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“Tea in the Cotswolds” Michael Gray x Reader
Michael Gray x Reader
When Thomas has business with Archibald Wentworth, a prestigious delegate in the Cotswolds, Michael is tasked with occupying the man’s adult daughter - getting more acquainted than expected.
The Blinders had expanded their business - all the way to the Cotswolds, Tommy had taken John and Michael for the ride; leaving Arthur back in Birmingham as he didn’t find this the right environment for any sort of negative articulation to be breaking out; especially at Wentworth Family Manor.
The houses became progressively larger as the carriage rolled down the cobbled street, some with drives too large to be able to see the house it belonged to at all. But eventually, the vehicle came to a stop at the looming house; substantially larger than all others. In his head, the only similar build Michael had seen to this was Buckingham Palace - large and awe-inspiring enough to be the encasings to a proud museum, contents sacred and protected.
But potentially Michael’s imagination wasn’t too far from reality.
“Right,” Tommy began, eyes flicking between the two men whom had accompanied him. “Today is a very important meeting. And i need to leave a good impression on the Wentworth’s. So we leave our egos and our guns in the car.” John’s brows creased in confusion. “Leave our guns?” “They’re not dangerous. This is legal business; real estate - dabbling a bit in the illegal side of things but not enough go start a fight. Mr Wentworth is an extremely prestigious man, as is his wife and daughter.” He told them calmly. “I’ll talk with Mr Wentworth, John you’ll talk with his missus and explain what we do: nicely. Michael - I’ll leave you to get acquainted with his daughter, yn.” “You’re leaving me with the child?” He asked, confused. “Yn is twenty.”
They were welcomed into the home by several butlers, two to open the grand doors - three to take their caps and the others to lead the family to their guests. “Thomas Shelby.” They heard, and a dignified gentleman descended the stairs, an unnecessary cain in one hand, the other wrapped around his wife as they descended the central staircase to the visitors, a young lady trailing behind.
“Archibald Wentworth.” Thomas smiled at the man and nodded out of respect. The man walked up to him and shook each of their hands firmly. “How longs it been old chap?” He asked Thomas. “Too long, old friend.” Thomas replied, and they engaged in friendly conversation as neither had seen each other since their fathers dealt with similar business in their own youth. The elder woman approached John who kissed the back of her hand and she curtsied, him remaining respectful as their shared introductions. You however, approached Michael who looked back at you fondly. You curtsied to him and he bowed slightly. “It’s a pleasure Mr Gray.” You say, voice soft and unbroken. He took your hand and kissed the back of it gently. “All mine, Miss Wentworth.”
“And please, do call me Michael.” He told you, smiling gently. “Well in that case you’re compelled to call me Yn.” Michael studied your face; never in his twenty one years of existence had he seen such beauty before. Your skin was fair and undamaged - soft to the touch. Your nails were clean and manicured with a neutral colour. Your hair was cascading down by your ears, as if instructed to sit perfectly, framing your face. You eyes were innocent yet appeared all-knowing - your mouth formed into a graceful smile. And you carried yourself with such proper dignity; it was admirable.
“Yn my darling?” Your father spoke from beside him and you turned to face him on command - trained to do this. “Yes father?” “Please will you accompany Mister Gray into the living area? I’m sure you’ll both be quite comfortable in there.” You nodded once at the man. “Certainly, father.” “It was a pleasure to meet you gentleman, and see you again Mister Shelby.” You say to the other two, before leading Michael into the living area - which was nothing short of double the size of his childhood home.
“May i offer you some tea?” You ask, as you settle in the room. “That’d be lovely, thank you.” You nod as the maid by the for stepped out to grab tea. “Normally I’d make it myself, however it is improper to leave your company unaccompanied.” You joke and he laughs in response. Soon, the tea arrived and you served it for Michael, who took the cup and saucer thoughtfully and nodded in thanks.
“It’s a lovely home you have.” You smile up at him. “Thank you, I’m sure my father works tirelessly to afford it.” “You’ve no job?” He asked, awaiting the words that he was utterly and totally in love with you. “No, I’m trained in etiquette - to be polite, to cook and to clean.” Michael listened to you thoughtfully. “So you’re kept awfully busy then?” You nod. “Busy however I don’t mind it, I get to live in this glorious building with a loving family and life skills. What more could a girl want?” You confirm and he was sure his eyes were forming hearts.
“And I’m sure you have quite the line of suitors with your beauty.” You giggled but tried to compose yourself. “No sir.” His eyes widened in mock surprise. “Surely you’re already married, how has a man not captivated a lady such as yourself. I’d do it myself if it wasn’t for the line of men ahead of me.” You looked down, blushing, before looking back up at Michael. “There is no line and there are no suitors. It is simply me, myself and I.” You tell him.
“And you Michael? Have you a wife?” You asked, batting your eyelids. “No, in your words it is simply… ‘me, myself and I’.” “And what business do you do yourself, Mr Gray?” You ask. “That is not the sort of information for a lady’s ears. It is not good business.” He almost scolds and you nod. “Oh I understand, my father is not too dissimilar. Staying safe in your business, I hope?” He basked in the way you simply understood, didn’t pry. “Not quite.” He said, raising an eyebrow. He rolled up his left sleeve slightly and you gasped. “Oh you poor man,” you say. “You must treat these with oil, that way they shall heal better.” You scold, touching his skin gently. “Well if you were my wife you could sort it out for me.” “Oh certainly Michael, I wouldn’t allow you to come home damaged as such without properly patching you up.” You say, seriousness written all over your facial features.
“And what do you do with the rest of your time, this afternoon per se?” He ponders, sipping his tea. “Well as you said yourself I’m quite a busy person regardless of what I occupy my time with.” You peer down at the dainty wristwatch wrapped around your wrist, Michael estimated the small device at a hefty sum. “At two o’clock I have etiquette lessons.” You say “and at three?” “At three I read in my library” “how about four?” “At four I have a date.” His face dropped. “A date? With who?” “William Wordsworth.” You giggled at his expression which sighed a breath of relief. “Oh I see, she lives the poems she could not write.” He says, quoting the famed poet. “More like she writes the poems she could not live.” You reply, and Michael notices a longing stare as you probably imagine the life you would have, if not the heir to an infamous delegate.
“And no man has yet compared me to a summers day.” You admit. “You have not yet met your Shakespeare.” You smile, enjoying how he understood your references. “Nor my Victor Hugo” “ah but you have not yet died so nobody may quote ‘Demain, dès l’aube’.” He spoke matter-of-factly. “For I am always the poet, never the poem.” You speak; in words of your own. And Michael cannot stop himself from reaching up with his free hand to caress the soft skin of your cheek gently. “It is impossible. How can a man write anything short of a novel about a maiden so fair?” He question, and you find yourself absentmindedly leaning into his light touch.
“You’re a charmer, Mr Gray” you speak, voice barely above whisper “I’m no charmer, just a man who knows what he wants” he leans to whisper in your ear “is it working?” He meets your eyes with a cheeky grin on his face. “Certainly.” You both finished your tea and the trolley was taken away, miscellaneous chatter arising from each of your lips.
“Madam?” A voice squeaked from the door behind you both. You spun on a pivot to look at the young maid by the entrance. “Yes Beth?” “Mister Wentworth has requested you and Mister Gray return to the foyer” she said, avoiding your stare. “Thank you Beth, we shall be there shortly.” The woman nodded before clicking the door shut behind you to allow you to make your own way there along with the company. Michael’s face contorted: annoyed, but relaxed it when you faced back to him.
“I believe it is time for us to depart.” You tell him. “When may I see you again?” He asks, holding your hands in his own. “Whenever you wish, Mister Gray; should my father allow.” You tell him, before slowly leading him back to where you originally met. There, the rest of the men along with your parents stood as you’d left them - engaged in unwavering chatter. “Ah, Mister Gray - treated well I hope?” Your father asks and Michael nods at the man. “Certainly.”
After some goodbyes and a hug for your father’s old friend Thomas, Michael smirked at you and kissed the back of your hand and whispered promises that you shall meet again.
The men walked back to the car in silence, Thomas lighting a cigarette once inside. “How’d you like her?” He asked, eyeing Michael before nicotine smoke billowed from his lips. “She’s a lovely young lady.” Michael tore his eyes away from his cousin and back to the house, hoping to catch a glimpse of you as you drove away; but to no avail.
“She’s a gentle lass. Innocent and proper.” Thomas continued and Michael squinted at him, wondering what the man was getting at. “Doesn’t need corrupting.” “I know that Tommy, what you on about?” “We’ve come to a business agreement with Archibald Wentworth. They in exchange for protection and a good deal of Shelby business, his daughter would marry a gentleman.” Thomas stubbed the last bud out on the leather of the car. “I trust you can fit that role?”
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My dearest Lumi,
Firstly, I want to congratulate you on your follower milestone. You exude talent and grace and I am beyond grateful that you’ve chosen to share your gift of writing with the world. You deserve every ounce of praise.
Secondly, I’d like to put in a request for said follower milestone. I would love if you’d write something for my favorite little lovable pot wash. His presence in Alford Plea makes me smile in abundance and he fills me with immeasurable joy. I have wracked my brain for like three days and just can’t come up with a solid premise so I’m leaving this one up to dealers choice.
You’re the best 💕
No solid premise? No problem! Here’s some softness for our little lovable pot wash 🤍🤍🤍
(Written for the follower milestone!)
He works in one of the best restaurants in the city, which is as fantastic as it is annoying, because it means that you hardly ever see Johnny at normal hours. His shifts can start at half seven in the morning or two in the afternoon, and they’ve easily gone on for fourteen hours some days. It’s not entirely unusual for you to be pulled out of deep sleep for a minute or two almost every other night—you’ll hear him try his best to be quiet sneak into your shared flat at and you’ll sleepily wonder if he’ll stick around the next morning long enough for you to make him some coffee or have breakfast together.
