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walk into the club wearing all 4 at once to indicate my utter disdain for our fraud of a political system

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Last night I dreamed that I walked into a hall where a religious dinner was taking place. Each table had six guests and a seventh person to lead them in prayer. I went up to a table which already had a cleric, and informed him I would lead the prayer. We stared each other down, and he ceded his place. I took his seat and performed a strangely secular blessing. The guests at my table held on to my every word, entranced. It soon became clear I was a prophet-like figure to these people, and my words carried a magic that compelled them. We then broke bread together, except the bread was thick slabs of meat, roasted to tenderness, which we tore apart gently and ate with our fingers. When we were sated, we cleaned our hands and stood up to go. Outside it was dark. I led my group down the sidewalk. They asked me questions as we walked, each seeking answers and reassurances for their own lives. I responded neutrally, and spoke as if in code; they seemed satisfied. The night took on the air of dreams. Finally, we came to a bridge. I asked: would they finally cross with me? It emerged that this night had happened before, over and over. Every night I would take the form of a messiah, and attempt to lead them across a bridge. Every night so far they had wavered, because they knew, on some level, I was the devil in disguise.

Then I woke up

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I just wanted to tell you that you legit opened my eyes to a whole new level of creature design. I was annoyed that many of my cross-breeding attempts looked like Splicing, but I didn't know how to *define* what was wrong. Now it'll be a little easier to spot and improve on, I cannot express how much your tips and art have renewed my love of creature design. And for that I am sincerely SO grateful. <3

you're welcome! I'm glad I could put into words what bothered me so much growing up HOWEVER

Splicing is not wrong.

Some quick review:

Creature Design Masterpost || Splice Vs Blend || Splice/Blend griffin tutorial

Splicing doesn't make things wrong, but it makes them unnatural. Sometimes unnatural is the way to go!

To refresh splice vs blend: A manticore using Asiatic lion, Indian scorpion, and "ancient Persian bust" statue reference. I like to reference animals and people of the time and place where myth originates

Splicing (top) looks like a creature formed by a bored god; meant to be uncanny and threatening in its familiarity. But the blended version (bottom) looks more like a predator that evolved in the jungles of India that can and will swallow you whole.

Both blending and splicing are valid, but I like blending best in most circumstances. Let's try another one.

I think we can all agree this creature looks super cool. But what is it? There's probably some lion (big surprise, people love making lion beasts) and a goat (kri-kri), and from the mouth/tail/scales probably a snake (Anatolian meadow viper) It's neat but it doesn't match the ancient descriptions enough to identify the myth.

Little easier to tell now huh? I kept the markings spliced as well for even more distinction, but colors and markings matter less to a chimera than easily identifiable anatomy. The chimera is the Original splice, so even though a blend looks more "realistic" it doesn't work. Plus, by chasing "anatomically feasible" I've eliminated the "serpent for a tail" because it doesn't make sense evolutionary. But by doing that, I lost a HUGE part of what makes a chimera and chimera.

Compare the blend map with the different arrangements of splice maps. You can get really creative with your seams and stitches, so treat splicing as a technique and not a sin. True mastery of a technique is knowing when and when not to use it.

Blending almost always makes things look more natural, but sometimes...

You ask a question better left unanswered

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thank these men for sparing 6 kids daddy issues and being amazing husbands

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Also people act like autistic people would have been, like, left in the woods to die or something as kids for most of history, but as i said i'm researching islamic saints and in both islam and christianity there's an awful lot of just, like, "Yeah that guy decided to go live in a cave by himself and wore one (1) article of clothing and sometimes he would walk around and scream randomly, it meant he was closer to god than everybody else"

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The best milk commercial ever

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i don’t know why i love this so much but i do

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Oh Billy, you look so small right there…

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I miss tumblr's Reblog Balls

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So you’ve got this bitch-ass fitted sheet that you would normally pile into a ball and shove into a closet so you won’t have to deal with it, yeah? Well. Quit acting like a piece of linen is better than you are. You can make a fitted sheet bend to your will. And here’s how…

First, put your sheet on the floor. Stand above it for a few seconds so it knows who’s boss.

Then, put your hand in the lower left corner so that it’s inside out. Do the same to the lower right corner.

Now, your lower left and right corners of the fitted sheet should be inside out. (Shoutout to Amy Poehler, love your work).

Then, take the lower left corner (that’s still inside out) and tuck it into the upper left corner. It should look like the picture above once you’re done. Then, do the same with your right corners.

It should look something like that. Right now, she’s your friend at the end of a good night out. Doesn’t look really bad, but you know she deserves better. 

Pull at the corners until you get something like this shape, as it makes it easier to fold. You’ve given your friend some plain white bread and a glass of water. She’s looking much more presentable now.

Now, pull in at the elastic until you make a rectangle. You’ll want to tuck and smooth the excess fabric away from the elastic seams and towards the closed edge of the fitted sheet.

Once you’ve got a (semi) neat rectangle, fold the the top of the sheet down about a third of the way through. I like to fold the upper part of the sheet down first, because it’s not as straight of an edge as the bottom. You can find your own meaning within that description.

Now, fold the lower portion of the sheet on top of the part you’ve already folded down.

Fold the left side of the sheet into the middle, and then fold the right side of the sheet on top of what you just folded. 

Congratulations. You just made a fitted sheet your bitch.

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I made a font for my ghost conscript (English version)!

It only has the letters right now, though.

(It says, 'This is written in ghost script!')

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SNEAKY FELLAS  👀