#triangles -> rounded square snow

[animalcrossingshowdown]

[phantomirage]

I already talked about this on Twitter, but I think I need to say it here

we can talk about how fucking weird this image is(because Nezuko,a girl who is between 12-14 years old,and Kanao,a 16-year-old girl,have a similar body build as Mitsuri,a 19-year-old woman,I don't know if I should also mention Kanao)

(so I will give a list of my headcanons, that the three do not have the same body type)

🦋Shinobu🦋

🪻she is the shortest of the four 🪻has dark circles 🪻she has several moles on his face (he has two on his forehead and two under his left eye) 🪻consuming wisteria poison gave her side effects such as her hair becoming thin and a little quiet 🪻her hair is curly and very difficult to manage 🪻her body is square and thin (he has no curves and his chest is completely flat) 🪻she has very thick eyebrows 🪻his nose is very beaked and straight but small 🪻her lips are very thin and pale

🌺Kanao🌺

🍂her body type is an inverted triangle 🍂she has few freckles 🍂herface is of the elongated type 🍂her nose is of the Greek type and flattened 🍂has more melanin than Shinobu 🍂her body is muscular and she is somewhat more robust 🍂she has a lot of hair on her body

🎀Nezuko🎀

(She's not that different but his demon-like appearance in my headcanon does change)

🩷Her hair looks a little like Tanjiro's when she was human (like hell, her hair is black, it's black and her orange tips fade into lighter orange at the end) 🩷her human skin was a little tanned (the mo demon is pale as snow)🩷 how the hell does he have something like cracks under her eyes 🩷she is thin but her body is pear type 🩷she has a straight nose (Tanjiro too)

🍡Mitsuri🍡

💕She is a chubby beak (but her body shape is hourglass type) 💕the shape of his face is round 💕her lips and cheeks are plump 💕her eyelashes and eyebrows are the same color as his hair 💕Her eyebrows are similar to Zenitsu's, but Mitsuri's look like more hearts 💕her hair is wavy 💕she has a snub nose and is a little round

[fynnite]

tumblr 2025 april fools math

okay so im gonna bullshit with my math knowledge here

buckle up im bored plus we have nothing to do given that there was a snow day for school today

so for starters, what is given here from our lovely post:

the diameter for the ball pit is 32 inches

the height is 8 inches

bananas, surely used for scale, are unfortunately not always an average

however each and every one of these paws is the same dimension and shape

THEREFORE:

we can use proportional data to figure out how wide each paw is

weve found the dimensions of the quadrilateral the triangle takes place in; unfortunately, since they're at an angle its needed to use the good ol pythagorean theorum to find the hypotenuse of the triangles in order to figure out the TRUE dimensions.

side-to-side measurement of the paw:

192 x 3

up-and-down measurement of the paw:

128 (thing tries to turn into a title !!! stop that !!)

up-and-down measurement of the ballpit:

39 x 531

now this SHOULDNT be too much math ,just regular stuff from geometry and algebra 1

so the measurements given are the legs, so we just gotta do a^2 + b^2 = c^2 in order to find the measurements !!!

so with the side to side measurement, we get:

192^2 + 3^2 = c^2

which gives us

c = 192.02343606966312173256562670422

which yeah you SHOULD ultimately round but for my sake i HATE rounding in the middle of a math problem since it WILL throw your number off (believe me)

now this is only the value of pixels !!!

now we've gotta find the ballpit, with the same formula

so we get

39^2 + 531^2 = c^2

c = 532.43027712555941759885570205114

now we DO know what the ball pit height is in inches, so we can set up our proportion! THIS PROPORTION is gonna be CRUCIAL for this image. ONLY this image, though.

putting it in ms paint for simplicity

now we just gotta cross multiply, and then divide; we multiply the 8 over, then divide by the 532 number (no way im typing that all out i ctrl c ctrl v that shit)

THEN!!!

x = 2.8852369118652437332597523402747

SO NOW we find out that the side proprtion seems to be ROUGHLY 2.9 inches! (NOW im rounding because we found the final number in this part to look for)

now we gotta find the dimensions for ALL objects, and ALL lines on the axis (x, y, z)

so:

THE PAW:

2.9 inches by 1.9 inches (1.9232565163804856873495609558997) by 1 inch (if we include the paddings, 1.5 ish)

volume: 8.265 cubic inches

THE CRAB:

(have to give a rough estimate, theres multitudes of the crabs)

2.3 inches (2.3178661240072937636078260102987) by 0.5 inches (0.3606105968213410663780426792312) by 0.6 inches ish

volume: 0.69 cubic inches (not a WORD)

THE HORSE:

now unlike the crabs they seem all the same !!!

1.5 inches (1.4131106241989042096675507208392) by 2 inches (2.1431673777740099488385859177373) by 0.5 inches ish

volume: 1.5 cubic inches

now we have the likeliness of each critters' volume!!! ofc theres definitely error within but whatever

now weve got to find the total volume of the thing (the items inside).

first, though, we've got to find the potential volume for the ballpit.

time for MORE diagrams!!!

outlining the potential cylinder that would be the WHOLE ballpit AS WELL as the filled in portion (mind you, giving a simplified version of the level; it is NOT level at all! as you can see)

it appears to be half of the full container seen here, give or take but VERY close

so we have the dimensions of the cylinder, too, for the inner part. however we MUST be mindful of how the inside cylinder has less of a diameter because of the wall of the ballpit, but well still keep it simplified

now, we can find the volume by multiplying the area of the circle. however, well have to find the area. radius is 16, since the diameter is 32.

so: A = π16^2

A = 804 square inches (804.24771931898706904643670611955)

then, multiply by 4; you get

3,217 cubic inches (3,216.9908772759482761857468244782)

now, lets show off the options per each poll:

paws:

crabs:

horses:

we can narrow this down with the total amount poll.

if you add them together, some wont be right!!

we can use process of elimination here, in a way. we can figure out which ones ARE most definitely notable!!

notable ones:

235 + 239 + 299 = 773

235 + 247 + 277 = 759

242 + 247 + 313 = 802

242 + 283 + 277 = 802

249 + 247 + 277 = 773

if we apply the volumetric data to these, we get:

1,942.275 + 164.91 + 448.5 = 2,555.685

1,942.275 + 170.43 + 415.5 = 2,528.205

2,000.13 + 170.43 + 469.5 = 2,640.06

2,000.13 + 283 + 415.5 = 2,698.63

2,057.985 + 170.43 + 415.5 = 2,643.915

they're all the same distance essentially to the estimate i got, but what seems to be the case is that!!!

there are 242 paws, 283 crabs, and 277 horses!! and the total, is 802 !!!

so there i hope you enjoyed my unemployed ass doing this

[disruptivevoib]

mx voib how on earth do you go about designing your hmsw variants, i'm so jealous

Oh I feel fancy now!

Anyhow, I don't have any distinct go-to process but generally having a good idea for the au or the concept I want to design them based on and stemming from there.

Many of my more baseline Aus are close to my canonical designs. With the re-designs of Eleutheromania having a half/half Heart to match the Mind design and make him more distinct.

Then there are the more abstract things like the "Death Thirds" Which is an au I've not really spoken on, and I don't recall if I've posted them here. Though I know I have on Twitter. (I recall CJ liking the Soul design)

Those are meant to be more ethereal, uncanny and inhuman designs. They are VERY self indulgent and more an experiment than anything. Though I knew I wanted to use the Mind design off the album cover for CCCC as baseline inspo for Mind. Soul happened kind of accidentally tbh. I was doodling and he came about.

Theres a set I'm drawing right now which have been far more in-depth. But thats because they stem from an existing media. But that's all I'll say on that one!

