#full shade

[jaihirvi]

Commission for Danaster

Fullsize on my Patreon (for non-commercial use)

#cottagecore #naturecore #animals #art #jaihirvi #my art #commissions open #commission #digital illustration #background #full shade #dragon art #landscape #artwork #artists on tumblr #art digital #character art #digital artist #digital artwork #my artwork #original art

[twogyuu]

Me sprinkling this site with fluff

#twogyuu:strugglin' #no shade but also #full shade #where did all the cute fluff and heartbreaking angst go 🥲🥲🥲🥲 #pwp gets old especially if its BAD pwp 😬😶‍🌫️ #why is there so much bad smut as of late #😭😭😭 #it just be about clout these days ig

[akiraidraws]

Commissions are still open, folks!

There are currently five slots waiting to be filled. So please, contact me at [email protected] if you're interested.

I'm happy to answer any questions you may have regarding commissions.

I will draw:

• The blorbos from your imagination

• The blorbos from your shows

• The blorbos from you games

• The blorbos from your movies

I will even draw animal characters! (toon only; Boris the wolf, Felix the cat, Animal Crossing villagers, etc)

#commissions #commission sheets #comms #commission #batim #bendy and the ink machine #batdr #bendy and the dark revival #bendy #cartoon #toon #au #oc #vintage #demon #devil #creature #line art #flat color #full shade #sketch #sketch pages #sketch page #my art #akiraidraws

[dreadfutures]

So I saw this on my dash and I had to dig a few articles deep to actually get an explanation of what’s going on.** Solar energy generation, storage, and conversion is something I’ve been studying since about 2015 as a researcher, so I’m always really curious what’s actually new about these articles.

Since even before my time, our field has been pretty adamant that the most important problem we face to a green energy future is how do we store our green energy. We can make tons of it! In fact, TOO MUCH for us to use. We just have no way of storing and delivering it once we’ve made it. People have been working on batteries (solid-state, redox flow...), chemical energy storage (use sunlight to make a chemical reaction that produces a fuel like hydrogen gas, petroleum, methane...), and many other ways to store solar energy for decades and decades.

Besides the fact this is just like, what I do for a job and enjoy thinking about it, figuring out what actual tech is being lauded as Good News was important to me. I (and you) need to know whether this is revolutionary phenomenal more hope for the future kind of good news, or if it was oh hey, this thing we’ve been working on for 20-30 years is finally reaching an almost-market-ready stage (and TLDR: it’s the latter).

So what makes this one newsworthy?

The device developed at Chalmers* is a form of chemical energy storage. Instead of making a fuel to use and burn, the chemical they shine light on purely stores energy, and releases energy. They have recently managed to package it into a neat little chip that takes sunlight, stores it, and then on-demand returns it as electricity that we can use.

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The chemical they’ve used on this chip can exist in two differently shaped forms. And it can change between those forms with a little bit of energy. The researchers determined that the energy requirements for that transformation is small enough that sunlight can perform it.

So they shine light on one form of the molecule and it turns into the other; it takes the solar energy and “stores” it by resting in that new shape. It’s happy to sit there until they tell it to go back.

When it goes back, it “returns” the initial energy by giving away heat.

They’ve been able to turn heat into electricity somewhat efficiently.

The limitations of this kind of device are:

How much energy you can store is dependent on how many molecules you have on your chip (or in your tub, if you’re doing it in liquid form).

How efficiently you can turn that heat into electricity is a developing technology and they have room to go.

This specific set up requires an *additional chemical*, a catalyst (unsung heroes in most of the press) to help turn the transformed molecule BACK into its original form, the important step to deliver energy back to us! Cobalt(II) phthalocyanine is a known catalyst for these kinds of things and has its own drawbacks.

Doing this in liquid form currently requires organic solvents (in everything in life, we want to use water instead of organic solvents, if possible).

What % of the sun’s light is actually DOING this transformation limits how many of your molecules are actually going to change their shape.While yes, these chemicals do perform this transformation under solar light, specifically they require UV-light. There’s not *actually* a lot of UV light *in* sunlight; ideally, you’d want something that works in visible light (about 40% of sunlight is visible; about 5% is UV). (This is also a major limitation of many other solar technologies.)

Why am I explaining all of this?

I think it’s important for non scientists, particularly those who care about the climate crisis, to have this context. This technology is not a one-off moonshot; this technology is not our best hope; this technology is not the Answer to all our problems; this technology is not unique. The concept itself is also not new. It is not even “in its early stages” as far as research goes. This is a fairly well-developed device and system they are publicizing. It IS in its early stages of implementation.

