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Would be so funny if this happened in Crossworlds lmao. (If u know the reference ;)

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As , the United States, potentially heads into another forever war I can only think of this quote.

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Just a little PSA for all our mental health (and chronic pain*) spoonies out there! A lot of doctors neglect to mention this little side effect, which means a lot of us are suffering extra from the heat without knowing why.

*Many psych meds are used to treat chronic pain as well, if you didn’t know!

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A cool Fibonacci’s clock design

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So, I saw this image on Facebook, and it was supposedly showing what Queen Nefertiti would have looked like in real life:

Now, I thought this AI generated garbage was just truly terrible on a number of levels; first off, she looks wayyyyyy too modern - her makeup is very “Hollywood glamour”, she looks airbrushed and de-aged, and as far as I’m aware, Ancient Egyptians didn’t have mascara, glitter-based eyeshadows and lip gloss. Secondly, her features are exceptionally whitewashed in every sense - this is pretty standard for AI as racial bias is prevalent in feeding AI algorithms, but I genuinely thought a depiction of such a known individual would not exhibit such euro-centric features. Thirdly, the outfit was massively desaturated and didn’t take pigment loss into consideration, and while I *do* like the look of the neck attire, it's not at all accurate (plus, again, AI confusion on the detailing is evident).

So, this inspired me to alter the image on the left to be more accurate based off the sculpture’s features. I looked into Ancient Egyptian makeup and looked at references for kohl eyeliner and clay-based facial pigment (rouge was used on cheeks, charcoal-based powder/paste was used to darken and elongate eyebrows), and I looked at pre-existing images of Nefertiti, both her mummy and other reconstructions. While doing this, I found photos of a 3D scanned sculpture made by scientists at the University of Bristol and chose to collage the neck jewellery over the painting (and edited the lighting and shadows as best as I could).

Something I see a lot of in facial recreations of mummies is maintaining the elongated and skinny facial features as seen on preserved bodies - however, fat, muscle and cartilage shrink/disappear post mortem, regardless of preservation quality; Queen Nefertiti had art created of her in life, and these pieces are invaluable to developing an accurate portrayal of her, whether stylistic or realistic in nature.

And hey, while I don't think my adjustments are perfect (especially the neck area), I *do* believe it is a huge improvement to the original image I chose to work on top of.

I really liked working on this project for the last few days, and I think I may continue to work on it further to perfect it. But, until then, I hope you enjoy!

Remember, likes don't help artists but reblogs do!

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Homestuck was absolutely complete disaster of a narrative in a lot of ways by the end but I hate it when people act like homestuck is, like Vivziepop Type Bad. For whatever critiques you can make of homestuck it being shallow or creatively bankrupt are just not accurate ones and it drives me up a wall to see people who have never read it act like it's just kind of a substanceless relic of outdated internet humor and fandom cringe. It's crazy how many people are willing to sing praises for shit that's downwind of homestuck like deltarune (and chapter 4 is by far the most homestuck deltatune has ever been by a significant margin) while also being able to completely write off the idea that homestuck has anything worth engaging with in it.

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My 2nd ring! Already better than the last one (even if the tail bit looks a fork)

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me when I'm happily enjoying something that someone on [tumblr] said I wasn't allowed to

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Too many people will pass around "always trust your gut!" and "your intuition never lies" content when actually your "intuition" isn't immune to either propaganda, bigotry or trauma reactions. Which is important to be aware of actually

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happy pride month! miku loves you ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

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YOU. have YOU been having weird audio issues with windows 11? where if youre on a call itll cut out and distort any audio not in the current application?? i have. i have and ifigured out why. it is one setting. ONE setting. go to your sound settings. go to your output device. click on your output device. you will see advanced settings.

see this setting?

turn it off.

it is turned on by default. turn it off. immediately the issue is Gone.

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hit it tenna!

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When I was little I had an irrational fear of when you tried to turn off your Windows XP and the screen would gradually turn Grey as you choose which power option to enter

That shit was SCARY!!!