#desciption

[prinnay]

Telekinesis

[cepheusgalaxy]

Easy IDs to do for beginners

[Plain text: Easy IDs to do for beginners /end PT.]

Disability Pride Month is here! And as so I think it'd be neat to incentive people to describe more images, as advocacy for acessibility.

But I get it that describing images (visual stuff) with *your own words* may seem a bit challenging, specially if you've never done that before, so I decided to gather some easy things you can describe to start!

1 - Text transcripts

What is a text transcrip? A text transcript is when you have an image whose only component is text, and you take the text from it and write it out for the people who for whatever reason can't acess the image themselves (like if they are blind and use a text-to-speech device to read what's on the screen for them and therefore can't recognize the text of an image, people with low vision that can't see average-sized text and configure theirs to display text in a bigger font, which doesn't work on images and it's too tiny for them to read...). An example of text transcript:

[ID: Text: An adult frog has a stout body, protruding eyes, anteriotly-attached tongue, limbs folded underneat, and no tail (the tail of tailed frogs is an) /end ID.]

(this is from the Wikipedia page on frogs.)

Text transcripts are easy to do because you only have to take the already existing text from an image and type it out. For longer text-only images, you can also use a text recognition AI tool, such as Google Lens, to select the text from you and then you just have to copy and paste it into the description.

2 - Memes

Despiste what you may think, most memes (specially 1-panel memes) are incredibly easy to describe, because they come from a well-known template. Take this one for an example:

[ID: The "Epic Handshake" meme. One of the people in the handshake is labelled "black people", and the other is labelled "tall people". The place where they shake hands has the caption "constantly being asked if you play basketball". /end ID.]

They are easy to describe because despiste having many elements, you can easily sum it all up in a few words, like "the loss meme", "the is this a pigeon meme", the "bernie sanders" meme, and so on. When you describe memes, you don't have to worry about every single detail, (@lierdumoa explains this better on this post) but only about 'what makes this meme funny?' If you are describing one, just describe which is the meme you're talking about, and how it differs from its template, like the captions or anyone's face that may have been edited in.

3 - One Single Thing

Images with "one single thing" are, I think, the easiest thing to describe on the world. When you describe things, what you're supposed to do is "describe what you see". If there's only one thing to see, then you can easily describe it! Quick example:

[ID: A banana. /end ID.]

See?

You could also describe this image as "a single yellow banana in a plain white background", but this extra information is not exactly important. One knows a banana is yellow. That is not unusual, and neither that nor the color of the background change anything in the image. So in these types of descriptions, you can keep things very short and simple, and deliver your message just as well.

An exception would be something like this:

[ID: A blue banana. /end ID.]

In this case, where there is something unusual about the object, describing it will be more useful. When you say "banana", one would assume the banana is yellow, so to clarify, you say that this specific banana is blue.

When you have other situations where your One Single Thing is unusual in some way, like a giant cat, a blue banana, or a rotten slice of bread, pointing out what their unusual characteristic is is the best way to go.

3.5 - A famous character of person

This one is actually similar to the One Single Thing type of ID. When you are describing, say, a random person or an oc, you'd want to describe things like their clothes, their hair color, etc., but in the case of an already well-known figure, like Naruto or Madonna, just saying their names delivers the message very well. Like this for example:

[ID: Taylor Swift, singing. /end ID.]

or

[ID: Alastor from Hazbin Hotel, leaning on his desk to pick up a cup. /end ID.]

In both of these cases, you technically could describe them as "a blonde woman with light skin...", "a cartoon character with animal ears and a suit..." but you will be more straight to the point if you just say "Taylor Swift" and "Alastor". In these cases, it's usually very useful to describe what they're doing as well, like "singing" and "leaning on his desk to pick up a cup", or whatever else.

An extra tip I can give you to describing characters in specific, is to point out if they are wearing anything different. With most cartoon characters, they usually have a signature outfit and hairstyle, that one would expect them to be in. So, similarly to the blue banana case, if they are wearing a different thing than they usually do, it comes in handy to state that in your description. Like this:

[ID: Sakura from Naruto wearing a nurse outfit. /end ID.]

