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wabart · 1 year
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mine shirts for your body (available from my etsy) all of these side by sides are on the same shirt so if you dont like one design just turn that shit around
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godesssiri · 9 months
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Thrifting Philosophies 1
Getting the good stuff requires commitment, knowledge, and luck. There’s always going to be an element of luck in thrifting. What are the chances that the perfect item will be donated and put out on the shelves of the very thrift store that you are going to and that you will get your mitts on it before anyone else? There is real kismet in walking out of a thrift store with an item that you’ve dreamed of, I literally daydreamed about one of my best scores (a 2.5-foot-tall ceramic panther) for years before it actually happened – and discovering it actually went almost exactly like my daydream.* Don’t let the luck factor put you off because if you are committed and knowledgeable then luck will come to you more often.
You have to go often. You have to have a circuit and make it routine and scour every inch of the store. Like I said I daydreamed for years before I found my panther, you’re NOT going to just walk into a thrift store and find your dream thing first try, unless you are extraordinarily lucky. I’ve noticed a couple of the Youtubers I watch that have a very specific aesthetic, and know exactly what they want, often mention searching new listings online every single day, they have their list of search terms, and they just keep looking every day until they find exactly what they’re looking for. Thrifting dream items is a hunt, and you have to remember you are a persistence predator so be persistent.
Being knowledgeable about what you are looking for will also increase your luck. The more you learn about the thing you love the more search terms you learn it could be listed under. The more you train your eye the more likely you are to spot the gems. I recently scored a Lisa Larson figurine for $3; her stuff goes for hundreds, and I never thought I would be able to own something of hers. But because I was familiar with her design style when I saw this little dog (on the shelf where my favorite thrift store stashes stuff they think is crap and they just want to sell it cheap) I was able to identify it as something that looked like her other designs and scoop it up. The marking on the base was so faint it was barely readable, and I had to google her mark so I could compare side by side. I then googled ‘Lisa Larson dog’ and checked the image results and sure enough my little guy popped up. Google is your friend in these cases and whenever I’m in a thrift store and think I’ve found something good, but I don’t know enough to tell for sure I’ll put it in my basket and take a seat in one of the armchairs that are for sale, and I’ll google away. Researching on your phone while you’re in store is the best way to decide if the thing in your basket is a bargain or not, today I saw a malachite box in the cabinet at the thrift store but it was a bit pricey, $40, so I googled to see if it was worth that, boxes of a comparable size were popping up for $150-$200 so you bet I snapped it up for $40. If you’re interested in an item, then do your research so when you spot it you instantly know what you’re looking at. Looking at lots of examples of a thing online means that when you come across it in real life it will draw your eye so it’s more likely jump out at you when it otherwise might be lost in among all the other stuff on the shelves – I’ve trained myself to spot antique blue and white china from just seeing the rim of a plate in a stack of random plates. I absolutely cannot emphasize enough that you need to know that you’re looking at something special when you lay eyes on it, there is so much good quality stuff in thrift stores you just have to be able to recognize it when you see it. The more you research and dream about finding your goal items, the more likely you are to stand in a thrift store and squint at something and go: Is that? No couldn’t be. Maybe it is? Then pick it up and turn it over to discover that it’s exactly what you thought it was and you’ve got a treasure in your hands. People talk about manifesting the things you want, and I do believe that you can. But I believe it has less to do with putting mystical vibe out into the universe to bring you those things and more to do with training you brain to spot the opportunity to get those things.
*The panther story for anyone who’s interested. I’ve been drooling over these huge ceramic big cats on Pintrest for years and desperately wanted one, you can get tigers, cheetahs, leopards, panthers, and they’re usually sitting up and are about 2.5 feet tall. They were mid-century and original ones sell for $$$$, you can buy new reproductions from the original molds but even those are in the 1-2 thousand range so yeah, I was never gonna be able to buy one. I daydreamed that someday I would walk into my favorite thrift store and find one. I live in an area with a lot of retirees who had money around the time these were being made so my chances were decent. My favorite store has a fully glass frontage and they put the best stuff where you can see in the windows. I daydreamed that I would be walking up to the store and see it through the window before I’d even gotten through the door, that I would beeline for it and grab it growling “Mine!”, and march it up to the counter without even looking at the price, I dreamed that when I got to the counter I would check the price and it would be incredibly reasonable – like $200 (considering how much even reproductions sell for). The things that went differently from my daydream: It was just after a Covid lock-down and here in New Zealand we used to scan-in to public places using a QR code which registered us on a government app – if someone tested positive everyone who had been in a location they had been to at the same time as them could be warned through the app. I saw my panther through the window just like my daydream and was fumbling to scan in while making loud inarticulate noises that embarrassed my mother and brother who were with me. My brother carried him up to the counter for me because I was shaking with excitement. When I actually stopped to check his price, he was $75!!!!!!!!!!! My brother also found a David Bowie book that day that retails for hundreds and that he’d wanted but never thought he would be able to afford, it was also $75. My mother still talks about my squealing and just about running people over to get to Jayjay the Panther (my honorary nephew, Jayjay then 4-years-old, was the one that named him, and he wanted to name him Jayjay).
My previous thrift post
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truebluewhocanoe · 7 months
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The Doctor Who FFXIV Glamour Collection - Masterpost + Commentary
Alright, here it is. I’ve teased it, I’ve talked about it, and now you’re getting it: the Doctor Who glamour collection. In case you didn’t know, two of my most persistent hyperfixations are Doctor Who and Final Fantasy XIV. Heck, I even wrote a crossover between them. Then, I made a meme post assigning a job (in-game class) to each Doctor. Which of course, planted an idea in my head: why not make an outfit for each of those jobs I assigned, each based on the corresponding Doctor? And thus the Doctor Who glamour collection was born.
Note that while the outfit is based on the respective Doctor, changing your character’s design/race/gender (beyond switching haircuts and minor stuff) costs real-life money, so you’re stuck with my Au Ra gal as the model. I did make an effort to at least have a matching hair color, though. (With occasional highlights for spice.)
I’ve made each outfit its own post (mainly because tumblr image cap), and will be linking them from here, the “masterpost” (which will actually come out last.)
First Doctor - Scholar
Second Doctor - Bard
Third Doctor - Monk
Fourth Doctor - Dancer
Fifth Doctor - Paladin
Sixth Doctor - Red Mage
Seventh Doctor - Black Mage
Eighth Doctor - Dragoon
War Doctor - Dark Knight
Ninth Doctor - Astrologian
Tenth Doctor - Gunbreaker
Eleventh Doctor - White Mage
Twelfth Doctor - Sage
Thirteenth Doctor - Summoner
If you just want to see the pretty pictures, click on those links! Everything below here will just be explanations and details.
A lot of blood, sweat, and tears went into acquiring the gear for each set, leveling each job to a high enough level to use said gear (can’t glamour a higher level gear’s appearance onto a lower level gear), and of course, taking the pictures. Taking the pictures was difficult for several reasons, but the major lynchpin was the fact that I used external tools (aka mods, which are kind of a no-no) to give an era-appropriate look for some of the shots of each Doctor. Hopefully it comes off well!
Oh, and if you’re curious: the most expensive single gear pieces were War and 9’s chest pieces. Damn modern-looking gear is always pricey! I dropped a lot of money at the Aesthetician to change haircuts, too.
The specific setup for the eras was as followed:
1st/2nd: Monochrome, RetroCRT, Film Grain, sometimes Cathode
3rd/4th: VHS_RA (chroma blur at 20), Colourfulness, LumaSharpen, Radiant GI
5th/6th/7th: VHA_RA (chroma blur at 10) Colourfulness, LumaSharpen, Radiant GI, Film Grain, sometimes Cathode
War: LumaSharpen, Colourfulness, Tint (Sepia)
8/Nu Who: LumaSharpen, Colourfulness, Radiant GI, and occasionally HexLensFlare
The gear and dye used for each glam will be listed in its corresponding post.
If people are interested, I might consider doing glams and photo shoots for the Fugitive, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and/or any other extended universe Doctors! I also have some ideas for some companions that I might use.
Here’s some extended reasoning on the job choices for each Doctor, including both lore and in-game mechanics:
First Doctor as Scholar: Scholar is a healer, and in fact one of the first healer jobs in FFXIV, so I figured it would make sense to give the first Doctor a job that closely aligned with the fact that they’re, y’know, the Doctor. But, with regards to gameplay, Scholar’s kit is considered by many to be a little janky. So, perfect, for the wobbliest-set days of the First Doctor!
