#art-a-day sep 2024

[radioelly]

please read immortal days

[lotrweek]

One month left until LOTRWEEK 2024 begins! See this year's prompts below and the updated FAQs below the cut for more info, and have fun!

Day 1 (16th Sep): the road goes ever on

Day 2 (17th Sep): histories and legacies

Day 3 (18th Sep): the green earth in the daylight

Day 4 (19th Sep): gifts, burdens and choices

Day 5 (20th Sep): here with me

Day 6 (21st Sep): songs and tales

Day 7 (22nd Sep): free day – Hobbit day!

What is lotrweek?

Lotrweek is a week-long event to celebrate The Lord of the Rings here on Tumblr. It takes place on 16th-22nd September 2024.

How do I take part?

Each day of the week has a prompt. Create an original work (e.g. gifset, fanart, fanfic) inspired by a prompt, then post it to Tumblr! Where the prompt has multiple parts to it, you can choose which part(s) you want to focus on – how you respond to a prompt is  comletely up to you. The prompts are deliberately vague and open so that they can work for gifs, art, fics, etc.

For example, for “histories and legacies”, you could make a gifset of Moria, or art of the similarities/differences between Luthien and Arwen, or a fic about Aragorn and the Dunedain before the War of the Ring.

Will you reblog my works?

Yes! Tag your works with #lotrweek so they can be reblogged here, and follow @lotrweek for updates on the event and to see everyone else’s works. If there’s anything nsfw or that may need a warning, make sure to do this responsibly and put said parts under a read-more.

How much can I participate?

As much or as little as you’d like! You can take part just once or every day (or even multiple times a day if you’re feeling particularly hasty). It’s up to you – just make sure you’re enjoying it!

Can I create any type of work?

Yes! Gifs, graphics, fanart, fanfic, video edits, meta – all are welcome, as long as it’s your own original work.

Does my work have to be based on the LOTR films?

Any works based on LOTR (book or film) are welcome.

Can I include other Tolkien books/adaptations?

You can, but LOTR should be the focus. So, for example, a gifset of just The Hobbit films wouldn’t work, but a gifset including shots from both The Hobbit and LOTR (e.g. to draw parallels between characters/events) would work great!

Who is running this blog?

@southfarthing

Any other questions?

Ask away!

[danikatze]

I don't really see people post their tumblr top 10 anymore, but I find it a fun tradition! Thanks, everyone who shared my posts this year <3

1. 2.696 notes - Jan 16 2024 BeauYasya

2. 2.684 notes - Jul 16 2024 (this is actually a video about kitchen litho)

3. 2.111 notes - May 27 2024 The O'Briens

4. 2.036 notes - Oct 18 2024 Fjorester

5. 1.774 notes - May 14 2024 Wyll Ravengard

6. 1.630 notes - Apr 22 2024 Gale of Waterdeep

[Video description: a line art only animation of Gale of Waterdeep. He looks up at the sunny sky and happily says “lovely day, this!” Then he looks suspicious and continues “for now…” After a moment clouds come rolling in, a strong wind starts blowing and heavy rain comes pouring down. At the top is written: “western Europeans in spring:” /End video description.]

7. 1.514 notes - Feb 10 2024 More Fjorester!

8. 1.258 notes - May 10 2024 Long haired Essek

9. 1.236 notes - Oct 9 2024 Varna and Honeyfoot

10. 1.020 notes - Sep 3 2024 Jamis and Remy

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

September 10, 2024

Heather Cox Richardson

Sep 11, 2024

Former president Trump has always approached debates as professional wrestling events in which the key is not to explain policies or answer questions, but rather to demonstrate dominance over your opponent. In 2016 the Democratic nominee, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, had a hard time countering this strategy effectively because of the many expectations of what was appropriate behavior for a female presidential candidate. In 2020 and then again in the June 2024 “debate,” Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s stutter made it difficult to counter Trump’s scattershot attacks.

The question for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in tonight’s presidential debate was not how to answer policy questions, but how to counter Trump’s dominance displays while also appealing to the American people.  

She and her team figured it out, and today they played the former president brilliantly. He took the bait, and tonight he self-destructed. In a live debate, on national television. 