As for the smaller guys... I wanted to draw an HMS which was closer to 'canon' in some ways or just different from my typical used for the Song Pieces! They actually well exemplify some thematics in terms of square mind, circle heart, triangle (with rounded edges) soul. Which is a motif I've had since even my VERRRRY very very first concept ideas for my HMS designs!! Shape language is very important to me, and its something I highly suggest learning about or messing with.

I also like to take their canonical clothing; Mind's leather jacket or black vest, Heart's hoodie, Soul's jacket and apply or manipulate it to fit a design. The stripes in my Soul jacket I believe aren't how the real jacket CJ owns is but more so ripped from Kai @/calamarispiderart ?

But yeah! Overall. Themes, motifs, things like that are key in my designs.

Pluto is also a good show of that. I wanted to make sure he looked as faded and washed out as he felt. So his hair is white and his colors, even his Heart and Mind's colors are desaturated and a little off. Lacuna Mind leans into navy and teal while Lacuna Heart is nearly pink!

The Swap designs are also a good example. Viscera is a Whole with nothing in him, and while now I see Soul as more exemplifying that- Whole needs to exist in this au more physically. So— Viscera takes that place. He's a husk and a shell. The half mask with an empty void on the otherside showcases just as much. And for as uncanny and blank as he seems, he is soft. His face is always very soft and maybe a little bit sad. Ennui, Swap!Mind maintains the half/half motif of my Mind designs if only to keep him recognizable. But, his source is a jagged and sharp edged heart and the strings run in a simplistic but sharp form of a heartbeat. Electricity forced to be another way. His features are also softer still from the typical Mind design! Even in what he wears! Judge I have fewer notes on other than his blindfold is not present and in its place is his brain source, obscuring both his eyes if he technically has them at all. Astray, Soul, is faceless. For what is Soul supposed to even be without the mask? Especially when he doesn't know much of anything at all.

Sooo yeah! Just. A big ramble that boils down to the answer of... I try most often to make sure the designs convey the personality or story of the character in some way. Themes and motifs or ideas from or for the au also play that same part.

Course I cannot tell you why the au where they are in eternal snow, Mind has white hair. That is far more a "felt like it" moment than anything else.

Sorry if this is too broad or non specific. I can probably go more into depth on particular designs but yeah! And sometimes a design is one and done. Other times they need many thumbnails or concepts to cycle through. My own designs for the canon HMS have changed a lot in little ways since I began drawing em!

[melissa-titanium]

SCUG HEAD CANOSN jsutbecause iknow ill never draw them all

(warnijng. LONG ASS POST)

FOR 1. SIZE CHART BABY

monk < survivor < arti = rivulet < spearmaster = saint < hunter = gourmand!

survivor: a little on the skinny side, inbetween artificer and monk. albino i think :) if not then has sort of snow leopard patterning. small eyes, taking after their mama (i . headcanon gourmand is monk and survivors parent if this is dis proven by canon im So sorry i havent finished the game yet)) triangle shapes mostly. quiet and cautious (they used to be curious, but the world didnt allow that) and always tense, prepared for a fight. desperate to find monk :(. journey < destination. glass half empty

monk: takes more after gourmand! orange tabby coloration (+ karma flower marking on back) if that makes sense. big round eyes (sort of like how scavs with big eyes r usually friendlier) and significantly healtheri than survivor ! (i think slugcats r sort of like seals, they hv a ton of bodyweight. though they can vary, gourmand is like a little over average scug size) circular mostly (round ears, round eyes, round body etc) kind and curious, sees good in the world but above all wants to find survivor. journey > destination. glass half full.

hunter: very big slugcat, almost unnaturally so. a little skinny cause having the rot is no good for your health :( i dont have many headcanosn for hunter but ithink they have poor sight , completely blind in their canonically scarred eye which i think it was overtaken by the rot. the reason they can hold spears isbecause they have tendrils of the rot growing out of their back and wrap the spears around if that makes sense. square shapes mostly. a bit stocky, more muscle than fat. quiet, stern, and rarely takes risks. a bit lethargic from the rot eating away at them. journey < destination. glass half full

gourmand: THE best rainworld character *THE BEST* i think aboutthem alll the time ohohoo o RUBS CLAWS TOGETHER IGOT A TON OF SHIT. ok ok so basically they r THE ultimate slugcat . u guys know that one post about gourmand having the power to throw spears with the strength of a missile being shot. i cant remember if that was the exact wording but YEAH that was my exact idea of them they are incredibly inventive and smart and STRONG AS FUCK. they throw spears with *three times damage* than the average amount and that s FUCKING insane they kill so many creatures in literally one single hit man you cannot tell me that isnt Ridiculous. like no wonder they get exhausted after that?? god DAMN??? i straight up forgot what i was writing about in this post ilove gourmand too much OH RIGHT HEADCANONS . well for one they r surv and monks parent . due to ahving explored pretty much every corner of the region, they know a significant amount of rain world's history, just by piecing it together themself! very wise, emotionally. very strong morals and very strong will! they are surprisingly humble despite their incredible feats, but arent afraid to show confidence when needed. they are a friendleader forreal, they definitely know every slugcat in their colony by heart and are always there to cheer you up when u r feeling downl. good slug,best friend. knows a TON about fighting, very good at paw 2 paw combat i bet theyd spar with the little ones for fun sometimes :). already mentioned this but they r very kind and generous To a fault. a very competent leader but they do tend to take on too many responsibilities! i think they maybe stopped doing this when idk one day a scug in the colony saw them pass out from overexerting themself or some shit and then everyone started to pitch in after that. they are very grateful and a little embarazed. also when they lost monk and survivor i think the whole colony stepped up for a while to help while they were grieving (dunno if they were in the colony while losing monk and survivor, maybe losing them was what motivated them to keep pups safe IDK bare with me)) i think theyd be the eldest or second eldest of all the slugcats . they try to be fun with kids and are INCREDIBLY protective, letting no threat get within 100 feet of someone they wish to protect. they have been EVERYWHERE imean fucking everywhere. almost photographic memory, stores so much knowledge in that jineeeeeeourmos brain of theirs. boisterous/charismatic, welcoming, kind, and above all (despite the odds!), very happy with life :) mostly square shapes but theres some circles thrown in. . journey >>> destination. glass half full

love this thang. the spug.

*ok* holy shit i got off track. anyways

artificer: surprisingly, an incredibly small slugcat. just over the average juvenile size (a little bit bigger than survivor, and smaller than pretty much everyone else.) incredibly thin. before losing their pups, they were significantly healthier and just generally happier. i think they always had their xsplodey shit but it was more like a snail, a loud pop of noise used by detonating their explosion fluid stuff to startle predators if that makes sense? but then after losing their pups and doing nothing but KILLING KILLING KILLING KILLING scavengers for cycles upon cycles, they neglected caring for themself - including eating. eventually, they became near spearmaster in size & were able to propel themself into the air with the blasts due to their near-nothing weight. most scugs groom themselves as to not have their short fur become overgrown and tangle, but due to artificer's l;ack of nutrients they probably dont have their fur grow alot (does that correlate? idk if eating -> fur growth BARE WITH ME) BUT. they have it grown just enough to tie spears to their back with it. its matted and tangled and is rock solid when you touch it. OH ALSO before losing their pups, they had light brown fur! but then it stained permanently with scavenger blood :) atleast in my hc haha. ALSO their scar isnt just over their eye it covers about half of the left side of their body, renderng them entirely blind and deaf in their left eye and ear. partially deaf in their right ear from all the EXPLOSIONS they hear all the time. covered and imeanCOV;ERED in scars, moreso than hunter. unhinged fucking CRAZYYYY other slugcats are scared shitless of them bt they have a soft spot for slugpups so they would hypothetically always try to remain semi-not-deranged when around one But they havnt met any without guardians yet bc i know theyd drop everything and adopt them (or maybe not, in fear of having past events repeat?). square and triangle shapes. journey <<< destination. glass half empty.

