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Satoka. JPN. Ancient. One of seven (7) people who've been there when Pacific Rim (2013) came out & still staying after Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018). I have an intense love/hate relationship with Uprising. Jake/Nate, GQ/Croc, Sam/G, Wes/Travis. I also make things. Queue runs 24/7.

“I would go to school in Moore Park, but then bunk off to go hang out in Neasden. Or spend a day at your middle-class friend’s house and realise your neighbourhood isn’t as nice as theirs. I wasn’t growing up as one self. It was kind of like acting from an early age.”

Happy Birthday, Riz Ahmed! (December 1, 1982)

Happy Birthday Chuck Hansen (8.14) !

Gimme back my Chuck…(weeping

Forgot to explain. In Chinese, to lingbiandang (take your box lunch!) means you’re off the set, so go and get your pack of food. It refers to a character death, and the actor leaves and takes the food-.-

So to tubiandang (spit out your food!!!!) means to revive the character. In this art Raleigh beats Chuck up so he spits out his food (*winks)

Sorry about cultural differences><!

Dear Tumblr,

All those posts you see of young artists charging $3, $6, $10 for a drawing because they need help? That’s fucking exploitation, and fuck you if you think it’s reasonable or a “good deal" to pay nickels and dimes to squeeze a full-color original drawing out of some talented, hardworking kid because things are tight, and they can’t afford their textbooks. Or food. They sure as hell can’t afford to make you art for $6.

Instead, stop. And ask them where you can donate. If you can afford a $6 drawing, then you can afford to spend $6 simply to help someone. You don’t need internal organs as payment.

Don’t allow young artists to be exploited.

this and this some more.

I’d go one step further and say: Offer to pay them decent Illustration wages instead if you still want a drawing, say around $20/hour. That way not only will you blow their socks off with your kindness and respect for their abilities, but you will also endow them with a sense of worth that they’re probably hurting for after being surrounded by the sort that makes them feel like their services are so worthless.

Illustration is a professional skill requiring years of training and dedication, regardless if there’s a school involved. If you enjoy that artist’s work and want to help them out, either donate like suggested above or else pay them what their work is worth and pass on the word.

Basically!

And if someone claims something that took you an hour to draw isn’t worth at least around $10 per hour of work, dont listen to their bullying. To the non-artist, its hard to see the worth in art especially if they didn’t put 10, 5, 2 or even 1 years of solid effort to get to the level of artistic ability there are today.

If the person complaining is still unhappy with the price despite that reasoning? Well let THEM make their own drawing themselves and spend the $10 elsewhere. GL to them getting the level of artistry you have without those years of experience they put behind them!

Honestly, I make designs for people for free, but someone offered me $20 for one once and I nearly cried.

Seriously. It means. So. Much.

How to Remove Stubborn Price Tags Without Destroying Your Stuff: A Tutorial

If you’ve ever bought used books or records, you’ve probably spent some time cursing the gods because a price tag ripped off bits of that groovy vintage cover art with it. Here’s how to avoid that, from someone who buys a lot of mid-century junk and does this like once a week. What you need:

  1. Goo Gone 
  2. Q-tips
  3. Razor blades 

You can buy all of this for about $15 and it’ll last pretty much forever. You only need one Q-tip and about 1/16 of a teaspoon of Goo Gone per five price tags (lighter fluid will also work but I hesitate to suggest that to Tumblr because… Tumblr). I have a pack of 1,000 razor blades I bought for $10 that’s lasted me years (they work best for this when they’re just a little dull; fresh out of the pack they can cut right into the cover if you’re not careful, so I usually use them for opening boxes etc. for a couple weeks before I rotate them to sticker duty). 

Please don’t be dumb with razor blades. 

Step 1: Soak a Q-tip in Goo Gone.

Just dip it in the cap or the mouth of the bottle. That’s all you need. And take it from someone who spilled half of her supply on her kitchen table today: PUT THE CAP BACK ON THE BOTTLE. 

Step 2: Rub the Goo Gone into the price tag until it’s translucent/soaked through.

Make sure you get the edges wet, and don’t worry about staining the cover. You’ll see an oily yellow shadow at first, but never fear, it will fade after a few hours. (Yes, even from white.)

Step 3: Wait fifteen minutes.

Let that shit soak in.

Step 4: Slide the razor blade under the corner of the sticker (slowly).

The blade should be almost flat, so you’re not digging into the cover you’re trying to preserve. Take your time and if it’s not coming easily, try a little more Goo Gone, wait fifteen more minutes, and give it another go.

Step 5: Go back over that sticky patch with the Goo Gone and let it dry.

Use the other end of the Q-tip to wipe off any residue left from the sticker. I’d recommend waiting a few hours before sandwiching books on shelves or sealing records in outer sleeves so the Goo Gone has a chance to dry properly.

Congrats, you are now equipped to live a sticker-free life.

Title: Through a Glass Darkly Author: susiecarter Artists: lesbidar (nowrunalong) | Santheum Word Count: 111k Rating: Explicit Pairing: Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne Continuity: DC Extended Universe Summary: Post-BvS AU: Batman killed Superman—and then Metropolis was wrecked by Doomsday, not long before Steppenwolf arrived and conquered the world with innumerable swarms of parademons. Bruce’s nightmare has come true, in every way but one: what’s left of humanity is fighting to survive in a hostile wasteland as Steppenwolf manipulates the power of a pair of mother boxes to gradually reshape the planet to serve his needs.

But rumors of a threat that could be greater still are finally forcing Bruce to consider taking truly drastic steps. Like bringing Superman back from the dead.