no brainer but it’s fun #when you realize the stranger you’re talking to actually shares a lot more in common with you #or when old high school or college acquaintances reach out to you as another aspec person

[orchideae]

When I approach Yelan (or anyone else I've written), I don't just look directly at her character, but I also look at her surroundings. Both the ones that she knows by some semblance of necessity, but also those that she chooses. Like here, I talked about the Chasm, and what being 'okay' with existing down there needs to mean for a character, because it's not normal. Someone's surroundings, room, or home say a lot bout who they are and what their mindset, or specifically, their perspective is of the world. And sometimes, I think it says more about people than even the characters realize.

This brings me to the topic of the city of Fontaine. Now, I personally think it's rather obvious that a lot of the nation takes from historical France, and so when looking at it, I think it really adds to remember its monarchy, the view that the 'common folk' had of it, and its inevitable demise to non-existence today in terms of importance as a result. So my first question is, who constructed or decided on its layout? Was it Furina, Neuvillette, Egeria? Whoever it was, there's a lot that can be said about their view of the world and their placement in it when you look at locations of buildings. Look at where Palais Mermonia, its governing body, is located within the city; it sits at a rather astounding elevation in comparison to, well, everything and everyone else in the city. This frequently represents the concept of 'distance' between groups in one way or another, and seeing the consistency in other nations, this is something that is rather intriguing to me, especially keeping Fontaine's characters in mind (and considering this is the nation of 'justice'). Mondstadt has everything almost entirely uniform, with arguably the church on the highest level (but it isn't greatly elevated in comparison to all else), but it's joined with the plaza and statue which are a common gathering site for all people in the city. Liyue had the gods and adepti visibly living among the humans back in the days of the Guili Assembly for reasons of 'integration' (my apologies to numerous from our dear Guizhong!) The fact that numerous adepti now live far outside of the harbor is a different matter entirely, and the one who seems to function within a semblance of separation of sorts is Ningguang with the Jade Chamber (but I'm not one to speak on behalf of her character as I don't bear the knowledge). Inazuma also has the Tenshukaku at a higher elevation in comparison to the rest of Inazuma City. Sumeru is interesting, but ultimately Nahida was kept at the very peak of the city, far out of reach of humanity— but that's exactly the common denominator that has my interest, the distance between the 'governing body' and humanity for one reason or another.

But Fontaine really takes separation to a different level in my opinion (and again, think of this when you think of the person having designed the whole city), not only because of the above which I'll elaborate more on in a moment, but also its separation from the outside world. Now, this is interesting to think about if you keep in mind that it was perhaps done in eventual protection of the city's inhabitants in terms of the prophecy (which means that this would have been constructed anywhere during or after Egeria's reign), but then why is only Palais Mermonia far above the water's reach? If the walls surrounding the city were ever breached during said prophecy, all its inhabitants are pretty much immediately caught in the flood and would drown, which tells me nothing positive of the city's 'architect' or whoever signed off on the designs. But if not done for the prophecy, then why? Stand in the middle of the Court of Fontaine and really look around you, the only sights you really have of the outside world are the sky, and it's obstructed by a fair bit of the waterways and gardens that hang overhead, which you can only properly enjoy when you take the ages long elevator to the upper level where the palace is located (which, credit due, seems freely accessible to everyone in present-time). But if you don't venture up, how much of the outside world do you get to see? It feels very secluded, very much under lock and key. On some level (and this is one of the many reasons why I think that the Meropide is so excessively important in Fontaine and it's likely why we spent so much time there; it's all to show the ever, ever important contrast and nuance between this 'autonomous nation within Fontaine' and, well, 'Fontaine'), it almost feels like a prison, regardless of how pretty it may look or come across (and despite not 'lacking rights'). And considering how people in the Meropide speak of not always wanting to return back to the 'overworld' following their sentence, I think that there's definitely quite a bit of truth in that. But again, stand there and look around for yourself.

Now to return to the original topic, but keeping the last one in mind as well, look at one other thing that I'm unsure how many have really kept an eye on: the massive effect Palais Mermonia's level has on the rest of the area (inside and outside of its walls). Have you ever walked through the city of Fontaine at any given time of day or night, north to south, east to west, clockwise or counter-clockwise circling through it; have you ever seen how it overshadows an immense part of the streets below it either entirely on its own (which to me signifies a very domineering presence), or together with those outer walls that surround the city? I know how I've spoken thoroughly with people before about how much I enjoy Fontaine and how dark it is in its storytelling, but despite how gorgeous this region with its water- and landscapes are; its city bears quite a heavy weight to me. I don't know who designed it, or ordered it to be constructed in this way, but nothing about the city itself truly, rationally, shows a healthy perspective versus its citizens.

