#and warn myself

[rosicheeks]

I obviously don't know you're situation but it sounds like it may be somewhat similar to the one I've found myself in and it's truly horrible and it hurts but I want you to know you're so special and so sweet and things will get better ❤️

I’m sorry to hear you’re going through something similar 😔

[largishcat]

I actually don’t mind that “dead dove” has become conversational shorthand for “fics with heavy themes where you REALLY need to pay attention to the warnings”. such is the nature of language. what i do mind is when people tag their actual fics with dead dove and then give no indication of what they’re actually warning about. that is useless. that helps no one. that is completely against the spirit of the meme. i will not be reading that

[seveneyesoup]

you can replace studying with 0.5-4 hours of thinking about The Character. but watch out

[nerdy-hyperfixations]

“Pain is hilarious!”

C’mon guys he had to learn that his eye regenerates somehow!

So fun fact! You know that thing people, perhaps parents tell you? That if you smile it tricks your brain into being happy? Well don’t do that in traumatic moments! Because if you do, your brain mixes wires on how to process shit and when you’re under mental turmoil you might start laughing maniacally! I may or may not know from experience!!! 😃

[every-moment-a-different-sound]

I always found the scene where Edwin notices that Esther's cupboard is too far forward really convenient.

Because sure, some people that work in certain jobs will learn to identify if something feels off. But like, how often is Edwin installing kitchens? Why would he have that skill? But I always just brushed it off as needing to progress the scene.

Except today I realised that of course he does! Of course he knows when something isn’t proportionate to plans. Of course he has the experience and skill to know that.

He developed it while mapping out Hell.

[xqlavsl]

Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent Stay consistent

It will pay off

[handweavers]

something that comes up for me over and over is a deep frustration with academics who write about and study craft but have little hands-on experience with working with that craft, because it leads to them making mistakes in their analysis and even labelling of objects and techniques incorrectly. i see this from something as simple as textiles on display in museums being labelled with techniques that are very obviously wrong (claiming something is knit when it's clearly crochet, woven when that technique could only be done as embroidery applied to cloth off-loom) to articles and books written about the history of various aspects of textiles making considerable errors when trying to describe basic aspects of textile craft-knowledge (ex. a book i read recently that tried to say that dyeing cotton is far easier than dyeing wool because cotton takes colour more easily than wool, and used that as part of an argument as to why cotton became so prominent in the industrial revolution, which is so blatantly incorrect to any dyer that it seriously harms the argument being made even if the overall point is ultimately correct)

the thing is that craft is a language, an embodied knowledge that crosses the boundaries of spoken communication into a physical understanding. craft has theory, but it is not theoretical: there is a necessary physicality to our work, to our knowledge, that cannot be substituted. two artisans who share a craft share a language, even if that language is not verbal. when you understand how a material functions and behaves without deliberate thought, when the material knowledge becomes instinct, when your hands know these things just as well if not better than your conscious mind does, new avenues of communication are opened. an embodied knowledge of a craft is its own language that is able to be communicated across time, and one easily misunderstood by those without that fluency. an academic whose knowledge is entirely theoretical may look at a piece of metalwork from the 3rd century and struggle to understand the function or intent of it, but if you were to show the same piece to a living blacksmith they would likely be able to tell you with startling accuracy what their ancient colleague was trying to do.

a more elaborate example: when i was in residence at a dye studio on bali, the dyer who mentored me showed me a bowl of shimmering grey mud, and explained in bahasa that they harvest the mud several feet under the roots of certain species of mangroves. once the mud is cleaned and strained, it's mixed with bran water and left to ferment for weeks to months.  he noted that the mud cannot be used until the fermentation process has left a glittering sheen to its surface. when layered over a fermented dye containing the flowers from a tree, the cloth turns grey, and repeated dippings in the flower-liquid and mud vats deepen this colour until it's a warm black. 

he didn't explain why this works, and he did not have to. his methods are different from mine, but the same chemical processes are occurring. tannins always turn grey when they interact with iron and they don't react to other additives the same way, so tannins (polyphenols) and iron must be fundamental parts of this process. many types of earthen clay contain a type of bacteria that creates biogenic iron as a byproduct, and mixing bran water with this mud would give the bacteria sugars to feast upon, multiplying, and producing more of this biogenic iron. when the iron content is high enough that the mud shimmers, applying this fermented mixture to cloth soaked in tannins would cause the iron to react with the tannin and finally, miraculously: a deep, living grey-black cloth.

