Tag Yourself Student Edition

Gen:lock Idea

Just an idea that won't go away until I write it down. Not the best but here it goes.

This is an AU where somehow before Weller could bring is idea to Holcroft and the Polity he got captured by the Union. And everyone being younger as well. When finding his Gen:lock work, the Union found it interesting and made sure to weaponize it.

Since Gen:lock relied on the neurons of a young body the Union made sure to include children in the recruitment list. Which lead him to find everybody (including Leon) easier.

- Chase and team would be the range of 10 to let teen. Not even at their 20's.

Then came the experimenting, this leading to Chase's and Leon's physical problems. But eventually leading up to the children being able to fight (excluding Cammie, she is still too young even by Union standard)

When the Union was planning to finally attack New York, Weller knew he needed to get everybody out of there. The was no doubt that the Union would put even greater pressure to get Gen:lock field ready no matter what happened at the battle in New York. And Weller could no longer see his kids be suffer for progress of what was once his dream turned nightmare.

He was finally able to contact the Polity, and basically held himself hostage when they only wanted to retrieve him alone. But he would never leave his kids.

The day before the Battle of New York, Polity soldiers waited outside of some of the exits of the research facility. Waiting for their objectives to arrive.

Dr. Weller prepares his kids to be separated. The talks to them about the Polity and reassuring that they will meet again, somewhere where it was safe.

The kids are split like so:

- Valentina, Kazu, and Cammie

- Yaz and Chase

- Weller, Leon, and Sinclair

Valentina and Kazu make an excuse to leave the building, while Cammie is screaming and crying about a nightmare, to calm Cammie.

Yaz and Chase sneak out from the sleep guards.

Weller and and the rest just says he needs to check something and bam everyone is out.

It's only when they are running across the field does the Union finally realize their attempt to escape. They give chase only to find three hovercraft getting air and flying away.

That's all I have so far, but my brain wants to finish but I can't and I am not a writer by any means but this just wouldn't get out of my head. But I feel better now.

Don't kill yourself, please.

If you’re suffering from depression and are looking for a sign to not go through with ending your life, this is it. This is the sign. We care.

If you see this on your dash, reblog it. You could save a life.

study moods

sleepy dawn

open windows

listening to lo-fi

wearing pyjamas

planning your day, creating to-do lists

the sky is pretty

spring breeze

coming back after a walk

drinking a glass of water

getting a head-start on the assignment

the great feeling of productivity, ah

cozy evening

sitting on your bed

rewarding yourself afterwards with a bath or chocolate

highlighting with your favourite markers

warm tea or cocoa next to you

night vision

it’s way too late, but you gotta finish that essay

rock music all the way

everything is a mess

you’re gonna be okay though

cinnamon afternoon

drinking coffee

doing some math exercises

listening to a chill/coffeehouse playlist

scrolling through tumblr in your little breaks

my favorite clip studio assets!

since i’ve been using csp a lot more now i thought i’d make a post of the assets i use the most for ppl looking for good stuff!

general brushes: Pen + Caspar Pen (かしペン＋カスレかしペン) (my fav pen for sure) Erase Along Edge (YOU NEEED THIS ERASER YOU NEED IT!!!) Freehand Style Brush Set (フリーハンド風ブラシセット) (cant recommend this one highly enough, i use it for all my backgrounds) Bong pen OBONGBONG’S PEN Halftones (スルスル塗れる5線刻みトーンブラシ) A non-shin pen (しんでないペン) SU-Cream Pencil Noisy Ink Brush v2 Simple Retro Halftone Brushes Smeared Paintbrush (べっとり絵筆) A breather pen (一息ペン) Aj’s Pencil Set Watercolor set (수채화 세트) T-marker Wind Brush Set (Tマーカー風ブラシセット) Watercolor marker ▲ ■ and texture set (水彩マーカー●▲■とテクスチャーセット)

special effect and decorative brushes: Tights Pen (タイツペン) Glitch Brushes 2 (彩塵ブラシ(Prism Dust) Hand-painted effect set No. 2 (手描き効果セットNo.2) Oriental Emblem 11-20 (동양 문양 11-20) (this creator has so many amazing assets ive downloaded them all) Ribon brushes (りぼんブラシ) Lace Set レース セット Ornate lace Bramble (rose-玫瑰叢) Loose hand-painted sprinkle brush (ゆるゆる手描きのふりかけブラシ) Bush pen (수풀 펜) Fantasy Papers Pearl Brush (真珠ブラシ)

gradient maps: Gradient map set for hologram (홀로그램용 그라데이션 맵 세트) Yunywave★ Gradient Set cb gradients 3 ONG SET

3D: The Only Perspective Grid You Need! 3d sketch head Movable horse 1.8 A (可動のお馬 1.8a) Sitting poses collection (便利かもしれない座りポーズ集)

misc: Raiku RGB Shift Hand-drawn Rags tool Set (手描きのボロ線ツールセット) VHS action set

Shorthand Google Reference Guide

I’m gonna type this up while it’s fresh on my mind because some of y’all don’t know how to use Google

SO YOU WANT TO DRAW A woman sitting in the grass.