The Harris campaign began the day trolling Trump with a new campaign ad featuring the pieces of former president Barack Obama’s speech at the August Democratic National Convention that concerned Trump. “Here’s a 78-year-old billionaire”—the ad cuts to a photo of Trump in a golf cart—“who has not stopped whining about his problems.” Then a clip of Trump shows him complaining about Harris’s crowds, before Obama notes Trump’s “weird obsession with crowd sizes,” complete with Obama’s hand motion suggesting Trump’s sizes were small. “It just goes on, and on, and on,” Obama says, before the ad shows empty seats and people yawning at Trump’s rallies.

“America’s ready for a new chapter,” Obama says to the overflow crowd cheering at Chicago’s United Center during the Democratic National Convention. “We are ready for a President Kamala Harris!” At the end, even Harris’s standard statement, “I’m Kamala Harris and I approved this message,” sounds like a challenge.

This morning, the Harris campaign began running the ad on the Fox News Channel. 

At the same time, they began running Philadelphia-themed ads across the city on billboards, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, and on food trucks and taxi cabs, sidewalk art, and digital projections making fun of Trump’s fascination with crowd sizes. They showed, for example, a full-sized Philadelphia pretzel labeled “Harris” alongside a piece of one that looked like an upside down U labeled “Trump.”

The taunting might have been behind Trump’s demand for loyalty from Republican lawmakers this afternoon, telling them to shut down the government if he doesn’t get his way on the inclusion of a voter suppression measure in the bill to fund the government. The right has often relied on threats of government shutdowns to try to get their way, but such shutdowns are never popular, and even moderate Republicans are leery of launching one just before an election.

Nonetheless, Trump tried to lock them into such a shutdown, reiterating in a post this afternoon the lie that undocumented immigrants are voting in presidential elections. “If Republicans in the House, and Senate, don’t get absolute assurances on Election Security, THEY SHOULD, IN NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, GO FORWARD WITH A CONTINUING RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET. THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO ‘STUFF’ VOTER REGISTRATIONS WITH ILLEGAL ALIENS. DON’T LET IT HAPPEN—CLOSE IT DOWN.” 

Throughout the day, the Harris campaign placed posts on social media showing Harris looking crisp and presidential and Trump looking old and unkempt. And then, for ten minutes in the hour before the debate, the Harris campaign held a drone show over the Philadelphia Museum of Art showing campaign slogans and then turning the words “MADAM VICE PRESIDENT” into “MADAM PRESIDENT.” 

Hugo Lowell of The Guardian reported today that Trump’s advisors were concerned ahead of the debate about whether they would get “happy Trump” or “angry Trump,” worrying that a frustrated Trump would engage in the vicious personal attacks that turn voters off. They expressed relief that having the microphones muted when it was not a candidate’s turn to speak would prevent Harris from irritating him with fact checks and snark of her own. Conservative lawyer George Conway noted that it was “[i]nteresting how one campaign is extremely concerned about the emotional stability of its candidate, and how the other is not.”

Harris’s attacks on Trump, including her campaign’s subtle digs at his masculinity, appeared to have accomplished what they set out to. When the two came out on stage, he went straight to his podium, while she strode across the stage, moved into his space, held out her hand, introduced herself and wished him well: “Kamala Harris. Have a good debate.” He muttered in response, “Nice to see you.” Then she took her own spot at the podium. When the debate opened, it was clear that Harris was the dominant figure and that her opponent was “angry Trump.” He would not look at her during the debate.

In her first answer, Harris tried to set out both her own story as a child of the middle class and how she intended to build an opportunity economy for others, lowering food and housing costs and opening the way for more small businesses. It was a lot, quickly, and she looked a little nervous.

Then Trump spoke and it was clear he was going off the rails. His first comment was to suggest Harris was lying, and then to insist that his proposed tariffs will solve everything, although he has the way tariffs work entirely backward: they are paid by the consumer, not by foreign countries. As he followed with a long list of his rally lies, Harris started to smile.  

From then on, he continued to produce rally stories full of wild exaggerations and attack Harris with lies in what CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale called “a staggeringly dishonest debate performance from former president Trump.” "No major presidential candidate before Donald Trump has ever lied with this kind of frequency,” Dale said. “A remarkably large chunk of what he said tonight was just not true. This wasn't little exaggerations, political spin. A lot of his false claims were untethered to reality." As Harris spoke directly to the American people, growing stronger and stronger, Trump got wilder and angrier and told more and more crazy stories. 