Me: /continues on to ramble in tags because I'm me and I'm a nuisance with always more to say than I know how to coherently put into these posts.

#[ meta. ] the chances are if i open this door; there can be no witnesses left alive. is that a sufficient reason for you? #[ i love how i'm writing a liyue-based character and here i am rambling about fontaine. ] #[ listen my little french heart just ached at this. i've been sitting on it for so long and have been wanting to talk about it. ] #[ but every time i hear 'fontaine is so pretty' -- i agree. i truly do. and the city has become my new 'hub' away from liyue harbor... ] #[ which says a ton in itself. ] #[ so trust me when i say i enjoy it and find it gorgeous. but i don't have any real kind words to spare on who designed it. ] #[ and i don't mean that in an insulting/bad kind of way but more so in the sense of-- whichever god likely designed this-- ] #[ how much worth was placed where; you know? ] #[ this is why i find the gods and all of their differing views so inherently interesting. ] #[ but then i also sit here longer and think more of the meropide. ] #[ and how THAT is supposed to be the prison. hmmmm. and yet /that/ is the place many seem to not want to leave anymore. ] #[ the place that is run and made better by the person whose tragic case was entirely missed and neglected by the authorities. ] #[ ah yes; the meropide. aka meropis-- the retelling (was it a parody? i believe so) of plato's story of atlantis. ] #[ which was sunk by the gods as punishment to its people for leading lives they deigned morally unjust and petty and /greedy/. ] #[ ah yes. the references never end. ] #[ granted we know how the meropide came to be-- so if egeria was in charge of that. chances are she likely was for fontaine as well. ] #[ well-- ] #[ well. ] #[ yep. i have more to say but i'm struggling to find my words-- so here we are for now! ]

[glimpsesofeuterpe]

.... i am real bitter about the loki s2 finale atm also seeing how it's less success in comparison to s2 hopes for s3 where they could possibly do more of stuff & outcomes are zero

#blahblah #whine in tags #🤡 #i really dont like it when they pull this shit with a character deciding to make a choice for their friends aka 'do better for everyone' #aka run the hell away aka do the glorious sacrifice & end up all alone (no one not a single one asked them about it wtf) #first with kiddo spiderman second azi now they pulled a loki into this #as much as i can see usually they mean good etc but with all the respect to flaws and struggles in this #not when you run away and go alone into stuff being all vague dramatic instead of trying to discuss it esp via time jumps #you got tons of chances to try all sorts of stuff #but talks don't work with ppl like silvie uwu-- so what? again we are talking about loki who learned a lot like he even built a whole devic #couldn't he learn her magic and just you know show her he is all honest? do time jumps with her? too simple? ooc?? #.... i don't like this type of choice making siiiiighhhh #also started to see a pattern of sorts like it becomes a whole trendy plot twist thing going on #the one where characters make choice for their significant others instead of asking and/or idk trying to talk a bit more to them? no? #i would get it if they were the only one affected by outcomes but they are not #what kind of thought or lesson could fish out of it? #like obviously it's about trying to be less stupid than them and talk to ppl instead of assuming and making choice for them #but also #it feels like western media (not so) vaguely approve control freakness nowadays? it keeps popping up treated casually like not unhealthy #it couldnt be just me glitching out?? #i def still admire dramatic themes but maan i just want kiddos be healthy and happy eventually am i asking too much lol

[unicornswilleatyourboobies]

how i look trying makeup trends that only look good on white people/pale skin

#aka me not realising relative colour exists #i've been trying out brown eyeliners and one just straight up didn't show up on me and the other just looks grey. #thank fuck for all those makeup creators that are teaching about relative colour/emphasing that things look different on different skin ton #cos before i just thought i was really bad at picking colours when something would look lighter on me than the packaging said #it took one of my white friends trying my lipliner to really realise it lol #my skin's not even that dark and i struggle with this!! ik ppl have it so much worse cos at least stuff tends to come in my shade #(also this id sucks but i am for some reason tired at like 4pm so...) #ANYWAY poc if you have any reccomendations for brown eyeliners/lipliners that are inexpensive i will love you forever xx

