#The Mesh Project

[egophiliac]

I hope someone hasn’t asked but what did you use to rig the deformed Maleanor? It looks so cool!!

thank you! :D :D :D I drew her in Photoshop (there's an overly-long speedrun video here) and rigged her in Spine Professional! her rig is...very messy...but it works for a silly little fanproject where nobody needs to know how many bones I kept shoving in to try and force her cape to stop breaking. :')

it was easier to just export images directly from Spine, so all the backgrounds and credit text are in there too as separate skeletons! who needs compositing when you can just throw everything into one project and let it simmer. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

(I figured I should probably have a tag for this stuff by this point, so I've added #spineposting to posts of/about my Twst chibis and Spine!) (once again I am reminded that I really need to go back and fix poor Che'nya for a third time...)

[strawberrylemonwedge]

headcanon that rather than disobeying the lan clan’s strict sleep schedule like staying up late or waking up late like you might expect of him, Lan Jingyi does rest at hai time and rise at mao time like any Lan but in the most chaotic and inelegant way. Hai time rolls around and he is instantly out, like just nods off in the middle of a conversation while still standing mouth hanging open

the number of times Sizhui has had to move him to his bed in their dorm after Jingyi falls asleep sprawled on the floor, or frantically yank him out of a bath before he drowns, Ouyang Zizhen will catch his head before it falls into his plate of food, Jin Ling ends up having to carry him on his back to the nearest inn when they’re out of town

and yeah he wakes up at mao time but he wakes up like an explosion and is instantly bursting with energy. Before Sizhui can even fully open his eyes, Jingyi is halfway through a monologue at full volume, he’s bouncing off the walls, 75% of his day’s productivity is happening right after he wakes up

bonus points if this very noticeably does Not happen during a serious battle or night hunt and people start to think he’s doing it on purpose but Sizhui will tell you no he’s just Like That

[surely-sims]

[thatcatbasil]

projection

[feli-052]

Love struggles

[agent-calivide]

Headcanon time:

Phoenix is terrible at self care, we all know this. But they know they’re bad about it, so they have this “if I acknowledge it’s bad, it’s fine!” Mentality.

They figure if they say “I need to cry, I know I need to cry, but I need a window of time for me to just feel awful for a few days and recover. When I have 3-5 days off, I can have a good meltdown, and it’ll all be fine!”

But whenever they’re off they wanna enjoy themselves…

Phoenix has been rescheduling their meltdown for years.

[atopvisenyashill]

my hot take of the day is that clearly the people who swallow the in universe targ & valyrian exceptionalism are being completely taken in by the exact system that george is trying to critique but also i think the people who over correct into this idea that not a single targaryen is worthy of like, our empathy or sorrow or are rightfully chafing against the structures put in place by valyrians, first men, and andals alike are also being incredibly 2d in their analysis. i feel like this happens most often when people try to make the case that andals are somehow oppressed in westerosi society on a cultural level simply bc valyrian supremacy trumps andal culture. i think this is incredibly silly to say or posit as the truth in universe because there is in fact some oppression of culture in westeros but it’s not the andals lol!!! it’s the first men, the dornish, the rhoynar/greenblood orphans, and the ironborn. there Is some level of,,,, idk bigotry/xenophobia towards valyrians but only valyrians who don’t worship the faith - people like larra rogare, who still follow valyrian gods, do face this bigotry because they’re Too Foreign, the same way someone like thoros, melisandre, taena, etc who are essosi but not from a still heavy valyrian-based society like volantis and lys, and that’s definitely important to the conversation, because it shows the Dominant Culture is in fact the Andal culture when it comes to westeros and that’s like,,, fine, and even more interesting to me to see how andals, who have been the dominant force on westeros for thousands of years, interact with valyrians, who clearly want to keep ideas of valyrian supremacy alive somehow and essentially try to get the other dominant force in westeros to buy in (which they do!). like, are these two at odds sometimes? yes! but i don’t think it’s correct to say that the andals face ~prejudice for being andals or followers of the faith either!

[theplushfrog]

Hey so, I haven't seen much about this on here, but a GREAT resource for protesters, ESPECIALLY protesters who might be targeted by signal jamming cell phones.

Meshtastic is a totally open source project that basically enables radio wave texting. Think walkie-talkies but better and with texting. It's been catching on especially in Europe, but has been growing in popularity all over.

The devices use line-of-sight connections, but the fun part is that your messages can also piggy back other devices in the area to get a bigger reach (while your message stays encrypted). So the more devices in an area, the bigger signal you can use.

These are perfect for protests, concerts, hiking, or other situations where your cell signal might end up useless.

Most meshtastic devices connect via bluetooth to your phone, so you can text on your phone with the app, making it super easy to send & receive messages in a way you're already used to. There are also ones with their own keyboards so it's a fully contained texting device.

The system is totally open source, which means if you're techy, you can put together your own device for like $30-40 at cheapest. If you're not about soldering wires or 3D printing your own stuff, you can often grab these at $60-70 at cheapest. Some examples here. Just make sure you're getting one that is setup for the legal radio frequencies you can use in your country.

Right now a lot of the documentation is written for people who previously used ham radios, or are just techy sorts, so it get confusing fast, but it's quickly becoming more beginner user friendly and really is a great resource for people wishing to buck the system or have a backup system in case of emergencies.

Right now you can check out and see if there's anyone around you who have shared the location of their meshtastic nodes on these maps.

If you want more info, of course check out the meshtastic website, but there's also plenty of youtube tutorials that can help you out as well as the meshtastic discord where you can find a lot more help.

[lovaileee]

The older I get, the more I come to understand that if someone doesn’t like you, that’s really a them problem. How someone feels about you is their business and it’s not your job to try to solve the “mystery” of why they’re feeling the way they’re feeling. That goes for romantic or professional. If someone doesn’t choose you, move on and know that you choose yourself. Don’t try to determine the value of who you are as a person by deciphering the opinions’ of others.

[draconic-distress]

boys when they melt in their shoes smh my head

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[ladypepperofdavenshire]

Had the sudden urge to draw a full scene and actually do lineart for the bg, so have an emo Jenna on a rainy afternoon

[tacit-semantics]

Making an effort to try some of the motifs (maybe?? Not quite sure what to call them actually) in the Priscilla netting book and this one. Mostly worked out??

[closetofcuriosities]

Jean Paul Gaultier x Y/Project - Trompe L’oeil Pants - 2023

[genocidalfetus]

NPV progress....

Had to step away before my irrational brain decided that I was too stupid to do this...yea, I know these feelings are irrational and coming from a place of frustration because something is just not clicking in my brain, so rather than giving into them I'm looking at the progress made thus far and telling myself that I can do this. I got 99% of him built. The only thing left of his 'basic' build is the eye color. Then I can dress him.

Once I'm done with him, I'm shouting out everyone who has had to deal with my gonk ass throughout this saga. You guys have been patient and quite helpful.

[bitchfitch]

somebody shoot me with a gun until I am dead before I write the first chapter of that pirate thing for like. Genuinely the eighth or ninth time.

[windermeresimblr]

gpoy