This is the pace of science. And that should actually give you hope.

It means that for every one individual piece of news you hear like this, there are hundreds of different technologies also being developed, also being worked on, also close to implementation, too. People have been working on these problems, caring about these problems, UNDERSTANDING these problems, for decades even before the public ever caught up. There is progress being made and hope to be had, and nihilism about the climate, about whether The Big Feds and Corporations Are Paying Attention, is both inaccurate and counterproductive.

It IS exciting that this one is working to the degree it is. It IS going to be a useful tool in adapting to our energy needs and making a green future possible. And to me, as someone who’s been watching this field, it’s really exciting and satisfying to know that hey, all this hard work we’ve done uncovering the different pieces of this puzzle..? we’re starting to actually PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER in a functioning way now.

Sometimes even as a scientist, even as someone who understands the pace of research, it can be hard to feel like there’s ever going to be the point where things start working. We’ve been pursuing photoisomerization as energy storage for ages and ages, but it’s never been efficient enough, or we’ve never had a way to release the energy once it’s been stored, or all these other problems. But we’re finally at a point where grit, determination, persistence, and hope, have gotten us through the worst of those issues and gotten some solid footing. And that’s really exciting

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*(woo, Gothenberg, they are a hub of green energy development and a bunch of my friends work there. some of them have even worked on related projects as visiting researchers over the years)

**You know what’s really personally annoying about this blurb on tumblr and the euronews article itself??? I had no clue from either of them that I HAVE ACTUALLY REPORTED ON THIS, PROFESSIONALLY. They didn’t link back to a Chalmers press release, or to the researcher’s group websites, or to the papers, in an obvious or accessible way. One of the scripts I worked on last month was literally about this paper and I had to help one of our writers explain what photoisomerization is and thermal electricity generation. It took way too much digging to realize that.

I should have been able to understand from reading this blurb and especially from reading the press release what this actual development WAS.

Good popular-science / general public articles should convey to both non scientists and scientists what the actual technology/research finding is, from the get-go. Anyway, that’s a pet peeve of mine with science communication and with these “hopey fluffy happy science” blogfeeds. You can do better, without descending into the nitty gritty like I did in this longform tumblr post. (And we did, for our show.)

#full shade #the press release that was linked on my dash sucks #basic scicomm principles cmonnnn #climate change #green energy #personal #long post #i am a phd chemist researching photocatalysts #i have worked for esteemed science journalism outlets #i have a chemical engineering and materials science and nanotechnology background #there are my creds lol

[okiesmai]

#seiko muriel huffman #seiko huffman #full shade

[protestooucopa]

Mulch Dallas Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional shade backyard mulch landscaping in summer.

#full shade #container garden #holly and autumn fern #part sun #may night salvia

[static-quo]

Not certain these clergy can do anything about cleansing my sins- ówò

#Vox #Alastor #1 AM POST FATHER VOX AND SISTER ALASTOR AND RUN‼️‼️‼️ #this has been living RENT FREE in my head #me b4 ep 5: oh radiostatic yeah it’s cool #me now: OHHHH The bitter exes have MATCHING OUTFITS ???? #Al is 100% Aroace but this is def some kind of queer situationship they got goin on- #hazbin alastor #hazbin vox #hazbin hotel #tagging bc I am proud even tho I didn’t go for full shading _(:’3_\/_)_ #volt’s art

[lynxbabey]

delighted to announce blue hair suits both me and my fursona equally as well (as in. It’s not our color. At ALL.)

#Doesn’t help I was sent the wrong shade and only realized AFTER the deed was done. #had to use a full can of dye just to make it look presentable LOL #my art #fursona #furry #my fursona #furry art

[reverienco]

what the fuck am i doing. scheduling this at 1am.

#MD personality shift au #murder drones #murder drones fanart #murder drones N #murder drones uzi #serial designation N #uzi doorman #murder drones Nuzi #Nuzi #enzi #biscuit bites #tw suggestive #??? i guess #no one actually notices it but he's slightly lifting her shirt. lol. lmao. #being aroace is making suggestive/nsfw art that you gradually lose interest in because you just don't feel it yknow? LMAO #it starts out like “oh boy! this one's SPICY!!” and then it devolves into “oh yeah whatever. gotta color here and shade there.” #“dang i fucked up the anatomy there. wait what was i drawing?” #shoutout to my fellow aroacers who do this full-time cuz i could not I'd literally die of boredom LMAO #its . 1am and im jsut rambling in the tags

