#bristol pad

[anintelligentoctopus]

You would not believe how much effort I am putting into this dumb three panel joke comic

#put it this way that is far from my only page of sketches #i went and bought an a3 pad of bristol board bc i couldn't find any (i probs do have some somewhere) #and i thought it would look better on a larger scale #i am incapable of half-assing apparently #no i don't know how i'm going to scan it #ray's art #wilder and yun #ada wilder

[vvelegrin]

it is one of my favorite times of the year.

time to get more paper.

#looove buying paper lmaoooo #i have way too many large bristol pads that i'm slowly working through #(michaels buy one get one free sales go for my tender and unprotected throat) #but i used up the one i carry around with me recently #which feels nice. finished a thing. #i should be able to stop somewhere tomorrow after my writing group... #maybe look at some brush pens while i'm at it 🤩 #prattling about the self

[skyburkson]

New World Headquarters for the Research Commission, Formation of The Hunter’s Guild: The Settlement of Astera or The Settlement of Astera or Astera (Monster Hunter: World) made by hand primarily from paper (also floral wire, toothpicks, epoxy resin) 28” x 20” diameter

My largest miniature yet and certainly the most densely constructed. This piece took me 5 months, chipped through well over 1k blades, 4 pads of bristol paper, countless sheets of cardstock, 3 bottles of glue, 48 LEDs, and a liter of clear cast resin. For scale photo scroll all the way down!

I kept a weekly journal documenting the process for free reads on my Patreon over here: https://www.patreon.com/collection/60826

#monster hunter #monster hunter world #astera #ship building #scale model #painting #sculpture #papermodel #paper model #papercraft #paper art #miniatures #miniaturist #model making #capcom #monster

[hexgleph]

Decided to test out my new liners, colouring pencils and bristol pad with Slash!!

Slash belongs to @itsxroxannex

#i love him so he's so silly #slash sans #itsxroxannex #undertale #utmv

[emry-stars-art]

The whumptober artwork is taking bites out of me and I still cannot stop looking! I had to go back to find myself some wholesome bits to survive the latest updates.

Came across the: 'I can't focus when your hands are on me.' and it has helped.

Sending cozy vibes to you and your new place! <3 <3

I’m glad the fluff could help hehe

And thank you! Currently feeling the coziest I’ve felt in a long time as my cat rubs her face on my bristol pad and tries to steal my chips

#pardon the camera quality but #FINALLY HAVE CAT BACK #AND I AM VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT #her name is Cody and she’s a distunguished lady #or she’s very good at acting like it #not art sorry guys #asks #cody posting

[ahedderick]

Well, Dang

Art credit tkingfisher here on Tumblr, aka Ursula Vernon. I keep this visible on my desktop at all times for . . reasons.

I was getting kinda excited about this potential commission. The above was the second email I got from him. I wrote back to confirm, got my big pad of bristol board out (I had to FIND it first, I usually use the small one). Then I got another email from him asking for my bank info - so he could send me a cashier's check. Uh.

That is not how cashier's checks work. This was w-a-y better organized and set up than any scam I've run into before. So, for any younger artists out there; this exists. He probably found me from my DeviantArt account, because I recently posted an illustration there and I used the tags for illustration for the first time in a long time. I've had a lot of scammy stuff happen through DA, but nothing anywhere near this detailed.

#artblr #art scam #artists on tumblr #artist #illustrator #illustration

[iraprince]

Hey, can I ask you a lightbox question? Idk how much use you've had of it, but it seems really useful! I'd love to trace my sketches, but im worried about blaring light right in my eyes because I'm super sensitive to light and get migraines even from doing digital art. How hard is it on your eyes?

so, i've only been using it for an afternoon, but i think i would immediately say my main concern on the lightbox is more about ergonomics than eye strain (and my concerns about eye strain are more about struggling to see through the paper than about the light itself). for reference the model i'm using is this one, it's about €20.

the light itself is not actually that blinding — instead of being direct it's like a sheet of LEDs covered in tiny holes, and the light from all those holes together combines to be bright enough to see through the paper. also, you're always going to have paper on top of it, so unless the paper you're working on is much smaller than the pad itself, you're not going to spend much time staring directly into the light anyway. i can definitely imagine that seeing the little strip of it on the sides out of the corner of your eye as you work could eventually cause a headache, though.

