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foervraengd:

Saying that people of color cannot show any visible blushing is a big fat myth that only proves how little people actually know about skin tones.
I have seen a lot of skin-tone palettes that includes dark skin, but it is very rarely put in use as examples. And many times I’ve found them to only appear monochrome, while darker skin tones are just as rich in tone variation as fair skin.
And just to be extra nice, I even added the basic colors I used in these two examples. A big protip is to start with the darkest tone as a base and then work to light tones. Use the highlights sparingly, they should not be large but more like small spots. Dark skin is more “reflective”, meaning small highlights pop out more than on lighter skin tones.
I made this set mainly for all the anime artists out there who probably would love to color more poc characters but don’t really know if it’d work out as kawaii as their usual stuff.
News flash: it’s drop-dead super kawaii in all skin tones<3

Oh, FUCK YEAH. One of my biggest pet peeves is that if you like to play with dollmakers, either they only have white skin OR if they have dark skin, the blush/highlighting is completely off and just looks like they’re made of cheap plastic or someone overdid the Exclusion layer on Photoshop.
I actually find painting brown skin a lot easier than pale skin because you can add so much more color and shading. And, yes, gorgeous blushing and lips. The examples in this post are super-cute - for anyone that wants a more complicated/realistic look at shading and highlights for different skin tones, this is a fantastic guide!
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foervraengd:

Saying that people of color cannot show any visible blushing is a big fat myth that only proves how little people actually know about skin tones.

I have seen a lot of skin-tone palettes that includes dark skin, but it is very rarely put in use as examples. And many times I’ve found them to only appear monochrome, while darker skin tones are just as rich in tone variation as fair skin.

And just to be extra nice, I even added the basic colors I used in these two examples. A big protip is to start with the darkest tone as a base and then work to light tones. Use the highlights sparingly, they should not be large but more like small spots. Dark skin is more “reflective”, meaning small highlights pop out more than on lighter skin tones.

I made this set mainly for all the anime artists out there who probably would love to color more poc characters but don’t really know if it’d work out as kawaii as their usual stuff.

News flash: it’s drop-dead super kawaii in all skin tones<3

Oh, FUCK YEAH. One of my biggest pet peeves is that if you like to play with dollmakers, either they only have white skin OR if they have dark skin, the blush/highlighting is completely off and just looks like they’re made of cheap plastic or someone overdid the Exclusion layer on Photoshop.

I actually find painting brown skin a lot easier than pale skin because you can add so much more color and shading. And, yes, gorgeous blushing and lips. The examples in this post are super-cute - for anyone that wants a more complicated/realistic look at shading and highlights for different skin tones, this is a fantastic guide!

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    • #tutorial
    • #how to
    • #art
    • #resource
    • #free
    • #poc
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That moment when you look at your WIPs/progress on a piece and go, “SHIT THE FLATS LOOK BETTER THAN THE SHADING”. >_< Lineart courtesy of the talented marctheknight.

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puffinfeelings:

castiel-counts-deans-freckles:

thebrokenhunterandhisbrokenangel:

I literally cannot wait for West to find this in 10 years time.

I really don’t think he’ll be that shocked. 

Yeah he’ll just be like “goddamnit dad not this again”

Is. That Balthazar and CASTIEL? Wearing one of Sam&#8217;s shirts? I. Please tell me there&#8217;s fic of this. And an explanation.
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castiel-counts-deans-freckles:

thebrokenhunterandhisbrokenangel:

I literally cannot wait for West to find this in 10 years time.

I really don’t think he’ll be that shocked. 

Yeah he’ll just be like “goddamnit dad not this again”

Is. That Balthazar and CASTIEL? Wearing one of Sam’s shirts? I. Please tell me there’s fic of this. And an explanation.

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    • #castiel
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    • #supernatural
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insecureillustrator-rebubbles:

I’m up to my eyeballs in art obligations and I’m busy working my way through them but.

But HSWC (Homestuck Shipping World Cup) is calling to me.

I’m trying to resist it but then I see team Bro<3Dave and Alpha!Dave<3Bro have only three members between them and I can’t help but reconsider. I can here stridercest whispering a call to duty in my ear. And then I notice there is no dirk x davesprite…and no dirk x dave, what the heck? And then I search for davesprite in any ships… and my heart breaks! Davespite… oh no!