Second Doctor as Bard: Bard is very much a support class, which keeps with the theme of sticking close to Doctor-y jobs early on. Otherwise: yeah, it’s because of the recorder. Also, the Second Doctor is a bit more trickster-y, and Bard is a job that involves planning ahead and also keeping well on top of all your cooldowns, which I think Two would be able to pull off!
Third Doctor as Monk: It’s because of the Venusian Aikido. And all the spirituality in his era, as well, but mainly the Aikido. Monk is considered to be one of the more difficult jobs to play, to the point of your computer’s frame rate factoring into extreme high-end play, but if any Doctor could manage that, it would be the Third.
Fourth Doctor as Dancer: I will freely admit this is one of the more arbitrary choices. Overall, I think the Dancer job’s vibes and flow fit well with Four’s Bohemian spirit and flowing scarves. 
Fifth Doctor as Paladin: Paladin is seen as kind of the most vanilla job in the game with the most straightforward flavoring, which I thought fit Five’s vibes. Paladins are the typical sword-and-board job, but I chose to not display the shield, to better evoke a cricket bat. And, as Paladin’s name implies, it has better party defense buffs than, say, Dark Knight, which does fit a Doctor with as crowded a TARDIS as the Fifth.
Sixth Doctor as Red Mage: Totally not biased here, Red Mage is one of my two mains, but regardless of that it’s a perfect fit for Sixie. Red Mage is a damaging caster job, but is actually consistently the weakest caster in exchange for great utility, including the best resurrection spell in the game. A flashy mage with a support focus is perfect for our loud technicolor shouty man with a heart of gold! Red Mage’s Limit Break (big super move) is kind of infamous for being so bright that for the few seconds when it’s going off, it’s difficult to see what’s going on in the fight, sometimes leading to deaths… which is very funny and fitting.
Seventh Doctor as Black Mage: Probably the easiest and most obvious job choice on this entire list, Black Mage is considered a difficult job that takes a lot of time to master, and often requires you to plan out your movements and attacks in advance to react to the mechanics of the fight. (In some of the most difficult fights in the game, Black Mages will often plan out every button they push for the first several minutes in order to maximize the effectiveness they’re getting out of every resource in their kit.) This makes Black Mage the no-brainer choice for our favorite little master manipulator. (Alas, no umbrella staff in FFXIV… yet.)
Eighth Doctor as Dragoon: I originally had Eight as a Reaper, but in trying to take the pictures, the vibes just didn’t match. So I pivoted him to the job that shares Reaper’s gear: Dragoon. Gonna be honest, this one was just vaguely gothic, and also what are vortisaurs if not time vortex dragons?
War Doctor as Dark Knight: Dark Knights have the aesthetic of a brooding edgelord, but lore-wise, they gain their power from their desire to protect the innocent and punish the wicked: a desire born from love. Fitting for a vilified Doctor who only ever wanted to do what was right…
Ninth Doctor as Astrologian: Astrologians use magical power channeled from distant stars to cast time magic, predict the future, and heal the wounded. Fitting for basically any Doctor, but especially so for the one who delivers the line about feeling the turn of the Earth. Furthermore, Astrologians deal the least damage of any job in the game: perfect for the most pacifistic and peace-seeking Doctor of them all.
Tenth Doctor as Gunbreaker: Here’s a fun one, a gun “breaker” for the “Man Who Never Would [Fire A Gun]”. What weapon does a Gunbreaker use? Oh yeah, a Gunblade. More like “The Man Who Totally Would And In Fact Has.” I think this juxtaposition highlights the Tenth Doctor’s emotional, even vengeful nature… and to add another layer: while Gunbreaker is a flashy, high-damage job, it is, at the end of the day, a Defender job. Calling back to Five’s Paladin, perhaps? (Also, Gunbreakers wear long coats, and the Tenth Doctor wears long coats.)
Eleventh Doctor as White Mage: White Mage is my other main, so I mean it with love when I say White Mages are the epitome of healers with a god complex, who mainly only keep the party alive to feel that sweet sweet satisfaction of saving peoples’ lives… and also to charge up their super big attack that can only be charged by healing. Meant to be a bit evocative of Eleven as the epitome of the Lonely God idea. Also, White Mage is a dead easy job to play, that even Eleven’s hyperactive brain could handle.
Twelfth Doctor as Sage: Okay, now we’re getting into the juicy stuff. Sage is the other shield healer in the game, the first being Scholar. But Sage is newer, flashier, more anime, and smoother to play. Are you thinking Twice Upon A Time yet? Sages, flavor-wise, are the epitome of combat medics… just as the Twelfth Doctor is the one to make the title of “Doctor of War” his own. Time is a flat circle! Thirteenth Doctor as Summoner: Also tying in with the First Doctor, Summoner and Scholar share an experience pool: so long as you have both unlocked, leveling one also levels the other. But while Scholar is a healer, Summoner is a (damage-dealing) caster that focuses on summoning entities to help you out. As the Thirteenth Doctor was born of the Twelfth Doctor’s resolution to his character arc- and with a chance meeting with the First- Thirteen being a Summoner would show how she carries that legacy but also has a fresh start with some fun new friends. (Also, Summoner is the easiest job in the game, and while Thirteen isn’t the most ADHD Doctor, she’s definitely up there.)
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mamiinmiumiu · 1 year
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V-Day Gift Guide '23💌
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It’s that season where everything is pink and red, hearts cover the stores, and love is alllll overrrrr! Y'all know what that means; it’s February, the month of love!
I personally adore Valentine’s Day, always have. Remember passing out little Valentine’s in school and getting the cutest treats? 🥰 Yeah, I always been a fan.
Plus, I love love. I’m here for alllll the cute lovey dovey shit!
So, with that being said, I decided to make things a little easy for anyone finding themselves a little stumped on what to get that special someone and cooked up a ‘lil gift guide! [ur welcome (˘ε˘˶ )]
From bougie gifts to the stuff that counts, I got y'all 💌
FOR HER:
1. Lego Flower Bouquet | Amazon $48
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What girl doesn't love flowers? So, what about some that last forever? Plus, y'all can have a cute little date night building legos together. So cute! 
2. Venus Et Fleur Flowers | Not even gon’ hold yall, these hoes pricey. Prices range.
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So luxe, so chic, so stunning!
You seen ‘em on IG & TikTok for sure, but Venus has been running the luxury flower game since like 2015! [I remember turning 15 and swearinggg up and down I was gon’ wake up to the biggest box on my bday. Ha! 🤣] Although they are very expensive, I’ve heard they are well worth the $$$ + do last long!
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3. SKIMS | Skims.com $15-100 
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What did Kim put in these? Let’s talk about it!
Every girl loves a good lounge set and basic staples that she can build outfits around so treat your girl to some Skims! Comfy, cute, and not wild expensive. I recommend the “Fit’s Everybody T-shirt” + “Fit’s Everybody Crew Neck Long Sleeve Bodysuit”
4. Fragrances 
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Brazilian Crush Cheirosa 62 Perfume Mist | $38
Chance by Chanel | $95
Candy by Prada | $134
Very Good Girl by Carolina Herrera | $138 [MY ABSOLUTE FAVE + TOP PICK!]
5. Stationary/Planner
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Nah, deadass why y'all together if y'all not pushing eachother to continuously grow & stay on y'all shit? 
I swearrrrr by my planner! It makes my life go so much smoother and is a place where I can situate my thoughts, plans, goals, expenses, etc. Help ya shorty tackle the new year and get her together with a planner. 💅🏽
2023 is about elevating, feel me?
6. Diamonds are a girls best friend, right? We’re talking Jewelry!
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Good quality jewelry don't gotta cost you bands, you can get some cute, good quality pieces for the low. Plus, girls can get away with "costume" jewelry [jewelry from Dior, LV, etc., is “costume” jewelry, none of that shit is real.] too.
I love getting my pieces from Swarovski! Amazing quality, durable, and the shineeee! But I also love Pandora, The M Jewelers, and Nordstrom for when it comes to “designer” jewelry. 
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Swarovski Pink Baguette Ring: $145
Swarovski Tennis Bracelet: $195
Palm Angels Bracelet: $180
7. A Purse
Every girl needs a good quality bag and lucky for y'all, designers love releasing the cutest on-theme purses for February, here's my picks;
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4 THE FELLAS:
Ladies! Our men DESERVE to get spoiled, too! Valentine’s Day is not just about us, show your man your appreciation and treat him! I picked out a few of my faves for the men this year.
1. Sneakers
If your man is anything similar to mine, sneakers are one of the for sure ways to his heart. [& y’all better not come up in here with that old wives tale about buying ya man shoes!] 