^ like that.

also, it has three different brightness settings; i've quickly found that all three of them are useful in different contexts, even within the same drawing! the brightest doesn't hurt my eyes so far (it'll depend on what kind of paper you're using; in these pics my sketch is on regular printer paper, and the final is on bristol, which blocks out more of the light than two sheets of printer paper would).

here's where my concern about eye strain comes in: on the brightest setting, it's easy to see the sketch (the paper underneath), but hard to see what you're doing on the final (the paper on top). on the lowest setting, i can see more detail in what i'm actually drawing, but it's harder to make out the sketch underneath. i can easily see these different types of strain taking a toll on your eyes over time, especially if you really get in the zone and stop remembering to adjust the brightness based on what your eyes need.

^ my solution so far has been like this! you can fuss with the positioning of a regular lamp until it bounces off the top paper enough that u can see what ur doing, but it's not so direct that it cancels out the light from below. if i need to see more detail from the undersketch, i can quickly cup my hand to throw some shadow on it or set up a barrier (like my pencil bag).

besides that the main issue im foreseeing is the ergonomics thing i mentioned, the pad is so flat and thin that i'm really folding over my desk to see what im doing — but that's a bad habit i have when working on paper anyway. the cord is long enough that u could pick it up to work in your lap etc, i just find that awkward so i'd rather work flat.

#ira answers #oh one more note on this. #i used cello tape to secure both papers to the pad and i was like 'boy i sure hope this doesnt leave residue on the glass!' #i can already see that it is absolutely going to leave residue on the glass. not a huge deal but.... #not sure what other reasonable/easy solutions there are for keeping the papers firmly fixed

[hubertspala]

Got myself a cute bristol pad. Not too big. Not to small. Wanna do some doodles. Some experimental bull for my world. Here is a Mana Leech. Terribly not final design by any degree, but a seed of one!

#dark art #fantasy art #traditional art #inking #creature design #posterra

[sixrealmsbeneaththesea]

kinda smushed looking because i did it entirely at work on a smol bristol pad but whatev~

kinda sorta last but not least, ganondalf's hp/tw design is ppppretty neat because of them bomb ass cornrows hiding that amazing mane.

but, totally NOT as somebody who's already drawn him naked about 12 ways from sunday (counts pics... 15?) no way i'm totally a clothes aficionado, i might say he's OVERDRESSED in this design. idk, window washer and totk have the most down to earth designs and oot has the most unique~

but i just think they're all neat.

wow i sound drunk. sinus migraines really scramble my brain lol.

#legend of zelda #the legend of zelda #loz #ganondorf #twilight princess #twilight walker #i am really fucking up my tags #tp ganondorf #tloz #sketch drawing #please somebody wishlist me some dual action ibuprofen lol

[beardedmrbean]

Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Ten U.S. drug manufacturers have agreed to participate in the initial round of the first-ever pricing negotiations between Medicare and the nation's pharmaceutical giants, the Biden administration announced Tuesday.

The highly anticipated Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program was set to enter its next phase after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services invited the drugmakers to voluntarily join the program in August.

The move comes as President Joe Biden seeks to fulfill a campaign promise to make prescription medicines more affordable for millions of aging Americans.

The drugs on the list are among the most commonly used to treat everything from heart failure, blood clots, diabetes, arthritis, and Crohn's disease, however, average Americans often cannot afford to buy the drugs, Biden said in August when the drug cost reform effort kicked off.

Previously, the White House said the drugs are among the top 50 prescription medications that seniors fill the most at retail pharmacies under Medicare Part D.

The companies electing to participate include Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Merck Sharp Dohme, AstraZeneca, Novartis, Immunex, Pharmacyclics LLC, Jannsen Biotech and Novo Nordisk.

Collectively, the companies' drugs brought in $50.5 billion from prescriptions covered under Part D between June 1, 2022, and May 31, 2023, with consumers paying $3.4 billion in out-of-pocket costs, according to a statement from the Department of Health and Human Services.

