#personal reference

[cstuff-art]

i made another batch of refs for the ninja because apparently one wasn't enough

[chess-blackmyre]

Frankenstein Recommendations

So, you see Guillermo del Toro and other movies coming out this year and you'd like to learn more about Frankenstein? Like to see the different options and adaptations out there? Well, lets give you a place to start! And all free of charge!

First, is the original novel, here you can read free on Project Gutenberg. If you're more of an audiobook person here is the free Librivox Recording on Internet Archive, and here is another unabridged recording free on Youtube!

Next, is the iconic 1931 movie with Boris Karloff, you can watch it for free here on Internet Archive. No, it's not book accurate, but it is the version of the story that sticks in the pop culture consciousness.

Now, if you want to watch an actually book accurate movie, there is a two part miniseries that you can watch for free on Youtube (Part Two)

And there's also a musical! Once more, it's (mostly) book accurate and free to listen to on YouTube! In fact, i would highly recommend checking out this animatic as it is what got me into the musical!

Hope this has helped someone!

[solarplexity]

[kintatsujo]

the five notes you can play on the ocarina in OOT are (listed ascending on a treble scale) DFABD

this is important because every classic song new to OOT incorporates these five notes into the first couple of measures so that they can be used in gameplay

I might have been looking this up for reasons and was annoyed to realize that it's hard to just find someone listing out the actual five notes (the in game music sheet is difficult to read and not actually representative of the treble scale)

[spycyshark]

2023 Art Summary. Thanks for the wonderful year!

[degrees-of-lili]

Character Age Groups for personal reference

<20s PC, Robin, Kylar, Whitney, Alex, Gwylan, Mickey*** 20s Wren, Mason, Harper****, Niki, Jordan***

30s Bailey*, Eden*, Sirris*, Doren*, Landry, Darryl(?**)* 40s Avery 50s> River, Winter, Leighton

"Middle Aged" Quinn (I googled the range for that and it's 40-60s so bbbbt) Unknown Morgan, Sam, Briar, Remy, Charlie, Black Wolf, Great Hawk Notes & Sources

*Described as "mid-thirties" **Darryl in a question about being classmates with Wren/Mason/Harper but it's kinda vague if they were in school at the same time, but, not classmates or if they were in school at the same time at all. But, also, confirmed to be a couple years younger then Eden. I checked their in-game description and it says mid-thirties! *** Implied to be in school w/ Harper/Wren. And, just going out on a limb based on them taking over Sydney's Deceased Parents role as head of the church. Who I am assuming was older then them (mid 30s like Sirris if they were alive). *** I am assuming based on Landry referring to them as a "kid". **** Harper is described as "not being older then 25" so puts them early 20s. Sources: 1> https://pptaira.notion.site/pptaira/Vrel-s-Q-A-70c142750b9f48d7b31c475dfe987788

2> https://twitter.com/Wren_DOL21room/status/1748905999304630405

[bonzybonztea]

needed a distraction so here is this quick little thing so I could have a little sketch ref of their heights and general clothing and such. these two weren't particularly friends in the beginning -pat pats-

[the-damnedest-creature]

Jrock/Vkei concerts I have been to for my personal reference

UPDATED DECEMBER 02, 2024:

2010

Gackt (Munich)

D’espairsRay (Budapest)

2011

Gackt (Munich)

Dir en Grey (Budapest)

Versailles Philharmonic Quintet (Vienna)

2012

Kaya & Satsuki (Munich)

D (Vienna)

BLOOD (Prague)

Screw (Vienna)

ACE (Vienna)

ACE & Anli Pollicino (Prague)

Inoran (Vienna)

Crossfaith (Bratislava)

ZIZ & SPEECIES (Cologne)

2013

THE MICRO HEAD 4N’S (Munich)

Orochi (Prague)

Plunklock (Vienna)

Plunklock (Prague)

Satsuki (Munich)

Deathgaze (Vienna)

the GazettE (Munich)

GPK (Brno)

