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[ID: a color sketch of Luke Skywalker on a plain background. He's depicted from the shoulders up, throwing a smile over his shoulder. There's a little heart floating by his nose. In the top left corner is the still from the movies used for reference. End ID.]

Battling my fear of posting random little sketches, so here's a Luke study for you Because I love him and because art block

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"In recent years, there has been a rush on the internet to supply image descriptions and to call out those who don’t. This may be an example of community accountability at work, but it’s striking to observe that those doing the most fierce calling out or correcting are sighted people. Such efforts are largely self-defeating. I cannot count the times I’ve stopped reading a video transcript because it started with a dense word picture. Even if a description is short and well done, I often wish there were no description at all. Get to the point, already! How ironic that striving after access can actually create a barrier. When I pointed this out during one of my seminars, a participant made us all laugh by doing a parody: “Mary is wearing a green, blue, and red striped shirt; every fourth stripe also has a purple dot the size of a pea in it, and there are forty-seven stripes—”

“You’re killing me,” I said. “I can’t take any more of that!”

Now serious, she said it was clear to her that none of that stuff about Mary’s clothes mattered, at least if her clothes weren’t the point. What mattered most about the image was that Mary was holding her diploma and smiling. “But,” she wondered, “do I say, Mary has a huge smile on her face as she shows her diploma or Mary has an exuberant smile or showing her teeth in a smile and her eyes are crinkled at the edges?”

It’s simple. Mary has a huge smile on her face is the best one. It’s the don’t-second-guess-yourself option."

--Against Access, by John Lee Clark, a DeafBlind educator

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[Continued ID: In the background of the first image, there is a very tiny Aang. He is also in his swim clothes and hanging on to the fin of an orange-scaled creature with spined fins. In the second image, the fish has submerged, with only its forked tail visibly out of the water. Aang is flying through the air a good distance away, as though he was thrown by the fish. End ID.]

ID: Katara and sokka in swimgear. in the first image, sokka is searching for something in the water. his hair getting wet. katara leans over to him saying "don't you think, its time for a haircut?" in the second image sokka rose form the water, a dog-shark creature in hand, swinging his hair in Katara face splashing her. smugly he says "no <3". End ID

i know its winter! i know it likley snowed by now on the northern hemilsphere! but... on the southern side is summer time right??? so... its fine.... this is fine!!!

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!!! please do not use or repost this artwork without permission!!!

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"In recent years, there has been a rush on the internet to supply image descriptions and to call out those who don’t. This may be an example of community accountability at work, but it’s striking to observe that those doing the most fierce calling out or correcting are sighted people. Such efforts are largely self-defeating. I cannot count the times I’ve stopped reading a video transcript because it started with a dense word picture. Even if a description is short and well done, I often wish there were no description at all. Get to the point, already! How ironic that striving after access can actually create a barrier. When I pointed this out during one of my seminars, a participant made us all laugh by doing a parody: “Mary is wearing a green, blue, and red striped shirt; every fourth stripe also has a purple dot the size of a pea in it, and there are forty-seven stripes—”

“You’re killing me,” I said. “I can’t take any more of that!”

Now serious, she said it was clear to her that none of that stuff about Mary’s clothes mattered, at least if her clothes weren’t the point. What mattered most about the image was that Mary was holding her diploma and smiling. “But,” she wondered, “do I say, Mary has a huge smile on her face as she shows her diploma or Mary has an exuberant smile or showing her teeth in a smile and her eyes are crinkled at the edges?”

It’s simple. Mary has a huge smile on her face is the best one. It’s the don’t-second-guess-yourself option."

--Against Access, by John Lee Clark, a DeafBlind educator

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yknow i never noticed the sheer rareness of images having ids or alt text on this website until i started adding alt text to my art (and trying to remember to add it to any images i post in general, especially text screenshots) and that makes me kinda sad

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[ID: an impressionist painting of James Wilson and Gregory House from House, M.D. They're standing before a backdrop of brightly lit and vividly green trees. House is in the foreground, on the left, with his back to the viewer and his face turned towards Wilson so only part of it is visible. Wilson stands before him, dressed in a checkered white and blue shirt with a blue tie and a white coat. His head is cocked slightly to the left, his lips parted as though he's saying something. His expression is slightly anxious.