And then, about ten minutes into the debate, Harris baited him. She invited the American people to go to one of his rallies, where “he talks about fictional characters like Hannibal Lecter, he will talk about ‘windmills cause cancer.’ And what you will also notice is that people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom.” 

Trump lost it. He defended his rallies, said Harris couldn’t get anyone to attend hers and has to bus in attendees (in reality, her rallies are packed and he is the one who reportedly hires attendees), and then, in his fury, repeated the lie about immigrants eating pets. When a moderator fact-checked that story, he fought back, saying he heard it on television.

And from then on, Harris kept baiting him while explaining her own policies directly to the camera, and he took the bait every single time. He ran down every rabbit hole and appeared unable to finish a thought. Notably, he refused to say he would not sign a national abortion ban and admitted that after nine years of promising one, he had no health care plan (he has, he said, “concepts of a plan,” and if they pan out, he’ll let us know in the “not too distant future”). 

He threatened World War III and repeated that the U.S. is “a failing nation.” He told a long story about threatening “Abdul,” the leader of the Taliban; in fact, the leader of the Taliban since 2016 is Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada. In response to Harris’s statement that foreign leaders thought he was a disgrace, Trump answered that Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, who destroyed his country’s democracy and replaced it with a dictatorship, says he’s a good leader. New York Times columnist David French wrote: “It's like she's debating MAGA Twitter come to life.”

The debate moderators, David Muir and Linsey Davis of ABC, asked solid questions and corrected the most egregious of Trump’s lies. But as he continued to interrupt and yell at Harris, they increasingly gave him leeway to do so. This meant he spoke more often and for more time than Harris; MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle reported that he spoke 39 times for a total of 41.9 minutes, to her 23 times for a total of 37.1 minutes. But the extra time did him no favors.

By the end of the evening, Harris had delivered a clear message about her hopes to move the country forward beyond years of using race to divide people who have far more in common than they have differences. She promised to develop an economy that will build small businesses and support a growing middle class, while protecting rights, including the right to make reproductive decisions without the intrusion of the state. And she showed the nation that Trump can be baited, that he lies freely and incoherently, and—perhaps crucially—that he is no longer the dominant politician in America.  

Immediately after the debate, the Harris campaign continued their demonstration of dominance. Harris-Walz campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon released a statement recapping Harris’s strength and Trump’s angry incoherence. She concluded: “Vice President Harris is ready for a second debate. Is Donald Trump?”

Then things got even worse for Trump. 

Music phenomenon Taylor Swift endorsed Harris, telling her 283 million Instagram followers that she felt she had to because of Trump’s earlier reposting of an AI image of her seeming to endorse him. That, she said, “brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter. The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth. I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election.”

After explaining why she was supporting Harris and Walz and urging her fans to do their own research, Swift signed off: “Taylor Swift, Childless Cat Lady.”

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

[differentcloudqueen]

Jasmine Becket-Griffith Collection

Non Recolorable except one carpet

Category: Buy-Decor

I wanted to do a few items with JBG art. I'd actually love to sculpt them but I don't have the skills. There was a clock and snow globe I didn't finish on time to post for Halloween. So I decided to keep it simple with mostly recolors. Happy Spook Day 2024!

Open Coloring Heaven Coloring Book*

Book Carpets

Coloring Books*

Decals**

Glow in the Dark Candle Boxes

*Mesh from ATS3

**Multiplier by Lpvinyl21 & Black Pearl Sims mesh for decal.

For those interested in who JBG, here's her website:

I was also inspired by a mod I recently discovered by Olomaya. It's a coloring book mod. How cool is that? Also linked below for those interested.

[dandylovesturtles]

Now that 2024 is coming to a close:

1) Of everything you've made this year, which ones are you the most proud of?

2) What are a few of your favorite things (art, comics, fics, etc) that someone else has made this past year?

(Gonna apologize in advance that this answer won’t have specific links because I moved fast)

1. Well, this year I finished I May Be Invisible, But I Still Look Good, which was a major accomplishment for me! It’s the longest thing I’ve ever written, and I was really proud of myself for sticking it out to the end. It got way bigger than I ever expected, and big thanks again to everyone who came on the ride with me.

