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Drew a bunch of pokemon out of memory to try and get out of art block

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drawn for the dragonyule gift exchange on twt, so glad that i could join this year! thank you for hosting, saint starfall ♥

i hope that everyone has a wonderful dragonyule & a happy new year!

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Hiii I would like to request for a male genshin matchup if thats cool:] I'm a straight female, Sagittarius and an INFJ-T. I have brown eyes and brown-ish black-ish hair and glasses which I tend to lose often heh. I like spending time with those close to my heart but I also value my personal space and time. I like to travel but I don't mind staying in one place and settling down. I don't like frogs, I have a phobia of them for some reason. I can take other creatures like cockroaches, rats, heck even snakes, but no frogs plz:< I don't like aggresive confrontation and I'm the type of person to diffuse tense situations. I don't like heated arguments as well, they make me uncomfortable and give me huge anxiety:<

What I want in a partner is someone who is willing to listen to me, and in turn I'll listen to them. I want someone who shares the same values as I do as well. Respecting me, my beliefs and my family and friends is definitely a must. I want someone who I can confide in (and vice versa) and create a special and deep bond with. I want a relationship that isn't shallow or only about love, but about other things like trust. Someone who is patient and can humour me in the silly things I do would be really cool too:) My love languages are prob all of them ngl:] For hobbies I like listening to music and singing to myself, daydreaming, knitting and crocheting if I have the materials and reading!

I think I'm the type of person who comes across either as really intimidating or really shy, but when you really get to know me, a kind, outspoken, and sometimes feisty person. I'm kind of between being that responsible mom friend and being that friend who radiates crackhead energy, (lmao idk either) depending on the situation and vibe. I'm an independent person with strong morals, although I'm always willing to listen to other people's perspectives. I'm a pretty carefree person, and I'm someone who is willing to help another through their problems, whether that is just by listening, giving advice when asked, etc. I'm also pretty moody tho, and there are definitely times where I go from optimistic to pessimistic and vice versa. I also work well under pressure and I'm definitely an overachiever. I tend to invalidate myself and my feelings a lot and I tend to overwork, overthink, and stress myself out a lot because I bottle my emotions up:(

I don't really have an ideal date in mind, maybe something where I can really get to know the person, like maybe doing something that the other person likes doing and one that can be away from other people as well, so privacy yes. Maybe like a picnic date, a private dinner, learning the hobby of the other person or even a date that just involves staying in. For aesthetic I've been told that my aesthetic is "scholarly academia" I just asked my friend and thats what I was told hehe:]

I hope this was okay and I just kind of started to ramble so sorry about that hihi:] anyway I hope you're doing well, stay safe:]

Hi Hi! You’re my first Genshin Impact request! I hope you enjoy this and stay safe as well! I match you with...

ALBEDO

Okay so! You both seem to be calm and collected people who would listen to each other! And really I can’t say much else so onto the HEADCANONS!

ROMANTIC HEADCANONS/SCENARIO:

You were friends with Kaeya

He introduced yall two to eachother once he found out you wanted to start you childhood hobby of painting again.

Y’all unsurprisingly got along well

He, not knowing had to go about this, asked Kaeya for advice.

Terrible idea really

There was a bunch of failed attempts before Diluc just got tired of you two flirting in his bar and told you Albedo liked you

It got the point across clearly.

You’re first date was just chilling in the bar

Neither of you drank much so you just sat drawing different people passing by

He walked you home and you gave him a kiss on the doorstep

Cliche Cute Assholes

Klee likes you. Like a lot, she has brought you bombs of love only for them to blow up in your face literally

You never get mad at her for it

Fights with Albedo don’t happen often

You both find them draining and prefer to talk stuff out before it gets to that point

✨ Healthy Communication things ✨

“ (Name) Love, Do you think you can get me the watercolor? “ Albedo asked you turned away focusing on his painting . You two were on a outdoor date for inspiration when Albedo decided to surprise you. Getting the paint you hand it to him then go to sit back down. After some time you hear Albedo putting supplies away. “ You can look now , dear. “ It was a painting of you sitting there. Wind blowing your hair, clothes ruffled. “ You..” You stuttered in surprise . Albedo only smiled innocently before he pressed a Kidd to your forehead . “ I think we should head back now? “

Songs That Remind Me Of Your Relationship!:

Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

Put Your Head On My Shoulder - Paul Anka

Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows - Lesley Gore

The Book Of Love - Peter Gabriel

Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals

DYNAMIC!:

That one healthy couple with next to no problems you can’t help but be jealous of. Come on y’all are perfect for eachother.

