#SpotLight

[miamaimania]

"Illuminated Encounter" by Johny Dufort for Re-Edition

[arcanefineartzine]

𒈒𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐓𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𒈒

This spotlight shines for @enilehtnorevol! Misha's art never fails to convey a story, with strong emotions seeping up through bold colors, contrast, and superb shape language. We're lucky to have them, and can't wait to see their final piece!

Shares appreciated ♥️! @zine-scene @atozines @fandomzines @zinefeed @open-zines

[lennons-ghost]

HOLY SHIT

28 - POLARIS | Stargazing Design - DOWNLOAD HERE

Hi everyone! Today I bring you Polaris, a 7-page single muse google docs template inspired by vintage diaries, the night sky, and weathered books. This template might be perfect for your character who carries an old soul and the weight of the world in their eyes. Polaris has a lot of space for pictures and features many sections, including an expanded connections page, perfect for characters who seem to know everyone, even though maybe only a few truly know them, and it also includes a detailed miscellaneous section for all those little details you don’t want to miss. Hope you enjoy it and have fun exploring your character with Polaris as your guiding star!

➤ Instructions: After purchasing, you’ll receive a pdf file containing the link to the google docs template and instructions on how to copylock it, along with a detailed editing guide and a psd file for editing the character’s name on the first page. Open the pdf, click on the google docs link, go to "File" and then "Make a copy." ➤ Terms of use: ▪ Feel free to customize the template as you wish! Change colors, swap out elements, add or remove images, duplicate pages, etc. Make it your own and have fun! ▪ You're more than welcome to purchase my templates as a gift for a friend! ▪ Don’t remove my credits and the link to my Tumblr. ▪ Don’t share the pdf and/or the link you received for this doc. ▪ Don’t copy, resell, or redistribute my templates.

— Additional info: ▪ This document has drawings, which can only be edited in the desktop version of google docs. ▪ This document can be viewed perfectly on mobile when using the “print layout” option in the docs app or “desktop mode” in a mobile browser - preferably google chrome. ▪ Fonts needed: Bailenson and Carta Magna. These fonts are only needed to change the character's name on the first page, which you can do using the psd file you'll receive along with this doc. Here's how: Open the psd, change the text in photoshop, export the image as a png, replace it in the doc, and you're good to go! This is the only thing you'll need photoshop for, everything else is completely editable directly in google docs.

Placeholder pictures are of Hunter Schafer.

If you have any questions or need help, please feel free to contact me, I’ll be happy to assist you!

Likes and reblogs are very appreciated!

Thank you so much for your support! 💙

[commissions4aid-international]

TIME-SENSITIVE PALESTINIAN FUNDRAISERS! PLEASE PAY ATTENTION!!!

Siraj (@siraj2024)

-> Siraj is a father of 3 young children and his family has been trying to rebuild their home since June. They have been forced to live in unsafe conditions in tents they have described as "a convection oven," and in the past week Siraj has narrowly escaped two of Israel's massacres that martyred hundreds of people. Despite his relentless efforts, his campaign has been moving slowly. His short term goal is $10k CAD, his final goal is $82k CAD, and he's currently at ~$7k CAD.

-> Line 219 on Nairuz and Hussein's spreadsheet

Wafaa (@wafans-blog)

-> Wafaa is a grandmother to a large family with very young children. She evacuated to Egypt 5 months ago and hasn't been able to see her family that whole time. Since then, she has been tirelessly campaigning for her family on instagram, tiktok, and tumblr. She has been shadowbanned and had her blog terminated multiple times. Her total goal is €60K and she needs to get there as soon as possible.

-> Line 171 on Nairuz and Hussein's spreadsheet

Shahed (@shahednhall)

-> Shahed is a 21-year-old university student and photographer. She is the sole provider for her family, including her father (a heart patient) and 5 younger siblings (the youngest of whom is an infant). Her sisters have severe hepatitis and urgently need medical care that is no longer available in Gaza and need to evacuate as soon as they get the chance.