Daveprite I still love you u_u

It’s too late to submit a ship now, right?

*cackles* JOIN US. Also it’s not too late to submit ships! You basically just submit ships when you sign up and then, if you want other people to join that team, you start making posts about it and poking your friends and pleading with them to join your team.

I am sort of thrilled that Alpha Stridercest has managed to get enough members for a team but stunned that standard stridercest didn’t. And omg. Poor Davesprite! You should definitely field+lead some sort of Davesprite ship.

    • #hswc
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Attention People Who Like Dirk <3 Equius

blueminuet:

The Homestuck Shipping World Cup is accepting applications right now.

And Team Dirk<3Equius only has two members!

I’m going to make a more convincing advertisement post for the team later, but if you’re one of my followers (or you found this through tags or something), and you like Dirk<3Equius, please consider being on the team!

If you do art, fic, interpretative dance, whatever, please consider joining my team! I will welcome any brand of creativity for the cause!

(And, uh, we don’t have a friendleader yet, so I might volunteer to be the Friendleader. So um… if that is an incentive, then feel free to… consider that incentive…)

Uh, okay, actually, I think I am the Friendleader now. Yep. Team Dirk<3Equius!

Dirk/Equius is an awesome ship and people should definitely go sign up for it!

    • #dirkequius
    • #hswc
    • #signal boost
    • #dirk strider
    • #equius
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forceofconviction:

Pffft. I helped a couple rear tiny two baby kittens once that their roommate had given to them way too early. They’d crawl onto your chest and try to nurse at your nipples regardless of if you were male or female. And they had to be poked in the butts to make them go to the toilet so if your kitten can actually do that on your own, you are lucky and being spared a terrible icky duty! 
Also I hate people that throw animals out of cars. WHY would you do that to a poor defenseless little thing? Tiny cats can’t exactly survive in the wild! And the only reason I’ll accept for abandoning a pet like that is that there aren’t any shelters nearby that aren’t no-kill shelters and you think they’ll have a better chance in the wild and even then, it’d have to be a pet that’s not used to being fed by you every day and having somewhere warm to sleep and is actually fit for the environment and just — urgh. So glad you volunteer at an animal shelter. 
Ohhh. You should take some video of her if you can! Tiny kitten purrs are adorbs.

wow yea sounds like i dodged a bullet there, haha, bibbles is old enough to poop on her own. she’s not litterbox trained yet, tho, so im going through the motions of trying to teach her :P
yeah, i just. it hurts to think about it, especially because it happens so often around here. my family used to have a ridiculous number of cats just because people would throw them out of cars and they would wind up in our yard. the people who work a the shelter are a bunch of angels, they work so hard. i dont  go very often because of school, but mornings there are absolutely overwhelming.
i wish she was up for purring and being cute! she was all sleepy when i woke up, but after breakfast she decided it would be play-time for a while. she’s asleep now, though. all i have is a video of her chewing on my hand haha

Litterbox training was such a pain. They were just renting a room in the house so basically anytime we saw the kittens starting to poop, we had to rush them to the litterbox and put them down. And they had to sleep on the floor else they&#8217;d poop on the bedspread while everyone else was sleeping. &gt;_&lt; 
Oh man. That&#8217;s terrible. I just &#8212; idek. I&#8217;ve found lost dogs a couple of times and had to take them home momentarily before I could give them to shelters but I always called afterwards and every time so far, they&#8217;ve been picked up. But it&#8217;s horrible because every time I drop them off, someone&#8217;s surrendering kittens or dogs and I just want to take them home too and argh. There&#8217;s no shelter near me that I could volunteer at, unfortunately, so I just have to settle for spoiling my puppy.
Awww. You should post that! Tiny little kitten teeth. Also, ooh, film her the first time she sees bubbles, esp if you make catnip bubble mix!
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forceofconviction:

Pffft. I helped a couple rear tiny two baby kittens once that their roommate had given to them way too early. They’d crawl onto your chest and try to nurse at your nipples regardless of if you were male or female. And they had to be poked in the butts to make them go to the toilet so if your kitten can actually do that on your own, you are lucky and being spared a terrible icky duty! 