rivulet: :) FISH . GUB GUB GBU i think out of all the slugcats i know the least about them BUT i love them all the same :) they r the MOST fun ever to play as! they strongly resemble a seal! their ears r almost nonexistent + they hv very short limbs and loooong whiskers. fat as FUCK (normal slug size) and incredibly fast they dart around like a bullet! actually pretty big, a little bit shorter than spearmaster (who is around saints size and a little shorter than gourman) big round fucking eyes and Surprisingly super quiet? usually just Stares......they radiate such a jittery energy youd think theyd talk alot (if scugs could talk) but no not really :) my cat is drooling on my arm thought id let you guys know . OK back to this ! very helpful and outgoing, a *little* nosy but out of genuine curiosity, always up to the task no matter how daunting. charming in their sillyfunny gooberific way. im sorry i dont have a whole lot here i wish i knew more about them :(( mostly circular shapes with some triangles. journey = destination. glass half full

spearmaster: very tall and VERY thin slugcat. pretty much all of their bodyweight is stored in their tail and you can. imagine how that i;s ! a bit lethargic from prety much having NO nutrients at all.. but to make up for it theyre pretty speedy and flexible as hell, they can bend their bones pretty much to fit into small spaces. also INSANE reflexes. pretty plain everywhere except their tail, you can very much tell they were Created. i think they are a bit irritable, but otherwise peaceful. tends to have tunnel vision when they are tasked with something to do, and are always wiling to help (i think most purposed creatures share this trait) they are pretty smart but have really bad memory i think. ALL triangles. journey < destination. glass is filled with water, what else are they supposed to think?

saint: second tallest (only a LITTLE taller than spearmaster). fluffy, curly, braided-in-some-parts fur. they have a faaaabulous mustache and FAAAABULOUS eye lashes. pretty thin, surviving as a vegan in a snow-covered world is difficult. their tongue works more like a chameleon tongue ithink ifthat makes sense? like they cant control it it just FWIP flashes out and sticks to stuff with barbs on the end. i do not know NEARLY enough about saint to say a single thing about them But ilove them theyre awesome. composed of pretty much all the shapes, maybe some diamonds in there too though. geometrical lookingikd ifthat maekssen8JURDTHJURDTIH. completely neutral on journey/destination and completely neutral on glass half full/empty.

also, . consi;der. ., arti <3< saint. if you know you KNo;W;98JRSEY9J8SH5E

[teachingenglishtokids]

The "Name It!" Adventure: A Fun Way to Learn Naming Words

Learning about words is an exciting journey! One special type of word is called a naming word or noun. Naming words tell us what something is. For example, "dog," "ball," and "house" are all naming words.

Let's Learn with a Video!

Watch this fun educational video about a penguin named Packard who helps bring back all the missing names!

After watching the video, try this engaging activity:

"Name It!" Video Clip Challenge:

Watch: Watch short, silent clips from the video featuring objects (e.g., Packard, Penny, the icy pond, the apple, the ball, the tree).

Describe: Describe the object in the video clip using simple words. For example, "It's a big, white animal that lives in the snow."

Guess the Name: Have the children guess the name of the object (e.g., "Polar Bear!").

More Fun Learning Games!

Here are some other exciting ways to learn about naming words:

"Name It!" Scavenger Hunt: Go on a treasure hunt! Find objects around your house or classroom based on clues (e.g., "Find the ball," "Find the chair," "Find the book").

"What Am I?" Game: Play a guessing game! Use simple riddles or descriptions (e.g., "I am round and red," "I have four legs and say 'meow'") to describe objects.

"Name It!" Drawing Game: Get creative! Draw pictures using simple shapes (circle, square, triangle) and give your drawings names (e.g., "My circle is a ball," "My square is a window").

"The Name It!" Board Game: Play a fun board game! Move around the board and name the objects pictured on each space.

"Name It!" Story Time: Read a book together! Find all the naming words in the story and talk about what they name.

"Name It!" Collage: Create a colorful collage! Cut out pictures of different objects from magazines and create a beautiful picture. Then, label each picture with its name.

"Name It!" Playdough: Get your hands messy! Use playdough to create different objects (e.g., animals, food, vehicles) and give them names.

Tips for Success:

Keep the kids' activities short and engaging to maintain children's attention.

Use age-appropriate language and concepts.

Encourage children to participate actively and ask questions.

Provide positive reinforcement and praise for their efforts.

Remember to adapt the activities to the specific needs and interests of the children in your group.

Scholastic Teachables: Naming Words: Grammar Practice

Naming Word Workheets

Naming Word Worksheet

Person, Place or Thing Sort

[lord-of-the-prompts]

DESCRIBING THE PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF CHARACTERS:

Body

descriptors; ample, athletic, barrel-chested, beefy, blocky, bony, brawny, buff, burly, chubby, chiseled, coltish, curvy, fat, fit, herculean, hulking, lanky, lean, long, long-legged, lush, medium build, muscular, narrow, overweight, plump, pot-bellied, pudgy, round, skeletal, skinny, slender, slim, stocky, strong, stout, strong, taut, toned, wide.

Eyebrows

descriptors; bushy, dark, faint, furry, long, plucked, raised, seductive, shaved, short, sleek, sparse, thin, unruly.

shape; arched, diagonal, peaked, round, s-shaped, straight.

Ears

shape; attached lobe, broad lobe, narrow, pointed, round, square, sticking-out.

Eyes

colour; albino, blue (azure, baby blue, caribbean blue, cobalt, ice blue, light blue, midnight, ocean blue, sky blue, steel blue, storm blue,) brown (amber, dark brown, chestnut, chocolate, ebony, gold, hazel, honey, light brown, mocha, pale gold, sable, sepia, teakwood, topaz, whiskey,) gray (concrete gray, marble, misty gray, raincloud, satin gray, smoky, sterling, sugar gray), green (aquamarine, emerald, evergreen, forest green, jade green, leaf green, olive, moss green, sea green, teal, vale).

descriptors; bedroom, bright, cat-like, dull, glittering, red-rimmed, sharp, small, squinty, sunken, sparkling, teary.

positioning/shape; almond, close-set, cross, deep-set, downturned, heavy-lidded, hooded, monolid, round, slanted, upturned, wide-set.

Face

descriptors; angular, cat-like, hallow, sculpted, sharp, wolfish.

shape; chubby, diamond, heart-shaped, long, narrow, oblong, oval, rectangle, round, square, thin, triangle.

Facial Hair

beard; chin curtain, classic, circle, ducktail, dutch, french fork, garibaldi, goatee, hipster, neckbeard, old dutch, spade, stubble, verdi, winter.

clean-shaven

moustache; anchor, brush, english, fu manchu, handlebar, hooked, horseshoe, imperial, lampshade, mistletoe, pencil, toothbrush, walrus.

sideburns; chin strap, mutton chops.

Hair

colour; blonde (ash blonde, golden blonde, beige, honey, platinum blonde, reddish blonde, strawberry-blonde, sunflower blonde,) brown (amber, butterscotch, caramel, champagne, cool brown, golden brown, chocolate, cinnamon, mahogany,) red (apricot, auburn, copper, ginger, titain-haired,), black (expresso, inky-black, jet black, raven, soft black) grey (charcoal gray, salt-and-pepper, silver, steel gray,), white (bleached, snow-white).

descriptors; bedhead, dull, dry, fine, full, layered, limp, messy, neat, oily, shaggy, shinny, slick, smooth, spiky, tangled, thick, thin, thinning, tousled, wispy, wild, windblown.

length; ankle length, bald, buzzed, collar length, ear length, floor length, hip length, mid-back length, neck length, shaved, shoulder length, waist length.

type; beach waves, bushy, curly, frizzy, natural, permed, puffy, ringlets, spiral, straight, thick, thin, wavy.

