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[survival-and-magic]

Art From the Constant: A Don't Starve Art Contest

HI I just bought a bunch of Don't Starve merch in bulk so I gotta get rid of some. So, naturally, it's time for an art contest!! Entries are due April 29th, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST or before I wake up on the 30th.

Rules of Engagement:

No NSFW; violence or light blood is acceptable in keeping in line with the themes of DS/T, but sexual material will be automatically disqualified, as will anything depicting underage/adult or incest ships.

All characters from Don't Starve / Don't Starve Together are fair game! Don't Starve OCs are also welcomed! Crossovers are allowed but I can't guarantee I'll know the source material.

Entries may be drawn or written.

Multiple entries are allowed, but artists may be awarded only one place and prize set.

Tag all entries with #ArtFromTheConstant, and @ this blog, survival-and-magic!

Anyone can participate, but in order to claim a prize you need to be comfortable giving me your mailing address.

THE PRIZES

1st Place:

1 Calico Chester Plush (with eyebone!)

1 Copy of the original Don't Starve 72-card Tarot

1 Crabbit Plush

1 Pink Winter Hat

2nd Place:

1 Pink Winter Hat

1 Crabbit Plush

3rd Place:

1 Crabbit Plush

(Please note that none of the merch prizes come with digital codes, as I did not receive any myself when ordering.)

HAVE FUN EVERYONE!!

[squid-pawz]

Since I've gotten some new followers recently, here's a reminder that I'm offering art in exchange for donations to any of these fundraisers.

Any donation will get you a sketch, no matter show big or small! I'll add color for donations of 10 USD or more (or the equivalent in another currency). Just send me a receipt and let me know what you want me to draw!

[budd-ie]

“Mu Qing is too logical for his own good” is such a real problem that he deals with and as tragic as it makes his life I also think it’s really funny when someone is accusing him of something and instead of telling them to shut up or leave him alone the first thing he does is pull out the 95 fucking theses detailing every single thing wrong with their argument WITH historical evidence and additional considerations from scholarly psychology articles, MLA format works cited and completely annotated. It could use an editor and some bias correction, but he actually makes a pretty good point. anyways tgcf ace attorney au when

[txttletale]

“it’s not my job to educate you” is something you can say if you’re, like, just some random person of colour being put on the spot to explain why racism is bad. if you’re a Communist it is, in fact, your job to educate people. it should be your number one priority! lads this is literally what we are meant to be doing! if someone asks you a question and they seem to actually want to hear the answer, it is, in fact, your job to explain it to them! otherwise you’re a pretty shitty communist!

[robinfollies]

I literally have No idea how to go about making a post for this but I have a teepublic now!! And I’ve put a BUNCH of bbu pride designs on it that you can check out now if you’d like!!!

Here’s just a few of the designs I have available right now!!! You can get them as stickers, on shirts, and many more things!!! Happy Pride Month!!!

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[sunflowersinheaven]

✨COMMISSIONS OPEN✨

Hii! 👉👈 My commissions are open, 4 slots for now!

You can only request here:

[boxbug]

I made a board game! for the Joe Zine @joezine ! link HERE ! (it’s free!)

It’s based on the Game of the Goose (Jeu de l’Oie) which is the french version of snakes and ladders. It has neither snakes nor ladders.

You can play it, print it, eat it, do whatever you want. HERE’s a link for a high res version + pngs of the player chips for easier use online

Please let me know if you do play it! I’d love to hear any reactions

[betasuppe]

Name Your Price Comms!

So uhhhh, apparently I'm the biggest idiot on earth and accidentally set the pay-off date for my one credit card a week too soon and oh boy am I in the red right now and... I don't get paid for another five days, ahahaha 💀💀💀

I was only slapped with an additional 25$ fee for going into the negatives, which I'm grateful for, but

I still need 200$ to get out of the hole at the moment.

I'll plug my ko-fi here & my direct p.ayp.al is @barenok, but if anyone is interested in a pencil, pen, or marker traditional comm, I'll be happy to draw something for you of whatever you like! I just haven't had the nerve to do digital art lately, but I can still draw something for you as thanks!! Otherwise, donations to your neighborhood starving artist is always appreciated too lol

Message me after you send a ko-fi and we'll connect to make it happen. So much love to you guys and sorry for always being a problem child 😭😭😭

[cuties-in-codices]

Where do you find these manuscripts? Is it like a website or do you find it randomly??

hey, thanks for the curiosity! lenghty answer below the cut :)

1)

medieval manuscripts are typically owned by libraries and showcased on the library's websites. so one thing i do is i randomly browse those digitized manuscript collections (like the collections of the bavarian state library or the bodleian libraries, to name just two), which everybody can do for free without any special access. some digital collections provide more useful tools than others (like search functions, filters, annotations on each manuscript). if they don't, the process of wading through numerous non-illustrated manuscripts before i find an illustrated one at all can be quite tedious.

