#thefoxthief

[junryou]

Definitely relate, @thefoxthief. I used to be incredibly inconsistent when it came to using a journal/planner. When I picked up Bujo, I expected the same outcome. However, I'm going on my fourth year of keeping a daily log!

A lot of that is due to how I get to completely control the elements, and because of the rule I laid down when I first started: Do NOT try to make it perfect.

ANYWAY (;￣▽￣)ノ To your question:

Yes, I absolutely recommend dot graph sketchbooks! Here are some wins they provide:

Great for easy measuring/proportion control. Especially when drawing linear subjects like mechanical objects or buildings.

Can easily make a ton of consistent thumbnails using the dots as guidelines for framing.

Note-taking looks nicer when following the dot guides (I've used it to jot down ideas for later or write a snippet of a fan fic next to an inspirational doodle).

Depending on the brand you get, the dots can be very light, so as not to detract from your drawing.

Usually smaller in size, so filling up a page takes less time.

Key take-away: VERSATILITY.

A couple downsides to dot notebooks:

Editing out the dots for merchandise—I haven't found an efficient method of removing them yet.

Most are NOT receptive to materials that are watery: The paper will buckle. Page bleed-through can also happen, depending on the tools being used and the quality of the paper.

The brand I use for my journals is Leuchtturm1917.*

I've used Moleskine and Blackwing in the past for sketching, although I don't recommend either of them. Moleskine's paper quality tends to be flimsy and prone to bleeding. Blackwing's dots are too bold for my preference, but their paper quality is better than Moleskine's. I've also used the cheap ones you can find at Michael's, and they're good enough for on-the-go doodlin'.

*I highly, HIGHLY recommend JetPens for supplies. They do a great job demonstrating materials & have a lot of really cool stationery/artsy items to choose from. Their team is responsive and dedicated to detail. Never been dissatisfied with their service nor the products they sell!

Hope that was some nomilicious food for thought!

[specialagentartemis]

Hello!

I saw your Star Trek post about how it's the place to be and I agreed with it wholeheartedly. It made me curious about your blog so I checked it out and read in your bio that your an archeologist and the little anthropologist lover in me squeeled and immediately thought you're cool. Anyway I liked what I was seeing on your blog and just as I was going to send you an ask Tumblr attacked me with an audio ad!

I usually just exit out the app but I got so worried I was going to lose your blog and never see it again, forgetting that I just rb from you recently, that I immediately followed you and exited the app. Then I went back on with the intention of sending you a nice ask but again an audio ad attacked me. This happened happened 4 times in a row. But I made it! I am here! All so I can say hey I like your blog.

aww! I’m honored! I post variously about archaeology, sci-fi, and indie podcasts, and sometimes all three when the topic hits right haha. I’m working on my PhD in archaeological pottery of the Southwestern US as well as in the throes of a fixation on the Ancient Greek Epic Cycle and various adaptations thereof and also just finished reading Sophus Helle’s translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh so that all WILL come up periodically as well. Hope you have fun here :)

[dailykakashipics]

Hello!

I was curious if you were on blue sky. I can't imagine not seeing Kakashi on my feed haha

I searched up your handle and found a similar looking account. Is the @dailykakashi acct yours by any chance?

Heyo! I am on BlueSky, but not as DailyKakashiPics

That's awesome there's a Kakashi account already up and going though!

[nullcanary]

Favorite Character Poll

Thank you for the tag @threeofswrds ⚔️♥️⚔️

Tagging: @fenharael @cyberroses @fofokaifu @flip-flop-flippity @thefoxthief

rules: make a poll with five of your all-time favorite characters, and then tag five people to do the same. see which character is everyone's favorite!

[shiranuigenma]

For the makeup fic title game: "Every dog has its day"

To Kiba, success has always been something that is earned. It didn’t count if you didn’t fight tooth and nail for it, and that’s what he has done his entire life. Things like destiny or chance had no place in his view of the world, no matter how many times he heard proverbs to the contrary. Whatever mark he made on the world would be due to his own hard work.

Which is why he’s very confused when he wakes up one day and is handed the Hokage’s hat, with absolutely no memory of what he had done to earn it. 

or the one that explores kiba’s infinite tsukuyomi dream (aka you really stumped me and i didn’t know what else to do with this title lol)

[berry-doodles]

C2 and Hinata for the drawing challenge :3

Changed the pose a bit because of duplicates. I hope you like it!

[sufferthesea]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SENPAI!!!! IF I KNEW I WOULD HAVE DRAWN YOU SOMETHING. I WILL NOW THAT I KNOW BUT CLEARLY ITS GOING TO BE LATE. Do you have any requests or should I surprise you? I think all I draw for you is obeeto stuff xD

AHH THANK YOU!!! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 ahh you’re so sweet!! I want to say “you don’t have to draw me anything” but I know you will anyway because you’re way too adorable and kind 💖 omg idc if it’s late, you know i’m late for everything (i’m…,,, like kakashi, just always late.. no excuse. sorry.) 

asdfghjkl;a i love all your artwork!!! You’re so creative! I still have your kakahina art on my corkboard! 💖💖💖 you can totally surprise me but hmmmm i feel like i never ever see enough iruka content ;v; buuuuuuut it’s up to you!!! 💖💖💖💖 i’m just thankful you thought of me!! thank youuu 💖💖💖

[purpurarts]

I just came across your Naruhina art of pregnant Hinata and I just wanna tell you that I absolutely love it. They look so cute and happy, and it brought warmth to my heart. Thank you

hsgfdghs aahh thank YOU Q//c//Q

[ekaterinaush5]

Воришка лис.     Кто-то сегодня недосчитается своих ценностей.

