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sanctus-ingenium · 7 months

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I love the way you draw wings 🥹 they’re so realistic but very stylised at the same time, do you have any tips or tutorials for drawing them?

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a million people have made better wing tutorials than this but i think the best way to get a wing to look nice is to understand how it folds & what movements it can make in 3D space & how angle and perspective affect feathers. think of it like fanning out a deck of playing cards and viewing it edge-on

#legit my favourite thing to draw aside from character standing in white void facing left #info asks

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basilone · 5 months

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hello! i was wondering what exactly are tracking tags and how do you use them? sorry if this is a dumb question and thank you in advance!

Hellooo! 😊 Not a dumb question at all, no worries. I personally don't use them, but I can imagine why people might!

Tracked tags are basically an easier way to follow the sort of topics you're interested in. Say you check the #band of brothers tag for new posts every day... If you decide to follow/track that tag, you will be able to find posts from it more easily because all your tracked tags are collected in one place. And I believe Tumblr will also include posts from your tracked tags on your dashboard scrollthrough. Tumblr's got an info blurb about it right here.

Also, and this is a longer post by far, there's a really nifty guide to tagging on Tumblr right here. It covers not only what you're asking, but also tells you more about tagging etiquette in general. (Such as, say, not tagging your own post with #band of brothers when your post does not contain anything related to the show. 😉)

That same post also mentions that many of us who create original pieces will have their own personal tag for that, so you'll be able to find those pieces more easily. For me, my personal tags are #basilcreations (for gifs/edits) and #basilonewriting (for fics). You can search my blog and Tumblr with those tags and they'll turn up nothing but my original works. 😊

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feluka · 3 months

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just saw on twt that apparently the campaign to renew ofmd fell apart and that the people who put up the billboard deleted their site and discord and disappeared and nobody knows what happened to the money? if true alhamdulillah 🙏

#if anybody knows more info.. their misery puts such a huge smile on my face so my asks are open for trash talking <3

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tinystepsforward · 2 months

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idk how many of you remember this but a few years ago tumblr ran a universally panned ad campaign for (us american) pride month that went "the gayest place on the internet".

well someone planning that campaign dropped in to ask the queer automatticians for advice on that and universally me and the other trans people involved were like "don't do it. i am so serious. don't do it. people on tumblr won't understand that it wasn't automattic who instituted the porn ban, or they will, but they'll recognize that automattic hasn't done anything, hands tied or not, to reverse it. nobody will like this. it will be a disaster." and they thanked us for our thoughts and went ahead with it anyway and then had to do retrospectives about how badly it went and were like "we just didn't know" and [gestures] yeah [edit: i think the person who rbed saying it was queerest place on the internet was right, my brain is fried, sorry! and that's... even worse lmao]

#tony muses #hello new followers. for clarity if you are expecting intense amounts of goss about tumblr specifically i am not your person #when automattic first acquired tumblr they asked queer staff who wanted to transfer over to something that was dear to a lot of us #and i specifically did not want to shit where i eat so to speak #which was the right choice. i just have other info about automattic more generally

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lilybug-02 · 2 months

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Possession PSA.

Thank you @ferronickel for giving me this crack head idea.

#this is probably one of the more niche comics #chara 100% knows about [X]#deltarune guitar hero when?#chara and ralsei both info dumping about how much they love the player and how the intricacies of how players work #they are business partners #possession PSA #bread #ask stuff #deltarune chara timeline #mini comic #art #my art #deltarune #memes #chara #ralsei #kris

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ponydoodles · 14 days

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PONYDOODLES IS DOING AN ART RAFFLE TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE!

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A $5 donation to one of the causes will earn you one entry. Higher donations = More entries! Provide proof of your donation & contact info in the form below to get a chance to win 5 pieces of art from our mods of a pony character(s) of your choosing!

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#palestine #free gaza #free palestine #all info is included in the form but feel free to ask any questions and ill compile them into a little faq!!

