#wizenation

[harlepinyo]

ALNST changed my life. true story.

#alnst #alien stage #ivantill #alien stage round 6 #alien stage ivan #alien stage till #my art #...is that enough tags? #stunned at the fact that i actually finished this i contemplated just posting it TWICE #based on the new comic the team posted #it broke me......... it brok e me..... im a wizened old man now. #iavnnnnivannn WHAT DO YOU MEANNN SHALLOW LOVE ivannnnnNNN #till alnst #ivan alnst

[kyhvenarth]

Smile 😃 and the world smiles 😃 with you... even if you are in another universe. @wize_estabillo #stylebykyhven . . . . #wizeestabillo #wizenation #wizeangels #meta #showtimeonlineuniverse https://www.instagram.com/p/ClA9qyOS4Rf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#stylebykyhven #wizeestabillo #wizenation #wizeangels #meta #showtimeonlineuniverse

[theabigailthorn]

yesterday I was panicking because the next video seemed way too big and impossible to finish on time, and today I've written five pages of the first draft and I've got that "Ooooh it's cooking!" feeling. Gotta trust that the Little Spirit who comes up with all my creative ideas has my back

#the Little Spirit lives in the woods in a tiny door in a tree #in my imagination she looks like a tiny wizened old lady a few inches tall #I knock at the door very gently and if she has some creative thoughts she will answer #sometimes I have to listen very carefully because she whispers faintly #sometimes she doesn't answer the door rightaway and I am afraid #but she always answers eventually #sometimes she answers rightaway with bags and bags of ideas! #i'm on some Hayao Miyazaki shit

[foursaints]

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#i’ve said this before but italian barty is such a war crime 😭 when he pulls up in the fanfiction like Ciao #my balkan king…… you were meant to be wearing the lowest waisted pants ever at an albanian nightclub #i just feel that he has a sort of innate hunted-animal raggedy desperation to him. & a Guardedness. that is not giving big italian family #yeah he is manspreading at a tiny cafe table smoking a cigarette for breakfast but like. that’s a tortured rich boy from Dubrovnik #his little wizened grandma is telling him that if he sits by an open window he’ll die #croatian barty truthers rise….. #and then you get yugoslav barty if it’s canon compliant. all we know how to do is win

[magnapanther]

"but taking in the infection will kill me! i'll lose my mind and be forced to obey the whims of a vengeful deity for eternity!"

"nuh uh"

inktober day 16! drew the moss prophet spreading the faith :D

#inktober #inktober 2023 #art #artists on tumblr #my art #traditional art #hollow knight #moss prophet #the infection #i seriously wonder how much autonomy moss prophet actually has #like does the radiance just use him as a vessel to speak through? #or does he genuinely believe that the infection is something good to be embraced? #it might be some mix of both honestly #i absolutely love his design either way #he's so fuzzy and wizened and wise looking i swear

[sixteenseveredhands]

Pill Scarab Beetles: these beetles are covered in plates that perfectly interlock when the beetle folds its limbs, lowers its head, and curls itself into a ball

Above: Eusphaeropeltis sp. (top/bottom left) and Ceratocanthus aeneus (bottom right), two different species of pill scarab beetle

Beetles of the Ceratocanthinae subfamily (also known as pill scarab beetles) rely on a unique form of conglobation to conceal themselves. As the beetle tucks its head down and folds its legs up against its belly, the plates on its head, thorax, abdomen, and legs all come together to form a solid shield; the plates on its legs even have grooves and corresponding ridges that allow them to neatly interlock.

As this blog post explains:

Adult Ceratocanthinae are best known for their ability to conglobate: rolling into a nearly perfect ball. The elytra, pronotum, head, and all six tibiae interlock with each other by means of grooves and corresponding ridges, forming a tightly connected external surface. Many beetles take the form of a tight compact structure when threatened, however in Ceratocanthinae the tibiae of all six legs participate in forming the external hard surface of the sphere, unlike in other beetles.

Above: Ceratocanthus sp.

The Ceratocanthinae subfamily contains many different genera/species, and they are all collectively known as pill scarabs. Many of them have a colorful, metallic appearance; they may be green, red, blue, brown, black, or multicolor.

Above: Germarostes globosus

Sources & More Info:

Gil Wizen: Transformers (Ceratocanthinae Beetles)

Communications Biology: The Evolution of Conglobation in Ceratocanthinae

Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny: Rolling into a Ball: phylogeny of the Ceratocanthinae

ZooKeys: The Ceratocanthinae of Ulu Gombak

Pavel Krásenský Photography: Scarabaeidae (this site is written in Czech)

#entomology #insects #beetles #pill scarab #ceratocanthus #ceratocanthinae #coleoptera #coleopterology #nature #scarabs #Eusphaeropeltis #gil wizen #Pavel Krásenský #cool bugs #cute animals

[edgecallskating]

I'm feeling vintage, so I'm going waaaaaaay back to a time when spiral sequences were a required element in the SP. Few skaters mastered the spiral sequence like Sasha Cohen, so let's take a look at the sequence from her 2005-06 Dark Eyes short program.

First, I-spiral (which Sasha popularized!) into a fan. No struggle for the I position and superb balance into the fan position.

