#large-rayed

[khaotunq]

Khaotung Thanawat as Ray (Only Friends, 2023)

[sollucets]

by popular (@ahxu-laowen) request

[muirmarie]

modern trek erasing mccoy is genuinely my villain origin story

[aro-tarot]

After starting the background from scratch three or four times, I have finally finished a picture of Merlin to use for a custom playmat. Instead of changing the background when I was having a hard time (digital is way harder than watercolor when it comes to making a forest look alright), I just kept trying and finally got it to a point that I liked.

I'm probably going to send in an order tomorrow since I visit the other side of my family tomorrow. Idk if they are going to want one.

(This is also the biggest thing I've made since high school art class since it needed to be for a playmat. Also, click on it to see it better probably.)

[foma-creature]

bark study on 5x7!

[mifithemuffin]

THEM in more decent quality at last!!!!!

[anintelligentoctopus]

He's helping

[pocketgalaxies]

very funny to me that the captions for this ep have to specify every time marisha talks which character she's talking as

[singeratlarge]

Happy Heavenly Birthday to Man Ray (1890-1976), the pioneer of visual art and “found objects.” He was born in American but spent most of his career in Paris, becoming an informal contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements surrounding him. His career intersected with Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, and a hit list of actors, artists, dancers, filmmakers, and musicians. Despite Ray tagging himself as “just a painter,” he produced major works in a variety of media and is best known for his pioneering photography—specially fashion and portrait photography. He is also noted for his work with photograms (photographic images made not with a camera but with light exposure) which he called “Rayographs.” In the 1920s he directed and appeared in a number of avant-garde films, including the 1924 urban fantasy ENTR’ACTE (directed by René Clair). Ray appears with Frances Picabia, playing chess on a chessboard that transforms into a city center with busses and cars. I used this scene in a video for my song “It’s In Your Hands,” with music that quotes heavily from Erik Satie (who also appeared in ENTR’ACTE). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxReq4Xr-U8 Meanwhile, thank you Man for getting us to see the art in everything.

#manray #birthday #visualart #foundobjects #foundthings #Paris #dadaism #surrealism #salvadordali #marcelduchamp #pablopicasso #painter #photography #photogram #rayograph #avantgarde #reneclair #francespicabia #eriksatie #entracte #art #johnnyjblair #gnosseinnes

[wispstalk]

How smelly do you think mercenaries and travelers or laborers get in Tamriel?

Don't get me wrong I love making jokes about medieval serfs that wash their ass once a year but historical hygiene practices aren't as bad as popularly believed. Granted, the average person is going to smell more "human" than we're accustomed to...

Fixed campsites are not just an in-game convenience. Over time camps become established along roadways and, like settlements, usually near a water source. At the very least there will be a spring to refill canteens and do a quick bird bath before hitting the road again.

Workers at labor settlements (mines, logging operations etc) and frequent travelers will carry a compact kit. Here's Tanis's:

Wooden comb. Porous materials like wood, bone, ivory, or horn remove excess dirt and oils from the hair without the hassle of water washing

Troll fat and beeswax salve with redwort and dragon's tongue extracts for cracked skin, cuts and stings, and some minor sun protection

Cedarwood perfume oil for deodorizing and keeping bugs away. Also antimicrobial though it's not described in those terms

Iron nail file and pick

Cloth made from rough and scratchy plant fibers, which exfoliate and remove dirt from the skin

Chewing stick for cleaning teeth. Often taken from olive or orange trees in Cyrodiil and tossed when the end becomes too frayed

Small pouch of fennel seeds for freshening breath (also a good digestive in the mornings)

A little cake of shaving soap stored in a burlap wrap. Shaving is done with his game knife but I ran out of drawing room

[kindaeccentric]

QUANTUM ENTANGLED MCR FOREVER

[makieos]

on sand in that fight scene

and ramblings about why ray is such a great character

i genuinely feel like we have to be watching different shows and it’s starting to slightly bother me. these are just some thoughts on what ive seen said about sand (and ray) in light of the recent episode, specifically the fight scene.

let me start with the following: sand hasn’t ever thought his love was gonna heal ray. i honest to god don’t see how you could ever reach that conclusion. one of the main things about episode 10 is that he’s pushing him to get professional help - he’s under no impression that he could ‘fix’ ray by himself.

‘he made everything about himself during the fight scene’ doesn’t sit right with me at all. saying that he cares about ray is not making everything about himself. it’s just the truth. you’d EXPECT a person to say this when someone’s berating them for not caring, especially if it’s someone they love. saying ‘you think i have no dignity’ isn’t making everything about himself, it’s a reply to ray accusing him of only caring about money. you’d EXPECT a person to be hurt at that kind of comment - to voice it - especially a person like sand, who’s made his stance on money when it comes to his personal relationships clear.

i’ve said this before, but during the fight scene, the worst thing sand did is not explain clearly - saying he was hired but not explaining the context. surprisingly, just like you can see the reasoning behind ray’s actions, empathize with them, you actually CAN see the reasoning behind sand’s too! might be shocking but he’s actually not an asshole just for fun!

i understand being annoyed at sand for not talking. i even understand thinking that maybe there’s something he has to apologize for. but claiming that in his self-centeredness he - and the show - are always making out ray to be the asshole who needs to apologize is almost uncomfortable for me. not only because sand is just… not self absorbed, but also because - and i know some people might not want to hear this - ray HAS been an asshole, and he SHOULD apologize. not just for last episode.

ray’s reaction to finding out sand had ‘duped’ him is so honest that it’s almost devastating in its rawness, in its intensity. his feelings are valid and expected, but your feelings of pain being valid and expected doesn’t ABSOLVE you of being hurtful towards someone else. if you’re an asshole while at an emotional high, you’re not excused for it. you’re not blameless. the right thing to do is apologize.

saying ray’s feelings are being dismissed by the narrative is borderline outrageous to me. in the last scene, his feelings ARE acknowledged, they’re spelled out for the viewer - ‘i was so angry because I care for you’. in the last scene, the viewer is MADE to empathize with ray, to understand him in case they hadn’t just yet. they’re also made to understand that he HAS ultimately made mistakes and most importantly - that he’s sorry for them. that he wants to apologize.

this approach to ray of ‘he’s always made out to be the asshole’ ‘his mistakes are a result of someone else’s goading’ is so reductionist and it bothers me because I feel like it’s a genuine disservice to his character. ray is such compelling character BECAUSE he’s not perfect, not DESPITE it. because he messes up, and he feels things that are painful and reacts to them. because he’s human. his faults are a part of his journey - a part of his recovery. we don’t need to erase them to love him.

[syn4k]

[Video transcript:

Mumbo: I, just recently, have acquired a large amount of knowledge about flowers.

Iskall: There you go!

Mumbo: I still- I wouldn't- I still- I still wouldn't be able to give you my favorite. I mean, it's just so difficult to choose! There's so many good ones! [laughs]

Iskall: Oh, that's a good- that's a good answer.

Mumbo: That's the answer that you-

Iskall: Can you apply that to most weird things when you get weird questions?

Mumbo: Yeyeyeyeah.

Iskall: Let's try it.

Mumbo: What's your favorite serious- serial killer?

Iskall: [wheezing]

/End transcript.]

[fredlikesbreakfast]

i need to go to an aquarium so badly. it's part of my character development arc. pl. please. let me at em.

[last-hourglass]

I'm hopped up on pre-college jitters so here have a sneak peak at chapter 17 of Last Hourglass which I promise definitely exists and hasn't been abandoned

[foma-creature]

First 5x7 from the airshow!