And, of course, when he’s not working or sleeping, he’s studying.
Your flatmate’s biggest and most well-kept secret is his university degree, one he’s determined to see through while he continues to work. You wonder how he isn’t closer to burn-out, but you know him. You’ve known him for a long time.
He’s one of the hardest working people you know, the most cheerful, the life of the party, radiant and glowing, both inside and out, and you love him you love him you love him—
The front door clicks quietly shut and then—“Bonnie?”— and you smile.
“In here,” you call out, and hop off the couch to grab him a beer. He meets you halfway—when you close the fridge door, his goofy smile greets you—and oh. The man makes your heart flutter, even after all this time. Especially after all this time. “Hi,” you whisper, not wanting to break the spell of the moment. “Alright?”
“Better now,” he says, smiling. In a few fluid moments, he’s taken the bottle of beer in his hands, used his teeth to open it like the complete savage that he is, lifted you up and set you on the counter. “So much better now.” The words are muffled on account of his face being buried in your neck, arms naturally going around you.
The actual time Johnny can spend with you feels like it comes in peaks and troughs, but never his affection—you’re always spoiled in that regard.
You’ve never bothered labelling this thing you have with him because you don’t need to. You share the lease of your flat, just as much as you share the good and the bad of your lives. He’s your best friend, your flatmate, your confidant, your pillar of support, just as much as you’re his bonnie, his emergency contact, his mother’s favourite, his his his.
“Mmpf—smell nice,” he murmurs (the words muffled against your skin make you shudder and you feel goosebumps along the length of your arms, but Johnny never notices). Only when he pushes away from you do you get your first proper look at him.
He looks tired, so so exhausted, but even then, nothing can hide the fact that he glows. His eyes are melted lazulite under the dim kitchen lights, all the colours of the bright blue sea melted into one. They hold you captive, and you almost miss his tired babbling.
“...knew it was gonna happen, but right now? Been just months, wasnae expectin’ it, hen!”
“Wait, what?”
“What?”
You roll your eyes and try to get him to repeat himself. “What weren’t you expecting, what happened?”
Your words make him roll his eyes mockingly, and he boops your nose lightly. “You weren’t listenin,’ bonnie? Simon. The mad lad’s only gone and married his lass!”
“WHAT?” Your brows kiss your hairline in shock, and you’re left gaping at him. “Seriously?”
“Seriously! Saw her rock on her finger today, massive thing!” He shakes his head with a smile, and you know it’s in fondness for Simon and his new wife. “Said Simon wasnae havin’ her hide it anymore.”
“God! Married! It’s so…grown up?”
“Suppose so, bonnie. Nice, though.” He pushes himself away from you and chugs half the bottle of beer you’d given him. “Debrief on the couch?”
“Yes, please,” you groan and jump off the counter, massaging your buttocks.
You follow him outside and he plops on to the couch, but there’s no sign of his usual routine of turning the telly on for some football. You watch as he puts his beer on the coffee table (completely ignoring the coaster, of course) and leans his head back against the couch, looking deep in thought.
Johnny looks beautiful in that angle, you think—broad shoulders leaning all the way back, his neck exposed and looking ripe for your mouth, your tongue on his skin. You watch in a daze as he brings his hands up to rub his eyes with his palms, then stretches lightly and relaxes. “Come sit wi’ me, bonnie,” he says, without opening his eyes, and you’re walking towards him without even registering the fact.
He draws you in effortlessly, and each time, you fall into his orbit without even the pretence of resistance.
“It…bothers you? The fact that Simon’s married now, like a real adult?” You busy yourself, looking anywhere but him, mindlessly moving his beer onto the coaster.
“Naw, bonnie…no, it doesnae bother me. I just…dunno, just bein’ a twat.”
“Maybe,” you say without preamble. “You’re not…jealous?”
“Shit. Maybe ah am,” he concedes. “Dunno, it’s never bothered me like so before.” He turns to you with a sceptical look in his eyes. “Ye don’t want it?”
“Marriage?”
“Aye. That and…to fall in love.”
Ah. Your mind thumbs through the collection of moments you’ve felt over the years—moments where you’d been so sure that you’d crumble before him, beg him to feel about you the way you felt about him. The memories flip in your consciousness painfully until you have a measured response for him. One that doesn’t give you away.
“Doesn’t everyone?” you whisper.
“Aye, of course. But it’s different. Girls are supposed to want it more?” He says the words with a mischievous grin, and you have to scoff at the obvious attempt to rile you up.
“That’s very feminist of you.”
“Just saying’ what ah’ve heard!”
“And yet, you’re the one bitching about it, John.”
“John?! Ach, bonnie, you cannae call me that!” he says in mock-horror, hand reaching up to grasp at his chest. And then he smiles at you again, sincere and full of light and so, so him, that you return in, almost involuntarily. “Ah’m happy for him, of course. He’s happy. In love. Happy.”
You laugh out loud before you can help it and take a second to notice his glare. “Sorry, sorry!” you wheeze, sounding decidedly not sorry. “You sounded like you wanted to fuck him there, for a second, I’m sorry!”
“Aye well, he’s handsome, no? I’d go fo’ him!”
“...yeah.” You sigh dreamily as you think about Johnny’s boss—tall and handsome, with arms the size of trucks—and the appeal is obvious. You’ve met Simon several times over the years, and he’s only ever shown you respect and polite interest. He’s not exactly your type, but even you can’t turn your nose up at a man that looks like Simon does.
“Okay, that’s enough daydreamin,’ brat!” Johnny laughs, knocking into your shoulder with his own. “Lustin’ after a married man.” He shakes his head dramatically. “Yer shameful.”
“Nah. I’m happy for him too! And…you needn’t be upset about this, Johnny—”
“I’m no’ upset at all—”
“I know.” You put your hands up in surrender. “You can be happy for your friend, and for Simon, and you can want it for yourself too. Nothing wrong with that.” You try to keep your voice calm, but understanding. After all, you know all too well the feelings of both, coveting and being happy for your friend.
“Guess not. N’ these things take time, do they not? It’ll happen?”
“It’ll happen,” you confirm. “Just need to find the right person and feel the right feelings for them.”
“Gosh, this conversation’s makin’ me miserable! Hate bein’ single, y’know? S’not good for me.” He leans against the backrest again, and turns his head just so he can look at you. “We’re both single at the same time in a long time, bonnie. Ye realised that yet?”
“Shit. Yeah, you’re right! Wow. I hadn’t realised that!” In fact, you hadn’t stopped thinking about it.
“We oughta do somethin’ abou’ it?”
You hope to god your laugh only sounds nervous to your own ears, and that you don’t like a character in a Sunday morning cartoon with your shifty eyes that don’t dare stray in the direction of Johnny’s face. “How about, tomorrow, I pick you up after your shift and buy you a drink? We’ll even stop at that nasty chicken shop you like after. So you can’t complain that I don’t do anything nice for you!”
His eyes melt, and you along with them. “Thank ye, bonnie.”
“Always.”
You can’t help but smile when his eyes radiate pure happiness at your words. It takes so little to make Johnny happy and you want to spend a lifetime doing it. So lost are you in the thought, that you don’t notice the twitch in the muscles of his forearm at the look on your face, how his fingers tremble as they cup your cheek. When he kisses your forehead gratefully and leans away from you, you don’t hear his heart speed up or his shaky exhale, don’t feel his clammy palms.
“And you’ve ne’er felt it, eh? The right feelin’ for the right person?” he quotes you.
“No,” you lie. I love you. “You?”
“No,” he lies. “But…maybe someday, eh?”
“Maybe someday,” you agree, easily.
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Graduating Law Student Transformed Into A Skinboi
It’s the culmination of several months hard work; yet I can chalk up another successful transformation.
As you look at him now, you don’t need me to tell you there’s no way back to the life he once imagined. I have taken away everything he used to be and I have remade him into what will be more appropriate life for him to lead.
You can see the total adulation, respect and appreciation for what I have turned him into. He knows he’s a skinhead now, no questions, no dissent, no complaints, no regrets - just a proud skinhead.
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Let me tell you just a little about who I am. I’m a gay skinhead in my late forties, living in a nondescript English town in the Midlands. I’ve been one since my early teens. As a young teen in the Eighties I’d hang out with skins in their late teens/early twenties who used to incentivise me to encourage my classmates to become new members of ‘their skinhead gang’. With any money they’d get from work, whether that was stacking shelves, apprenticeships, or learning a trade, they’d buy stuff like ciggies, lager and cider, on occasions, even tickets to the footy and offer these things around as ‘rewards’ to new lads.
And it worked. Word got around that you could do cool things when you became ‘one of us’. We looked out for one another, and if any of the members got into ‘trouble’ we’d be right there with them. There were what could be described of as ‘terms and conditions’ for members to comply with: DMs (black or oxblood) had to be worn in and out of school, 10 hole, preferably and with coloured laces. Outside it was boots plus black or red Harrington (Crombies were also allowed) over a Fred Perry top along with tight, shortened jeans and heads shaved as short as they could get away with. ‘Start ‘em young and keep them for life’ was our mantra.
Enough of the past, so back to the present.
I had been planning my next project. I had three potential ‘candidates’ to choose from; two would be left to carry on blissfully unaware how close they came to being transformed. One ‘fortunate’ lad would be taken by me and given a completely new life.
Some weeks ago I was in a coffee shop when one of potential lads I’d been tracking entered looking rather flustered. It was a perfect opportunity to take a good look at him. “Around twenty, height five ten, maybe five eleven, footballer’s build, dressed in a sharp looking suit - must care about his appearance - hmmm that bodes well for his future life”. The great thing about making coffees to order is that I was able to more fully assess this candidate - and I liked what I had seen. Eventually he got what he came for - four coffees in one of those egg box-like cardboard trays - and left. I decided this lad would probably be my preferred choice.