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yeoldenews · 2 months

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While we’re on the subject of names, is there an explanation for how traditional nicknames came about that are seemingly unrelated to, or have little in common with, the original name?

ie- John/Jack, Richard/Dick, Henry/Harry/Hank, Charles/Chuck, Margaret/Peggy/Daisy, Sarah/Sally, Mary/Molly, Anne/Nan, etc

I am actually over a week into researching a huge follow-up post (probably more than one if I’m being honest) about the history of nickname usage, so I will be going into this in much, much more detail at a hopefully not-so-later date - if I have not lost my mind. (Two days ago I spent three hours chasing down a source lead that turned out to be a typographical error from 1727 that was then quoted in source after source for the next 150 years.)

As a preview though, here’s some info about the names you mentioned:

The origins of a good portion of common English nicknames come down to the simple fact that people really, really like rhyming things. Will 🠞Bill, Rob🠞Bob, Rick🠞Dick, Meg🠞Peg.

It may seem like a weird reason, but how many of you have known an Anna/Hannah-Banana? I exclusively refer to my Mom’s cat as Toes even though her name is Moe (Moesie-Toesies 🠞 Toesies 🠞 Toes).

Jack likely evolved from the use of the Middle English diminutive suffix “-chen” - pronounced (and often spelled) “-kyn” or “kin”. The use of -chen as a diminutive suffix still endures in modern German - as in “liebchen” = sweetheart (lieb “love” + -chen).

John (Jan) 🠞 Jankin 🠞 Jackin 🠞 Jack.

Hank was also originally a nickname for John from the same source. I and J were not distinct letters in English until the 17th Century. “Iankin” would have been nearly indistinguishable in pronunciation from “Hankin” due to H-dropping. It’s believed to have switched over to being a nickname for Henry in early Colonial America due to the English being exposed to the Dutch nickname for Henrik - “Henk”.

Harry is thought to be a remnant of how Henry was pronounced up until the early modern era. The name was introduced to England during the Norman conquest as the French Henri (On-REE). The already muted nasal n was dropped in the English pronunciation. With a lack of standardized spelling, the two names were used interchangeably in records throughout the middle ages. So all the early English King Henrys would have written their name Henry and pronounced it Harry.

Sally and Molly likely developed simply because little kids can’t say R’s or L’s. Mary 🠞 Mawy 🠞 Molly. Sary 🠞 Sawy 🠞 Sally.

Daisy became a nickname for Margaret because in French garden daisies are called marguerites.

Nan for Anne is an example of a very cool linguistic process called rebracketing, where two words that are often said/written together transfer letters/morphemes over time. The English use of “an” instead of “a” before words beginning with vowels is a common cause of rebracketing. For example: the Middle English “an eute” became “a newt”, and “a napron” became “an apron”. In the case of nicknames the use of the archaic possessive “mine” is often the culprit. “Mine Anne” over time became “My Nan” as “mine” fell out of use. Ned and Nell have the same origin.

Oddly enough the word “nickname” is itself a result of rebracketing, from the Middle English “an eke (meaning additional) name”.

I realized earlier this week that my cat (Toe’s sister) also has a rebracketing nickname. Her name is Mina, but I call her Nom Nom - formed by me being very annoying and saying her name a bunch of time in a row - miNAMiNAMiNAM.

Chuck is a very modern (20th century) nickname which I’ll have to get back to you on as I started my research in the 16th century and am only up to the 1810s so far lol.

#names #nicknames #onomastics #history #asks #nicknames are really hard to research you guys #there is so much info out there and it's almost all nonsense #and I'm talking academic books with listed sources not buzzfeed listicles #some guy in the 18th century forgetting to mention Bill on a list of common nicknames does not mean it wasn't in use at the time ma dude #i've had to get very creative with sources #god bless word for word murder trial testimony

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chloesimaginationthings · 1 month

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You should totally have Jeremy meet the gang if you haven't already!

I definitely should, so far this is the only time I’ve drawn him in the comic!

