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Hozier’s Butchered Tongue is so resonant for me. Though my mother tongue wasn’t subject to a campaign of eradication like Scots Gaelic, Gaelic and Welsh, I have lost most of it to assimilation.

I’ve been relearning it for about a year now, and while it is very much a butchered tongue in my mouth, the act of speaking it is an act of resistance, of recovery, of joy.

It is still singing in me, here, above the ground - that has to count for something.

The lyrics are in Scots Gaelic (which I have been Learning more about the history of thanks to @ayeforscotland ‘s server — I highly recommend you watch his in defence of Scots Gaelic video) and my own mother tongue Setswana, and translate to “I feel at home, hearing a music few still understand.”

Finally, the person in the last panel is singing/shouting against a backdrop of newspaper headlines (one reads ‘Independence Now!’ as a nod to Welsh & Scottish independence movements) because fighting to bring back the Welsh, Gaelic & Scots Gaelic languages is a continuing challenge.

Special thanks to @relnicht for all his help with the Scots Gaelic!

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✏️ you gotta

► from this meme.

Gwen: When you said 'Magic in Bed', I wasn't expecting this... Rhys: *pulls out card from deck* Now, was this your card? Gwen: Holy moly-

Rhys: Gwen, you love me, right? Gwen: Normally I’d say yes without hesitation, but I feel like this is going somewhere I won’t like.

Rhys: When's the last time you slept? Gwen: Uh... a few days ago, I think. Rhys: A few- how many?! Gwen: Uh... *starts counting on fingers* I need more fingers... Rhys: What you need is sleep!

Rhys: What's gone wrong, Gwen? Gwen: Hey! That’s one hell of a thing to say to a person. Just because I’m calling doesn’t mean there’s a crisis. Rhys: That’s technically true, I suppose. Why are you calling? Gwen: Well... There’s a crisis.

Gwen: Ugh, crushes are so dumb. Rhys: I know. Whenever I’m near the person I like I just start acting stupid. Gwen: But you’re always acting stupid? Rhys: ... Rhys: Yeah, don’t think about that too hard.

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mcu carol danvers’s two moods are *arthur clench fist.png* and *you know i had to do it to em.jpeg*

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cortnan replied to your post: me watching the scene in blade runner where roy...

GOD

you know i had to do it to em.jpeg

i might put this post on my about page tbqh

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@the-azzangna I started working on your GTAC characters!! let me know what you think of this concept piece of Honeybee; I’m trying to get a feel for her character before I do a full realism piece for her. There’ll be a few more pieces (provided life stops fucking me 😭) over the next month or so :)

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food illustration practice!

some strawberries on the stem, baby corn, mushrooms, bell pepper, chilli pepper, spring onion and a cheeky fried egg.

I wanted to practice still maintaining the Vibes™️ of food, even without photorealism; I think I’ve done an OK job of it!

if you like these drawings, please consider buying me a ko-fi!!

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the body electric; anatomy studies | ko-fi

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strawberry sunrise; tone & texture studies | ko-fi

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go fish! a little friend shaped fish I drew yesterday :)

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the hills have eyes; optical studies | ko-fi

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home is a house on fire; illustration practice | ko-fi

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blooming heck; stylised flower studies | ko-fi

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I'm Em, and I've never met a consistent art style for portraiture in my life

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this is probably only useful to game design artists but that said; if (like me) trying to get tonal values right gives you hives, greyscale it first.

block out rough tone value changes in greyscale ( as draw the rough shape of where the the tone changes) and use your smudge tool to blend the tones together as necessary. This should give you the right tone values with just enough transparency that you can colour block on the layer behind and faff about with layering colours to add variation and light as necessary

example:

greyscale, no colour. greyscale with colour

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