Hands; calloused, clammy, delicate, elegant, large, plump, rough, small, smooth, square, sturdy, strong.

Fingernails; acrylic, bitten, chipped, curved, claw-like, dirty, fake, grimy, long, manicured, painted, peeling, pointed, ragged, short, uneven.

Fingers; arthritic, cold, elegant, fat, greasy, knobby, slender, stubby.

Lips/Mouth

colour (lipstick); brown (caramel, coffee, nude, nutmeg,) pink (deep rose, fuchsia, magenta, pale peach, raspberry, rose, ) purple (black cherry, plum, violet, wine,) red (deep red, ruby.)

descriptors; chapped, cracked, dry, full, glossy, lush, narrow, pierced, scabby, small, soft, split, swollen, thin, uneven, wide, wrinkled.

shape; bottom-heavy, bow-turned, cupid’s bow, downturned, oval, pouty, rosebud, sharp, top-heavy.

Nose

descriptors; broad, broken, crooked, dainty, droopy, hooked, long, narrow, pointed, raised, round, short, strong, stubby, thin, turned-up, wide.

shape; button, flared, grecian, hawk, roman.

Skin

descriptors; blemished, bruised, chalky, clear, dewy, dimpled, dirty, dry, flaky, flawless, freckled, glowing, hairy, itchy, lined, oily, pimply, rashy, rough, sagging, satiny, scarred, scratched, smooth, splotchy, spotted, tattooed, uneven, wrinkly.

complexion; black, bronzed, brown, dark, fair, ivory, light, medium, olive, pale, peach, porcelain, rosy, tan, white.

[cnidocyst]

Who is your favorite op character to draw?

there are a few... sanji because he's funny lookin, chopper because you can draw him a lot of different ways i think, luffy and giraffe mode kaku because theyre just cute And Also Franky because i just like him, smiles . thank you for asking

[ID: Various doodles of Sanji, giraffe form Kaku, Luffy, Chopper, and Franky. All the Kaku drawings of him in his halfway form are neck up and are just different angles of him looking blankly with different levels of elevation for his neck. Also the chin from his canon design is gone, leaving him a simple square snout. There's 4 different Sanji head shots showing off the big stupid dinner plate eye I like to draw him with. He's slouching in one of them as well. There's a full body of Sanji where he has no arms and his suit, pants, and shoes are all drawn as one black shape. There is a much smaller Sanji in a snow angel position with the same all black except for head and hands look. There are 3 different drawings of Chopper with different designs. The first gives him a long rounded snout with a wide eye and horizontal pupil as well as skinny antlers. The second gives him a more squared head with small eyes and a triangular nose. The third is a full body of him in walk point with huge eyes stretched vertically as he walks timidly. There's a few drawings of Luffy shows off his big eyes and noodley proportions. The first one has him holding up a centipede and smiling and saying yippee! In another he is laying on his stomach, hands under chin, kicking his feet. A third he's just standing there, looking up with big eyes. In another he's sitting down, tongue out, no arms. In the last, he is looking in awe at a png of a burger taller than him, gasping in surprise. There's two head shots of Franky, one is trying to show off how his head is made of triangles. There's a small simple drawing of Franky walking to show the contrast between his noodle legs and giant arms, and one where he's holding a bug eyed Chopper in one hand. /END ID]

[scone-lover]

Sour Cherry Scones

True to my name, today I’m sharing my tested-and-true recipe for incredible sour cherry scones! ❤️

THEY ARE SOOOO GOOD.

I’ve been thinking about these scones since reading Carry On, specifically the line: “I just can't pass up the scones if they're there. They're soft and light and a little bit salty. Sometimes I dream about them.” 

Me too, Simon, me too.

I use my own small-batch scone dough base recipe, which was originally adapted from the blog dessertfortwo. I also drew some inspiration from the recipe from fiction food cafe. I haven’t made @cookingmywaythroughcarryon‘s recipe but I’m hoping to try it soon!

These are quite different from all of those, and I’ve tested them about 4 times now (and not just because I want to eat them again... and again.) Fiction Food mentioned they might be round in canon, and while I prefer triangle scones, I cut these round with a mason jar lid and they turned out really nice—very English-teatime looking.

Tips:

butter: I actually don’t like to use frozen butter. It tends to result in a crumblier texture than I would like. These scones are flaky on the outside and dense inside. I don’t use a pastry cutter or food processor—I cut cold butter into cubes, then rub/smush it into the flour with my hands. I’ve found that results in the best texture. 

cherries: I did a lot of research on sour cherries (this post from The Kitchn) and used dried Montmorency cherries from Trader Joe’s. A friend recommended soaking them in liquid (water, OJ, rum) to plump them, which I haven’t tried but might do next! The dried cherries worked great for the texture. Although fresh would be ideal, obviously, I would be careful with the amount of liquid they add during cooking, which can lead to a soggy scone.

baking powder: My first two batches fell flat because my baking powder was expired! You can easily check this by adding some to hot water and seeing if it fizzes.

salt: The amount of salt in this depends on what kind of salt you have on hand. I used pink Himalayan and ½ tsp was the perfect amount so you could taste it and have that salty/sweet combo. If you’re using kosher salt, ½ tsp should also be fine. If you have sea salt I’d reduce to about ¼ tsp. You can use table salt in a pinch (I prefer not to bake with it) and I’m guessing that would be ¼ tsp as well.

egg: I think dessertfortwo uses just an egg yolk in order to maintain proper liquid proportions for the small batch recipe. However, I found that using just an egg yolk also reduces fluffiness, which is ideal—we want a scone, not a muffin. An unexpected perk is that it contributes to that beautiful golden colour!

Notes:

The photos in this post are mostly from the best-tasting batch I made with the recipe posted here. However, they spread out a little in the oven because my baking powder was expired. The paler scones were made with an experimental recipe which turned out far worse, but I used non-expired baking powder (lol) so I’m putting them here for a height reference.

Recipe is below, and scroll/click “keep reading” below that for a step by step with photos!

SOUR CHERRY SCONES

Makes: 6 scones

Ingredients

1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour

¼ cup sugar

¼ to ½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon baking powder

4 tablespoons salted butter, cold

⅓ cup cold heavy cream, plus extra for brushing

1 egg yolk

¼ cup dried sour/tart cherries

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400ºF (205ºC).

In a bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.

Cut the butter into squares and add it to the flour mixture. Work the butter into the flour mixture using a pastry cutter, forks or knives, or your hands. It should be evenly distributed in pieces the size of peas.

Add the sour cherries and mix. (You can also do this after adding the wet ingredients for a better sense of how many cherries you want.)

Whisk together the egg yolk and heavy cream in a separate bowl. Pour it into the dry ingredients and incorporate using a spatula.

Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and shape it into a circle about an inch thick. Using a cookie cutter or anything round (I used the top of a mason jar), cut the scone into circle shapes.

Place the scones on a baking sheet (optional lined with parchment paper). Brush the top of each piece with heavy cream.

Bake for 13-15 minutes, until the scones are golden brown on the edges and a toothpick comes out clean.

Enjoy with butter or cream, tea, and a book :) (Preferably Carry On)

STEP BY STEP PHOTOS

Mix the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.

Cut the cold butter into squares and add it to the flour mixture. Use your hands (or a pastry cutter or utensils) to distribute the butter until the chunks are pea-sized.

Combine the heavy cream, egg yolk, and vanilla extract, then add it to the flour/butter mixture.

Stir until it forms a shaggy dough. Add the sour cherries if you haven’t already.