To confirm this I followed him discreetly all the way to the five floor building, which happened to be the offices of a law firm. He was way too young looking to be a qualified lawyer, so I concluded he was possibly still in law school, combining his studies with some ‘on-the-job’ work. If I step in, I could save him from a life of tediousness: of clock watching, pen pushing, keyboard strokes and general stress. I’d give him a simpler life as a skinhead. He would be waving goodbye to the potential of a five bedroom house, Mercedes and Rolex, but he’d have a proper job. He’d have proper mates and would live a modest life. A skinhead life. Yes, I decided there and then - this lad was the one.
For the next few weeks I tracked all his moves. Where he went, who (if anyone) he met with, what modes of transport he used and most importantly the hours he put in studying and working.
Two days a week he was not in law school. On those days he would leave his digs around 7:40am, walk to the end of the road and wait for the number 17 bus, which would turn up about ten to eight. Traffic depending, the journey to the main bus station took 25 minutes. He would walk from there to the office, some days stopping at McDonalds to get breakfast, sometimes not. Regardless, he would always get to the office for 8:30.
The end of the day was different and seemed less structured. The lad must have been focussed on his future career because I would see an exodus from the building around 5:30pm, but he was never part of that ‘first wave’ in fact he never emerged before 6 and sometimes it was almost 7 before he’d walk out of the main entrance. When he did leave, like most of his generation, he’s be focussed on his phone, distracted from what was going on around him. At that time of the evening the area was pretty much deserted. As this lad was going to be my next project I needed to see what he did after work. So, like a shadow I followed his movements at night.
I discovered that he didn’t have that many friends. A couple of random nights he’d go to the Pure Gym which was just on the edge of the town centre. sometimes he’d be accompanied but mostly he went there on his own. At the weekend he didn’t seem to do much. Occasionally I’d note him board the bus into town, returning several hours later with one or two shopping bags from places like JD Sports, Hollister or Flannels. I didn’t see him go into a pub or bar, nor did I see him smoke but that would all change when I’d finished with his transformation.
I had all the knowledge about his movements but the next question on my mind was how to capture the lad and how to get him back here without causing too much commotion. I started mulling things over, a thought jumped into my head. My mate Mal has a 1997 Ford Transit van that he says I can use whenever I need to. Perhaps I could use the van as a distraction. I finished putting my plan together and decided on next Tuesday (one of the days he always attended the office) would be the day when the lad would become my boi.
I’d need to get him a few bits to wear. From previous projects I had become pretty good a sizing a lad. I wouldn’t know his shoe size but I’d take a guess. Back home I fired up my laptop to see how quickly I could get stuff. I logged into eBay first and found most of what I needed. I selected the ‘buy now’ option to make sure it could be delivered in time for my new guest to ‘arrive’.
So I had his clobber on order - Tuesday couldn’t come around soon enough.
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Tuesday night came along and I’d parked Mal’s van on the same street as the law firm about twenty or thirty yards along from the entrance so any security cameras or nosy security guards couldn’t see what was going to conspire.
I checked the time, 5:15pm. Good I was pretty confident I’d be ready for when he emerged from the building after all his colleagues had left.
It got to 5:30 - suddenly there was an exodus of dozens and dozens people. I watched out for him looking in my wing mirrors. Good, as predicted the lad wasn’t one of them. When the rush had died down I needed to time my next move carefully. It was 6:15 and no one had emerged from the building for over a quarter of an hour. I made my move. I pulled the lever, which opened the bonnet on Mal’s van. My pretext for getting into conversation with the lad would be that I was having trouble with the engine and I needed to stand in front of the van whilst someone turned the key. That was something anyone could do.
Sure enough just before half past, the lad emerged with a ruck sack on his back. I’d been standing by the wall looking like I was waiting for a breakdown service to attend to me, but I wasn’t.
I called out to the lad, who as I had seen countless times was looking down at his phone, "Oi mate - I’m 'avin a bit of trouble, can you help?”
The lad looked up, “Erm me, you need a hand?"” he queried
“I’d appreciate it, my van’s playing up and I can’t get hold of the breakdown service. If you could spare me two minutes, I might be able to get it going.”
He looked around and then said “Sure, but I’m not sure I can do any good. I don’t know anything about van mechanics.”
He must have been surprised to see the way I was dressed - DM's. bleached jeans, olive green bomber jacket and beanie hat covering my shaved head.
He cautiously walked towards me, everything was going to plan.
“Don’t worry lad, I’ll take care of the engine. All I need you to do is jump behind the wheel and turn the key but not before I tell you to, okay?”
The lad simply nodded and climbed into the van.
I spent a few moments checking the engine, an engine that in truth was working perfectly. I had pulled the distributor wire, so I knew nothing would happen when the key was turned. Timing was of the essence, because you really can drain the battery if you continuously try to start a van disabled in this fashion.
I spoke to the lad, “nothing appears out of place - go on and turn the key. The engine kind of turned over, but stalled and died. “Shit”.
I kept the charade going for several minutes. Spending a minute or two between each key-turn pretending to fiddle with the engine and then telling the lad to turn the key, knowing it wouldn’t start.
With a frustrated look on my face I came round to the driver’s door and said, “I think I’m going try call the breakdown service again and hope they can get to me tonight” He just kind of nodded at me as I rubbed my hands briskly. “Before I do there’s one more thing I’m going to try that I need your help with,” and before he could reply I continued to speak, “It’s a bit parky this evening. D'you fancy a drink? I got a flask of coffee in the back.”
There was a risk that he would decline the offer, but I’d got him invested in my problem so he simply nodded.
“C'mon then"
The lad jumped out of the drivers seat and followed me round to the back of the van. I got the flask out and poured me some coffee onto two plastic cups. I lifted the cup to my mouth and held it there as I watched the naive lad take a sip "That's it mate - drink it all down"
“It’s really nice,” he told me, so I poured some out another cup. He took a few gulps more, then the cup fell out of his hand.
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The lad knew nothing more until he came around later tied to a chair. At first he didn’t know what had happened only that he had a blinding headache. As he became more conscious he could see there was someone sitting across the room from him. He became lucid enough to realise it was me, the same skinhead with the broken down van that asked him for help. The same skinhead with a lit cigarette in my mouth. The lad then realised all his clothes with the exception of his underwear had been removed. He was also fully aware of the ropes that were restraining him. He started to struggle and started to hurl verbal abuse at me. I was mildly surprised; I thought a trainee lawyer might have had a better grasp of English.
I said nothing, I stood up walked over to the lad and stuffed a dirty football sock in his mouth. “That’ll stop you making too much noise. It’s late, I’m going to bed. You’re my ‘guest’ for as long as I want to keep you, g'night”
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The next morning, the lad was woken by cold water being thrown in has face.
I left the room and came back with a pair of clippers. The lad’s eyes widened, I could see him begin to panic. A muffled "no" came from his sock-filled mouth. The cold teeth of the clippers slid across the middle of his head from forehead to crown, the first clump of hair slipped onto the floor. The lad started to struggle so I said “if you struggle you will get cut now that’s fine with me but you might not like it”. My grip changing aggressively as I worked around his head moving front to back, and all around the sides. I rubbed all over his head, happy with my work I turned the clippers off. The lad now had a zero crop. I walked into the bathroom and returned with a bowl and shaving kit.
I put down a bowl of warm water, can of shaving foam and an old fashioned razor. Again, he started to struggle against his bonds. He was saying something but I just ignored and started wetting his stubble, after-which I worked the shaving foam into his stubbly scalp. Then, more for effect than anything else, I picked up a cut-throat razor. Once again I explained that if the lad didn’t keep still he might lose a lot of blood before he was finished. This time the lad was motionless. I have to say for the duration of his head shave, he really didn’t move a muscle.
The last stroke of the razor was the longest and the best. I wrapped his head in a towel to remove the last bit of foam. Then drizzled some balm and messaged it into my freshly shaved scalp. I took the bowl and stuff back into the bathroom. Happy with my work I sat down on a chair across the room from him. “Now, let explain what is happening to you. First, I’m only going to release you if you accept these rules. You will not speak unless spoken to. You will not move unless I tell you to. You will do what I say without question. From now on until I tell you otherwise you call me Boss. Do you accept these rules boi?” He just nodded - I’m pretty sure he’d agree to anything just to get the stale sock out of his mouth. I carried on setting out the rules, “I’m warning you now, disobey me and you will again be restrained on that chair and you will also get a severe punishment is that clear?”
Forlorn looking he nodded again.
“Now listen to me. Your old life is over. You have been chosen by me to become a skinhead. I will turn you into a proud skinhead, eventually you will be inked and then pierced to my specification but in the meantime you are going wear skin gear.” Today you begin a new life with me. Now, the first thing I need is your signature on a few pieces of paper…you know just to make everything legal”. I handed the lad a pen but he didn’t take it straight away, “now I’ve told you there is an easy way with you accepting the new life I’m offering you or we can do it the hard way. It doesn’t bother me - now sign the documents or you’re going to take one hell of a beating.” Reluctantly the lad took the pen I was holding and signed his name on the papers and handed them back to me. [The signed papers would give notice on his rented flat, would inform his lecturers that he was quitting law school and he was resigning from his placement at the law firm].
I wheeled a mirror into the room so he could see his denuded head. “You look like a man now and I bet you feel better don’t you?” Not knowing what else to do, he simply nodded back. I reinforced my previous statement of intent, “so you’re my new project boi and when the time comes to leave me you will leave as a skinhead. A booted, inked and pierced skinhead, living by the skin code.” I finished my monologue and left the room to go make myself a drink and so that he could mull over what I’d just told him.