[nomaishuttle]

AND im super excited to add rivers and stuff :]]

#i need to decide if i want it to be a fantasy world or a more realistic one #if its fantasy I keep typing fancy instead of fantasy ugh #anyways. if its fantasy itll be wayyy more world building #bc id have to decide what Kind of fantasy and all of the like #fantasy things would be ON TOP of normal worldbuilding stuff like the politics and the climates and stuff #roy not too much tho.. since either way id have different civilizations #just with each fantasy species id want to take care to make them all have different like. ykwim #my least favorite thing in fantasy is when theyre like And all elves like forests and all dwarves are miners when likee #irl #humans are all the same species but we all do all sorts of different things and have tons of different cultures.. so i hate it when they #just have humans have different cultures and every other race is a monolith like it makes no sense #or they have the humans have one culture ('normal' aka vaguely european) and everybody else gets 1 thats a poorly thought out stand in for #a real one... idt theres anything wrong abt getting inspiration from irl cultures at all as long as you do your research and are respectful #but i find it rly lazy to just be like. and the elves are like chinese people. like ok..? plus i think when you do that yr wayyyyy more #likely to be SO incredibly racist. yk ... its judt somrthing you have to be rly careful abt #but im excited for world build Is the basics of it ^-^ im always thinking Id be normal if i had a big big project so maybe this can be it..

[lupismaris]

Lmao okay okay white cishet social manager has now been added to the DEI Pride planning meetings which frankly is important to ensure shit is done right I’m attending as the multi-tool queer of the division and comms administrator/quartermaster who’s main role is holding the comms team accountable (my supervisors/head of comms words not mine) so my goal of making sure our Pride and LGBTQIA+ history month campaigns aren’t reductive capitalist rainbow washed nonsense is still a go

#the head of marketing is a cis gay man who i respect highly and like but he's very much into rainbow washing and capitalist pride #as someone who came out much later in life and has been cut off from his community (i can only assume he does not make an effort to connect) #which is a point of frustration with me i am one of four (?) openly lgbtqia+ members of our divisions not counting students #and its two cis gay men #a she/they lesbian mom who i love but barely work with #and me the grey ace bisexual transmasc nonbinary person aka the multi-tool queer #the two cisgay men don't really register my experiences or queerness as legitimate or on par with their own i'm rarely included in convo #one does at times but only to complain about cishet nonsense or to discuss new shows to watch but our tastes don't line up a ton #the head of marketing does not regard me as an equal in the queer community at all and while i do not deny his input for pride whatsoever #i worry that his social manager will use him being gay as an excuse to be lazy and reductive and only show the cisgay rainbow washed pov #hence me stepping in last year/being brought in by our old social manager (i miss you cody) and comms team last year #because they knew this was a risk and they are all cishet #i feel like this is potentially going to be the breaking point in my polite friendship with her #like we're friendly when its not about work but theres always been something off and i don't like her work/approach #and i just feel like something is going to go wrong her need to interrupt this morning with I MADE A HEADER just felt wrong idk #head of comms chose me for our divisions dei committee as well so i could be part of these internal conversations so again idk #maybe im just on edge because of -gestures at usa right now- and i have absolutely no patience for us fuckin up something out of laziness

[monggay]

going crazy having a stupid crisis bc im so overcompetitive and also pressured by deadlines also sunk cost fallacy or smth or whatever

