#singapore having

[raceweek]

alex crossing the finish line and immediately shouting about how fucking dirty checo is before turning off his own radio and coming back to say thanks guys p11 is still great like no go back you were saying smth

[pretzelgotze]

singapore 2023 || miami 2024

[yrsonpurpose]

OSCAR PIASTRI Post Race // Singapore GP 2023

[ranilla-bean]

culture tips for writing asian settings: calligraphy (pt i)

i love chinese calligraphy, to me it is just so gorgeous and i've dedicated a few scenes of my own fics to it, so here are just a few quick 'n' dirty calligraphy tips:

the calligraphy scene in sokka's master (illustrated by korean animators!) is a pretty good depiction tbh. you write using a brush (the brushes can be hung up on a stand too)—it can be jarring to see fics mention quills or parchment. one excellent detail from the show is that sokka, who seems left-handed, has to write with his right hand—the left hand holds the sleeve out of the way. the ink is not liquid/bottled, but is in a solid stick form and has to be ground on an inkstone mixed with water

traditionally, chinese text is written downwards, and goes from right to left across the page.

as with any other form of calligraphy, chinese calligraphy emphasises beauty of form over legibility—in the same way you wouldn't really consider times new roman font 'calligraphy'. there are different types of script in chinese, and for someone like piandao to master them is a reflection of his education and gentility. the semi-cursive below i see quite commonly in calligraphy:

then you might have something like the cursive below is quite technical but seriously hard to read

contrast that with something like this seal script, harking back to an older era of chinese script:

any calligrapher worth their salt will be putting their stamp on the work, quite literally! name seals, also called "chops", are carved out of stone; ink it up with cinnabar paste and stamp it onto your artwork to get that iconic red signature. (i got one made a couple of years ago and there's a trick to stamping: breathe on the stamp surface after dipping in the paste to warm up the pigment, and when stamping put some circular pressure on the stone to get the print to come out evenly)

i'm going to do a second part focusing a bit more on scripts from the atla world, so keep your eyes peeled...

check out:

some more calligraphy examples from singapore's national gallery

disclaimer | more tips

[vanilasky]

CARLANDO FOREVER

[anditwentlikethis]

it's the way everyone knows and everyone loves them

[yesloulou]

Drive to Survive Season 6, Episode 9

[mistressemmedi]

Once again, the craziest stuff is happening on track while Liam Lawson is doing his lil race and somehow he's back in the points

[ef-1]

I don’t know who needs to hear this but this is absolutely not the time to dunk on Lance for missing the race because he doesn't deserve his seat or whatever. This man raced 12 days after breaking then surgically repairing both wrists, he had trouble climbing in and out of his car and setting aside the fact that the FIA let him do that at all, this is not someone with a low pain threshold. I don't how people can read that the team said he won't be able to race because "He is still feeling the after-effects of such a high-impact crash." And immediately think uwu my blorbo deserves his seat uwu I know the internet is a wasteland but surely a sprinkle of basic human decency is good for you electronic footprint

[dwarvenchords]

hey logan whats the bruise on your collarbone ab

hey- hey logan quick question what’s the bruise on your collarbone ab

hey crazy question totally out of left field how’d you get that bruise on your collarbone logan?

[livetogether--diealone]

[alexalblondo]

don't know where to start!!!! (x x x)

[skitskatdacat63]

do you have that pic of mark and jenson clasping hands but seb’s hand is just… in the middle??? bc i’ve been wracking tumblr trying to find it but i can’t!!!

Anon, I am so honored that you came and asked me 🙏 So I instinctively thought of Singapore 2011 because I remembered Seb standing btwn them, and I really hope this is what you're looking for BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS PIC BEFORE OHMYGODDDDD

I'm staring at this.....the size difference..........I appreciate you asking me this bcs I never even realized that this happened when I was watching this post-race

[pharawee]

"If you can win his heart, you can win the whole team's heart."

[leclercskiesahead]

Bahrain 2022 you will always be special

[leclercsbf]

“well done, mate.”