"Drug companies that manufacture these drugs have indicated that they will participate in negotiations with Medicare during the remainder of 2023 and in 2024, and any agreed-upon negotiated prices will become effective beginning in 2026," the statement said.

The pricing program is being funded through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which expanded Medicare's authority to negotiate out-of-pocket drug costs, including a $2 monthly cap on certain generic drugs used to treat chronic conditions, as well as a $35 price cap on insulin.

The pandemic-era legislation contains a broad range of actions to mitigate high drug prices, including a plan that adds commercial health insurers to a requirement that forces drug companies to pay rebates to Medicare whenever medicine prices rise faster than inflation.

Merck and Johnson & Johnson have filed multiple lawsuits in an effort to declare Biden's plan unconstitutional.

Biden has vowed to continue to pursue lower drug costs, arguing his pricing plan was working to help struggling Americans while the pharmaceutical industry raked in billions in record profits.

"There is no reason why Americans should be forced to pay more than any developed nation for life-saving prescriptions just to pad Big Pharma's pockets," Biden said at the time.

When the pricing negotiations conclude, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will announce the prices of the selected drugs on or before September 2024, however, the new drug prices won't go into effect until 2026.

From there, the government will select up to 15 more drugs covered under Part D for 2027, and up to 15 more drugs for 2028, including drugs covered under Part B and Part D.

The program will add up to 20 more drugs each year after that, as required by the Inflation Reduction Act.

#nunyas news #about damn time #now to see if this bites europe in the butt

[this-is-not-a-slow-burn]

"I neeed to creaaaate". But first I must gather.

One of the biggest hurdles to creating things with my hands is the process of gathering supplies. It saps me of the motivation to actually do the thing the supplies are for.

The reasons behind this are probably ADHD and dopamine related, but that's for another post.

But yesterday I had a revelation.

looong post with images under the cut!

TL;DR Make baskets or boxes that have all the supplies you will need for a single type of project, so they can just be picked up and used.

So we all know that being organized can make things easier. But when the ADHD strikes, no amount of organizing can solve the issue completely.

Case in point. All of my art supplies are organized by type. All of the alcohol markers, felt tip markers, fine liners, colored pencils, regular pencils, brush tip pens, pastels, etc are mostly on one shelf (frequently used are in a desktop carousel), all of the paper is organized by type: card stock, (further organized by plain, textured, or patterned, and all are color sorted, etc) blank printer paper, origami paper, velum. Below that are the notebook/pad style art papers, watercolor, sketch, bristol, plus canvases, and sheets of watercolor paper. All adhesives are in one drawer. There is a "idk where the fuck this belongs" drawer with those odds and ends that are important but solo in their class. There are magzine holders full of journals and sketchbooks, reference books

blahblahblah

(those totes in the left cube are not transparent. the table reflection makes them look that way though)

Great! Yay! Hooray! You can find what you need pretty quickly!

:|

Yes. But.

Art making and crafting isn't a mono medium. You see posts that say things like "all you need is a pencil and paper!" and sure yes, that's technically true. However my brain fills in with ....and an eraser, and you need a flat surface, and the paper has to be the right kind, the right size, what kind of sketch is this? what hardness of pencil do you need? Is there enough light in the room? Do you need references?

(yes I even torment myself with the "well akshully" stuff)

The art I make is rife with "parts", like painting (paints, palette, water, brushes, paper towels, surface to be painted on, apron) collage (base medium/substrate, image sources, adhesives for different types of paper, scissors, craft blade) sewing (fabric, shears, needles, thread, buttons, elastic, zippers, velcro, hook and eyes, snaps, ribbon, lace...) , etc.

(I do have most of the printmaking stuff in one container so that's a start...)

what's that saying about how a messy desk is the sign of a creative person?

The process of "shopping" my shelves for what is needed seems to derail any motivation. It feels like maybe my brain is happy with the idea of creating, and that's good enough. Like gathering the stuff is the goal, and having satisfied that, my brain dumps dopamine all over. Which is way less than ideal. (I am very guilty of the "I thought about doing it and am just as satisfied as if I had done it." thing. It's awful.)

SO. Then yesterday, while looking for something else, I came across a wire basket full of the supplies I had gathered to do a sewing project in bed, and I thought, that was so smart. how handy.