The sign of a great fan spiral position isn't just the height of the free leg but minimal bend in the working leg. Bending the working knee can help cheat the position by offsetting a lack of strength or flexibility. Note the minimal knee bend here! Then the spirals dreams are made of: a nearly 180 degree arabesque held over a change of edge. I love how she tugs it just a little bit higher to get the full extension and the point in the toes is *chef kiss*.

And finally, just because she can, a Beillmann position to round out the ice-spanning set:

Spiral sequences are a hallmark of early IJS programs. When I watch them now they feel like an attempt to reconcile some of the showiness of 6.0 skating with the bullet points of IJS. Not every skater survived the transition. For every sublime Sasha Cohen moment there were a dozen skaters with limp Kerrigan spirals and dodgy catch-foots.

The spiral sequence was replaced with the choreographic sequence as of the 2012-13 season, a nod to changing tastes and shifting technical priorities. Few skaters now could hit a 180 arabesque, which is why I get so excited when I see a classic, well-supported spiral in the competitive wild.

#sasha cohen #figure skating #spirals #gifset #yes I AM a figure skating elder #hit me with your pre-IJS questions and I will answer with the voice of the ancients #wizened from the blowback of seeing cringe early-00s ice dance in real time

[fullmoonisle]

the “sherry for lady bracknell” line from the pub scene in good omens s2 is my roman empire actually

for context: lady bracknell is a character from oscar wilde’s the importance of being earnest who’s meddling, snobbish and overly concerned with social status and keeping up appearances. and by reading too deeply into it, i like to infer two things:

1) aziraphale is canonically fond of wilde’s writings (in the novel he owns a complete set of first editions), and so most likely gets the reference and knows that crowley is playfully roasting him for being high maintenance

2) crowley is also familiar enough with it to make that reference in the first place, meaning that aziraphale probably dragged crowley on a little date to the theatre to see the play at some point in time

#this is the closest thing to meta you will get from my wizened brain #good omens #good omens 2 #gomens #.txt

[aurelion-solar]

Legends of Runeterra: Fate's Voyage - Nilah Followers Wizened Helmsman - Dedicant of the Challenge - Vikrash the Exuberant - Master Lookout - The Tidedancer - Formless Blade - Slipstream - Joy Unending

#nilah #league of legends #legends of runeterra #fate's voyage #wizened helmsman #dedicant of the challenge #vikrash the exuberant #master lookout #the tidedancer #formless blade #slipstream #joy unending #official

[wizbizzi]

#hyper specific poll #wizened words 🦎

[kyhvenarth]

In the other universe, blue is the new black and white will remain white. But in this universe, I hope you still like what I am wearing. @wize_estabillo #stylebykyhven . . . . ____ #wizeestabillo #wizenation #newwizerofc #bcartisttalentagency #polaristartist #meta #MagicFromYou #itsshowtime https://www.instagram.com/p/CkxoiKAyXdq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#stylebykyhven #wizeestabillo #wizenation #newwizerofc #bcartisttalentagency #polaristartist #meta #magicfromyou #itsshowtime

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Gadwick, the Wizened

His name is spoken only in whispers—but he hears just the same.

Artist: Colin Boyer TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

#mtg #magic the gathering #tcg #$0.87 #colin boyer #gadwick the wizened #throne of eldraine #legendary #creature #human #wizard

[holdingachilles]

need more stories of Tiresias being a quirky flirty little shit. let them just wander around in booty shorts and a bath robe whacking people with a stick.

#greek mythology #tiresias #my art #''the wizened old seer'' WRONG genderfluid gilf seer with a passionate seething hatred for reptiles for exactly zero reason #fun fact i wrote a story centered around Tiresias a modern fantasy type world for a creative writing class one time #it was fun theyre a very fun character to write #im very amused by tiresias being olympus' marriage counselor but like. on the basis that theyre the only one who tolerates it

[beaft]

i'm literally still thinking about "thirty-one? whoa! older woman!" like it's been hours and i can't get it out of my head

#all women over 30 are wizened hags

[bonobochick]

Spellbound ... available to stream on Hulu... is fine. 🔮

The writing skewed a bit younger than I thought it would (it's along the lines of Free Rein) but it's nice to have a Black female lead plus the cast has good chemistry with each other. I still have a bunch of eps left to watch.

I like to support shows with Black female leads esp young Black women, hence my tuning in to check out this show. (Emily in Paris doesn't even believe Black women exist in Paris so it's nice to have Spellbound throw tomatoes at that bit of misogynoir 🍵)

I haven't seen much chatter about this new show, maybe due to the holiday weekend, but I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents.

#spellbound #hulu #black girl magic #wizen #witch #ya series #streaming #cece parker jones #benoit ducasse #paris #cute #black woman #dance #ballet #romance #bw #hailey romain #etienne moana #france #paranormal

[vulpecular-draconic]

sometimes i think i’m relatively normal and everything unusual about me is just because people irl overreact to relatively normal things. and then i remember that i’m alterhuman

#my boy [i say to myself in the voice of a wizened old man] that is *not* in fact normal human behavior now is it #alterhuman #nonhuman #otherkin #therian #i say some stuff