The next two images are cropped detail shots of the full painting. The first is a close up of Wilson's face and the next is a close up of House. End ID.]

New INTEREST JUST DROPPED YAYYY When wilson appears on screen i clap like a seal

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[ID: Digital art of Juno Steel from the Penumbra Pocast on a blue background. Juno is a slender, dark skinned black person dressed in a greenish brown trench coat, a black shirt, and dark grey slacks. He's got coily grey-streaked black hair cut just shy of the top of his ears, dark eyes glancing to his side, a scar across the bridge of his nose and onto his right cheek, and small gold hoop earrings in both ears. End ID.]

Season 1 juno 🥺

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[ID: Digital art of Dr. John Watson and Sherlock Holmes. Both are depicted as white men. They are facing each other, with Watson's hands on Sherlock's waist and Sherlock's right arm draped over Watson's. shoulder. A cigarette is perched in both of the men's mouths and they are close enough that the ends touch. A trail of smoke curls up between them.

Sherlock is a slender man with gaunt features and slicked back black hair. He's paler than Watson. His features are sharp and hawk like, sporting a narrow chin, an aquiline nose, and a pronounced brow line. He's wearing a black suit with long coattails, dark grey striped trousers, a stiffly collared white shirt, and a gold pocket watch chain.

Watson is broad and athletically built with lightly tanned skin and ruddy brown hair that's casually styled back from his face along with a thick mustache. There are streaks of Grey at his temples and the edges of his mustache. He's wearing a mostly monochrome brown suit with a waistcoat and a red tie. End ID.]

do you think they explored each other's bodies

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[ID: a watercolor painting of Vash the Stampede from Trigun. Vash is depicted from mid-chest up, wearing his usual bright red trenchcoat and black undershirt. He holds a pistol aloft in his right, leaning his forehead against the barrel, with his index finger resting along the slide rather than on the trigger. There is a black glove with metal fasteners on his hand which is fingerless on his pinky, index finger, and thumb.

His hair is shown as black with a few strands of his usual blonde peeking out from behind the gun. His eyes are closed. End ID.]

the days continue on

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[ID: A digital bust of post transformation Wyll Ravengard from Baldur's Gate 3. Wyll is a black man with medium brown skin, narrow eyes, a wide nose, full lips, long thick dreadlocs, and black horns that protrude from his forehead and curl up and back. He's pictured from mid shoulder and up without a shirt. There are gold dread cuffs in his hair where it drapes over his shoulder and a gold earring in his right ear. His right eye is a carved stone eye, his left has black sclera with a red iris. Ridges travel across his cheek from his nose down to his jaw and across his neck.

He's pictured against a plain white background and cast in contrasting shadow with harsh, warm light across his eyes and the bridge of his nose but much of his face in light shadow. The artist's watermark hovers over his left shoulder reading, "ig: @peachdaes". End ID.]

for my fellow Wyll enjoyers

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[ID: A shoulders-up drawing of Coraline as portrayed in the movie adaptation. Coraline is a thin young girl straight, center-parted, shoulder-length blue hair, pale skin, and freckles across her nose and the top of her cheeks. She is dressed in a hooded yellow raincoat.

Coraline is holding up a large brown button in such a way that it's covering her right eye. A spindly, needle-like hand (presumably the Other Mother's) reaches down as though to pluck the button from her hand. It is bright red and lineless. Coraline stands against a black background with a large white disk of white framing her head like a full moon. End ID.]

you know i love you

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[ID: Fan art of Miguel O'Hara from the waist up as portrayed in Across the Spiderverse. He is a middle aged man with medium tan skin and messy short black hair. His is dressed in his Spiderman suit: a blue and black skin suit with a red geometric spider motif across the chest and jagged red lines across his forearms. Some of the red across the shoulders bleeds into the red background.