And I realized that I could do that with ALL of my supplies! Or at least, make up some project baskets with everything one would need to do that thing, all ready to go. So when an idea comes to mind I can just grab the basket and sit down for some art time, instead of chipping away at the urge one shelf at a time.

I sort of did this with a tackle box style of art tote, and a bunch of collage images, pens, and stickers, but it's not quite there.

(pictured: a halfassed unintentional attempt at this idea. plus a bunch of scraps that were pissing me off and got tossed in "rage")

It will be great for those times when the urge to make something comes up, but not a specific thing, just that "I neeed to creaaaate" blinking neon sign that can be so fleeting. Grab a basket and satisfy the need without distracting faffing about.

Obviously I'm not the first one to ever do this, and pre-school teachers are probably giggling at me for only just now thinking of this, but hey. We all learn at different speeds :p

(Oh, and I promise the fabric and desk will be at least a little bit less messy this weekend :3 )

#Beating the ADHD motivation sapper #Make craft project baskets! #Art #Art supplies #Motivation #Creative #Creativity #Create #Headspace for creating #ADHD #Paint #sewing #collage

[brooklynislandgirl]

The Nurse Shark || Beth Riley

RESIDENCE: Autumnworth House, which is a 46-room sandstone manor constructed in Gotham Height in the early 1900s. It sits on 50 acres of private woodland within Bristol County.

TYPE OF BED: Oak canopied Alaskan king-size bed. Only Beth doesn't really 'sleep' here as she is a chronic insomniac more likely to fall asleep in the living area sofa. Or in the window seat of her room, where she curled up with a good book or her knitting to watch the evening rain.

NUMBER OF BLANKETS: Being born and raised on a tropical island then moving to the east coast of the mainland was never easy and Beth is almost always cold. There are three blankets and a comforter, as well as the most luxurious sheets money can by. Most of the time, she has at least one blanket within reach anywhere else she might fall asleep.

NUMBER OF PILLOWS: There are approximately eight to twelve pillows on the bed at any given point in time, and she actually makes it to the bed, at least one body pillow that she sprawls over.

TYPE OF CLOTHING: Much to the housekeeper's perpetual vexation, Beth starts shedding clothes the instant she walks in through the door, always starting with her shoes at the door. When not expecting company, she usually pads around the house barefoot and in one of her brother's egregiously large tee-shirts. Sometimes with something on beneath. If she is expecting someone or has company, she will wear something slinky, soft, and probably french with a matching robe.

DO THEY SLEEP WITH COMPANY?: Beth says this is such an inappropriate question. {{She would if someone else offered}}

DO THEY SLEEP BETTER WITH COMPANY?: Beth suffers from chronic insomnia, as stated previously, as well as sleep paralysis and night-terrors. She spent the first sixteen years of her life sleeping beside her brother, and even occasionally afterwards when he was at home on leave. Moral of the story is that if she trusts the other person, absolutely she sleeps better with them beside her. Note we did not say *they* would sleep better.

DOES IT MATTER WHERE THEY SLEEP?: Absolutely.

WHAT DO THEY DO IF THEY CANNOT FALL ASLEEP?: Beth might read all night long. She might knit a dozen or more sweaters/blankets to donate to charity. She might lie on the floor listening to music, or she might...*ahem* garden. Depends on just how many weeks days she's been awake.

FREQUENT DREAMS, NIGHTMARES: Since infancy, Beth has had a night terror about a dark shadowy shape stalking her while she's in bed. She is absolutely convinced that if it ever manages to reach her head, that she will die.

DEEP SLUMBER OR NAPS: Beth doesn't know what deep slumber is. She can and does catnap whenever possible.

WHEN DO THEY SLEEP: as never as possible. {{she cannot think of a better, more realistic answer than this.}}

WHAT COULD WAKE THEM UP: A mouse passing gas in the deepest bowels of Blackgate Penitentiary. Someone complaining about '90s Grunge in sign language in Seattle might do it too. She is a light sleeper.

EARLY OR LATE RISER: It doesn't matter if your eyes never quite close, now, does it? "Not a early bird or a night owl but some sorta permanently exhausted pigeon, try an' mahalo."

