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They also have an animal one that I linked a whole back on the same site !

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QUARANTINE CRYSTAL 0.8 RELEASES THIS SATURDAY

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All you need in life is a color picker willing to expose you to the unbounded madness we call color vision.

me, absolutely clueless: "I want a color just like this one, but in red" color picker: Fuck you think you are, a Mantis Shrimp? Don't talk to me again until you can afford a wide gamut monitor.

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Bundougi (bun+dough+beondegi), the raw dough pokemon! It loves to eat flavorful foods, and is intently focused on finding more at all times. As it eats, it produces an oily secretion that can be used to make delicious condiments.

Brumetta (brumate+bruschetta), the small loaf pokemon! When it evolves, its tough, bready crust will be left behind in its pan as its new form emerges. Afterwards this shell makes a perfect edible bowl for savory dishes.

Flittunta (flit+fettunta), the fly pokemon! It always carries a large breadcrumb, which it will dip into soups and beverages in order to eat them, as it can only consume liquids. It is always looking for tastier things to drink, so that it can provide the perfect meal for its Bundougi.

I had a genius idea for a fakemon the other day, and I just knew I had to draw it - and the sketch actually turned out well enough that i wanted to post it here! I've always wanted there to be a fly pokemon - Cutiefly only barely counts because Ribombee isn't a real bug anymore - and it all came together when I had the idea of a fly that uses a breadcrumb instead of a proboscis, and evolves from a little maggot made of raw dough (and the alcohol-producing yeast to tsuchinoko connection was a happy accident i was delighted to include). The line maybe seems a little disjointed, but I think it works in a gen 2 sort of way, especially with the little rubberhose gloves on Flittunta. I like to imagine they live in a region that also has other begloved critters, like Ledian, Poliwhirl, and Makuhita.

Some important notes that didn't fit into the dex entry format: the olive oil on Bundougi's back and in its snail trail gets infused with the flavors of whatever it eats; instead of getting out of its toasty little pan and walking, Brumetta just totters around on the pan's corners; a Flittunta gets its very first crumb from its old breadbowl shell, but will steal new bread chunks from wherever it can get them after that, like a seagull with fries

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Bundougi (bun+dough+beondegi), the raw dough pokemon! It loves to eat flavorful foods, and is intently focused on finding more at all times. As it eats, it produces an oily secretion that can be used to make delicious condiments.

Brumetta (brumate+bruschetta), the small loaf pokemon! When it evolves, its tough, bready crust will be left behind in its pan as its new form emerges. Afterwards this shell makes a perfect edible bowl for savory dishes.

Flittunta (flit+fettunta), the fly pokemon! It always carries a large breadcrumb, which it will dip into soups and beverages in order to eat them, as it can only consume liquids. It is always looking for tastier things to drink, so that it can provide the perfect meal for its Bundougi.

I had a genius idea for a fakemon the other day, and I just knew I had to draw it - and the sketch actually turned out well enough that i wanted to post it here! I've always wanted there to be a fly pokemon - Cutiefly only barely counts because Ribombee isn't a real bug anymore - and it all came together when I had the idea of a fly that uses a breadcrumb instead of a proboscis, and evolves from a little maggot made of raw dough (and the alcohol-producing yeast to tsuchinoko connection was a happy accident i was delighted to include). The line maybe seems a little disjointed, but I think it works in a gen 2 sort of way, especially with the little rubberhose gloves on Flittunta. I like to imagine they live in a region that also has other begloved critters, like Ledian, Poliwhirl, and Makuhita.

Some important notes that didn't fit into the dex entry format: the olive oil on Bundougi's back and in its snail trail gets infused with the flavors of whatever it eats; instead of getting out of its toasty little pan and walking, Brumetta just totters around on the pan's corners; a Flittunta gets its very first crumb from its old breadbowl shell, but will steal new bread chunks from wherever it can get them after that, like a seagull with fries

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Bundougi (bun+dough+beondegi), the raw dough pokemon! It loves to eat flavorful foods, and is intently focused on finding more at all times. As it eats, it produces an oily secretion that can be used to make delicious condiments.

Brumetta (brumate+bruschetta), the small loaf pokemon! When it evolves, its tough, bready crust will be left behind in its pan as its new form emerges. Afterwards this shell makes a perfect edible bowl for savory dishes.

Flittunta (flit+fettunta), the fly pokemon! It always carries a large breadcrumb, which it will dip into soups and beverages in order to eat them, as it can only consume liquids. It is always looking for tastier things to drink, so that it can provide the perfect meal for its Bundougi.

