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The Red Siren Happy #MerMay everyone!! I am so happy to announce that this lovely piece of @siren.aurora is complete! This painting has been months in the making and has taken two attempts to get just right. I have absolutely loved working with Siren Aurora these past few months. I stumbled upon one of her videos while looking for references and I was captivated by her grace under the waves. I took a chance and messaged her and I’m so glad that I did! She has been an amazing model and sent me some absolutely stunning photos to work with. If anyone else wants a commission done, please let me know! #mermaid #mermaidart #commissionsopen #commission #ocean #oceanart #fantasy #blue #mermaids #mermaidtail #water #watercolor #watercolorart #winsorandnewton #winsorandnewtonwatercolors #deep https://www.instagram.com/p/CdEnL8ZvsyK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Inktober Day 3: Vessel Flashback to 2017!! This was my witchsona for #witchsonaweek and it felt perfect for this prompt. Looking back, there are a couple of goofy things with this piece but I loved this phase in my style. The clouds were adorable and I remember having so much fun with them. Fun fact: I just got the “create” tattoo this year!! #ink #inktober #inktober2021 #inktoberprompts #indiaink #witch #inktoberday3 #vessel #sketchbook #art #arts #artistsoninstagram #potion #bottle #cauldron #spooky #witchyvibes https://www.instagram.com/p/CVMEy6DFXwh/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Beauty in Blue I love it! These are some of my favorite colors to work with and I loved the yellow pearlescent paint! #watercolor #watercolorpainting #art #mermaidart #gold #mermaid #mermay #pearlescent #pearlescentwatercolors #blue #underthesea #savetheocean #winsorandnewton #koi #fish #swimming https://www.instagram.com/p/CS5KjPcn3If/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Mermaid Rising from the Deep This is one of the most beautiful pieces I have made this summer. I love it so much and the pearlescent paints made it absolutely pop off the page! #watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolorart #mermaid #mermay #ocean #water #deep #beautiful https://www.instagram.com/p/CRekMRLIR0W/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Night clouds After a six month hiatus, I’m back, baby!! I’ve been painting so much I don’t know what to do with myself. So far I’m learning how to paint water and clouds and then we’ll tackle some larger pieces. 💪🏼 #cantstopwontstop #art #watercolor #watercolorart #watercolorpainting #sketchbook #purple #galaxy #sky #sunset #chinesewhite #beautiful #clouds #cloudporn #koiwatercolors #winsorandnewton #nijiwatercolors https://www.instagram.com/p/CQtsit_HeNh/?utm_medium=tumblr

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so can we start hunting down white liberals now or what

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How to Play as Belle in DnD 5e

Belle is my favorite Disney Princess, and from my favorite fairytale covered by the Disney company. Which is why it’s a crying shame she hasn’t been properly built until now. I mean, I have built her before, but that was terrible, and I’ve since changed my mind on how best to build her. So, go on. Unfold your menu. Take a glance, and then you’ll, have to suffer through my cringy attempt at humor.

Belle is a perfectly ordinary person. There’s nothing too remarkable about her. As such, it’s easy to write her off as just an ordinary Standard Human. But hold on, there’s her literary version to consider. In the very first version written by Suzanne-Barbot de Villeneuve in 1740, Belle is the daughter of a king and a fairy, making Belle a half-fairy. So, you could also build her as a Variant Human with the Fey Touched feat to give her that fey analogue, or go Half-Elf for the bonus skills.

BACKGROUND

Belle’s background can lean one of two ways, and I recommend shaping her background to the subclass you pick out for her.

Guild Artisan As a guild artisan, Belle can be a tinkerer, metalworker, or alchemist by trade. It’s also called Guild Merchant, and her father is a merchant in most versions of the fairytale, fitting as most peasant girls would likely take up her father’s trade. This puts more emphasis on Belle making things by hand, and gives her proficiency with Insight and Persuasion.

Sage With this background, Belle is a researcher or librarian, recording and preserving knowledge in a vast library or workshop. This feeds more into Belle’s love of literature and reading, and is a good translation of Belle’s hobbies and interests into the realm of Dungeons and Dragons. The Sage background gives Belle proficiency with Arcana and History.

CLASS

ARTIFICER

As tempting as a Lore Mastery or Order of the Scribes Wizard would be to make Belle a magical intellect, I find that the more scientific angle of the Artificer feels more at home with the daughter of an inventor. Granted, if Belle grew up in the setting of DnD, she may be far more fascinated with wizardry and magic, but as a pure translation of her screen counterpart, the logic-driven inventor class feels more appropriate for her. Especially since it can easily allow her spells to be reflavored as whacky inventions created either by Belle or her father. However, if you’d rather play Belle as a dedicated squishy caster with a love for magic instead of science, then either Lore Mastery Wizard or Order of the Scribes Wizard is a perfectly appropriate substitution build for Belle. And if an INT caster isn’t really doing it for you, Belle also works great as a Knowledge Domain Cleric who seeks to understand the universe, or an Arcana Domain Cleric who worships a powerful enchantress and seeks to understand the magical strings that connect all things together in the great glamorweave of magic.