Of the things I started this year, my favorite has been the emotional support water bottles AKA Room Fic. Kind of insane to think I came up with the first one while eating lunch and dropped all my plans for the afternoon to write the whole thing in one day lol! I hope to get the last followup done soon, I’ve just had a little trouble getting my mojo.

There’s another project I started this year that I hoped to have out already but maybe sometime in the first part of next year. I’m excited to share it when it’s done!

2. Oh boy I’ll try to get everything!

I of course enjoyed some ongoing projects this year, including Replica AU by @kathaynesart, Sep Leo AU by @dianagj-art, 2 Arms Left by @intotheelliwoods, Adagio in Green by @boxfullaturtles, and Empyrean Weeping by @cupcakeslushie! Also shoutout to the @tizeline Sep AU where Donnie is the most chaotic only child, and @vangh17a ‘s Wanderer comic which is beautiful and intriguing.

@remedyturtles broke all our hearts with Firefight this year and I had a great time teaming up during the AU Comp! Also LOVED their fic about third man syndrome, but I’m always a sucker for Leo and his papa.

I love everything @goodlucktai has ever written but I especially loved the recent A Team fics and also the Archer AU! Gio is so precious

On the subject of lost siblings, I am privileged to be the beta reader for @kiaxet ‘s fic Siblingquest. Cissy is also precious, and I’m really excited about Kia’s future plans for the story!

And there’s just been a ton of great art this year from so many people, including @e-turn @trilobitepunch @koolaidashley and so many others. I know I’m missing so many people but this community is just full of talented, amazing artists!

And finally, my biggest love and shoutout for this year goes to @untitled-tmnt-blog , who not only makes GORGEOUS art pieces, but who made me a whole physical BOOK for IMBI!! Seriously the most touching thing anyone has ever done for me. PLEASE check out untitled’s art (and writing!) because everything she does is amazing.

And so many others who have talked with me about this fun show and who listen to me rambling about my endless AU ideas. You are all so cool. Here’s to 2025!

And thanks for the ask!

[izfaish]

wanna read kaiju no. 8?

not sure how many anime-onlys follow me, but here's a reading list of kn8 content, including spin-offs and interviews:

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kaiju no. 8 [main manga]

by naoya matsumoto! at the time of writing this, the manga is ongoing with 106 chapters. (new chapter soon tho djksksh)

available on shonen jump here.

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kaiju no. 8: mitchaku! dai san-butai (exclusive on the third division) [light novel]

by naoya matsumoto and keiji ando, with illustrations by matsumoto. the novel covers events after ch.22 (and presumably before ch.23).

an eng translation will release sep-nov 2024 (source) (it may already be available for preorder in your country).

you can check out an untranslated preview here.

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kaiju no. 8 b-side [manga]

spin-off! first published january 4, 2024, at the same time as ch.100 from the main manga. story by naoya matsumoto and keiji ando, art by kentaro hidano. so far, the b-side has covered stories from the light novel. it's ongoing, and might cover stories that the novel doesn't.

you can technically read it after ch.22 (main manga) but since it might feature plot points in later chapters, i recommend starting it after you've read ch.100.

available on shonen jump here.

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kaiju no. 8 relax [manga]

a spin-off manga that will cover stories in the characters' off-duty days. set to release june 4, 2024!

an announcement tweet here.

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extra reading

manga plus editor interview with seijiro nakaji (q&a with naoya matsumoto) here.

linternaute.com interview with kn8 background artist and prod. collaborator koiwai osamu here.

[english-history-trip]

2024 Tumblr Top 10

1. 4,298 notes - Mar 5 2024

… the Lord is testing me.

(Specifically, the Getty Museum shop is testing me)

2. 2,537 notes - Mar 22 2024

Some of the beautiful illustrations by S.D. Schindler from Brother Hugo and the Bear by Katy Beebe.

3. 1,045 notes - Jul 10 2024

4. 937 notes - Nov 5 2024

Some five thousand years ago, a 27-foot high granite standing stone was erected by the Neolithic people of future Dartmoor. In the 12th century, a monastery was built on the spot, incorporating the stone into its foundations. The monastery became a manor house in the 14th century, then an inn in the 15th, which it remains to this day as The Oxenham Arms.

The standing stone remains in its place, unceremoniously part of the sitting room wall next to the radiator.

