#calm tutorials

[mistlebroom]

Selfmade Candle, video can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qusCFjwmwk&t=1s

[wahhzo]

one of the gang's fondest memories... DIY piercing each other's ears on a random friday

bonus: matt didn't want to risk his ear getting infected.

[iceclew]

Based on B99 being iconic of course.

And the most beautiful Kafka Bride there is. ♡( ◡‿◡ )

Honestly, if that's not romance to you, we will never work out, sorry..

[bonefall]

it is healing to come onto this blog and see basic respect for diasbility after being in other corners of the fandom and reading the words “snowkit could never be a warrior because he wouldnt know what anything is. he wouldnt even know what a clan is because nobody could explain it to him” said in full seriousness

Im..... That statement is so ableist I cannot even imagine the worldview you'd need to have in order to come up with that.

They really think the only way anyone learns anything is through verbal-speaking-words-noises? No one has ever observed something before? Not even once?

This is beyond touching grass, this person just fell out of the fucking Jurassic Period when all they had was ferns and stegosaurs.

I just...

OH YES. I remember my first day of Society Lessons as a hearing person, where the everything was explained to me. Via Audiobook. FIRST they spoke and said, "you are standing on the ground." It was a life changing revelation, and the world began to spin.

But it did not stop.

THEN they said, "there are fingers on your hands." The sensation of flesh and bone crackling into existence is indescribable, but I did not yet know pain, until they told me, "that hurts." I began screaming immediately.

And yet... it continued.

They explained so much. Chairs. Tables. Walls. The sky. Frogs. Ionizing radiation. Breathing. I was told all of it, in one sitting, and only then did I understand. Only when my ears were bursting with normal hearing knowledges, did they begin... my final test.

A strange wall-chair-finger emerged from the sky-of-the-wall, stood on the ground several times, until it was in front of me. A second one came behind it, this one slimmer. The audiobook gave these things names;

Human. Father. Mother. Door. Walking. It was completely impossible to know what these things were until that very moment.

I watch a human dip a hook into water and produce a fish, and I recall my Society Lessons where they called that "fishing." I am decked in the face by a nefarious hooligan, and I have only the audiobook to thank when I know I have been "punched" by a "bad guy." It was only the magic of verbal-speaking-words-noise that made me understand that there are "other people" and that they "do stuff."

Sometimes, even, in "groups."

Before the Society Lessons Audiobook, I knew nothing. I was pure, innocent, uncorrupted by concepts such as "parents" and "door." I am grateful every day that there is no such concept as "being shown things" or "simple logical reasoning" or "looking."

Blessed be those amongst us who escape the horrors of the Society Lessons Audiobook. I pray that you never learn what anything is. Be free! Free as a bird, which also knows nothing and famously cannot learn. 🤗

DEAF/HOH FOLLOWERS I'm losing my mind do you want me to bump a 'Hearing Disabilities Herb Guide' to the top of my priorities? Something you can use to bludgeon whackadoodles like that. This is ridiculous

Obviously not a MEDICINE guide but like; common causes of hearing disability in clan cats. Accommodations for hearing loss vs congenital deafness. Actual difficulties of not having that sense Clan-by-Clan. Debunking of misconceptions like... not being able to learn APPARENTLY.

[dusty-pistol]

A yap on BPD cuz people are a lil dense

Howdy hey! Let's not demonize people with actual disorders! I don't care if you've had bad experiences with people who have BPD! They can't really control themselves, same with people who have autism and adhd and anxiety and depression and literally every other disability and / or mental issue.

Just because someone has BPD doesn't mean you should treat them as less than you for their mood swings and emotional control level. They're not some evil person who's only out to hurt others just because they're havin an episode. You may have gotten hurt by someone who has BPD, but I'm certain they didn't mean to hurt you. If only you didn't lack basic communication skills, then maybe you'd be able to understand that.

If you can't handle those with BPD, then simply don't interact with them. And keep your trap shut when speakin about them cuz you're only makin things worse for YOURSELF if you let your sour attitude linger. You have no right to spew your rancid, abelist nonsense about people you don't even know just cuz you had one bad interaction. No, I will not be takin any criticism on this. This is common sense and basic decency to your fellow man.

Be kind to one another, please... You only have so much time left on this Earth. Don't waste it by bein ignorant and close-minded.

