#not that old anyway

[echidna-enquiries]

Iris: I’m curious, do you all have any good stories or memories of your partners? My Guardians tend to keep their relationships close guarded… but sometimes I catch a glimpse of family photos and can’t help but smile at the sweetness of it. 

Hadar: (The spotted echidna soon approached, a framed picture in his hand as he kept it close to himself) I think I'd like to share a bit about mine... Here she is. (He turns the framed picture around to Iris, showing a very old photo in the frame. Still black and white. It had tall, beautiful woman with her arms wrapped around a much more youthful looking Hadar)

Hadar: Her name was Dona. She came from a massive family that initially was off island, they moved to Angel Island just a few years before she was born. We met as children-very young. Ever since I could remember she was fearless and-and very vocal. I still remember one of the first things she said to me 'You're small and weird. I like you. We're friends' she said, not really knowing how to speak full English at that point. (he giggles softly)

Hadar: She was always bigger than me. She was tall, and it didn't help I've always been... sm-small. And I guess in her mind, I was tiny and needed to be protected. Quite a few times I recall when jerks would try to pick on me. She'd be screaming and-and kicking at them the minute she saw I was in distress. (He chuckles at the memory) I think as I got older I kinda realised I-...I really liked her but I-I-I didn't think I was her type or... at all in her league. I just thought she was so beautiful and confident and she deserved someone a-amazing. I didn't think I anywh-at-... Ugh (he stops in the midst of hi stuttering) I didn't think I was good for her! But... apparentl, long ago she decided liked me... Wished she would've told me sooner... (he makes a face, probably a very awkward confession scene replaying in his mind) Hadar: Her family was thrilled to have me be apart of it, they always liked me and wer-were very friendly with my Dad. Even her brothers, who were kinda as-... jerks to me but according to them, they were just 'hazing' me... (He rolls his eyes at the memory. Huffing a little.) Dona was not happy about that but the rest of the family were lovely. They loved having huge celebrations, full of singing and dancing an-and all that. By the end of the wedding night, my legs were so sore trying to keep with up with Dona and her family. Dona loved to dance of course, she instructed dancing actually. That was her job.

Hadar: Umm. What else? Um... Well. O-One thing I'd never forget is the little nickname she had for me, when we started dating. She started calling me her uh 'pequeño rey' and for the longest time, nor her or her whole family would tell me what it meant. Just made faces at eachother or la-giggled at me... Only when I started to learn her language did I find out it meant. 'Little King'. (he smiled at the picture)

Hadar: Something else she loved to do was she loooooved to tease me. I know I'm a little uh... easily flustered. E-Excuse me if this is a bit inappropriate to say but it's humorous. Sometimes if she really wanted attention from me. She'd just walk into whatever room I was in... (he stops, already giggling and trying to compose himself to answer) com-completely topless or at some points, naked, acting like nothing was unusual. (he snickers) And of course, I would shriek in response to suddenly seeing her body. Screaming at her what on earth she was doing. She'd always get a laugh out of my reactions. Dona would always do things like that. She'd shove my face in her chest, she'd straddle me when I'm trying to do anything sitting down, and when i started to learn her language she would whisper to most LEWD things to me! (he chuckles again, and sighs lovingly)... I never was angry at her for her teasing. It was in good fun, besides, I had my moments to tease her... n-not often but- occasionally.

(Hadar sighs deeply, taking a moment to look at the photo again, stroking a hand over Dona's face)

Hadar: I do miss her... a lot. I do sometimes I wish I had a chance to... (his smile fades suddenly as he looks down) Uh... sorry. I shouldn't get into that. I-I-I've spoken enough. Sorry about. (he chuckles nervously)

[s0up1ta]

toxic yaoi or something idk i haven't watched gravity falls

[eosofspades]

i didn't have "i'm broken" teenage asexual angst i had "i'm literally being the only reasonable one about this concept and the rest of you are behaving like fucking freaks" perception issues

[doccywhomst]

[hinamie]

10 years later

[cryptocism]

"just as I did, in 1983."

you'd never know my favourite parts of the show are the fucked up insane bits when my first instinct is to draw the cheesiest thing imaginable

[possessedpasm]

Something I try to keep in mind when making art that looks vintage is keeping a limited color pallette. Digital art gives you a very wide, Crisp scope of colors, whereas traditional art-- especially older traditional art-- had a very limited and sometimes dulled use of color.

This is a modern riso ink swatch, but still you find a similar and limited selection of colors to mix with. (Mixing digitally as to emulate the layering of ink riso would be coloring on Multiply, and layering on top of eachother 👉)

If you find some old prints, take a closer look and see if you can tell what colors they used and which ones they layered... a lot of the time you'll find yellow as a base!

Misprints can really reveal what colors were used and where, I love misprints...

Something else I keep in the back of my mind is: how the human eye perceives color on paper vs. a screen. Ink and paint soaks into paper, it bleeds, stains, fades over time, smears, ect... the history of a piece can show in physical wear. What kind of history do you want to emulate? Misprinted? Stained? Kept as clean as possible, but unable to escape the bluing damages of the sun? It's one of my favorite things about making vintage art. Making it imperfect!

You can see the bleed, the wobble of the lines on the rug, the fading, the dirt... beautiful!!

Thinking in terms of traditional-method art while drawing digital can help open avenues to achieving that genuine, vintage look!

[wheatormeat]

Til Death Do Us Part

this is also up on inprnt

[lgbtlunaverse]

Obsessed with characters who portray themselves as worse than they are. Who are lying to everyone including themselves about it. People generally assume if someone's lying about themselves they're trying to look better but sometimes they're trying to look worse. They attribute agency to where they had none, add intent to accidents, try to convince everyone that this is something they did instead of something that happened to them.

