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I wish people would treat the fear of dogs more seriously.

Dogs can kill and maim you and that is a given fact. My friends dad had to have his hand amputated because 2 dogs attacked him so viciously when he was delivering mail. Like please have your dog under control or secured at all times. I dont care if your dog is friendly to strangers, these dogs that mauled my friends dad were "friendly" to!

So many people i know who had worked delivery jobs have ended up with trauma from dogs because of their unpredictablity and aggression.

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It occurs to me that there are people who weren’t on this website in 2012 and therefore never saw the magical gif that you can actually hear:

It’s been over five years and that still impresses the hell out of me.

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thinking about that one time when i was about 3, my mum left early for work and she didn’t do my hair like she normally did, and i was so upset because i couldn’t do it myself you know? but my brother who was about 13-14 at the time carefully pulled my hair back in a ponytail just like my mum did and he kissed me on the head and hugged me until i calmed down.

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World’s Strangest Meet Cute

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the Best Day of the year has arrived

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OK you know when you hold a cup on your face without your hands… like you suck all the air out of the cup… i don’t know what it’s called

but it’s like That it’s really good

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tubbo :]

tubbo :]

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Vestido croma:

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this website will be so truly unusable on november fifth. feel like i need to start stockpiling rations now

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I think a lot about gaining weight as a form of healing

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How do you do stylized POC without it looking borderline racist tidjjckff help pls

Often times artists may be criticized for white washing POC. On the other swing of the pendulum, we also must be mindful of avoiding racial caricature when drawing people. 

What is Racial Caricature?

Racial caricature is the exaggeration of certain features (small eyes for east Asians, big lips for Africans, and unnatural skin tones among others) for the purpose of dehumanizing a race by reducing them to a stereotype. 

There’s actually been an instance where a Japanese airline commercial was criticized for what was perceived to be a racial caricature of Caucasians! 

So, to avoid racial caricature, we should search up what is considered racist to stylize for a particular race before drawing, so we know what to avoid in our art. 

When stylizing a character, I would also add other aspects that aren’t inherently racial to the character, to avoid making them seem like a homogenized or exaggerated character whose only defining feature is race. 

For example, features that indicate whether they are slobbish/neat, tired/energetic, optomistic/pessimistic, grumpy/friendly, old/young, etc. 

And, er… don’t do this:

^^ The above picture is an infamous drawing of the character Finn from Star Wars. It’s been criticized for being a racist caricature of the character (and consequently, the actor that plays them). The unnaturally pink lips paired with the large protruding mandible (mouth) make this character look very unnatural. Not to mention that this drawing looks WILDLY unlike the actual character, almost as if just homogenizing certain black features without thinking about the way the individual looks.  

Listen to POC

Read/consume stuff from Artists/writers of color! See how THEY stylize POC and take notes! 

Keep in mind that your character’s race doesn’t just have context in their looks, but in their place in the story, and the way that they act as well! Certain tropes, such as the “mammy” black woman or the “thug” black man, will raise alarms. Be mindful of this! Search the web for tropes so that you can learn to avoid them. Now, this isn’t to say you can’t have a strong or violent black character, but if all your black characters are strong and violent, that becomes an issue. 

((As long as we’re talking about tropes, asian women with short, dyed hair who are “badass” and emotionally closed off and “cool” because they don’t care what u think… just.. no.))

To avoid stereotypes, having a range of characters who all exhibit different personalities, and who become their own people, is a great way to spread diversity in your work. 

An excerpt from @/sugaryacid ‘s post on twitter: 

An excerpt from Kat Tsai’s compilation of Asian Faces tutorial! : 

And as always, study study study!!! The only way you’re going to recognize the nuances and diversities between people is if you study lots of different people! So go stare at some strangers face lol! 

-Mod Future (ko-fi)

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yoooo can you do a lmanbur :D

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people be asking me to get off my high horse

how?

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all articles about tumblr’s “decline” boil down to 2 things: you can’t get famous on here and you can’t make money on here. And they don’t get that that’s why we like it here.