#art tutorship

[arcanesouls]

I work one-on-one or with groups. Choose how many hours a month, how long a class you want, and much more. I focus on meeting your particular needs, handing out clear tasks and keeping art enjoyable! Please DM me if interested or email me at deluciaillustration@gmail.com

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[majimasprincess]

fuck you *tutors your shipping*

[disease]

"UNTITLED" // 2007 YOSHITOMO NARA 奈良 美智 [coloured pencil on coloured paper | 16 ½ x 11 5/8"]

With her short cropped hair, dark green dress and rebellious energy, the girl in Untitled (2007) emits the youthful defiance that has come to typify works by Yoshitomo Nara. [...]

"He is widely celebrated for his paintings and coloured pencil drawings of juvenile, cartoonish characters with large gazing eyes and endearing personalities. They inhabit imagined and insouciant paper worlds, brandish absurd objects and props—knives, sprouts, cigarettes, and electric guitars—and express a wide range of capricious, childlike emotion. Stern and somewhat sulky, our subject hovers in indeterminate space. She stands upon a Japanese flag with her small feet positioned perfectly over its crimson sun. Emblazoned around her miniature figure are the words ‘Up Yours!’, and, ‘All the Nations!’. As an advocate of peace, questions of nationhood, conflict and world politics weave through Nara’s art in such pithy phrases and symbols. Exhibited at the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga—the first show of the artist’s work in Spain in 2007-2008—the present work was one of twenty coloured pencil drawings hung along the final wall of the gallery.

Born in 1959 in Japan’s rural Aomori Prefecture, Nara’s youth was marked by his country’s rapid post-war economic development and an influx of Western pop-culture, from Disney animation to punk and rock and roll. The artist expresses heartfelt nostalgia for the retro media—record-sleeves and comic books—that offered escapism from an otherwise solitary childhood. ‘Of course if you think back to the ’70s,’ he says, ‘information moved very differently. There was no Internet obviously and even the release date of albums in Japan could be delayed as much as six months … I would just sit there, listen to the music, look at the art on the cover and I think I really developed my imagination through that’ (N. Hegert, ‘Interview with Yoshitomo Nara,’ Artslant, 18 September 2010). This sensitivity to the worn, tactile quality of objects is triumphant in his art today and distinguishes him from the likes of Takashi Murakami and his Superflat movement. Untitled bears the enlivening traces of artist’s hand, present in the rough ‘outside-the-line’ scribbles that imply the girl’s messy hair. Bracketed with Nara’s unfiltered, handwritten text, the image feels distinctly personal, like a secret note exchanged between friends.

As early as his time at Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts in the 1980s, Nara began to draw onto envelopes, cardboard, and scraps of found paper. He continued these explorations at the prestigious Kunstakademie Düsseldorf where, under the tutorship of German Neo-Expressionist painter A. R. Penck, he was encouraged to work fluidly between painting and drawing. ‘I [loved] to draw every day and the scrawled sketches, never shown to anybody, started piling up’, Nara has said. ‘Like journal entries reflecting the events of each day, they sometimes intersected [with] memories from the past. My little everyday world became a trigger for the imagination, and I learned to develop and capture the imagery that arose’ (Y. Nara, ‘Nobody’s Fool’, in N. Miyamura and S. Suzuki (eds.), Yoshitomo Nara: The Complete Works, Volume 1: Paintings, Sculptures, Editions, Photographs 1984-2010, San Francisco 2011, p. 43). Mischievous, cute, and quietly ferocious, the present work attests to the enduring appeal of Nara’s little rebels." — via Christie's

[bwoahtastic]

inspired by that knight/price landoscar art you reblogged and also the bodyguard thing you briefly mentioned I have some thoughts

- prince lando x personal knight/body guard Oscar is basically the crux of it

- love the idea that maybe they grew up together, as the prince lando also had to go through a certain level of combat training, he’s a few years older than Oscar but from a young age Oscar was clearly a very talented swordsman with lots of potential so he mostly trained with the boys a few years older which so happened to include lando so they kinda grew up together but there was always an air of separation because lando was the prince and Oscar was a quiet child who kept to himself because maybe some of the older kids tried to give him trouble for being the youngest in the cohort and as such also the smallest

- in their teen years lando stops so much with the physical training instead prioritising scholarship and diplomacy mean while Oscar gets sent off to the outer reaches of the kingdom to hone his swordsmanship in the field (maybe with lord Webber as his tutor)

- years later lando has taken on a large portion of the responsibilities as a monarch though his father is still the king, his previous personal knight betrays them which results in lando almost being killed. Oscar is called back to the heart of the kingdom to step up to the position as he’s gained quite the reputation in arms but more importantly loyalty. Maybe it was an attempted kingdom wide coup and Oscar was instrumental in dispatching the traitors in his area of the kingdom.

