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why is it SMALL?

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ants are genuinely so chill.

i don’t understand where this immense fear of ants we have in our society comes from. ants, wasps, bugs in general.

literlly slow down and take two seconds to allow them to exist in your world and you’ll see how wonderful and sweet and curious they are.

i have a whole bunch of twig ants in my room. no idea where they came from - but we don’t use pest control so we have lots of bugs around.

they are the sweetest gentlest babies in the entire world. they come and hang out with me while i’m at my computer, running over my hands and my mouse. i give them drops of water and they sniff out the juice in my cup if i have any.

what is so interesting to me, is that in the past few years i’ve spent seeking out bugs as much as i can - i’ve been bitten by an ant maybe… three times? and each time was when they had gotten caught in my clothing and got scared.

there’s this table on my campus that is always covered in ants. hardly anyone sits there because of it. but they just like…. don’t do anything?? i sit there all the time and i’ve only ever been bitten ONCE sitting at that table, when a poor little ant got stuck under my sock and was scared.

don’t get me wrong, i completely understand fearing wasps or ants due to allergies. that i understand.

it’s when it’s just the simple fear of them existing, that i don’t understand. seriously, when you don’t put your whole damn foot in their nest or spray their hive with a hose, they’re just chill.

they’re so sweet, they’re so curious, they’re so chill.

ants and wasps and all bugs deserve so much more love than they get. Please PLEASE PLEASE give your local buggies some love today 🐜🐜

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she rabbit kicked him off the ledge, then smacked him till he fell

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Pangur used to growl when she heard Belphie's name. now look at them

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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they call him the stick eater because he eats sticks

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two seconds of pangur noises

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also egg-transit

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today's bug thing is this cicada sweater clip!

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i really really hate to ask like this cuz I feel pathetic but, I am here to boost my Kofi cuz we run out of food and toiletries really fucking fast, meanwhile my neglectful mothers blows her money(mostly my own) on bullshit we really don't need...

i need help is basically what I'm saying. i feel pathetic that I am disabled and can't work a real job so I have to rely on socials for income/feeding me m the pets cuz I live with people who suck money out of me while treating me terribly. i budget my income so I eat only once a day now. i try to draw so much for my enjoyment and audience but it's genuinely hard to do so when you don't have proper energy.

sorry to e-beg constantly, I'm really struggling.

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You still have time

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New caterpillar discovered called a "bone collector caterpillar" that hides out in spiders nests by disguising itself as dead body parts and then steals all the spider's food when it isn't looking

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In the 2000s, phones had quirks and class....

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I feel like he loves me as much as I love him 😭💕

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Anti-AI Zine

So generative AI is fucking bullshit, and I initially thought it was just going to fade away like its NFT brethren but clearly not, SO I've been busy

I spent about a year working on this zine about all the ways that current AI tech is undermining the arts, contributing to climate collapse, stealing our data, and just being all around shit.

I wrote a lot about my personal opinions on the subject and included quotes from writers, academic studies, and other creatives, as well as artworks from artists I admire, who I contacted for their permission beforehand. Because it TURNS OUT asking people for PERMISSION is the respectful thing to do????????? Who'd have known... 💀

The rest of the images were either made by me or were from the public domain (not fucken "publicly available" like OpenAI like to say 🤪).

If you'd like to read it I have the full PDF available for free on my website here and physical copies are on my etsy here. 💙

It's been really fun connecting with people about this subject and seeing people speak out more and more about how fucked AI is. Because as much as tech bros like to say that AI is an "inevitable" tech advancement that we can't take back, that doesn't change the fact that we still can and should be regulating the HELL out of it.

Stay safe out there folks, especially Sam Altman cause otherwise he's gonna catch these hands 👊👊