Sakura's usual outfit is not a nurse one, so since she is wearing one, pointing it out is very helpful.

The last tip I have for describing characters is pointing out which franchise they are from. For example, if I just said "Sakura", you'd probably assume it was this one, since she is famous, but you wouldn't be able to be sure, because how many Sakuras are out there? So, saying "Emma from the X-Men" and "Emma from The Promised Neverland" is gonna be very helpful.

Helpful resources and final considerations:

A masterpost I did with many tutorials and tips for doing image descriptions in general

Why are image descriptions important (even for sighted people)?

And a few tips about formatting:

Putting "id" and "end id" at the start and at the end of your description is gonna help the people reading it to know where the description starts and where it ends, so they don't read, say, your caption, and think you are still talking about your description

Customized fonts, colored text, italics, bold text or tiny text aren't things you should do your ID in. Most customized fonts are pretty hard to understand, and most text-to-speech devices can't recognize them. Tiny text is hard to see for people who need big fonts, and italized text faces the same issue because it makes the words smaller. Full lines or paragraphs of colored text can cause eyestrain when people try to read them, and bolded text makes the edges of the words too close together and can make it even harder to read for people who have trouble reading already.

And that's it! Happy describing, folks!

[flickrsticks]

I had nostalgia— I'VE MADE A CONNECTION

I love these two so much, I can't believe it.

[theyhitthepentagon]

at fight attack @longelk

[blauelster]

We did learn History that's why we're Criticising Israel

[Id:"A Tumblr Post of inklingm8 saying "Why can't people learn jewish and Israeli History before criticising our Right to our homeland"."Id end]

[kairos-polaris]

my mom did a tarot reading about my soulmate and she said i have two and one is a man i don't know yet 😔idk how to feel about it

[trifoliate-undergrowth]

wuh oh I'm on an indie fragrance kick again! anyway. environmental storytelling spotted here

you just know some pickle hater bought the Dill Pickle Scent and then contacted the store like WHY DOES IT SMELL LIKE PICKLES!!! ONE STAR!!!!

[laugtherhyena]

Finally past this "bump" on the chapter 21 writing road or whatever you wanna call it

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

My Throat An Open Grave

YA paranormal/folk horror

about a girl who lives in a small religious town who fear a child-stealing lord of the forest

when her baby brother is taken on her watch, she’s forced to cross the river to the woods and get him back

but when she arrives she finds that the lord is not what she expected - and she can get her brother back in exchange for composing a song. but as weeks go by, hidden secrets and memories are uncovered

[famouslysleepy]

i think in all likelihood, if anyone (beside my heavily biased twin) had actual problems working with me, i’m willing to bet in reality its probably going to be a couple of relatively minor issues at best, that my sister’s heavily prejudiced view of me blew embarrassingly out of proportion.

i’m currently feeling uncharitable enough, that if this is the case, i hope she ends up shooting her own reputation in foot somehow for acting so blatantly and embarrassingly immature.

maybe her stupid golden child mentality will finally get a proper reality check for once

[dokjaism]

i saw a job on the british council but i got SO overwhelmed by the applying website that i gave up lmao

[jojea]

when you finish reading what is quite possibly the best and longest fic of your life and you just sit there like

[vickysaurus]

I finished Gideon the Ninth and holy shit was it amazing. I think of all the twists in the book, my favourite was the fact that Protesilaus was literally just fucking dead the whole time. It's a bit less silly and more grim with the additional twist at the ending, but when I first got to the reveal, I had a great time going back to earlier descriptions of Protesilaus and laughing at how incredibly obviously this man is just a corpse standing around doing nothing but the most basic brainless zombie actions.

There are just so many moments of him awkwardly staring into space, presumably with his tongue just about to loll out. I get the impression that if his necromancer didn't manage him as closely as she does, he would just end up in a random corridor gently bumping into a blank wall repeatedly.