#ask reply #TBH NGL I’m kinda waiting for some news on fnaf 2 #before totally jumping into drawing Jeremy a ton #mostly cause it would be nice to know some info to work with #but also means more attention would be on Jeremy too #like in all consideration Jeremy is actually a very niche character 😭#despite being a main protagonist we’ve only gotten maybe some info about him recently #so I really wanna draw Jeremy but I also want to do it at the right time #want people to know this guy BAHAH #Jeremy my beloved you’ll have your day in the sun

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im-totally-not-an-alien-2 · 5 months

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Over the years Tim had lead, taught and helped countless other teens come into thier powers and said teens looked at him like he hung the stars. They admired him greatly and wanted to do something to make thier mentor/big brother figure proud.

So when they found Tims soulmate they were absolutely ecstatic.

Yeah sure, the guy was the child of evil mad scientists and apparently the heir of a creepy fake vampire supervillian but they'd seen weirder couples in the hero community. They just needed to convince him to join the heros side!

Naturally they try to kidnap Danny and he has no idea whats going on other than a bunch of kids in superhero costumes are trying to abduct him. Between his powers as Phantom, that they seem to not know about (thank the ancients that ghosts don't show up well of pictures and that he started wearing a mask) and his own parents paranoid housebuilding techniques Danny escapes them easily.

Danny figured they would leave him alone eventually, right? If not he would have to call the cops for stalking and harassment.

If that didn't work he would just set all the house lazers to stun. Worst case scenario he might have to call the Justice League emergency line and yell at them to come get thier kids.

It would also be funny if he just kicked them out as Phantom

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1kari · 3 months

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if you voted please read and reblog ❤️

hey everyone, i just managed to barely scrape by on rent this month (was fired for putting in my 2 weeks, post here) but i desperately need new windshield wipers. i live somewhere where it snows heavily and often, and driving my car is now dangerous since my wipers are falling apart in 2 places. the cheapest i can get them is $34 from amazon, or $58 from the car dealership. i've applied for doordash so i need this to be able to work if they hire me.

pypal (@ aidenallison)

cshapp ($diabolicshrimp)

vnmo (@ diabolicshrimp)

$0/35, total will be updated in the reblogs. thank you all so much.

#sorry to do the poll gotcha but my last post literally didnt even getany help so i rly need anything. aaaghgh #also asks are off bc of harassment but dm if you need any info or anything

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theskeletongames · 4 months

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He has 0 standards besides not being kids and his bro

Toriel has beat his ass many times... She probably mentions he was such a nice boy when there was a wall between them... He's looking for humans in specific, because he's not into the idea of not knowing and being a human virgin...

Too bad he's, uh... horrible at understanding appropriate human culture, or just human culture in general.

#sans #uf sans #underfell #bara sans #uf bara sans #ask #poetaxart #probably more info than anyone needs but I believe heavily that characters need motivations to explain their behavior

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sanctus-ingenium · 2 years

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i’m sorry i phoned it in but this is how i do literally every single shiny metallic surface. another tip is to add surface detail to something just so that you can pin highlights to it, that way you’re not faced with a big blank space to fill up

and to be honest, you can bullshit 99% of these armour embossing designs. i mean look at them. i didn’t even make them symmetrical. their only purpose is to help define the form

my last step is usually to go ham panting over the lines. most of what u see in a finished image is me having painted over the lines (u can see that clearly on the pendant). u can see in this one that i disregarded my lines in a lot of places and just kinda freestyled it.but u can also see that i place the highlights right up against the dark bits. this armour was very shiny so those dark bits are reflections rather than shadows (i guess?)

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bixels · 5 months

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The Background Six aren't gonna be finished for a bit (character designs take time, especially when you're writing a final paper), so I'm gonna post the current "final" draft of Lyra now.

Lyra is Ponyville's resident eccentric artist. Although young, she's got plenty of ambition that'll take her far one day... hopefully. She's still working on her sci-fi book manuscript about an aliens with weird, fleshy meat hooks. As her side gig, she helps put together productions at Ponyville's local theater. She also enjoys singing jazz, dancing, and painting.

She's a Romaniote Jew, her family originally from Athens, Greece and immigrating to New York City in the late 1800s.

#her design's subject to change #inspirations were miss keane from ppg and betty boop #btw please don't ask about the other 5 in this batch #you'll get info when i have info on them #my art #wip #the grand galloping 20s #mlp

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swordy-da-goat · 8 months

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