ARCHIVIST (UA)

If Belle chooses this subclass, have her background be a Sage. As an Archivist, Belle is a researcher who uses her technology to gather and store information. The articial mind feature dosen’t specify if the object with the mind can think or talk, however. If it can, Belle can create Lumiere and Cogsworth to store information for her. Or, if the object is just an object that can show Belle information, then have her use Beast’s enchanted mirror to show her things.

ARTILLERIST

As an Artillerist, Belle will gain more from being a Guild Artisan. It’s not quite Belle’s style, but this artificer subclass comes the closest to making Belle an inventor, as she can craft laser cannons, flamethrowers, mobile forcefields, and other things. I did consider the Battle Smith, but that one seems far more focused on Belle herself fighting on the front lines, and that doesn’t really fit her style. Belle is far more at home tinkering and inventing than she is standing over a hot anvil, forging weapons.

SIDEKICK

GNOLL DEFENDER WARRIOR

The new sidekick mechanic introduced in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything allows us to be joined by a simplified build PC that can be any creature type with a CR ½ or lower. I chose a gnoll as these bipedal hyena-like creatures come the closest to Beast’s aesthetic, although the Jackalwere is another great option in its hybrid form, and lets Beast play more with a werewolf type angle. As Belle’s sidekick, Beast can flank her in battle, and so long as he’s within 5 feet of her, Belle’s enemies will have disadvantage on hitting her. Though he also works as an Attacker Warrior, charging ahead to the front lines while Belle stays in the back of the team’s formation to cast her spells from a distance. Just pick his warrior style by how he approaches combat. If you want to lean more into the Artificer angle and make the Beast something she’s built, use the stats for the Stone Giant Statue and make it an Anvilwrought.

Belle’s Spell Library

Cantrips Firebolt Message Ray of Frost Shocking Grasp

1st Level Catapult Grease Tasha’s Caustic Brew

2nd Level Arcane Lock Heat Metal Magic Weapon

3rd Level Elemental Weapon Glyph of Warding Tiny Servant

4th Level Fabricate Otiluke’s Resilient Sphere Summon Construct

5th Level Animate Objects Bigby’s Hand Creation

Ultimately, whether you favor Belle as a tinkerer or a mage, she’ll make great use of her keen intellect in Dungeons and Dragons, and with the sidekick feature, she can be flanked by a bestial creature without having to dip into Beast Master Ranger, or having another player agree to make Beast in order to complete the set. 

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I laughed way harder then I should have

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Sometimes I say self loathing things to my therapist and he looks at me dead in the eyes before saying “You fucking moron.” and tbh same

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Mum caught me in the studio reminding myself how to watercolor. It turned out so pretty! I’m heading to vacation this week and I intend to post some of my new watercolors soon. I also have a huge backlog of artwork to post. This semester was a wild one! Big thanks to @mindysaun for the pic and being the biggest inspiration ever! #watercolor #watercolorpainting #oceanart https://www.instagram.com/p/CQUZQdMnBuL/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Black cats are lucky. (via leahweissmuller)

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Marwan & Khaled | Spring/Summer 2021

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Mt. St. Helens

I’ll have limited copies of this in print at VanCAF17 this weekend, come see me at table D-11! 

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand posed as a mummy during his 1896 trip to Egypt.

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Concept: magical girl series that initially looks like it’s going to take a grim twist, with the whole team getting brutally (but bloodlessly) massacred in their very first monster fight – but then the team leader wakes up the next morning perfectly fine and is like “dude, what the FUCK”.

Whereupon the cute animal sidekick is like: “Oh, when you ‘transform’ we transport your human body to the astral plane and replace it with a magical construct that your mind operates remotely. You were never in any real danger – didn’t you read the orientation manual?”

Our hero is obliged to admit that she did not, in fact, read the orientation manual.

After taking a moment to process, the protagonist asks the question that’s surely on every viewer’s mind: “If my powered up form is a drone, does that mean I can customise it?”

The rest of the series is basically a lighthearted combination of recurring fashion montages with increasingly outlandish customised bodies and the team abusing their conditional immortality to do stupid hold-my-beer stunts while the animal sidekick frets about the budget.

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Happy National Women’s Day! Here’s to celebrating all of the amazing ladies in my life— including me! I love a good resist painting. The last photo was a bit of a #WIP that looked really pretty! #nationalwomensday #girlpower #queens #loveyourself #art #empoweredwomenempowerwomen #empowerment #growth #bloom #watercolor #watercolorart https://www.instagram.com/p/CMLunEUH6Gp/?igshid=3klnfp4ym3p3

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Meryl Streep Perfectly Summarizes Why Sexism Is Still A Reality For Women

After discussing sexism in the refugee crisis, the Church, and financial systems, she went on to criticize her own industry for its deplorable lack of female film critics.

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