5. 823 notes - Jul 4 2024

Portrait of an unidentified young woman by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

The reason why we should remember Cattelena, who lived in Almondsbury near Bristol, is that she is one of the few African women to have left a record in the rural Britain of the seventeenth century.

6. 716 notes - Sep 29 2024

7. 633 notes - Mar 24 2024

Ego una Saxonica nomine Hugeburc ordinando hec scribebam I, a Saxon nun called Hugeburc, have written this … Hugeburc is the earliest known English woman author of a full-text literary work.

8. 459 notes - Feb 6 2024

An Anglo-Saxon beaver tooth amulet discovered at the Wigber Low burial site in Derbyshire.

9. 434 notes - Oct 2 2024

An art installation by David Popa recently unveiled at Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire.

10. 397 notes - Aug 8 2024

Heraldic jupon, or surcoat, belonging to Edward “The Black Prince” of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, hung above his tomb in Canterbury Cathedral (currently at the V&A museum).

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[fleuredelune]

was tagged by @ezrabriidger to let my spotify predict my 2024!!! shuffle the on repeat playlist + the first 12 songs that play predict year (DONT JUDGE MY MUSIC I SWEARRR TO GOD I LISYEN TO MORE TJAN 2 ARTISTS😭🙏)

jan: plump by hole (okayy...)

feb: deny by the clash (welllllll.........)

march: janie jones by the clash (does this mean i will get a job and also hate it)

apr: art-i-ficial by x-ray spex (robots ? consumerism ?)

may: white riot by the clash (jesus fuck why is there so much of the clash. anyway.. this could end both ways and i hope it's not the bad way)

june: police and thieves by the clash (MORE CLASH.. the brainrot is real sorry... anyway.. all the crime committed dau by day has been going on since 1976 so that's nothing new)

july: spanish bombs by the clash (wow. i am actually ashamed i didn't know the obsession was that deep.... anyway yeah let's hope there no bombing i suppose... freedom fighters don't die please ummm i hope someone me quiere infinito tho..)

aug: bodies by the sex pistols (💀💀💀.. so am i getting an abortion and walking around with the foetus to peoples houses.........)

sep: identity by x-ray spex (this song already is so me sooooo..... notjing new)

oct: sheena is a punk rocker by ramones (will i live in new york and become a punk rocker ?..)

nov: judy is a punk by ramones (more girls being punk okayy!)

dec: brand new cadillac by the clash (will i get a fucking car..)

tagging @bigdookiepookie @poprocksncokeee @kathleenworld @alexwilders @toylandgrrrl @hoodienanami @waveofmutilation-uksurfmix

[javishifts]

youtuber dr intro! ｡𖦹°‧

me ── .✦

name; Javreet Bajwa (meaning; trustworthy, loyal) nickname(s); Javi gender; female age; 20 birthday; Sep 8, 2003 height; 5'6 sexuality; straight MBTI; INTJ

birth place; California, USA currently living; Los Angeles, USA ethnicity; Indian-American (specifically Pakistani-Punjabi) occupation; youtuber, streamer, content creator in general

Appearance;

Just my cr self with a few changes (see below)

Features;

piercings; lobe x3, helix on the left ear, orbital on both heterochromia; right eye dark brown and left eye a really light brown Moles; two above my top lip and one under the bottom one to the right, one on the left side of my nose bridge, and a bunch more scattered on my body (one of the only things I've kept from my cr self 😭) I have a spotty-ish birthmark that travels down my right leg all the way to my foot I also have canines that are longer than the rest of my teeth (I looove sharp teeth like I go batshit crazy)

relationships ── .✦

dad; Kuljinder Bajwa (meaning; soul of the lineage) mom; Navpreet Bajwa (meaning; new love) little brother; Balraj Bajwa (meaning; strong king/mighty ruler) s/o; no one specified but I will bag a baddie for sure

(can you tell I like when names have meanings)

pet ── .✦

yes, I have a pet tiger. I made it so it's normal for people to have 'unusual' pets in my dr. People are walking around with orangutans on their backs and shit everywhere

name; Raja (means king cuz he's spoiled asl) breed; Bengal Tiger rescue age; 4 months, my precious baby birthday; April 13 2024 personality; he's a lazy ass like his mama but gets really hyper at random times during the day and idk why funfact; when I stream, chat calls him anything that starts with 'r' BUT his name (racecar, rhapsody, rose toy, Rengoku, Roronoa Zoro, Rubeus, like that one bertholt bit in the AOT fandom)

trivia ── .✦

All my users on social media are @ Javi Bajwa

I mostly do lifestyle, digital art, and sometimes gaming content

I currently have 5M subs on yt and 6.6M followers on tt

The most popular edit of me has 7.8M likes and is to House of Balloons by The Weeknd; the editor's user is jxviluv