- Oscar assumes it’s mostly coincidence that he was selected for the position as the princes personal knight. Little does he know lando specifically asked for “that quiet kid I used to fight against when we were young.” I like the idea that lando was always the best swordsman in his classes, he had private tutorship and a lot more free time to practice and spar than the others and to this day little 13 year old Oscar was the only one ever able to beat him in a spar and lando has never forgotten.

- Oscar is still quiet when he returns to Lando’s side. Shy and demure even, always painfully polite with lando on and off duty, but he is damn good at his job. Lando is perfectly capable of defending himself but with Oscar at his side would be assailants are disarmed and disposed of before their weapons are even drawn. He’s fiercely loyal to his prince, a lord dares to undermine Lando during a council meeting and he has to stop Oscar from drawing his sword right there in the chambers for daring to disrespect lando in his own court room.

- lando is also incredibly infatuated with his beloved knight. They’re together at almost all times, even when Oscar is off duty lando will follow Oscar to his quarters, watching him sharpen his sword and oil the scabbard as lando bothers him with all sorts of questions about his time in the outer lands. For the first month or so Oscar is very stiff and formal only offering replies that lando would expect to read in a report but eventually Oscar opens up and starts speaking to lando as a friend not just his prince.

- Oscar is absolutely nursing a little crush on his prince and he feel so guilty for it worried that it’s going to interfere with his job somehow. If anything it only makes him better, his instincts are sharper and his loyalty isn’t something out of obligation it’s out of love and devotion. He dutifully guards the door as lando sleeps his way through half the nobles in the royal court having to hear the noises he draws out of his bedmates as they fuck pretending his face isn’t red.

- after one of these I’ll advised bedroom ventures that turned out to be an assassination attempt, Oscar begs lando on his knees covered in the blood of the would be assailant to stop sleeping around when this is what could happen, when Oscar is right there ready to do anything that lando could ever want.

- Oscar rarely goes back to his own quarters after that. Lando claims he feels safer with Oscar right there in bed next to him and Oscar sleeps better freshly fucked with lando tucked safely against his chest or plastered along his back.

- also need them to spar again as adults. Oscar spars with the other knights regularly as part of his training to stay in shape and stay sharp but there’s not a single person who can really challenge his prowess with a sword. Until lando decides to wake up early enough to accompany Oscar to his morning training with the regiment. Lando doesn’t train as often as Oscar but he’s still good with a sword and Oscar his pulling his hits because he’s afraid of hurting his prince. Lando has no such qualms he knows Oscar can and will handle himself, it’s a long match, one of the best that the other knights have ever had the privilege to watch but Oscar pulls one of his hits in a way that throws him off balance and lando doesn’t hesitate to capitalise. Oscar ends up on the ground his sword thrown from his hand with Lando’s own sword pressed under his chin forcing him to look up and make eye contact with a sweaty, flushed and maybe slightly turned on lando.

- from then on the some times sneak out of the castle to the training area to spar, whoever wins gets to decide what they do in the bedroom

AAHHH

Lando being a little suspicious when the young little Osc joins the training. Oscar is younger and quiet and gets pushed around a bit by the older boys, but Lando watches out for him a litlte bit, as much as possible at least!

Lando focusing more on his schooling in his teens and Oscar gets brought to Lord Webber for further training and becomes such good, level headed knight! Maybe lando sees Osc again when Osc gets knighted officially and he is shocked the quiet little kid grew up to be quite handsome...

Pls Lando's personal knight and protector betraying him and Lando always gets killed! He needs to pick someone he trusts after and he has Oscar called in from where he is still with Mark. He remembers Osc as the only person to ever beat him and he also remembers how calm and loyal Osc is!

Plss Oscar being so shyyyy at first!! Yeah he is fiercely loyal to Lando and horrified to hear Lando had been betrayed by his last personal knight. Maybe Oscar has to redo his vows as knight? But vowing his loyalty to Lando above the king even and pls it does do something to Lando seeing Osc on his knees vowing to always protect him

Oscar being a quiet presence in meetings and when someone taunts Lando, Oscar steps forward immediately, hand on the hilt of his sword because no one questions his Prince!

Oscar being always with Lando, even when he is technically off duty! Either Lando seeks him out or Oscar stays close anyways because what if Lando needs protecting? Osc needs to be there! Hr is bad at small talk with the prince for a long long time but learns to trust Lando like Lando has to trust him. Pls Lando loves making the quiet Knight laugh so much!

Pls Osc being so devoted to Lando!! He dor sure loves the prince, knows he shouldn't but he can't help it. But he doesn't say anything, just stays right outside the doors to Lando's chambers and tries not to have his heart break into a million pieces as he hears Lando fuck his way through all the Nobility.