Plus, great thing about sneakers is there are so many different styles and color ways that you're for sure to find something that will fit whatever your man’s style is! But, if you want to keep it on theme with V-Day, lot’s of sneakers come out with Valentine Edition pairs. 
My personal favorites are the Nike Air Force 1 Low Valentine’s Day [2021] | Stockx $225
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2. Playstation 5 / PC
What guy doesn't game? Upgrade him this year, sis! I plan to.
3. Hat / Beanie
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Men love them a fye hat! And also, beanies are the hottest accessory right now. Think of a brand, I'm sure they got they own version!
I love the hats from Hat Club, they always got some dope color ways. 
Brands that got some fire beanies rn:
Billionaire Boys Club
Carhartt
Stussy
MM6 by Margiela 
Supreme
4. Cologne
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I think I speak for all the ladies when I say; ain't nothing better than a man that smells good all the time!😮‍💨
These are all colognes I have personally purchased for my man and we loved.
My Cologne Picks (in my favorite order)
Viktor&Rolf Spicebomb Night Vision | $119
Bleu De Chanel | $102
Coach for Men | $105
Dolce & Gabbana | $135
5. Wallet / Card Holder
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Men love them nice wallet so why not upgrade him? Think about it… he’s probably using the same wallet since forever ago, which no problem with that buuut an upgrade is always nice!
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Burberry Sandon TB Monogram Card Case | $260
SAINT LAURENT PARIS Credit Card Wallet | $295
Givenchy Card Holder | $370
SAINT LAURENT PARIS Bifold Wallet | $525
6. Add to his passion/hobby! 🎭🎨🎙️🎞️
What does your man like to do? Is he an artist? Is he a collector? Is he into music? Or film? Think of your man’s interests and base a gift around that! Let’s say your man wants to start exploring photography, a good gift would be a tripod or ring light. Maybe he want’s to start up his own business? Purchase the LLC! Podcast? Buy him a nice mic! Or, if he’s into collecting a certain thing, add to it!
I think y’all get the point, lol.
7. Custom Rug / Art Piece
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Men love art, too!
My man is slowly but surely tapping more into his artistic side and it's been so dope to see how his style progresses and what peeks his interests now.
A dope way to add to your man's area is by commissioning a custom piece for him! It can be a painting, rug, sculpture, etc. of whatever he likes! A rug of his favorite character, album, or even ya body ;) would be fye.
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Curves By Sean Brown CD Rugs [MBDTF & VOL 3] | $250
Lighter Tufted Rugs by SatoriRugs on ETSY | $35
Wonderland Rug by @chris.cassette on IG | Prices range
Baby Milo tufted rug on ETSY | Prices range
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EXTRAS:
KickBricks: Sneaker Building Blocks Handcrafted Air Jordan 3 | ETSY $59 | They have a few different sneaker options to pick from.
BE@RBRICK | Prices range | Super cute art piece and so many different styles + collabs.
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FOR YALL💏:
Matching tracksuits!: Such a cute + fly way to be headass! Lmao. Nah, but theres nothing cuter than a matching tracksuit, even cuter when you're matching with ya boo! So many brands have come out with their own variation of tracksuits so you're sure to find something that fit's yall <3
Brands with fye tracksuits right now:
Diesel
Marc Jacobs
Polo by Ralph Lauren
Palm Angels
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FOR YOUR GFS👯‍♀️:
Valentine's Day doesn't have to be about just romantic love! Valentine's Day is the perfect holiday to show your girlfriends some luv, too! Best part? It doesn't have to be expensive!
Here's my fave gifts to give my friends:
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Self-Care Basket: One or my favorite things to make for my loved ones <3 You can really put thought into it and cater it to whoever you’re making it for! Some of my favorite things to put in are: A good book, blanket, eye masks, bath salts, candle, silk pillow case, etc.
Cute Treats + Sweets: Strawberries or preferred fruits, pretzels, etc! Super easy to make and fun, tbh.
A candle: I love gifting candles! The Replica candles are amazing! But, if you’re looking for a more affordable option, the Sand + Fog and the Sand + Paws candles are amazing! You can usually find them at Tj Maxx or Marshall’s for around $8-15 depending on the size. Also, candle's make cure decor, too. Body-shaped candles are such a cute, chic gift.
Wine + Matching glass: Also a great gift for a friend! I want to get more into wine this year so I don’t have many suggestions other than the only one I’ve tried; Stella Rose, lol. But, good wine + a pretty wine glass = perfect duo 😏
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Alright babes, that's it for the gift guide! I truly hope y'all enjoyed this years V-day gift guide & that y'all came out of this with some dope gift ideas for your loved one(s)!
If you do end up copping something from/or because of this guide, pls lmk! I'd love to know what y'all took away from this! 💌
Until next time,
H 💋
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transcatboybussy · 1 year
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Hi
Uuuhhh I've never really done this before but I'm getting top surgery
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I'm not sure how to prove it without giving away too much info but here's the text confirming the date
My boyfriend is flying across the country to stay with me and my family to help take care of me cause honestly not really comfortable with my parents like helping me go to the bathroom or shower and also I miss my boyfriend
He's raising money to get a plane ticket and to help pay for other expenses, I think everything should be good I am able to pay for a little less than half of the ticket but since everything is short notice and around Thanksgiving it's Pricey so if anyone wants me to like draw them something before the surgery either digital or on paper/canvas I can I do mostly like plants and animals here's a little mushroom sketch I did
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I don't have recent examples of digital stuff but yea if anyone wants to help out with money I'll give you art
I'm also not working a lot cause I'm a full time student and I can't work for like a month after the surgery so I'm a little broke beans for awhile, I got the surgery date like hella last minute so I didn't really get a chance to plan things out money wise
Uhh boyfriends stuff
Vennymo: Ethan-Griffin-18
P@ypals: ethanjames081100
C@shapp: $EthanJames2018
My stuff
Vennymo: oneiric
My other stuff is connected to my etsy shop that I don't want to post publicly but if you send a screenshot of sending money to my bf I'll draw something for you per your request and I can dm links to my shop if you're uhh interested in monster fucking (I will also do nsfw art)
Any money that doesn't go to travel expenses will help us get like food and help me pay off my debt and my surgery costs my parents help but they have their own expense things too so I feel bad asking them and I like drawing stuff for people anyways like usually if I'm not busy I'll do free requests normally
I can send direct links too if that's easier
Obviously only give money if you are able, please take care of yourself first and I would rather minors keep their money and put it in savings instead this isnt like an emergency thing it's just like hey I'm lowkey broke and like to not be in debt when I can't work ya know
I can also draw stuff after surgery if you're ok waiting awhile my semester ends December 9th so I'll have more free time to do like fancy stuff and I am in a class learning how to make comics and I'm making a zine for my final and I can show that as an example of my work so I can help with that kind of thing too if anyone is looking for novice comic artists and I do have a certificate in graphic design as well I just don't really do graphic design commissions that much
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invisiblegarters · 1 year
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GAP The Series Ep 4
Has Saint always been in the opening credits? If so, why am I just noticing that now?
Mon and Sam continue to be adorable.
I am so into Tee's everything. I love Sam's friends. They are so ridiculous. Their ridiculous attempts to get Sam to go to the restroom were hilarious. And all so they can get Mon alone, interrogate her, and tell her to go for it. Ha. "Hon doesn't know how to initiate it. She's too passive." Sing it, Tee.
I truly do think her besties just want her to be happy. I think Mon was already kind of figuring out that Sam says the opposite of what she means, but I do kinda like her friends being eager to reassure her that that's the case. Aw, and poor Mon realizing that this woman she has built up in her head is fake. But you know, I like the real Sam a lot better than the one she puts on for the public. The real Sam is ten times more adorably awkward mess. 
I like the additional backstory. It's sweet. Kind of wish it hadn't been the three friends who picked on Mon at the time, but they're clearly not like that anymore. 
Okay, one of my biggest pet peeves in dramas is when people order food or drinks or make food and then don't eat it. Eat your too pricey prawns and oysters, Sam.   
At least one of them is direct, though, else nothing would ever happen here. I know I say this every episode, but I love that Mon is just so damn open and sweet without being a pushover. But that just makes it even harder to see her sweet little face fall whenever Sam disappoints her. At least in this instance Sam is just as disappointed. I have a feeling this is just the start of this kind of thing - The Worst Grandmother and what she wants is going to keep being a problem, both directly and indirectly.
DAMMIT KIRK. Does he actually want to marry her? I honestly can't tell anymore. I'd thought that he was just a good friend and wasn't into her either, but what's with all this 'let's spend the whole day together, we haven't done this in forever' stuff? I mean, I know a friend can want to be around you, too, duh, but I feel like he's being squirrelly. 
