Watercolour is that medium that really tests your knowledge of colours and how they mix. You gotta layer things carefully, colour after colour, and you can't just add a whole bunch of brown because it will look dogshit. you gotta use different colours in different amounts and blah blah blah and after a whole bunch of layering you get your brown thing that is actually just a bunch of blue and red and yellow and some green in some places and some orange in others.
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BEGINNERS GUIDE TO BLUESKY
Hiya! Curious about joining bluesky but intimidated by all the features? Already on bluesky but want to learn more? Then welcome to my quick guide on getting started and navigating bluesky!~
What is Bluesky?
it’s a social media site that’s owned by no single person or company. it's aim is to bring back the early days of twitter before bots, elon musk or algorithms took over. Personally I find the site really cozy, wholesome, and engaging. my Bluesky account for example
What’s unique about Bluesky?
→ CUSTOMIZATION: your timeline is very easy to control. There’s tons of options, so be sure to go through each tab in your settings. some options include: turning off autoplay, changing the order in which threaded replies show, changing DM settings, content preferences and lots of visual app settings.
→ MODERATION LISTS: human made, mass blocklists. These are public lists of accounts that when you subscribe to you automatically block or mute everyone in that specific blocklist. A great way to avoid unwanted content, and interactions. ✦ Moderation lists I recommend will be below the cut
→ STARTER PACKS: recommendation lists on who to follow, made by users. You can even curate your own starter pack of recommendations! ✦ Starter pack recommendations will be below the cut
→ FEEDS: public timelines, basically. There are a lot of feeds you can join, or you can even create your own. I made a feed featuring just my pixel art so it doesn’t get cluttered with text posts or other photos in my media tab. ✦ I’ll post feeds I recommend below and link you to a tutorial on how to create your own feed
→ BLOCKING/MUTING: bluesky has a great blocking system. When you block someone they can no longer see, or interact with you. They also have a feature to make your blog inaccessible unless logged in. you can also mute specific people, delete post replies, and even detach your post from a reblog. You can also mute specific words, phrases, tags etc.
→ NSFW: bluesky allows NSFW content, including artwork, porn, lewds etc. They also have a great moderation page to avoid the content completely, censor the content, or show it if you’d wish. ✦ just go to settings > moderation > toggle on NSFW settings and it’ll let you heavily moderate.
→ LABELS: this is a really cool feature on the site, you can subscribe to certain pages that enable a lot of fun/useful labels that help you in different ways! (like pronoun tags, artist tags etc) ✦ Labels to browse will be posted below
→ COMMUNITIES: the vastly diverse communities really feel like the best parts of tumblr. since you can so heavily curate your experience, it can really feel like a calming oasis. Mine is mostly artists, and other creatives.
there’s also a large community of professional artists, art directors, authors, celebrities, and even the best shitposters from twitter. the app really is what you make of it but it’s thriving right now.
RECOMMENDATIONS & LINKS BELOW ⬎
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@loversonthethoroughfare gonna be honest this is me every time we hang out (especially that one time you invited me)
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How it feels to create ocs by continuously mischaracterizing characters in your mind until they become completely unrecognizable
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httyd characters based on things my patients did during my hospital internship, enjoy!
hiccup: calls for help because he can't find his other shoe and he wants to walk, forgetting that he just got his leg amputated.
astrid: entire bed is drenched in blood from her wound but doesn't call the nurses because she didn't think it was a big deal.
fishlegs: tries to help the nurses with medical procedures on himself because "they're working so hard and he doesn't want to be a bother".
ruffnut: calls the nurses for everything despite being able to do it herself, once called them to hand her the glass of water that was on her nightstand.
tuffnut: puts all of his home medication into a plastic baggie, asks nursing staff what pills are in the bag bc he can't remember.
snotlout: pretends to be in pain to scare the interns when they're practicing because he thinks it's funny.
heather: is never in her room, shows up in the weirdest places, will take the elevator to other floors to have a look there in the middle of the night.
dagur: is put into isolation because he has a contagious illness, is also delirious, and when the nurse uses the intercom sits up in bed and thinks god is talking to him.
gustav: tries to use the call button as a phone because he misunderstood the "call" part.