-> Line 224 on Nairuz and Hussein's spreadsheet

THEY NEED TO MEET THEIR GOAL VERY SOON - DON'T DELAY!!!

DONATE AND SHARE! SAVE MONEY, PRESSURE YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WITH DISPOSABLE INCOME! THERE ARE PEOPLE GOING INTO DEBT TO HELP PALESTINIANS GET TO SAFETY. IF THEY CAN DO IT SO CAN YOU. IF WE WORK TOGETHER AND WORK HARD WE CAN MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE.

STEP UP.

[transformativeworks]

TOS Spotlight: Fandom, Language, and Other Tags

The Policy & Abuse committee is posting a weekly spotlight series explaining some of the most common violations of the AO3 Terms of Service. This week's spotlight is on fandom, language, and other tags. Read more at: otw-news.org/yckwn2p7

[caleod]

3-5-25

[succulentsiren]

Get over it. When you’re a Goddess, your presence is loud and you’ll be seen whether you like it or not. So why not own it? Stop shrinking and start basking in the spotlight. Don’t let being seen drain you, let it strengthen you. Envision yourself as a flower and envision the spotlight as the Sun, that is here to bring life, vitality, recognition, praise, prosperity, creativity, abundance and nourishment into your life.

[inthedarktrees]

Peggy Dow | Allan Grant, “Her Face Is Her Fortune,” Life, Aug 7, 1950

[soul-slappy]

🐍 A Tsuchinoko to see in the Year of the Snake! Wait... what's that she' senses's sensing...? 😨

[redfirerai]

The kids (Duke, Damian and Dick) are yelling in the other room

[moonlight]

Sometimes it's easy to forget that we spend most of our time stumbling around the dark. Suddenly, a light gets turned on and there's a fair share of blame to go around.

SPOTLIGHT (2015) dir. Tom McCarthy

[interact-if]

Pride Month

For Pride Month in June, Interact-IF is bringing back one of its beloved events, spotlighting queer (LGBTQ+) authors and their interactive fiction projects (here’s the 2021 series).

Throughout June, we hope to celebrate the massive queer representation these stories and games help provide, as well as the awesome IFs created by and for the queer community.

We will feature a masterlist of interaction fiction written by queer authors, and select a couple to interview about their experiences and creative process! The interview will be done fully via a text Q&A format.

Prep:

If you wish to be featured (whether in the masterlist or the extended interview, which will be done fully through a text Q&A format), do fill out this google form. Or, if you prefer, you could drop me, @allieebobo a message or an email at allieebobo@gmail.com with the following information: 

Name

Background/About you

Game(s)/Projects

A link to the game(s)/IF/intro post

A short blurb/description of the game(s)

Genre/Tags

(Optional) If your writing or experience has been shaped by your identity in any way, feel free to share more here as well :) 

Contact information (or how you’d like me to reply/contact you)

Do drop me a DM if you have any questions! Note that interactive fiction includes those written in ren’py and twine as well, not just Choicescript.

Interact-IF mods will contact selected authors by email/DM by the end of the month with a full set of questions that you can type out replies to, and send back to me via email. I’ll try to feature everyone who’s interested, but will discuss further if for whatever reason I am unable to feature everyone who reached out. 

P.S. If you know any authors who you’d wish to see featured, feel free to share this post with them or @ them when reblogging :)

[70sscifiart]

Angus McKie, "Searching"

[commissions4aid-international]

Hello 🖐

I am Abdulrahman from Gaza.

I need your help to verify my account so that I can collect donations and save my family from danger.

https://gofund.me/bc721399

[Verified by 90-ghost | €20 of €20,000 goal]

Hello! We are happy to help, though we don't verify accounts - none of us are Palestinian, and only trusted Palestinians can do that. We are primarily an art account and we are not able to verify anything ourselves. This fundraiser has already been verified by 90-ghost though.

Everyone, please please please share and donate to Abdulrahman's fundraiser! He has lost his home and his job, and he and his family need to evacuate. They have only ONE donation so far, but we can change that!!!

[movie-gifs]

Rachel McAdams in SPOTLIGHT (2015)