✨HEADCANONS✨

You have a whole portfolio of drawings/paintings Albedo had done of you

You once made a flower crown for Albedo and he still has it

Klee once called you ‘ Big Sis ‘ and you started crying right there

You and Albedo don’t really celebrate birthdays so you just have a date at the winery alone with eachother

Your favorite color is blue because of him though he just say ‘ because it’s the color of the sky “

You both have missed sleep time just tirelessly working on paintings

Once Albedo drew Kaeya and Diluc as thanks and left it on their desk. He didn’t leave a note nor signature but they knew who it was from

Just Wholesomeness between you two really

AND THATS A WRAP! HOPE YOU LIKE THIS

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BTV-Artober 2020, Day 27: Elfroot

Day 27, Elfroot: Scout Harding and Witty Ritts are stoned as fuck, and they don’t know what the fuck the Inquisitor is doing hanging off that cliff-face. If you liked this, check out my work at Overheard at the Hanged Man.

“Do you think she’s smoking it?”Witty Ritts asks idly. Scout Harding watches the Inquisitor range up the cliff face to get to a single crop of elfroot sticking out of the rock face. “Because I can’t think of any other reason why she goes through it so far. Like. This is constant.” She draws in the smoke from the slug Harding wrapped and inhales deeply: this is the good stuff, the stuff the Requisitions Officer tries to move from camp as quickly as possible. Too bad, they need some fun. She passes it on. Scout Harding, who has actually held conservations with the illustrious Inquisitor, disagrees. “Nah. She’s way too serious for that. Though I think she makes it into a salve for her scars. Maybe the bald one? Solas? He strikes me as the type.” She takes a hit and coughs, a little embarrassed. Witty Ritts scoffs. “No way, he’s way too focused for that. I mean, we’ve all heard him go on about the weird shit he sees in the Fade, but that takes more serious shit than just royal elfroot.” They watch the Inquisitor nearly lose her grip and swear as she hangs by a single hand to the rockface. The Herald of Andraste would rather scale a sheer cliff than move around it. She’s also not the most careful of climbers. “We should do something,” Scout Harding says finally, watching the Inquisitor dangle. “Like what?” “Spot her?” Scout Harding minds catching her: but the Inquisitor is in rather heavy armor made of woven silverite and halla leather. She’s also very shiny. “I guess we could get a mage.” The Inquisitor heaves herself up and scrambles to the face of the cliff, grabbing at the elfroot as she slides. It comes loose and she falls rather dramatically onto the heath. “Oh fuck,” Witty Ritts says. “She dead?” There is a shimmer and a glimmer and a quiver, and the Inquisitor downs two health potions and gets right to her feet, looking affronted. She staggers off to the distance, where her companions are stuck arguing over a map, plant still in hand, scattering soil down the path. “Oh,” Scout Harding enunciates. “That’s why. All the elfroot. Else she’ll die.”

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Weekly Window Shop: Fine Art for Non-Billionnaires

How To Find Affordable Art

Here’s the conundrum; you want to adorn your walls with interesting, unique art that makes your heart sing. Fine art or photography that stops you in your tracks, starts a conversation, changes the whole look and feel of a room, commands a space, finishes a space, takes a place from house to home, injects personality and flair and encourages the sort of mental and emotional response that only art can provoke.

Yoko XXXI, Don Brown

And it would be wonderful, wouldn’t it, to cherry pick this art from the very best galleries in the world – I’d love the original Herb Ritts Batman (Back), below, or a sculpture by Don Brown, above, or a painting by David Hockney, preferably from the 1960s/1970s era.

Batman (Back), Herb Ritts

But I’m guessing that the majority of us here aren’t billionaires and so how do we, the non-super-yacht-owners, get our hands on fine paintings and photography that’ll make our stomachs flip with excitement? Where can we find the more affordable art?