2)

there are databases which help to navigate the vast sea of manuscripts. the one i couldn't live without personally use the most is called KdIH (Katalog der deutschsprachigen illustrierten Handschriften des Mittelalters). it's a project which aims to list all illustrated medieval manuscripts written in german dialects. the KdIH provides descriptions of the contents of each manuscript (with a focus on the illustrations), and if there's a digital reproduction of a manuscript available anywhere, the KdIH usually links to it. the KdIH is an invaluable tool for me because of its focus on illustrated manuscripts, because of the informations it provides for each manuscript, and because of its useful search function (once you've gotten over the initial confusion of how to navigate the website). the downside is that it includes only german manuscripts, which is one of the main reasons for the over-representation of german manuscripts on my blog (sorry about that).

3)

another important database for german manuscripts in general (i.e. not just illustrated ones) is the handschriftencensus, which catalogues information regarding the entirety of german language manuscripts of the middle ages, and also links to the digital reproductions of each manuscript.

4)

then there are simply considerable snowball effects. if you do even just superficial research on any medieval topic at all (say, if you open the wikipedia article on alchemy), you will inevitably stumble upon mentions of specific illustrated manuscripts. the next step is to simply search for a digital copy of the manuscript in question (this part can sometimes be easier said than done, especially when you're coming from wikipedia). one thing to keep in mind is that a manuscript illustration seldom comes alone - so every hint to any illustration at all is a greatly valuable one (if you do what i do lol). there's always gonna be something interesting in any given illustrated manuscript. (sidenote: one very effective 'cheat code' would be to simply go through all manuscripts that other online hobbyist archivers of manuscript illustrations have gone through before - like @discardingimages on tumblr - but some kind of 'professional pride' detains me from doing so. that's just a kind of stubbornness though. like, i want to find my material more or less on my own, not just the images but also the manuscripts, and i apply arbitrary rules to my search as to what exactly that means.)

5)

whatever tool or strategy i use to find specific illustrated manuscripts-- in the end, one unavoidable step is to actually manually skim through the (digitized) manuscript. i usually have at least a quick look at every single illustrated page, and i download or screenshot everything that is interesting to me. this process can take up to an hour per manuscript.

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in conclusion, i'd say that finding cool illuminated manuscripts is much simpler than i would have thought before i started this blog. there are so many of them out there and they're basically just 'hidden in plain side', it's really astounding. finding the manuscripts doesn't require special skills, just some basic experience with/knowledge of the tools available. the reason i'm able to post interesting images almost daily is just that i spend a lot of time doing all of this, going through manuscripts, curating this blog, etc. i find a lot of comfort in it, i learn a lot along the way, and i immensely enjoy people's engagement with my posts. so that's that :)

[ruvviks]

All That's Left follows two journalists and their friends in post-apocalyptic United States as they travel from the fallen east coast megalopolis Opportunity back to Los Angeles, crossing through a harsh wasteland overrun with zombies— only to find out that there is a lot more life left than what the protected cities want them to believe. On their journey they meet dozens of people living their lives as peaceful as possible away from military forces, corporations, and corrupt governments; and they learn that the same mutated ghouls that took down Opportunity are spreading rapidly through the country, destroying everything in their path. Will this finally be the end of the world as we know it?

taglist (opt in/out)

@shellibisshe, @florbelles, @ncytiri, @hibernationsuit, @stars-of-the-heart;

@vvanessaives, @katsigian, @radioactiveshitstorm, @estevnys, @adelaidedrubman;

@celticwoman, @rindemption, @carlosoliveiraa, @noirapocalypto, @dickytwister;

@killerspinal, @euryalex, @ri-a-rose, @velocitic, @thedeadthree

[originalvisual]

hi friends! like i promised, i'm finally opening gg requests here!

what you can request:

mv sets (full mvs)

idol + facecam (give me date or let me pick)

ending fairy comps (1 or 2 members per set)

you can ask for any groups/soloists i like/know - it's okay if i'm not a fan but i will refuse if it's someone i dislike or i'm uncomfortable giffing (the list includes groups with mostly miniors like nj or illit, and idols like soyeon, hyuna + ppl who recently supported her etc etc. if you follow me, you probably know).

you can request multiple things, just send separate asks for each one!

i will update this post when i close requests (and it's gonna happen when i decide i got enough).

i'm slow and i have a lot going on irl atm so please don't get upset if you have to wait a bit.

done sets will be tagged with #requests.

[polukhina-sonya]

FANEXPO CANADA 2023 DROP-OFF Saturday & Sunday 🌈 check my Etsy shop to see the whole stock 🤠

[linktoo-doodles]

FANEXPO CANADA 2023 MERCH DROP-OFF Saturday & Sunday 💫🌃

[shyaringan]

Hellooo. Question will you be doing prints soon? Or in the near future? I really wanna have the two post of time travel fit it monster Jon and the one qhere Martin is talking to his younger self about it

Im not gonna be selling any prints/merch of any of my tma art, because i believe rusty quill explicitly asked people not to,, that being said if you want to print it out yourself or have your own personal prints made thats fine by me!!

[sinn-bee]

MERCH UPDATE 🥰🎉

Vine Bound Lqg pins and Bingliu standees are finished and have been shipped to me!