#this is abt a video game aka cookie run aka im going crazy for slme reason bc i wanted to finish longan dragon cookies trial bc its ending #tonight but i cant get past emerald 3 but ive already spent a ton of diamonds trying to lever up longan dragon n the pet too and now im abt #to spend all lf my diamond savings on even more cookie boxes for milage points to level up longan and maybe more on pet eggs for the pet an #d maybe more diamons for treasure draws bc the ones that i use r pretty under leveled and im definitely going to be so poor after this and #its not even worth the effort and resources and im wasnt even that invested in it untill like yester yester dybwhen it said it was ending #soon it was rly jjst the deadline that got to me and its not even like that theres anything ibcant get from this that i cant get anywhere #else there prizes are ok but not like one in a lifetime or even enough for me to be able to have rhis much of aqonizing over it AND BLACK #GARLICS TRIAL IS ALSO JUST OVER THERE IT HAS THE SAME PRIZES AND I DLNT EVEN HAVE TO SPEND DIAMONDS TO LEVEL HERE UP AT MOST I CAN JUST USE #SPIRIT POTIONS TO FORCE IT CAUS ESHES NOT LEGENDARY AND ITS ALSO NOT EVEN LIKE TRHE TRIAL ITSELF IF GONNA GO AWAY ITS JUST GONNA LIKE NOT #HAVE THE EXTRA PRIZES THAT THE EVENT GIVES GRJHEJDJFJSKDKFNFKDKFNKFKENFKEJE IM SUCCUMBING TO THE EVIL POWERS OR GACHA GAMES OR EVEN JUST #LIKE REGULAR GAMES METHINKS #sorry for the rant there ignore me i just need to sleep it off and forget abt it probly #nah im gonna spend all my (in game dw) money on smth stupid :l GJSJJDJNDJDJDJDBFBDJDJ I HATE THISSS b but :( pleading face #this is all bc i spent all my milage points on timekeeper-_-

[magentagalaxies]

i have literally done nothing today except think about buddy cole and think about aubrey aubergine and as a result today has been great

#wrote a ton of new aubrey material #finally got into my full aubrey costume for the first time (gender euphoria!!!!) #filmed a little demo thing so i could practice voicing some of the material (needs work but it was good practice!) #as soon as i was done with the demo scott announced another run of his buddy cole show (it's like i summoned him lmao) #added some new points to my buddy cole timeline and read some good scott interviews from various decades #found a full web archive of transcripts of every kith sketch #then wrote a bunch more aubrey material again (specifically revising old material and making it so much better) #and now i'm closing out the day by watching a recording of the last run of scott's buddy cole show #OH also i got approved to use my final for one of my production classes to film an aubrey monologue aka aubrey's official debut #(besides other girls but like. that only half counts) #idk i'm just so happy today bc i get to just hyperfixation so hard i explode why can't every day be like this #and also!! my roommate isn't here so i get the dorm to myself *and* i listened to basically all the vinyl records i have at college today!! #really solid day!!

[leatherbookmark]

this post is years old so it doesn’t matter anymore but i think people who  repost stuff that’s on tumblr and add credit to the author, who is on tumblr, are incredibly annoying

#the other day i was looking for one artist because i just remembered one of their pieces that Remained in my mind to this day #i didn't find the piece but i did find their old art blogs AND i did find some nut who did exactly that #whose blog was in fact FULL of shit like this. just tons of reposts with helpful links to original posts. just REBLOG THEM ffs #shrimp thoughts #in general all blogs/accounts that 'provide content' aka repost from reddit w/o crediting or even trying to find a source are weird #just fucking use tumblr like a normal person #but no. '*insertblogname* presents'. present a fucking source for once and that'll be the biggest gift for everyone

[arolesbianism]

hello gamers minor life update I have been doing Real bad lately so I will likely continue to be very inactive, but hey on the bright side I have been fleshing out some eternal gales lore I reworked a while back and I can happily say that Dodie no longer completely contradicts the very nature of reality in eternal gales and the fog tower™ officially has a real reason to exist again so hell yeah to that

#rat rambles #eternal gales #oc posting #this is a piece of lore I technically updated a while ago but I mostly just relocated dodie home to a different piece of worldbuilding #but now Im fleshing things out a bit more and Im so glad that I set myself up such an easy way to jump ship on the old stuff #it also makes my life easier because it means that I have an actual reason for mase to be the first person dodie encounters in person #also an actual reason to trap him at first sorry dude it adds to the suspense #longggggg story short dodie lives in the universe's core of sorts #its where all the other characters are transported to at the beginning of the story due to other stuff #I already had it as a thing that the core attempts to replicate the casts home and food and such to help maintain them #but the fog tower™ had its core echo in place since forever basically #mostly because the narrator wanted to get dodie a home set up in the core instead of having to find a way to house her in notmal society #now the tower wasnt exactly meant to be found but it still had to be real enough to actually get echoed so it was real enough to be found #hense why mase's family lives in the lower half of it #the top half is fully reserved for setting up stuff to be echoed to dodie's tower #this is mostly handled my cup aka dodie's long distance mom figure #but most of that stuff was done before dodie was properly created and as such cup had to fight for their life to figure out how to best get #this child growing up in fucked up situations as happy and stable as they could with limited budget and time #they were also dealing with doing a lot of this behind the backs of mase's parents as the two wanted them to provide just the bare basics #despite this cup managed to sneak in a shit ton more video tapes than they were supposed to and attempted to cover as much as possible #ofc dodie still ended up incredibly unstable and fucked up anways but she still loves her long distance video mom dearly #up til she was like 12 or so those tapes were the only way she could see and hear another person #but yeah in the echoed version the lower half of the tower is mostly consumed by plantlife and the such #hense why dodie avoids the area like the plague she has hashtag issues regarding plants #oh yeah Ive also been thinking abt fydd a lot lately #I have been slowly developing a bit of a side plot for him in my head that Im not 100% sure Im going to commit to but Im mivrowaving it #basically I was thinking abt each of the human casts sort of quote unquote domains are #by that I mean the whole reason they get drawn to the universe core is because theyre all sorta connected to universe functions #fydd is one of the weird ones because his place in the system is the basic software ig would be the best way to put it? #hes connected to the very base of the system that the rest of the functions are built into