Flip the dough onto a floured surface and push it together with your hands until it forms a ball. Pat/roll it into a circle about one inch thick.

Use a circular cutter or whatever you have on hand, cut out the scones. Do not twist the cutter -- the ragged edges are part of what helps them rise.

Place the scones on a baking sheet either greased, lined with parchment paper, or a silpat mat.

(Can you tell which photos I edited for my blog, lol)

Brush the tops of the scones with heavy cream. DO NOT SKIP THIS - it’s heavenly and gives them a wonderful crunch on the top. Much better than egg wash. It’s seriously decadent.

Bake the scones at 400ºF (205ºC) for 13-15 minutes or until the edges are golden brown.

Make a scone-butter sandwich and pretend that you’re Simon Snow. 

Enjoy, my loves ❤️ 

[linguistpeaches]

here's some random mandarin vocab i have in my notes for when i learn a new word

三角形 (sān jiǎo xíng) - triangle

方形 (fāng xíng) - square

圆形 (yuán xíng) - circle; round

形 (xíng) - shape/form

春天 ( chūn tiān) - spring

夏天 (xià tiān) - summer

秋天 (qīu tiān) - fall

冬天 (dōng tiān) - winter

阴 (yīn) - cloudy

雪 (xuě) - snow

雨 (yǔ) - rain

晴 (qíng) - sunny

周 (zhōu) - to be thoughtful/attentive

初恋 (chūliàn) - first love

世界 (shìjiè) - world, universe

开心 (kāixīn) - to be happy

忙 (máng) - busy

给 (gěi) - to give

夜空 (yèkōng) - night sky

晴朗 (qínglǎng) - sunny and cloudless

月食 (yuèshí) - lunar eclipse

猜 (cāi) - to guess/suspect

抱歉 (bàoqiàn) - to be sorry/apologetic

经常 (jīngcháng) - daily, often/regularly

从小 (cóngxiǎo) - from childhood

有趣 (yǒuqù) - fascinating/amusing

教授 (jiàoshòu) - professor, teach/instruct

了解 (liǎojiě) - understand/realize

考虑 (kǎolǜ) - think over/consider

[animatewarriorcats]

Do you have any tips for making animation-friendly designs? My designs are intentionally accurate to real-life cats, and I love them, but I know they would be super tedious to animate, or even use in a comic! How do you make such simple designs that are still so amazing and beautiful?

Well, it just takes practice and iterations I think! Mostly. But I have a few tips that I fall back on frequently I could share so Here’s my quick hot take on making animation designs:

Simplicity is your friend. I had a professor that used a term “simplexity” to describe the balance needed in order to make a character unique and easily recognizable, but also not hell to render out in a full animation. This is going to mean different things for different productions, for example something on the scale of Disney can have a character like John silver with a multi faceted robot arm whereas if we’re trying to do something low budget (*COUGHforfreeCOUGH*) you’re going to want to minimize the headache people have when drawing your character by leaning into the simple side of this term, so that they don’t want to murder you and will still be your friend after the project is over. (more under the cut!)

So what does this mean exactly? You’ll want to keep the line mileage to a minimum. For cats, this means limit the amount of detail and rendering you give the fur in your linework. I’ve seen Artists who break this rule magnificiently (like Raevi goddaMN GIRL) but for a design it is much easier on artists to streamline down to core body shapes and key character Accents in the fur (like tail shapes, cheek floofs ect). This can be pretty diverse, but I’d minimize it as much as possible (if possible down to three accents, more on this later).

For examples, On lionblazes design (line art only at this point) his Character traits are his tail shape, Mane, and Scribbly eyebrows, all aspects that mean more strokes are being taken and work done, but that are easily recognizable between frames, and artists. I also have brought up Dovewing’s design because it’s more complex in it’s line art, but I could simplify it down even more to just her butt shoulder and ear floofs and still recognize her character silhouette. In fact, paring it down even further would strengthen her recognizability.

The amount of strokes you have people draw in cleanup will drastically change the amount of time it takes to render a character. Between Firestar and Bramblepaw in this shot Bramble easily took twice as long to line (or more!) thanks to his beautiful luscious curls.

Next! Principle I use in simplexity is the rule of three. For whatever reason, the number three is your best friend.  It’s not as weirdly symmetrical as two or four, and maintains a unique organic-ness to it without getting carried away by five or seven. Now what am I even talking about? Pretty much everything. This is the secret of markings. This is the secret of character accents. This is the secret of color picking. The Rule of three is your best friend.  

Take Brambleclaw for example.  I gave him three stripes/markings on his face, and three on his side. It feels nice and natural and organic, without being overwhelming. I also gave him three specific fur accents in his line art, his ear tips/eyebrows, Belly floof, and shoulder puff. I used the rule of three in picking his colors, three main pelt colors, and three accent colors (eyes are always gonna be more complex if desired, people love rendering the shit out of eyes) and even so, three colors for the eyes. I used his lightest pelt color in only three places, and his Pink color in only three places, and his darkest color in only three places (eyebrows, Tail tip, and if I had thought to write it down, his paw pads). Even his forehead marking has three parts to it. You do it enough and it becomes really natural and subconscious. Of course, like all rules, you can still break it if you need to, but It has been one of my best friends.

Alright last thing to think about for now, (see what I did there? There are more things, but it helps people remember better to learn Three at a Time), are Shapes. Specifically using Simple identifiable shapes when constructing the body or face of your character. This is going to sound similar to the line mileage point, because they are related, but they are different. This is focusing on the macro details of a silhouette whereas Accents are about Micro details. This point also has the added benefit of helping characters look and feel related to each other if you use it potently!

Let’s take Hawkfrost and Mothwing for example. Specifically their faces. Hawk I designed first, and I wanted him to feel dangerous, and maybe a little twisted. So I decided to integrate a lot of triangles into his design because, a triangle’s shape language reads as dangerous. They’re pointy, and sharp, like teeth claws, and knives. We can’t in good conscious put an especially triangular object next to a baby because it inherently feels dangerous. They’ll poke their eye out with that tall prism. Other shapes have their meanings as well, Rectangles (cubes) are sturdy, and circular objects are the opposite of triangles, they’re the shape of eggs, fluffy pillowy things, and babies. They’re inherently safe, and soft.

Pull back from digression. Look at hawkfrost and his triangles. They have sharp claw like tips, which are emphasized even with a noticeable downward curving to their points. This motif is repeated multiple times, in his cheeks, his ears, his eyes, his chin, his nose. This becomes unifying, and inherently feels dangerous and curved, or twisted.

Now look at moth. She has triangles too, but I deliberately went through the effort to make them rounder, softer, inverting the angles of her eyes to feel sad and not cruel. Yet she remains similar in enough ways that she feels related. Her nose curves in a similar downward manner, her ears retain the out down curve without the dangerous point to them. The fur accents of her cheeks add to the roundness, making her feel softer while sharing hawks cheekwings.

Let’s take another example, Bluestar and Snowfur.  They are proof that similarities do not have to be reserved to face shapes alone to give that strong feeling of relatedness. In some ways I think theirs is the strongest sibling bond I’ve read in the books, and that obviously translated to how I designed them haha! The idea behind their design was ‘curvy sturdy’ which is reflected in their circular based hourglass figures emphasizing Bluestar’s ‘broad shoulders’. I tried to make their heads more of a squashed circular shape, to give it more sturdy strength while feeling soft and maternal. Her ears are very rounded at the tips, and the particular downward turn is easy to identify and reflect in both cats. Lastly, their square “pants” because let’s be honest, both these she cats wore the pants in their families. There are also enough differences that in pure silhouette you would still be able to tell Snowfurs bushy tail apart from Bluestar’s thinning fur, and snows’ cheekfluffs from blues wide round jaws.

