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whats your opinion on smoking

I think it's hilarious, especially cigarettes. I love how "stick that makes you die faster" is LITERALLY it's only selling point.

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hey. I just got back from cute people town. everyone there knew you

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oh FUCK its GIANT ANTIMATTER SATAN better bring out the CAR KEYS

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Say what you want about Rick's writing choices but he cooked when he had each pjo book represent a myth and had each character represent a greek hero. I am not ashamed to admit that.

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me during a lovely hangout with friends:

wow, this is great

my brain, about to pull the funniest prank of all time:

what if everyone in this room hates you

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Anatomy of Winged Humanoids

Feather edition!

(Intro over here)

starting with some considerations on the skeleton. The tricky thing is figuring out how to combine the anatomy of a bird and a human. I’ve drawn out some simplified comparisons below:

(Description: outlines of human and bird skeletons in blue. The human is shown from the front and the side, the bird is only seen from the side. I have marked the shoulder blades in red.)

The major skeleal differences I focus on when figuring out how to combine human and bird anatomy really boil down to three things in the torso:

- the collarbone and wishbone

- the sternum and keel bone

- the shoulder blades

I also modify the pelvis and tailbone but those are a bit easier. The biggest trouble with the torso is keeping the arms while also adding wings.

Birds dont have a normal collar bone. The “wishbone” is a V-shaped bone that curves up from just above the center of the torso and back towards the shoulder blades. I make it a little flatter on a humanoid form than it is on a bird, but it acts as a good transition shape from the neck to the bulkier torso.

I add a keelbone, which has a raised ridge at the center for the wing muscles and looks kinda like a shield for the ribs when viewed from the front. All flying birds have this, and I enjoy the challenge of adding it to a humanoid torso. It makes the side view look huge and barrel chested, but birds typically have very narrow ribcages actually.

And then theres the most annoying bit. Two sets of shoulders. Two sets of shoulder blades. And how to place them so they dont get crowded?

Well there are a few ways to do this and of course this wont be visible in the final art but it helps to know what your underlying anatomy looks like so you can stay consistent.

I usually bring the arm shoulder forward and down, like maybe where it would be on a dinosaur like velociraptor, or on a quadruped. This opens more space for the wings. The wing shoulder is near where the original arm shoulder was, but further back so its behind the torso.

And then you just have to fudge the heck out of the shoulder blades. Long skinny shape at the wing shoulder, more triangular at the arm shoulder. You can make one very long connected shoulder blade, or find a way to give the arm it’s own shoulder blade by modifying an upper rib or something, as I’ve done below:

(Description: a blue lined skeleton of a humanoid with wings, the body shape is outlined in red. Their arms are smaller and thinner than a normal human, giving the wings physical priority. The ribcage has been modified to include a small shoulder blade, a raised collarbone similar to a wishbone, and a keelbone at the center front of the ribs. The collar bone connects to the wing shoulder blade, which is long and skinny and goes behind the first wing bone. The only other modification to the skeleton is a smaller, thinner pelvis with a tailbone that sticks out behind.)

I kinda made the wing bones too thick, they should be thinner than that to remain lightweight. It should also be noted that one adaptation birds developed for flight was hollow bones. Their bones are full of open chambers inside with enough structure to keep the bone from breaking too easily. It helps the weight so they can fly, and it would be smart to assume that a humanoid with wings would need that lighter bone structure even more. Sometimes I will shrink the legs as well as the arms to help with this.

Next post will cover some basics on the muscle structure I use for winged humanoids.

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Anyway

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fuck elon and fuck x, formerly twitter

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jason: what do you mean i’m too old for the easter bunny??

bruce: jason, and i cannot stress this enough, you’re a 22 year old crime lord who murders people on the regular

jason: okay? where are my colorful fucking eggs?

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cass: duke has been teaching me about April Fools

steph: yeah?

cass: *grinning* he is about to get three texts from random numbers sending him on a goose chase around gotham

steph: …you amaze me

*duke heard giving a sharp yelp from the kitchen*

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cass: duke has been teaching me about April Fools

steph: yeah?

cass: *grinning* he is about to get three texts from random numbers sending him on a goose chase around gotham

steph: …you amaze me

*duke heard giving a sharp yelp from the kitchen*

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ai artist pushing the two minute button and then start on their microwave: 'i feel bad for the people who arent learning prompts right now theyre gonna get left behind by us tech-forward chefs'

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everyone say thank you greta

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goodbye 2023👋hello 𓏏𓉔𓇋𓋴 𓇌𓅂𓄿𓂋 𓇋 𓅃𓇋𓃭𓃭 𓎼𓅂𓏏 𓄿 𓅓𓅲𓅓𓅓𓇌 𓃀𓅱𓇌𓆑𓂋𓇋𓅂𓈖𓂧 𓅓𓄿𓇌𓃀𓅂 𓉔𓅲𓋴𓃀𓄿𓈖𓂧 𓇋𓆑 𓉔𓅂𓂕𓋴 𓎢𓅱𓅱𓃭 𓅃𓇋𓏏𓉔 𓏏𓉔𓄿𓏏

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i love the phrase "cruel and unusual." not only is what you're doing mean but it's also quite frankly fucking bizarre