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danieleharper: sherbertsheperton: oneandtwotogether: ponywitha...

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:12:53 -0500

sherbertsheperton:

oneandtwotogether:

ponywithafez:

lady-digby-chicken-caesar:

stepharooni:

superboyfriends:

ethelindi:

Everyone probably knew this was coming.

#i legit CRY at this commercial #it actually makes me CRY #boom-dee-ada-boom-dee-ada #i just love the fucking world okay? #sobbing now

I JUST HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT THIS COMMERCIAL

I was just thinking about these commercials and how I wanted one on my tumblr, and now here it is!

Awkward confession time: whenever I feel like the world is shit and I can’t keep dealing with it, I watch this and/or read about cool science things to remind me that it’s not all bad.

For all of you having bad days

Always reblog

If only Discovery actually lived up to the promise of its ads.

It did when this was made. -_-

ambiants: ambiants: what do you get when you mix alcohol and literature? tequila mockingbird

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:09:18 -0500

ambiants:

ambiants:

what do you get when you mix alcohol and literature?

tequila mockingbird

a-tolkien-for-your-thoughts: thefingerfuckingfemalefury: ayello...

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:00:32 -0500

a-tolkien-for-your-thoughts:

thefingerfuckingfemalefury:

ayellowbirds:

ocelots are so fucking adorable.

LOOK AT ITS CUTE LITTLE FACE :D

OH GOD IT HAS DEMON EYES I BET THIS IS CROWLEY’S FAVOURITE ANIMAL OTHER THAN HELL HOUNDS AND HUMANS

oneandtwotogether: ponywithafez: lady-digby-chicken-caesar: st...

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:56:16 -0500

oneandtwotogether:

ponywithafez:

lady-digby-chicken-caesar:

stepharooni:

superboyfriends:

ethelindi:

Everyone probably knew this was coming.

#i legit CRY at this commercial #it actually makes me CRY #boom-dee-ada-boom-dee-ada #i just love the fucking world okay? #sobbing now

I JUST HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT THIS COMMERCIAL

I was just thinking about these commercials and how I wanted one on my tumblr, and now here it is!

Awkward confession time: whenever I feel like the world is shit and I can’t keep dealing with it, I watch this and/or read about cool science things to remind me that it’s not all bad.

For all of you having bad days

Always reblog

I need to find out if there’s an emulator version of this...

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:52:20 -0500

I need to find out if there’s an emulator version of this game.

a-smoldering-lionheart: run the world by ~intoyourheart

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:48:13 -0500

a-smoldering-lionheart:

run the world by ~intoyourheart

muffpunch: Someone on reddit made a Hilary pantsuit...

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:39:55 -0500

muffpunch:

Someone on reddit made a Hilary pantsuit rainbow.

Magnificent.

(via)

This was the #1 reddit post yesterday. XD

Photo

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:35:22 -0500

theartofanimation: Megatruh

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:33:15 -0500

theartofanimation:

Megatruh

Dear Tumblr, Meet Monkey, my neighbor’s kitten.

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:41 -0500

Dear Tumblr,
Meet Monkey, my neighbor’s kitten.

sherwat: chrissykilljoybitchtits: inc-omparable: im-fandoomed: hitlervevo: why the fuck cant we...

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:57:00 -0500

sherwat:

chrissykilljoybitchtits:

inc-omparable:

im-fandoomed:

hitlervevo:

why the fuck cant we text the police

lets say there is a murderer in ur house and you’re hiding behind your sofa and you do have your phone with you but you can’t call the police because the murderer might hear you

Here in Canada you can

Here in England we just… scream and run

Here in Scotland we paint our faces and run towards the murderer

Here in Australia you are the murderer

In Soviet Russia, murderer texts YOU.

toasterness: I love that when you listen to cello music you can hear the player breathing, in and...

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:47:00 -0500

toasterness:

I love that when you listen to cello music you can hear the player breathing, in and out with the music, like they are living the tune

#they live the music #I wish I played cello

My boyfriend is a cellist, and let me tell you, watching him perform is like watching a one-man show, even when he’s playing as part of a group or an entire orchestra. He shows so much emotion when he plays. You can watch him even sway a little as he plays. You say they live the music, but when I watch Tomo play, I swear he BECOMES the music.

carryalaser: WATERCOLOUR CHEAT CODES I made really quick...