One day, Lando is sleeping with someone but the guy tried to kill him, and a single sound of panic is enough to have Osc barge in and dispose of the assailant with a quick stab of his sword. Lando staring down from the bed at where Osc is knelt on the floor, covered in blood of Lando's would be murderer...

Oscar begging Lando to not sleep with strangers again, Oscar would give himself to Lando any way Lando wants, give him the pleasure he is looking for and keep him safe. And lando can't resist, Osc looks so pretty and devoted and Lando ducks down to kiss him<3

Oscar basically moving into Lando's quarters after that, shy at first and even trying to sleep on the floor but Lando needs him in his bed, their sweaty bodies pressed together after he made Osc cum time and time again<3

Pls lando waking up early enough to train with Osc and Osc is very excited, finally challenged! Pls Lando managed to work Osc into the ground and Oscar's brown eyes are so wide and trusting even when Lando has the tip of his sword pressed against the pulse in Osc's neck.

For sure they would use it as a bet to see who will fuck who later lol. Pls Oscar loves giving himself to lando, but lando daring to give in to him? Wow

Also what if Lando gets engaged and Oscar is heartbroken 😭😭😭

[wiggolt]

Her...

Here some Xiao personal head canons to not let this blog die:

Her family didn't want her to practice martial arts, they were a little old fashioned they believe she was too young and kinda fragile to practice those kind of activities but Wang saw the spark of the martial artist in her eyes and, decided to teach her even if they didn't approve. Matches with her being a prodigy who could achieve greatness but retrained herself to live her teen years like a normal girl. (P.D: I hate how some think she can't beat anyone her being a canonically prodigy).

I believe she is not only child so I think she has one brother or sister who probably used to train with her under Wang Jinrei guide they used to have a nice family dynamic under their master Wang Jinrei care until she left for her dreams they became a little bit distant after it even to Xiaoyu sometimes miss her family.

Her parents usually write her letters asking her if she was ok everytime sending her money if she may need it even if they still think she stills under Heihachi bastard tutorship but moved from Mishima state.

She surely had some boyfriends during those four years after the third tournament when she felt down in her mundane daily routine never felt her heartbeat accelerate in those pass by relationship but she did for that special someone Jin even if they were just close friends then she realized she was/is in love with him.

Those are some of my Xiao's headcanons I want to write because why not?

[lailoken]

Greetings!

I’ve been reading Witchcraft: A Tradition Renewed by Doreen Valiente and Evan John Jones, which I’ve been enjoying so far! But there has been one thing that I’m a little stuck on and what to know your thoughts and opinions on the subject. While I was reading about the personal working tools or the arte, there is this reference “Because of the fertility aspect of the Old Faith, it is incompatible with nature and with the creation of life that one person can consecrate the wine within the cup.”

So my question (and perhaps concern) is can a lone practitioner not achieve this without a working partner? What if one can’t find another to work with? I’m wanting to get out of the arm chair occultist stage and dive deeper and really start practicing, and this quote got me wondering. I might be looking to into it tbh. What are your thoughts?

Thank you for your time!

I want to preface this by saying that I haven't ready anything but certain excerpts from the work you've mentioned here, and I don't feel that I'm anything near a specialist on the specific strain of modern traditional witchcraft that is often called "Old Craft".

However, I can say that, in my own experience of the Craft—as learned through tutorship, spiritwork, and experimentation alike—I have absolutely been able to achieve works of great power in a solitary context, including acts of consecration. Though, in many ways, I would hardly think of most of my experiences as truly solitary, since I work so closely with numinous entities.

[twiggy-envoy]

Character Dossier Meme

[Art by @sweet-chimera] Full name: Oisin Darach Croabh (Aw-Sheen, Da-rah, Kroov)  

Known aliases: “Kroov”, “Twiggy” (Very Close), “Moonsprig” Titles: Amhlóirí Síochána (Irish: "Peace Singer")   Khaliswa (Zulu: "One Who Brings Calm")    Pax Arbor (Roman: "Tree of Peace") Ljósblomst (Norse: "The Flower of Light"

Age: 422

Gender: Male

Birth date: December 22

Heritage: Gaelic

Religion: Polytheist Druid

Sexual and Romantic orientation: Pansexual/Romantic

Status: Currently seeking information about the Yggdrasil tree species.

Residencies: Multiple groves/huts in Ireland / Rome / Greece / Egypt / Africa / Asgard

Highest level of education: Gaelic Druid Circle Fellowship under Eó Mugna, Egyptian Priesthood Lecture Attendance at Heliopolis, Tutorship under both Aspasia of Athens And The Weeping Mother. Occupation: Ambassador for the Gaelic territory/Pantheon of Éire, travelling scholar/healer.  