Of course I am not perfect at all of these elements, and there are even more things I could say that make designs unique and easily animatable while also identifiable.  If you are looking for more or different suggestions, I liked Tenielle Flowers’ Video she released on the subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO-kNlyHn8A .

And good luck!

[ambssssssssss]

The Swan-Mills Family Discovers Kingdom Hearts

Part 1 of ?

I don't go here but anyway

One day, after the last curse is broken by True Love's Kiss shared between Emma and Regina, the two of them are at the Mills household with a tumbler of apple cider split between them debating on letting Snow plan them a huge extravagant wedding or just sneaking off to the courthouse one day, when Henry comes home. He's absolutely buzzing with excitement as he walks straight into the den and turns on his PS4 (he's probably more than a little spoiled by now, which annoys Regina to no end but he's still her little prince so she actually doesn't mind all that much) without so much as a hello to his mothers.

Emma and Regina follow him and blink curiously as the opening credits for a game they don't recognize begins to play. The style is a little outdated but it looks like the animation had been updated recently based on Emma's very limited video game knowledge. Curious, Regina picks up the case the game came in and turns it over in her hands.

"Kingdom Hearts?" She reads the title aloud, her inflection morphing as the words change into a question. Henry hums.

"I know everyone is pretty tired of the fairytale thing but I couldn't resist getting this. It looked like so much fun."

"I don't really think we can get tired of fairytales considering the fact that we're living one," Emma says, but her curiosity is peaked and she seats herself on the arm of the couch next to Regina. "But this game is about fairytales?"

"Kinda. It's hard to explain Ma," Henry eyes don't leave the screen as he sets the brightness, difficulty level, and controller vibration intensity. "But there's a ton of save slots if you want to play too."

"We'll just watch for now kid," Emma tells him , absently rubbing Regina's back with one hand. Henry nods and presses the button to start the game.

The family of three all find themselves almost immediately engrossed in the story of the game. The beginning is a little slow, though the choices and questions are interesting. Henry had accepted the staff and given up the sword, leaving the shield alone. The Heartless, the enemies Henry had to defeat, were actually pretty cute. At least, they were until an enormous, shadowy figure of the main character, Sora, appeared. Henry made a few comments on how the fighting style would improve as Sora gained more skills but Regina was more interested in the surface the character stood on. Each one depicted a different princess and Regina wondered what they might symbolize.

Another round of questions and Henry was told that his journey began at dawn and then the game finally, truly began. As Henry directs Sora to explore the place called Destiny Islands, Emma repositions herself so she's sitting on the couch cushion instead of on the arm. Regina settles against Emma's side with her legs tucked underneath her and her head against Emma's shoulder as they continue to watch. Henry, seated on the other end of the couch closer to the television, is leaving forward with the controller in his hands. His brow is furrowed in concentration as he races against Riku, for the 7th time, and loses again. Emma has to hold in a chuckle as Henry groans and begins the race again. Regina is relaxed in her arms and if not for the way she had maneuvered their hands together and was absently playing with Emma's fingers, Emma would have thought she had dozed off. Henry let out a little cheer as he finally beat Riku in the race and the family watched the next cutscene with interest. There seemed to be quite the mystery to solve, people in strange robes, and even the makings of a love triangle between Sora, Riku, and Kairi.

By the time Emma remembered that they were supposed to meet up with her parents for dinner like they did every Tuesday, Henry had already beaten the huge shadow figure for a second time, gotten a weapon called the Keyblade, and was wondering around a world called Twilight Town after a long cutscene that revealed more familiar Disney characters in the game. Thankfully, these were characters that Emma was certain were just fictional. She had no idea what she would do if she ever met a real Donald Duck or Goofy.

"Time's up, kid. We've gotta meet you're grandparents for dinner." Emma called when Henry found a save point and he groaned good naturedly but complied. After donning shoes and jackets, the Swan-Mills family made their way to Granny's diner chatting about the game.

"I think we should restrict this to a non-school night game," Regina commented as they stepped through the door to Granny's. Charming and Snow had already claimed a table for the whole family so they made their way over. "Clearly it is easy to lose track of time playing this."

That was an understatement. Regina and Emma hadn't noticed the hours passing, three of them to be exact, and they were only watching Henry play.

"What's this?" Snow asked curiously after pulling each of then into a hug one by one. Charming did the same for Emma and Regina but traded a fist bump with Henry instead as Emma greeted her baby brother.

"A new game Henry is playing," Regina answered as they all took their seats again.

Henry launched into a startlingly in depth run down of how the game came into existence, its reputation of having a hopelessly convoluted storyline, several branch off games that were not necessary to play but would fill in a lot of gaps outside the two main games, and the much anticipated release of the third game in the main franchise, Kingdom Hearts III.

"Sounds interesting," Charming said after Henry finished his long winded explanation and began to devour his food. Regina was glad that the explanation was over if only so Henry could eat his food while it was still somewhat warm. "And it's about fairytale characters?"

"Sort of. The game was developed by Square Enix but they collaborated with Disney for this. Most of the characters are either from Disney or another video game series called Final Fantasy."

Snow asked about the plot of the game but Henry shrugged his shoulders. In it's most basic form, the game was simply about light versus dark, good versus evil. Henry didn't know how much this game would delve into the shades of grey between good and evil but he was eager to find out.

"You'll have to let us know how the game goes," Snow said after they finished their meal and were walking out. Henrt nodded enthusiastically as he gave his grandmother a parting hug.

"I thinks its gonna be awesome," Henry said as he pulled away. Then he looked over his shoulder at his moms and smiled his most charming smile. "Even if nothing can be as great as your story."

Emma chuckled. "Nice try kid, but you're not getting extra game time tonight."

"As soon as we get home its homework, shower, then bed. You have school tomorrow," Regina completed, taking Emma's hand in her own as they walked out.

Charming laughed as Henry shrugged his shoulders, "Worth a shot."

The Swan-Mills family walked back to Mifflin street and Henry, as instructed, grabbed his bookbag and went up to his room to complete his homework for the night as his moms retreated to the study to finish the cider they had started earlier.

"He's right you know," Emma commented sometime later from her spot on the couch in the study. Regina, sitting at her desk and reviewing a few documents she would need for a meeting the next day, looked up curiously.

"What are you talking about darling?"

"Henry," Emma rose from the couch and made her way to Regina's side as she spoke. "He was right about us. No story will ever be better than ours."

"He was sucking up so we would let him play more video games," Regina rolled her eyes but still put the papers she was reviewing down in favor of pushing away from the desk and pulling Emma down into her lap.

"Doesn't mean he was wrong," Emma placed her arms around Regina's shoulders, one hand tangling in long, dark hair as the other caressed Regina's cheek.

"I suppose so," Regina tilted her head back slightly to look Emma in the eyes. "As long as our story has a happy ending, I think it will be the best one ever told."

"Our story has the happiest ending of all because it's not an ending. It's a beginning. The beginning of us."

Emma leaned down and kissed Regina then, slowly and surely and with the confidence that she'd get to do so every day for the rest of her life. As Regina poofed them up to their bedroom in a cloud of light purple magic, videogames could not have been further from Emma's mind.

[sambuckyevents-inactive]

Weekly Round Up 20

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Title: just feel; let’s exist Author: francehonestly Square Filled: Domestic Avengers Rating: Teen +  Warnings: Angst; suicidal implications; Swearing From The Narrator; Sam Wilson Needs a Hug Summary:

“Where are you, Sam?” Bucky whispered, dragging his hand on Sam’s back, rubbing careful circles to ease the tension in his man’s muscles.

Sam shuddered at the touch, murmuring, “I don’t know,”

or

Bucky tries to keep Sam grounded for the night.

Link to Ao3.