[junryou]

Advent Calendar Commissions—01

On the first day of Christmas, a doodle came to be: The delightful and ever-encouraging @thefoxthief‘s OC, Yoroshi! :D

For use by me & my client only. Slots are still available (12/1/19), if you’d like to claim an AC Commish.

[specialagentartemis]

@thefoxthief said in response to this post:

I have a question. I vaguely remember learning in an anthro class that there is little/poor evidence of mammoth hunting and most likely the bones used to built huts were collected from already dead mammoths. Teach me.

Pretty much accurate! Mostly, Ice Age people didn’t hunt mammoths, but it varied by region. It was very rare in most of Europe, a little more common in the Russian steppes, and a surprisingly regular occurrence in southwestern North America.

For the most part, in the Ice Age, people hunted animals like deer, caribou, wild sheep/goats, and wild horses (which were the size of modern ponies mostly). That was the size that it seems people preferred—that’s a lot of meat, but like, that’s a manageable-sized animal. The hide is thin and the vital organs are within a spear’s range and also it will have a much harder time trampling you to death if you miss. Killing and butchering a mammoth with stone and bone tools would have been possible, but very difficult and energy consuming (archaeologists LOVE doing experimental archaeology by taking stone tool replicas to the bodies of dead zoo elephants). Generally the belief is that bones from the mammoth bone huts of Ukraine and Russia were scavenged from dead animals—still no small feat, but the mammoths weren’t regularly hunted for them.

As my archaeology professor likes to describe it, hunting a mammoth is something that you might do once and then brag about for the rest of your life. It isn’t unheard of, but it was definitely rare.

… except in the US Southwest and the northern half of Mexico where there seem to be a bunch of really dramatic mammoth kill sites (and gomphotheres, another Ice Age elephant-like animal). The Naco Mammoth Kill Site and El Fin del Mundo site are particularly striking but there are several known ones in southern Arizona/northern Mexico. Those people were hunting mammoths 11-13,000 years ago for whatever reason!

However my story is set around the Black Sea 30,000 years ago, and hunting mammoths was rare and definitely not preferred. And important worldbuilding context is that the clan spends its winters upriver on the steppes to meet the caribou herds migrating south for the winter… but this winter has been harsh, with early freezes and cold winds (and advancing glaciers because we are slowly approaching the Last Glacial Maximum, though they don’t know that), and the normal caribou herds… aren’t here. The clan’s normal winter food source is nowhere to be found. And they are deeply DEEPLY concerned and also starving.

So when the herd of mammoths pass through, this isn’t business as usual, it’s a climactic move of desperation to try to take down a whole damn mammoth to save them all.

[manabitai]

Hi! I wanted to tell you that I really like your blog. I just recently started to reteach myself Japanese, and your blog has been helping me a lot with reading the characters. Also, so far yours is the only one I came across where you write out the romanji, while others write the Japanese characters followed by the English translation. Which is too bad because I'd really like to make sure I'm reading the phrases correctly. Anyway, thank you!

I appreciate your comment. I’m glad I’ve been helpful for someone. Thank you very much. 

[shiranuigenma]

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood for the fandom meme :3

fun fact: brotherhood is the very first anime i ever watched, so this one actually holds a very special place in my heart :)

The first character I first fell in love with: my sweet bean al The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: barry the chopper. i didn’t think i’d like him at all but he was one of my instant favorites. The character everyone else loves that I don’t: i don’t know, i honestly like every character but gluttony.  The character I love that everyone else hates: do people hate kimblee? because i really like him, he’s such a fascinating villain. The character I used to love but don’t any longer: i actually really liked bradley at first, but the further through the show i got, the less i liked him. i dunno why. The character I would totally smooch: olivier mira armstrong, queen of my heart The character I’d want to be like: my girl winry. sweet and caring and could definitely kick your ass - the trifecta.  The character I’d slap: sometimes mustang needs a good slap round the face A pairing that I love: i’m a total sucker for edwin A pairing that I despise: i honestly can’t think of one, like the only fma ships i know are edwin and royai (that’s what mustang/hawkeye is called, right?) and i love them both

send me a fandom and i’ll tell you some things

[berry-doodles]

For my dear friend @thefoxthief. It was so much fun drawing someone outside of Naruto. Plus, it got me to watch an anime that I might never have seen before. I’m halfway through the second season and I absolutely love it! I hope I did him justice.

[sufferthesea]

SENPAI! ヾ(*´∀｀*)ﾉ

KOUHAI!!!! HELLO!! HOW ARE YOU??? SORRY I’VE BEEN KINDA INACTIVE LATELY. I’M WORKING ON STUFF I JUST HAVEN’T POSTED ANYTHING. BUT I’M FEELING VERY POSITIVE TODAY!! :DDDD THANKS FOR SENDING THIS! I MISS TALKING TO YOU!! HOPE YOU’RE DOING WELL. I PROBABLY JUST COULDA SENT THIS ALL IN A MESSAGE BUT WHATEVER. 

MWUAH!!! 

[temari-i-i]

@thefoxthief aaaahhh thanks!! I just kinda want to separate it from my naruto stuff atm... although I might just keep everything in the same place since I don’t reblog fma content to this blog.

Ok I’m debating with myself whether to start a(nother) sideblog for FMA content so I can stop tormenting y’all with not-naruto stuff… thoughts? and/or url suggestions??