Physical examination

Facial features: Small eyebrows, large curious eyes though they’re mostly hidden beneath his bangs, he has very long silky hair that end in voluminous corkscrews,long expressively reactive ears, sturdy and smooth living wooden horns with small ash tree leaves year round and flower with tiny deep purple blossoms in the fall. Face-claim: Custom Character Art by HemildBz & Galactic Roses 

Voice: Mild and bright with an Irish accent that’s faded slightly with his travels. 

Voice claim: https://youtu.be/hMf4hFoBdCc?si=pFIMxOHlTRYM34l-

Eyes: Rounded ‘playful’ eye shape, very large and pale irises that many have referred to as “Moonlike” when they can be seen beneath his bangs. 

Hair: His hair is extremely long and large, the soft pastel grey matching his hidden eyes and the patches of fur along his otherwise cream colored body. It ends in corkscrew locks at almost every end besides his bangs.

Body type: Curvy for a male, perhaps due to his parents both being symbols of fertility in their respective cultures. He has a small waist and overall slender frame that pools downward into large hips and other more traditionally feminine proportions he takes pride in. Distinguishable Marks: Other than the mundane patterns of his fur they maintain a perfectly uniform visage due to worries that any kind of identifying markings he chooses to take could upset the Kingdoms he’s equally dedicated his loyalty to. Weight: 240ish 

Height: 5’8” Mental Evaluation

Mental illness: None that they would openly consider issues or be aware of. Though they do have minor anxiety and successfully (mostly) repressed imposter syndrome. Psychological profile: INFP

Positive traits: Generous, Open-Minded, Compassionate and motivated towards altruism. 

Negative traits: Suffers in bad conflict management when he can not appease the aggressors. Can not handle violence and will refuse to participate even if being passive could harm others. Refuses to attribute his own grand successes to anything besides luck and the help of those around him. Alignment type: Chaotic Good Meyer-Briggs Personality type: INFP

Phobias: Entomophobia/Etc  Having witnessed plagues of devouring locusts, parasitic insects cause untold hundreds of deaths with efficiency even Gods would envy, he is entirely petrified by any manner of locust or parasite be it leech, mosquito, wasp, locust or even certain mushrooms. Injury- Due to a curse of his blood relation to the Wild Hunt he fears having his blood spilled and angering the spirits and monsters into the ‘Midgard’ realm by accident. Above all else Oisin fears failing his mission of peace, seeing his home and sacred groves burnt to the ground. And living to see the collapse of the tense cultural network the pantheons have built with one another in his lifetime. 

Mannerisms: He will always only finish half of any meal he is given, served or forages. Leaving the other half as an offering for any company he keeps or any general spirits in the land he’s travelling. He will bleat during periods of heightened emotion, even more so inclined to do things like climb walls and structures around him when he’s excited. Seeds of -any- fruit he consumes will never be discarded carelessly; rather, he stores them in a small pouch on his person to spread along his travels throughout the land in an effort to reward the plants efforts. Will constantly pause for long lil instances during conversations as his mind tries to keep the various languages he’s learned in line during a talk, sometimes using improper or slang terms he’s picked up to bridge his sentences. Sometimes cus he doesnt know any better, and sometimes to play dumb and cute on purpose. (Think valley girl speak, but for ye olde english or ancient greek lol) Hobbies and Interests: Medicine brewing/gathering, practicing medicine via treating wounds, injuries and illnesses with magic, salves, natural remedies or new fangled roman ‘surgery’. Journaling the variety of plants and landmarks he encounters along his travels is his favorite pastime besides studying whatever materials he’s been allowed to borrow from his allied empires.  He dreams of one day publishing his own works to the libraries of Heliopolis and being able to brag to Diogenes about his comprehensive studies abroad while they slept in a barrel. He is -NOT- very good of a cook. Being part goat and also having minor photosynthesis means he can eat practically anything if and when he even does have an appetite for foods. Meaning he has -AWFUL- taste when cooking for himself. The blandest, plainest acorn powder gruel with a garnish of roadside weeds and perhaps a beetle for protein would be the height of campfire cooking for him when he’d much rather be reading. But he will -claim- he loves cooking and the culinary arts. Indulge him at your own risk. Strategic analysis

Combat style: Absolutely none. No really, he’s kind of useless in a fight by both choice and just fear/pacifism. He will -always- attempt to charm or flee his way out of a confrontation. Both for his own and everyone else’s safety. Weapon of choice: His mouth Hand to hand Combat efficiency: You mean like patty cake right? Rock, Parchment Shears? Tactical strength: Incredibly good at picking up on small tells about someone’s expressions, conditions and even outfit/accessories to make an informed guess based on his studies to try and figure out someone's social standing and perhaps issues and or needs so he can try to befriend and or charm them out of a fight or tense situation. 

