#alternative careers

[thenighttcat]

Idea Idea! Alternative Career Path

6 September 2023, 3.51pm 🌧️

It’s raining and I just missed the train. The sky is weeping and its dreary tears slant over the faded buildings, the shuddering trees, the brown, barren fields. Hanging from the ceiling is a small monitor that shows the waiting time. A public service advertisement is playing. IF YOU MOLEST, WE WILL ARREST. The words flash in large red font over a scene of a man being led away in handcuffs. I laugh, then wonder how much the actor playing the molester was paid.

[personalgrowthoasis]

Exploring the Roads Not Taken

Hey everyone, Vladimir here! Ever thought about 'what-if' career paths? I've explored mine, from copywriting to Muay Thai fighting. What are yours? Check out my latest blog!

Hey folks, Vladimir here! Today, I’m switching gears to discuss something that I’m sure many of us ponder from time to time: alternative career paths. You know, those ‘what if’ scenarios that loom in the corners of your mind. For me, the journey towards personal growth and understanding the universe has been enriching. Still, I can’t help but think about the paths I might have taken—like being a…

[constructionsafetynetwork]

What Alternative Career Paths Have You Considered or Are Interested In? Exploring Beyond Construction Safety

What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in? The question, “What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in?” resonates deeply with countless professionals, regardless of their field. At some juncture in our professional journey, introspection leads us to weigh the myriad of possibilities outside our current domain. For those ingrained in the…

[bet-on-me-13]

Sam is Adopted

So! Have you ever noticed how Sam doesn't look like either of her Parents? Her Mom and Dad are Blonde and Ginger, and neither of them have Purple Eyes. How would Sam ever come from either of them?

She tells people that she dyes her Hair and wears Contacts, but the reality is that she was adopted as a baby by them. They had just found out that Pamela was Infertile and they wanted an Heir foe their company, so they decided to Adopt a kid.

But the Adoption Agency didn't have any kids who would realistically look like them, so they just got the first kid they found.

She had been left at the Orphanage by her Mother citing an inability to raise her and an unstable income. She never told the Agency her name, but told them that the baby's name was Sam, named after her Grandfather.

Sam was raised knowing that she was Adopted, but never really put much interest into it. Until one day when she decided that her adoptive Parents support of the Anti Ecto Acts was a step too far for her. She took an Ancestry DNA Test to see if she could find her Bio Mom to get away from them.

The results came back, and she found out that her Mom was a woman from Metropolis named Lois Lane.

[giustoart]

Last week, on twitter, was Iwaoi Week!

Let me share the pics I made for it 🩵💛

My fanarts are based on various fics made by oomfs for the event!

[lukazade]

These kids are NOT studying rn

[pyunyrage]

-via the.soundgeist on instagram

[unganseylike]

why did declan continue with black market magic shit he shouldve been a museum tour guide explaining art to children and the elderly

[hoofpeet]

I mean this in the nicest way possible, but you’re an adult, right? If what you really want is a ranch internship, then just do it. Live your own life. Why bother to “pitch” it to your dad when you’re already grown?

I mean. You know how it is with parents 😔 I'm only 21 and still live with him so it's like. For the most part I can't just start making moves without at least telling him about them b/c I feel like you can't just approach your dad one day out of the blue like. Well I got an internship in Montana so I'm leaving ✌ bye

[lunarharp]

if i just told you i love you would this world change

[blueskittlesart]

what’s your process when drawing simplified and/or detailed backgrounds? any tips or tutorials? thanks!

the tiktok art critics are gonna crucify me for this one but genuinely my answer is that i trace. i find a reference photo (emphasis on PHOTO, do not trace other people's work) or take one myself, overlay it in my drawing program, and trace that motherfucker. this is what i do for almost every background. I've been encouraged to do this in art school. because most of what i draw is from video games, I usually either take my own reference photos from the game in question or use an online model resource like noclip to get the precise angles that i need. csp also has a bunch of free 3d models of like classrooms and other common buildings. there is legitimately no reason to kill yourself trying to draw complex backgrounds from scratch, and by tracing you ARE actually intuitively learning about how perspective works and spaces are constructed. in the event that there IS some specific background i need to draw that doesn't already exist somewhere, i find a reference photo with similar vibes/perspective and alter it to fit my needs during the tracing process (i.e. if i need like. a very specifically furnished room that doesn't exist anywhere but my head, i find just a regular room in the perspective i need and then add the right furniture in as i go. i've also gotten very good at frankensteining reference pictures together, which, again is a literal actual skill they teach you in art school if you get an illustration degree.)

the most important thing in terms of backgrounds imo is making it so your characters don't look out of place in your backgrounds. the only foolproof way i know how to do this is to draw the background FIRST, and THEN put the character into it. trying to draw a scene around a character is always going to look a little off, imo, and it will almost always be easier to account for perspective on a character than on a full scene. I also like to color my characters either at the same time as my backgrounds or after the backgrounds, because, again, it's much easier (and makes more sense in terms of how lighting and color work) to adjust a character's color palette to fit a background & lighting situation than it is to do it the other way around.