[ratective]

the emotionally unavailable father of this family

#steven universe #su #rat noises #su garnet #i will make a whole ass detailed background full shading type of piece just to post it as a meme #su memes #shitpost #su fanart #garnet

[jaihirvi]

When I asked my hairdresser to trim the ends of my hair

#jaihirvi #my art #digital illustration #commissions open #cute #full shade #puss in boots #TheLastWish #cat #kitty #kitty softpaws #Trim #haircut

[trashcatsnark]

feel like every laundry night at the tadfools camp just becomes a game of who's black shirt is this and the only thing anyone can confidently say is it's not Gale's

#baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #gale of waterdeep #shadowheart #astarion #wyll ravengard #karlach cliffgate #laezel #i was playing with their clothes and outfits again and came to the realization that i associate most of them with wearing black/dark colors #including my tav and durge #except gale and some of the later companions #but like shadowheart is black purple silver and brown #wyll is black red and dark blue #astarion is black red and white #karlach is black red and gold #laezel is black brown silver red and when i go full toad green #petra my tav is black and sometimes teal #my durge is black gold red #and then there's gale the purple man #and some autumnal shades #a lone nerd surrounded by theater grunge and jock goths

[akiraidraws]

Commissions are still available!

If you're interested, email me at [email protected] or shoot me a DM

I will draw:

•OCs

•Fandom/Games (including sonas!)

•Humans/Toons (including sonas!)

•Aliens/Monsters (including sonas!)

I will even draw animal characters such as; Boris the Wolf and Felix the cat! (No Disney, please and thank you)

Please consider supporting me if you like what I do! And please reblog. I am in a rough situation right now and appreciate all the support you lovely folks can give.

(And please, I appreciate all the likes, but they do nothing. If you can't purchase a commission, please at least reblog this post so somebody else might see it)

#commissions #commission sheets #commission #comms #batim #bendy and the ink machine #batdr #bendy and the dark revival #bendy #toon #cartoon #demon #human #art #line art #flat color #full shade #full render #vintage #vintage inspired #art for sale #artist on tumblr #artist on instagram #my art #akiraidraws

[charlietheepicwriter7]

"Probably because they don't have a grave," Danny said, pulling out his vape. "Final resting places are--HEY!"

Nightwing held the pilfered vape above his head. "Where did you get this?" he asked, scandalized.

Danny jumped for it, but Nightwing was too tall! Even at 5'7 he'd have to use his powers to reach the vape; he had no chance as a 9 year old. "We're in Gotham! You're lucky I didn't get cocaine instead!"

#this is a new fic or just an idea? you decide #dp x dc #dc x dp prompt #deaged danny fenton #c: dick grayson #c: danny fenton #dp crossover #dc crossover #cw smoking #cw drug mention #c: nightwing #ya'll want the idea in a less vague way #ok so heres the deets #danny got outed and then deaged by clockwork to make him survive so he takes off #deaged danny remembers what happened and is having A LOT of big kid emotions #somehow ends up in bludhaven and WHAT DO YOU KNOW? #there's a lotta hauntings in the area #its not like amity where all the ghosts are really powerful so the ghosts are just shades #danny ends up being a pint-sized supernatural detective #full of angst and used to being a young adult #who's out at night trying to solve crimes #detective grayson is put in charge of the kid #he has a lot of brothers he has to be good with kids right? #so now dick has to deal with constantine jr over here #who can SOMEHOW figure out he's nightwing bc of the ghosts?? following him??? #but then dick realizes Oh No this kids has NOTHING #no parents no friends no house no food #and he finds himself thinking #oh alfred will need to hurry in getting danny's room at the manor ready #and

[wolfram-but-art]

who needs a fishing rod when you have two hands

reblogs > likes :3

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#tf2 #tf2 fanart #sniper tf2 #i'm on a fucking roll recently #what is wrong with me #small doode ideas just keep evolving into full body fully shaded drawings over 2 days

[loves2spwge]

a very sweet & loving stankyle kiss i commissioned from @currrsy 💙💚

#sp style #south park #aaahh this still feels so dreamy i need 2 keep staring at them forever and ever #the little details!!!!! just agh love the way their hair looks so fluffy and messy and its still my fav thing about cursys stan #poor baby always looks like hes in need of a good rest and here it looks like kyle can kiss him until he falls asleep #kyles got him hes safe in his arms ;; #the little hearts were such a cute little bonus ^_^ and the green shade was exactlyyyy what i had in mind !! #and all their freckles & beauty marks so so love i kissie each and every one ✨ + stans dark circles mwah 💋 #my heart is so full and happy thank you so much cursy!!💗 #💘