I'm a close friend of the Sturniolo triplets and hang out at their house a lot

The whole 'great indian shift' bullshit doesn't happen and Indian people have always been seen as a socially acceptable race cuz ppl looooove to be racist towards us !!!

I'm not shipped with anyone in edits or overly sexualised or anything cuz I feel like that's just a weird vision to who I am as a person

I am uncannily good at dancing tiktoks

this took like 3 hours help

[vellichorom]

you know what it is,

oh my GOD it's 2025 at last. holy shit, i think i'd be lying if i didn't say that i'm a little fearful for what's to come in the nearing future, what with the state of the world currently & all the wild turns it seems to be taking, & i'm sure you feel the same.

but take as much comfort as you can in knowing you're NOT alone. we're all in this together, we know how it is, we'll get through. remember to be kind to one another, & tell those you care about that you love them, even if you think they know it or otherwise, just be sure to remind them & let them know. do what you can & take it all one day at a time, it's all anyone could ask for.

god help those in times of crisis right now, & many prayers to those suffering in palestine. please everyone, keep fighting.

oh right this is an art post as well as the annual toast, UM PROPS TO ME for making my first, fully-formatted comic - which you'll be able to find below, & taking steps into character design diversity & recognizing color patterns & making them ACTUALLY look GOOD? MAYBE? ( with MUCH help from my beloved inspiration & sibling @velsebwifey of whom i love with all of my heart, ) & ANIMATION AS WELL! the narrator parade collab nearly fucking put me into an arrest BUT I DID IT! & learned quite a lot! last year's resolution was to " try new things, " & i think i did INDEED live up to it, especially when it came to my art! so once MORE! may i be so lucky as to learn a couple new things in the realm of creativity this year as well!

thank you all for another wonderful year, for EVERY bit of support & attention, for ALL your interest, for those of you who've made fanart ( that i promise i'm still reblogging ) or paid me for a commission / doodle, or even just asked me a question or enjoyed what i had to make or say! & THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY WONDERFUL FRIENDS & ALL THOSE I'VE GOTTEN IN TOUCH WITH / MET THIS YEAR! sweet blessings & well wishes to each & every one of you!

let's go forth & SPITEFULLY have a grand ( or at least tolerable ) year to come! & live dammit, live!

( template credit to @/moa180! )

2024: JAN / FEB / MAR / APR / MAY / JUN / JUL / AUG / SEP / OCT / NOV / DEC.

[koali-kajipo]

2024 Tumblr Top 10(2024年Tumblr人気の記事ベスト10)

1. 46 notes - Oct 14 2024

カッ(帽子)

2. 43 notes - Sep 12 2024

勘と記憶を便りに描いた空想科学最強

3. 41 notes - Jun 9 2024

Happy 90th debuted day Donald☆

4. 39 notes - Nov 7 2024

サーフテーラー

5. 37 notes - Oct 2 2024

Sailor thinks

6. 37 notes - May 23 2024

もじもじ

7. 37 notes - Apr 27 2024

Art style timeline

8. 36 notes - Oct 16 2024

赤黒

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弦張ってくれ

10. 35 notes - Sep 17 2024

Pod 8th birthday ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

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今年はオリジナル主体にしつつファンアートも描きつつかなり自由気ままに過ごした気がします

たぶん来年もそうなると思いますが相変わらずよければよろしくお願い申し上げます

では良いお年を

[lotrweek]

The LOTRWEEK 2024 prompts are here! See the updated FAQs below the cut for more info, and have fun!

Day 1 (16th Sep): the road goes ever on

Day 2 (17th Sep): histories and legacies

Day 3 (18th Sep): the green earth in the daylight

Day 4 (19th Sep): gifts, burdens and choices

Day 5 (20th Sep): here with me

Day 6 (21st Sep): songs and tales

Day 7 (22nd Sep): free day – Hobbit day!

What is lotrweek?