[xponentialdesign]

Working on new iterations from a 2016 trapcodeTAO project file. The same project file that lead to the recording of this youtube tutorial titled: " Let's Create a Scaled Dragon tail loop with Trapcode TAO in After Effects " *archived on @OBJKTcom: " Serpens collum "

[strawberryrockyroad]

If u can't tell... someone is playing totk and in the tutorial area still

[sautethehorrors]

wtf is happening in my youtube recs???

[chiruha]

Forest in the Mist -for piano- [Piano Tutorial] Original Music by Yuria Miyazono from 2nd Full Album "Forest in the Mist"

[chrismho]

if you want to learn how to play calm down by rema on the banjo (clawhammer style) watch this silly little vid!!

[lilithdahobbit]

Stardew Valley having no tutorial is my canon event.

[pinkestsorbet]

People can play games in whatever they like however seeing someone skipping the dialogue does make me a little upset ngl

[paperludus]

Making some cinnamon lavender candles!

[pertinax--loculos]

HOkay. So. Here’s the earth.

Thought I’d do something of a quick update here, just so y’all know what’s going on in my head sorta thing. I may or may not have had a minor breakdown after orientation (for uni) yesterday, so that bodes well (not), but regardless here’s my plan for the foreseeable future:

I’m planning to write whatever it is that takes my fancy.

Technically I have time to write, even looking at my schedule for the upcoming semester. It’s more about whether I’ll have the brainpower to do so. Also I do still want some downtime to passively consume media and relax and all that. So I think the best thing in order to keep some words ticking over is just to write whatever occurs to me, whatever arrests me, whatever makes me go oh, I have GOT to get that down.

Which means I’m not going to be focusing on any one WIP. I’m going to be writing scenes as they occur to me, and it may just be that scene and that’s it, or it may be a series of scenes from something, or it may be something else entirely. I may post excerpts just for funsies, and I’ll probably still try to participate in tag games and whatnot, even though without any consistency I don’t imagine anyone will be particularly invested in anything I’m putting out. But still. Evidence that I’m writing, and all that.

At the moment there’s a few different ideas spinning around my head. I’ve got AAH, the sci-fi horror starring (?) Verreynne and Flack. There’s this weird urban fantasy thing I’ve been weighing up. There’s ___RISK IT. There’s my brand-new brainrot, which is essentially ‘a group of traumatised adult Chosen Ones long after the Final Battle have to get back together to do... something’. There will no doubt be more, if I’m allowing myself to just jump around and create and abandon things all willy-nilly.

This probably goes against the prevalent advice of FINISH THINGS, but also I’m choosing to be kind to myself and give myself the best opportunity to keep creating, even with everything else going on. And I think this is the best way to do it.

So, yeah. Be prepared for some randomness, I guess. :D Hope y’all out there are going well, and as ever feel free to drop by for a chat if you wanna share something! ^_^

[8pxl]

BEGINNERS GUIDE TO BLUESKY

Hiya! Curious about joining bluesky but intimidated by all the features? Already on bluesky but want to learn more? Then welcome to my quick guide on getting started and navigating bluesky!~

What is Bluesky?

it’s a social media site that’s owned by no single person or company. it's aim is to bring back the early days of twitter before bots, elon musk or algorithms took over. Personally I find the site really cozy, wholesome, and engaging. my Bluesky account for example

What’s unique about Bluesky?

→ CUSTOMIZATION: ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎your timeline is very easy to control. There’s tons of options, so be sure to go through each tab in your settings. some options include: turning off autoplay, changing the order in which threaded replies show, changing DM settings, content preferences and lots of visual app settings.

→ MODERATION LISTS: human made, mass blocklists. These are public lists of accounts that when you subscribe to you automatically block or mute everyone in that specific blocklist. A great way to avoid unwanted content, and interactions. ✦ Moderation lists I recommend will be below the cut

→ STARTER PACKS: recommendation lists on who to follow, made by users. You can even curate your own starter pack of recommendations! ✦ Starter pack recommendations will be below the cut

→ FEEDS: public timelines, basically. There are a lot of feeds you can join, or you can even create your own. I made a feed featuring just my pixel art so it doesn’t get cluttered with text posts or other photos in my media tab. ✦ I’ll post feeds I recommend below and link you to a tutorial on how to create your own feed

→ BLOCKING/MUTING: bluesky has a great blocking system. When you block someone they can no longer see, or interact with you. They also have a feature to make your blog inaccessible unless logged in. you can also mute specific people, delete post replies, and even detach your post from a reblog. You can also mute specific words, phrases, tags etc.

→ NSFW: bluesky allows NSFW content, including artwork, porn, lewds etc. They also have a great moderation page to avoid the content completely, censor the content, or show it if you’d wish. ✦ just go to settings > moderation > toggle on NSFW settings and it’ll let you heavily moderate.

