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This art FEELS like it should be from 2015 but it was TODAY (tuesday june 24 2025)

wooaaaaaahhooaaaooaaaaahhhh story of undertale

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Girl isnt that your job

My fellow Americans, we need to come up with better names for our presidents

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The sheer amount of soulsona art that im seeing depicting kris being really mad at the soul bc they are bad at videogames kinda makes me wanna play deltarune. Like i VISCERALLY suck at videogames. But i might do it.

twt soulsona trend that im very late to

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Mr silly poopoo man: haha your a silly poopoo

Me: oh yeah? Look at your name tag

Mr silly poopoo man: what.. *looks at name tag* oh no! *cries*

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I like the idea of a Vulcan character who constantly does very reckless things so her human crewmates think she's strange but then she always has a logical explanation she delivers with absolute confidence.

"No, it was perfectly logical for me to jump out of the shuttle at that time. I had a breathing apparatus, and I was certain I could seal the subspace rift by hand before the Romulans opened fire. This was the only solution that would result in zero casualties. I might have died, but giving up is illogical."

She's known as one of the most fearless members of the crew.

Other Vulcans try not to acknowledge her.

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How to draw Afro textured 4c hair - an explanation/Tutorial

For those of you that don’t know what 4c hair is, 4c hair is a hair texture type that contains coils to small and tight that the hair appears to be more puffy rather than curly ( like to photo below ) this is in NO WAY to be confused with curly hair. there is a drastic difference.

As a black artist that primarily draws characters with 4c hair, I’ve been asked many times to do a tutorial on 4c hair so here we go~

before we get into 4c hair, lets take a moment to fully understand it by talking about hair texture in a general sense first

let’s take a look at this example of straight hair vs curly hair ( 1 type straight hair vs 3 type curly hair )

If you take a moment to compare the two you’ll notice straight hair is flat, it has no texture. Straight hair perfectly hangs down similar to liquid-like silk. It’s lack of curl pattern is the reason as to why it hangs perfectly flat.

curly hair on the other hand doesn’t lie down flat and silky like straight hair, It’s more thick. Curly hair in it’s raw and unstyled state has a trapezoid like shape this is because the sides of the hair spread more outward.

So why is this? Why is straight hair flat and curly hair thick?

the answer to that question is a thing called piling up. When it comes to hair texture, the shape of the hair strands aren’t the only thing that matters, its how the strands coexist with each other, Curly hair strands coexist by piling up on top each other.

moisture also effects hair texture too, different hair types absorbs moisture differently, thus the thickness of each hair type is different. 

…..soooo, how does this all relate to how to draw 4c hair?? 

Well let’s take a look at the drawing below. Notice how the arrows go outward more as the hair texture gets curlier. As we’ve already discussed, this is because hair piles up, The curlier the hair texture, the more it piles up on each other, the bigger it gets, the more outward the arrows go.

Out of any hair texture, 4C hair has the most curls. Because of this, the hair piles up on each other so much that it doesn’t lie down flat like straight hair, nor does it make a trapezoid like shape like curly hair, it instead becomes more cloud like.❤️

This is what you need to take into account when it comes to drawing 4C hair.

Think of it as piling up a bunch of cotton balls on each other. The most cotton on top of top to lead to a bigger patch of  cotton. this is 4c hair.

How to not draw 4c hair:

Garnet fanart. Let’s talk about Garnet Fanart. I notice a trend that when artists draw Garnet from Steven universe, her hair texture is usually changed to 3 type curly like texture. This subtle form of White washing has confused me because this is inaccurate. 

Garnet’s hair is in the shape of a cube. Though 3 type hair piles up on each other, it isn’t curly nor thick enough for their hair to stay in the shape of a cube. Curly hair lies down more than 4c hair. So garnet’s hair being in the shape of a cube is a dead giveaway that it is 4C. Why do you think hairstyles like flat tops are usually seen on black men with 4c hair? It’s because, the 4c hair texture is thick and strong enough to stay in whatever shape you put it in.

please, if you’re drawing a character with 4c hair, avoid drawing it like curly 3 type hair, this is very anti-black and texturist.

So, how do you draw 4c hair?

honestly, its the most easy thing in the world

i wanna clarify that blobby looking 4c drawings ( like the one on the top left ) can work depending on how cartoony your art style is.

