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2022 Art Fight attacks part 2!
For: sharp_theory @colourfulplague radishlmao @chaosynth @theknightsstars
gonna do a bulk post of old DnD stuff that I kinda. never posted since I *heavily* doubt any kinda DnD will fly with me anymore (I proved to be incompatible with mass group hopping and unstable one-shot based structure, I'd much rather play one long campaign with an established group than some assorted oneshots tbh
things in order:
- title cards to an FPS i played with @colourfulplague where I introduced Nocturne as the one hiding in Axis guitar all along (I kinda botched that I think since I spoiled her involvement alllll the way when i first posted her design and THEN decided to make her a surprise, way to go, me)
- unfinished full reference sheet for Neb U. Lei, will unlikely be finished now since I don't plan playing (might reforge them into a different character)
- three assorted character concepts - Solstice, Neb's patron god and leader of the Nova Court (was supposed to be a part of series, but I drifted off after finishing only one, drawing eldritch gods is suddenly very hard), Nocturne's redesign and a PC that appeared only in one game after which i lost interest in the campaign (based on Lobotomy Corporation btw)
- fanart of an NPC by @aikaikaik, who was a bootleg of Alice from Alice in Wonderland since we had a Wonderland-inspired oneshot
bonus - @spiffiesttea as a plushie
obligations, guilt, and the inherent catharsis of saying fuck
I’ve seen a few ~aesthetic~ photos of rock stacks in rivers recently and this is just a reminder that you are destroying habitat when you move rocks around in rivers and streams.
In addition to dragonfly nymphs, rocky river beds are home to lots of other larval invertebrates like damselflies, mayflies, water beetles, caddisflies, stoneflies, and a bunch of dipterans. Not to mention lots of fish and amphibians!
Plus large scale rock stacking can change the flow of a stream and lead to increased erosion.
Anyway dragonfly for admiration:
Calico pennant by nbdragonflyguy
Everything is something’s habitat. You might as well not go outside for fear of stepping on some larval beetle.
This is hugely missing the point. The idea is to enjoy what’s left of our natural spaces while having as little an impact as possible. It’s not difficult to avoid intentionally destroying habitat. I recommend looking into the Leave No Trace principle which is very important for conservation. Cynicism doesn’t help anything.
You can read more about Leave No Trace here.
A few rock stacks here and there wouldn’t have much of an impact alone. But in parks that see thousands or even millions of visitors each year, when you have people like you saying, “sure, literal scientists and park rangers are telling me not to do this, but surely that doesn’t apply to ME,” the effect is huge. Please attempt to see the bigger picture. You are not so special that YOU get to ignore the rules and continue intentionally destroying habitat even after you’ve been told it’s harmful.
Meet Umi the Duodecimdes, the third character for my story Chimera
Umi is quite shy and quiet, not talking unless someone talks to them. Basically anxiety, but a octopus alien
felinepurrrstory
Leanne Franson
felinepurrstory
the happy ending
oh this comic shows up in a really cool anthology i bought a few years back (and was just rereading in fact) called No Straight Lines. it covers the last 40 years of LGBT comics and the various phases, influences and unsung heroes of the zine scene and more. (such as a chapter that focuses heavily on what art and stories resulted from the AIDS crisis, the clash of the gay sexual revolution and the rise of homosexual monogamy, and more.) highly recommended if you’re interested in LGBT history and comics!
Unfortunately, I need Disney to crush DeSantis, completely and utterly. Because if it isn't a complete rout, then other companies without the Mouse's resources (so, almost all of them) won't pick the fight in the first place and will back down the next time a DeSantis tries this.
Disney wants your money.
Fascists want you dead.
Also, pragmatism aside, Disney is just objectively right here. Desantis very very very very very very clearly broke the law to go after a minority. The fact that Disney is defending said minority because they see it as a source of money doesn't change the fact that Desantis broke the law to go after a minority. Like, wider context of Capitalism aside, what we have here is a very specific case where one side is illegally going open season on vulnerable kids, and the other side said "hey, don't do that."