I had a genius idea for a fakemon the other day, and I just knew I had to draw it - and the sketch actually turned out well enough that i wanted to post it here! I've always wanted there to be a fly pokemon - Cutiefly only barely counts because Ribombee isn't a real bug anymore - and it all came together when I had the idea of a fly that uses a breadcrumb instead of a proboscis, and evolves from a little maggot made of raw dough (and the alcohol-producing yeast to tsuchinoko connection was a happy accident i was delighted to include). The line maybe seems a little disjointed, but I think it works in a gen 2 sort of way, especially with the little rubberhose gloves on Flittunta. I like to imagine they live in a region that also has other begloved critters, like Ledian, Poliwhirl, and Makuhita.

Some important notes that didn't fit into the dex entry format: the olive oil on Bundougi's back and in its snail trail gets infused with the flavors of whatever it eats; instead of getting out of its toasty little pan and walking, Brumetta just totters around on the pan's corners; a Flittunta gets its very first crumb from its old breadbowl shell, but will steal new bread chunks from wherever it can get them after that, like a seagull with fries

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I hate that I’m always trying to find cool biology themed stuff to wear but all the “nature inspired” clothing companies just have like two crossed arrows or a minimalistic mountain on a sweatshirt. Fucking lame, that’s barely even nature-adjacent. Put the life cycle of a salamander on a jacket, put hyena skeleton patterns on leggings, put a damn field guide of birds of prey on a peacoat and THEN you can have my money. Do NOT give me a shirt with a leaf on it that says “stay wild” or some bullshit I would much prefer clothing that broadcasts to everyone around me how many teeth an adult Jaguar has or how some pitcher plants can catch and digest rats.

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Hey yeah I am really in need of some money to replace my laptop because it’s dying to like any amount helps!!!

This is the only way I can earn money and the only way I have any hope of getting out of my current situation with abusive family so please help

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Listen to your elders

So last week I posted abut the importance of downloading your fic. And then three days later AO3 went down for 24 hours. No one was more weirded out by this than I was. But while y’all were acting like the library at Alexandria was on fire I was reading my download fic and editing chapter eight of Buck, Rogers, and the 21st Century. And also thinking about what I could do to be helpful when the crisis was actually over.

So first off, I’m going to repeat that if you’re going to bookmark a fic, you really need to also download the fic and back it up in a safe place. I just do it automatically now and it’s a good habit to get into.

But let’s talk about some other scenarios. Last October I lost power for over a week after hurricane Ian. Apart from not having internet or A/C I did find plenty to do, I collect books so I had plenty to read, but maybe, unlike me, your favorite comfort reads aren’t sitting on a bookshelf. So let’s do something about that, shall we?

In olden times many long years ago around 1995 we printed off a lot of fic. It was mostly SOP to print a fic you planned to reread and stick it in a three ring binder. And that’s totally valid today too, but you can also make a very nice paperback with a minimum amount of skill and materials.

Let’s start with the download; Go to Ao3 and select your fic, we’ll be working with one of mine. This method works best with one shots, long fic tends to need a more complicated approach. Get yourself an HTML download

Open up the HTML download and select all then copy paste into any word processor. Set the page to landscape and two columns, then change the font to something you find easy to read, this is your book, no judgement. This is all you have to do for layout but I like to play a little bit. I move all the meta, summary, notes to the end and pick out a fun font for the title: 

No time like the present to do a quick proofread. Congratulations, you’ve just created your first typeset. On to the fun part.

Now you’re going to need some materials:  8.5x11in paper ruler one sheet of 12x12 medium card stock (60-80lb) scissors pencil pen or fine tip marker sheet of wax paper white glue two binder clips 2 heavy books or 1 brick butter knife

You’ll also need a printer, if you’re in the US there is almost a 100% chance your local library has a printer you can use if you don’t have your own. None of these materials are expensive and you can literally use cheap copy paper and Elmers glue.

Print your text block, one page per side. Fold the first page in half so that the blank side is inside and the printed side out:

use the butter knife to crease the edge. Repeat on all the sheets. When you’ve finished, stack them up with the raw edge on the left and the folded edge on the right. I used standard copy paper, because you’re only printing on one side there’s no bleed to worry about. Take the text block and line everything up. Use the binder clips to hold the raw edge in place.

Wrap the text block in the wax paper so that the raw edge and binder clips are facing out. I’m going to use my home built book press but you don’t need one, a brick or a couple of books or anything else heavy will work fine.

Once the text block is anchored down, take off he binder clips and get out the glue.

You can use a brush but you don’t need one, smear some glue on that raw edge.