The tgcfhadesgame pins and stickers are currently in production, and I’ve included the proofs sent to me!

Only one change has been made for the tgcf pins, Hua Cheng’s background was changed to a darker grey for more contrast with the silver metal which I think looks nice 😊

The stickers will get here around the 18th this month, I’m not sure about when the pins will be done but once all the items are here at my house I will print out shipping labels and start the process of packaging all the orders up!

Orders should start being shipped out late September!

Last thing! All listings on the website are closed rn but will reopen for the extras I have leftover, there will be a few B grades of course but it looks like the quality of everything is pretty consistent! I’ll update the photos on the listings when they reopen as well 🥰

[thorough-witness-enjoyer]

Hi hi!

I loved your rants on the Traveler and read your pinned post and was just curious to hear about your destiny OCs (or anything else you want to talk about honestly)! Please ramble as it's always a good time to read to have someone go on in detail about their interests.

Light be with you!

Greetings!!!

This was such a sweet message and I’m delighted that you found an interest in the things I discuss on this blog!!! Thank you so much for the kind words and for wanting to hear about my ocs!!

Okay so we have- *I fall down a comically long flight of stairs with my box of ocs as they go everywhere* Sorry, sorry!

Truth be told, I have a LOT of ocs from all the different species and societies of Destiny as I have been into the game for practically two-thirds of my life, more than I can possibly disclose in just one post (especially because I can talk forever about these things!!)

So, I thought it would be fun if I described my many characters and their stories as silly blog/news titles and opening statements! This is only a small handful of my ocs, but if you guys want more or see one idea you’d like to hear more of, I’ll consider posting additional content of them!

Here we go:

Infamous deathsinger-school drop out meets agoraphobic Eliksni captain at Eliksni-Hive bar, requires his and his sardonic, elder dreg‘s protection against her vengeful knight sister.

Small Uluran girl tends to her family farm with her Psion in-house caretaker, finds out the only thing more troubling than a poor harvest is Torobatl politics as her caretaker brings his fragile partner into the household.

Local Last City ghost sees success at the opening of her new therapy café despite not having hands and only employing other guardian-less ghosts.

Top ten activities to do with the goat your Witness does not approve of, but your acolytes adore! (Number 4 will certainly unleash its rage!)

BREAKING: Awoken guardian and her exo best friend are kicked out of Spider‘s Palace after starting a drunken fight over a gambling dispute for the 20th time. “I remember being young, desired, out until dawn, and unbothered by responsibilities” says their middle-aged Psion fiduciary.

This Vex harpy enjoys listening to a vagrant exo hunter play his flute and doesn’t enjoy Minotaurs at all according to the vagrant hunter that menacingly approached us.

EXCLUSIVE: We interviewed the Young Wolf on why they continue to slay gods and they said “There really isn’t much else to do and my only friends are Ghost and Crow”.

Hundreds dead and thousands more injured after a fairy betrayal in the Court of Understanding left the Great Navigator paranoid that necromancy was spreading amongst his closest circle (A fairy is a Hive class I invented that is akin to court jesters for the upper class, especially the Osmium siblings. They are light-weight and agile, possessing the ability to float, while also wielding long-range weaponry. I definitely plan to explain this concept in the future and perhaps provide artwork for them!)

Long lost sibling of the architect of The Witness found in reclusive cabin with non-verbal child, told us to “Fuck off” and “Tell that disturbed prophet I want nothing to do with them”.

How to answer your young child when they start asking questions like “Why do our neighbors have four arms?” and “If the Final Shape happens, do I still have to go to school?”: A guide written by an average Last City dad with a curious daughter.

Whats better than the daughter of a baron and a cynical knight running away to live a life of piracy and blasphemy together? Studies show it’s the daughter of a baron and a cynical knight doing all of that AND being lesbians.

Renowned Hive romantic novelist takes acolyte playwright under his wing after their work reaches acclaim in the Court of War for its depiction of the Eater of Hope’s trials with redemption and love. “This will definitely win back the hat loving wizard that I had spawn with” the novelist claimed as he flipped his decadent cape.

Old Psion yells “All paracasual beings need to die in their rotting entitlement, especially that red bloated bastard and that big eyed freak he calls ‘My Mistress’!”and immediately dies after telling his aids about his time spent directly under Nezarec.

HEARTWARMING: This Lubraen stalker welcomes newcomers by giving them a tour around the city and making their bigotry apparent.

Is this the style of the summer? Qugu person sports new curled tendril mane as they embrace the end of everything.

She’s a beefy wizard, he’s a scrawny knight, they are irritating rivals: The couple that fell in love again after becoming lucent thanks to their devoted spawn.

Potential assassin of the Witness found and held under that black liquid it comes out of until their will falters. “I had to do something to protect them. No one protected my planet. I didn’t care how much I’d pay for it” stated the now-disciple fish creature.

I have tons of concepts remaining and I thoroughly love all these characters, but I don’t want this post to be too long!! I adore expanding on unexplored areas of Destiny lore and I wish I had the time to make content for my ideas!!

Thank you again for the question and I hope I adequately answered it!! Light be with you too!!