Also I hate people that throw animals out of cars. WHY would you do that to a poor defenseless little thing? Tiny cats can’t exactly survive in the wild! And the only reason I’ll accept for abandoning a pet like that is that there aren’t any shelters nearby that aren’t no-kill shelters and you think they’ll have a better chance in the wild and even then, it’d have to be a pet that’s not used to being fed by you every day and having somewhere warm to sleep and is actually fit for the environment and just — urgh. So glad you volunteer at an animal shelter. 

Ohhh. You should take some video of her if you can! Tiny kitten purrs are adorbs.

wow yea sounds like i dodged a bullet there, haha, bibbles is old enough to poop on her own. she’s not litterbox trained yet, tho, so im going through the motions of trying to teach her :P

yeah, i just. it hurts to think about it, especially because it happens so often around here. my family used to have a ridiculous number of cats just because people would throw them out of cars and they would wind up in our yard. the people who work a the shelter are a bunch of angels, they work so hard. i dont  go very often because of school, but mornings there are absolutely overwhelming.

i wish she was up for purring and being cute! she was all sleepy when i woke up, but after breakfast she decided it would be play-time for a while. she’s asleep now, though. all i have is a video of her chewing on my hand haha

Litterbox training was such a pain. They were just renting a room in the house so basically anytime we saw the kittens starting to poop, we had to rush them to the litterbox and put them down. And they had to sleep on the floor else they’d poop on the bedspread while everyone else was sleeping. >_< 

Oh man. That’s terrible. I just — idek. I’ve found lost dogs a couple of times and had to take them home momentarily before I could give them to shelters but I always called afterwards and every time so far, they’ve been picked up. But it’s horrible because every time I drop them off, someone’s surrendering kittens or dogs and I just want to take them home too and argh. There’s no shelter near me that I could volunteer at, unfortunately, so I just have to settle for spoiling my puppy.

Awww. You should post that! Tiny little kitten teeth. Also, ooh, film her the first time she sees bubbles, esp if you make catnip bubble mix!

    • #bibbles
    • #kitten
    • #cat
    • #cute
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A ancient Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, Caria (modern day Bodrum, Turkey) and lived in the fifth century BC (c. 484 – 425 BC). He has been called the “Father of History”, and was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a well-constructed and vivid narrative.

“And upon his return to Greece they gathered around and asked, “Tell us about this great Land of the Afrakans called Ethiopia.” And Herodotus said, “There are two great Ethiopian nations, one in Sind (India) and the other in Egypt”. Herodotus’ account of the great African civilizations that spanned both the African continent and much of South East Asia, was not the first nor would it be the last observation by travelers and historians alike, of the Afrakan civilizations in South East Asia

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    • #poc
    • #woc
    • #awesome
    • #africa
    • #greece
    • #asia
    • #india
    • #egypt
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opinionatedlez:

Here are some awesome and empowering quotes from several very strong female celebrities. 

And Kristen Stewart.

No, you know what? Fuck you.

Let me tell you about Kristen Stewart.

Let’s talk about how she’s the centerpiece of one of the most inexplicably popular misogynistic pieces of film shit and somehow gets blamed for it sucking, despite the fact that, hey, the books were actually worse. For those who were lucky enough to escape reading the actual books, her apparent lack of emotion is 100% accurate to Bella’s character, because Bella is in fact not a character but a blank white wall for fourteen-year-old girls to project themselves onto. Robert Pattinson is not the only one in the cast who hates Twilight, thank you.

Let’s talk about how she got crucified in the media for having an affair with a married man, when that man was her director. And let’s remember that she was called all manner of things for “ruining her relationship with RPattz” when she wasn’t even engaged to the dude, let alone married with kids. But oh no, she gets called a slut because she’s Kristen Stewart, she gets her career fucked because she’s Kristen Stewart, and the dude gets off scott free.

Let’s talk about how she is incredibly shy and anxious (rather, incidentally, like Chris Evans) but does film anyway, because she’s just that awesome.

Fuck your noise. She’s not the best actor in the world but she sure as hell doesn’t deserve that kind of shit.