Literal seconds later 
Oh, that's why he was so insistent on spending time with her. Yeah, Kirk, she's never gonna agree to share her business the way you want. Plus Ms. Sexy Smirk clearly has designs on her. They might not be the nefarious kind but I don't trust her even a little. I'm still filing Kirk under 'well-intentioned but wrong', but I've got my eye on him. 
I also like Sam rocking up to Mon's house and getting all shirty with Tee for horning in on her girl, haha. Her friends knew that would do it.
I feel like I spend every episode chanting for them to kiss. But still. Kiss, kiss, kiss! 
That said they're really really cute and I am liking the progression.
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avaguenotion · 4 months
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11.24.2023 - Friday.
Alright. Let me begin with a nice - جمعة مباركة Blessed Friday. Today at the masjid there was a very active wedding prior to the salah. It gave me some hope I suppose. Honestly it made me wonder who would be present at my wedding? Mmm... Anyway. More importantly (....right?) I have decided to make an important change in my date format. To facilitate machine readability and file names and all I have decided to use the " . " rather than the " / " to separate the components of the date. It might seem minor but it's not. I write so often and on so many different media that I have come to meticulously date and even time everything. When the date appears in the name of the file as I sometimes want to do especially on windows the " / " (backslash) is not permitted in the filename for whatever reason. I have this sense that all of my life up to now has been nothing but an introduction. The past 30 years, irrespective of how much has happened are really just the introduction to an epic novel that Allah has told us will never end. This writing. This work. This stuff that I do. It's important. I know it is. I exist somewhere in the vast eras of history and all of this writing will be preserved in some sense and be meaningful to Allah knows. So yes. From now on I am going to make it a habit to use the period in the date rather than the backslash AS WELL AS adding the time in most place where it matters. There is something else: nihaya As of around 3am THIS DAY I have begun my correspondence with "nihaya" i.e. my yet to be wife. Why "nihaya?" Because "nihaya" means "the end" and the woman I one day marry will be "the end of my longing." Those are obviously personal. I just wanted to document here that I have started. I am aware that this blog/journal is a publicly accessible one. It doesn't get much traffic nor is it my intention for it to get much attention but anyone who visits my website - themarsrevolver.com - might find out there's a secret. If you click on the black circle at the very top it will redirect to this very blog. Given the fact that I actively spread that webpage it's inevitable that some small fraction finds this blog. That's not to ignore those who find it via tumblr internally. Hey! If you're reading this salaam alaykum! I don't know what device you are reading this on but I suggest opening it on a desktop/laptop to see what it really looks like. *sips water* What else? I ordered a "The Mars Volta" hoodie. $50 a little pricey and I'm not sure about the material quality but I did it anyway, I really like the design and the only way to know is trying it out. Tomorrow the family is going to NYC to visit my great uncle for a delayed thanksgiving get together. That's about all for now. ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ
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the-firebird69 · 1 year
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Chrysler ME Four-Twelve - Wikipedia
I didn't design this years ago for Chrysler and I wanted to take off to track attention to him and he put in production and he made 200 of them they took it out cuz he's an a****** and he hired me and he fired me personally because of that so I took him to task and do stuff that museum is a dirty burning ride the guy's going to be out soon. I redesigned it a little better and it looks a little bit more like the hypercar this would be the standard a series made from the duster this is my company the second one I guess. And it is very fast and I do have help on it yes and did. There are some things you should know about it there's a new frame design that has a steel frame but it's kind of unitized to the body makes it real strong and flat car Worthy it's an aluminum alloy shell make it right and it is honeycombed and it is bullet resistant because the honeycomb and shoot at it with armor piercing it kind of goes in a little but it doesn't really go all the way. And the alloys with super strength steel and it works extremely well and it's chromed it's a special vehicle but it's meant for Mass sales and mass marketing. 0 to 60 and 2.7 seconds after a brief small redesign 0 to 100 and 5.9 seconds the quarter mile and 7 seconds and the front end looks different this one that looks like a Ferrari or a Porsche the front end looks like a duster which has that open intake look it makes it look extremely cool the back end is like that and it's kind of a fat ass...lol and she saying stuff and she should it really is a sign of fertility so probably get that back a lot from you all over the place for some reason.
I'm working on the other two and kind of making duplicates no but I'm making them for mass consumption. And I redesigned the Chrysler motor for all the Chrysler cars and for the supercars and the hypercars these are just super cars this car goes the top speed of 350 mph with a limiter on and 700 miles an hour with it off and if you put in a different power plant you can get it up to about 1500 miles an hour safely on the ground but if you make it a fly car will go 25,000 miles an hour because of my new home design which is less expensive than titanium.
It is going to be a production car and they thought carbon fiber was real cool and it's kind of expensive to make but carbon fiber is half as pricey to make is this but it makes it much safer and the labor on it is going to be more at first but we're going to automate it and I know how to do it so I'm going to go with the automated price the base price for
Chrysler 412EI and I added the eye is electronic ignition and other cars don't have that no they do. It's just because it's a different model the base price is 85,000 and it's because it is a hypercar but it's a production model we need to tell them making millions and millions of them and it's just as strong as titanium in the accidents or other if you have them and the bullet resistance is slightly higher
I'm working on the other two and they will look a little bit like this and are extremely fast and yes the tires in the rear are apparently appeared too big and they do but it works better I assure you and it works better on the chlorine too this is engineered correctly. The other hypercars are similar to this and they look similar and they were designed before this and basically what I'm doing is substituting them in for this so it wasn't really a redesign yes it was and I redesigned the redesign a little I really it is it is a hypercar and it is the one I designed already it's kind of no work but okay because I already did the work
The c& b models are designed as well but there's two B models and that's because the second one is ridiculously fast and it's too fast to sell to the public and the speeds are similar to the others and the c is $135,000 and the B is $185,000 there's a big difference between the two but it's only in the materials and it's not much in the motor is the difference it's not a new tech it's just a little bit bigger and high performance parts but if you want the Chrysler mega car and that's what I call it special order and it costs $29 million dollars and there are two other versions that are really actually mega cars and it's because they're made with the titanium alloy hole and they can be made into fly cars they all can go $25,000 mph and they all have the safety features and from the bottom it's 9 million and then it is 20 million is a big leap in technology as well because the motor can be used to run the rotors for the fly car versions it'll go about 10,000 miles an hour doing that and a lot of people find that to be adequate but we're not selling the fly car versions and these cars that I'm selling are equivalent to the mega cars exception is the motor is super strength and the mega cars is better than that and requires a lot of processing and all the parts are made that way and it's titanium alloy Hull and it's patented, all the parts are titanium alloy whereas the other cars are high strength steel and super strength steel including the frame is super strength steel and it is a new honeycomb design so it does allow you to go extremely fast and it is a secret and it's a cheap way to make it very very strong.
Reassure your whole new line of Chrysler vehicles including minivans there's three sizes of minivans there are three sedans that are full size there's a midsize sedan and a compact sedan and we might have one sub compact and he's recommending it and we don't do trucks at Chrysler and we don't do SUVs I know we have an SUV and we will have that and we also might have I can El Camino because there is one that they made was a bit small it did very well and they did make it for a while it looks stupid. What I'm into is making a truck that's lower and I'm going to try it on a small one but people didn't like it cuz I couldn't carry much but you make it so it has a larger payload and I'm going to try it and then I'll try a larger one I might as well try both it's much easier to make them and and do some market research
Zues Hera and thank you for including me and for asking me
We are supporting their moving this and what they're doing and we knew about the car and we're talking about something else
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friendlystarfruit · 2 years
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why do artists sell art so expensive. a 20 dollar for a headshot? that’s too much!
are you the same anon that said my art is too pricey even tho my art is free =x eep besides vagina neck boy who is a joke adoptable who can be bought by getting him a lover oc drawing or design idea for me to draw him a lover xD
Anyway. Well it all depends on the artist , their skill , their time their popularity so lets say an artist is working full time as an artist for mimniom wage they'd work lowest 6 pounds an hour? so lets say it takes them two hours to do one headshot that's 12 pounds which is a little under 20 dollars. So by that logic they are working a tiny bit over minimum wage for their time that could be used to make other money or to sleep or play videogames , read, etc.
I'm currently job hunting myself times are rough in the UK and artists want to earn money to live off so either they can do a few small cheap doodles in their free time or spend more time on art and ask for more, if people pay for it and they need the money they will take it if people don't pay for it it's not worth their time to work less than minimum wage unless they have the time and enjoy it .
