chaossandwich
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@ people who carry bags everywhere what do you put in them what is there to bring other than chapstick, keys, phone and maybe a tampon why are you packing a suitcase to be outside for 5 hours
Queen Diamond? I may have already sent an ask for her, but honestly, I can't remember.
Day 233- Queen diamond
Bird Wing/Tail Database
If you ever need references for bird wings/tails I cannot recommend this collection enough! It has images of the dorsal/ventral sides of wings from a wide variety of species.
they look great, i really like the colours! the spots are fun, and i’m looking forward to developing them!
thanks a lot!!
Art trade for @chaossandwich
Hope you enjoy them wasn’t sure if you would like the spots.
Base by yle
my half of an art trade with @minttea31 !!
he’s got orange accents, but I’ve done a version with blue instead!
hope you like him!
(blu)
good news! you're an animorph! bad news! you didn't know about the two-hour limit and got stuck in your first morph, which is whatever this wheel lands on
Kid Pix just became pubic domain, so the remade (but pretty much exactly the same) version is now available here. It's uh, wild, highly recommend checking it out not only for the wonderful nostalgia but you can legit make some incredible looking stuff!
FIND IT HERE
Starscream was caught by sentinelprime's soldiers.
Since I couldn't find the soldiers' original design, I didn't finish drawing them.
You can only eat 2 foods for the next 2 years (with no health repercussions)
Spin this wheel twice to figure out what they are!
this is so frickin cool.
still think this would be a sick idea for a book cover with a rainwing pov
There's an EU initiative going on right now that essentially boils down to wanting to force videogame publishers with paid games and/or games with paid elements such as DLC, expansions and microtransactions to leave said games in a playable state after they end support, or in simpler terms, make them stop killing games.
A "playable state" would be something like an offline mode for previously always online titles, or the ability for people to host their own servers where reasonably possible just to name some examples.
I don't think I need to tell anyone that having something you paid for being taken from you is bad, which is a thing that routinely happens with live service and other always online games with a notable recent example being The Crew which is now permanently unplayable.
Any EU citizen is eligible to sign the initiative, but only once and if you mess up that's it. You can find it here. (https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000007_en)
Even if you're not European or you signed it already, you can share this initiative with anyone who is, even if they don't care about videogames specifically because this needs a million signatures and there is different thresholds that need to be met for each EU country for their votes to even count and could also be a precedent for other similar practices like when Sony removed a bunch of Discovery TV content people paid for.
I’m not obsessed you are…
Also yes ask your questions or make your own ideas PLEASE I wanna see this combo
oh cool, thank you!
hi! i hope you're having a nice day!
i managed to take a picture of this guy the other day, and i think i spotted him again today! apologies for the poor photo quality, but i think he's a belted kingfisher? it was super cool to see him regardless. this was near Tsawwassen, BC
Yes, a belted kingfisher. One of my favorite birds!
gift art time again, this time an osprey for @triruntu! this fully kicked my ass but I really hope you like it :D
please reblog if you enjoy <3
when you see a calendar do you flip to your birth month to make sure your associated image slaps or are you some sort of freak
pssttt if you see this post tell me what your favorite bird is
what’s an animal fact that you HATE :)
Instead of losing their tail when they get attacked by a predator, fishscale geckos slough off their scales and run around looking like a raw chicken tender until the scales regenerate (it takes a few weeks)
#768 Golisopod
Quite possibly the only Golisopod amigurumi on the internet! I think about how sometimes people will be so excited to see one specific crochet I’ve done because that Pokemon doesn’t typically get any merch and that’s so crazy! I hope everyone gets a chance to see some cute art of their favorite Pokemon
SeaWing variants! details about each variant are under the cut!
Ocean - Large and fast, prefer living in the open ocean - Probably fastest type of all variants - not a great turn rate, weak fighter when at close quarters - strongest flyer out of all variants - fairly common variant in Sea Kingdom - pale eyes - Probably made up bulk of SeaWing army - low altitude flyers - Dorsal fin and fins on tail
Bay - Most common in Sea Kingdom - Beautiful iridescent scales - Multicolored eyes - Not as fast but much more agile in water - alright flyer, nothing special - Queen Coral is a Bay/Reef hybrid Reef - Smallest on average - Most colorful out of all variants - Has ridges on forehead - Multicolored eyes - extra rows of fins on neck, back, and tail - complex markings breaks up their shape in coral reefs - often used for ambush attacks in sw army along the coastline - second weakest flyer out of all sw variants
Fjord - prefers cold waters (shocking) - speckles are fairly common markings - mid size - fairly fast in water - average flyer - good all arounder - typically have single color eyes River - second most colorful - eyes are typically brown/grey/black - prefers freshwater but can breath seawater after an adjustment period - used for infiltration and recon in sw army - tallest fins (at front of head) on average
Deep - most rare variant - starts out super super tiny then BAM GIANT DRAGON - most amount of bio-luminescent scales - Deep Aquatic is hardest to follow on account of all the extra vocab - very smooth guys - extra fins on neck, back, tail - very pale eyes, with pale pupils - either very dark in color (see above) or very very pale - no inbetween - can live in shallower waters, but they have to move up to them SUPER gradually (hello dragon decompression sickness) - technically has the ability to breath air but they cant be on the surface for hardly any amount of time
like it is with the other variant posts, all of these guys are free to adopt!