Lotrweek is a week-long event to celebrate The Lord of the Rings here on Tumblr. It takes place on 16th-22nd September 2024.

How do I take part?

Each day of the week has a prompt. Create an original work (e.g. gifset, fanart, fanfic) inspired by a prompt, then post it to Tumblr! Where the prompt has multiple parts to it, you can choose which part(s) you want to focus on – how you respond to a prompt is  comletely up to you. The prompts are deliberately vague and open so that they can work for gifs, art, fics, etc.

For example, for “histories and legacies”, you could make a gifset of Moria, or art of the similarities/differences between Luthien and Arwen, or a fic about Aragorn and the Dunedain before the War of the Ring.

Will you reblog my works?

Yes! Tag your works with #lotrweek so they can be reblogged here, and follow @lotrweek for updates on the event and to see everyone else’s works. If there’s anything nsfw or that may need a warning, make sure to do this responsibly and put said parts under a read-more.

How much can I participate?

As much or as little as you’d like! You can take part just once or every day (or even multiple times a day if you’re feeling particularly hasty). It’s up to you – just make sure you’re enjoying it!

Can I create any type of work?

Yes! Gifs, graphics, fanart, fanfic, video edits, meta – all are welcome, as long as it’s your own original work.

Does my work have to be based on the LOTR films?

Any works based on LOTR (book or film) are welcome.

Can I include other Tolkien books/adaptations?

You can, but LOTR should be the focus. So, for example, a gifset of just The Hobbit films wouldn’t work, but a gifset including shots from both The Hobbit and LOTR (e.g. to draw parallels between characters/events) would work great!

Is there an ao3 collection?

Yes, here!

Who is running this blog?

@southfarthing

Any other questions?

Ask away!

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2024 Tumblr Top 10

 Dec 26 2024

Nov 8 2024

If you need a laugh, for reasons…

Allow me to offer:

I Am John Watson, I Speak for the Curls

Reverse Psychology

Three Continents, No Compliments

The Wake-Up Fairy

Cocky Locky

X Marks the Spots

Unconventional

Not in Front of the Children

Sherlock and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

Nov 7 2024

Feel-Good Fluff

In case anyone needs this, for reasons:

If You Give Sherlock a Biscuit

If You Give John a Jumper

John is NOT the Little Red Hen

The Three Holmes-Watsons Gruff

Midnight Becomes You

The Story

Biscuits

Do You Want to Know a Secret?

Every Song Reminds Me of You

Wizard of Paws

Goodnight Sherlock, Goodnight John

 Oct 12 2024

A match made in heaven, thanks to the generosity of @totallysilvergirl and all of the other amazing writers and artists (like @khorazir @chained-to-the-mirror and @bluebellofbakerstreet, featured above) who contributed to this project.

Sep 8 2024

Sherlock and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

John is away. Sherlock is NOT pleased.

Written by @chriscalledmesweetie and recorded by @juuls for the @pod-together challenge. You can both read and listen at the link above.

Feb 15 2024

But It’s a Ten, John!

“Don’t you dare respond to that text.”

“It’s Lestrade.”

“It could be the queen for all I care. Don’t respond.”

“It might be a case.”

“It could be a hundred cases. Don’t even look at your phone.”

“It’s a locked room triple homicide!”

“I told you not to look. Put the phone down.”

“But it’s a ten, John!”

“I don’t care if it’s an eleven. Drop the phone.”

“The scale only goes up to ten.”

“Sherlock, I am not going to ask you again. Drop the phone or I’m pulling out.”

“Fine. But this fuck had better be a ten.”

Dec 12 2024

Sherlock’s Ugly Christmas Apparel Series

Seven Days of Ugly Christmas Apparel by ChrisCalledMeSweetie How much ugly Christmas apparel can John convince Sherlock to don? With the right incentive, quite a bit…

[Cover Art] for Seven Days of Ugly Christmas Apparel by JL4art (IamJohnLocked4life) [NSFW]

[PODFIC] Seven Days of Ugly Christmas Apparel by Lockedinjohnlock (Podfixx)

The British Government’s New Clothes by ChrisCalledMeSweetie Mycroft Holmes wouldn’t be caught dead in an ugly Christmas jumper.