[pzweigs]

wip wednesday

artpatrick, pre-canon, away on an international tennis tournament, art finds patrick with another guy

“Don’t you think your first time with a guy should be with someone you’ve known longer than one second outside a club?”

Patrick scoffs. “Like who, Art? Like you?” He swears under his breath, about to turn away, go back inside and try his luck again, and the sight of it makes his blood run cold. Art can’t watch that happen. He’s angry, and he’s jealous, and so confused—but he just can’t. It feels as if he could lose everything in a moment if he doesn’t just speak up and say—“Yes.”

He blurts out, quickly and a little too loud, but it works— stopping Patrick in his tracks entirely. He turns back to Art, rigid, eyes shrinking from shock to suspicion.

“Yes? Yes, what?”

“Yes, someone like me.”

Neither of them speak for a minute. Art’s heartbeat rattles in his throat, his entire body. They’re sliding into unknown territory now.

“What do you—Art, what do you mean?” Patrick says very carefully, enunciating his words, looking as scared as Art feels.

“I mean…” What does he mean? He’s been scrambling for sense the moment he saw Patrick walking off with some guy. “I mean, why not me?” Art asks back pathetically, a cop out but a sincere question, one not without bitterness. Amidst all the panic and confusion, Art is still inexplicably mad at Patrick, wounded that he’d seek his desires anywhere else in spite of his own reticence.

“Why not—Art, are you kidding me?” Patrick looks at him in disbelief, like he’s speaking a strange, alien language. He tugs at his own curls in his frustration, pacing, and then stopping, and then starting again. He’s never seen him so stressed: Art wants to take his hands and hold him tight. “For one thing, you don’t like guys.”

“I like you.” Art admits, like it’s a simple, easy fact, like that isn’t the tip of the iceberg of his feelings for Patrick Zweig.

Patrick’s bewilderment turns to anger. He steps closer to Art, back in his face, eyes fierce and smile bitter.

“Yeah? You like me?” His laugh is brittle. Disbelieving. “Enough to have sex with me? To fuck me?” He gets even closer. “To let me fuck you?” Art’s body heats up, from Patrick’s words, his proximity, this entire conversation. He can’t help his skin turning red at Patrick’s quite successful attempts to fluster him. He watches Art flounder for a moment before stepping back, eyes clenched in pain and his hand back to clawing at his scalp.

“I mean, fuck, Art, why are you even doing this? Just so I won’t go off with some guy? You won, ok? I won’t. I’ll be a good little heterosexual boy like you and go home. Just—“ And then, Art watches the strangest thing happen. Patrick deflates. Art watches his body shrink, small and limp, and it’s so unlike him that he suddenly appears almost unrecognizable. Patrick doesn’t even look at him, eyes shiny as they lock on his own feet. “Just leave me alone, okay?”

[boyrobott]

2003 and 2009 atom: be kind to everyone you meet 💖 be gentle and patient even when you're frustrated 💖 never act on your anger or negativity 💖 it costs nothing to be nice to others 💖

1960s and 1980s atom:

[skijumpingf1]

I so want to be rich. Imagine having the money and time to go to all the competitions even the ones overseas

[m3rricat]

got smacked in the face yesterday by an almost fully-formed fic idea-- modern wyllstarion Baldur's Gate AU. Wyll is a longtime public defense attorney and Astarion is a semi-regular client over the years, but Wyll still knows very little about him. One day Wyll sees him again in lockup on what he thinks is another minor street-level thing, but it turns out to be big and ties into high-level conspiracies which involve magic/the hells/etc that most everyone thinks faded away a long time ago. Wyll has to protect Astarion within the legal system/against forces trying to use him, and eventually using the powers he pacted for as a teen but tried to never use. My current fic should be wrapping up in the next week or two so excited to get going on this-- I'm a public defender myself so I think I can bring some nice authenticity to it!

[aeolianblues]

Women?? On stage!!!? Holding microphones! Singing!! 😮Playing guitars!?? Drummers!!! 🤯Keyboardists 😱 Hoo boy I’m in heaven, hell yeah to women in bands 🤩