Tactical weakness:  Severely unfamiliar with arcane magics due to his focus on the material world and nature magics/energies. This can make him an easy target for enemy spell casters that are discreet or relentlessly offensive. His body is also well.. Not primed for combat at all. Having gone their entire life afraid of getting a single cut, scrape or bruise. He has little pain tolerance or really much endurance at all should he actually be injured via physical combat. He’s also much too fearful to act in combat situations that sprung on him without warning. In some cases remaining passive to a point of danger to himself and others.

Signature technique: Overgrowth: Tapping into his dryad nature he can call upon the gifts of the Life Tree and cause himself to grow strong roots at his ankles and branches from his horns, allowing him to climb nearly any surface with his goat dexterity and escape almost any scenario. Even having used his horns as a makeshift leaf glider by guiding their bloom as he jumps off cliffs to evade a fight. Pain tolerance: Would die to a stepped on lego in all honesty. Defensive skills: -Great cardio and a decently high dex score is the best defense- Gazelle core babyyyy Relationships and affiliations

Family: Komos (Father/Satyr), Craebh Daithi (Mother/Dryad) 

Allies and associates: Mentors: Huilboerboon “The Weeping Mother” Aspasia “Orator of Athens” Neutral: Sleipnir Rivalries: Diogenes, Isaac (Jokingly as a fellow Goat) [Doodle by @sleepytime-muses]

Enemies: None

Romantic histories: Quite a few he’d rather keep private 

Notable friends:  N/A

Habits and lifestyle

Daily routine:  Usually out on the road, he’ll wake up from his hidden shelter snuff out his small fire after making himself a simple breakfast and immediately begin his travels again. Stopping to catalogue any interesting plant he runs into, harvest foragables of worth, commune with certain monsters and nature spirits, And helping common people with injuries, illnesses or simple farm work they might be in need of.

Diet and nutrition: Absolutely abysmal because he’ll eat dang near anything, but he doesn't eat all that much thanks to his horns being able to photosynthesize. Meaning he stays relatively healthy.

Exercise habits: Loots of cardio from escaping bad encounters with random monsters, spirits or gods that have bad intentions. Along with a lot of foraging and sparse farm work while helping common people on his journeys. He otherwise lives a very sedentary lifestyle glued to his books, scrolls and tablets.  

Grooming habits:  He goes out of his way to meticulously care for his hair and skin, knowing that his looks factor in for a large part of his charm that let him get away with a lot of things. 100 brushes, every morning and every night, then a nice protective spell to make sure his hair stays looking fluffy and untangled.

Substance use: He’ll eat a -lot- of plants and mushrooms trying to find out what they do if he can’t ask a dryad or nymph about it. So he’s gotten pretty messed up before. But mostly on very small dosages and amounts. He’s not much of a drinker so he’s an absolute lightweight despite his satyr heritage.

Sleep patterns: Rises with the sun every morning if at all possible. Its just part of his plant biology. Sleeping indoors really throws him out of wack and makes him sleep restlessly. 

Personal aesthetic: Druid-core, Japanese ‘Herbivore male’ culture. Loves doing and talking about cute things with very little concern for what’s traditionally male or female. 

Favorite book: A papyrus conversion of Greek Plays into scripts for the libraries of Heliopolis. 

Favorite music genre: Farm work shanties 

Favorite Art/Architecture: Their favorite art would be the beautiful amber jewelry pieces made by the ancient Slavic peoples far to the north. 

Meme stolen from @sweet-chimera

[camisoledadparis]

THIS DAY IN GAY HISTORY

based on: The White Crane Institute's 'Gay Wisdom', Gay Birthdays, Gay For Today, Famous GLBT, glbt-Gay Encylopedia, Today in Gay History, Wikipedia, and more … December 9

1608 – John Milton, English poet, born (d.1674); No one can say for sure whether Milton was Gay, but the author of Paradise Lost was known to his Cambridge classmates as "the lady of Christ's" and was portrayed as a repressed homosexual in Robert Graves' novel Wife to Mr. Milton.

1717 – Johann Joachim Winckelmann German art historian and archaeologist, born (d.1768); Winckelmann was a pioneering Hellenist who first articulated the difference between Greek, Greco-Roman and Roman art. and "the prophet and founding hero of modern archaeology."

From 1743 to 1748, he was the deputy headmaster of the gymnasium of Seehausen in the Altmark. His means were insufficient: his salary was so low that he had to rely on his students' parents for free meals. He was thus obliged to accept a tutorship near Magdeburg. While tutor for the powerful Lamprecht family, he fell into unrequited love with the handsome Lamprecht son. This was one of a series of such loves throughout his life.His enthusiasm for the male form excited Winckelmann's budding admiration of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture and he decided to go to Rome to study. Winckelmann arrived in Rome in November 1755. His first task there was to describe the statues in the Cortile del Belvedere—the Apollo Belvedere, the Laocoön, the so-called Antinous, and the Belvedere Torso—which represented to him the "utmost perfection of ancient sculpture."