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I came back into the room about half an hour later. “It’s time to begin boi.” Pointing over at five pairs of black boots with different coloured laces I told him the first lesson will be how to look after your boots.
In my hand I had some black polish, what he realised was the work shirt he’d been wearing and a shoe brush. I dropped them by his feet and said “ok boi get over here and start shining the boots”. Understanding the previous warning I’d given him, there was no way out of this. He stood up from the chair walked over to where the boots were lined up. He timidly asked me “which ones Boss?” I was pleased he called me Boss without any prompting, ”all of them,” I responded. “Start with the ones in the middle, the ones with the white laces boi.”
He picked up the boots I’d instructed him. He opened the tin and dipped the rag into the black polish. He spent the next few hours shining all five pairs of boots. Every time he looked up to say he was finished, i would shake my head and give him a slap.
Now I know a thing about retraining lads, especially lads from good homes who tend to have a natural obedience because of their upbringing. I carefully balance the use of ‘fear of pain’ and ‘reward’. So long as the boi lives in fear of me and the pain I could inflict upon him, I can focus him on being rewarded for complying with my orders.
I looked at him, totally focussed on the boots. I thought about what might have been for the boi if I hadn’t decided to take him under my wing, I’m pretty sure that in his head he had his life mapped out ahead of him - someday becoming a partner in a law firm earning three-maybe four hundred thousand a year, marrying and having two or three kids. I step in and disrupt that to give him a new purpose, a more worthwhile purpose and a the opportunity to work in a proper job. Perhaps as a labourer, a refuse collector, joiner’s apprentice - who knows? What I do know is that he never, ever thought of being a skinhead; but soon he won’t be able to imagine life as anything else.
In all it took four hours of polishing the five pairs of boots before I said, “that’s enough for a first effort. You have one more pair to do later, they’re the ones you’ll be wearing!” I could see him shudder. “Now let’s get you dressed proper.”
I handed him a black Fred Perry shirt with yellow trim. “Put it on boi.”
He took it without questioning me, “yes, Boss.” He slipped the black polo over his body, I’d guessed the right size because it fitted perfectly. Next I told him that skinheads didn’t wear ‘poncy’ underwear, they go commando or wear a jock. “You are going to wear a jock and in time you’ll find out why.” I grinned, he had no idea about that devious part of my plan. I passed it to him and he looked at it - clearly he’d never worn one to play sport. “Take yer pants off, throw ‘em over there and put that on.” I remember he turned a shade of crimson. “Look boi, you ain’t got anything different to me, just get to it.” He saw me ball my fist, so he dithered no more and put the jock on.
You’ll wear that day after day untilI tell you to take it off. Next I told him to get the white football socks and put them on. Now for your bleachers. They’re gonna feel tight but that’s the way they are meant to be. This was the part I was looking forward - seeing the boi in tight bleachers, which I’d had cut so they barely went over the knee. And him seeing himself shaved and wearing skin gear for the first time.
I watch him stand up to pull them on. They were very tight and left nothing to the imagination. He told he felt they were too tight and felt weirdly short. I told him it’s how they are supposed to be. He was about to sit down when I told him to stay standing. I walked over to him and attached a pair of yellow braces to the waist of his bleachers at the back, over his shoulders and clipped them to the front.
“Nice - you’re looking the part boi,. but there’s something missing...”
“Are you going to make me wear a pair of those boots?”
“Haven’t you forgotten a word boi?” I clenched my fist again.
“Sorry....I mean BoSS, are you going to make me wear boots BoSS?”
“No, you have to earn the right to wear your boots, boi”
Pointing over to the wall, I instructed him to look at himself in the mirror. I told him he was well into his journey to becoming a skinhead.
I was surprised to see a bulge growing in his bleachers. “Interesting”, I thought. I felt that things were progressing at the right pace. I turned and left the room, leaving the lad to his thoughts.
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Breaking down a lad and rebuilding him as a boi in the desired image isn’t easy. If he was going to be a skinhead, he would have to behave like a skinhead and to believe there was no other way. To do this I ordered him to shave his head with foam and a razor every single morning. He would have to wait for me to inspect his work, only when I was satisfied would I allow him to get dressed. He would spend his day looking like a skin: wearing bleachers, Fred Perry, braces and football socks.
He still wasn’t allowed to wear boots. My goal was for him to learn the importance of boots to a skinhead: a highly visible sign that the wearer doesn’t give a shit about what anyone else thinks of them, they look menacing, and says ‘don’t mess with me’ because if you do, you’ll be the loser. I wanted him to beg me to wear the boots I’d got him, and I knew it would only be a matter of time until he was begging for permission to be booted. Until then on the occasions when we needed to go out, I made him out on some old workie overalls and on his feet he’d wear a pair of cheap and nasty black canvas plimsoles (remember the ones you might have worn in school?).
I didn’t know what his orientation was. In doing my research I’d not seen any evidence of girlfriend, or a boyfriend for that matter. I guessed that he might be so focussed on career, that he had suppressed any sexual urges or thought he’d wait ‘till the right person came along; then marry and have kids. Well, I had other plans. I wanted a boi to have ‘fun’ with and when I decided the time would come to let him leave he’d have absolutely no interest in women and he’d be looking for a skinhead partner or follow in my footsteps, finding ‘a lost sheep’ to convert into a proud gay skinhead, swelling the skinhead ranks.
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I returned to the room, “ok boi get over here.” He walked over towards me. “It’s time for you next lesson boi, you’re going to learn the art of bootlicking; you’re going to worship my boots. Boots are going to be the focus of your world and you don’t stop till I say. Get to it and I want to feel your tongue pressing hard.” Every so often I’d say “stop” and the boi would think he had done, but it was just to allow me to get a drink or go to the loo. I’d return and tell the lad to continue. I wanted him to get used to the position, being subservient (for the time being) and fully compliant with my instructions. Growing to love the taste of the leather, eventually becoming addicted to it. “Good boi”, I’d say every so often.
After a couple of hours of kneeling at my boots I told him, “that’s enough for a first effort now start on the other one”. The boi’s shoulders dropped but he did not say a word just started on the my other boot. After two more hours of bootlicking I allowed the lad to take a break. I got him some food but I made him eat it sitting on the floor by my boots.
The routine created for my new skinboi was expedited day after day. I would wake him at 6am in order for him to shave his head. I’d check the shave was to my satisfaction. Then he’d dress: black Fred Perry shirt, white football socks, bleachers, white braces. Then it would be down to work polishing all the boots in the morning, worshiping my boots in the afternoon and sometimes going outside with me dressed in full skin-gear and him in workie overalls and plimsoles. The monotony and repetition was wiping away his old life, soon all he would know is being a skinhead.
I also introduced him to the ‘joys’ that only a man can give another man. "Boi, Get over here, and get down on your knees." I watched my boi nervously get down on his knees. I grabbed the back of his head and pulled him forward so his face was in my crotch. I held him there so he can revel in the joys of his Boss’ scent. After a few minutes I told him to unbutton my bleachers. He was reluctant at first, but I was insistent. He knew I could meter a severe punishment, so using his fingers in he starts undoing the buttons, one by one. He looked up into his eyes knowing what was about to ensue. He opened his mouth to speak, but I said, "Ssh.. boi.. this is a necessary part of your training." He takes hold of my waistline and pulls down my bleachers, forcing my jock down too. He doesn’t break eye contact with me as my tumescent manhood strikes him on the chin. My balls are big and hang low. All he can do is stare. I’m pretty lucky, at least 8 inches long, and thick enough that his hand will be able to wrap around it, but only just.
With my hand still on the back of my head, I say to him “open up boi.” He hesitates, but seeing the expression on my face, he complies. I know he’s scared about what is going to happen. He was probably thinking about that ‘normal’ life of wife, kids and career. But looking at him, I can see there is some level of arousal. I now enter his now willing mouth. The underside of my manhood rubs against the top of his tongue as he lets it rest in his mouth for a few seconds. I pull his head forward so I can force myself deeper into his throat. It's half way in before he gags on its length. Laughing, I pull out, "Pretty big eh? Don't worry. We'll work on that.” I put it back in his mouth and he begins sucking again. It isn't long before I notice how turned on he is by all of this. Something must have clicked in his mind. Perhaps he wasn’t sure of his sexuality. Perhaps he was naturally submissive and was finally responding to the changes I was making to him. I’ll never really know. He is now sucking with vigour; even trying his hardest to take me in his throat and make his Boss happy.
"What a good boi. You like sucking your Boss’ dick don't you?"
He nodded. I could tell from looking into his eyes he was happy he was making his Boss happy. I smiled, “you’re going to be getting as lot of practice from now on boi. In fact when you finally leave, you’ll have no interest in women anymore - that’s if you had any in the first place. A skinhead like you is going to be into real blokes, who love aggro, sp[it, piss and hard sex. Now get up.”
I stand him up, turn him around, and walk him over to the sofa. “Strip,” I order. He hesitates for a moment, but seeing the expression on my face, he obediently takes off his Fred Perry, drops his bleachers, and pulls down his jock. What i assume to be his untouched hole is fully now exposed to me. I lean him into the sofa, putting his knees up on the cushions and face into the backrest. As I stand behind him I’m pretty sure he can feel something rubbing on his bum cheeks. I’m pretty sure he knows what it is. My hands are exploring his arse, rubbing and massaging all over.
Then I do something he wouldn’t be expecting. I lean forward and bury my face in his arse. I’m ravishing his hole with my tongue, and I know he will have never had a feeling like this before. He’s now moaning into the cushions as my tongue explores my hole. Satisfied with my work I pull back. I hear a squeak of disappointment, but it doesn't last long. The next noise that emanates from the lad is a ‘yelp’ in response to me sliding a finger into his wet boi hole. His bum clenches as I slide my finger in and out.