Crossfaith (Prague)

Eat You Alive (Prague)

2014

ADAMS (Prague)

heidi. (Prague)

heidi. (Vienna)

Mikaru & G.L.A.M.S (Vienna)

LOKA (Vienna)

BORN x Lycaon (Munich)

Sukekiyo (Berlin)

HITT (Vienna)

Satsuki (Vienna)

Satsuki (Prague)

2015

ADAMS (Prague)

DIR EN GREY (Berlin)

Mikaru & G.L.A.M.S (Vienna)

MIYAVI (Vienna)

SuG (Berlin)

[k-pop] SHINee & Red Velvet (Prague)

2016

Crossfaith (Prague)

Satsuki (Prague)

DIO & DIRTRUCKS (Wroclaw)

girugämesh (Munich)

the GazettE (Munich)

I Promised Once (+Jioda) (Vienna)

Nocturnal Bloodlust (Budapest)

GYZE (at a metal festival in Zvolenská Slatina, Slovakia)

Mikaru (Poznan @ Japanicon)

2017

Versailles Philharmonic Quintet (Warsaw)

PLASTICZOOMS (Prague)

Mikaru & G.L.A.M.S (Krakow @ Magnificon)

Mikaru & G.L.A.M.S (Prague)

S!N (Prague)

MORRIGAN (Munich)

MORRIGAN (Prague)

MORRIGAN (Warsaw)

LOKA (Prague)

2018

Mikaru solo run (Cologne)

Mikaru solo run (Brussels @ Made in Asia)

Mikaru solo run (Brussels @ Made in Asia)

Mikaru solo run (Brussels @ Made in Asia)

She, in the Haze (Brussels @ Made in Asia)

X Made Alcoholic Santaclaus (Prague)

REMNANT (Brno)

Mana (Helsinki @ Eternal Twilight)

KAMIJO (Helsinki)

DIR EN GREY (Warsaw)

DIR EN GREY (Munich)

DIR EN GREY (Cologne)

Mikaru & G.L.A.M.S (Prague)

Mikaru & G.L.A.M.S (Warsaw)

2019

Mikaru solo run (Cologne)

the GazettE (Munich) 

[It is entirely possible something else happened in 2019 - but I have since forgotten, and apparently have not written it down, so it might be lost to time. :( ] 

2020

DIR EN GREY (Berlin)

DIR EN GREY (Wroclaw) 

Mikaru & G.L.A.M.S (Warsaw) 

Mikaru & G.L.A.M.S (Prague) 

=PLAGUE= 

2024

DIR EN GREY (Warsaw) 

DIR EN GREY (Warsaw) 

DIR EN GREY (Berlin)

DIR EN GREY (Berlin)

JILUKA (Bratislava)

DIR EN GREY (Tokyo)

MUCC & DEZERT (Tokyo)

Luv PARADE (Yokohama)

THE GALLO, DazzlingBAD, Dorothy, GrimAqua, Kuroneko (Tokyo)

-Shintenchi Kaibyaku Shudan- ZIGZAG (Kanagawa)

Luv PARADE (Osaka)

RAZOR (Osaka)

-Shintenchi Kaibyaku Shudan- ZIGZAG (Kobe)

-Shintenchi Kaibyaku Shudan- ZIGZAG (Hiroshima)

2010: 2 | 2011: 3 | 2012: 9 | 2013: 10 | 2014: 10 | 2015: 5 2016: 9 | 2017: 9 | 2018: 14 | 2019: 2(?) | 2020: 4 =PLAGUE=  2024: 14

Country & city count: Czech Republic: 22 (Prague: 20 | Brno: 2) Germany: 22 (Munich: 12 | Berlin: 6 | Cologne: 4) Austria: 15 (Vienna: 15) Poland: 11 (Wroclaw: 2 | Warsaw: 7 | Krakow: 1 | Poznan: 1) Belgium: 4 (Brussels: 4) Hungary: 3 (Budapest: 3) Slovakia: 3 (Bratislava: 2 | Zvolenská Slatina: 1) Finland: 2 (Helsinki: 2) Japan: 9 (Tokyo: 3 | Osaka: 2 | Yokohama: 1 | Kanagawa: 1 | Kobe: 1 | Hiroshima: 1 )

