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@a-nerdy-artist

White, non-binary, aro/ace, they/them pronouns
My art blog is @jdsarts
icon by narriose’s picrew

hey yall, im leaving to a new blog. the new @ is @jd-arts-and-animations

I hate how the stereotype is that dolphins are good and sharks are evil, when dolphins are so smart that they have the capacity for evil but sharks are simple fish who can only be true neutral, so even if a minority of dolphins are evil there are still more evil dolphins than sharks

quality marine philosophy discourse

hey fall is coming around and that post “intrusive thought: eat a leaf” or whatever is probably gonna be floating around again so here’s a reminder that that post is not describing intrusive thoughts, but rather an impulse. intrusive thoughts are serious and can cause significant distress and should not be treated lightly. all those uwu relatable intrusive thoughts uwu posts are made by people who have a crucial misunderstanding of what intrusive thoughts are and likely don’t actually experience them, so keep that in mind before you start reblogging them uncritically. keep your mutuals with actual intrusive thoughts in mind and don’t reblog posts mocking and downplaying their experiences 

i found a handy chart that can help you tell the difference between impulsive and intrusive thoughts 

clownfish be like "i know a spot" and take you to a fucking deadly sea organism

This post would’ve been a lot better if you didn’t say the f word. Grow up.

yes hello i am very sorry to hear of your lack of satisfaction. if you'll just follow me to the suggestion box its just inside here

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ANIMATED MOVIES TURNED/TURNING 20 YEARS IN 2020

The Tigger Movie (February 11th, 2000)

An Extremely Goofy Movie (February 29th, 2000)

The Road to El Dorado (March 31st, 2000)

Dinosaur (May 19th, 2000)

Titan A.E. (June 16th, 2000)

Chicken Run (June 21st, 2000)

Pokemon 3: The Movie (July 8th, 2000)

The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea (September 19th, 2000)

Scooby Doo and the Alien Invaders (October 3rd, 2000)

Help! I’m A Fish (October 6th, 2000)

Joseph: King of Dreams (November 7th, 2000)

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (November 17th, 2000)

The Land Before Time 7: The Stone of Cold Fire (December 5th, 2000)

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (December 12th, 2000)

The Emperor’s New Groove (December 15th, 2000)

Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns (December 30th, 2000)

You telling me these all came out in the same year? We were fucking spoiled.

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I was telling my little brother a story abt my day and while I was talking he was like “wait hold on did u guys get this amber alert? They’re looking for the guy who asked” :((

Thrift stores are like “we have the ugliest shirts that have ever existed on this planet” and gay teenagers are like “do you promise 🥺🥺🥺🥺”

most moralizing fantasy/sci-fi messages: you must let go of attachments to others in order to transcend into a better self

The Good Place, straight-up: it is our attachments to others that give us even the slightest of chance of making us Better people/beings

The Lackadaisy Emoji Pack! 

The emojis promised in the Kickstarter are now available on Gumroad! You can snag them for free or pay-what-you-want. All funds are deeply appreciated and go directly toward film production/paying the animation team! 

- 50 emojis+12 stickers sized for Discord, Slack, Twitch and Telegram - Full res art you can edit and crop to your liking and use with other apps or social media, or as avatars and icons Art by the marvelous @KazoodleKat!

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This Cat Is Trans And Gay And There Is Nothing You Can Do

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fun fact my ravenpaw has vitiligo and his white freckles spread over his whole body over the years

the headline alone makes me feel like blood is going to squirt out of my ears 

Also bad as this is, it's even worse when you realize rich people from New York fleeing to their holiday homes when covid hit the city is widely believed to have helped the disease spead across the country.

Everyone please I’m begging you please read Kimberle Crenshaw’s work (definition and application,on violence and intersectionality) to get an understanding of how to properly use intersectionality.

Can’t read dense text? Here is a TedTalk. Y’all gotta stop learning from Buzzfeed videos that cite Huffingtonpost videos. Please value the words and thoughts of Black women because many of y’all just slap the word into whatever context without any care for its application and definition. You guys need to value actually listening to Black women.