[sadfixion]

is it weird that i wanna live off of those MRE rations

#tedposting #Listen #they are. shelf stable #they're developed by food scientists who know wnat theyre doing #aka they have most of the nutrients and protein youd need #and most of all #they have tons of weird snacks in them #like ofc id still eat normal food but these r like instant ramen to me #this post is not military propaganda btw i am just hungry sorry

[astrxealis]

life is not being silly to me rn

#⋯ ꒰ა starry thoughts ໒꒱ *·˚ #no i'm probably just being dramatic. but. still. #kinda frustrated w one of my friends rn bcs i think she knows smth is up w us atm but girl has the nerve to be like 'smth's been off #since the start of the sy' in a shared server w another friend and uh. girl. ily but you've been weird since the start of the sy #and haven't told me or my twin why at all even when we've asked <//3 so. sigh. spending time w other friends more atm yay!!! #anyway i miss some friends a whole lot tho ..... one online friend i've grown even closer w thx to instagram surprisingly #and irls i've actually interacted a lot w in a really nice way the last two months and so :3 it's amazing really #and like ... 3 or 4 online friends i really miss (aka i am attached to them but we haven't been talking much lately for wtvr reason) #and i want to get to know more people still but i don't want to be like my friends who do that but forget other friends. i wna balance it #all which is going to be reaaal difficult esp w me being an academic high achiever w cets coming up but i have tons of hobbies #and i get tired and distracted easily and find it hard to start AND finish things and and and i still have social anxiety #but i'll try my best! <3 i am wayyy too ambitious indeed but hey i gotta try to do what i can and achieve what i want ya know!!

[the-fandom-crossroads]

Folks talking about Game Devs dropping Unity or how it won't hurt small indie devs with under 200,000. Are missing the point.

Some of these Unity games can't change to another engine because they have years of code piled on top of each other at this point. aka POKEMON GO. They'd basically have to rebuild the game from scratch.

Not to mention Unity is mostly used by phone app games or Indie's that are lucky enough to get picked up by console. Indie games on Mobile easily pass 200,000 downloads. Temple Run 1 and 2 are in Unity, Crossy Road, Angry birds 1 and 2, and Hearthstone. All of these past 200,000 downloads years ago but aren't bringing in money now except hearthstone.

The Developers will do what happened to the first Angry birds app. They'll take it down, build it in a new engine for "HD", and add a shit ton of micro transactions. We are about to lose countless original versions of the OG pre lootbox mobile games.

We are also about to lose some of the biggest Indie games of the last decade. Among Us, Plague Inc., 7 Days to die, the original Slenderman game and it's sequel, I am Bread, Ori and the Blind Forest, Dream Daddy, Overcooked 1 & 2, Pathfinder online, Cup Head, Bendy and the Ink Machine, Oxygen Not Included, Bloons Tower Defense 6, Beat Saber, Subnautica, The Stanley Parable, Untitled Goose Game, Power Washing Simulator, Fall Guys, Inscryption, Phasmophobia

And the big one FUCKING HOLLOW KNIGHT. Silk song has already been pushed back out of this year specifically because it's being made by a team of like 3 people. It is so close to being finished and now they are being told they have to start over from scratch basically. Hollow Knight got over 200,000 downloads from being on playstation and was eventually put on Playstations subscription service. Every cent they made from hollow knight has gone back into making silk song. Which might now be delayed by multiple years and oh they are going to have to use some of that funds to pay unity now. Or find a way to get out of a contract with playstation. Because folks will keep downloading Hollow Knight for free and Unity will send the Hollow Knight team the bill.

oh and there's one more teeny tiny game made in Unity that you guys might not want to suddenly disappear. One with almost 3 years of monthly code updates, one with 139 million downloads to date, and 4.8 million monthly users.

