#improve your photos

[juniestar]

Why are so many dudes not talented or funny? if you ask them “what’s your passion” it’s like “making that dough” okay NO what are you GOOD AT? ALL these men have is THEIR MUSTACHES!

[susanaesono]

M'bolani!!! Every step counts.

[charrchan]

I've been reading The First Leaves That Fall by @c-l-y-d-e and it's so good!! I'm not quite caught up yet but I'm enjoying it so much!

Instrument: RAV Vast B Onoleo

SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

Time to ramble about the song! I read chapter 5 yesterday and kept thinking about the scene where Yugi gets lost in the forest and asks the spirit to lead him out. So, when playing my RAV Vast I took inspiration for an improv piece that I then tried to replicate to record. :)

I used only 7 of the 9 notes, specifically because I wanted to stick to the notes I can use on my drum to play the traditional Japanese song "Sakura Sakura" (it's in a slight different key but you can certainly recognise the tune!). I thought it would be a nice nod to the story's setting and themes. You can here me go up the scale at a couple points! :) It's certainly not a traditional Japanese scale but it's the closest I can get on my drum. I wanted to have a repeating downwards scale with some mild clashing to show how Yugi was probably feeling a little panicked as the sun went down, even as the spirit leads him out he's probably still quite unsettled. I made some tapping noises to hint towards the sound of the spirit's sandles as he walks.

I tried to mix it as best I could but tongue drums are kinda hard to record. ^^; Overall, I think this piece could use some polishing but I'm just here to have fun. :)

I'm excited to read more of this fic!!!! :D

[dazzelmethat]

Color and shading study. On an elevator. We go on the elevator together.

[xaturrn]

[lizasim]

Yoshi-kun and Kaito are making taiyaki!💕✨️

Today on the menu is taiyaki with custard and ice cream!

Since Miku and Len won't let him eat in peace, Yoshi will happily start working miracles in the kitchen. In exchange, he'll just need an extra pair of hands.

And also a silly sketch, heh😋✨️

[syrupbitee]

ONE YEAR DIFERENCE!!!??!?@?@?!!? JEROEN LOOKS PRETTIER NOW AINT WAY

[daddyricsdoll]

[tenderlady]

No class of person more important and spiritually necessary than small-town, red state goths. Went to the store mildly high to get some stuff and spent most of my trip feeling like everyone there wanted to stone me to death only to end up behind a girl in black lipstick and a chain belt and was overcome with an incredible sense of transcendent peace. Bless you.

[kankuroplease]

Hey. I am a beginner in the art of drawing slash sketching. I was wondering if it would be okay if I trace your artwork or use it as an example. If not, that’s fine.

I will never say tracing is okay if you’re uploading the work.

There’s a number of reasons for that with the biggest one being tracers rarely credit the artist they’re tracing from and the minor one being tracing = tracing mistakes too. Which how is one going to learn from a mistake they don’t know is a mistake?

[ilovejoyjessie]

Shaking the Tree - An Introspective Exercise

"Hidden Figures" bares all in more than just the literal sense. Along with being a cathartic piece to work through my complex feelings about existing in the Seattle area, it also morphed into a project that challenged me to peel back my layers, a chance to show where the visions in my mind can go with just my body as the instrument to paint the picture. No fancy styling or special props; no studio sets or characters to hide behind - it is both literally and figuratively a stripping down to my bare artistic roots and basics.

.

After winning my first award for my photo work - a Juror’s Choice Award at the '22 Seattle Erotic Arts Festival - I was so proud of myself and my dedication to creating for getting myself to that accomplishment...but soon to follow the achievement was that big thoughts artist question:

.

........................"Well shit - how do I top myself now?” 

.

Afraid of stagnating, sophomore slumping, or becoming complacent, I wanted to push my work and creativity to another level but wasn’t sure exactly how. So I thought to look at the building blocks and hallmarks of past successfully delivered pieces with the goal of figuring out how I could further squeeze those strengths, shake their tree and see what dropped down:

Strong concepts and characterizations, expressiveness, bold posing choices and the understanding that sometimes the small details make the biggest impact... . What could I do to push the abilities and processes I’d been honing these past few years?

.

A few months after this creative self inventory, the Hidden Figures concept started to take shape. And as I took note of which sculpture pieces elicited emotional reactions from me, took note of the pieces I saw myself interacting with - as the deeper cathartic exercise of the project came into focus - I also realized that the park could be an ideal setting to challenge myself, my creative direction, and the building block strengths I had identified.

.

Could I apply my storytelling, cathartic expression vision to a setting and scene that I did not create myself? Could I make the points I wanted to speak to come through without loud accoutrements and replications? Could I express my inner feelings and experiences clearly between the pieces with just the expressions on my face and the shapes I made with my body? Could I and my little messages stand out in - even as I sought to blend into - the landscapes of these iconic giants?

.

With my missions in mind, the time for pondering questions under the tree had past. Standing beneath it, on an early summer morning, it was now my chance to pursue its fruits.

+ photographed by @skyclad.studio (ig) // website

[lunarsapphism]

.

[ruffboijuliaburnsides]

I miss film cameras. 😭

Gay Son Thot Daughter

June 30, 2024

Location: San Francisco, California

[moreover-clover]

Tag yourself! I'm somewhere between F1 and F2!!

!!!EDIT!!! Plz read before sending hate:

Look, I genuinely get that this graph doesn't have every gender on it. I know that it is labeled weird, I know that female & male and nonbinary/genderqueer & agender are on opposite sides of the chart. I know that this isn't inclusive to xenogenders, bigender, genderfluid, and a bunch of other genders. I know that people are upset about male being blue and female being pink. I know this graph is not inclusive for every gender out there. I really really do. I never claimed that it had all genders. Hell, I didn't even say it was a great graph! This photo is a screenshot of someone's random Twitter post that I found on pinterest and thought was neat. It was my first time seeing a gender graph that was something more besides male and female and it made me excited. I just wanted to share it with others. If it doesn't fit you, just say so. If your gender isn't on there, just say so. If you want to say how it could be improved or critique it's flaws, then by all means please do so! I have enjoyed scrolling through and seeing all the reblogs and people educating me and sharing better graphs. I love the discussions! I love the battleship and bingo jokes/games that have started. But I would really really appreciate if people would stop sending hate and shaming me for a graph I didn't even create. I am really really sorry for anyone I offended or hurt, it was NOT my intention. That is never my intention. I genuinely didn't think this post would even get more than like 5 likes, I was just sharing something that I thought was neat....

[ihavebeesinmybrain]

such weird behavior to have filters on every photo on your dating profile. like why would you announce to everyone you’re interested in possibly dating that your self esteem is super low? because it’s not 2016. snapchat filters aren’t new and novel. we aren’t all taking every single photo of ourselves with the snapchat camera. if you have filters in every picture, that is an intentional decision, and it’s so bizarre. if you don’t even want potential dates to fully know what you look like, hey, maybe you’re not in a place to be dating! maybe there’s some internal work that needs to be done first!

[xaturrn]

Upon first glance these may not seem to go together, but this almost perfectly sums up how I’ve been feeling about my spirituality lately. I just wish I had a chair like that and space for it!