Another thing that I want to greatly clarify when it comes to drawing 4C hair is, YOU. DONT. NEED. TO. DRAW. EVERY. HAIR. STRAND!…..like, seriously. I’ve gotten many messages about how 4C hair is hard to draw, and it’s always left me confused; but then I find out that the same people that have trouble drawing 4C hair, attempt to draw every single strand of hair. This is unnecessarily time consuming because it’s merely impossible to get every single detail down, especially when you have a simple cartoon style. 4C hair does not require much effort, all you’re doing is drawing lumps. It’s that simple, nothing more nor nothing less.

The reason why I greatly advise all of you to avoid drawing every single hair strand is because in real life, when you look at a 4C textured Afro, your eyes don’t pick up on each individual hair strand like straight or curly hair. 4C hair, appears to be more undefined and cloud like, so attempting to draw each and every individual strand is unnecessary and will most likely end up looking inaccurate.

Anyways! that’s it for now! there will be a part 2 to this tutorial that will come out next week! i hope you guys have learned from this and apply it to your black character in your art!~

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things you DO NOT need to be a man

a dick

he/him pronouns

XY chromosomes

things you DO need to be a man

the swiftness of a coursing river

the force of a great typhoon

the strength of a raging fire

the mysteriousness of the dark side of the moon

^this post was brought to you by LGBT^

Let's

Get down to

Business

To defeat the huns

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Go! SEE! ELIO!

Don’t listen to the the stupid reviews! It’s fun! It’s funny! It’s heartfelt and it is MUCH more worthy of your time than any live action remake out right now! Fight for original films! Support stuff made by directors that want to break into the field and make more!

If you are a rottmnt fan and are curious about Open the Floodgates, click here.

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Reddit makes dumb decision -> I finally decide to check out Tumblr -> meet cool people on the 196 tag and become mutuals -> I discover one of them lives in Aus too -> I fly like 1000km and we fuck and cuddle

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I saw a two headed monster in my tumblr ads

⬇️

Also a ginger girl with Samara TheRing hair and a kid with all too many knuckles

And this is supposed to be an ad encouraging me to use AI

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Actually celebrating this w my siblings today (we're getting mcdonalds and watching The Walten Files)

🎃🍉🎃🍬🎃 Happy Summerween! 🎃🍉🎃🍬🎃

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I love questions like this bc my pfp is me. Its straight up me. Its art of mineself. "Oh i picture you as your pfp" yes correct. That is me.

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Experienced a thought today

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"immortality sucks because all your friends die" all your friends die anyway. those we do not mourn are those who mourn us.

"immortality sucks because you forget who you are" we always forget who we are. do you remember who you were at four years of age? who you were at fourteen? "who i am" is a shadow cast on the wall.

"immortality sucks because" skill issue. skill issue. skill issue. give me your liver

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Guys Im A Man. Like A Straight-Up Male.

I dont blame yall for thinking a tumblr user named Moth was somehow nonbinary/feminine tbh but yeah im a straight up he/him fat twink who is male. Im also transmasc so the being male part is important to me

Wait hold up stop

This is mostly for non mutuals who havent heard me speak my gender out of my own mouth yet

I think you guys have a wildly incorrect perception of my gender i just wanna check

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I actually need this

H2O: Just Add Fathers

When Cleo, Rikki, and Emma go missing on Mako Island, their fathers (Donald, Neil, and Terry) all join the rescue effort. While the Water Police parole the perimeter, the dads go on foot across the island to search for them, and wind up discovering the Moon Pool themselves. While the girls get rescued without incident, the dads find themselves under the light of the full moon and wake up mermen the next day. Now the three of them have to navigate their lives as adults with jobs and families while keeping this secret.

Match Cleo’s job at the water park with Don’s fishing, Emma’s slumber party with Neil’s business retreats, and Terry would probably use his powers like Rikki does in Mako Mermaids to find treasure and other ways to make money.

I like to think Season 2 would replace Charlotte with Zane’s dad Harrison (maybe his father was Karl?). It’s sad we never got to meet Bella’s parents in Season 3.

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Wait hold up stop

This is mostly for non mutuals who havent heard me speak my gender out of my own mouth yet

I think you guys have a wildly incorrect perception of my gender i just wanna check