Laocoön and His Sons

Originally, Winckelmann planned to stay in Italy only two years, but the outbreak of the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) changed his plans. He was named librarian to Cardinal Passionei, who was impressed by Winckelmann's beautiful Greek writing. Winckelmann also became librarian to Cardinal Archinto, and received much kindness from Cardinal Passionei. After their deaths, Winckelmann was hired as librarian in the house of Alessandro Cardinal Albani, who was forming his magnificent collection of antiquities in the villa at Porta Salaria.

With the aid of his new friend and lover, the painter Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-79), with whom he first lived in Rome, Winckelmann devoted himself to the study of Roman antiquities and gradually acquired an unrivalled knowledge of ancient art. Winckelmann's method of careful observation allowed him to identify Roman copies of Greek art, something that was unusual at that time—Roman culture was considered the ultimate achievement of Antiquity. His friend Mengs became the channel through which Winkelmann's ideas were realized in art and spread around Europe.

1904 – Anthony Santasiere (d.1977) was an American chess master and chess writer, who also wrote extensively on non-chess topics. Santasiere was a middle school mathematics teacher by profession. Santasiere won the 1945 U.S. Open Chess Championship, four New York State championships, and six Marshall Chess Club championships. He competed in four U.S. Chess Championships, with his best finish being a tie for third in 1946. He was a chess organizer.

Santasiere, of French and Italian ancestry, was born and raised in New York City, the 12th of 13 children, and grew up in extreme poverty. He graduated from City College with a degree in mathematics. His studies there were financed by Alrick Man, a wealthy chess enthusiast who had served as president of the Marshall Chess Club. Santasiere represented CCNY in intercollegiate chess. Following graduation, beginning in 1927, Santasiere taught mathematics at the Angelo Patri Middle School in the Bronx, and held that position until he retired to south Florida in 1965.

Santasiere wrote extensively on chess in the magazine American Chess Bulletin, from 1930 to 1963; he served as Games Editor, working with Editor Hermann Helms. The chess opening Santasiere's Folly (1.Nf3 d5 2.b4), was originated and developed by him, and is named for him. Santasiere was also an expert in the Reti Opening, the King's Gambit, and the Vienna Game.

He was an enthusiastic amateur painter, painting over 400 oil paintings, and a prolific poet and creative writer on non-chess topics. He played piano, and was a keen chef who frequently hosted dinner parties. He organized many small-size Master events in his apartment in New York.

In 1965, he retired to south Florida, where he continued to play tournament chess for a while, and won several local tournaments. A gay man, he lived with a younger man, Hector; friend Arnold Denker recalls a loving but turbulent relationship between those two, characterizing them as "Felix and Oscar". On his death Santasiere left his estate to his partner.

1959 – Mario Cantone is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor, with numerous appearances on Comedy Central including Chappelle's Show. He also played Anthony Marentino on Sex and the City. His unique style is fast-paced and energetic, with much of the humor coming from his impersonations of various characters ranging from his family members, to celebrities, to stereotypes. Cantone was born in Stoneham, Massachusetts.

He occasionally does stand-up concerts where, in addition to impressions of Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland, Bruce Springsteen, and others, he sings original comedic songs such as "Laugh Whore" and an ode to being in love with a bat. Much of his comedy derives from the fact that he is gay, camp, and Italian-American. Cantone's breakout role was that of Charlotte York's gay and incredibly bossy wedding planner in the series Sex and the City on HBO. Much of the humor of that role derived from his regular stand-up persona.

In October 2011, Cantone married his partner of 20 years, musical theater director Jerry Dixon. Ironically, the ceremony was officiated by pastor Jay Bakker, son of Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker.

1975 – Reporter Lynn Rosellini of the Washington Star began a series of articles about homosexuality in sports, which said "some of the biggest names in football are homosexual or bisexual."

1985 – The New York City Department of Health closes the New St. Marks Baths. The New St. Marks Baths was a gay bathhouse at 6 St. Marks Place in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City from 1979 to 1985. It claimed to be the largest gay bath house in the world. The Saint Marks Baths opened in the location in 1913. Through the 1950s it operated as a Turkish bath catering to immigrants on New York’s Lower East Side. In the 1950s it began to have a homosexual clientele at night. In the 1960s it became exclusively gay. On December 9, 1985 the City began the process of closing the baths.