He's looking forward, his right hand posed just slightly over his mouth like he's stroking his chin. One of his eyes is dark, the other glowing bright red. There is red splashed across his knuckles like blood. End ID.]

we are all just so normal about him

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[ID: Digital art of Lio Fotia from Promare shown from the thighs up. Lio is dressed in his typical leather outfit. He's standing in a wide stance with his right arm bent and held close to his side and his left arm extended high into the air, his fingers splayed. His hair and his eyes are the only parts of him that are colored - in mint and lavender respectively. There is a triumphant expression on his face.

Around him, circling his legs and extending back and up like flames, are bright, multicolored masses of shapes like clusters of triangles. End ID.]

I wanted to make this a shirt but never did c':

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[ID: art of Galo Thymos from Promare from the shoulders up on a white background. Galo is in a plain black tee shirt and is looking up towards the left of the composition. His eyes are wide and his mouth is slightly open. Blue and black butterflies fly around him, some of them landing in his spiky blue hair and merging with it so their pattern appears on the strands. There are simple, pale blue, four-petaled flowers in the top left and bottom right corners. End ID.]

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[ID: Lio Fotia from Promare. Lio is drawn entirely in black with his line work in highlights of blue, pink, white, and purple. He's standing in a wide stance, with his back curled forward a bit, and his right arm bent up. Blue and purple flames arc from his curled fingers up and around his shoulders like a shawl. His brows are furrowed in rage and his mouth is grimacing. Blue streams from his eyes like tears and extend out from his face. White flames accentuate his brows and lick up past the top of his head.

Pink flames flicker up from near his feet to knee-height. He is on a dark purple background with two angled pink concentric triangles framing him. End ID.]

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[ID: Pencil drawing Lio Fotia and Galo Thymas from Promare on a pale blue background. Galo is seated on something not drawn, his back slightly hunched as he leans his forearms on his thighs. Lio stands beside him and is leaning over to kiss him on the cheek. End ID.]

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quick and dirty guide to recognizing stolen content on tumblr

there is RAMPANT art and photography reposting on this stupid website, and it occurs to me that folks might not know how to recognize it. here are the mental gymnastics i go through every time i see a sus post

1. is there a caption? most creators tend to leave one. maybe it's so their url is prominent, or to express their thoughts about the piece, link their shops/websites, etc. most reposters leave the captions blank

2. look for credit in the picture. is there a name, handle, or watermark? does it match the url?

3. check the original post. often you'll find that the original poster actually linked the artist. go forth and reblog that version!! for some godforsaken reason people keep REMOVING CREDIT on this website and i will MANIFEST INSIDE YOUR HOUSE IF YOU DO SO

4. check the tags of the original post. beyond the main fandom/character/subject tags, creators tend to have a #my-art tag or something similar. photographers often use #photographers-on-tumblr/lensblr. sometimes they'll also have thoughts about their work there. this doesn't always work, but personally i never see reposters adding tags like this

5. look at op's other posts and bio. is there anything about being an artist or photographer in the description? does the art they post look the same? usually this is where you'll Know if it's a serial reposter, because their blog will be FULL of reposted shit with no captions that all have different styles. also half the time their blog description straight up admits it

6. check the notes to see if someone added the proper credit. at this point, if you know it's a repost but still wanna reblog it, at least give credit where it's due. see if someone else already did the work for you

7. reblog and add a link with creator credit. if you know it's a repost, and you can't find credit, consider doing your part to help creators get their well-deserved recognition. usually you can just google the watermark in the picture. otherwise reverse image search on google or tineye is your friend

8. if the original creator is on tumblr, reblog their version of the post. if you've gotten this far it's not hard to search their blog for it

9. consider letting the artist know their art has been stolen and send them the link. this way they can take action and file whatever claims they need to get it taken down

10. finally, support original content creators! look at the #artists-on-tumblr and #photographers-on-tumblr tags, follow your favourite creators and reblog their work. seriously it can make a huge difference

if you read this far, THANK YOU. making sure content creators get their credit is literally the bare minimum we can do to be respectful of the countless hours they spend on their work. especially when that content is freely accessible