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strangereader · 8 days

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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strangereader · 8 days

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heads up: this games charity bundle was finally approved on itch.io! it opens this friday, april 12th, and will run for a week. all proceeds will go to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund.

you can check out the bundle on itch.io and follow @vgforpalestine on twitter for more updates!

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strangereader · 2 months

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Genuinely one of the best things in fiction is letting a character have a real ugly cry. Get out of here with that ‘single silent tear’ bullshit, you cowards. I want the catharsis of an actual emotional breakdown! Make it noisy, make it wet and snotty and gross! Make it ugly and unfiltered and raw!

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strangereader · 2 months

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I love Alfred and Tim’s reaction to Dick and Bruce about to fight.

Comic: “Batman: Gotham Knights #1”

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strangereader · 2 months

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The gang tries Tik Tok

Red Robin: "We're vigilantes, of course we fall asleep at our day job."

Spoiler: "We're vigilantes, of course we have unresolved daddy issues."

Nightwing: "We're vigilantes, of course we put on a smile to hide the unfathomable trauma from the relentless horrors we see every day."

Red Robin: "Wait, no, that's not-"

[cut]

Signal: "We're Gotham vigilantes, of course we have a favorite Batburger meal."

Red Hood: "We're Gotham vigilantes, of course we have a favorite gargoyle."

Nightwing: "We're Gotham vigilantes, of course we have to exist outside of a system that is soulless and corrupt while barely making a dent in the abysmal crime rate."

Signal: "Dude."

[cut]

Oracle: "We're vigilantes, of course we know your passwords."

Robin: "We're vigilantes, of course we carry a backup sword."

Nightwing: "We're vigilantes, of course we spell it R-I-C without the K."

Oracle: "CUT."

#might have already reblogged this #I love Ric

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strangereader · 2 months

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I have a disorder that makes me want to headcanon every nonhuman character with the ability to purr regardless if it makes sense for their kind or not. It's called being right. With enough research i could justify a tree purring if i wanted to

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strangereader · 2 months

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This is correct

In my opinion, Bruce should be a bit above average height or at least average. But since he surrounds himself with demi-gods, aliens, meta humans, etc, he's just dwarfed next to them. Like maybe about 6'1 or 6'2, but that's NOTHING compared to Diana '7'3 feet tall' Prince. Or Clark '6'9' Kent.

All the tabloids claim he has to be at least 5 feet tall because the only photos they can get of him are when he's next to his giant ass friends.

It is also my personal headcannon that all the robins stay shorter than him, except Jason, who should be at least 4 inches taller.

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strangereader · 2 months

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me: haha oh god this is so bad im making so many unsupported claims and pulling all this analysis out of my ass

my prof in the margins: excellent analysis!

me:

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strangereader · 2 months

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video game characters who have both an iconic weapon AND their boyfriends attached to their belt ❤

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strangereader · 2 months

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So a free tool called GLAZE has been developed that allows artists to cloak their artwork so it can't be mimicked by AI art tools.

AI art bros are big mad about it.

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strangereader · 2 months

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Good morning. This might be my last message from the city of Rafah. The occupation [Israel] is carrying out crazy fire. Violent belts. As you’re hearing, there are helicopters. Planes and gunfire from the vehicles. There’s a complete invasion of the city.

We don’t know what is going on in Rafah. The place that the occupation [Israel] claimed to be safe. This is happening all of a sudden; the people didn’t go out. They didn’t do anything. More than thirty targets were hit in just minutes. People were asleep. We woke up to the bombing, to the shooting from the helicopters. It was horrifying. Unacceptable. This might be my last message. Please relay it to the world.

— Hazem, journalist residing in Rafah; 02.11.2024

Rafah was Palestinians’ very last safe zone. There is quite literally nowhere else left to go. And now it’s being bombed with airstrike after airstrike.

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strangereader · 2 months

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❗️IMPORTANT SITUATION ❗️

‼️Reblog/Repost‼️

Currently my mother, sister and I’s lives are in d@nger. Long story short, we moved into our mothers friends home (T for reference) in Sep 2023. Everything was fine, and I had my surgery in Oct 2023. Soon after in November (Thanksgiving) a switch flipped: He was upset/angered became my sister had complained of his cat’s hair on her clothes… that’s it! He flipped, and left (his own home, mind you).

Last month, he came late at night and terr*rized us, banging on the house/window’s and threatening to k*11 us all. He even told the officers who arrived on scene “This was going in their 💀!”

Not to mention he caused over $8,000 in damage to our car! (just bc we attempted to pay the cable bill 💀).

(SEE BELOW FOR 📸)

He lied to the courts and said we were served w/ eviction papers and whatnot, and made sure we missed the trial date by having the mail sent back (we all used the same PO box as T)

A few days ago, there were drones stalking the property itself late at night. It circled the skylights repeatedly, and was most likely him. That, and he’s driven by the property (more than we know I’m sure) yelling and beeping the car horn. Basically st@lking and thr3atening.

We’re really struggling now, even with filing everything through the courts. We managed to get a temp restraining order, but that doesn’t really save us from h@rm, even when he’s served. This man has no regard for his well-being, let alone ours.

It’s h*rting all 3 of us mentally, living in fear everyday. Stress is a major trigger for Crohn’s disease, and I had to be hospitalized for the evening bc the pain was so bad. I used to be in remission, but this’s just messing my body up even more. I was fine, even after surgery, till all this occurred.

The judge hasn’t ruled on our case yet, and I know that’s angered him even more. He won’t stop till someone gets hurt, himself included.

So please, we have about a week to leave:(Would’ve left earlier but he complicated things by concealing the court date, damaging our car, etc).

❕Any money would be used for expenses and a new place to live. We’ve had to stay in hotels since then out of fear, and it’s going to cost more to even rent a place these days.❕

Please consider donating, any amount helps greatly and is overwhelmingly appreciated! ↙️

https://cash.app/$SydneyT19

Thank you 🙏🏻

- Sydney (beloved-moony)

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