[pluggedintosaverockandroll]

afandomplace -> pluggedintosaverockandroll

[dawnleaf37]

imouttaaaaaaaaaa my mind ?????

[mysticonsheadcanons]

Mysticons Fan Season 6 Episode 6: Former Friends

The Mysticons are visiting Em's family. Just as they are about to leave, a female dwarf comes up and hugs Em, who shyly hugs back, surprising the Mysticons. The dwarf introduces herself as Kathra Borunn, and says that she and Em were friends back when Em lived in Rudick's Hollow, and Em says they were. She says that her dad heard Em and the Mysticons were in town, and invited them for a sleepover. Em says that they didn't prepare to spend the night, but Kathra promsies to have everything they need.

They go to the house, and everyone is having fun. Kathra is making jokes about how shy Em was back when they first met, including telling the Mysticons how Em cried the first time she had to read in front of the class. She says that Em became more confident and can even joke about it, and looks at Em before asking if she's still fine with it. Em says that she is, but Zarya is unsure. She pulls Em to the side and asks, but Em, not wanting to ruin the night for the others, who are having fun, says that she's fine, promising to have learned her lesson about bottling things in from the incident with the Vex-Away. Em goes back to join the party, but Zarya is unsure.

Piper is the first one awake, and sees some orcs from Kymraw's gang gathering mining materials and tells the others. Em points out that there are strict limits about who can mine in the caves, as they ensue mining is done safely and done in a responsible way, so all the resources don't dry up quickly. Kathra's dad, who is Herrick, comes down, and Kathra introduces him as the head of the mine before suggesting that they go for a walk. Arkayna tells him about the orcs, and Herrick admits that he never approved them being in the mine. He asks the Mysticons if they can stop Kymraw, and the Mysticons agree to do so. They leave, and Kathra is clearly unhappy. She tells her dad that she is going for a walk by herself.

They go into the cave the orcs went in, but Em accidently trips over a wire, causing an axe to swing from side to side. They manage to get through it, and Em apoligizes for setting the trap off in the first place. The others reassure her it's fine. Sharise sees Em walking behind everyone, and asks if she's fine, as Em was apoligetic for the trap, even for her. Em thinks for a moment and was about to tell her what's going on, but hears shouting echoing from far ahead in the cave, and decides to go.

Just as they are about to reach where the shouting was, Kathra reveals that she was following them, and tells them to stop. Zarya refuses, as Kymraw's a real threat, and Em asks Kathra why she wants them to stop, as her dad owns the mine. Kathra reveals that Kymraw part of the money for helping with the mine, and that, since she planned on framing Malachite for it, as he's more believable as a double crosser than the head's teenage daughter, it would work. She tells Em that, if she doesn't convince the Mysticons to leave, she'll tell them about Em's darkest secret. Arkayna, wanting to protect Em's privacy but knows Em wouldn't want to betray her dad, tells the other Mysticons that they're going, and leads them away. As they leave, Kathra tries to reveal the secret, but Piper intentionally sings loudly to intrurrupt her.

They go, and see Kymraw and the orcs taking a rare mineral from the mine. A fight ensues, and as Kymraw and the orcs are about to lose, they drill a hole in the wall, giving a seperate way for them to escape. However, this destabilizes the wall, and it begins to crumble.

The Mysticons hurry to escape, and they see Kathra along the way. Despite how she treated her, Em makes sure that Kathra gets out of the cavern safely, even using her shield to protect Kathra from falling debris. Kathra refuses to thank Em for it, and says that the Dragon Disk made a mistake choosing her as a Mysticon. Herrick comes, and when it's revealed that Kathra helped Kymraw by telling the troll about the abandoned mine site, Herrick grounds Kathra.

As the Mysticons return home, the others apoligize to Em about not realizing how mean Kathra was, and Piper asks why she never told them about Kathra. Em reveals that she and Kathra were friends, and she didn't realize how bad of a friend Kathra was until she met Arkayna and the others, and realized what a true friend is like. She wanted to give Kathra one more chance to redeem herself, which is why she initally agreed to the sleepover, and that she noticed how much fun everyone was having.