#urban in progress

[manita-s]

Urban in Progress Official Poster, 2021

Art Director and Graphic Designer: Manita Songserm Assistant Graphic Designers: Prawpim Yongchaiyudt, Matika LerdsinThe In Progress Font (English Type) created by Theetat Thunkijjanukij

[todays-xkcd]

If they're going to make people ride bikes and scooters in traffic, then it should at LEAST be legal to do the Snow Crash thing where you use a hook-shot-style harpoon to catch free rides from cars.

Urban Planning Opinion Progression [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

Typical urban planning opinion progression [Each panel is connected to a point on a timeline]

Cueball: I wish there wasn't so much traffic to get into the city. They should put in more lanes. Megan: And more parking. Megan: Parking is so bad here.

Knit Cap: I have to go to Amsterdam for work next week. I hear they all ride bikes there. Ponytail: Bikes are fine but people shouldn't ride them in the street! I worry I'm going to hit someone!

Cueball: It would be nice if we had better transit options! Cueball: I tried a scooter. It was fun but I wish there were more bike paths.

Megan: It's funny how widening roads to speed up traffic makes them more dangerous to walk near, making driving more necessary and creating more traffic. Megan: Really makes you think.

Knit Cap: Visiting the Netherlands was cool! Knit Cap: Amsterdam is really neat.

Cueball: We've ceded so much of our land to storing and moving cars, with the rest of us tiptoeing around the edges and making drivers mad for trespassing on "their" space. Cueball: Even though we're the ones in danger from them!

Megan: Those giant trucks with front blind spots that keep hitting kids should be illegal.

Knit Cap: We should be more like the Netherlands. Knit Cap: They design their street to prioritize...

Cueball: The problem is car culture. It's systemic. Cueball: I don't know if we can fix it.

Megan: People approach road planning decisions from the point of view of drivers because that's how we're used to interacting with the city, so we make choices that make it more car-friendly. Megan: It's a vicious cycle.

Knit Cap: Netherlands! Netherlands! Netherlands! Netherlands!

Cueball: Anything that makes a city a worse place to drive in makes it a better place to live, short of scattering random tire spikes on the road.

Megan: Honestly, I think the city council should consider the tire spikes thing.

[berniesrevolution]

The Urbanist Nightmare That Is Our Current Reality

Watch and scroll as Youtube urbanist Not Just Bikes explains the concept of a STROAD; a literal blight on the US  urban/suburban landscape that is also probably where you live…

Watch the full glorious video HERE

[illegal-prime]

Normalize updating laws and regulations that are no longer fit for purpose.

Normalize working with powerful enemies to find a solution where everybody wins.

Normalize mutual compromise.

Normalize collaboration over opposition.

Normalize civil discourse on divisive issues.

Normalize good faith and the principle of charity.

Normalize discussion of specific social, political, and economic issues.

Normalize advocacy for specific and implementable policy reforms to to tackle said issues.

Normalize imperfect solutions.

Normalize civic engagement.

Normalize public sector action.

Normalize incremental success.

Normalize improving society instead of destroying and rebuilding it from the ground up.

NORMALIZE PROGRESS!!!

[sugarteeferz]

babygirl eyes

[stealyourblorbos]

Stranger at the Pier

POV you’re chilling by the water and someone very special is attracted by the smell of fresh pizza. A wip for the last day of Mermay

[possumcollege]

Hop along down the critter-hole for the conclusion of this 3-part strip, coming soon to webtoons.

[thesimofmanu]

This dinning room style was calling me so loudly that I couldn't resist myself, and using @lamare-sims shift mod "with windows" I set up a tiny cute showcase following the advise from @khal-ulti

...So many possibilities here

[alloru]

I'm redrawing my first ever tumblr post on here, one year later!!

it was quite an ambitious step back then, especially since I hadn't ever really drawn backgrounds before. I set out on this journey to improve my skills and persevere - and that I have!