Something's worth is based on supply and demand , small artists and part time or hobbyist artists may price cheaper.
I personally would find selling art quite stressful (also I like doing free stuff when I have the time ) l, I don't know what my art is even worth but probably not much considering on fivver you get get pretty good art for just 10-5 dollars (before tax and optional tips ) ruedi_ does couple art for 5 dollars they did this for me a few months ago (they also do nsfw I think)
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amazinlei · 2 years
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Why are you going to take a break from buying Build a Bears and do you ever buy Build a Bears not from Build a Bear?
Eh... it's nothing personal! Just nothing is catching my eye right now. The 25th vault releases have disappointed, all except one which is my love heart fur you puppy <3! I really wanna wait until the halloween releases to spend big money. X'D That and it's mostly for space reasons! Crossing my fingers though for a new bat... or maybe even a new spooky animal to make a bear inspiration? 👀
make a demogorgon bear for a stranger things tie in BAB. We know you'd want to... >:3c
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And I like other stuffed animal brands too! Or maybe company name...? Really depends on the quality though, I'd say. :D Jellycats are pretty pricey, and I didn't understand why until I got my little brown bat. 🥺 Noseferatu is like petting a cloud... I also love squishmallows, squishables, aurora world, pillow pets, occasionally d*sney store, all the usual mainstream stuff. Though always support indie artists and their cute designs! One place I follow is called Cuddly cryptids that makes baby versions of beloved beasts! <3 I have baby mothman thus far! I also ordered a custom weighted pillow bat on Etsy from a shop called cuddlecalm, which I'm excited about as it's my first ever weighted plushie!
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arrowflier · 2 years
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hi! love your speedwrites. could you do a reemergence of ian's notebooks, but like a few years into their marriage when he's healthy and they have a good talk about how far he's come?
I'm afraid this isn't quite the same vibe, but it's where it went.
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“Okay Franny, what color stuff do you want?”
“Blue!” Franny yells, pointing at cluster of spiral-bound notebooks on a shelf taller than her. “They look like my eyes!”
“That they do, kid,” Mickey agrees, grabbing a few of them for her and tossing them in the basket hanging from his other hand. “Anything else? Maybe red for your hair?”
He reaches down and tousles it, several strands escaping the neat little bun Debbie had pinned it into before they left.
“No, Uncle Mickey,” Franny giggles, swatting at him. “That’s silly!”
“Oh, right, sorry,” he apologizes, lifting his hand from her head. Her hair follows it, staticky and frizzed, making her look like some kind of electrocuted lion cub. “Definitely don’t want to be silly.”
Franny’s teeth gleam as she grins, then she squints back at the school supplies, intent.
“Maybe one red one,” she gives in. “Because it’s your favorite.”
“Yeah? What gives you that idea?” Mickey asks as he obediently adds one more notebook to their growing collection.
“Because that’s what you call Uncle Ian,” Franny answers, “so you must really love it.”
Mickey pauses. Glances back at Ian, who has been suspiciously quiet, to see what he thought of that.
But Ian isn’t there.
He’s several yards farther back, standing at the endcap of the aisle, where the fancy, pricey stuff is on display to draw people in. From where Mickey’s standing, he can see Ian reach out, his fingers tracing lightly over the dips and grooves of an etched leather journal.
“What are you lookin’ at?” Mickey calls out to him, but Ian doesn’t respond. His eyes are far away, looking at something Mickey can’t see, as he lifts the notebook and starts rifling through the empty pages.
“Franny,” Mickey says suddenly, leaning down. He digs around in his pocket, comes up with a five-dollar bill.
“Why don’t you take this and go run by the toy aisle?” he offers, handing the money over into eager little hands. “Your Uncle Ian and I need to grab a few more things, then we’ll meet you by the register, yeah?”
“Okay Uncle Mickey!” Franny agrees, already starting to run off.
“And no running inside!” Mickey calls after her, smiling when she slows down for two steps before bounding away again.
As soon as she’s out of sight, he looks back at Ian, still standing dazedly at the end of the aisle. Mickey sighs, and makes his way over.
“Hey, man,” Mickey says softly, coming up behind him. “You okay?”
Ian doesn’t turn around. But he doesn’t startle when Mickey puts a hand on his shoulder, either, and he does start talking.
“Remember when I used to keep one of these by the bed?” Ian asks idly, brushing his palm over the lined pages. “Wrote in it every night, every morning.”
“I remember,” Mickey says. “You thinkin’ you wanna do that again?”
It’s a loaded question, in a way. He wonders if Ian knows that, if he catches the concern in Mickey’s voice. Worries that it might make him run.
It doesn’t.
“Nah,” Ian answers after the briefest of hesitations. “I don’t have ideas like that anymore.”
“That’s alright, you know,” Mickey points out. “Not like they were that good anyway.”
He squeezes Ian’s shoulder, adding, “Remember when you tried to get your brother to design video games with you? Like all his stupid physics stuff was gonna make him an exert coder or somethin’?”
That gets Ian to crack a smile, at least.
“I remember,” he says. “Not my best plan.” Then his expression fades again.
“It wasn’t all bad, you know,” he says. “I know I did stupid stuff, and I know I hurt people, but…”
He turns his head, and his eyes are earnest as he says, “I felt so alive, Mickey. Sitting there with you every night, writing things down, waking up to--”
Mickey puts a hand over his mouth, and he quiets immediately.
“I know, Ian,” he says. “But you weren’t.”
Ian swallows. His lips brush against Mickey’s hand, his throat moving, his eyes glancing down. He puckers his lips, presses a kiss to Mickey’s palm resting over them.
Mickey lets it fall.
“I know,” Ian says quietly. “I do. It’s just hard to remember, sometimes.”
“Hard for me too,” Mickey agrees, cupping Ian’s cheek. His thumb brushes just under Ian’s eye, back and forth, gentle.
"We've come a long way, man," he says. "Both of us. We don't gotta look back at it like it was good, or bad, or anything."
He lifts his other arm, the shopping basket sliding to his elbow, and rests a hand on Ian's waist.
"It just was," Mickey says. "And now it's something else. Something better."
He holds his hand still on Ian's face as his husband nuzzles into it, lets the hand on Ian's side climb around to his back.
“Why don’t you get one?” Mickey suggests abruptly, nodding toward the stocked shelves. Ian bites his lip, and he adds, “just one, just to see if you still like it.”
Mickey smiles, soft. “You don’t have to give it up just cause it’s somethin’ you used to do.”
Ian hesitates. Reaches out, touches the closest leather edge, and lets his hand fall again.
“No,” he whispers. “That’s alright.”
He looks at Mickey.
“I already have everything I need to feel alive right here.”
They watch each other, quiet. Still. Mickey licks his lips, leaning forward, and—
“Will the guardians of a Franny Gallagher please come to the register,” the loudspeaker blares. “Your niece is looking for you.”
“I think Franny is getting impatient,” Mickey murmurs, and Ian laughs. It’s a little wet, a little fragile, but it’s there. It’s good.
“Better not keep her waiting any longer then,” Ian says, and grabs Mickey’s hand with a smile. “C’mon, let’s go. Together.”
“Alright,” Mickey agrees, grinning back. “Together.”
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appy-polly-loggies · 3 years
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Opening commissions
Prices under the cut 
(feel free to skip my little rant)
So apparently our dog has cancer now. And she could get a surgery that would save her but my parents refuse to pay for it because iT’s JuST An AniMAL. So I’m going to do it myself. But as a student I can’t afford it and I’m afraid that even with the summer job I already have I won’t be able to make enough in time. And I don’t want to just ask people to give me money.
So PLEASE, I understand that not everyone can/wants to pay me for something, so please share this, that way maybe someone who will be interested in commissioning me will see this.
Here are some examples of how I draw
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More details and prices under the cut
Digital drawing
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I’m most comfortable with this sketchy kind of style, but I can do clean or lineless too. Also if you’d like me to draw it in a certain existing style I can do that too, the extra 5 bucks is there because I have to learn the style first. Oh I can also do character design.
Comics
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Plus a few extra bucks if you want me to be the one to make the story too. If you only want me to put your already existing story into comic panels, you only pay what’s above.
Traditional drawing
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Mostly with linework but I can do lineless here too. Also I’m from central Europe, so if you’d like me to send you the actual piece of paper the shipping might be a little pricey. If you’re okay with not receiving it like that I can send you high quality scans and/or photos (much better quality than these don’t worry).