“How does that feel boi?”
Breathlessly he responds, “it feels amazing. Don’t stop. Please.”
I reach around him and start jerking him off my, using the precum leaking out of the head I keep a steady pace in order to distract him from what I’m about to do. I insert another finger into his hole, then a third. I know he could have never dreamed about the pleasure he’s experiencing at this point. I kept this up for ten, twenty, maybe thirty minutes - I can’t remember. When I gauged that he was almost at the point of no return I asked him a question.
"Are you ready for me to finally mark you as mine, boi?
At this point I knew he didn’t want this ‘world of pleasure’ I was giving him to end, so he vigorously nodded .
“Do you want to screw your tight little virgin boi hole? Speak."
"Please. Yes. I need your cock. Please take my boi hole," he whimpers.
I rub the head of my cock against his hole. His hands reach behind him and with both hands he pulls his cheeks apart giving me full access. Slowly, I push forwards applying pressure on his hole. Then, the pop. I’m in.
He yelps, “ow, ow, it hurts, no! He tries to rise up. But then I place a hand on his back, forcing him down.
"Shh.. boi..give it time, The pain will go - you'll learn to love it"
I keep the head of my hard pole in his hole for a few seconds without moving it to get him accustomed to it. Very slowly I start to move back and forth. I’m very steadily stretching his hole more and more. But then I notice a change in the noises he’s making.
I spoke up, “see boi, that initial pain begins to get replaced. Replaced by this, full feeling and eventually that makes way for an unbelievable pleasure. A pleasure only a man can give you.” I rock back and forth, putting more of my cock into his tight arse, When I pull back he’s started to push back; he’s moaning each time more is pushed inside him, until finally I feel my sack up against his arse.
"You like that boi? All of your Boss is in your arse. And my what a tight one you have boi."
"Ohh.... It's so good," in his state of ecstasy is all he can summon up.
I begin pumping back and forth, pulling out to the point to where the tip of the head is all that is left in his arse and then pressing all the way back in.
"Tell me you like it boi. Tell your skinhead Boss what you want me to do. Tell me now boi!"
"Boss yes!.. You feel so good inside me. Please don't stop. Please. Please fill me with your pure skinhead seed"
I pick up the pace to the point where I’m pounding his arse. I continue to penetrate him over and over again. I’m hoping to reach that special place every male has. I tell him to turn around because I want him to be looking at me when I deposit my seed. I start again, pumping in and out, over and over. His eyes roll back into his head as I go all the way down. I can tell he’s experiencing a new feeling. Soon he’ll be at the point of no return. The point where man sex is all he desires.
"You feel that boi? I’m massaging your prostate"
"Oh my god Boss. That feels so good. Please don't stop."
I’m thrusting into his arse, back and forth, slowly at first then picking up the pace. He grabs his cock and starts jerking it.
"Yes!” he says, “please keep going. don’t stop!"
I keep pumping away, when I hear him say, “I’m going to cum.” I pull his hands away. “You have to ask permission to cum boi.” I say sternly.
“Please may I cum, please Boss?” he begs.
“I’ll let you cum when you tell me what you are boi.”
“What, what do you mean?” he queries.
“Tell me what you are boi, tell me you’re a skinhead! Tell me you’re going to live your life as a proud, gay skinhead. You’ll spread the word and convert others to the skinhead life.”
“Yes, I will,” he responds, eagerly.
“Not good enough boi, tell me what I have turned you into, now!”
Breathing heavily as I continue to plough in and out of his arse he responds, “oh, okay. I’m a skinhead, a gay skinhead. I proud, gay skinhead. I’ve been shown how to live as a skinhead, how to dress in skin gear, how to polish and lace my boots correctly. How to shave my head. How to live my life... from... now on as a skinhead.”
“Yes boi, you are a skinhead. For now you’re my skin boi. There are some final changes I have to make to ensure there’s no return to your old life. Now cum for me.”
Streams of cum land on his chest. I feel his are clinches around my cock as I keeps pumping away, reaching the point of no return. Marking him, filling him with my essence. I look deeply into his eyes and can see complete bliss.
I slow down, then pull out. Our lips meet and lock together.
To reinforce his new gay skinhead life, we repeat these sessions, day after day. Me on top and him on the bottom. Because I want him to convert others to the skinhead life, I need to allow him to top. So in some sessions we switch and he gets to experience what it’s like to penetrate another man. We always shag in skinhead gear and our sessions get more exciting as he gives himself to this new life I’ve created for him.
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A couple of weeks later, I woke up to find my boi had got out of my bed early and was already in the bathroom. I opened the door to find him shaving his head. I smiled at him and he smiled back: success!
I waited for him to come downstairs wondering how he would be dressed. Sure enough he walked into the room, with the exception of a pair of boots he was dressed in his skinhead gear.
I looked up, “hello boi, what are you?” was all I asked him.
“I am a skinhead Boss, living by the skinhead code” he replied
“Good boi.”
Quickly, I made a call to a friend to book a four-hour appointment.
I came back into the room, "boi, get the black boots with the white laces, and put them on. Lace them as I’ve shown you.
“Yes Boss”, he replied excitedly.
We’re going into town to make some final changes to the way you look. We are going to make sure everyone knows what you are. Tell me again, what are you boi?”
As he laced his boots he repeated his mantra. “I’m a skinhead, BoSS.”
“Yes boi, and after today there is going to be no way back. Now, get a move on and finish lacing those boots because we have an appointment booked.
I watch closely as he ladder laces his new black boots. I’m admiring the skin boi I’ve created. In the next hour he will begin the final part of his transformation. He will stay with me for some time so that I can fully reinforce his skinhead training. When I decide he’s the finished article, I will tell him to go find himself a partner, perhaps a normal lad he can transform into his own skinboi perhaps someone who is already leading a skinhead life.
As I look at my skinboi standing in the doorway, I start thinking about what my next project will be...
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What 'Caucasian' means
Why do people in the US and UK (unlike in most of Europe) refer to European people as Caucasian?
The term "Caucasian" was introduced by the German anthropologist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, who was busy measuring skulls in Georgia in the 19th century, and for no good reason decided that the Caucasus was the birthplace of mankind. He made division of Aryan, Semitic (Jews) and Hamitic (north Africans), just as it was written in Genesis.
We Europeans did not, of course, wish to be seen as having racial connections with Jews or Africans, and German Nazi extermination policies gave the term "Aryan" a bad name.
Blumenbach's theories have long been discounted in modern anthropology, yet his term lives on. This classification of white non-Jewish European was adopted by US immigration control, who needed to keep a check on the races coming in that were not black, brown or Jewish. "Caucasian" is just an illogical yet convenient category, and so it lives on, whenever we have to fill in an identity form: even if it is just an online dating site.
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Whites tan to get brown, but naturally brown people stay out of the sun if they can in order to get whiter. Now "white" is a term of abuse, and "Caucasian" is a more innocuous way to describe us.
The paradigm of the “typically Jewish” nose originates in the craniological studies of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840). Blumenbach claimed to have evidence that Jews had an especially prominent nasal bone. Der Giftpilz (The Poisonous Mushroom), a Nazi schoolbook published by the Stürmer Verlag in 1938, provides an example of how such anti-Semitic clichés about body shapes were spread. It was printed in a first edition of 60,000 copies.
Blumenbach assumed that all morphological differences between the varieties were induced by the climate and the way of living and he emphasized that the differences in morphology were so small, gradual and transiently connected that it was not possible to separate these varieties clearly.
Although Blumenbach did not propose any hierarchy among the five varieties, he placed the Caucasian form in the center of his description as being the most "primitive" or "primeval" one from which the other forms "degenerated".
In the 18th century, however, these terms did not have the negative connotations they possess today.
At the time, "primitive" or "primeval" described the ancestral form, while "degeneration" was understood to be the process of change leading to a variety adapted to a new environment by being exposed to a different climate and diet.
Hence, he argued that physical characteristics like skin color, cranial profile, etc., depended on geography, diet, and mannerism. Further anatomical study led him to the conclusion that 'individual Africans differ as much, or even more, from other Africans as from Europeans'.
Like other monogenists such as Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Blumenbach held to the "degenerative hypothesis" of racial origins.
Blumenbach claimed that Adam and Eve were Caucasian inhabitants of Asia, and that other races came about by degeneration from environmental factors such as the sun and poor diet.
Thus, he claimed, Negroid pigmentation arose because of the result of the heat of the tropical sun, while the cold wind caused the tawny colour of the Eskimos, and the Chinese were fair-skinned compared to the other Asian stocks because they kept mostly in towns protected from environmental factors.
He believed that the degeneration could be reversed in a proper environmental control and that all contemporary forms of man could revert to the original Caucasian race.
Blumenbach was regarded as a leading light of German science by his contemporaries. Kant and Friedrich Schelling both called him "one of the most profound biological theorists of the modern era.
In the words of science historian Peter Watson, "roughly half the German biologists during the early nineteenth century studied under him or were inspired by him:
#johann blumenbach#pigmentation#kemetic dreams#german#nazi#nazis#caucasian#negroid#chinese#eskimos#inuit#asia#blumenbach#adam and eve#asian#african#africans#racism#scientific racism#european#europeans#european history#dutchland#deutschland
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Bangtan Sonyeondan: Skool Luv Affair
Release date: February 12 2014
Lead singles: Boy in Luv, Just One Day
This became the album that was classed as ‘the debut’ for Grace. This was the proper start of her contract and it was shown during the Skool Luv Affair era - though the album and era received mixed reactions, it proved to be the opener that Grace needed.