Some trans guy tips from your dad

  • Don’t try that mascara/arm hair shit. I’ve been passing for more than a year with short, blond arm hair. It’s not an important secondary sex characteristic.
  • Board shorts (without pockets in the front) do wonders to minimize the width of your hips. Always choose board shorts over swim trunks. Choose them over cargo shorts if it’s appropriate.
  • Speak from your chest, never from your head.
  • The goal of binding should not be an entirely flat chest; you should bind for your body type.
  • GC2b makes the best binders out there, and their products are designed specifically for trans men/transmasculine people.
  • It might seem useless if you’re pre-T, but working out can be a big help for dysphoria.
  • Eyebrows are really important to passing pre-testosterone. Muss that shit up. Make them look unkempt.
  • When you ask for a haircut, make sure the edges in the back are squared, not rounded.
  • If you have peach fuzz, I would advise shaving it. Cis guys shed theirs when they go through puberty. Shaving can also help with facial hair dysphoria.
  • Don’t ever buy a binder from Amazon. They run in strange sizes (I was an XXL even though I’m a M in GC2b) and take weeks/months to come. It’s also difficult to breathe in them after a few hours.

Spread the word, especially for the board shorts thing!!!!!! They do WONDERS for making hips appear slimmer!!!!!

for my masculine children :-*

Adding a couple things. 

-Patience is a virtue you need to come to terms with. Even on T, things take time. My voice dropped immediately, but my cycle continued for 6 months. We’re all different. 

-In the summer, HYDRATE YOURSELF. A binder is an extra layer, and mine have always been very warm. 

-When its not too hot, layers are your friend. You’d be surprised what even simply an undershirt can do to smooth out your look. 

-You are going to get misgendered. This is a fact, and it sucks. Learn to politely correct people. Remember you might be the first (openly) trans person they meet, so be a good ambassador. 

-When you start T, your smell will change. You will sweat like you’ve never sweat before, and it WILL STINK. Adjust your bathing habits accordingly. 

*coughs in direction of my trans friendos*

If you have a really large chest you might do better with Underworks binders. They aren’t pretty, they’re not soft, but they do a good job and were the first on the market for a very long time. I couldn’t stand gc2b so if you’re like me, try Underworks.

Don’t double bind.

DON’T USE DUCK TAPE. I still have scars from a dumb decision I made as a teen and I’m 31 now.

When the time comes for top surgery, shop around. Find someone who will tailor your chest to your needs. Look at their portfolio. Compare surgeons. See if you can find someone who will work with your health insurance if you have it.

Be safe. Be healthy. Take your time. It’s not a race or a competition.

*incoherent screaming* MY TRANS MEN/ TRANS MASCULINE FOLLOWERS, L O O K👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

I know a lot of my friends are Trans men so look!!

If you don’t mind, I’d also add

  • Resting the bottom of your shirt on the waist of your pants- similar to French tucking- makes your torso look boxier and helps reduce the appearance of your chest. It works best with sweatpants
  • Stand with your legs a little further apart than you’re used to. It makes your hips look more proportionate to the rest of your body.
  • Standing straight up (mostly when binding or using other methods of visually reducing your chest) makes you look more masculine.
  • If you don’t have a packer, use a bunched up pair of socks.
  • Pushing your jaw forward gives you more of a visible jawline. Just don’t go too far, otherwise it looks a little odd. 

(EDIT: This only really works- safely- if you have an overbite. I didn’t realize not everyone haves one, so I didn’t think about it causing an underbite if you have ‘normal’ teeth. Please don’t try this unless you actually have an overbite, unless you want to deal with possible lasting effects).

  • Basketball jerseys help visually minimize your chest. Just throw on a jacket/flannel to hide bras/binders from the sides.
  • Flannels over hoodies look good and they help hide your chest.
  • If you have long (especially straight) hair, you can put it in a ponytail, put it over your head, and pull a hood over it. It looks like you actually have short hair

These are all I can think of at the moment, but they really helped me

  • buying oversized baggy clothes can obscure your shape but it also makes you look younger. if you’re a medium or small size, t-shirts square you out best when the shoulder seams sit on both your shoulders at the same time, and then the shirt falls in a straight line to your hips or thighs. if you’re a bigger size and more curvy, you can try this with a plaid overshirt. at any size, boxy denim and canvas jackets are great. 
  • men carry their weight in the front, so having a big stomach or even a heavy chest won’t seem necessarily feminine if you can square off your sides with your outfit.
  • you definitely don’t have to mascara your arm hair or do fake stubble on your jaw, but thickening your eyebrows is quick and effective. 
  • my other suggestion is that you don’t actually need to pack with socks to pass as a dick-having man, and two socks very likely to be overkill. heterosexual men do not want to see anyone else’s dick ever, so they have specifically designed jeans to obscure the size and location of their dicks, and make a point of not looking at each other’s dicks. so just buy jeans or board shorts with enough room that you can fit a fist between your undies and the crotch of the pants, and other men will not care to question. 
  • plenty of men have fat on their chests. plenty of men are fresh-faced and clean shaven. plenty of men have higher voices. plenty of men have a big butt and thick thighs. you don’t need to look like chris hemsworth to pass.