Animation
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Right now I can only do 2D, both hand drawn and tweened. I can also do these moving pictures (also both lineless and lined), those can also have some fancy effects like particles and such. The pricing is a little tricky on this one, depending on how long and complex it would be, but I’d imagine the price would start at about 35$ for a basic loop without coloring (not nearly as long as the example above).
Photo and video editing
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I don’t have any examples to put in here :( but i can do the basic video editing, (cutting stuff to make you look like a pro youtuber, putting a picture/another video/a gif over your video/photo, blurring/pixelating something out, adding sounds/music, keying and all that jazz) plus I can also do some more fancy effects in adobe ae. Also I have some basic photoshop skills, I’m no professional but I can do the basics like erasing pimples or such. Or making/editing gifs. Idk how much to charge for this :( I guess it depends on what exactly it’d be? We can talk about it
 Also I’d just like you to know that I am in fact kinda desperate right now so I will also draw things I am not comfortable drawing, NSFW and whatever weird fetish you might have included, as long as you pay for it. Also don’t worry, I won’t judge you. I just want to save my dog.
If you’re interested dm me here or if you don’t want me to know your tumblr you can also dm me on instagram (@quitthisshitt)
The money will most likely go through paypal and I’ll start working on the commission as soon as I get them (or if it’s one of those more expensive ones and you want to make sure I won’t ghost you after receiving the money, you can send me half of the price first, I’ll send you the sketch/animatic so you can rest assured, then you send the rest and I finish it.
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nim-lock · 3 years
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Art Career Tips, 2021 Edition
Here’s an edited version of my 2019 answered ask, because... this feels relevant. 
It is a problem of capitalism that folks equate their income as a judgement of their value as people; and let me preface. You are worth so much. You have inherent value in this world. Your income is not a judgement on who you are (plenty of billionaires are actively making the world worse). LARPing self-confidence will go a long way to helping you get paid more for your work, because clients will believe that you know what you are doing, and are a professional. 
& real quick—my own background is that I’ve been living off my art since 2018. I went to art school (Pratt Institute). I work in a publishing/educational materials sphere, and a quarter of my income is my shop. Not all of this information may apply to you, so it is up to you to look through everything with a critical eye, and spot pick what is relevant. 
So there are multiple ways of getting income as an artist; 
Working freelance or full-time on projects
Selling your stuff on a shop
Licensing (charging other companies to use your designs)
This post primarily covers the freelance part; if you’re interested in the other bits there is absolutely info out there on the internet. 
IF you are just starting (skip to next section if not applicable) dream big, draw often (practice helps you get better/more efficient), do your best to take "a bad piece” lightly. You’re gonna RNG this shit. At some point your rate of “good” works will get higher. Watch tutorial videos & read books. A base understanding of “the rules”; anatomy, perspective, composition, color helps you know what the rules are to break them. This adds sophistication to your work. One way you can learn this stuff is by doing “studies”—you’re picking apart things from life, or things other people have done, to see what works, and how it works. 
Trying to turn your interests into a viable career means that you are now a SMALL BUSINESS; it really helps to learn some basic marketing, graphic design, figure out how to write polite customer service emails; etc. You can learn some of this by looking it up, or taking skillshare (not sponsored) classes by qualified folks. Eventually some people may get agents to take care of this for them—however, I do recommend y’all get a basic understanding of what it takes to do it on your own, just so you can know if your agent is doing a good job. 
Making sure your portfolio fits the work you want to get
Here is a beginner portfolio post. 
Research the field you’d like to get into. The amount people work, the time commitment, the process of making the thing, the companies & people who work for them. 
Create work that could fit in to the industry you’re breaking into. For example, if you want to do book cover illustration, you draw a bunch of mockup book covers, that can either be stuff you make up, or redesigns of existing books. If you’re not 100% sure what sort of work is needed for the industry, loop back into the portfolios of artists in a similar line of work as whatever you’re interested in, and analyze the things they have in common. If something looks to be a common project (like a sequence of action images for storyboard artists), then it’s probably something useful for the job. 
CLIENTS HIRE BASED ON HOW WELL THEY THINK YOUR WORK FITS WHAT THEY WANT. If they’re hiring for picture books, they’re gonna want to see picture book art in your portfolio, otherwise they may not want to risk hiring you. Doesn’t have to be 100% the project, but stuff similar enough. If you aren’t hired, it doesn’t mean your work is bad, it just wasn’t the right fit for that specific client. 
If you have many interests, make a different section of your portfolio for each!
Making sure you’re relevant 
Have a social media that’s a little more public-facing, and follow people in the career field you’re interested in. Fellow artists, art directors, editors, social media managers; whoever. Post on your own schedule. 
Interact with their posts every so often, in a non-creepy way. 
If you’ve made any contacts, great! Email these artists, art directors, editors, former professors, etc occasional updates on your work to stay in touch AND make sure that they think about you every so often.
Show up to general art events every once in a while! If you keep showing up to ones in your area (when... not dying from a sneeze is a thing), folks will eventually start to remember you. 
Industry events & conferences can be pricey, so attend/save up for what makes sense for you. Industry meetups are important for networking in person! In addition to meeting people with hiring power, you also connect with your peers in the community. Always bring a portfolio & hand out business cards like candy. 
Active job hunting
Apply to job postings online.
If interested in working with specific people at specific companies, you could send an email “I’d love to work with you, here’s my portfolio/relevant experience”, even if they aren’t actively looking for new hires. Be concise, and include a link to your work AND attached images so the person reading the email can get a quick preview before clicking for more. 
Twitter job postings can be pretty underpaid! Get a copy of the Graphic Artists’ Guild Handbook Pricing & Ethical Guidelines to know your rate. I once had a twitter post job listing email me back saying that other illustrators were charging less, and I quote, “primarily because they’re less experienced and looking for their first commission”. This was not okay! For reference, this was a 64-illustration book. The industry rate of a children’s book (~36 pages) is $10k+, and this company’s budget was apparently $1k. For all of it. 
Congrats you got a job! Now what?
Ask for like, 10% more than they initially offer and see if they say yes. If they do, great! If not, and the price is still OK, great! Often company budgets are slightly higher than they first tell you, and if you get this extra secret money, all the better for you. 
Make sure you sign a contract and the terms aren’t terrible (re: GO GET THE  Graphic Artists’ Guild Handbook Pricing & Ethical Guidelines) 
Be pleasant and easy to work with (Think ‘do no harm but take no shit’)
Communicate with them as much as needed! If something’s going to be late, tell them as soon as you know so they aren’t left wondering or worse, reaching out to ask what’s up. 
And if all goes well, they’ll contact you about more jobs down the line, or refer you to other folks who may need an artist, etc. 
Quick note about online shops/licensing and why they’re so good
It’s work that you do once, that you continuously make money off of. Different products do well in different situations (conventions vs. online, and then further, based on how you market/the specific groups you are marketing to), so products that may not do well initially may get a surge later on. 
Start with things that have low minimum order quantity and are relatively cheap to produce, like prints and stickers. 
If you are not breaking even, go back to some of the earlier portions of this and think about how you could tweak things as a small business. Ease of access is also very important with this; for example, if you only take orders through direct messages, that immediately shuts off all customers who don’t like talking to strangers. 
Quick resource that you could look through; it’s the spreadsheet of project organizing that I made a while back 
Licensing is when people pay you for the right to use your work on stuff they need to make, like textbooks or greeting cards. This is generally work you’ve already made that they are paying the right to use for a specified time or limited run of products. This is great because you’ve already done the work. I am not the expert on this. Go find someone else’s info.
“I am not physically capable of working much”/ “I need to pay the bills”
Guess who got a hand injury Sept 2020 that messed me up that entire month! I had a couple jobs going at the time that I was terrified of losing, but they were quite understanding when I told them I needed to heal. So:  Express your needs as early as you know you need them. Also do lots of stretches and rest your hands whenever you feel anything off; this will save your health later. Like, the potential of a couple months of no income was preferable over losing use of my hands for the rest of my life.
This continues to apply if you have any other life situation. Ask for extra time. Ask for clarification. If you tell people ahead of time, folks are often quite understanding. Know how much you are capable of working and do your best not to overdo it. (I am.. bad at this)
Do what MAKES SENSE for your situation. If doing art currently earns you less money than organizing spreadsheets, then do that for now, and whenever you have the energy, break down some of the tips above into actionable tiny chunks, and slowly work at em. 
The original ask I got in 2019 mentioned ‘knowing you’re not good enough yet’. Most artists experience imposter syndrome & self-doubt—the important thing is to do your best, and if anything, attempt to channel the confidence of a mediocre white man. If he can apply to this job/charge hella money for Not Much, then so can you! 