Top artists (seen more than twice): Mikaru (15) DIR EN GREY (12) Satsuki (5) the GazettE (3) MORRIGAN (3) Crossfaith (3) -Shintenchi Kaibyaku Shudan- ZIGZAG (3)

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Coming up: Mikaru & G.L.A.M.S (Warsaw) Mikaru & G.L.A.M.S (Prague) Nightmare (Warsaw)

Current live count: 91

[windwell-dragons]

DVC Wishlist

✦✧✦✧✦✧

Personalities

♀️God dragon[dawn]

Collector Dragons

Bearded Dragon [Lizard Kingdom]

Hacer [Hope/Special]

Long Term Goals

Pharaogon

Complete Fairy Book

Misc.

Harika

Mallow

Symphonia [overgrowth]

[turnedpalefromlackofsun]

Yep, that's 100% the pitch quadrant from Homestuck. Pitch, blackrom, spades, hatedating/hatemarriage, all colloquialisms for kismesis/kismesissitude

Thank you sooooo much for explaining this. Now I definitely need to read homestuck. I think I truly understand why this is considered a fandom timeless classic. I'm starting to get it.

I'm looking at the wiki and DANG homestuck is revolutionary. This is peak art.

[lilirot]

For personal reference in the future: Lucifer's B+: Wing Tap > Wing Rub > Wing Rub Lucifer's Hi5: Hi5 > Wing Rub > Wing Rub Belphie's B+: Head Rub > Head Tap > Tail Tap *Only gets sparkles on the tail tap. Boy, doesn't really like his tail touched. Belphie's Hi5: Hi5 > Head Rub > Tail Rub Asmo's B+: Asmo's Hi5: Hi5 > Arm Tap > Wing Tap Might have been two wing taps but I miss tapped. Pretty sure Diavolo likes his wings pet but I gotta test. Diavolo B+: Wing Tap > Wing Tap > Wing Tap

[cassiuslonginuss]

I’ve finally settled for a vanilla appearance for both Saeris and Arden in preparation for DA:TV

playing without mods has definitely been an experience but I can finally say I’m satisfied with how they both came out

[wyrmwinds]

My own personal FFXIV bucket list, to be updated and hopefully completed at some point.

◆ —  EXTREME

Climb Kugane Tower

Get DRG ARR Relic Weapon

Get the “Sea Dragoon” title

Get the “Hero of Gelmorra” title on Opheliaux

Get BLM ARR Relic Weapon on Sayin

Get DRG ShB Relic Weapon

Clear Zurvan Unreal

Get all trusts (except piss rat) to max level

Get Sahagin to max reputation

Get the Landerwaffe mount

Get that upcoming Bahamut mount

◆ —  SAVAGE

“Of Dragons Deep” title

Get Elemental Armor of Maiming +2

Get over 50 likes on a glam on Eorzea Collection

Do an all no-job stone run of current content

Get all Bozja field notes

◆ —  ULTIMATE

Clear Unending Coil of Bahamut

Clear Dragonsong's Reprise

Get the Necromancer title

[capncococharms]

My 25 current favorite video games in no particular order.

I had to revise this like 3 times because I like too many danged video games.

Now everyone can judge me for my video game tastes.