IF YOU SEARCH: female sitting

Very vogue. Very male gaze. Good for fashion or model pictures, not very good if you’re wanting to draw a natural looking pose on a woman who isn’t a model and whose camera certainly didn’t fucking turn on by itself.

IF YOU SEARCH: female sitting pose

Arguably worse, depending on the use. My experience with “female + pose” searches is that you get a lot of IMVU and The Sims pose sets, and artists making sketch compiliations that… don’t always have great anatomy and are frequently just more stiff model poses. I do use similar searches for pinup sketches, ie, “female sassy pinup pose,” though “posing for pinup photography” and “how to pose for” will give different results if you aren’t finding what you need.

IF YOU SEARCH: woman student relaxing sitting on grass crossed legs

Closer. Still kind of staged looking. Maybe we don’t want her studying. Maybe we just want her relaxing. Still, you start to see how specific keyword searches will really get you results.

IF YOU SEARCH: woman sitting under tree grass relaxing nature summer

Nice. This is only a small handful of the results, but most of them more or less fit my mental image. Mostly stock images, but good for gesture sketches or figuring out a pose. Still… we could go further, and I think I will.

IF YOU SEARCH: woman sitting under tree grass relaxing nature summer senior photography

Jackpot. Senior pictures aren’t always awkward kids in braces. Look at how much more natural a few of these look? Compare that to the “Female sitting” search. Google Search tip #1 is basically “use more and specific keywords.” But just… one more thing I just… can’t get off my mind… what if I… just…

IF YOU SEARCH: black  woman sitting under tree grass relaxing nature summer senior photography

Uh oh. So let me level with you, if you just google “dreadlocks,” expect a lot of white people. I spent over 30 minutes adding keywords to this search, and every page was still white people. Breaking it back down to “black woman sitting on grass” helped but gave me all the boring pose issues of the female sitting search. So basically, Google Search tip #2 is: Google image search is as White as the rest of the damn world. How do we find what we’re looking for now, then?

IF YOU SEARCH: black woman sitting in grass nature tumblr blackout

Beautiful, natural poses. Adding “photography” whitewashed it. Adding “summer” gave me bikini pinups. Searching for POC models using Google image search is infinitely more frustrating than finding a million thin white women, and you’re usually going to be better off supporting POC modeling blogs themselves than fighting with Google all day. Using “tumblr” and “instagram” as keywords may also get you a lot more natural, less Vogue Was Here hits. Pinterest too, on occasion. 

But keep in mind that these are real people–especially using tags like “tumblr” or “blackout.” There’s a difference between referencing a pose or drawing different face shapes, and outright copying someone’s exact likeness without their permission. Maybe also consider liking/reblogging/following them if they’re a model or photographer. Use some common sense. You don’t own images found on google yadda yadda don’t be a dick.

Have fun being better at search engines and learning how to draw stuff!

Got some new canvases for Christmas and got into the painting mood. Decided to paint a sunset with clouds. Mostly clouds. It been a long time since I painted something, I can't even remember the last time I did something like this. I spent most of my day sitting and just painting. It was awesome!!

…with masaladas and awkward silences.

a very self-indulgent one, and in continuation to this, because i am (1) weak to these four, and (2) good at denial, so i will keep hc-ing them travelling together for as long as i please

manon may or may not have been hanging out with sina and dexio (but especially sina) before coming to alola. mikuri may or may not be finding alan interesting.

I want a comedy show with the Blades.

Yes, she sent pictures! :D

( I tried to draw em younger Kolivan has a shorter braid, Thace lacks the beard and Ulaz has longer hair at the nape :3 )

An unfinished piece about ORAS game/manga.

It’s Webcomic Day!

Webcomics are awesome! They are an excellent way to read comics with ace representation. There are hundreds of webcomics with ace characters to choose from, across every genre.

To get you started, here are 60 webcomics with ace spectrum leads!