Check out this Art Director tumblr for more advice!
Danichuatico’s Literary Agent guide
Kikidoodle’s Shop Shipping Tutorial
Best of luck!
Once again disclaimer this post is just the ramblings of a man procrastinating on other things that need to be done. I’ve Long Posted my own post so that it turns into mush in my brain if I try to read it, but I wrote this so I should know this content. If you got down here, congrats. Here’s a shrimp drawing.
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Yee Ha. 
My reference post tag My tip jar
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recklessmark · 3 years
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chapter four: you’re my first kiss
—from DISCRETION series
Summary: you incidentally met a notorious CEO and your gut told you that you must claim this man. and even the fact that he’s engaged to someone else didn’t stop you from achieving what you want.
Pairings: CEO! Mark x Designer! Reader
Warnings: none
Words: 1520
—previous: chapter three-i love him forever, is it better than you yet?
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“I come to see Y/N.”, it’s a familiar voice.
Alicia turns around, she hesitantly speaks to the man. “Sorry, Y/N is really busy. You can tell me if there’s a problem.”
She knows Mark Lee is not someone she can get involved with but you’re now looking like a corpse, nothing different from Ursula from The Little Mermaid. If she lets anyone see you like this, you will definitely murder her and cut her body into pieces. Moreover, you’re drained, Mark is the powder with a fuse like you, just add some friction, this whole studio will utterly explode.
Mark is getting too impatient now, taking advantage of Alicia thinking about the situation, he passes her to directly open your office door.
“Wait! No-“, Alicia sighs, silently collecting her stuff, in case that you’ll fire her.
Closing the door, Mark’s eyebrows tighten as he sees plenty pieces of wedding dress fabric on the turfed carpet. There’re some mannequins wearing lavish wedding gowns.
You ignore the sudden noise in your room, continue tucking your face in your paper sketch. You’re in a rush, this is the last dress, you have to complete it in time.
“Ali, grab me a black coffee cup, I definitely can stay up all night.”
Mark quietly leans on the doorframe, listens to your demand. You feel something weird, Alicia always do things immediately, why she hasn’t left yet, neither speaking up.
You angrily yell, “God just fucking go out!”
“You’re getting mad at me?”
You froze at your seat, your dark-circle eyes widen, not even dare to look up. With this appearance, you will be traumatized with embarrassment if you raise your head. You instantly open a drawer of your working desk, finding sunglasses and a mask, putting them on before standing up.
“Wow, Mr Lee has time to visit me huh?”
Mark weirdly looks at you, and steps forward. You anxiously make two steps backward, “Mark, if you need to say something just say it. No need to be this close.”
Normally, you’re like magnet whenever you see him, worry that someone will be faster than you even for a second. But now you’re trying to make a distance from him. Also wearing sunglasses and face mask indoor, he wonder do all designers act like this?
“Take them off.”
You chuckle nervously, “To preserve the prettiest image of me in your mind, we should better talk like this.”
But who is Mark Lee? He will follow what you said?
Seeing Mark doesn’t back off, you’re getting more and more frantic, and your body surely can not bear his. He quickly spreads his arm out, firstly the glasses, pitifully laying on the carpet.
“Y/N, you...”
You sigh, taking your mask off, revealing the exhausted face. “What do you want? I don’t have time.”
Mark feels something hurt in his chest. He finally can see an arrogant person like you being like this but he can’t find a hint of happiness. “I can’t call you. Where’s the dress? You’re gonna ruin the wedding by letting the bride be naked huh?”
Your face lights up like you’ve just found another universe. You didn’t think about that but now you will consider whether you should do it.
Your eyes wander around the room, your index finger points at a silver suitcase in the corner. “Over there, come have a look yourself.”
He glances at you and then walks towards the suitcase, unlocks it.
You actually put a lot of efforts into that dress, even the material is super pricey. Although it takes a lot of money and time but you are satisfied with the result, you didn’t make it for Kim Yeri, you made it because Mark asked.
“You like it? My competency is way better than you anticipated right?”, you cockily say.
“Right, very good.”, he nods.
You’re surprised, Mark never praised you like that. Staring into oblivion, a shadow lands onto your figure, you snap back to reality. Looking up, your face is now an inch from Mark’s. His fingers tilt your chin up, “I didn’t see you a few days, you missed me to even turn out like this huh?”, he sighs.
You giggle, decide to get along with his joke. “Right, and you have to take responsibility for me.”
You think it was just a simple joke, there’s no way Mark would accept that stupid accusation.
“Okay!”, he nods, seriousness glinting in his eyes.
Your mind has just been blown away by his simple ‘okay’, “No more joking, I have lots of work to do, if there’s nothing else you can go”. You move away from the hand on your chin, walking towards the sewing machine to finish your work.
“When will you be done?”, he checks his watch.
You stop a bit, look at the watch on your wrist to estimate the time. “If you stop irritating me, probably before this afternoon.”
“Alright, I’ll wait.”
A warm feeling fills up your chest, except of Alicia, no one has said they would wait for you, and the potential reason for that is none of them can actually wait.
Marks takes his phone out, decides to call Yeri.
“Mark!”
Yeri picks up the call without hesitation when the contact’s name appears on her phone. She’s been worrying when Mark told her he was coming to your place to see the wedding dress.
“Yeri, I’m busy today. I’ll bring the dress to you tomorrow, bye.”
Yeri has a lot of things to say but the things she heard were two sentences and the sound of the ring-off call. Her face displays an unbelievable look, she frantically messages you.
Alicia sees your phone brightens up, a message appears. She frowns, it’s from a stranger, after thinking a little bit she decided to bring the phone for you. She wants to know what’s happening inside too, the curiosity is kicking in her.
Knock! Knock!
“No one can come in! Go!”
Alicia deadly heard Mark’s voice, she stomps on her feet, confusingly speaks up.
“Y/N! Someone texted you she wanted to send you her paintings. Can I answer for you?”
With a speed of light, you run to the door, snatch your phone from Alicia’s hand and mumble a quick “thank you” before slamming the door shut. Alicia is so confused now, she didn’t even a see a single thing and you already closed the door. She’s getting more curious now, wondering what are you doing inside that she can’t see.
You smirk, the messages are continuously blowing up your phone. Until the phone stops vibrating, you speak to Mark. “Your fiancé really wants to control you that much huh? She even demanded to see me, why do I feel like we are cheating on her?”
He glances at you, lets you continue talking.
“Shut your phone down.”
“For what.”
“She’s calling you.”
He doubtfully comes to take your phone,
[10:26am] you: “I’m not being with Y/N, don’t bother her.”
His feeling for you is going up day by day. You did that to make Yeri think both Mark and you are playing with her, didn’t you? As you expected, his phone rings few seconds later. You quickly pick it up, also on the speaker mode.
“Mark! Why did you lie to me? You’re with Y/N, aren’t you? What are you doing with her? You want to cancel our wedding right? Fine, I’ll do it myself!”, her voice sounds angry.
You smile in satisfaction, she’s threatening Mark? Who she thinks she is? He slightly shakes his head, hang up the call and sit back again. He keeps Yeri besides him that long cause he thinks she knows how to behave. Many people want Mark but they’re all not as fortunate as her. All of a sudden, you just appear out of nowhere, smarter, prettier, more talented, more prominent than her. She certainly doesn’t want to lose everything. Everything she did few minutes ago has just blown all good impressions of her in Mark. He now only wants to push that girl far away from him as much as he can, he doesn’t know if he can control himself not to get furious at her.
You look at Mark’s no-emotion face, tracing his jawline with your hand.
“Baby? Don’t get mad okay? The wedding is carefully planned, I even made a beautiful dress like that. You can not cancel it.”
Mark suddenly pulls you down by your arm, a second later you feel something wet on your lips. He kisses you, his tongue licks your lips delicately. You can only squeeze your eyes shut, feeling the tender kiss on your lips.
He only pulls away when you’re dying for air, you collapse in his embrace. “You kiss so bad, don’t tell me you’ve never kissed someone.”
You stand up again, “You’re the first one I ever kissed.”, you honestly say.
Although you do have a lot of ex boyfriends but you never went beyond holding hands or hugging. Mark Lee is the first person you allow to cross the barrier. But little do you know, when he heard he’s your first kiss, he wants to actually cross the barrier even more.
Mark grabs your waist, pushing you down to sit on his lap.
“What’s now Mark? I haven’t finished my work.”
“You can work later. Now answer me, no one has fucked you right?”, he stares into your wide-opened eyes.