Ocean: Bay: Reef: taken! Fjord: River: taken! Deep:
this is your periodic reminder that for all the artifacts and errors and "tells" one could possibly list, the only reliable way to actually determine if an image is ai generated is to investigate the source. it is becoming increasingly common for "fake classical paintings" to circulate around curative aesthetic blogs, and everyone should be using this as an opportunity to not only exercise their investigative skills but also appreciate art more in general. you're all checking out the artists you reblog, right? 🫣
so what are some signs to look for? let's use this very good example.
what a lovely late-impressionist piece blended with evocative leyendecker-esque themes! why haven't you ever heard of this artist before? surely tumblr would be all over an artist like this. who is justin brown?
your two options from here are to do a search for the name, or a reverse image search. i prefer reverse image searching, particularly when it comes to a common name like "justin brown". so what does that net?
Immediately, without looking at any text, something is wrong: it barely exists. an actual historical piece would turn up numerous results from websites individually discussing the piece, but no such discussions are taking place. Looking at the text, though, does show the source-- and at least in this case, the creator was honest about their medium.
But let's also look at the "exact matches", in case a source doesn't make itself apparent in the initial sidebar results like this.
This section will often tell you post dates of images, and here it can be seen that the very first iteration of the image was posted 15 days ago. It did not exist online prior to that.
Seeing how long an unsourced image has been floating around is a skill applicable to more than just generative images! See a cool image of an artifact or other intriguing item with a vivid caption? Reverse search it! If all the results are paired with that caption and only go back a few months, you might just have viral facebook spam.
Sometimes generative creators are dishonest about their medium and do not tag it like in the example, so that's when establishing "jpeg provenance" becomes important. While it can be a little trickier to determine if someone is using generative images and not admitting to it if they aren't trying to pass it off as a classic, something to consider is the age of their account and the frequency with which they post. Here are some account red flags:
-Did they only start posting art after 2022, or if they did before, did their style/skill level WILDLY change? Not gradual improvement-- I'm talking amateur graphite portraits straight into complex digital renders. Everyone starts somewhere, newness is not a red flag alone; it's newness combined with existing in a vacuum away from any community.
-Do they post fully-finished paintings several times a week? -Do many of these paintings seem iterative of a similar theme or subject matter ("three well-dressed young men face each other under shade and dappled sunlight")?
-Does their style change in inconsistent ways? An artist that can swap between painting like Drew Struzan and Hokusai should be pretty well known, right? Why is no one hyping this guy?!
-Do they have social media besides the source instagram? If so, what are they posting about? Are there any WIPs? Doodles? Interactions with other artists? Gallery dates? 3am self-doubt posts? Or is it all self-promo? Crypto? Seemingly nothing art-related at all for someone pushing out 3 weekly paintings?
Basically, if it's important to you to omit this stuff when you curate, please don't just smash reblog if the source doesn't seem to be the OP themselves. Seeking out sources was important even before this became an issue, now it is more than ever.
peace n love
You ever think about Burn before Oasis died? I do.
And yes that is her mother’s headband because I FINALLY understand how to draw opals :’)
Ouuuh samurai dragon ooouhhh
i'm glad you like it!
i don't mind if you do, just credit me if you post them somewhere else
Eeeeeeee, hello! I saw you were doing requests! This is my boy Argo:
wasn’t sure which colours to use, so i did two versions
his refs mostly look happy, so I drew him happy
(alt version and process vid under the cut)
6 pls!! :3
a purple beetle!
((as usual, process vid under the cut))
Eeeeeeee, hello! I saw you were doing requests! This is my boy Argo:
wasn’t sure which colours to use, so i did two versions
his refs mostly look happy, so I drew him happy
(alt version and process vid under the cut)
i'm perpetually fighting boredom, so i'm still taking wof oc headshot ask requests!
also, if anyone wants to send me canon characters or graphic novel pages for me to draw/redraw for fun, please do!
or, well, if anyone is interested in beetlewing designs, i've got some old sketches i'll turn into designs! send in an ask with a number (for headshape) and a palette (and a moodboard, if you'd like) and i'll design it! i can do very simple, or with a bit of design, to somewhat complex; i can also add accessories too, if you'd like.
finished design will be laid out a bit like that post-it. i've not designed anything myself in a couple years, so i have no clue how they'll turn out.
(might end up adding finished examples here, too)
((open again))
Could you draw my guy?
he is very repulsed/hates his silkwing side but he is trying to learn to like it more and just trying to improve in general
he loves to fly and race! He is the most impatient and short tempered dragon you will ever meet but he makes up for it with how fast he can think in the moment and how calm he is under pressure
Thank you! Have fun! And if you want to make this like an art trade or something message me (or if you have an questions)
Hive/Silks are interesting to draw, and Spinner seems to be a pretty neat character
(sketchbook page and speedpaint/process vid below the cut)
