#like uh thanks ig

[daemonhxckergrrl]

just python things. this operation to reverse a number:

rev = int(str(num)[::-1])

is faster than this:

while num >= 1: rev = (rev * 10) + (num % 10) num = int(num/10)

for reversing an integer, because why wouldn't it be lmao

yeah let's just cast to string then chop backwards, and cast back to integer then save as a new variable. i suppose mod is a more expensive operation ??

but yeah it's like roughly 4x faster to use string comprehension.

[thehealingsystem]

nate was really like "GUYS DONT MAKE SLOWED VERSIONS OF MY SONGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'll do it myself :3"

[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.

[ikeasharksss]

hey im curious

feel free to rb & explain your answer in the tags!

[fuumiku]

Happy new year!!

Some doodles I did today to unwind + test a lineart brush

[ohwormwood]

SO WAS NOBODY GONNA TELL ME THAT MY FANART WAS. SHOWN ON THE TAG??? WHEN IT WAS??? TRENDING???????????? HELLO HUH WHAT IS THIS SHIT

[callsign-relic]

another comfort media. crash bandicoot cutscenes

[businesscasualart]

I’m curious if you have any thoughts or headcanons about Onslaught and alcohol. I imagine being a semi-functioning evil team is stressful and if Psimon is chucking everyone’s vapes then cigs and 420 isn’t an option, then alcohol is the second best thing right? Besides drinking together is team building and leads to this wonderful thing called “actually talking about your trauma instead of bottling it up for once”.

AAAA sorry about taking so long to get around to this.

I need to stop checking my inbox until I’m FULLY ready to yap and ramble. I need that lil blue dot reminding me I have asks so bad.

That IS a good question and I’m so flattered that y’all bother with my content. <3 I think they’d be at least somewhat different about alcohol.

(Sorry for any typos in advance, I wrote this mostly at various doctor’s appointments. ALSO. Last thing to apologize for. I’ve never vaped or smoked when I wrote the last part, but I also have never consumed alcohol and that fact may be more evident in this one)

Cw: Alcohol and some references to alcoholism, uh…references to angst but maybe more comfort than angst, kinda all over the place <\3

Okay so, in the beginning, Onslaught was Mostly teens. Psimon was BARELY even old enough to drink in America at the ripe young age of 21, flat. And I thinnkkkkkk Psimon is American? Even if he’s not, it seems the rest of Onslaught is, so I think  Psimon would probably step up and be all “No, no,” confiscate all the bottles and cans and it’d make the teens so mad and indignant. Literal felons are being BABYSAT. Even when they travel where the drinking age is lower. 

But when the teenagers turn old enough to drink, they have a whole little birthday celebration with what they can get, and of course, offer the first taste of alcohol. Their choice for what it is, as long as the team could afford it. Of course, they laugh and tease if they recoil from the taste. 

Most of the team is pretty fond of drinking, usually together. It’s nice bonding.

Devastation is the only exception to the “Psimon Says no alcohol until you’re 21” rule from the beginning. The team can argue “She is LITERALLY one (1) year old” all they want. She is LITERALLY built different, Psimon is fine with her drinking. 

Idk if she particularly has a preference for any kind. She’s probably one of those who subscribe to the belief of “It ain’t right if it doesn’t burn a bit going down”. Wine is probably somewhat…nostalgic. For some reason. Takes her back to someplace she can’t name, someplace she’s never been, but I think that’d be one of the only reasons she might prefer wine. Her taste may be all over. May be whatever’s strong and good. I’m no alcohol savant, what do I know? 

She likes to drink to celebrate and to bond, sometimes to ebb at stress. It takes a LOT to get her drunk, but that’s not gonna stop her from getting drunk when she has the time and money burn on it. She gets drunk and gets even more jovial and warm and open, though she’s usually relatively open. Also, haphazard. She becomes a big fan of violating people’s personal space. Hugs, patting backs, throwing her arm around them, leaning on people shorter than her, etc.

It can annoy a lot of people if she does it too much, Psimon strangely doesn’t seem to mind too much tho…aheem…

Besides that, Psimon’s generally against the team drinking to the point of drunkenness, but there’s little to actually do about it; he struggles to track all of their limits, and when he’s focusing on one, that leaves all the others alone. He tries to avoid getting drunk himself instead. Someone has to stay sober, and his psionic powers don’t mix well with too much alcohol. And he’s the leader. It makes the most sense that it’d be him to keep his wits about him.

The Terror Twins are hearty drinkers; they also can drink a lot and get very warm and jovial when drinking, like Devastation. Any outing to a bar feels celebratory with them. They decided they don’t like to get fully drunk though, not too regularly. First Tuppence decided this, then Tommy when she pointed it out to him. They don’t want to open up more quickly than they intend. Psimon can relate to that, so he defends them when they drop out. That doesn’t stop them from having fun with everyone else though, or helping when things get bad. They’re usually decent at opening up on their own time anyway. 

Shimmer and Mammoth like to follow Psimon’s lead and keep excess drinking to a minimum. A couple of shots, a glass or maybe two, it really depends on what it is, but that’s it. Mammoth can take more than his sister, just by merit of him being so much larger, but he doesn’t like the taste of alcohol at all while his sister does. However, the second either of them get any kind of buzz ebbing at their senses is the second they quit. 

If they’re found sitting down and downing drinks, something is wrong. They’d only let go so much if they’re trying to drown their problems. Then, they can use some company. Someone lending an ear to their sorrows doesn’t sound half bad. 

If another team member is in a similar situation and needs someone to simply sit next to them and just be, or listen, Baran and Selinda are quick to be there for them.