2005 – "Brokeback Mountain" is released to limited audiences in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The film, a neo-American western romantic drama directed by Ang Lee, focuses on a love story between two men that stretches over decades, and survives in a time and place in which the two men’s feelings for each other were utterly taboo. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger, and goes on to win several Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards.

[musictutorship]

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[zooterchet]

Bashing on Gay Boston Basim

In 2002, early notice reached the NSA that Israel was attempting biotechnology experiments on Massachusetts citizens having used amphetamines nasally; having then been given DXM, through an episode of South Park, designed to court sales majors into the purchase.

Naturally, once David Charlebois was marked on private letters as a Presidential candidate, in 2003, Calvin Williams thought to himself, "I better act fast".

With Calvin's tutorship in UMass-Amherst CI, the undercover cops division, David was given Robutussin, the removal of Calvin from grounds demanded by Andrew Schuck, David Charlebois, and Allison Haimes, refused by Matthew Lennox; a young homosexual, unaware that homosexuals were universally loathed; due to studying the language of Hebrew, intended for racketeers men; boycotts of contraband and sales thereof, a criminal science.

In 2004, after David had accumulated at a B+ at his studies, however graded to a "D" in anthropology for refusing to use calipers on bone identification in the campus labs for the topic and yet performing the identifications correctly (displaying the same memory any campus student has, to have earned a diploma under the Massachusetts system of highschools).

At this point, he informed Matthew Lennox, Calvin Williams' backer, that he had accepted a tour in the CIA, in the War in Iraq; the campus Counter-Rabbinical program.

When Matthew was refused homosexual love, he was enraged, and contacted Jen McDade, for a law informant's tip.

Matthew had believed Jen to be a lesbian, for having short hair and make-out parties with more than one man, however one at a time, disobeying a popular movie called "Chasing Amy" that Matthew believed explained logic to him; Matthew a pedophile, as well as a Rabbi, using films and arts as a model and the same later used by intonated name initials for marriages and insisted alms through the British Empire; his bloodline, Lancasters.

David, had already informed Jen McDade, in 2003, to elect "Charlie Baker", a rig on the elections of New England by removing the liquid assets of Massachusetts families, thanks to tax benefits and social security for the disabled veterans (anyone registering SSI or SSDI, a police informant that had retired inside the mental health system; called "mentally ill", by deliberate trap, of Beacon Hill, to fool military authoritarians, such as the Israeli Defence forces; the identified enemy).

Hence, when Matthew Lennox, attempted to use Mossad agent Ryan Gregson and German National Arab agent Zach Klein, to run David into Brian Monaghan, a KGB Ireland agent, Dave was prepared through Jen McDade on a weather forecast, to survive easily.

Even Maury Tyne stalking the family, on contract hire out of the Vietnam Veterans' branch of the VFW, couldn't stop David from making it to the Campus Mental Health station for undercover officers; his major as a cop, the pre-law, and his specialty in the State Police, History, counter-espionage; told to be a "teacher", to the units identified as enemy, Dr. Jeffrey Lange, now slurred as a Jewish gold counter on 4chan by his face in exact likeness, and his wife turning on him to become an FBI agent; when she heard a paranoid schizophrenia diagnostic, a "climbing kantian" disorder (the CIA), described as "autistic", a Down's Syndrome.  In fact, Amanda's father had served in Vietnam, and was not autistic, otherwise a very smart man.

The level of boot, into Jewish testicles, is sheer sexual ecstasy.

[hybridnik]

"True mastery over the arts requires patience and fortitude to practice and continue practicing when your results are less than favorable." Klaus stated before giving her a small smirk. "It also helps if you can find the right teachers." The advantages of being able to compel himself the tutorship of some of art's greats were nothing to sneeze at.

"I was wondering who made the paintings," she admitted with genuine curiosity. "The last time I tried to paint it looked like a failed Picasso painting so I haven't really tried since then," she chuckled, having a feeling she should be more on guard with the original hybrid but he seemed like he wasn't on guard as of now

[breakoutbox]

This is how I envision their relationship (click for better quality to show tumblr who’s boss)

[batbaffle]

man i just realized i never posted the secret santa art i did last year here xD

[juunedai]

happy valentines day! ! couples i like from 1-4 

[ID: four images of various couples from the Yu-Gi-Oh! series. 

image 1: yami bakura leans one arm on marik’s shoulder as marik tilts lazily and holds up his fingers in a peace sign. both are grinning smugly, though bakura more evilly and marik more casually. bakura is colored blue and marik is colored purple, and their colors are bleeding into each other.

image 2: daichi/bastion misawa is standing by judai’s side, a hand behind his back and the other holding a bouquet of flowers. the gesture appears almost shy or secretive. he is winking and hearts are coming off him. judai, meanwhile, stares offscreen in the direction opposite of misawa, his hands in his pockets. daichi is colored yellow while judai is colored red.

image 3: yusei fudo is in his lab coat post-canon. he looks to his left at a small pair of red visors. 

image 4: shark, blushing furiously, holds out a bouquet at arms length to a surprised yuuma. his unoccupied hand is in his pocket, as if trying to be casual, but his posture is tense and stilted.

end ID.]

