had the pleasure of listening to @lackadaisycats talk about indie animation at SCAD yesterday, had to doodle a little rocky while at the presentation! wonderfully helpful tips, excited to see what comes next
Haha i know how to draw Caine and you don't~ hehehe
and Freakshow Caine :3c He canonically isn't very expressive as he is sort of like a broken unhinged jaw that won't return... but I've been wanting to play with squash and stretch with him for quite a while now X3c
They can see everything through the cameras installed in their cell. When they were finally returned after a day of particularly grueling testing, the prototype was uncharacteristically irritable. No matter how much Vina tried to reason with it, it pushed him away and paced around, the tiny confines of their environment seeming especially constraining to the already overstimulated animal.
The tension was so thick between the two that it was noticeable through the surveillance feed. They all knew an accident was bound to happen, all deliberately under orders to wait until something happened to take action and intervene only if it threatened the life of any of the assets. Dog is able to hold a reluctant conversation with Vina at first, yet there was no amount of grounding he could possibly offer that could have prevented it from growing more and more confused.
In an instant, all that disquiet exploded into violence. It lunged toward its cellmate with calculated precision, shredding fragile flesh as if it were wet tissue paper. Vina didn't even have time to process what was happening until he was getting shaken around like a ragdoll, dragged through the floors and tossed against the walls like he was made of cotton. Begging for clemency had no effect. The animal was so strong it had disemboweled him and painted the floors with his insides, and he lost consciousness from the hemorrhage shortly after.
They immediately cut power to the prototype and ventured into the bloodbath to rescue Vina. He still had many years of his life to give to Watchtower, and they would never let him go so easily.
hmmm why does my uterus hurt and why do i feel kinda off. weird. surely these are not the warning symptoms of a predictable biological process that occurs on a regular schedule. anyway. im going to wear white pants today.
I'm just tired of seeing the myths being spread about beekeeping. I'll probs include some bonus facts for wasps and hornets too.
1. Myth: Bee smoke calms the bees.
This simply isn't how it works. The bee smoke causes bees to think there is a fire near the hive. Bees go to fill up on as much as honey as they can, and prepare to leave for a new home. They become too busy to mess with you doing this and resume normal life when the smoking stops.
2. Fact: It helps a hive to remove some honey.
Without the removal of some comb or honey, the bees will simply run out of room, especially for their larva. When a hive runs out of storage space, bees will abandon it and risk the dangers of swarming somewhere else. Taking some comb out stops this process.
3. Myth: Taking honey upsets the bees.
This is not true whatsoever. The interesting thing about beekeeping is that if a swarm doesn't like a beekeeper they'll simply leave. This doesn't mean bees won't sting or get defensive. It's important to know bees have a variety of temperaments.
4. Fact: Bees die after stinging.
Yes, it's true. Most bees perish after a hard sting. Their stingers are barbed. When they sting you the stinger stays put. In the meantime, the bee loses some of their innards and dies.
5. Myth: There's male and female bees.
This is a yes and a no. Bees do not have a human concept of gender. In fact, the gender roles we project onto bees aren't fully perfect either by our own standards too. Bees have three genders; queen, worker, and drone. It's all a little complex. Workers can't lay or produce eggs however the same larva that becomes a worker or drone can alzo become a queen.
6. Fact: Bees, wasps, and hornets know where your face is.
I know this one sounds weird. When bees, wasps, and hornets get defensive or are aggressive, they go for your face and neck. They will try to hit you where it hurts, that includes the eyelids. That's why we cover our faces just enough to see a little when attacked by killer bees.
7. Myth: Africanized Bees are like normal bees.
If you didn't know this, you do now. Africanized Bees is the formal name for our buddy ol' pal killer bees. They look pretty normal though. Why the name? Killer Bees were made in a Brazilian lab by crossbreeding honey bees from Europe and Africa. This was supposed to create bees with better honey yields. Instead, we created bees with a sadistic liking for deadly attacking.
8. Fact: Bees are what's known as a superorganism.
Superorganisms are what you get when a whole gathering of organisms acts as one or in the faith and safety of a whole organism. Think like the cells in your body. Except instead of cells, they're bees. Bees aren't the only superorganism. There's termites, wasps, hornets, and also ants.
Bonus Facts
The two second most powerful stings are dedicated to a wasp and a hornet.
There's the powerful and paralyzing Tarantula Hawk sting, and the sudden and strong Giant Asian Hornet sting. Number one of the Schmidt pain index scale for worst stings goes to an Ant though, the bullet Ant.
Wasps and hornets can also produce honey and pollinate. They don't pollinate as well as bees though, and their honey is never as sweet.
The gene tied to allergic reactions for bees, is also loosely tied to the allergies for hornets and wasps, too. If someone who is allergic to bees have children, their kids can be allergic to wasps but not bees and vice versa. Someone can also inheret all three too. I've never been stung by a hornet, so I guess I'm safe 2/3 so far
Recovering Character sunk deeper into the comforts of their bed, blankets and all, as a final sigh of depression released from them. Their bored thumb performed it's mindless charade. Scroll after scroll, until they fixated upon a short video. A man played piano, the sheet music above his head.
There was little explanation as to why it so suddenly captured Character. Piano video after piano video, even if it lasted only half an hour these notes were something that Character could feel. Alike magic, they realized they could read the music sheets.
They could read music sheets again. They could...
Character slid out of bed, and shuffled off into a daydream, where the music of piano keys carried them
If you dare come at me about banning straws, I will throw you into the sun cannon. I鈥檓 disabled, I鈥檓 crippled, I need disposable plastic straws, and all those pricey ridiculous alternatives aren鈥檛 working as well. Plastic straws were invented for the disabled.
Way to shit all over a vital access need because you think straws are worse than corporate greed.
We all care about the turtles, the seals, the oceans, obviously. Notice how the easiest thing to yell about was something that would barely affect anything but appealed heavily to emotional discourse.
The disabled community is huge, and it can be joined by anyone. Most of those As Seen On TV products were invented for us. Society still mocks us and ignores us, and often outright harms us in multiple ways.
Communicate better. Listen better. But stop putting us out in the cold because you are inconvenienced by our simplest needs.