—–

Title: Henrietta: Welcome to the Barnes-yard Author: flamingo-queen-writes Square Filled: Cock Cage Rating: Gen Warnings: Author turned prompt it SFW story.  Summary:

Sam stares at the chicken. The chicken stares back. An egg rolls out of the cabinet and falls into Sam’s coffee with a hot splash.

And then Sam’s cursing and scrambling for a towel, the chicken is making some unholy screeching noise and flapping its wings angrily, and Bucky’s drifting in from the other room all nonchalant like he hasn’t rewritten the rules of how a morning in their home ought to go.

“Oh, you met Henrietta. Good.”

(Or: The one where Bucky abducts rescues a chicken and Sam gets an unwelcome avian house guest.)

Link to Ao3.

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Title: The Royal Wedding Author: siancore Square Filled: Green Card Marriage Rating: Mature  Warnings: Language; T’Challa x Bucky; Love Triangle; Sambucky Angst and Pining Summary:

When Sam first heard the news, he thought someone was making a joke in bad taste. He thought it was some kind of nightmare that was brought on by his loneliness and heartbreak. But it wasn’t. When the invitations arrived for him and the rest of the Avengers, and he saw it written in script on the golden card, he knew it was real. He glanced down at the beautiful invitation once more and felt the tears well in his eyes. He felt sick. He felt weak. His sight was blurry as he read the words once again:

Under the Watchful Eye of Bast

You are Warmly Invited to the Wedding of:

His Royal Highness King T’Challa Udaku of Wakanda

and

Sergeant James Buchanan Barnes.

Link to Ao3.

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Title: Coffee Shop Setup Author: helplessly-nonstop Square Filled: Coffee Shop AU Rating: Gen Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply.  Summary:

The door to the café swung open and Sam glanced up to see one of his regulars walk inside. He turned away from Steve, his coworker, and smiled at the tired college student approaching the bar, chiming, “Morning, Bucky. The usual?”

Link to Tumblr.

—–

Title: Flames Author: siancore Square Filled: Bonfire Rating: Gen Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply. Summary: None.

Link to Ao3.

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Title: No Named Author: justficsandstuff Square Filled: Hitman Falls In Love With Target Rating: Gen Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply. Summary:

Tell me every terrible thing you ever did, and let me love you anyway. 

Link to Tumblr.

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Title: Like This For A While Author: enchanted-lightning-aes Square Filled: Domestic Rating: Teen +  Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply. Summary:

Just for one day, Sam would like to lie down with Bucky, letting the hours pass by until he had to leave.

OR

A tale of one of Sam and Bucky's domestic mornings.

Link to Ao3.

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Title: Rescue Spooning 101 Author: flamingo-queen-writes Square Filled: Heat Wave Rating: Teen +  Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply. Summary:

They end up walking nearly an hour through the snow and ice without anything but the red blinking light to let them know they’re still going in the right direction, and Sam’s just about fed up with this mission when the ice thickness gauge on his reader goes from “plenty sturdy, you could even build a house on this” to “ice, what ice?” in the space of a single in-drawn breath. Then his stomach lurches like he’s missed the last step on the stairs, and everything goes cold and dark and wet.

(Or: Sam and Bucky are on a mission in the arctic, when Sam falls through the ice. How ever will Bucky warm him up? Hint: Unknown to Sam, Bucky is a selkie who specializes in the ancient art of skin-to-skin “rescue spooning.”)

Link to Ao3.

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[superchartisland]

Super Skidmarks (Acid/Codemasters, Amiga, 1995)

I had a lot of toy cars as a young child. I used to set them up in starting grid formation and then race them in a long line snaking through the house, moving them one or two at a time in turn-based fashion. Dramatic overtakes and crashes happened all the time; the sense of order and contrasting chaotic narrative I could play out within it appealed to me.

I’m reminded of those races by Super Skidmarks, the latest in our line of expansions-as-sequels marking the end days of the Amiga's presence in this story. A racing game viewed from a distant point overhead, similar to BMX Simulator way back in 1987, it takes place in a stylised world of miniature squared-off simplicity. All the cars in each race are identical except for each being a different single colour, and they bounce off walls unharmed. The tracks are three-dimensional and show rises and dips through a complicated topography of overlapping shaded triangles that looks even more painstakingly put together than everything else. As each car crosses the line at the end of the race, it flies into an ordered line at the side of the track to show the results, as if picked up by an invisible child’s hand.

The only visual disturbance to the careful flawlessness is the skidmarks of the title. Sliding round corners leaves a delicate trail, more visible on some surfaces than others. There are races on tracks surrounded by snow, possibly there to best show up the effect. The cars are light and easy to fling around and going into massive slides while accelerating is the best way to drive them, so the visual feedback acts as a nice little confirmation. The tracks are designed with plenty of opportunities to do just that, and loops to do that plus have the chance for the chaos factor in crossing the paths of other cars (up to seven of them).

There are a couple of factors that undermine the feeling of everything in its right place, admittedly. One is the way that I found the modes the game pushes you towards far too easy or far too difficult, with the former making for a little bit too chill of a win and the latter meaning enough speed to leave me struggling to stay pointing the right way at any point. It took a bit to find something balanced. The other things is that trying out different options is a pain because of one of the worst cases of multiple disks yet - there are some EIGHT of them and if you want to change car and track you might end up needing to put in two new disks for the pleasure.

The end result of all of that effort, when it works, takes me right back. There was a successful series of games that were literally about toy cars, of course, and Skidmarks wasn’t it. Its cars race on tracks, not bedroom floors. I’ll get to a Micro Machines game a couple of years on from 1995. While it isn’t that, though, Super Skidmarks is much closer to an idealised version of what I imagined back with all my cars.

Gallup home computer chart, Computer Trade Weekly 17 April 1995 (chart for week to 8 April 1995)

[frenchlilcoconut]

4 week korean vocab challenge #week 3

At least this post won’t be too far behind schedule like the others... Anyway ! Here’s all the vocab for the challenge’s third week !

#Day 15 - Countries

프랑스 // France

영국 // United Kingdom

아일랜드 // Ireland

스코틀랜드 // Scotland

스페인 // Spain

독일 // Germany

이탈리아 // Italy

스위스 // Switzerland

스웨덴 // Sweden

벨기에 // Belgium

#Day 16 - Kitchen

숟가락 // Spoon

칼 // Knife

포크 // Fork

젓가락 // Chopsticks

접시 // Plate

그릇 // Bowl

냄비 // Pot

냉장고 // Refrigerator

식기 세척기 // Dishwasher

오븐 // Oven

#Day 17 - Sports

배구 // Volleyball

농구 // Basketball

야구 // Baseball

축구 // Soccer

골프 // Golf

럭비 // Rugby

배드민턴 // Badminton

테니스 // Tennis

탁구 // Table tennis

펜싱 // Fencing

#Day 18 - Shapes

원형 // Round

정사각형 // Square

삼각형 // Triangle

직사각형 // Rectangle

구 // Sphere

정육면체 // Cube

세로 // Length

가로 // Width

깊이  // Depth

높이 // Height

#Day 19 - Weather

구름 // Cloud

안개 // Fog

눈 // Snow

춥다 // Cold

덥다 // Hot

무덥다 // Hot and humid

비바람 // Rainstorm

바람 // Wind

눈보라 // Blizzard

화창하다 // Sunny

#Day 20 - Music

노래 // Song

작사가 // Songwriter

가수 // Singer

가사 // Lyrics

작곡가 // Composer

밴드 // Band

심포닉 오케스트라 // Symphonic orchestra

앨범 // Album

이어폰 // Earphone

라디오 // Radio

I also made a post a few months ago covering orchestra related vocabulary, you can check it out for even more music vocab !