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:42:52 -0500

carryalaser:

WATERCOLOUR CHEAT CODES

I made really quick tutorials full of swatches to send my mom who wants to take up watercolour painting for a hobby. I’ll share them here as I find time to type what I wrote her.

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The first two pictures illustrate discoveries in mixing skin-tones. I try to find paints that make it faster/easier to mix skin colours - even if you’re adept at making these tones out of other colours, the right combo of purple and yellow can cut out a lot of time and money. The one I have most success with is “violet gray”, then “permanent magenta” for darker and wider ranges, and “purple lake” when I was cheap and it was on sale.

Mix these (sparingly) with raw sienna. The darker the purple the less you’ll need to add to your yellow (yellow ochre works as well). Ultimately, watercolour is tricky to mix so if you’re not confident right away make sure to paint swatches before putting a loaded brush to paper, otherwise be ready to mix with water on the paper.

For a lighter, paler, redder skin tone, raw sienna + brown madder is what I prefer, although as you can see in the first image (about half-way down the page on the left), “cadmium yellow pale hue” and “cadmium red deep hue” work just as well, and might be cheaper on you. With that combo, however, it’s easier to get stuck mixing a ton of orange.

Back to permanent magenta, it’s great with browns to get darker tones, not just for darker skin but for shading. I keep three browns on my “skin” palette (last pic), “burnt umber”, “burnt sienna”, and “vandyke brown”. Mix it with some skin-tone, even just a little, to keep it from looking straight-out-of-the-tube.

So mix your skin tones, make a few test swatches to figure out how much water you need (every brush behaves differently), and lay down some washes.

In the middle of the first piece of paper is a gradation in a skin tone (violet gray + raw sienna) from really warm (“brown madder”) to really cool (“turquoise”). This was done wet in wet, to show what kinds of tones you get from adding warm and cool colours.

To the left on the bottom are a couple light washes of colours painted over a skin tone (same ol’ raw sienna + violet gray) to show how different colours look on this mix when applied dry on dry. Blue (I used turquoise again) is great for some shadows, implied stubble, and veins close to the skin, reds and most browns for warmer shading, yellow for jaundice or boogers… you get it.

On the bottom right is an example of really warm vs. really cool shading on the same skin tone mix (just guess). The initial skin tone wash is a bit warm for the cool side, but the contrast makes the shadows really evident. Different colours in shading will have different effects that way. The only surprise here is the use of dark blue “indigo” which is great for coming close to black when mixed with other colours.

On the second page are two more noses, different skin tones, and just three extra passes with skin tone washes - although difficult to tell because I was lazy and didn’t wait long enough for them to dry after the 2nd pass. The extra passes aren’t particularly warm or cold leaning, but simply draw off of the initial tone I placed.

IMPORTANT: These little quick studies serve to be as economical as possible, using few colours but still not looking just like an awkward mix of red and yellow or brown and yellow. For a more detailed or accurate representation of skin tones, a ton more colours might be added - for instance the darker skin tone on the right would have more pinks, and of course different parts of the body appear to be tinted differently. Also never forget no matter what colour or how dark skin is, skin is shiny. Be mindful of even diffused light. At the same time - perfect representation of skin is hardly necessary. More expressive colour treatment rules.

But ultimately - colour in skin - who cares! Just play around with colours you like, build a base that’s easy for you to mix quickly for wet on wet or however you prefer to work. Play with colours on different planes or surfaces of the body, with light, and take everything I say as a tips - not rules - ‘cause watercolour is really unpredictable and that is often the best part.

Another note: I use pencil tins for palettes, it keeps things portable, easy to mix, minimal paint waste, and I can rearrange paints easily to make mixing easier. I usually have three but you could get away with one or two. If you try it out, keep the paints and empty space clean with jut a bit of water and the wipe of a cloth/kleenex.