[smilesobrien]

so my plan for next month in terms of drawing is: literally just knuckle down and work on nothin' but original comic art for the whole month.

actually, that's a lie- that was the ORIGINAL plan, but as you can likely tell, that's a pretty vague and nebulous goal, right? Which is a great way to set myself up to fail right out the gate. sooo Instead:

the plan is to IDEALLY get 2x comic pages done per week, leaving me with 8x at the end of the month. Not that much! but... i work full time, so realistically? probably as good as it gets. That's life!

the BARE MINIMUM, a big drama happens that sucks up all my time, type plan is: get 1 page done per week. I think this is reasonable- I follow a few online comic creators and they usually range between 1-3 pages/week, with outliers who have really streamlined thing doing up to 5.

current thinking is: under ideal conditions, i should do 1 page in my time after work during the week, and 1 page on the weekends. This drops to 1 on the weekend in the bare minimum plan, since emergencies usually happen during the week.

thumbnailing is not really a thing im worrying about since my sketches are v minimal anyways. probably like, 1 hour should do it max

[hornedcraft]

for reference; my collection of cards.  (updated 07/06/2023)

i have so many. i am planning on getting more.

asterisks mean they’re favourites. little write-ups provided, to give insight into what questions they prefer to answer and what personalities the entities/energies have. in alphabetical order, separated by type of divinatory card system.

TAROT.

Antique Anatomy: studious and spiritual; takes magic from a very scientific standpoint and encourages research. is extremely excited to help anyone on spiritual path questions, but fumbles with things about the real world. helps clarify messy and muddled feelings about magic work, but makes emotional things feel even more confusing.

Architect: very composed; a lot more emotional than i’d expected! interested in building “bridges” between people, all interpersonal relationships and “reinforcing” the spine and the inner self. good for big feelings, social issues, and self confidence; as well as for identifying obstacles that are halting momentum.

* Art Nouveau: one of my prior default decks. purchased in salem, massachusetts during my first trip. feels like a knowing mother; very connected to the divine feminine. feels very bright in terms of energy, but encourages you to touch into the darkness to understand the balance required in understanding magic fully. good for both personal and path-related questions; often very kind and sympathetic, but still offers sage advice.

Black Ritual: a gift from a friend at work. redraw of the rider-waite, feels very clean but very fight-y, justice seeker. sits at crossroads, will either give you advice or listen to you vent- either way, he’s like a good friend. very much matches your energy, but won’t bend his advice to just what you WANT to hear, only change it to be the way you might want to hear it.

Crow: takes a little bit of effort to reach into its energies, but very fun, playful, and encourages a balance between physical and spiritual. feels like a whole flock of crows, a full family dynamic too, that balances out all the different directions because of how many voices seem to be speaking at once. a little hard to pin down, but a really rewarding deck for any question you have; just be ready to pull clarifying cards.

Druidcraft: the first deck i ever received, currently unusable since two cards were ruined in a moving accident. huge stoner vibes.

Ethereal Visions: gorgeous, really serious, needs you to completely surrender your headspace over to it or else it won’t work. guardian angel energies. focused on building a strong internal self (especially a firm backbone) so that you may become a leader, or at least a trailblazer, in whatever material things you may want to pursue. mostly about building strength to withstand hardships, instead of telling you how to avoid them.

Everyday Witch: town healer vibes, older grandmother witch who’s been around the block a few times. knows about risk versus reward, interested in teaching and teaching you to teach, old in wisdom but young in joy. best used for questions where you need to be assured in your abilities, regardless of where they are; as well as general questions about the path if you want to learn something useful.

Guardian of the Night: like the crow tarot, but more focused. also feels like several entities, but unlike the crows, they speak with one voice. feels very urgent in whatever it says. interested in big catastrophes- if you’re in your tower era, this is a good deck to call on. good at mixing pep talks with advice, very encouraging to move, extremely instinct-based.

* Herbcrafter’s: fun dual-use deck. half regular tarot, half herbs and medicine oracle deck, makes for a fun spread no matter what. GOLDEN GIRL ENERGY. older woman who loves herself and wants you to love yourself, too. self love, self care, self protection, self discovery, self confidence- it is all about you, and becoming someone that other people want to ask advice from. really good for any question; makes you feel good coming out of the reading.

* Hush: incredible vibes. i use this deck as my namesake for my main blog. feels like walking into a deep, dark wood that you don’t belong in. does not do well with more trivial day-to-day questions; it wants to dig into the soil of your soul. will not give you an answer if you aren’t ready for it. mostly for the spiritual. dances along the edge of the veil, and encourages a deeper understanding of magic.