The high school outfits fitted Grace perfectly and she was instructed to play the guys love interest, which was funny considering how close they had finally gotten during the time between the previous albums. The acting between Yoongi and her as well as her and Seokjin were the most convincing and Grace played the role like she was born for it. The school skirt was slightly shorter and they matched the colours to what she had worn in her previous high school, mixing in British elements such as tights and kitten heels. Jewelery was now at a minimum and the make up was barely there.
Boy in Luv’s cheography really allowed Grace to shine through as she was next to each member when it came to their part - she matched their movements perfectly especially during Yoongi’s part and on stage, she had emmence stage presence.
Her concept photos also changed - gone was a girl, now a woman in her place. A edgier look was taking place and her figure now started to shine through, Big Hit now employing a stylist specifically for Grace. This was the first time she dyed her hair from her dark brown to red. She was front and centre, with the seven boys around her.
The songs also reflected the change - boys in love, boys attracted to women, and she had a little hand in the song-writing especially Tomorrow, Jump and Just One Day. Performances now became her favourite thing to do, to listen to the crowds reaction and while she may not have more lines, the dances and performances centered around her a little more. Cypher Part Two is her favourite out of this album and has covered Yoongi’s part for fun, though she had to do it live once or twice later on.
Fans started to fully welcome her after seeing her more in the BANGTAN BOMBS where they had a camera for her solely and ARMY had her trending when they noticed she was the one who was tying the boys ties, fully enrolled in her ‘mother’ role and another video saw her helping Jungkook with his studies in the background. It was clear BTS clearly adored her and vice versa.
Facts:
Although this was an era that turned out to be a turning point for BTS, this was also an era that Grace didn’t feel quite comfortable in her role. From being nothing to then being the ‘it girl’ for at least the storyline was disconcerting as it went from 0-100 quickly. Didn’t feel quite comfortable in a school uniform as she was 23.
The only time she wore a skirt for music videos and performances, the second and last time was for Dope. After that it was trousers or shorts with skin-toned tights.
The era was also known as the ‘Emo’ era for black chunky jewelery and the converse with jackets, with chequered clothing as well.
There were many clips of the boys trying to ‘flirt’ with Grace, none of it worked as she met every ‘line’ with a stone face. However, the boys couldn’t handle Grace flirting with them.
Massive advocate for no more eyeliner on the boys.
Really enjoyed meeting ARMY properly at their first MUSTER were ARMY kept screaming ‘Unnie.’
#bts 8th member#bts eighth member#bts additional member#bts fanfiction#bts fic#bts scenarios#bts reactions#bts headcanons
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how did u learn graphic design? i’ve just started out w basic gifs on photoshop and so far even adding subtitles feels so overwhelming ajskdnskns (unless u are studying graphic design in like. uni 😭)
ahh well truth be told, i kind of bulldozed my way into it, probably back in 2015/16 when i was first getting started out in the youtube anime editing community? people were asking for graphic designers for their studio channels, and i looked at my own channel--my banner a blurry pokedex, and my icon a purple link (from a loz four swords animated short) going fabulous--and figured i probably needed to do get on their level if i wanted to be serious.
i used sony vegas pro and did super simple things! you just gotta be unafraid to do things that feel childishly easy and look like garbage! i started out with basics, like the rule of thirds was a godsend--some solid colour + a render of a character to the far left + some decent typography for a banner? boom, done. and then it was doing shit thumbnails for my shit vids (and i mean SHIT, look at this 💀)
trust the process! for me it was getting better at video editing, esp on after effects, and having those experiences translate to static designs like headers and icons for social media. i didn't learn photoshop until i was like 18? so don't be worried if you're not making the progress you're thinking you should make--people learn at their own pace and in their own way. my sense of design principles and composition came purely from being balls deep in motion graphics for like 80 hours a week for years, and i didn't learn any "proper" design theory until uni. but the fun thing about art is that you don't need proper theory to make things! you just need to be motivated and expose/open yourself to the possibilities, and at its simplest, that just means putting in the work to find cool creations, learning some art history in your free time, exploring rabbit holes that pop up, etc.
it's awesome that you're starting out! and that you're already making "basic" gifs!! basic in quotes, because gifs are hard. i can tell you a good majority of my second yr media arts students struggled with getting started, like learning how the interface flows, how to work with the frame animation timeline, how to draw, even just toggling onion skins--so if you're making things already, you're doing amazing so far!
my general advice would be to try and find styles that are interesting and recreate them. not to post, just to learn the process and train your creative eye. where a lot of beginners stumble is they want to go from 0 to 100, then get frustrated with themselves when they don't get to 100 immediately. the journey is a slog! but just like one of the best ways to learn how to write is to read, one of the best ways to learn how to design is to pay attention. when you see something cool, ask--how did they go about doing this? where is my eye being led? what colours and shapes are influencing how i perceive this? what am i drawn to in particular? how do i use this in my work?
if you want like actual resources, here's some links we give 2nd yrs! would especially recommend the first couple chapters of graphic design: the new basics starting with "point, line, plane" if u wanna like get better at clinically dissecting what you see lol
Typography basics
https://www.northernhighlands.org/cms/lib5/NJ01000179/Centricity/Domain/40/digitalartsdocs/intro-to-typography.pdf
History of Typography
https://vimeo.com/65353988
20 "Rules" of Design
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/mcmu/detail.action?docID=3399949
Thinking with Type : A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, and Students
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/mcmu/detail.action?docID=3387329
Graphic Design: the New Basics
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/mcmu/detail.action?docID=4518455
#anon#genius bar#long post#also to add to this: critical thinking is very much encouraged in the learning process!#questions like 'WHY use these design choices?'#and once you build your toolbox of knowledge it's way easier to think of new concepts#or reimagine old ones and apply yourself in a more intelligent and measured way#bottom line though it's just about exposure and pushing yourself to do more and be better
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Each time Vahri’a’s head topples to the wall beside, the bombination of the upper level floods into a roar of chatter and clanking about. Whether it detracts from his concentration or enhances it, who’s to say?
The brief of the assignment is written in brilliant bold letters at the top of his workbook — decidedly kept separate to his grimoire, in preservation of his immaculate handwriting. Aim: To transpose Ruin into an orb of 5 ilm diameter and reduce channeling time to 50%. It should be simple. In theory.
Yet underneath, the contents is shy and ashamed, hiding behind scribbled ink. Attempts to transpose the sigil come across more as abstract art than a workable geometry.
He has been here for two bells now.
The lichyard of the basement is all he has to bounce off of. A vacuum of thought. There are a couple of skilled casters taking the opportunity to practice reps in the arena, but this is a relatively quiet and private affair he easily tunes to muffled phonetics. Other arcanists often work at home, but his is a hole in the wall.
Way off to the other side of the circular expanse, however, is another he hadn’t noticed on his first sweep of the room. She’s a short and wiry Seeker of the Sun, all ankles and wrist bones, in a set of suspenders and rolled trousers. Rendered in autumn colours, with auburn hair and patches of brown skin woven with burgundy burns. She adjusts her glasses every so often and squinting through them as she makes her way through one of the guild’s many tomes. She’s got piles of books set off to the side of her, none opened. Sprawled onto her desk of discarded crates are a number of parchment pieces, each playing with the same sigil that’s been etched into his mind for the evening.
As if alerted by the Twelve, her gaze darts up.
He catches it, lips thinning and stretching — not into a smile, but rather a sheepish impulse.
She grins proper, the tips of her ears and the corners of her lips stretched upwards.
He raises a hand in a bare wave.
She gets up. Gathers her materials. Strides over to him.
He isn’t going to get any work done.
“I didn’t realise you spent your studying time in the Gate, Vahri’a. Thought you’d be the type to skitter home after every class.” He doesn’t know her name, but she talks with the lilt of someone who’s known him for ages and has the right to affectionately resent his withdrawn tendencies.
“Don’t you do that?” he asks, returning his gaze to his work. An ear remains lofted in attendance of his fellow arcanist, who assails it with laughter.
He supposes ‘assail’ isn’t the right word. There’s a distinct flutter to it that makes it a bubbly, digestible affair…
“I can never concentrate in here. There’s too many people milling about usually. But I needed the research, and the Navigator heard my prayers, wheeling everyone away from the Gate for once. Save our quietest classmate. But no, I study at the Docks. The noise doesn’t bounce around on the open sea.”
“Did you have much luck, then?” Vahri’a asks curiously, looking over her papers.
Given the dissonance between his workstation and hers, he expected her penmanship to be equally dissonant. It’s not quite the steady hand he uses to draw all his glyphs, but hers is neat by certainty. A single, quick stroke marks a circle, a line, and a poke of the pen for the dots. She doesn’t waste time, and her work is all the cleaner for it.
For that, she’s gotten farther than him. She doesn’t conceal her mistakes in a big, black box. All of her experimental failures — even the ones that are excessively silly, like deconstructing the core of the glyph and dispersing it to its arms — are on full display, their page remaining their own domain, with notes scribbled into the margins.
“Working on it still, but I’m stumped,” she admits, showing off a particular sheet. The heart of the spell is circled with great aplomb. The margins scream in all capital letters, which he can only just make out for its colloquialism and alternative spelling: WERE TH FUCK DO I PUT THEES?
“I would assume you keep it where it is,” Vahri’a says, frowning.
“But should you? See here—”
She grabs one of her books from under her arm, setting the rest down beside her — decidedly parking in his study space — and flips through the pages until she reaches a dog eared entry. Gods, did she dog ear a book from the archives? The page falls to a spell of a similar casting time to the one they’re attempting, Bio. She points to the top of the sigil, furthest from where her palm connects to the tome’s spine.