I’m not talking mass-produced prints, here, or those framed quotes done with a curly font, because you don’t need my help finding those. They are around every corner and you can pick them up incredibly cheaply. I’m talking about unique art, pieces that have had some heart and soul poured into them, paintings and photographs that say something or make you feel something, even if that feeling is “uncomfortable”.

And this art could be an investment – work with the potential to increase in value over the years – but it should also, on a purely emotional level, mean something to you. Something that feels special and looks special and hasn’t just been chosen to match the colour of the dado rail, that will bring joy into your living space and add the sort of edge that nothing else really can.

Little Oil Spill Mermaid, SJ Fuerst

So here are the places I browse the most when I’m on my habitual hunt for art. But a note of caution to start with; I don’t think that buying art can be rushed. True, when you see something that grabs you then you almost always know that it’s right (gut instinct!) but it might take weeks or months of trawling for that to happen. To get to grips with what you like and what you don’t like. I almost think that art creeps up on you – fine if you see some prints in a shop and think, they’re pretty, and you buy eight of them and make a gallery wall, but I think if you’re after a more eclectic and considered look and a collection that reflects your tastes then it takes a bit of time.

Not always, but often.

Negate + Gild, Sophie Derrick

First stop: the internet and in particular, the websites Affordable Art Fair, Degree Art and New Blood Art. All of these sites have huge, huge collections of art ranging from graduate work to the more pricey, investable pieces from artists whose work has risen in value, such as the award-winning Sophie Derrick (see photo above). The sites are easy to search, enjoyable to browse and quick to buy from – I ordered a gorgeous little painting from Toni Cogdell (via New Blood Art, photo below), paid for it by Paypal and had the painting in my hands a few days later.

Within This Light, Toni Cogdell

Then there’s social media, which I suppose is a more accidental way of finding art and artists you love. I found the brilliant Holly Delaney through Instagram and possibly wouldn’t have found her otherwise, as she tends to sell from her own website rather than using one of the art platforms.

Efficacious, Holly Delaney

Holly paints abstracts onto gold leaf and the look of the paintings change according to the light; she’s incredibly talented and I love that we found each other by chance.

As well as accidentally stumbling across artists you like, keep a look out on other people’s Instagram stories and posts; some of the big interiors accounts talk about artwork quite regularly and often tag the artists so that you can follow the proverbial trail.

And actually, Keeping An Eye Out is one of the best ways of finding art that you love, especially if you don’t know where to start and don’t have any confidence. Make a mental note of things that interest you, no matter how obscure the situation.  I recently bought an amazing photograph from Akseli Valmunen, a very talented Finnish photographer, because I’d spotted one of the limited print run in an airport lounge!

Akseli Valmunen photograph, waiting to be hung

I saw it, tracked down the photographer and ordered my own on the same day. Strange but true. (Note to the world: getting art sent from abroad, especially when it’s framed, is a massive palaver. An oil painting from Malta recently came in its own huge crate, big enough to contain a dangerous zoo animal, and the shipping costs were quite heart-stopping. Worth factoring in, if you find a piece from somewhere more far-flung.)

Antiques fairs and flea markets can be great places to find lovely art, though you often have to look past the gazillion gilt-framed portraits of scary-looking ladies in Victorian dresses with their jet black eyes and severely scraped-back hair. Lots of stuff is a bit battered, but sometimes (shouldn’t say this but will) a bit of vintage wear and tear can do wonders for a mediocre painting. A bit stained, slightly worn at the corners, kind of faded in places – ooh it lends it a right air of sophistication! Ha.

And I don’t mind a gilt frame, if truth be known; I’ve seen some excellent use of antique/vintage frames with very modern or graphic art inside. I think that you can make a bit of a statement with an unexpected frame. Which brings me onto one of my easiest and cheapest art suggestions, which is finding things you already own and framing them well. I’m not talking about framing your pressed flowers or nana’s tapestry featuring her border terrier named Scott (although actually these both sound great) I’m talking about film posters and festival fliers and anything striking, cool or heavy with nostalgia. Got an original Back to the Future poster? Frame it well and you couldn’t get a better piece of kitsch art to hang in the living room. Collected dozens of roadside diner menus from along Route 66 (me)? How brilliant would they look reverently framed and placed in a Georgian kitchen? Who knows. They could look shite. I’ll keep you updated.