—next: chapter five-distraction
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laviethepooh · 2 years
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genshin impact minecraft | headcanons
summary. how i would imagine genshin teens would play on a vanilla mc server
ft. every teen-age character (minus yun jin)
cw. modern!au
notes. it's divided by the three regions and there are some extra hcs at the end that didn't quite fit in. this is so random but it was the most motivation i had in a while 💀💀
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mondstadt.
albedo.
i feel like he wouldn’t really play
he’s an admin who just has access to creative mode
he’s never messed around too much but some are a bit afraid of his power
technically, he could do anything he wanted
other than that, he probably knows glitches or exploits for farming
amber.
gliding elytra champion of mondstadt
has some aesthetic/cutesy texture pack on
made a really cute tudor-style house to live in and decorated it
a very adept archer and has a pretty good bow and can shoot midair
has a stable for her many horses
barbara.
you thought amber had a cute texture pack? wait ‘til you see barbara’s pc
she likes to make kawaii builds
has a lot of pets… like a lot
probably only wears the helmet and boots because it looks cuter
all of her tools have mending on them
bennett.
probably gets his stuff blown up by creepers
falls into lava everytime he goes mining
tried to make a cute fireplace but now his house (built by fischl) is in flames
his armor and tools are always low durability somehow
good at the game, just very unlucky
fischl.
has a pet parrot (oz)
(but in this au would oz already exist irl? i don’t really know-)
people tell her to go to sleep in game but she likes phantoms
likes to do some roleplaying and sometimes they go along with it
she leaves some strange, cryptic signs every so often
noelle.
has a cookie and cake shop
an extremely strong player like she’s a carry
completely decked out in enchanted netherite and is hella rich
she loves mooshrooms and bees
has a lot of mending books
razor.
tamed all of the wolves and now has an army
really likes to eat potatoes and has a potato farm
probably eats raw meat and stuff like that for some reason
good at pvp
likes to wear iron armor even though he has diamonds
lives in a dirt and cobble shack in a taiga
sucrose.
the only person on the server who knows how to make all potions
other members on the server trade with her for potions
her house has a secret basement but no one knows what’s in there
her house is also very green with lots of nature it’s pretty cute
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liyue.
chongyun.
a minor minecraft noob so he has xingqiu to guide him
once put his bed next to xingqiu and had no clue what it meant
lights up literally everything and f7 is on at all times /hj
one time he got really paranoid by a parrot making a zombie noise
forces everyone to sleep so phantoms don’t spawn
hu tao.
has a minecraft cemetery for pets and stuff like that
she can use a sword and stuff but really likes using a trident
(honestly all of the polearm users probably use tridents)
all of her armor has thorns for some reason
pranks people with really good armor that has curse of vanishing
keqing.
likes to teleport with ender pearls even though it’s pricey
to be honest she probably doesn’t log in very often because of school
sometimes she’s a bit awkward and stubborn and doesn’t accept help well
wants to be a strong player but like girl you’re barely online-
xiangling.
the only person who knows every single recipe by heart
but still just eats rotten flesh sometimes
a little greedy sometimes when she sees a lot of ores
the type of person to have a netherite hoe
xingqiu.
honestly maybe a builder
his house is designed as a building in liyue
takes his school notes in minecraft books
good at knowing what order to enchant things in
absolutely loves pranking chongyun (put that mentioned parrot in his house)
probably learned redstone just to troll chongyun
xinyan.
her main goal is to blow up then act like she don’t know nobody
she’s a major noteblock enthusiast and will play music for everyone
naturally, she also has parrots who dance with her
her second goal is to collect all of the music discs out there
she likes hanging out in the nether because lava is cool
yanfei.
takes the minecraft “laws” very seriously
if she catches you digging straight down she’ll come for you
no one dares grief (not that they ever would) because of her
she really likes iron golems and has a few around
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inazuma.
ayaka.
true story: someone made her a snow golem and she was so shocked when they took the head off of it
has the best luck and always finds diamonds somehow
surprisingly good at pvp and mlgs
likes to wear her frost walker boots to get around on water
gorou.
really loves the sweets that people give him
a natural at pvp and is a god with a crossbow
i can’t decide whether he’d have dogs or not
helps out kokomi a lot
kazuha.
he used to have a horse and then he found a skeleton horse
its name is akari which means vermilion red + white jasmine
i feel like he just lives in some aesthetic place in the middle of nowhere
probably able to make really small and pretty houses
kokomi.
she knows how to do pvp but can’t execute it perfectly
but she can handle a fight and she’ll never die because she basically has infinite regeneration
likes to swim with dolphins in the water
also has an underwater base
thoma.
loves to fish whenever there’s a thunderstorm :))
he just likes to walk around and enjoy the beautiful scenery
if you look at his chest room, it’s super organized
oddly good at mlgs like does this guy ever die? (no)
definitely loves to help out everyone
yoimiya.
if anyone has fireworks for any occasion, it’s yoimiya
her home has buttons and pressure plates everywhere to trigger them
of course, her favorite weapon is a firework crossbow
just likes to play and mess around a lot for the fun of it
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extra.
childe.
they let him on once
but he annoyed everyone by asking to do 1v1s
he was banned because he joked that he’d grief (ruin) the server
they didn’t want to take chances so they just banned him
klee.
they wouldn’t dare let her in because she would 100% blow everything up
tnt and flint & steel are her best friends
tbh she probably has minecraft on her ipad
(*cough cough ipad kid cough*)
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unicyclehippo · 2 years
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hey! my mom recently expressed an interest in possibly starting embroidery and i figured i'd get her some stuff for hanukkah. what kind of special stuff would be good for a "starter kit"? thanks!
hello! I only just started so I’m certainly not an expert but very happy to share what I have googled & bought for myself & I hope that helps!
If you’re in Australia (& maybe other places with Kmart?), Kmart has embroidery starter kits that are just 5 bucks which is what started me on this whole thing because it was really simply laid out all the steps & came with thread and a hoop and all of that good stuff. Try looking in stores of a similar nature or in hobby craft stores that might have an embroidery beginners kit! I Highly recommend that route because it’s pretty inexpensive but has all the tools to try it out & she can see if she enjoys it or not!
If you don’t want to go that route, the tools for embroidery are: fabric, needle, (threader) & thread, all of which can be sourced from craft or fabric stores.
The thread is also called “floss”, embroidery floss is comprised of six individual strands twisted together into a single thread. There’s heaps of colours so you can pick whatever you like, whether it be her favourite colour or a selection of one each colour of the rainbow. Thread can be a bit pricey if you’re buying a lot, so don’t go all out for a starting gift—pick maybe three or four colours to start.
Needles are … I have no knowledge of what the different kinds of needles are, I just bought a pack that had the words “embroidery needles” on it. But you’ll want to get a needle threader because it’s damn hard to thread the eye of the needle. A threader aids in threading a needle, as the name suggests. It’s a thin flexible length of wire (at least, the one I have is) & is the single greatest invention of all time. There is nothing more frustrating than trying to get the end of a piece of thread through the tiniest hole you’ve ever seen in your life & if there is even a SUGGESTION that the thread is frayed it will be repelled like a magnet from the eye… So. A threader. Technically not necessary but INVALUABLE. The threader I use came with the starter kit but I think sewing/fabric stores would have them. I have a cheapo thing & I haven’t used a fancy tool so I can’t say if they’re better or easier to use but I haven’t had any problems with, quite literally, a piece of wire folded back & taped at the end (it broke so I taped it back together)
Hoops are optional, I suppose, but extremely useful & I don’t like to work without one. They come in many sizes & in wood or plastic! I’ve only used bamboo hoops so i can’t speak for the quality of others. A reasonable size for a beginner hoop is probably 12.5cm—big enough to complete a decent little project, small enough that it wouldn’t be overwhelming.
Fabric confused me because there are so many names for different kinds. The benefit of a good starter kit is that you don’t have to worry about any of this shit, it should all be included so you can make a design right out of the box. But if you decide to buy from a craft store, you can get fabric cut into lengths at most fabric stores, which is very cool & fun. Fabrics I have personally used are calico, poplin, & something called homespun, which is cotton. I like the homespun cotton because I got it in all these different colours (very cute) but it’s a bit harder to work with because the fabric feels like it has more give than the calico. I don’t think I’ve tried the poplin yet. Fabric can be expensive so I recommend getting whatever is on sale, it won’t matter to a beginner. Specifically, you would be looking for fabrics that have... I think it’s called an “even weave”? Look for linen, calico (unbleached, coarser cotton), cotton. the calico I got was about 2 dollars for a metre of it so you can immediately get plenty of fabric.
I hope this helped! Please let me know if you want any more information ☀️
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