#worn cotton

[evilhorse]

I like my clothes. Worn cotton, it breathes.

(X-O Manowar #1)

[polychromaic]

🌸 when the Hindriarch banished Eskhind and her kin from Bey Lah, Neelahind would follow her heart into voluntary exile. To abandon a surefooted life, as well as a coveted spot among the Fellowship, is nearly unheard of among both hindren and Wardens, but Neelahind was glowing when she took her leave. I hear the pair are quite happy together, practicing arconautics in the ruins to the west—at least, that's what the kendren bring news of when they come back to trade.

back at it again w more caves of qud deer gals 😏✨ i'm kind of enamored with the ending to the Bey Lah quest where Esk and Neela both take off, so i wanted to see what they'd look like as a matched set of lesbian pariah-arconauts. geez, i can’t believe it’s been almost two years since i drew them last

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img desc: A drawing of a hindren deerfolk girl from "Caves of Qud". On the left a title card reads "Pariah Neelahind (she/her)". Some of the details are labeled. Her fur is a rich cedar red, with a lighter heartwood underbelly curling under her arms and on the inside of her legs down to her hooves; her curly hair is dark mahogany, tied back in a ponytail with a sky-blue bandana; her antlers are a pale heartswood, deepening to a rich velvet at the tines. She’s smiling, looking up and off to her right; she's poised upright, her arms spread to either side of her as she grips the haft of her war-scythe Yal, which is laying across her shoulders. She’s wearing shining steel platemail—a breastplate over a nanoweave surcoat patterned with pale lemon slices over pink (called "Pink Lemonade"); her armor is incomplete, but well taken care of. She’s wearing leather braces, a steel gauntlet on her left hand only, and a woven blue sash and bedroll across her back.

img desc: A drawing of a hindren deerfolk girl from "Caves of Qud". On the right a title card reads "Pariah Eskhind (she/it)". Some of the details are labeled. Her fur is ashen, with her pale undercoat spotting through on her forearms and flanks. Her messy hair is a greenish bleach-blonde, and one of her ears has a hole in it; her antlers are pale and their velvet is darker grey, and they're covered in little tied-on charms and brass tine hornaments. She has an eyepatch over her left eye, and a gap between her front teeth. She's grinning, slouching in a relaxed fashion, pulling back her hood with one hand and flashing a rock-on with the other; her front two legs are crossed, while the back two are spread like she's posing for a picture. She's wearing a well-worn chainmail hauberk, which extends down over her back; a ragged cowl, with buttoned slots along the hem of the hood for her antlers to fit through; a leather bracer on her left wrist, a steel pauldron on her right shoulder, a fingerless elastyne glove on her right hand, and two pairs of croccasins on her hooves. A pocketed saddle is slung over her back, along with a backpack and bedroll; on either side, the pockets are full of tools and bits. Tucked into her swordbelt is a sheathed folding carbide longsword and a gaslight kris; slung across her chest is a bolt-action rifle called "Peashooter" (it has a lesbian flag on its stock). Around her legs are several beaded bracelets and charms; one of them is the rightfully reclaimed Kindrish, complete with its carved deer charm.

[neonhellscape]

okay his outfit has really been bothering me for absolutely ages so here. bastard man.

[liesbeths-slippers]

Good morning, my friends 😁

[girlfriendsofthegalaxy]

why is my little cat phil trying to take the sock off my foot

[onebizarrekai]

Asking for a friend: would Crystal, Vick, or Ellie wear a dress?

Scratch that. Would any of the cast wear a dress?

Also I lied I’m asking because I’m gay.

yes. and yes

okay you could realistically say that some of the characters are not entirely familiar with dressing up or prefer to dress other ways but that's beside the point. put them in dresses

[loppiopio]

found these while fixing up the photos for the main post and thought they were cute so why not share some other process images for this one.

[spoonstrek]

I know too much about history to be able to read a fun, off-the-cuff historical setting fanfic, it's so cute and fun but the details are driving me nuts

[thenarrativefoil]

i found the exact same silk quilt i currently have, but it's less worn AND red and IT WAS ONLY $80 im head over heels holy fuck i've been looking for a new one going on three years now.

[satans-knitwear]

AN EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR ME (AND YOU GUYS, I GUESS) FROM MY BESTIE!!!!!

[ippokampos]

say, how much time (weeks?) till i steal most of my dad's wardrobe?

[liesbeths-slippers]

A small portion of my well-worn Chinese slippers. The rest is in the attic

[cozybearz]

i hate clothes shopping bc im rlly picky for a lot of reasons (mostly sensory stuff, ethical concerns, price, and personal taste which all collaborates to make picking stuff rlly hard dhdhd) and its generally stressful, and i have a habit of thrifting stuff thats too big for me bc its often all i can find in styles i like, but right now im actually rlly glad i got some too-big for me pants in the past couple years bc now a lot of them fit just right so i dont have like, an imminent pants buying emergency

[entropy-sea-system]

what are some fabrics that are soft/not very rough or like at least have a neutral-feeling texture in general?

[pebblethief]

you would think brand new bedding would be like...clean sheets feeling+

but no it is There Is A New Texture All Around Me awareness instead D:

I will be fine but I will be Noticing it for days aaaaaa

[headspace-hotel]

so many articles about Fast Fashion, not enough articles about what the hell is happening to the quality of clothes

Like okay. People own more pieces of clothing nowadays and they wear them a lesser number of times before throwing them out. BUT.

Why do we pretend like this is pure vanity or careless wastefulness, rather than forced by the qualities of the clothes themselves?

The other day, I was going through boxes of old clothes in the basement in search of fabric to practice sewing on. The difference in quality of the fabrics themselves is shocking! The worn-out old jeans from twenty years ago are MUCH thicker and tougher than anything more recent. My old baby clothes are made as sturdy as my work clothes from today.

In the past couple years, I have had entire seams rip out of clothes on the first wash. That's not normal!

Polyester blend shirts that feel cozy and soft when they are new, become scratchy and rough after 20 washes or so. I am trying to avoid polyester, but it gets harder and harder; the other day i couldn't find a single pack of crew socks that was 100% cotton. SOCKS!

Also, pilling is out of control. The newest pants I bought developed pills within a single day of walking around campus with a backpack.

These companies are trying to frog-boil us but touching clothes from twenty years ago, the useless crap of today would stick out like a sore thumb...