#Day 21 - Travel

비행기 // Airplane

여권 // Passport

열차 // Train

호텔 // Hotel

게스트 하우스 // Guest house

야영지 // Campsite

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[happystevebingo]

Roundup: November, Part 2 (Creators J - Z)

This is part two of two roundup posts for the bingo fills completed over the last month of November, for the Happy Steve Bingo challenge. All works are ordered alphabetically by username.  jinlinli

Dancing ‘Round on Pagan Holidays (Steve/Bucky,  “Hi, I got your Halloween costume delivered to me by mistake.“) 

LapisLazooti

Like Spring (Steve/Bucky, Sharing a Bed) 

layersofsilence

some grief, some joy (Steve/Bucky, Amnesia) 

rosemary and time (Steve/Bucky, Sam/Natasha, Rooftop/Indoor Gardening for Novices) 

lyselkatz

[art] Steve/Bucky, Sharing a Scarf) 

[art] (Sam, Steve & Clint, Knitting)

[art] (Steve/Bucky, Non-Sexual Intimacy)

LuckyDarling

Wrong Number and a Potluck (Steve/Bucky, Wrong Number)

The Adventures of Captain Ameowica and the Winter Feline (Steve/Bucky, Kittens)

Happy Stevie (Steve/Bucky, Laughing During Sex)

maichan808

[art] (Steve/Bucky, Gardening) 

nanasekei

Is it the look in your eyes (Steve/Tony, Proposal) 

A fair match (Steve/Tony, Armwrestling) 

Princess Stark (Steve/Tony, Caught in a Tea Party Wearing a Tiara) 

Routine (Steve/Tony, Marriage Bliss) 

A thorough inspection (Steve/Tony, Supersoldier Healing) 

we’ll sing in off-key choirs (Steve/Tony, Letters) 

An armor-shaped angel (Steve/Tony, Snow Angels) 

You fit me better (than my terrible clothes) (Steve/Tony, Bad Fashion Sense) 

Oh bother (Steve/Tony, Farmhouse of Love) 

if you want to go and take a ride with me (Steve/Tony, Flying Cars) 

Three Strikes (Steve/Tony, Supersoldier Strength) 

Bullshit (Steve/Tony, Horoscope) 

Drunk Talk (Steve/Tony, Bad Flirting) 

Found the place to rest my head (Steve/Tony, Log Cabins and Camping Trips) 

Right on Time (Steve/Tony, First Dates) 

if you were a triangle (Steve/Tony, Bad Flirting) 

The story of Captain America (Steve/Tony, Museum) 

I’ve been too long, I’m glad to be back (Steve/Tony, Hitchhiking) 

Dear J, (Steve/Tony, Journal) 

An open book with a torn out page (Steve/Tony, Free Square - Love Confessions) 

Motherlode (Steve/Tony, Pregnancy) 

I’ll turn hours into gardens (Steve/Tony, Gardening) 

Nixie_DeAngel

If Found, Please Return To Tony Stark (Steve/Tony, Lost in the City)

Snuggles Make The World Go Round (Steve/Tony, Nose Kisses)

Found Family (Steve/Tony, Found Family)

Our Wires Are Crossing (Steve/Tony, Hugs)

A Date Date? (Steve/Tony, Cafeteria Food)

obsessivereader

You can’t hurry love (Steve/Bucky, Wedding) 

only_more_love

[Podfic] Secret Single Behavior (Steve/Tony, Insecurity) 

Polska_1999

Dancing Under Thor’s Grace (Steve/Bucky, Dancing in the Rain) 

Our Shared Demons (Steve & Tony, Comfort from Nightmares) 

Reciprocating Gifts (Steve/Bucky, Proposal) 

Trust and a Bath (Steve/Bucky, Bathing/Washing) 

Masks and Make-Up (Steve & Natasha, Make-Up) 

Implicitly (Between the Lines of Ink) (Steve/Bucky, Love Notes in Odd Places) 

raving_liberal

Dress For the Job You(r Dads Don’t) Want (You to Have) (Steve/Bucky, Promposal) 

relic_amaranth

Deciduous (Steve/Bucky/Sharon/Sam/Natasha, Deciduous/Falling Leaves) 

Keeping with the Times (Steve/Bucky, Old-Fashioned Lingo) 

(Surprise) Hugs (Steve/Bucky/Natasha/Sam, Hugs) 

romanticalgirl

Almost Seemed Too Much (Steve/Bucky, Back Rub) 

sheron

Window To Your Soul (Steve/Tony, Minor Youtube Celebrity) 

You Complete Me (Steve/Tony, Proposal) 

SilverSkiesAtMidnight

Supersoldier Healing (Steve & Avengers Team, Supersoldier Healing) 

SilverNight88

Coffee (Steve & Tony, Coffee) 

starmaki (themirrordarkly)

Lyric Theater (Steve/Bucky, Movies)

stevergrsno (noxlunate)

Nature’s Masterpieces (Steve/Bucky, Snow Angels) 

Three Assholes And Some Mistletoe (Steve/Bucky/Sam, Christmas) 

Like The Tide (Steve/Bucky, Loyalty/Devotion) 

It’s A Date (Steve/Bucky, Dates Get Interrupted) 

If It’ll Lead You Home (Steve/Bucky, Puppies) 

Of Feasts And Family (Steve/Bucky, Last Jar Of Ingredient On Thanksgiving Eve) 

Call Brooklyn's Best For All Your Witchy Needs! (Steve/Bucky, Coffee)

Cute Stitch Witch Discount (Steve/Bucky,  Hidden Magical Powers)

stucky4breakfast

(Steve/Bucky, ”My pet is in your apartment!”) 

(Steve/Bucky, Window Shopping) 

(Steve/Bucky, Breathless) 

(Steve/Bucky, Sparring) 

(Steve/Bucky, Rooftop/Indoor Farming for Novices) 

(Steve/Bucky, De-Aging) 

Steve/Bucky, Finger Painting) 

talkplaylove

[edit] (Steve/Bucky, Bad Handwriting) 

talkplaylove & wearing_tearing

i love him and our goat children (Steve/Bucky, Found Family) 

love is blind (steve and bucky are just dumb) (Steve/Bucky, First Kiss) 

Check, Mate? (Steve/Bucky, First Dates) 

talesofsuspense

lunch romaince (Steve/Tony, Cafeteria Food) 

black and red (Steve/Tony, Make-Up) 

Hardwood (Steve/Tony, Apartment Hunting) 

Rest (Steve & Avengers, Cuddling)

Fluff (Steve & Avengers, Kittens)

Dare I Say Forever (Steve/Tony, Log Cabins and Camping Trips)

ThatsCrazyRandom

The great Bucky Barnes loses his cool (Steve/Bucky, Snuggling) 

vextant

Paved Paradise (Gen, First Time) 

Hardcore Parkour (Steve & Sam & Bucky, Minor Youtube Celebrity) 

Heartbeat by my feet (Steve & Lucky - Hawkeye, Snuggling) 

Garden Party (Steve & Bruce, Rooftop/Indoor Gardening for Novices) 

withinmelove

Longing for your touch (Steve/Peter Parker, First Kiss) 

wordsmisleadinghere

The Season of Poultry (Steve/Scott Lang, Last Jar of Ingredient on Thanksgiving Eve) 

The Right Promposal (Steve/Peggy, Promposal) 

Cooking Lessons (Steve & Wanda, Cooking) 

A Bundle of Butterflies (Steve/Scott Lang, Nose Kisses) 

Between the Eyelines (Steve/Scott Lang, Soulmates) 

Arimelda ar Wilwarin (Steve/Scott Lang, Tolkien) 

Please reblog and share this post with your friends to support creators. Thank you everyone for participating! We will post a Master Post of all the completed bingos next.