[agentromanoffsir]

neocities guide - why you should build your own html website

do you miss the charm of the 90s/00s web where sites had actual personality instead of the same minimalistic theme? are you feeling drained by social media and the constant corporate monopoly of your data and time? do you want to be excited about the internet again? try neocities!!

what is neocities?

neocities is a free hosting website that lets you build your own html website from scratch, with total creative control. in their own words: "we are tired of living in an online world where people are isolated from each other on boring, generic social networks that don't let us truly express ourselves. it's time we took back our personalities from these sterilized, lifeless, monetized, data mined, monitored addiction machines and let our creativity flourish again."

why should I make my own website?

web3 has been overtaken by capitalism & conformity. websites that once were meant to be fun online social spaces now exist solely to steal your data and sell you things. it sucks!! building a personal site is a great way to express yourself and take control of your online experience.

what would I even put on a website?

the best part about making your own site is that you can do literally whatever the hell you want! focus on a specific subject or make it a wild collection of all your interests. share your art! make a shrine for one of your interests! post a picture of every bird you see when you step outside! make a collection of your favorite blinkies! the world is your oyster !! here are some cool example sites to inspire you: recently updated neocities sites | it can be fun to just look through these and browse people's content! space bar | local interstellar dive bar creature feature | halloween & monsters big gulp supreme peanutbuttaz | personal site dragodiluna linwood | personal site patho grove | personal site

getting started: neocities/html guide

sound interesting? here are some guides to help you get started, especially if you aren't familiar with html/css sadgrl.online webmastery | a fantastic resource for getting started with html & web revival. also has a layout builder that you can use to start with in case starting from scratch is too intimidating web design in 4 minutes | good for learning coding basics w3schools | html tutorials templaterr | demo & html for basic web elements eggramen test pages | css page templates to get started with sadgrl background tiles | bg tiles rivendell background tiles | more free bg tiles

fun stuff to add to your site

want your site to be cool? here's some fun stuff that i've found blinkies-cafe | fantastic blinkie maker! (run by @transbro & @graphics-cafe) gificities | internet archive of 90s/00s web gifs internet bumper stickers | web bumper stickers momg | gif gallery 99 gif shop | 3d gifs 123 guestbook | add a guestbook for people to leave messages cbox | add a live chat box moon phases | track the phases of the moon gifypet | a little clickable page pet adopt a shroom | mushroom page pet tamaNOTchi | virtual pet crossword puzzle | daily crossword imood | track your mood neko | cute cat that chases your mouse pollcode | custom poll maker website hit counter | track how many visitors you have

web revival manifestos & communities

also, there's actually a pretty cool community of people out there who want to bring joy back to the web! melonland project | web project/community celebrating individual & joyful online experiences. Also has an online forum melonland intro to web revival | what is web revival? melonking manifesto | status cafe | share your current status nightfall city | online community onio.cafe | leave a message and enjoy the ambiance sadgrl internet manifesto | yesterweb internet manifesto | sadly defunct, still a great resource reclaiming online social spaces | great manifesto on cultivating your online experience

in conclusion

i want everyone to make a neocities site because it's fun af and i love seeing everyone's weird personal sites that they made outside of the control of capitalism :) say hi to me on neocities

[hansoeii]

the doctor on their way to steal your heart

[fox-mulder-gets-pegged]

I just wanna say bc I KNOW you're somewhere on tumblr, to the teenage girl who attended Take Your Kid To Work Day at an office building in Ontario, Canada circa 2013 and had a conversation with a middle aged woman in which you showed her your Black Veil Brides fanart and fanfics and ship content and told her about different fanfic tropes including a/b/o verse bc she happened to know who Panic! at The Disco and Fallout Boy were and thus you felt the need to show her your bandblr ship art, that was my fucking mother and I had to clarify all that to her including looking my mother in the eye and trying to explain a/b/o verse without sounding like a lunatic.

It's been 10 years and I still regularly sent evil energies in your direction. Since you'd be probably two years younger than me and thus legally an adult now, please know if this post reaches you it's on sight.

[s0up1ta]

ANYONE ELSE WANT A PIECE 🤬🤬😡👹🗣️

alt versions under the cut:

couldn't decide so take all of them

edit: I MADE A DESKTOP VERSION !!

[lucidpeech]

against all odds, we all survived, together.

[noirandchocolate]

Several weeks ago one of my coworkers called me over into her cubicle and gave me a very unexpected gift. Her mother passed away recently, and she'd been packing stuff up at her condo to give to relatives and sell, so the home could be sold. The mother was an avid knitter and crocheter, and when my coworker came upon her stash of equipment, she told me, she "immediately thought of me as someone who might get some use out of it."

So, I have inherited a varied collection of knitting needles and crochet hooks, cable needles, sewing needles, and, best of all, now-out-of-print pattern books, mostly for blankets, because that was what this lady loved to make most. Plus, I also have a bunch of gauge swatches she made, pinned to little bits of card covered in perfect schoolteacher handwriting setting out the patterns they were made to test.

And also...

My coworker brought another bag, full of yarn and...knitted blanket squares. Her mother's last started project, before she got too sick to continue. And she asked if there was anything I could do with it.

It turned out, there are twelve completed squares, and I quickly located the pattern book they are from amid those given to me. It's a book of 60 patterns, meant to be put together however the maker wishes into blankets of 20 squares. I figured out which of the numbered patterns were already made, and selected eight more that I thought might go well with them.

So now! I am working on completing! My coworker's mother's last knitting project!

And I really am feeling very good about doing it.

[phosphorus-noodles]

how do we feel about a cis girl using he/him pronouns