[95jezzica]

👀 It's getting long so I'm putting it below a 'Read More', but for your further consideration:

Eng as Black Mage, Red Mage, Scholar and previous Archer though he probably never took the step to Bard. Like Urianger he still can't fecking swim. 😂 Tries to become a Summoner but isn't very good at it. 😂 Great Alchemist, but fails as Culnarian.

France as Red Mage and Reaper - his fascination with death has always been an untapped potential and I mean to make use of it. Obviously also maxed out Culnarian.

Canada as Sage and Machinist, though he might also have dabbled into Rogue and pesters Japan to train him into a ninja.

Romania as the Astrologian who can't decide if he should pick up more jobs or not, and may or may not dabble into Summoner as well.

Wales as a Summoner and true Dragoon who rides on the back of his allied dragons into battle. 👀 Can play Scholar in a pinch to keep his family alive, but prefers DPS so he doesn't have to worry as much. The only one in the family with a decent level in Culnarian. xD

Ireland as the Scholar and Bard. 👀

Scotland as the Sage, Dragoon and Machinist. Obviously also picks up Fisher at some point, because godness know this family eats a lot. 😂 xD

Northern Ireland mainly as Paladin, if only because he wants to keep his reckless family alive as they charge into battle - though like the rest of them probably have some of the magic classes like Scholar/Summoner under his belt as well.

Sealand with the Gladiator and Pugilist classes, but who isn't sure if he'd fit as Paladin & Monk.

Wy & Kugelmugel as the young Pictomancers in training. 👀

Norway as the team's White Mage, Summoner & Scholar, potentially also picking up Blue Mage for the challenge it'd give him. Maxed out Fisher, because of course he did, but mainly leaves cooking to Sweden. 😂 xD

Denmark as the Warrior & tank who keeps forgetting to turn on his stance. 😂 Probably also levels up Dragoon as a side for some DPS.

Sweden as the Paladin & tank who actually turns on his stance. No longer has any real interest in fighting, but obviously maxes out all the crafter classes, Botanist and Miner. 👀

Iceland not knowing what he wants, so he starts out as an Archer just to difference himself from the others and picks up Botanist to help Sweden gather resources needed for the crafting. I can also see Iceland pick up Viper later. Is also taught some basic Culnarian by Sweden, because Sweden refuses to have yet another family member who doesn't know how to be a decent cook. 😂 Besides, it gives Iceland a feeling of independency he really enjoys. 👀

Finland, the obvious Gunbreaker & Machinist of the party with a past as Archer as well. Has dabbled into Conjurer and can heal minor stuff in a pinch, but decided he wasn't really interested in the Job. ;)

Ladonia, perfect as a young Sage in training. 👀

China as Astrologian, Monk & Viper. 👀Obviously maxed out Culnarian as well.

Japan as an obvious Samurai, Ninja and Sage with a long-ago past as Scholar he has almost forgotten.

Prussia as the former Paladin who later also becomes a Samurai under Japan's tutorship. 👀

Germany as the Paladin who can't help but to wonder if he truly choose it himself or because it was expected by him from the everyone else. Picks up Armorer, Blacksmith & Goldsmith under Sweden's tutorship. 👀Secretly also teaches himself the art of Sage, asking Japan questions under the guise of becoming a better tank by being given a better understanding of the job. Japan isn't fooled, but understands Germany wants (needs?) it to stay a secret for now.

Veneziano as White Mage and Pictomancer. 👀

Romano as a previous Paladin because of what people expected of him, but eventually abandoning it completely in favor of Bard and Dancer. 🕺🏽 (But also because he lowkey sucked at tanking). 😂 xD

Spain as Warrior & Dancer, also the one who introduced the latter to Romano. 👀 He enjoys both, so he switches between the jobs depending on what's needed and who he's teaming up with.

. . .

[I could give more, but this is getting long, so I will stop here at least for now. As you can probably tell I've thought a lot about this though]. 😂 xD

Hello I am back after having finished and crying about the new expansion for FFXIV and I need friends who like both Hetalia and XIV because I am having many thoughts about Alfred Fucker Jones being the Warrior of Light. Especially now that Tural is a thing.

I would share more but…XIV still has the spoiler embargo…soon…

[scaerier]

this took a while, but i’m finally done with a tutorship commission for the wonderful @life-0r-death for his alice madness returns AU!! ^o^ i’m so happy with how this piece turned out.. thank you so much for comissioning me!! ✨🖤