I can already tell from the sketch how much I've improved in the character and background department, with the help of references of course still, but anybody who says using them is wrong is against developing new art skills (in my humble opinion)

this is an additional post on top of my usual schedule, since I'm planning to have this finished by saturday. quite a lofty goal, so let's hope nothing comes up in the next few days ^v^

[amaliazeichnerin]

Rezension

„Neuropunk – Perspektivwechsel“ (Phantastikanthologie rund um Neurodiversität, hrsg. Von Saskia Dressler und Melanie Schneider), erschienen im Verlag Weltenruder.

TL;DR: Aus meiner Sicht ein längst überfälliges Buch für die deutschspr. Phantastikszene, denn während manche Diversitätsthemen wie Queerness und People of Color in der deutschspr. Phantastik schon oft zu finden sind, muss man Geschichten über Neurodiversität oft noch immer wie die Nadel im Heuhaufen suchen. Das Thema finde ich wunderbar umgesetzt, es ist eine sehr lesenswerte Anthologie. --- In zwei Gedichten und neun Kurzgeschichten erforschen die Autor*innen verschiedene Formen von Neurodiversität, z.B. Autismus und ADHS, aber auch noch weitere. Darüber hinaus spielen auch Queerness bzw. queere Identitätsfindung in einigen der Geschichten eine wichtige Rolle. Jedem Text sind positive Tags und Content Notes vorangestellt.

Die Struggles aber auch die Freude, welche die Protagonist*innen mit ihrer Neurodivergenz bzw. Queerness oder anderen Diversitätsmerkmalen erleben, werden aus meiner Sicht einfühlsam und verständlich geschildert. Ich konnte dadurch einiges über entsprechende Lebenserfahrungen dazu lernen.

Ich gehe auch davon aus, dass viele der Autor*innen im Sinne der Own Voices auf die eine oder andere Art eigene Lebenserfahrungen haben mit einfließen lassen, gekleidet in ein Phantastikgewand.

Hier sind mehrere Subgenres der Phantastik vertreten, darunter Urban Fantasy und Science Fiction. Passend dazu sind die Hauptfiguren sind häufig Phantastikwesen, z.B ein Waldkobold, ein Fabelwesen, eine magisch Begabte, ein Roboter/Android und noch andere. Einige der Figuren sind nichtbinär und haben Neopronomen.

Zu Beginn gibt es einen Essay von Saskia Dressler über Neurodiversität, ein Glossar am Ende erläutert verschiedene Formen der Neurodiversität sowie weitere Phänomene wie z.B. Misophonie. Wer sich mit den entsprechenden Themen nicht oder nicht gut auskennt, wird in diesem Essay und Glossar viel Wissenswertes erfahren.

[swatheford]

UPDATE (V4.0)

(july 9, 2022) after an inexplicably long hiatus, i finally have a new update for y'all and it's great to be back! here's a list of features:

chapter four: 20k for a total of 57k!

collins has dialogue: this one goes out to all of my collins romancers. they finally say things! and you can say things to them!

lore galore: learn more (like a lot more) about veillan and what you are!

doodling: have your portrait taken or make one of your own masterpieces!

council meetings: meet the chief of veillan! not stressful at all!

theoretical physics: i'm in my christopher nolan era. (i'm not.)

extras: deleted scene from the chapter will be available to the public on my ko-fi shortly!

links: DEMO | cog forum | ko-fi

i hope y'all enjoy, feedback and suggestions are always welcome! reblogs and comments go a long way and i'm always interested to hear y'alls thoughts! thanks for reading! :)

[manita-s]

Urban in Progress Key Visual Poster, 2021

Art Director and Graphic Designer: Manita Songserm Assistant Graphic Designers: Prawpim Yongchaiyudt, Matika Lerdsin The In Progress Font (English Type) created by Theetat Thunkijjanukij

[dr-alex-mr-panda]

Quai Saint Léonard (2023)

[berniesrevolution]

Adam Something | How Suburbs Destroyed America

[minecraftbookshelf]

for the WIP game - shock?

From the GGG/Divorcee Quartet seklie fic...

Scott Smajor is sitting in the entryway, wrapped in a shock blanket, practically beaming at Martyn around the EMT who is very clearly just trying to do their job and is not being paid enough for this.

[sugarteeferz]

wip from 2023 that im finally gonna start working on