~*~ Tagged by: my sweet C over at @nightmarefuele Tagging: Hoist the Colours and Raise the Black

#Mahalo!C <3333 #Demons With Subtle Guile|Gotham #All Our Tomorrows|DC au #Just Paint Your Face|His Highness

[stalemateserial]

53

"Knight to F3"

Ruth laughs, taking another draught from a pouch of tea. "Might as well give that some extra thought." Today was considered a rest day, so there was no pretense of work. Judith was sketching on the pad they'd been notating the match on, albeit on a different page, while Ruth was batting around her now empty pouch. "You never told me a story."

"Hmm?"

"I told you that story the day before yesterday, but I never got to hear one from you. You wouldn't break a promise to me, would you?"

"I'm not planning on getting into the habit now, no. What sort should I tell?"

"No, no, you're not supposed to be prompted, the fun is in you thinking of one."

Judith lifts the pen, tapping freckles onto the edge of the parchment. "When I was eleven, I tried to run away from my boarding school. I was old enough to be tired of the Sisters' rules and punishments, but young enough to think I stood a chance out in the wilderness. I thought I could maybe hitchhike if I were lucky, I would have walked if it meant getting away. I was meant to leave with another girl from the school, Slyvia Cromwell, but she wasn't waiting in the hall when the time came, and I couldn't wait around for her. I made it out, and I wandered through the countryside, looking for someplace I could get out of the dark. Eventually, there was a cottage in the middle of the woods, all by itself. I was afraid, but I liked my chances there better than staying outside all night.

"The person that answered the door was far from who I was expecting. She was older, but not nearly as old as the women at the school. The candlelight made her look like a painting we'd studied, it was one of a woman standing in a seashell, something concerning Venus, I really can't remember. But that woman looked like her, a bit less perfect, of course, unbrushed hair and blemishes in some places, but still beautiful. She had a west country lilt--the school wasn't too far from Bristol, and she asked me," and here Judith affected the accent as she remembered it "'what're you doin' out this late, little lady?' I didn't want to admit that I'd run away from boarding school, but I wasn't dressed for much else, though I imagine that my uniform had seen better days. So I told her the truth, I'd run away because I could no longer stand the rules, and the woman said 'well, come inside for now, can't have you catching a cold.'

"So I went in with her, and she made me a cuppa and asked how I was planning to get back home, and what I thought my parents would think, and if this was really the best idea. I told her I'd get back somehow, I didn't care what they thought, and that if I stayed I felt as though I would go mad. She put her hand on mine and told me she understood. She had this look in her eyes, this very knowing look, and I got the impression that she truly did understand, that she'd lived a life like the one I was living now and survived anyhow. I broke down crying and told her it just wasn't fair, and she held me and said it surely wasn't. She let me sleep there that night; in her bed, she slept on a little sofa in the sitting room. The next morning she made me breakfast and then took me back. I remember that on the way there, she asked me what I was going to do with my life, and I told her I was going to find a way to get to Heaven and confront God, and ask him why he'd be so cruel. She said she'd have some questions for him too, when he had no choice but to answer her."

"Were the sisters very upset?"

"They gave me a beating I've never forgotten. But I got to meet Bridget, and I've never forgotten that either."

"I guess being here made you think of that. Plus the story I told, I don't even know what made me think of it. It's kind of a ripoff, though, isn't it? God's not gonna answer any questions, even here."

"That's alright. I have a new dream."

"Oh?"

"I want to be that cottage in the woods. Find some way to let those little girls, or hell, any person who's confused or scared, or who feels all alone, that I understand how they're feeling."

Ruth clenches the tea pouch a bit tighter between her fingers. She'd stopped playing with it about a third of the way through the story. "That sounds like something that'd suit you, Judy."

"That's nice of you to say, Ruth."

"I like to think I am."

Later on in the day, Judith hears Ruth calling from across the station "Knight to D5".

"Which one? They could both go there."

"The one I haven't moved yet!"

She chuckles, fetching the pad and pen to make a note of it.