Inversion: feminine tomboy energy; kind of a take-no-shit kind of chick, will not really offer emotional support but will tell you exactly what you need to know. better for day-to-day questions, especially ones revolving around working, careers, or craftsmanship. based off the marsailles style of tarot, so a little different from the rest of my decks.

Modern Witch: fun, but a little shallow. for low-stress questions. very fluffy, probably not best for serious path-related questions, but will offer good direction if you’re a little scattered in your real life. be advised that it’s always going to direct you to the option that brings the most pleasure; not necessarily the best one in the long run.

* Murder of Crows: extremely powerful deck. i cried actual tears the first time i used it. death and rebirth. if you have gone through something difficult, or feel stuck in the dark, this deck will hold your hand through the hard shit. better used after the hard times, so it can get you out of the wreckage. deeply personal. deeply magical. i must reiterate the power that radiates from this deck.

Murder of Crows (Limited Print Red Edition): this one feels like the more positive sibling to the original murder of crows deck; once the first brother has gotten you out of the wreckage, this one kinda helps you to stay in the good times without sliding back. older brother passes your hand to younger sister. not as powerful, but works well in tandem with the other.

Mystic Dreamer: not a fan of the art style, hard to connect to. feels conflicting in its advice, too; aware of the need for plans, but consistently warns that plans never go to- well, plan. strict in terms of logical over emotional. i don’t know what kind of question this deck would be best for.

Occult: deck of demons. literally made of demons. was not aware that it was meant to be used for summoning demons when i purchased it in a large lot. useful for seeking out important people in your life. i am genuinely too scared to work with this deck without my boyfriend (who’s worked with demons before) present to make sure i don’t fuck up somehow. it sure does feel like a bunch of demons in there! for sure!

* Rider-Waite Mini: the default deck i use- not because it’s a rider waite, but because it’s the deck i use to communicate with my deity, cernunnos. if you don’t specify your deck, there’s a high chance i’ll be using this one! i carry it with me at all times (unless i forget to swap it into a new bag if i change purses).

Spiritsong: eclectic animal commune. similar to guardians in the sense that each card is related to an animal, but a much softer energy. hippy vibes; not quite stoner like the druidcraft deck, but very peaceful and indulgent in a way. instinctual, but not intense. light and airy. probably best for making decisions; will guide you towards the answer you kind of always wanted in the first place, and encourage you to allow yourself to want things.

Tattoo: very dulled energy, hard to harness

* Urban: my favourite modern deck. very much feels like you’ve found a beating heart in the centre of a metropolis and it’s pulling on everything to answer you. a little bit hectic, but definitely useful in finding what path you’re meant to walk; think of it as a subway system, and it’s giving you directions.

Wildwood: new deck, never used

Wild Unknown: new deck, never used

Wizard: made by the same people as mystic dreamer, and has the same issues.

Zombie: my least favourite deck of all time. the second one i ever got. i keep it for laughs mostly, and also to point at when people ask which is my least favourite.

ORACLE.

* Celtic Tree: really in-depth, super interesting system. CANNOT be read in a typical spread; requires its own long-form system of wheels that takes hours. i still do love it, though.

Crystal Wisdom Healing: i’ve had it for a very long time, usually works better as a supplement to a reading from another deck

Flowers: new deck, never used

Green Witch: fun vegetables! need to dig my hands into it a little more, though.

Hedgewitch Botanical: new deck, never used

Prism: new deck, never used

Seasons of the Witch Samhain: new deck, never used

* Wild Unknown Animal Spirit: outstanding vibes, really motivational but still balancing.

LENORMAND.

Golden: more classic style, not a huge fan but definitely says what it means.

Green Glyphs: beautiful soft and smooth art, just haven’t fully clicked in for me yet.

* Red Hand: my first lenormand deck, gorgeous art, feels super blunt in a really fun way.