Break, Dan Crilly

My last source of great and individual art is partly down to luck because I have quite a few artists in my immediate friends and family group. My brother is incredibly talented (unashamed family plug: dancrilly.co.uk, examples of his work above and below) and in fact my whole family, except me, is arty. So I’ll be the first to admit that I have it easy when it comes to finding art in my immediate vicinity.

Graff Truck, Dan Crilly

But taking the family connections out of the equation, if I keep my ear to the ground then I hear of plenty of local gallery events and art competitions and open studios and so on. It’s almost as though once you start listening, these things come to you! I bought two small paintings the other week from a local studio that was open for an annual art festival. They’re lovely and were very inexpensive.

So. I have no idea whether that was helpful. I’m definitely no Brian Sewell but I know what I like, when it comes to art, and I love hunting for the pieces that will bring me joy. If you’re stuck in a rut, hanging up cacti prints from IKEA but really wanting something more, get out there and start looking. I’d say that the websites I listed above are an amazing start. And if you’re looking to invest slightly more seriously (ie thousands rather than hundreds) then take a look at some of my favourites, SJ Fuerst, Sophie Derrick and Marcelina Amelia.

Astronaut, SJ Fuerst

SJ Fuerst paints surreal worlds that look – at least from a distance – absolutely real. Her work is often described as being hyperreal, because the paintings look just like photographs, but up close they are most definitely paintings, glorious brushstrokes and all. (I can vouch for this as I bought one of her pieces earlier this year.)

Sophie Derrick

Sophie Derrick’s work is just fascinating. She very cleverly turns the idea of portraiture on its head, using paint directly on skin and photographing it so that the painting element is rendered 2D. Sophie then paints on that surface and the results are unique and utterly beautiful. You can find her website here.

Tequila, Marcelina Amelia

I’m currently saving my pennies (pounds) for a piece by Marcelina Amelia, a UK-based artist who mixes the use of print, painting and drawing. You can find a gallery of her work on her website here – I particularly like Tequila (above) and Wishing You Were Here.

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The Oral History of Salt Spray From the Two Hair Brands Behind the Original Versions

Yesterday, Michael Gordon, the founder of Bumble & bumble, shared a photo from the shoot for the original bottles of Surf Spray, the brand’s sea salt spray that launched in 2001. It reminded us of a story we ran a story in our Summer 2015 issue that tracked the rise the of the now iconic product as well as John Frieda‘s Beach Blonde Ocean Waves, now discontinued. At the time, they introduced a new product category that went on to inspire countless knockoffs and is now synonymous with summer hair.

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Still life from the original surf spray shoot. Hand decoration on the bottles

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MICHAEL GORDON, Founder, Bumble and Bumble: “There’s always a slight wind [at the beach]. I don’t know what it is—it’s the atmosphere, the humidity. Often if you come out of the sea and your hair dries, it’s got this very dis- tinct, cool texture. So I simply asked the chemists if they could combine stuff and give us that kind of texture. That was the idea.”

HARRY JOSH, International Creative Consultant, John Frieda: “When we had photo shoots for Victoria’s Secret early in my career, like 20 years ago, I noticed that the hair was amazing by the end of the day and we got the best pictures [then]. The model’s hair had been blown by the wind so much that it would clump and get piece-y and ropy, so it had this amazing look.”

LAURENT PHILIPPON, Global Artistic Director, Bumble and Bumble: “I was on a trip to Tulum for an editorial and was with this girl…. We went to the sea and when her hair dried, it had this amazing texture. We weren’t sure if it was just something in the water, so we bottled some and brought it back to [the office].”

TIM RUSH, VP Global Communications, Bumble and Bumble: “It was a perfect storm of people thinking the same thing at the same time. I knew about Surf before I even came to Bumble be- cause it was really the first of its kind. It was one of those products that I think people didn’t know they needed until it came out. Over the course of the years when I’ve been working with other hairdressers, I hear so often, ‘Oh, I had a bottle of sea water’ and ‘You guys were so smart to do it.’”