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The third picture shows a really quick, easy, natural black mix I make. It’s simply “Hooker’s Green, Dark” and “Dioxazine Violet” at almost equal quantities. You can mix it with a blue or red or yellow for a warmer or cooler black, depending on which you need. I included some gradation and overlapping swatches. Just keep in mind black can be very powerful in watercolour, or any opaque application of the paint, so use it sparingly and with a plan in mind.

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Despite my shitty watercolour sketches up here, I spent a huge amount of being a child working at a cooperative gallery with some contemporary and purist watercolour painters alike so I picked up a lot. If anyone wants me to be more specific about something, or maybe produce a more specific guide or sketch for a problem you have, let me know and I can try to help out.

These were things my mum asked for and that I produced with her knowledge of the medium in mind, so if it really did interest you but you’re stuck on something, or found something I said vague and confusing, let me know.

kalinkacakes: And I am looking so attractive It’s the...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:26:12 -0500

kalinkacakes:

And I am looking so attractive

It’s the Flesh! Run!

Photo

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:19:46 -0500

iloveireland: sherbertsheperton: justabrowncoatedwench: sherbertsheperton: pokemon-personalities:...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:17:39 -0500

iloveireland:

sherbertsheperton:

justabrowncoatedwench:

sherbertsheperton:

pokemon-personalities:

a moment of recognition for those ships you shipped before you knew what shipping was

Ships you shipped before you shipped ships?

I’m looking at you, Alanna/George, Daine/Numair, and Kel/Dom!

~~let’s also not forget Nealen/myself~~

DAINE/NUMAIR OTP

OMG! THERE ARE ACTUALLY DAINE/NUMAIR SHIPPERS!? I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER FIND ANYONE!

Who DOESN’T ship Daine and Numair? They’re adorable~

rakeeshsorrel: rambeltilx: arhenadoesart: jaded-mandarin: Del...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:16:32 -0500

rakeeshsorrel:

rambeltilx:

arhenadoesart:

jaded-mandarin:

Deliver Us. Prince of Egypt (1998).

River, oh river, flow gently for me,
Such precious cargo you bear!
Do you know somewhere, he can live free?
River, deliver him there…

Words cannot describe the beauty and perfection of this score..

I don’t really care what your views are on religion/historical stories like the flood and shit, but everyone should watch this movie. It was so boss.

Haha man if someone doesn’t watch this movie just because they don’t believe in the Christian/Jewish mythos then they are being a dumbass and missing out because of it 8|

As someone who isn’t religious, I can attest to how well this movie is put together. It’s told in a way that someone who isn’t a Christian or Jew can entirely enjoy it - like if you were to sit down to a film about Hercules. It’s a very well adapted story.

So, this is for Bracha, because I know how much you like Ofra Haza. :3

That one time in middle school when I was horribly guilty of whitewashing

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:11:00 -0500

I fell in love with the Immortals quartet by Tamora Pierce when I was in the seventh grade, and I remember trying very, very hard to draw Numair, Daine’s mentor and love interest. I have not read the books since I was in the 8th grade, but I distinctly remember that Pierce described Numair as having dark skin and springy hair. I remember thinking, “But, why can’t he be like Daine?” (I would also like to point out that if I remember correctly, it is stated that Daine has tan skin, though if this was her natural state or due to exposure to the sun, I don’t know.) I KNEW he wasn’t like Daine. I recognized that he was written to be a POC. And, I remember WILLFULLY deciding that he looked like Daine and that the true description of him in the book would have no bearing on how I imagined him.

So, in every picture ever that I drew of Numair, he is almost completely white, with black, straight hair.

I’m glad those drawing were thrown away long ago. And I’m glad I’ve grown up a lot in the twelve years since then.

justabrowncoatedwench: sherbertsheperton: pokemon-personalities: a moment of recognition for...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:01:54 -0500

justabrowncoatedwench:

sherbertsheperton:

pokemon-personalities:

a moment of recognition for those ships you shipped before you knew what shipping was

Ships you shipped before you shipped ships?

I’m looking at you, Alanna/George, Daine/Numair, and Kel/Dom!

~~let’s also not forget Nealen/myself~~

DAINE/NUMAIR OTP

How to woo an English major.

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:38 -0500

How to woo an English major.