Genshin. Guys Genshin Impact is made completely in Unity and that's not a game that can have it's code just copy and pasted to another engine.

#unity #genshin impact #genshin #indie games #pokemon go #hollow knight #bendy and the ink machine #bloons td 6 #the stanley parable #untitled goose game #angry birds #hearthstone #pathfinder #dream daddy #among us #phasmophobia #i don't even know what to tag #just google unity games #and understand it is literally thousands of games #from the last decade #douglitheories

[h00f]

T4TM (Theseus4TheMinotaur)

lost wax cast bronze, patina & paste wax

2023

(process photos & info under cut <3)

my minotaur boy!! pls click on the photos for higher res! my thesis is focusing on trans men and creatures (how original ik) and this was last semester's final. i spent a lot of time looking at sculptures of the theseus/minotaur story, and yknow? a LOT of them are erotic! i'm pretty sure i saw some of them on tumblr a decade ago, and that's led to this now!

as you'll notice, the minotaur has a big t-dick! i wanted to give him breasts and an enlarged clitoris to present a very masculine trans figure. the boy on the bottom is also trans because i say so . the piece is about looking up to older, bigger, hairier trans men and seeing something awe-inspiring and beautiful. the minotaur was locked up by a cruel father for being different, and i think modern adaptations tend towards a sympathetic asterion (his name in one version)

making this piece was. so much effort. it took me about 3 months to get it all together - from clay model (plasticine) to 3D print to silicone mold to wax cast, and finally bronze pour into the shell mold. and then a TON of filing, sanding, dremel-ing, and various other metalworking techniques that probably took years off my life.

i started with sketches and made theeeeeee ugliest model ever:

then used a 3D scanner to get it digital, then spent a goooood month or two making him pretty in blender! then i spent an agonizing few weeks trying to get it print-ready, and fiiiiiinally did

^^^ an early resin printed draft of the model - you can see in the final that i added lots to theseus after some feedback, but sadly the nosering broke off every time i cast it so i just. let that be <3

then came the moldmaking, and then the wax dipping!! the yellow stuff is shell mold (ground up ceramic bits and algae soup, sticks to the wax, then silica sand in varying sizes on top) which gets the wax melted out, and bronze poured in!

then it's all metalworking, cutting stuff off, and working with hot metal. they don't tell you about all the bronze dust and how annoying it gets wearing a respirator AND goggles. but it is for me health, me boy. here's him all cleaned up before the patina:

and then i spray him down with various chemicals to make it "patina" (aka rust) in pretty colors. wait a few days, then apply paste wax to seal it and give it that shine!

then we get what you see above!!! the blue was actually unintentional, and i'm still not super sure why it looks that way.. but it's pretty so idc <3

thanks for reading!! if you ever have any bronze/casting questions, don't hesitate to message me! <3

#artists on tumblr #bronze sculpture #sculpture #greek myth art #queer artwork #jays0n arts #trans ftm #thanks for reading if you did! i put a lot of work into this project #it's defffff not perfect but i'm proud of what i did!! #if ur curious: my next one is a werewolf w his pussy out :)

[readingwriter92]

I-wtf. I watched the will Trent finale tonightttttt

#so angy. luckily I still haven’t watched thru all the other eps #at this point I’ve seen the most recent too. the 7th and then up to the fourth or fifth ep #I’m still obsessed that by complete coincidence I started watching on an ep where the man is whumped. like if that is a sign idk what is #also everything from that ep is just rotating in my mind mmmmmmm #I really. like I have vibes for writing and bc there’s so little fic for this show I’m like. I wanna write #but it would take me ages. also I have no actual complete ideas #I’m terrified to write will tho. Idk if I could do him justice. yknow? #probs to anyone who does I just like. there’s a specific version of his characterization in my mind and it’s a mix of. not a perfect grasp #and my personal requirement for writing. I can hear his voice in my mind. and I don’t know that I fully can yet #shut up sarah #anyways sorry brainrot. this and Lockwood and co. #aka I need to go buy a shit ton of books now—