→ LABELS: this is a really cool feature on the site, you can subscribe to certain pages that enable a lot of fun/useful labels that help you in different ways! (like pronoun tags, artist tags etc) ✦ Labels to browse will be posted below

→ COMMUNITIES: the vastly diverse communities really feel like the best parts of tumblr. since you can so heavily curate your experience, it can really feel like a calming oasis. Mine is mostly artists, and other creatives.

there’s also a large community of professional artists, art directors, authors, celebrities, and even the best shitposters from twitter. the app really is what you make of it but it’s thriving right now.

RECOMMENDATIONS & LINKS BELOW ⬎

→ MODERATION LISTS:

HATE SPEECH: NAZIS | MAGA | MAGAv2 | MAGAv3 | TRANSPHOBES & HOMOPHOBES | FAR RIGHT | FAR RIGHTv2 | FAR RIGHTv3 | ELON MUSK FANBOYS | ANTI-BLACK | ANTI-VAX

NFT/AI/CRYPTO: MASTERLIST | AI/NFT | AI/NFTv2 | AI FANBOYS | CRYPTO | NFTs

SPAM/SCAMMERS: SPAMBOTS | BOTS | CONTENT SCRAPERS | CONTENT FARMING

✦ to block or mute everyone in the blocklist at once, click subscribe in the top right corner:

→ STARTER PACKS:

ART: PIXEL ART | PIXEL ARTv2 | WOMEN OF PIXEL ART | BADASS DIGITAL ARTISTS | MAGIC THE GATHERING ARTIST | PAINTERS OF BLUESKY | INDIE COMIC CREATORS | LGBTQIA+ COMIC CREATORS | WEBCOMICS ULTIMATE COLLECTION

GENERAL: WOMEN OF BSKY | AUTHORS | LGBTQ NEWS

SHITPOSTERS: JUNIPER | JUNIPERv2 | MASTERLIST | SCIENCE SHITPOSTERS

✦ for more niche starter packs, use the search function. search your specific interest and ‘starter pack’ and you’ll find some!

→ FEEDS:

DISCOVER | WHATS TRENDING | MENTIONS | ART | TRENDING ART

THE GRAM: a timeline for exclusively image posts from those you follow. no textposts etc. ONLYPOST: similar to the gram, it shows a timeline of only those you follow. no reposts, just original posts. 📌: a way to bookmark posts. just reply with the pin emoji.

✦ there’s tons of others feeds as well! just use the feed tab and you can browse feeds or search for specific ones.

✦ TUTORIAL ON HOW TO CREATE A CUSTOM FEED FOR YOUR ART/POSTS

→ LABELS:

SKYWATCH: most popular label. Lots of useful labels!

AI Labels: identifies AI users, can also enable hiding the posters.

Pronouns: self explanatory but useful. can add a badge with your pronouns!

✦ you can search for additional label bots on bluesky!

OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS:

✦ EXPIRIENCE ENHANCING TOOLS RECS ✦ CLEARSKY: TRACK BLOCKS AND BLOCKLISTS ✦ SKYFEED: CREATE CUSTOM FEEDS EASILY ✦ use the block function often. do not entertain trolls or hate speech. ✦ as well as starter packs, there’s also lists! lists can be used in the same way to create curated lists of accounts. it’s a good way to keep track of specific genres of posters you’re interested in, and finding new ones! ✦ hashtags: use them! they’re beneficial in boosting your post. you can even link hashtags in your bio making you easier to find. another method of making you more visible is if you post an ‘interest’ post! basically just type things you’re interested in and it’ll help people find you / vice versa ! ✦ update your profile first thing, like bio avi etc. make a small post so people know you're real. interact and engage! the communities there are so welcoming!

I think that covers abt everything i wanted to cover! Hope this was helpful and thanks for reading lol

[joyfulshopping]

08 - Colouring a Fruit Bowl 🍎🍇🍍 | Fun & Relaxing Colouring Page

#viral #viralshort https://youtube.com/shorts/1I99ESLzI7E

Hello everyone! Today I'm colouring this lovely fruit bowl page from our relaxing colouring book for adults and kids. Colouring is such a pleasant, stress-relieving hobby for children and grown-ups alike! You can colour these pages simply or get creative with textures and shading. Let me know your favourite fruit to colour! And be sure to visit joyfulshopping.co.uk for this and more brilliant colouring books and designs. Happy colouring! ✏️

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