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Coucher de Soleil Sur la Mer, Constantin Westchiloff (Russian, 1877–1945)

Bill Viola - Déserts (1994)

Sagittarius Star Cloud

Looking towards the centre of our Galaxy, the stars can appear as clouds, and set against this backdrop, dark clouds of dust and gas make the appearance of holes in the cloud, although they are far closer to us, than the stars in the background.

Stars in the foreground appear as blue colour of clusters, these are young hot blue giant stars, born in nebula's closer to home, while the stars in the background can't be individually resolved, making a cream like cloud. This is because the majority of stars towards the centre of our galaxy are much older, yellow, orange and red dwarf stars, having orbited the galaxy for billions of years and made there way towards the centre, something short lived blue giant stars cannot do in the life span, with the exception of course of the neutron stars and black holes they leave behind, eventually sinking towards the centre and the supermassive black hole, which slowly grows through mergers.

Neptune's Summer

Neptune is a fascinating planet, maybe because it's blueness reminds me of Earth a little, and the moon Triton with it's ice volcanoes, but it turns out, Neptune also has seasons just like Earth, although they last 40 years or so !

It also turns out that Neptune heats up and cools down during these seasons, oddly from the polar regions rather than the equator, but this is most likely a function of the weather on the planet.

Recent observations have found the Southern polar region (which is currently in Summer) has warmed up quite dramatically while other areas have cooled down.

Readings taken over the last 15 years confirm that as the seasons slowly change, so does the temperature, although quite why recently that has accelerated so much isn't known for sure.

Sadly, there are currently no planned missions to Neptune with the exception of a Chinese probe (although that is not known yet, and slated for 2024 launch), either way, it's unlikely we will see many more images except the ones Voyager took as it passed Neptune back in 1989.

Source : https://phys.org/news/2022-04-astronomers-capture-neptune-temperatures.html

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Tips for Working with Spirits

This is not an intensive or all inclusive guide. If you are new to working with spirits I suggest finding a more in-depth guide. This is just a list of suggestions based on my readings and experience. Here is a more in-depth guide that I really like.

Mermay 2020 - Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid - by Lucas Werneck (Part 2)

Mermay 2020 - Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid - by Lucas Werneck (Part 1)

How to draw Afro textured 4c hair - an explanation/Tutorial

For those of you that don’t know what 4c hair is, 4c hair is a hair texture type that contains coils to small and tight that the hair appears to be more puffy rather than curly ( like to photo below ) this is in NO WAY to be confused with curly hair. there is a drastic difference.

As a black artist that primarily draws characters with 4c hair, I’ve been asked many times to do a tutorial on 4c hair so here we go~

before we get into 4c hair, lets take a moment to fully understand it by talking about hair texture in a general sense first

let’s take a look at this example of straight hair vs curly hair ( 1 type straight hair vs 3 type curly hair )

If you take a moment to compare the two you’ll notice straight hair is flat, it has no texture. Straight hair perfectly hangs down similar to liquid-like silk. It’s lack of curl pattern is the reason as to why it hangs perfectly flat.

curly hair on the other hand doesn’t lie down flat and silky like straight hair, It’s more thick. Curly hair in it’s raw and unstyled state has a trapezoid like shape this is because the sides of the hair spread more outward.

So why is this? Why is straight hair flat and curly hair thick?

the answer to that question is a thing called piling up. When it comes to hair texture, the shape of the hair strands aren’t the only thing that matters, its how the strands coexist with each other, Curly hair strands coexist by piling up on top each other.

moisture also effects hair texture too, different hair types absorbs moisture differently, thus the thickness of each hair type is different. 

…..soooo, how does this all relate to how to draw 4c hair?? 

Well let’s take a look at the drawing below. Notice how the arrows go outward more as the hair texture gets curlier. As we’ve already discussed, this is because hair piles up, The curlier the hair texture, the more it piles up on each other, the bigger it gets, the more outward the arrows go.

Out of any hair texture, 4C hair has the most curls. Because of this, the hair piles up on each other so much that it doesn’t lie down flat like straight hair, nor does it make a trapezoid like shape like curly hair, it instead becomes more cloud like.❤️

This is what you need to take into account when it comes to drawing 4C hair.

Think of it as piling up a bunch of cotton balls on each other. The most cotton on top of top to lead to a bigger patch of  cotton. this is 4c hair.

How to not draw 4c hair:

Garnet fanart. Let’s talk about Garnet Fanart. I notice a trend that when artists draw Garnet from Steven universe, her hair texture is usually changed to 3 type curly like texture. This subtle form of White washing has confused me because this is inaccurate. 

