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I know I say that I'm kinda nuts for doing the amount of visual research I do, but at the same time: Specificity is SO much more compelling and real feeling, and imo not getting references often makes things look more amateur.

Eg. drawing a sofa- my mental image of a sofa is something like this:

Like. Its a sofa. It works. But it's not very convincing, the pillows are kinda wrong at the back, and it's not really giving any information about the owner. Even if you want a basic sofa... What kind of basic.

comfy and cheap?

kinda rigid?

inherited? ------

who does this comfy cheap ikea sofa belong to anyway?

guy living alone?

teenage girl?

Grandma?

Anyway I'll get off my soapbox but specificity is sexy and fun and it can do your storytelling for you!

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Do not give you information to YouTube. Do not give your information to Discord. Do not give your information to any website.

Do not give your information to any big American company hiding behind the "protect the kids" excuse.

Fight it. Pirate content. Brute force your way in or try and find a place that won't comply.

This is a huge step in the wrong direction and we must fight this together across all borders and lines because this will effect everyone who uses the internet

Fuck KOSA and OSA. Fuck the government and all the politicians who voted yes for these disgusting bills.

Call your local politicians. Tell them that if they vote for this, you will not vote for them in the next upcoming election they have. Let them know this is a serious breach of constituent trust.

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Experimented with Slap Chop and Wet blending contrast baal red and imperial fist yellow. Afterwards touched up the areas with usual layering.

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When you draw for someone and they set it as their profile picture

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Intermission Time

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🤓☝hug of joy and happiness

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If YouTube’s new AI flags you as “underage” and asks for an ID or your face, DO NOT GIVE IT TO THEM.

Uninstall the app. Close the browser. Leave a 1 star review on the App Store and/or Google Play Store. Call them if you can, and don’t email as there aren’t any humans that see those.

Let them know that this new policy unfairly targets gamers, those with autism, those who watch cartoons, etc. It was never about protecting the kids.

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the only girl ever

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So the Youtube boycott starts tomorrow, and the biggest issue people have (including me) is a YouTube addiction.

Now, maybe addiction ain’t quite the right word, I don’t think I’m gonna get any YouTube Withdrawls or anything, but I watch a lot of YouTube and it’s gonna be hard to stop so suddenly.

SO HERE’S SOME TIPS !!!!!

Find YouTube alternatives! There are indeed other video sharing platforms you can use. (Glomble!!)

If you have a streaming service, start watching a really long show. I use YouTube for background noise, but a TV show could do the same thing.

Listen to music somewhere else! Spotify and Pandora and Audiomack are all nice. Spotify kind of sucks actually, but it’s there if you need it, y’know?

Use your newfound free time to invest in a hobby! Start learning to cook! Go to the library! Start sewing or crocheting!

Use your newfound free time to get a workout routine (if you are able to work out.) Go on walks! Get a gym membership if you want!

Play more video games. Obviously many people can’t afford the Cool Games, but there’s always Roblox !!! Or like. Candy Crush !!! Idk !!!!

Yeah, boycotting YouTube is gonna be hard, but it’s absolutely worth it in the name of anti-censorship-ness. People might try to tell you “it won’t do anything” but that is STUPID! Don’t give up! Boycott for as long as you can! It may be hard to stop watching YouTube when you feel so dependent on it, but you have the power to do it.

Even if the boycott doesn’t work, I don’t want to support a company that makes decisions like this, and I definitely don’t want to have a mental dependency on a social media platform. This is your chance to stop.

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He's gorgeous. Compare his old model and his new one. AUGH. LOOK AT HOW HANDSOME HE BECAME!!!

... NOW REMAKE MEPHET'RAN!!! LET THE EXES HAVE MATCHING REMAKES

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Hey kiddos, I just want to put this out there:

If you only just found out about the YouTube boycott today, you can still participate. Take the day to download videos that you want to watch, and then you can join us tomorrow. As long as you’re willing to start, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with starting late.

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i took a nap and had the most beautiful dream that nepeta and tenna were friends

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PART 16: A father's Failure

ALT TEXT In case dialogue is not clear.

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 (This one)

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Star comic book drawer Matias Bergara draws Nausicaa

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On YouTube Boycotts

So I've seen and amplified some of these going around. However I was reminded today about some steps I don't see mentioned very often. So I wanted to add those here, especially since there are real questions on whether a boycott can or will even work. Even the creator of the petition I signed warned against it. As such . . . 1. If you believe you should boycott YouTube, don't let anyone deter you. The goal of the boycott is not just to try and reduce revenue and watch time but to deny training data from being collected. I'm not gonna lie to you about our chances, but if everyone who used the excuse "Well no one else is going to do it, so why should I?" actually did it, we'd see much more positive change in this world. That being said . . .

2. Support creators. If you're creating art or media you basically have to have a presence on every major platform, and that includes YouTube. It shouldn't be this way, but these companies have been basically outspending the rest of us in establishing their digital serfdoms. If you can't watch, try to boost creators that are making art and media you like in other ways. Which brings us too . . .

3. Cancel YouTube Premium and run an add blocker. Honestly, I'd be surprised if you weren't doing the latter anyway, and I know not many people subscribe to YouTube Premium. But if you do, cancel it. If you know someone that does, politely ask them to cancel it for a while. Take that money, and give it to the creators you want to support.

Again, I'm not gonna lie, this is gonna be a tough battle. Corporations like Alphabet/Google aren't just being motivated by greed, but by fear. Every major bureaucratic entity on the planet is terrified about what it will mean if they don't have some control over the most potent AI technologies. In addition to hitting their bottom line, we're going to have to make them more worried about public backlash than they are about the fear of being left behind in AI research.

And that is not going to be easy . . .

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My followers know I hate talking about politics and current events, and generally refuse to do so, but this is important.

A bill has been introduced in the US that would make all pornography a federal crime. Owning it. Creating it. Distributing it.

Under this law, fanart of nude characters would be a federal crime.

Under this law, depictions of homosexuality or simply being transgender, would be considered pornography and a federal crime.

This bill is not going to pass.

However, the reason for this bill is to continue to push the "overton window". The reason for this bill is to make banning pornography seem more and more normal to everyone until they can actually do that.

And remember, they consider depictions of gay characters and transgenders characters "pornography" in any context, including platonic.

They have been working on this for a decade now and it has been working.

If you are one of the people in fandom who thinks that "nasty" porn on AO3 should be banned because it's "icky" or "immoral", then this mental scam is working on you.

Censorship is never about protecting people.

Censorship is always about control.

Do not let the rising moral panic affect your mind and make you weak to propaganda that lets others control you and control what you watch and read.

Do not fall for the scam.

When they say they are going to ban "pornography" it means they're going to ban anything they don't like by calling it "pornography" and they don't like you!!

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