“This largest push is at the end,” she says, circling a more complex set of large circles with her digit. “It’s ‘cause you want to have your aether, let’s say, ‘valves’ opened proper by these little bits so they’re all oiled up to let go of bigger amounts. It makes the spell imbalanced, which isn’t a problem for this one ‘cause it’s all about volatility in the first place. But Ruin’s got to have that trajectory, and let you channel more quicker…”
Vahri’a blinks. He holds the book’s other end to get a proper look, eyes flitting between his grimoire’s open page and her book’s example.
“Now, let me see what you’ve done?” she asks, side-stepping to get a better look at his workbook. Her brow furrows as she sees his work — redacted clouds of meaningless scribble. “Well, you’re no help. Did you just draw a bunch of tits?”
“No,” he says flatly, shaking his head in disbelief. “None of those were correct, so don’t worry for them.”
“But maybe parts of them were. Better to be able to use the scraps than tossing out the whole boar. Walk me through what you tried, then. Or we’re both hopeless.”
She has a point. He hasn’t made any progress thus far, and she has. He may as well take her help rather than spurn it and flunk the coursework.
The work had proceeded for bells, but those bells went by at a ship’s pace. Time speeds to a brisk walk as he explains his theory to her, and she posits some rightful critique — and he does the same for her when they eventually wheel a chalkboard out of the classroom and work that way, each with an eraser and piece of chalk to parry the others’ suggestions aside. But it’s a spar, not a duel — a collaborative effort to better the other.
By the end of it, they’re tired messes fighting off the concentrated La Noscean heat, but they’ve got a working prototype that their tutor might actually accept.
The two fall to a natural silence as they copy the geometry down into their respective books.
“Hey, Vahri’a.”
“Mm?”
“You don’t remember my name, do you?”
Air skids to a halt in his throat.
“Ah…”
There’s that laughter again. Gradated and effervescent. Like a glass of champagne.
“Gods, you’re the worst.”
“I’m sorry.” He realises just how much he’s pied off his classmates.
“It’s fine. Remember it this time.” She extends a hand to him. “H’nemti. But you can call me Nem.”
“Are you sure?”
“... About my name?”
“About the nickname.”
“If it means you’ll remember it, then I’ll take what I can get.”
The rest of the eve is little, but precious. Their work is preserved in ink, its dust dissipated. He says his formal goodbyes after checking his bag twice over, and she waits for him without poking at his habit. They ascend the steps in a close file.
Every so often, she turns back to chat with him, her merriment skewing her glasses one way. By the end of it, he manages the littlest of smiles, and hers carves dimples into her cheeks.
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Fertility Clinics In Ireland Going Through Sperm 'Shortage' Due To Demand And Legislation Change On Donors
Tomorrow is our last day at sea and all things going properly we ought to always dock at Texel at high tide, around 6pm.. One of an important elements of selecting a analysis programme is discovering a supervisor who has related expertise in your space of curiosity. When you discover a supervisor who, or a project that, aligns along with your analysis interests, you must make contact with the related potential supervisor/lecturer/Professor or NUI Galway staff member to debate issues additional.
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The demand for donor insemination usually outweighs the number of donors. Assisted human replica services (including IVF) usually are not offered by the HSE. Your family doctor (GP) might refer you to a personal sperm bank specialist or clinic, otherwise you could possibly contact a clinic directly for an appointment. After the birth of any youngster, the start notification is about up on the
Some have the donors write a personal essay sharing why they selected to turn into a sperm donor. There are sperm donor banks the world over you could handpick from, based mostly on top, weight, eye and hair colour, race, faith, pores and skin tone, employment, educational background and so forth. The value of sperm donor can range depending on quite so much of components. Donated sperm cannot be used to create more than 10 families, with no limits on the variety of children born within every family. It may help couples struggling to have youngsters of their very own or single women who need to begin a household. Sperm donation is essential for fertility treatment such as intrauterine insemination or IVF.
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Learn How To Incorporate Better Eating Habits Into Your Daily Routine
Your health depends on what you eat. You see your grandparents in their 60s or 70s and still living fully healthy because they have been eating well in their daily routine and don't consume as much junk food as us.
Eating so much fatty food for our generation results in various body disorders. Many people use different types of medicine in their daily diet, like Cenforce 100 and Vidalista 40. They are forced to use these medications because their body cannot function properly without them.
If you want to avoid these types of disorders and diseases and don't want to buy these drugs for 24x7 Pharma anymore, you must focus on what you eat. This article will help you maintain a healthy diet in your daily life. So you will be living a healthy and long life.
Incorporate Better Eating Habits
Many people associate eating "healthily" with following rigorous diets, eating bland food, and paying little attention to the nutrients included in meals like fat and sugar.
While eating healthy involves choosing foods that give you the right amounts of minerals and energy to meet your needs, it's also crucial to consider the enjoyment that food may provide.
Food contains a variety of sensory qualities, such as taste and smell, that contribute to our enjoyment of it. So, maintaining a healthy diet requires striking a balance between consuming foods that give us the nutrients we need to be healthy and enjoying our meals.
We have studied many dieting experiments and see what problem people usually face following those diet plans. If you have been in such a position, we got you. We have listed some great tips to help you stick to your dieting routine.
Don't Starve & Plan The Diet
Healthy eating does not include depriving yourself of food or eating less. It means choosing foods that are better for you, full of the proper nutrients and nutritious carbs that will keep you satisfied and be good for your health.
Never miss lunch or dinner since it is not beneficial for you or your body. Try to plan your meals and make them as healthy as possible. Ensuring that you always make healthy choices despite how hectic your life gets.
Choose a day of the week and prepare some nutritious food options for the coming week. You can add the cheat day to your weak if you want only one.
Add Veges to Your Diet
Consider eating a chance to refuel your body with the nutrition it needs to be healthy. Always keep in mind that healthy eating will improve your health. Every day, consume 5 servings of vegetables.
To do this, fill half your plate with colourful veggies by eating 2 cups of vegetables at each meal.
Include more plant-based foods, such as whole grains, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds, daily. A wonderful approach to reducing meat consumption and increasing your intake of plant foods is to have meat-free Mondays.
Change Sugary Drinks to Water
We won't even begin to discuss how harmful sugary beverages like sodas are for your health and how much harm they regularly inflict on you.
Try to boost your water consumption and drink up to 8 glasses daily instead of all sugary drinks. Not only will your health significantly improve, but so will your skin and mental state.
You can mix infused water with soda or bottled juice to add taste to your beverage. Make water your preferred beverage. Drinks like coffee juices and soft drinks can have high-calorie counts, leading to weight gain over time.
Eat What You Are Happy With
Consuming foods that give us the nutrients we need to stay healthy while also enjoying our meals is the definition of healthy eating.
This is crucial to keep in mind because developing good eating habits doesn't necessarily require consuming items you dislike or adhering to a restrictive diet.
Healthy eating is all about eating nutritious foods that you enjoy every day, that fit into your lifestyle, and that make you happy. If you are not liking what you eat every day, you will stop following your diet one day.
Controlled Eating
There is a great way we have found to control your food consumption. Your brain doesn't signal that you are full for roughly 20 minutes. Eat gradually. Spend a little more time observing what and how much we are eating.
Write down how frequently you will try to take at least a half-hour to eat your meal to make this more measurable. This technique will help you eat far less than eating faster. And for some people eating one dish is never enough.
They always look for another serving or want to try every food item on the table. For these people, we suggest having less food in your serving and eating food items in low servings.
Benefits of Having Better Eating Habits
Having a healthy eating habit in your daily routine has tons of benefits. You will see those positive changes in your everyday life once you start consuming food that is good for your health and has no excessive or unhealthy components. And by age, you will live with a healthy and strong body.
We have to share some of the great benefits which you will start seeing in your daily life by having a healthy dieting routine in your everyday life. These positive aspects will motivate you to start a healthy diet and focus on your eating habits.
Good eating habit is the key to living a long and healthy life. How long you live highly depends on what you eat.
You see any strong man out in the street; he has that kind of strength because of eating healthy food.
Food enriched with essential nutrients helps you improve your eyesight and teeth health, and working capability.
Eating healthy saves, you from consuming medicines like Cenforce 100 and Vidalista 20 for performing sexually.
You get protected from many heart-related diseases once you look after your eating habits.
Adding milk as a dieting item in your daily life can help you make your bones stronger.
You can improve your digestive system by adding certain healthy food items to your diet plan.
People who eat healthily always have healthy skin and brighten their faces because their bodies are enriched with nutrients.
Dieting is a great way of losing weight. You will see some people saying otherwise, but in reality, healthy dieting is the best way for weight loss.
Once you build a better eating habits into your lifestyle, you will never have to go to a medical store like 24x7 Pharma for any drug.
Conclusion
This article could be a chance for you to start your healthy life and focus on eating better from now on. You have read all the benefits you will get from incorporating better eating habits into your daily routine. If you want these in your life, make a diet plan and stick to it from today.
If you have tried following a healthy diet routine but have yet to stick to it for longer, you can follow the tips mentioned above. These have been really helpful for people who find dieting difficult. But in the end, you have to make yourself accountable for your health and follow good eating habits.
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A Healthy Lifestyle Prevents Toxic Exposure
Looking for a luxury treatment in your skin? Wish to avoid the crowds and go somewhere unique? Then consider in search of out a Dermatologist in Lucknow . Not your common household doctor, a dermatologist is a specialist doctor who is skilled in the care of the skin. Maybe you have heard of a dermatologist before, perhaps not. But regardless of whether or not you've got had any encounters with this specific physician, it's time for you to grasp what a dermatologist is and what they do.
