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I’ve seen her at that ren faire before! Still kicking ass I hope

Dame Archer kicks McDougal’s Scots ass there in the rain at the Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire - August 11, 2018 - Photo by Douglas Herring

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so my apartment building got a notice board to post fire alarm tests and maintenance announcements and such. the building is pretty well-maintained, so we rarely get notices. the board is big and grey and to think it would be empty like that 99% of the time was a bland boring sin i just couldn't bear, so i vandalized the corner of its empty canvas with a teeny tiny Guy

and within a few days, there was a sudden addition from my one of my neighbors along with a Bunch of thumbtacks. this was an unexpected, but welcome surprise!

well there was still so much space, i figured i'd add another crumb to the art hoard. i'd been playing genshin that day so i drew my favorite grandpa

and like clockwork, new art manifested!! this person is gonna grow to be a great artist i know it. the detail in those stones? hell yeah that's cool.

we're two weeks into it. more neighbors have joined in with their artwork. who knew there were so many artists in my building?? we're onto somethin great here i just know it.

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One of my favorite stories to tell about myself from when I was a kid is the story how my grandma’s “Catching Fairies” game was banned because of me

So when I was really little my grandma had this game she made up, she’d give me and all my cousins jars and containers and tell us that in her garden there were fairies but they were smart and tricky so they disguised themselves as caterpillars and butterflies and as grasshoppers and worms.

Whoever caught the most ‘Fairies’ won but we had to set them all free because they tended to the garden

One summer day my brothers were at the age they were dreading ‘girly’ stuff so I was playing alone

At this point I had met all the fairies in the garden and I was getting bored without any competition and with finding the same old fairies

But then just as I was begrudgingly heading back to my grandma with the same fairies as usual I found a new fairy!

I thought she was so beautiful! She was resting on the sparkly thread in the leaves and her black body gleamed in the sunlight, she had long legs and a cool red spot on her back

Excited I coaxed her onto my hand and was so giddy I found a new one! I rushed back to the farm house to show my Grandma and Dad, gently carrying my new friend.

But when my Dad and Grandma turned around to see what fairy I caught I saw the color drain from their faces and both of them freeze, I could tell something was wrong but didn’t understand

My dad congratulated me and asked me if he could see the pretty fairy, I let him but felt a little nervous seeing how terrified he looked as she moved into his hands from mine.

Slowly he walked back towards the door, my grandma clutching my shoulders then my dad LAUNCHED the fairy back into the garden which I thought was rather rude

Then we had a nice long talk about Black Widow spiders

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Visible Mending

Introduction:

Visible mending is a decorative way to fix up an item. Instead of trying to make your mend as invisible as possible, the idea is to make it part of the garment's design.

Visual mending is not a single technique: it's more of a mindset. If you've got an item you love, it deserves to be mended, and if you're going to put that love into stitches, why not show them off?

That being said, there are some specific techniques that are popular with visible menders. Let's take a look!

Sashiko:

Sashiko is a type of traditional Japanese embroidery that is used to both decorate and reinforce fabric. In visible mending, sashiko is often used to cover up holes with patches or to reinforce thinning fabric. This technique uses a variation on the running stitch.

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Some resources on sashiko:

SashiCo on YouTube: sashiko livestreams and information on the cultural aspect of sashiko.

Written tutorial by Upcycle Stitches.

Free sashiko templates by TheSpruceCrafts.

Fixing jeans with sashiko by Soluna Collective.

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Embroidery:

Regular embroidery is also a popular technique to accentuate your mends. Check out my embroidery 101 post to learn how to get started. You can embroider patches, or use embroidery to hide or accentuate any stitches you've made to fix holes. Embroidery's also a great way to cover up stains.

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Patches:

There are many ways to add patches to a garment. My tutorial on patches is a good place to start if you want to make custom-shaped patches to sew on top of your fabric. You can also sew your patch on the inside of your garment and have it peek out from beneath the hole you're trying to fix. Fun ideas for this are lace or superheroes.

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Darning:

Darning is a technique used to repair holes in fabric by using running stitches to weave extra fabric over the hole as to fill it up again. While traditionally darning is done in an invisible way by using the same colour of thread as your fabric, you can also use contrasting colours to accentuate your fix. Check out this written tutorial on darning by TheSpruceCrafts.

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Conclusion:

Visible mending is a creative way to fix up your clothes and give them some personality at the same time.

You should be proud of the fact that you took the time and learned the necessary skills needed to mend your clothes! Show off what you did!

A fun side effect of wearing these obvious mends is that people will notice them. They'll remember your fixes the next time they're faced with a hole in their wardrobe, and it will make them more likely to try it for themselves.

These are just a few ways to visibly mend your garments. Want more inspiration? Check out Pinterest or r/Visiblemending on Reddit.

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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i have a sans hc for you

so if you're dry humping with him. do you think doyouthink do ya think there's gonna be a whoopee cushion noise? .....just me?

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So if a guy’s gspot is in his butthole does that make it like a half cloaca situation?

Would that make omegaverse fanfics worse? Probably.

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Sans fic ramble. (fell sans)

So i'm making him a biker also because i can't make him more of a red flag than he already is. and i was thinking "what does this bike LOOK like?" i had a vision that needed to come true. soooo- here you go sinners. found on pinterest. if y'all know where these are from please let me know!

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Just Jayce dragging his cat partner to a gala

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You know how I know the Brainrot is bad?? I had a very wholesome dream that I fucking MARRIED SANS.

He was wearing one of those stupid tshirts with the suit printed on them??? I was wearing a plain black dress with daffodils and buttercups in my hair. It was a casual lakeside ceremony with all my friends in attendance and I woke up FLUSTERED AS HELL

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FIRST CHAPTER IS UP!!!

angst, so much angst. 18+!! here!

enjoy you dirty bastards!

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First paragraph of the fell sans x reader i'm working on!

"Moving was never something you had in mind. You loved your small town, it was one street and everything was where it always had been. But things change, your once beloved home can turn red with the blood of injuries caused by lies. And a once pretty town can turn rancid with a churning rot that has taken root in its own people. You tried your best to get as far from the stench as possible. As far from the memory, and feeling of ever loving it." This fic has a Pinterest board and a Spotify playlist!!!!

Pinterest Spotify The first chapter will be out on my Ao3 account later today! have fun >:]

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So, I’m working on something again! Be proud!

I found that there wasn’t any Underfell Sans angst that I personally liked. It was all cheating and physical abuse???? Girlypops. I wanna read stuff that’s an emotionally/mentally toxic situationship type of angst. To each their own, I decided “hey I’m a writer. I can write it myself”

And because I’m just ✨that bitch✨ I made you lot a playlist so you can imagine scenarios while I work. Love ya’s

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Okay Amazon ads, new anal beads just dropped

The crystal girlies are gonna go wild with this one

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Hii, I really loved your Papyrus (and his fingers) art. May I request something similar with yn and fell sans?

Your artstyle is awesomee!

How is your day going? :)

I hope this is ok. I think he likes to be the one biting than being bite so y/n get to lick him instead (?)

((ผมแซงคิวอิพี่มันนี่ น้องรัสส์ และน้องคอฟฟี่ให้คุณเลยนะ เพราะพี่เรดมันอร่อย🔥))

The previous one. Hope im correct

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I woke up from a dead sleep due to a thunderstorm just to have an epiphany.

Do you guys think sans has narcolepsy????? He falls asleep ALL THE TIME. EVERYWHERE.

SIDE EYEING HIM.

Honestly? I headcanon it.