Sending over my alien species of living plants, the Flowermanders (feat the Flowermander named Budsi in the last pic)
@colourfulplague 's Flowermanders! THESE THINGS R ADORABLE. top ten beasts to Ever Exist. i might do a fully colored one in the future!! however, there's a part of me that wants to believe that these things smell/ and or taste good as a food item. No idea why
((this isnt wild perspective, but hey, its Something.))
dont support industries that are driving animals to extinction thank you!
Already reblogged one of these but another reminder: don’t by nautilus shells!
length of a weasel…… face of a weasel…. heart? also of a weasel
Please please tell me this is a real cat and not an art doll
I think it’s real, but I’m not really sure
Duodecimedes, an alien species that are basically sentient octopuses/natulises
These guys live both on land and in water (although they frequent land more nowadays)
Flowermander Anatomy sketches
Flowermanders evolution line includes that of climbing plants, their current form reflects this. Flowermanders have gecko like feet, able to grip onto almost every surface. Their forelimbs with the singular claw are used as a way to pull themselves upward, as well as acting as defensive and grabbing limbs.
During pollination month, Flowermanders will grow stocks near their eyes that produce the pollen. These stocks will fall of after the month. Flowermanders who don't want to spread pollen or receive it will simply snap the stocks off (it'd be comparable to the feeling of pulling out a strand of hair).
Flowermanders' bodies end off in a trunk, these trunks are primarily used to drink water. When Flowermanders are being affectionate they will wrap their trunks around each-others trunks while "hugging" (full body hugs basically).
Underneath the petals are the Flowermanders' mouth, a lamprey like mouth with teeth designed for meat and bone eating. The petals on the head can move, so they can open up slightly to eat. While Flowermanders main food source is sunlight and water (photosynthesis), but like how humans love to indulge in sweets, the same can be said for Flowermanders eating meat and calcium products.
Like a lot of plants, Flowermanders' waste is oxygen. The little hole underneath their head leaves is where the oxygen exits. Flowermanders do not breath oxygen, so many Flowermanders, who work off planet, will go for jobs that aliens who need oxygen can't take.
Flowermanders have eye lids, these eyelids only biological purpose is to stop light entry into the eyes when resting (Flowermanders need to sleep, and this makes it so they can). Flowermanders also use their eyelids as a way of expressing emotions, much like humans and their eyebrows.
Flip appreciation post, cause I love him
Alright kiddos, time for a lesson
From 1905 to 1927, famed animation pioneer and cartoonist Windsor McCay began releasing a comic series known as Little Nemo in Slumberland. One of the main characters of this comic strip was Flip, featured above… Now let’s go into why he’s a harmful stereotype
Flip is represented as Irish, and if you know anything about American and Irish relations, you know that America regarded the Irish as lesser (https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/10/06/negative-stereotypes-of-the-irish/ this is a good quick read about it). Flip is represented as a annoyance, a constant pain to Little Nemo and his friends, as well as being represented as clumsy, a tad lazy, impulsive, and dim witted. Now would this be a problem if he weren’t tied to the negative stereotyping of Irish people in America? No, but he is. This isn’t the last instance of Windsor McCay having racist caricatures in his comic (just look up Impy and you’ll see why he wasn’t included in the movie), but I find it kind of sad that nobody realizes that Flip is one of these caricatures too.
Here’s some daming evidence for you, his green face.
Green has always been a colour associated with Irish people, but it’d take a long time to go into the history of the negatives and positives of the association of green.
Anyways, I love Little Nemo, I grew up reading the comic, but like with every piece of older media you need to recognize the harmful stereotypes that are in many of them and outwardly speak about how bad they are. Maybe one day a Little Nemo reboot will redesign Flip to no longer be the stereotype he is.