1. StarHammer by J.N. Monk and Harry Bogosian @sketchbot9000

2. Lost in Translation by Jjolee @jjolees, Eunice, and Valeri

3. The Unlucky Ones and the Edge of Nowhere by Nicky Rodriguez

4. Novae by Kaiju @kaixju

5. Shaderunners by Alex Assan @alexassanart and Lin Darrow

6. Sombulus by Christina Major @delphina2k

7. SEIS by Puik

8. BUUZA!! by Shazleen Khan @shazleen

9. THIS IS NOT FICTION by Nicole Mannino @nicoima

10. Sarota Springs by Joanne Kwan @joannekwan

11. The Last Dimension by Leaglem @oneeyedleaf, Schooph, Hunie, and Spencer Gooding

12. Earth Angel by Raysdrawlings @raysdrawlings and Aquaarter

13. Crash and Burn by Finn Lucullan, Kate Larking, and Hannah Bradshaw Lozier

14. Aurora by Red @comicaurora

15. Soul to Call by Rommie @rommie

16. Supernormal Step by M. Lee Lunsford @mleelunsford

17. Song for Cantalagua by Maria Izquierdo @vinzul, Antar Castro, Paulo Esparza, Alex Velázquez, Gerardo Blas, and Marisol Diz

18. [un]Divine by Ayme Sotuyo

19. Charity Case by Malacandrax @malacandrax

20. The Ink Witch by Izzi Ward @izzi-illustrates

21. Skull & Pyro by AuthorOfDragons @authorofdragons

22. Husk by Al Acevedo @huskcomic

23. Dom & Mor by DyeMeLikeASunset @dyemelikeasunset

24. Beneath the Woods by Mason Stark @ursachaotic

25. Skyvein by sen holiday @senholiday

26. Tamberlane by Caytlin Vilbrandt @justcaytlin, Ari Noble, Jonas, Elle Pierre, Isabel "Izzy" Pereira, Nakata “Knack” Whittle, and Koda "Puddle" Star

27. I’m Mortal by J. Lovelace

28. KAI by Queenue @rsqueenue

29. Ignition Zero by Cedar Wren McCloud

30. Cirque Royale by Brittany G. @atomicbritt

31. Kiss it Goodbye by Ticcytx @ticcytx

32. City of Blank by 66 @66sharkteeth, yayu_sensai, Ethan LeBlanc, and Spencer Gooding

33. Slice of Life by SallyVinter @celepom

34. Monster’s Garden by Ash G. @kilomonster

35. Brimstone and Roses by Speremint @speremint, Lumiscuro, Basia Dajewski, and Eunice Baik

36. Peripety by Mushki @mushki-art

37. Heroes of Thantopolis by Strontium @strontiumsun

38. Wondrous by Sarah Frederiksen @acolorfulreader

39. Cosmic Fish by Eliana Falcón

40. California Magic by Del Barrio @delshark and Britters @moodypuglet

41. Teleport by R.P. Ruffatti, Moomie Swan, and Xan Larson

42. Jade Kingdoms by Surenlicious @surenlicious

43. Jamie by Bre Indigo and Tami Babikian

44. A Week In Warrigilla by Teloka Berry and Priscilla “Pi” Wu @picayunearts

45. Finding Home by Hari Conner @haridraws and Claire Napier

46. The World In Deeper Inspection by Reimena Yee @reimenaashelyee

47. Four Leaf by Lumaga @lumaga and Hito

48. Castoff by Star Prichard @thestarfishface

49. Aces by Taqi

50. Covenant by explodikid @explodikid, bekkomi, Venacyr, Breanna Boswell, and Nico Hy

51. ELLIS by Marta Selusi @ratonpersona

52. Pathways: Chronicles of Tuvana by Elaine Tipping @triaelf9

53. Dirge for Broken men by JoshuaBeeking @joshua-beeking

54. My Sweet Archenemy by Rosanna Duong

55. LnR by Carossmo @carossmo

56. Friends with Benefits by nezkovsou @nezkovsou

57. Crowned Vessel by Dreadstrive @dreadstrive

58. Namesake by Megan Lavey-Heaton and Isabelle Melançon @secondlina

59. Those Who Sleep by Yokani

60. Kidd Commander by Aria Bell @shinesurge

Each webcomic listed has at least 1 asexual, demisexual, or graysexual leading character, with many having multiple. The majority of the comics listed are also made by acespec creators. This is not an exhaustive list.

Hope you found some new comics to dig into! Happy Webcomic Day!