Junior drinks for fun, he’ll seize any opportunity to drink. That man is getting “Krunk” as the kids say. He doesn’t know his limits and if he did, there’s no telling if he’d actually adhere to them. He WILL blackout if no one keeps an eye on him. He will be puking in the trashcan. The rest of the team has to steer him away from opportunities to drink lest he develop alcoholism at the tender age of 5-minutes-into-being-able-to-legally-drink. 

His mood becomes turbulent and fragile. He’ll typically be happy, loud, reckless, aggressive; but at the mention of the wrong thing or at the sight of something that takes him way back, he can breakdown rather easily. It’s actually pretty common for his drunken stints, when they get out of hand, to end in tears. Junior has to be one of the least repressed members of Onslaught, due in no small part to moments like these; where he lets his emotions run rampant and they go down a bad path. 

He’d expect ridicule, but Onslaught is actually very sympathetic to his struggles and complaints, whatever they may be. He can air his dirty laundry as much as he wants with little to no judgement, something he’s not used to. Once he starts, it’s hard to stop, but the team will listen until the end and it’s something he’s really grateful for. Despite being a troublemaker and general criminal, he tries to pay the team’s kindness towards him forward as much as he can.

If Psimon does end up drinking to lose his troubles, he usually does it alone, when everyone else is asleep. Or at least when he thinks everyone else is asleep. Sometimes someone will wander about looking for a late night snack or a glass of water, or even search for him himself. He dislikes being caught like that, dislikes not being so impervious and put-together for the team. 

Without fail, they’ll sit with him awhile. They’ll ask, they’ll listen, they’ll joke or comfort or sit in silence. Psimon will wither in place or try to get them to leave him be, but they’re a stubborn lot. They’re far from the most “upstanding” of company, but they treat him with the same care, empathy, and concern he tries to treats them with; and Psimon finds afterwards that, despite not enjoying being caught in a state of weakness or forced to open up, he wouldn’t have rather it have gone any other way.

[seventh-district]

not even gonna tag this properly bc i don't wanna get Involved but i do have some Thoughts i need to get out into the void so here we go

(aaa quick edit: CW for mention/discussion of Boothill leaks)

[overcaffeinated-aro]

I got an email from my grandpa today and all the draft responses I’ve been working on in my head sound like an 18th century letter that’s going to have to travel for months to reach him.

pandemic year 5 really has me feeling like me and a very small handful of people I know are living on an entirely different plane of existence than everyone else

[deus-ex-mona]

kawaikute gomen and sukicchuno really would’ve been fun beatmaps on honeypre…

[altruistic-meme]

IF ANYONE WANTS TO HEAR BLUE'S NIGHTLY 9-10PM CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GHOSTS, HERE YOU GO:

(you will need to turn up your sound but don't worry, even on full blast it is not nearly as loud as it is in person)

yes the video is pitch black, that is because I am laying in bed due to the fact it is 9-10pm at night and I am trying to sleep. yes when I say nightly I mean this happens every single night without exception. yes the video is in fact a lot quieter than it is in person, it doesn't quite get across how obnoxious this is.

photos of the offending criminal:

[thenamessparkplug]

love this website <33

(its here if you wanna give it a shot)

[flovverworks]

"its just like cain when he rides a horse" CAIN RIDES HORSES ? AND MITILE HAS SEEN IT??????

[thedemisapphic]

Hi!

So, making posts on my phone isn't working right now, but I've started a gofundme to help my get my first car. I'll explain more in a post tomorrow when it isn't midnight, but could y'all please interact with it so more people can know about it? I don't know many people, so I'm relying on others to help spread this to their own circles and communities and what have you. I have plans to get a job to start saving soon anyway, but it's really stressful and I'm very overwhelmed. I don't want to land myself in a nervous breakdown, so I'm getting help where I can to help make this transition in my life easier for me to navigate, though fully prepared to navigate hell. I looked at local job listings earlier today and filtered through 32 pages until I found 13 that I like. Tomorrow I make a resume, and then I'm seeking out support from a local place that helps people get jobs. It's truly amazing and I think will make this that much easier for me so I'm not a clueless little baby-adult.

Reblogs, likes, comments, sharing the gofundme link, whatever. I'm truly grateful to whatever y'all do to try to help me, and I hope to get enough support for me to comfortably get everything ready for when I move out in March next year.

My Nana was pretty iffy about the idea of me starting a gofundme, and gave me vibes like she thought we were better than beggars. Well, cheers to her, now she just won't know about it. Good job, Nana -.-" But that also means I can't really share this with family, because I do NOT need a bunch of people telling me "oh that's a bad idea" right now. I don't think I'd feel comfortable asking family for money anyway. Which is weird because I think the opposite is true for most people. But they can't give me anything anyway so eh. I'm just trying my best, life is hard and I just nervously started doing laundry because I couldn't sleep. And now here I am!

I'm going to watch some asmr videos and hopefully get some sleep amidst the oppressive clammy heat in my room right now but be on the lookout for that post! I'll make it tomorrow, and I'll also add a link to it to my masterpost so y'all can find it in the event it gets buried. bye bye and thank you <3

[o-i-w-u]

silly smear frames (?) i find funny/cute :D

startin off with the first one- uhm uh you uh,, perce' you good?

shit shes been turned into a mound o' hair

i also find this similar one silly :3

what has he seen...?

i have nothing to say about this he just looks like a disgusting rat man. (/aff)

okie time for the cute captures :3c

guh- (ILOVETHISWOMANGAHAHAAAAAHHHLOOKLOOKLOOKKKK)

she look :Dc

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I LOVE YOU YOUR SO FRIEND SHAPED !!