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uncanny

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Is this anything?

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So, I saw this image on Facebook, and it was supposedly showing what Queen Nefertiti would have looked like in real life:

Now, I thought this AI generated garbage was just truly terrible on a number of levels; first off, she looks wayyyyyy too modern - her makeup is very “Hollywood glamour”, she looks airbrushed and de-aged, and as far as I’m aware, Ancient Egyptians didn’t have mascara, glitter-based eyeshadows and lip gloss. Secondly, her features are exceptionally whitewashed in every sense - this is pretty standard for AI as racial bias is prevalent in feeding AI algorithms, but I genuinely thought a depiction of such a known individual would not exhibit such euro-centric features. Thirdly, the outfit was massively desaturated and didn’t take pigment loss into consideration, and while I *do* like the look of the neck attire, it's not at all accurate (plus, again, AI confusion on the detailing is evident).

So, this inspired me to alter the image on the left to be more accurate based off the sculpture’s features. I looked into Ancient Egyptian makeup and looked at references for kohl eyeliner and clay-based facial pigment (rouge was used on cheeks, charcoal-based powder/paste was used to darken and elongate eyebrows), and I looked at pre-existing images of Nefertiti, both her mummy and other reconstructions. While doing this, I found photos of a 3D scanned sculpture made by scientists at the University of Bristol and chose to collage the neck jewellery over the painting (and edited the lighting and shadows as best as I could).

Something I see a lot of in facial recreations of mummies is maintaining the elongated and skinny facial features as seen on preserved bodies - however, fat, muscle and cartilage shrink/disappear post mortem, regardless of preservation quality; Queen Nefertiti had art created of her in life, and these pieces are invaluable to developing an accurate portrayal of her, whether stylistic or realistic in nature.

And hey, while I don't think my adjustments are perfect (especially the neck area), I *do* believe it is a huge improvement to the original image I chose to work on top of.

I really liked working on this project for the last few days, and I think I may continue to work on it further to perfect it. But, until then, I hope you enjoy!

Remember, likes don't help artists but reblogs do!

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I think my favorite part of Dungeons and Drag Queens is the "girls playing mermaids" energy they all have.

I feel like seasoned DND players feel like they have these restrictions on what they can do, like "well how does the rules describe the spell" and DNDQ just goes "Well when I start casting my skin starts glowing and I summon spirits around me AND AND AND the spirits sparkle AND they whisper stuff AND my skin is glowing like rainbow sparkles" like do you know the energy I'm talking about it's so like kid with an imagination, all I care about is having the coolest idea and looking cool lol

Like as much as I love D20 and TAZ comedians being ironic can get a little annoying. Like "what are you wearing" "A GOOF, A BIT" vs "What are you wearing" "I'm wearing a floor length dress with gems and glitter and my shoes are gold and sparkly" like I don't feel like coming up with real examples but yall know what I mean RIGHT it's literally so fun

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i should invent a bicycle with square wheels that cant move and take it to the tour de france and spend 24 hrs at the starting line trying to pedal it while in full aerodynamic posture and at some point ill tip over and bust the frame to which my highly dedicated and sponsored team quickly brings out another square wheeled bike

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mouse detective!

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obsessed with how fixable society is, on a structural level.

obsessed with how all you need to do is throw money at public education and eliminate most standardized testing and you will start getting smarter, more engaged, kinder adults. obsessed with how giving people safe housing, reliable access to good food, and decent wages dramatically reduces drug overdoses and gun violence. obsessed with how much people actually want to get together and fix infrastructure, invent new ways of helping each other, and create global ways of living sustainably once you give them livable pay to do so. obsessed with how tracking diseases, developing medicines, and improving public health becomes so much easier when you just make healthcare free at point of use.

obsessed with how easy it all becomes, if we can just figure out how to wrench the wealth out of the hands of the hoarders.

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the idea that trans men/mascs transition away from misogyny is incorrect. we actually transition from misogyny to more intense hypertargeted misogyny. the misogyny we face after transition (physically or socially) isn't the same as before but just a little spicier, it's a whole new beast fueled by transphobia

I think this misunderstanding is where a lot of people start to disconnect from us, thinking that it's not that bad compared to what we faced before transitioning, that being a man now should mean less misogyny not more. But it's not how a majority of us experience the world

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“It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here.”

— James Baldwin, The Price of the Ticket

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Honestly Steven universe had a pretty normal zillennial adolescence, considering he spent most of his time convincing adult women not to kill themselves

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edward scissorhands but its edward knifecock and guess what he has .

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i love re-consuming media i used to love when i was younger. like wow! child me still is in me i am holding her hand and keeping her safe and doing her favorite things with her!!!!

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guys I’m sorry to be a bitch but I just CANNOT enjoy horny posts where they do that thing where they colour the words for emphasis. Why is a video game NPC giving me a quest right now?

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Submission from @etchetcetera

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Found my fav Slay the Princess route recently. Dragon my beloved. Your horrifying beak mouth was an impossible-to-refuse lip syncing challenge 💖

Shoutouts to @blacktabbygames for making such a cool game!

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