in my dye studio i have dissolved iron sulphide ii in boiling water and submerged cloth soaked in tannin extract in this iron water, and watched it emerge, chemically altered, now deep and living grey-black just like the cloth my mentor on bali dyed. when i watched him dip cloth in this brown bath of fermented flower-water, and then into the shimmering mud and witness the cloth emerge this same shade of grey, i understand exactly what he was doing and why. embodied craft knowledge is its own language, and if you're going to dedicate your life to writing about a craft it would be of great benefit to actually "speak" that language, or you're likely to make serious errors.

the arrogance is not that different from a historian or anthropologist who tries to study a culture or people without understanding their written or spoken tongue, and then makes mistakes in their analysis because they are fundamentally disconnected from the way the people they are talking about communicate. the voyeuristic academic desire to observe and analyse the world at a distance, without participating in it. how often academics will write about social movements, political theory and philosophy and never actually get involved in any of these movements while they're happening. my issue with the way they interact with craft is less serious than the others i mentioned, but one that constantly bothers me when coming into contact with the divide between "those who make a living writing about a subject" and "those who make a living doing that subject"

[biblically-accurate-dca]

painting test with a limited color palette

here's the sun equivalent!

[inklessletter]

"Eyes on me. Yeah. Good boy."

---

Thank you so much for trusting and sticking around.

Steve says thank you 💛

[lostintheclouds-stuff]

I saw a really sad post today of someone saying they don't support recovery unless someone is a low w8ght and BMI

(I respect that person has their opinions and they are entitled to them and they are valid)

However I just wanted to share my thoughts

-You deserve recovery regardless of w8ght and BMI

-You deserve recovery whether you have had an 3d for 1 week or 12 years

-You deserve recovery if you're stuck at your cw or have made it all the way to your ugw

-You deserve recovery if you have relapsed

-You deserve recovery because this disørder is fucking awful! It takes away everything from you and you DESERVE to take that back!

This disørder is just that, a DISØRDER! It doesn't know how much you w8gh, it doesn't know your BMI, it doesn't know how long you've been in it, all it knows is how to make you feel like you are going fucking crazy while the rest of the world continues! It isn't just physical, it's mental and recovery isn't just about regaining what you have lost w8ght wise, it's about regaining the ability to think without numbers when you 3at and being able to look at yourself and love what you see regardless of size!

So if you are sat right now thinking "maybe I should start recovery" DO IT YOU DESERVE TO BE HAPPY!

And if anyone says otherwise my chihuahua will eat them for dinner!

[egophiliac]

I love your unhinged energy of your comics it's just *chef's kiss"

I wanna ask how you rig your chibi characters if you use a program or an app ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

thanks! 💚💜💚

I use Spine (professional version)! I'm pretty sure it's the same program the Twst devs use for the chibis; I decided to try reverse-engineering 'em basically because my license was just sitting around gathering dust, and I thought it'd be fun practice (this was before I tried to rig Meleanor's cape). it is an industry-standard program and, unfortunately, is priced accordingly, so it's a bit expensive if you're not planning on using it professionally -- there is a free trial, though I think you can't save/export anything in it? BUT it is truly excellent and can do a ton of super cool stuff, plus is genuinely just fun to mess around in, so I 10000% recommend it to anyone who is serious about getting into 2D rigging!

behold...the BONES...Najma and her billion discrete tassels...don't pay attention to all the extra bones from my desperate attempts to control Meleanor's meshes

[living-pain-but-not-enough]

eating breakfast feels gross i dunno why people do it

[makenna-made-this]

GET DUN(meshi)

[lilybug-02]

This has happened to me way too many times for it be normal.

[teleport-warning]

Inquiry

[kwttycvts]

TW!! FAKE EVERYTHING

(Makeup, not real scars/fake blood)

I’m slowly losing myself in addiction, im not sure what to do.. it’s been getting out of hand. I never cut this much in the span of 2 days. I might give in, I’ve already done it, what’s stopping me from doing more?

I just want to feel something, people tell me to stop, but I seriously can’t. Plus why should it matter? It’s my body, not theirs. I can keep doing whatever I want to myself. Leave me alone.