Garnet’s hair is in the shape of a cube. Though 3 type hair piles up on each other, it isn’t curly nor thick enough for their hair to stay in the shape of a cube. Curly hair lies down more than 4c hair. So garnet’s hair being in the shape of a cube is a dead giveaway that it is 4C. Why do you think hairstyles like flat tops are usually seen on black men with 4c hair? It’s because, the 4c hair texture is thick and strong enough to stay in whatever shape you put it in.

please, if you’re drawing a character with 4c hair, avoid drawing it like curly 3 type hair, this is very anti-black and texturist.

So, how do you draw 4c hair?

honestly, its the most easy thing in the world

i wanna clarify that blobby looking 4c drawings ( like the one on the top left ) can work depending on how cartoony your art style is.

Another thing that I want to greatly clarify when it comes to drawing 4C hair is, YOU. DONT. NEED. TO. DRAW. EVERY. HAIR. STRAND!…..like, seriously. I’ve gotten many messages about how 4C hair is hard to draw, and it’s always left me confused; but then I find out that the same people that have trouble drawing 4C hair, attempt to draw every single strand of hair. This is unnecessarily time consuming because it’s merely impossible to get every single detail down, especially when you have a simple cartoon style. 4C hair does not require much effort, all you’re doing is drawing lumps. It’s that simple, nothing more nor nothing less.

The reason why I greatly advise all of you to avoid drawing every single hair strand is because in real life, when you look at a 4C textured Afro, your eyes don’t pick up on each individual hair strand like straight or curly hair. 4C hair, appears to be more undefined and cloud like, so attempting to draw each and every individual strand is unnecessary and will most likely end up looking inaccurate.

Anyways! that’s it for now! there will be a part 2 to this tutorial that will come out next week! i hope you guys have learned from this and apply it to your black character in your art!~

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“Most of what you think you know about Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is wrong.

This is the model that we all learned in psych 101 is wrong [image of Maslow’s pyramid is shown] where our basic physiological needs are at the bottom of the pyramid and achieving one’s full individual potential is at the apex.

What you may not have known is that Maslow spent 6 weeks with the Blackfoot First Nation in the summer of 1938. He learned about their worldview and the Blackfoot Tipi, appropriated and misrepresented their perspective to establish his own Maslow’s hierarchy, and then didn’t give them credit.

[Image of Maslow’s pyramid and Blackfoot tipi shown, described below]

According to the Blackfoot Tipi, self-actualization is at the bottom of the pyramid. In the middle we have belonging and community actualization, where people take care of each other and help each other with their basic needs. And at the top, we have cultural perpetuity, which is teaching each other how to live in harmony with the land and achieve community actualization through generations.

It makes so much sense, right? Taking care of oneself is not enough. We need to take care of each other and our community.

This is why we need to decolonize psychology.”

If anyone wants to learn more about this I suggest watching the late Narcisse Blood's interviews on Maslow and the influence of Blackfoot worldviews on his work thru the Blackfoot Digital Library, they're very in-depth

Eldon Yellowhorn also discusses Maslow and Blackfoot ways of knowing but I forget which interview it's in

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I hate that I have to do this but who doesn't. I'm in a serious pickle and I need rent and food for the next few months (about 800$ a month)

I'm a black trans femme with autism and I just lost my job with only one paycheck to my name. And it's not even enough to cover my rent for the upcoming month. I need to buy groceries, pay rent and bills. So I decided to open up EMERGENCY PAY WHAT YOU WANT ICON COMMISSIONS. This will be my only source of income for who knows how long until I get another job which isn't easy considering I have chronic health issues.

All payment is upfront. Please DM me if you're interested. I can draw about 5 icons a day if they're fully shades, even more for the lesser tiers. So I should be able to deliver fairly quickly.

I'm willing draw literally whatever (within reason) as long as it's a bust. Furries, you or your loved ones, fanart, etc.

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Elemental twin buns

This is so pretty😍

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Like, black people are now getting a wider platform in the film industry than ever before and I understand the need to “tell our stories”... but there are somethings that really shouldn’t be done.

I’m not saying “black film makers shouldn’t be allowed to kill the black characters cause we’re already dying out here in real life” but I just notice a pattern of glorification of the horrendous shit black people go through in these films being made and it’s very... lazy and evil....

If it’s not death it’s drugs. If not drugs it’s violence. If not violence its police brutality. If it’s not police brutality it’s something else that’s evil. In every film. In every tv show. And every time you walk into a movie theatre hoping to be entertained, you walk out either being traumatised or feeling like you’ve just witnessed a vision of the future in some way.

I understand funding is a issue and you have to do with what you have but come on!!!! I know I sometimes judge black tv shows and films harshly but it’s only because I know we have so many stories to tell and so much creativity... so I don’t understand why we continuously have to be show trauma, pain, struggle every fucking time.

Other than Black Panther, Friday and a few other black films, I’ve never really felt entertained or excited cause the moment I watch the trailer I already know something bad is gonna happen...

We mostly get slave, gang, and police brutality movies. Lee Daniel trauma movies and Tyler Perry traumadies. We need more than this.

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