#fuckin new guy

[jenthebug]

@gettingbuilt-likebigbarda selfie challenge Day 20!

Fuckin New Guy got fired!! 🎉🎉🎉

And as a bonus, he hasn't contacted me, despite having my cell number! I'll block him if he does make contact.

Unfortunately, it's busy enough that there should be two people at the desk at all times. With only one receptionist, that's kinda hard. My partner today was the Practice Manager, my boss! So there was no freaking downtime.

But it was so worth it.

She's quiet.

And she doesn't suck.

[pinacoladamatata]

blink and you'll miss it moments around skyhold....

[bixels]

Jesus man, relax.

[ricky-mortis]

Ok but Agent Curt Mega with long hair though?

[seafoamsol]

Hey, different post than usual, but this is just a PSA for people who may follow or have purchased anything from @/kagebros, or are looking to join any of the zines run by them @/allsparkzines. They have a history (and present) of tracing for profit.

I don’t think this one requires an overlay. It’s a trace of the yolopark bumblebee shockwave model kit promotional image, as a “sketch”.

Which they changed, once people noticed it! Changed most of it. They traced a different promotional image for the gun, which remained largely the same, even in the final piece (right).

Their matching Optimus Prime poster is a trace of the still from a [ Paramount promo video ], 36 seconds in.

There are several other examples that I can’t fit into this post without making it overly long, but if you have purchased or have been gifted anything from them, there is a chance it has been traced.

Regarding tracing as a tool:

Go hogwild! Trace all you want! Tracing is a very useful tool for learning shapes and forms, but like any other tool, it’s only useful if you use it correctly. The ultimate goal of tracing is to understand. It’s training wheels. Just don’t hide and lie about it, because as soon as you do, it becomes plagiarism.

Even within the finished versions of the Shockwave poster, it’s still clear where parts have been traced or copied without understanding. It’s a shame, because transformers as a franchise having so many toys makes it very easy to make references!

Here's an example of how I use them:

Luckily for me, the Cybertron toys and models are more or less exactly the same. I don't own the toys, so I have two images from a [ toy reviewer ] on top. Many angles to help me understand exactly what's happening. Granted, I could just ask my friend who does own the toy for him in the same pose, but tracing over that directly would make it too stiff and it wouldn't mesh with my style.

TL;DR: Kage traces, blindly and without disclosure, for profit.

[lonely-fried-art]

let’s go to the beech eech….. ninki minjaj

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

everyone gaze upon them

[latenightsundayblues]

Billy's way of showing affection is a bit... Unorthodox.

(it will happen again)

Stu is probably way more pleased about the discovery than any other sane individual would be

[secondbeatsongs]

when you're into the Big Ship™ in a Big Fandom™, you have the luxury of having an OTP - a real One True Pairing, where you can read about just them for ages, and you will never run out of fics, and everything is perfect and beautiful and nothing hurts

but when you go to a smaller fandom, you'd better pray to whatever god you worship that someone else in this room ships the same thing that you do, and that if they do, they're writing more than late-night crackfic, because you're on thin fucking ice!

and how small is your small fandom? is it less than 100 fics? maybe even...less than 20 fics?

welp, then it's time to make peace with that god and either open up a text document or learn how to ship everything, because it's swim or drown babey! and your ship is sinking fast

anyway all of this is to say that after hanging out in small fandoms and shipping less-common pairings for a while, going back into a Big Huge Fandom™ is wild because suddenly it's like...wait, why didn't I ship these people again? I don't remember. why was I only sticking to one ship in this fandom?? boring of me, honestly. these guys should make out.

[luck-of-the-drawings]

IM SO IN LOVE WITH VAMPIRES!! and boy do i love THE SUCKENING!! VERY excited to see the misadventures of sad wet cat, sharp angry cat, and the COOLEST cat i ever did see

[jenthebug]

Selfie challenge Day 16 for @gettingbuilt-likebigbarda !

It's hoodie time because I'm cold 🥶

🎶 There's gonna be work drama 🎶

🎶 And I'm involved 🎶

The MA has asked me to email her whenever fuckin New Guy does anything unprofessional, so I've been diligently complying.

Today, he got into an intensely personal conversation with a patient on the phone, talking weight and body image and saying shit like "all women worry about their weight" and "Jen worries about her weight" (I never said that at work! 💢) and telling stereotype-riddled stories about the women in his life. I passed that along.

So the MA went on the warpath and told the boss, who's gonna have a chat with fuckin New Guy, who will surely figure out that the only person who can hear his phone conversations is me. And that'll be a fun confrontation.

Still, like I told him today, this is miniature stress. Nobody dies. We're not responsible for moving hundreds of thousands of dollars. Sometimes people speak to us with frustration, but that's just a consequence of being human.

[reds-skull]

I'm researching Scottish mythology for the Cyberknights AU, and I was skimming through the wiki entry for the Glenmasan manuscript (I'd tell you what it is, but I haven't actually finished reading yet), when I read this sentence

Like what are the fucking chances

[humblepoet26]

There is literally nothing interesting about this photo, I honestly just wanted to show off my comfy new blanket 🤭

[ricky-mortis]

Curtwen Week Day 6: Happy Ending

[front-facing-pokemon]

[historixally-accurate]

I've been you, I know you, your facade is a scam / you know youre making me cry, this is the way that I am