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Hey peoples! I got bored and got really into thinking about ships (as one does), specifically httyd ships (as one does.) I know httyd isn’t about romance persay however I really vibe/fw the ships in the shows and movies.
If you wanna read and add your thoughts in or argue with me about your favorite ship (As long as it’s respectful!) feel free to do so!
K so I was going to have this set up all fancy and stuff but I don’t really think that it’s possible. So here’s the thing I was teasing earlier. A small manifesto of how about ships in httyd (a couple crossovers here or there) in (hopefully) a short amount of detail (I doubt it though)
Long post ahead that’s all my opinions! I won’t ship blast or anything tho! Bc I don’t believe in that! Live and let ship people!!
#rbing partly because i agree with a lot of these and partly because the dagcup one reminds me of a drawing tanasha did a few days back lmao#also this fandom. slowly getting me to ship vigcup. fucking dammit lmao#like i was kinda weirded out by it when i first heard about it but now i unfortunately genuinely see the appeal *sighhhh*#also. hiccunzel mention!
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"Wow omg you drawwwww? I wish I was a drawer soooo bad omg I suckkkk so bad at arrrt"
me:
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So my problem with most ‘get to know your character’ questioneers is that they’re full of questions that just aren’t that important (what color eyes do they have) too hard to answer right away (what is their greatest fear) or are just impossible to answer (what is their favorite movie.) Like no one has one single favorite movie. And even if they do the answer changes.
If I’m doing this exercise, I want 7-10 questions to get the character feeling real in my head. So I thought I’d share the ones that get me (and my students) good results:
- What is the character’s go-to drink order? (this one gets into how do they like to be publicly perceived, because there is always some level of theatricality to ordering drinks at a bar/resturant)
- What is their grooming routine? (how do they treat themselves in private)
- What was their most expensive purchase/where does their disposable income go? (Gets you thinking about socio-economic class, values, and how they spend their leisure time)
- Do they have any scars or tattoos? (good way to get into literal backstory)
- What was the last time they cried, and under what circumstances? (Good way to get some *emotional* backstory in.)
- Are they an oldest, middle, youngest or only child? (This one might be a me thing, because I LOVE writing/reading about family dynamics, but knowing what kinds of things were ‘normal’ for them growing up is important.)
- Describe the shoes they’re wearing. (This is a big catch all, gets into money, taste, practicality, level of wear, level of repair, literally what kind of shoes they require to live their life.)
- Describe the place where they sleep. (ie what does their safe space look like. How much (or how little) care / decoration / personal touch goes into it.)
- What is their favorite holiday? (How do they relate to their culture/outside world. Also fun is least favorite holiday.)
- What objects do they always carry around with them? (What do they need for their normal, day-to-day routine? What does ‘normal’ even look like for them.)
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Anonymous asked:
What do you think about moving to like, some type of forum site if tumblr goes under? Like amino or smthn?
I was under the impression that amino was dead, actually. They also wouldn’t allow my content, last I checked.
I wouldn’t mind a forum site though. I just don’t know which ones are out there!
Anyone know of anything?
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They are so fun to draw... what the hell
#MY BABIESSSSSS#i love how you drew shattermaster he is such a cutieee#also your artstyle is just. cool shapes. i like.#foursidecity#rtte#httyd#dagur the deranged#heather the unhinged#shattermaster#gronckle#obsessed with daggers shapes but also. i dont know how to draw his armor at all its so samn hard for no reason. killing me#<-IT ISSSSS JDJSUDOSYF#i like his old clothes better they were cool 😔😔😔#you drew him in his old clothes in the last pic i like that