The Elves and the Brew-Maker by ChrisCalledMeSweetie Mrs. Hudson is determined to bring Sherlock and John together - with a little help from some ugly Christmas jumpers and a wee bit of magic.

Podfic: ‘The Elves and the Brew-Maker’ by ChrisCalledMeSweetie by peasina

Dec 14 2024

When Sherlock first made a proposal Alas, it was not for betrothal He asked John to shoot His brother, to boot Then help with the body’s disposal

You can find all 31 of my Holly Jolly Johnlock Limericks on AO3.

Thanks to @notjustamumj for the December 2024 prompts and to @ghostofnuggetspast and @friday411 for their own delightfully inspiring limericks.

Sep 22 2024

The Murder of Major Sayer by ChrisCalledMeSweetie

Do you want to know what really happened during the fateful week when John Watson first met Sherlock Holmes? John’s sister Harry is here to set the record straight—or not, as the case may be.

Chapter 13:  Secrets Revealed to Sherlock Holmes

I suppose we each have our own priorities when it comes to the secrets we choose to keep. Some people conceal the truth to avoid heartbreak, others to avoid scandal, and still others to avoid prosecution. There may also be times when the fear of one of those evils—for ourselves or our loved ones—may drive us to reveal something we would otherwise have kept hidden.

Many thanks to @bluebellofbakerstreet for the amazing cover art!

Nov 1 2024

Pitter Pat by ChrisCalledMeSweetie

Is the flutter in John’s heart atrial fibrillation? Or could there be another cause?

Created by TumblrTop10

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Razz's Fundraiser List V5

Palestinian fundraisers that have reached out to me in the past few weeks, as additions to the previous ones I have shared:

@sabahfamily shared this fundraiser. Has donation protection, appears legit. £8,161/£50,000 goal.

@husmalserr shared this fundraiser. Has donation protection, appears legit. €1,059/€42,500 goal. Also have seen @help-alserr-family sharing this fundraiser.

@springbutterfly37 shared this fundraiser. Has donation protection, is vetted by association, appears legit. $2,128/$45,000 goal.

@abooooods-blog shared this fundraiser. Has donation protection, appears legit. €1,271/€40,000 goal.

@familyetaf1234567 shared this fundraiser. Has donation protection, appears legit. €2,223/€50,000 goal.

@amanyayyad74 shared this fundraiser. Has donation protection, appears legit. €337/€50,000 goal, low on funds!

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And an update on a few of the fundraisers from my previous versions of this list!

Safaa's (usernames @safaa18mero and @safaamm, vetted here) fundraiser found here was at $7,325/$75,000 as of Aug 13, 2024. It is now at $15,620 raised of $75,000 goal as of Sep 19, 2024.

I've kept in touch with Safaa and helped her get an eSIM for her phone, and every day when she sends me a message my worries are temporarily assuaged that she is still alive and okay (relatively speaking). I worry every day those messages may cease due to a sudden death or tragedy - missiles hit a camp near where Safaa's family is staying, her family narrowly avoided the blast but hundreds of other unfortunate souls weren't so lucky.

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@hilles-abed (his blog has been taken down unjustly! His fundraiser is very much legitimate!) shared this fundraiser. I shared more about this fundraiser here. This fundraiser has donation protection and appears legitimate. $547/$35,000 goal as of Sep 9, 2024, and has $1,063 raised of $35,000 goal as of Sep 19, 2024. Low on funds!

Abdul Rahman Halas is husband to the martyred journalist Alaa Al-Dahdouh who tragically died due to a missile strike, while Abdul and their child Karam managed to survive but not without injury!

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Mahmou Abh Swierd (@mahmoudswierh2, account got taken down unjustly!) fundraiser shared here. Vetted (account in vetted post is mahmoud's prev account @mahmoudswierh). $9,308 CAD/$15,000 as of Aug 30, 2024. $11,498CAD raised of $15,000 goal as of Sep 19, 2024. Over halfway funded!

Mahmoud Abh Swierh is a 17-year-old from Al-Nuseirat in Gaza raising funds with help from a relative in Canada. The fundraiser is less than 4k away from its goal!

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Reminder that I am doing art for charity incentives to help these funds! Share proof with me that you've donated to any of the funds I've shared in this post or my previous posts tagged with #razz's fundraiser list, and I will draw something for you!

[zukkabigbang2024]

❁ZUKKA BIG BANG 2024❀

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