#queer writers #web serial #writers on tumblr

[infintenonagon]

she Tom on my Scott til Im in Weldon Springs. Im in Gävle. Im in the abandon city of Pripyat. i a inside one of the Inchindown oil tanks. I am off to the Arctic for 3 weeks. I am not inside a fusion reactor. Im in hull. I am in Morroco. I am in Disney World. Im in Resolute. Im in an airplane bathroom. I am in an unpowered glider. I am in Iceland. I am standing in Europort. Im in the British Museum. I !m FLyInG a FEw ThouSand FeET OvER LInColnSHIrE. I am at platform nine and three quarters. I am under the English Channel. I am still in the arctic. Im in Gibraltar. Im on Marlybone Road. Im on top of a hill. Im on 50th Street. I am squinting into the sun. I am on the Swanscombe Peninsula. Im in Swindon. I am in Baton Rouge. I am in Baarle-Hertog. I am outside the Bank of England. Im in Cape May. Im at the Computer History Museum. I am about to cross a road. Im in Bristol. I am at the summit of Mount Evans. Im on my way back from the Arctic. I am at Space Camp. I am exactly thirty miles away from the intersection of Bervely Boulevard and North La Cinega Boulevard. I am about to play bubble football. I am in Greenwich. I am putting myself at risk of being sued. I am in New Orleans. I am one of the tallest wind farms in Europe. I am at a party. Im at the Eureka Weather Station. I am in the small village of Jelling. I am with Norm. I am back with Norm. Last time I was outside this pud with Norm he taught me how to strangle someone. I am in the English countryside near Canterbury, and this is a level crossing. Im on the 19th floor of Once Canada Square in London and that is a gorgeous sunset. This is an Ogham stone. This is a each pendant. this is a teasmade. this is London's cable car. This is a packet and bottle of freeze-dried urine. Behind me is Lake Constance. It is a big lake. This is a shipping container. This is a Soviet T-34 Battle Tank. This is a dead man. This is a bottle of Dasani. This is the mixed reality lab. This is a natural spring. This is launch pad 39. This is the control room. This is Notre Dame. This used to be RAF Gravely. This is the Thames. This is the Kilogram. Up there is the Bridge. This is a driver-less vehicle. This is non-brewed condiment. These are the solar power towers. That is the Angel of the North. This is the Ilulissat ice fjord. This is Olkiluoto. This is Bruges. This is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Welcome to the town of Asbestos. Welcome to Calapatria. Welcome to a town that doesnt exist. Welcome to Wales. The road behind me is closed. This is going to be a fairly disappointing video. I am back in the UK, and I have a cold.

[piratekenway]

for @codextober day twenty-five: history.

PROFESSOR: Born in Swansea in 1693, Edward was the son of farmers. We don’t know much about his early life beyond that, but we do know that at some point, his parents packed up the farm and moved to Bristol. It was there that at eighteen years old, young Edward Kenway met the lovely Caroline Scott. According to his book, she was—

WELSH VOICE ACTOR: A rare beauty, with red hair and a smile that caught my heart like a rabbit in a hunter’s trap. It was her will that ensnared me, though, a fierce will that I couldn’t help but bow to. The only other mistress with a will like that I would ever know would be the sea.

ASHLEY: Holy shit, that’s some goddamn poetry.

[EK: I wrote that in my private journal, I don’t recall writing that into the book I’d published. I don’t even know why the travel writings I pissed out on the side got so popular. What the hell?

DM: Abstergo came out with a collection of your writings to tie in with the video game and the movie. From what I can tell, they drew a little bit from your private journals, mostly as padding.

EK: Those greedy bastards.]

PROFESSOR: Of course, the life of a farmer wasn’t an easy life or a very exciting one, and Edward soon decided that it wasn’t for him. Instead, he wanted to become a privateer, and guess what! He was in luck! Because the War of the Spanish Succession was in full swing!

RYAN: Lucky for him, not so lucky for the Spanish, I’m guessing.

#assassin's creed #resident evil #i'm not tagging the ghoul boys #this is just barely not rpf already #edward kenway #jacob frye #leon kennedy #leon s kennedy #desmond miles #ashley graham

[yuyevon]

vaccine funk has officially worn off I think and I found 2 giant bristol paper pads who has more doodle recommendations! or remind me of some that I never got to last week oops