Go make a margarita, watch The Mandalorian, call your mother. Don’t come back for at least an hour

In an hour smear some more glue on there and shift your brick forward so that the whole book is covered. This keeps the paper from warping. While glue part 2 is drying we’ll do the cover. Get out your 12x12 cardstock

Mark the cardstock off at 8.5 inches and cut it. Measure in 5.5 inches from the left and put in a score line with the butter knife (the back edge not the sharp edge)

Carefully fold the score line, this is your front cover. You have some options for the cover title, you can use a cutting machine like a cricut if you have one, you can print out a title on the computer and use carbon paper to transfer the text to the cardstock. I was in a mood so I just freehanded that beoch. Pencil first then in pen.

Take your text block out from under your brick. Line it up against the score mark and mark the second score on the other side of the spine

Fold the score and glue the textblock into the cover at the spine. Once the glue dries up mark the back cover with the pencil and then trim the back cover to fit with your scissors.

Voila:

I’m going to put this baby on the shelf next to the Silmarillion.

The whole process, not counting drying time, took less than an hour.

If you want to make a book of a longer fic, I recommend Renegade Publishing, they have a ton of resources for fan-binders. 

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It's my 9 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

Oh Fuck It's Birthday For My Oc I Haven't Talked About In Years

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100000 likes!

i can't believe i made it this far

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Yoooooo!!!!

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crab. Moche culture, Peru. 6-7th century. copper.

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Some time ago we had the #PaleoZoo challenge on Discord, sponsored by Prehistoric Kingdom.

Goal was the creation of realistic zoo habitats that could hause extinct creatures. As examples I created a bunch of them over the course of a weekend.

Part three. A Shringasaurus temple, Archaeotherium getting brushed, Stegouros burrow, Plateosaurus hatchery, Wakaleo enclosure, Eryops colony, Lystrosaurus lookout, Giganthopithecus canopy walk, Australoraptor waterfalls, Numudotherium pond and the Erlikosaurus canyon.

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ALL OF THE ANIMORPHS BOOKS IN ONE RAR FILE.  

Since it’s hard to access the forums where you normally get the books, I did some digging and found ALL of the books in one rar file. Hope you enjoy :D

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May i ask how you learned blender and specifically 2d animation on blender? I know there’s a lot of sources and it’s an annoying question but theres limited videos on the 2d part of it on youtube, and the interface is so confusing to me i love your work so much and in need of a direction of where to look sorry :(

Hey no worries! It's a very good question (^v^)b

Learning the 2D side of Blender is still on my to-do list, so unfortunately I don't know much about it, but I'll gladly offer any help I can.

Blender is foremost a 3D program, so if you're learning the interface and the controls, I feel it may be better to start off with that side of it to at least get familiar. While dealing with complex software like Blender or Unity, the learning curve with always be on the steeper side, especially in the beginning. For me, getting the hang of its internal logic (like where everything is and how its organized) as well as getting to know the terminology is a good first step. Even after years of getting to know the program, I'm still learning something new and discovering curve balls I never knew even existed, so knowing what questions to ask to solve a problem becomes imperative (if you have a friend who knows Blender, you can also go pester them. Sometimes solving problems can be more fun together, though beware of headaches.)

Start with an easy project, something simple that focuses on one thing. Get a hang of each thing individually and once you start feeling comfortable with them, you can start combining them. Experimenting with each functions can also be pretty fun. While it's easy to jump into big projects, they tend to get overwhelming pretty fast, especially once you start encountering things you don't know.

Take for example my animation (big project):

Each individual part required a different set-up, and you'll notice there's actually very little 2D in this, haha. Here's a Youtube turorial playlist for all kinds of cool 2D-like effects which are secretly 3D. I've referred to a lot of these to make this.

End results are really satisfying.

For the Pterosaur itself, I've actually done the 2D animation in Clip Studio Paint, saved it as a .avi and imported it in Blender as a flat plane. Here's the node set-up:

There's the .avi as an Image Texture node, where instead of having it as a "single image," it's put in as a "movie" (Blender will usually recognize so on it's own), and I made sure Cyclic and Auto Refresh were checked. The rest of the nodes are just there so that it appears as transparent (also don't forget to go into you Material Properties > Settings and put Blend Mode and Shadow Mode to Alpha Clip, or transparency won't work. Note: this is for the Eevee Render Engine)

To get started with blender, here's a really good beginner tutorial that goes over all the basics.

If you wish to only do 2D without any 3D, Blender may not be the best program. Something more specialized and focused on 2D will be far easier to learn, but Blender does have its own benefits (plus it's free :D hooray!)

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