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    • #women
    • #feminism
    • #awesome
    • #poc
    • #woc
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shortcakeliz:

Dave: We’ll get caught if you make a sound.

I did my best on this picture.

    • #alpha stridercest
    • #dirk strider
    • #dave strider
    • #alpha dave strider
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YES THE HSWC PRELIM TEAM ROSTERS ARE OUT!

You can check them out here. 

team dirkuu has 10 spots out of 13 filled at the moment and the roster is:

  1. fickle (me, forceofconviction as friendleader, writing, art)
  2. boychic (art)
  3. dirkbotstrider (writing)
  4. skulltaffy (writing, pixels?)
  5. zeokage (art)
  6. angerregret (writing)
  7. shortcakeliz (art)
  8. akumacrimson (?, tumblr?)
  9. khum (?, tumblr ?)
  10. muffinmachine (art)

Please note, there are still spots open! We’re happy to have anyone else joins us. If you’re akumacrimson or khnum and have a tumblr/any other way to contact you, please drop me an ask! 

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chocobo-strider:

Family Bonding

Dave \ Dirk \ Bro

    • #gifs
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    • #dirk strider
    • #dave strider
    • #bro strider
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kierthestriderrider:

HEY GUYS THIS DIRK/BRO COSPLAYER NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!

So this cosplayer is pretty well recognized in the cosplay community, and he’s a very dear friend of mine. This is Devin, or http://dead-provocative-bro.tumblr.com/ where tumblr is concerned. He and another friend of ours were in a wreck just a little while ago on their way home from ACEN, and while both are safe and unharmed, his car is totaled and not able to get him or our friend home. I hate asking this and I know he does too, but he cant get himself home without some help. He needs funds. I may be able to go get him but I cant without gas money to go get him. But we need donations. Devin is a super sweet person and rarely asks for anything but to have a decent day (hell he’s gone out of his way to make sure i was taken care of before himself). Even if its a buck or two, you’re helping. If you cant donate just signal boost this! Every note helps as well as every penny! 

As for donating to him, he is in an area with no service or wifi. Please, if you do donate to him MESSAGE ME WITH THE AMOUNT SO I CAN CALL HIM AND LET HIM KNOW HOW MUCH HE HAS. HE CANNOT CHECK HIS PAYPAL FROM WHERE HE IS RIGHT NOW. I dont care if you’re on anon or not when you do, just let me know! His paypal email is kaitokaitofire@gmail.com . Every little bit helps as well as every signal boost! Please. This guy would do this for me and many others as well as go out of his way to help in any way he could, and he has before. Help me help him out. Thank you guys so much.

Bosting this to hell for my morning people.

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dumb: girljanitor: indica-tor: POC who live here in America: I realize...

girljanitor:

indica-tor:

POC who live here in America: 

I realize you’re hurt by the ignorant words of “white people” who don’t know what they’re talking about, and I’m sorry.

But I have a question for you. In this “land of the free”…aren’t you free? What are their words doing to you, unless you LET them affect you? I thought this was a free country, where people were allowed to speak their minds, and other people were allowed not to listen. 

But maybe I was wrong. Maybe the words of people are so strong that it’s impossible to stand up against them. Which is sad, and basically means our country is full of weak people. 

No matter what race or gender I am, I would never let people’s words affect me. Don’t you realize they’re just words? Words are not physical, they will not capture and torture you. They won’t keep you from getting a job (and if your race is keeping you from getting a job, that’s the owners problem, not every white person), and they won’t kill you. 

Unless you let them. 

So take pride in who you are and stop listening to stupid people. It’s that easy. Once you let go of worrying about what other people think, your life will be a hell of a lot easier. And a lot less stressful. 

Empower yourself. Empower your own life.

“once you let go of ‘worrying what people think and say’, then magically all this will disappear! “

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“RACISM CAN’T AFFECT YOU UNLESS YOU LET IT!!!”

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Painted over his chassis to give him cherub-skin and added blue cheek swirls. v.2 of this pic.
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Painted over his chassis to give him cherub-skin and added blue cheek swirls. v.2 of this pic.

    • #cherub
    • #bunny
    • #lil seb
    • #calliope
    • #my art
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