JILL LYNCH, Chemical Engineer, John Frieda: “Sally [Hershberger] really was the motivation behind this product. It stemmed from some early work that she had been doing with her clients because she thought windswept hair looked really sexy on them.”

SALLY HERSHBERGER, Creative Consultant for John Frieda 1999–2006: “I used to be a surfer, so I was very aware of that kind of hair. I’m from California. When I come out of the ocean, my hair is genius. That’s where it came from. I used to shoot with Herb Ritts. His whole body of work from the ’80s to the ’90s with Tatjana [Patitz], Christy Turlington—all those nudes on the beach—features that beachy, really textured hair. I was wrapping their hair and twisting it with saltwater to get that incredible texture.”

JILL LYNCH: “Sally would cocktail jojoba oil with sea salt. She asked if there was a way that the product could be created. Not only did she love it, but her clients loved that look but had no way of achieving it.”

SALLY HERSHBERGER: “Nobody else was doing it. I was Herb’s hairdresser. That was our look. Steven Meisel was shooting with Oribe at the time and they were doing more glamorous hair. I was doing more grunge-surfer hair. A lot of people used baby powder and egg whites. They used hand soap [to make it] more gritty.”

HARRY JOSH: “[Before salt sprays] there were other ways of getting the look. It wasn’t ideal, but you would use gel so it got crunchy and then put a pomade and stuff on top of it.”

MICHAEL GORDON: “Honestly, [the formulation] was quite easy. It only took two or three goes.”

JILL LYNCH: “Because the brand’s offices were in Connecticut, so close to the shore, they would actually hire young women with beautiful long blonde hair and send them to the beach for the day. Then they would have them come back to the office at the end of the day so they could capture what that look was and compare their products.”

MICHAEL GORDON: “We had this really fabulous bottle with black neoprene. It looked like a wetsuit. It was unlike anything I’d ever seen for hair. We had a fantastic French product developer. He said, ‘What do you think of this?’ in this charming accent. We took a couple dozen of these black bottles and a team to Florida. We cast some local models and cut their hair and sprayed this stuff in it. We started decorating the bottles with coloured Sharpies. It was a surfer beach party and everyone was decorating themselves with fake tattoos and drawing on the bottles. That pretty much became the packaging.”

TIM RUSH: “They were looking for different things that were a cue for the beach, so there was the [neoprene] scuba gear and then there was the shape of it—like a scuba tank—and the metal hardware.”

HARRY JOSH: “That texture didn’t really exist before [Gisele Bündchen] came on the scene. It was either the graduated bob, short pixie haircuts, CK One—that whole campaign and movement of heroin chic, flat-ironed hair. Suddenly the world had to have her hair. It became the most desirable look across the board, from edgy to middle America.”

JILL LYNCH: “It was really popular seasonally; people would buy a lot of it in the spring and summer, but then in the fall [sales] tended to decrease. And while it had a strong following, it really wasn’t [strong] from a retailer stand- point—they wanted to see volume throughout the year. [We brought it back] because the trend that we start- ed continued and grew, and now there is that demand [year-round].”

MICHAEL GORDON: “We didn’t really care what was happening [in hair at the time]. It was just what we did. Did I think it would be a success? Not re- ally. I didn’t think about it. In those days, Bumble was still growing, so we didn’t feel pressure to think about sales. I was thinking, ‘What’s a great product we can make?’ I didn’t realize it would be so successful until it was copied. I do think it’s the most original product we’ve made—definitely. I think it’s probably the one.”

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A bunch of skateboarding Woopers for fun! :D

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Clodsire gives skateboarding a try (it’s a little too small for him...)

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Scylla

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Heehee mudfish go nyooom

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Assorted sketches for the Dragalia 60 min art challenge weeklies on Twitter

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Mithrun, I like him a normal amount (lie)

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Something I drew for the Celeste TAS Speedrun for the recent SGDQ run 🍓

Trans Rights!

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Vegetable stew

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Doodle because I've been hooked on the manga lately