The Difference Between A Physician And A Dermatologist
It's vital to understand the difference between a physician and a dermatologist. A physician is a basic practitioner, and as the name suggests, a physician treats all kinds of illnesses. A dermatologist, alternatively, is a specialist who's skilled in the sphere of dermatology. Dermatology is the department of medication that focuses on the investigation, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders and diseases of the pores and skin. In simpler phrases, a dermatologist appears at, and treats, pores and skin ailments. They may additionally prescribe treatment for sure conditions. But aside from that, they simply advise and assist in the healing process. Relating to illnesses of the pores and skin (also called dermatoses), a dermatologist is your greatest wager, and usually the just one you will need.
So, if you're on the lookout for a luxurious treatment on your skin, consider seeing a dermatologist in Lucknow. They'll be capable of advise you on which treatment shall be the perfect on your specific needs. And best of all, you will not have to struggle the crowds to get an appointment!
Allergies, Insect Bites, And Acne
One in all the primary things a dermatologist will do is study your skin for indicators of allergies. Dermatologists are superb at identifying allergies, as a result of they see and deal with quite a few patients with allergic reactions daily. In case you have any kinds of allergies, you might want to see a dermatologist to find out the proper medicine. Not all allergies will manifest themselves in pores and skin ailments, but it's a typical place for many allergies to happen. Dermatologists are additionally capable of treat insect bites and numerous kinds of acnes (facial acne). Generally, the cause of these skin issues is recognized, and the affected space is handled accordingly.
How Do They Diagnose The Skin Illnesses?
Diagnosing the assorted ailments and diseases of the skin is pretty simple for a trained dermatologist. They may perform a bodily examination of your skin, on the lookout for any abnormalities or adjustments. They may also must take a historical past of your pores and skin ailments, or conduct numerous checks, similar to pores and skin biopsies, to succeed in a definitive analysis. The knowledge they collect will be used to kind a therapy plan, which can embrace medicine or therapy, or a mixture of both. It is also vital to notice that not all skin ailments want or warrant a medical therapy, so you will need to consult together with your personal physician to find out whether or not you need a dermatologist's care.
The Role Of The Skin In Our Overall Wellbeing
Our bodies are a fancy assemblage of varied organs and tissues, working in unison to keep us alive and nicely. One among an important organs is our skin, as it is the largest of the organs, measuring about four to 5 toes in length. Additionally it is essential for temperature regulation, as it's the one area of the physique where we can control the heat and coolness of the air that surrounds us. The colour and luster of our skin is also a mirrored image of our overall wellness. When we're healthy, the shade of our skin is nice and it glows with a comfortable sheen. As we age, the color and luster slowly depart, until we attain some extent the place it is nearly clear. That is why it is vital to maintain our overall health, to keep our skin in good situation. It begins with good food and sleep, which assist our our bodies in the manufacture of collagen, a protein that offers human pores and skin its elasticity. Other than food and sleep, train also helps to maintain our skin in good condition, because it enhances the removing of toxins and wastes from our bodies. When we are exposed to toxins and wastes, it impacts our skin in a unfavourable method, making it seem dry and dull. If we are not careful, our our bodies can accumulate toxins and wastes, which will eventually lead to ailments and problems in other areas of the body. It's all about residing a wholesome lifestyle, and making certain that our bodies are functioning at their optimum capacity!
It's important to note that our bodies should not designed to withstand toxic publicity, and it is just by way of adoption of a healthy way of life that we are able to forestall and restore the harm that's brought on by toxins and pollution. Because of this we need to be careful in regards to the chemicals and products that we come in contact with each day, as a few of them are critically harmful to our well being. Additionally it is important that we wash our arms often, particularly after touching contaminated areas of the physique, such because the mouth, or an open wound. The excellent news is that a healthy way of life favors the wellbeing of our our bodies, and the well being of our skin, too! So don't be afraid to undertake a healthier, greener way of life, even when it means sacrificing some of the luxuries that you might have come to get pleasure from through the years.
In brief, if you're looking for a luxury treatment to your pores and skin, see a dermatologist in Lucknow. They will be capable of advise you on which remedy is greatest suited in your specific wants. And best of all, you won't should fight the crowds to get an appointment!
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Colloidal Silver Eye Drops For Dogs And Cats
The fungus often invades the nail on the free edge and then spreads down the side toward the bottom. Infection may also happen in patches or streaks on the nail floor. Nail fungus infections are progressive, recurrent, and contagious. Therefore, nail fungus is challenging to manage as a outcome colloidal silver for mouth ulcers of problem in prognosis, frequent recurrences, long-term therapy durations, and potential side effects of oral drugs. Terbinafine is an antifungal prescription drug utilized in treating fungal infections of the fingernails and toenails .
Vitiligo can't be cured, however therapies are available that may even out pores and skin colour. Fair-skinned patients with a couple of small patches could select not to treat vitiligo, and sunscreen and cosmetics may be all that is needed to camouflage the patches. Vitiligo may be disguised with a wide range of make-up or a homemade stain made from food colouring and rubbing alcohol, though commercially available products give a extra pure pores and skin color match. Excessive facial hair development in ladies with normal androgen levels, common menstrual intervals and no other underlying situations known as idiopathic hirsutism.
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Tuesday 4th October 2022
Initial Thoughts: I was nervous yet excited for this lesson as it was my first ever life drawing lesson I've had. I came into the class without any idea of what mediums we were going to use and what we were going to draw.
At the beginning I practiced the basics - drawing straight lines and simple shapes to feel confident in our proportions for the pieces I did today. Throughout this I was practicing drawing interface and trying to react to aspects of the environment within out drawings. One thing I was taught was to see what shapes there were within the model and space around her, and just draw it. I would then check to see if I needed to do any alterations.
We then practiced doing angles, focusing on the centre of the model's body. I found these beginning exercises very useful as a complete beginner and I did feel more confident to start my first proper real-life drawings.
For the first set of drawing, I used charcoal. With is exercise, I had to draw different things that touched each other. This is why I did the majority of the model as the robe she was wearing touched different aspects of her (knee, arm, wrist, neckline). I also did her glasses as it was in contact with her face, and I drew her ponytail as is touched her neck.
For this task, I had to focus on the shadows. I mostly fixated on the shadow casted on the curtains behind the model, but I did briefly touch on the shadowing on the model herself.
This was to focus on tone, I did not do enough variations of this one.
This charcoal piece was better in terms of tone as well as filling in the whole page.
I then changed me medium to drawing ink which I felt easier to use as it was less messy, and I could control the concentration of the ink. Additionally, I found it easier to create a more variation in tone, but I this this is the case as I use ink more than charcoal. Therefore, I find it easier and 'safe' to use. This is a habit I want to get rid of not only in life drawing but in my other subjects within this course.
Turning to painting the model, I used acrylic paint which created a more abstract style due to using 3 random colours. With all the paintings, I tried experimenting different brush strokes with different sized brushes. For example, with this painting I used long strokes mostly going in a downward motion. I also splattered paint my flicking my brush with my finger to create freckles along the body.
I dabbed my brush to create a rough and splattered effect. I did not like the look of it as it made it less able to see the curves and general formation of the body. However, I do think that with a smaller brush, I can use this technique for shading. On the left of the background, I just experimented on short and sharp brush strokes whereas on the right, I used a scrunched-up piece of tissue to dab paint on the yellow. I think that the dabbing with tissue could come in handy to make a more textured appearance.
With my final painting (and in my opinion my best piece today) I used mixed media of acrylic paint, oil pastels and chalk. I think adding some more colour helped the painting to have more dimension compared to the other two. Additionally, the blue chalk was a good option to use due to it being a complementary colour to orange - bought out the orange more against the dominating red colour. One major issue of this painting is how the robe draping off her legs are the same colour of her skin - it is difficult to distinguish them apart.
Final Thoughts: I don't know if this is a good attempt for a first timer at life drawing. I do think I could have done better in terms of studying the model more to get a more accurate drawing even when it is a quick sketch. However, I feel like I will get better after a few sessions of life drawing. Another this I need to work on is my attitudes towards my work - I tend to get frustrated and impatient with myself if something doesn't look perfect. This is something I experienced a lot in this lesson and is something I need to change.
Somethings I need to remember from today's lesson is trying to draw from the feet to the head and take into account the different relationships different body parts have with each other and with the environment.
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POWER OF CONSISTENCY 1
"BUT YOU MUST CONTINUE IN THE THINGS YOU HAVE LEARNED AND BEEN ASSURED OF, knowing from whom you have learned them."
2 Timothy 3:14 (NKJV)
• There is power in consistency.
- What you do consistently will become a part of you.
- Your tomorrow lies in what you do consistently today.
- If you wasted your today, you do not have anything tomorrow.
YOUR commitment today makes your tomorrow colourful.
- If you are not consistent in anything today, you will wake up tomorrow to find yourself a failure.
- If you do not want to fail and regret, you have to be consistent in doing something tangible and the needful.
• As a leader, a Minister, what are the things you needed to be consistently doing?
• Consistency in prayer
- You must be consistent in your prayer.
THE result you get in the MINISTRY is about the quality time you devoted to prayer—the time you spend with God in prayer.
- A number of ministers are lazy in prayer.
THEY have time for many other things, but they do not have time for prayer.
NOBODY can do your praying for you!
PRAYER is one of the things that cannot be delegated in the ministry work.
- Somebody said, “delegate the things that others can do and do the things that others cannot do for you.”
- You cannot delegate prayer, studying of the Word and preparing of your messages. Counselling can be delegated, administrative work can be delegated, and likewise other things.
- Many ministers are busy doing nothing.
THEY are busy to the point that they have missed God—they have left the Owner of the work behind.
- Your intimacy and fellowship with God in prayer is of utmost importance than any other thing.
IF a minister missed God, he will automatically fail in the ministry.
IT is my prayer that you will not fail in Jesus' name.
- Do not be Major in the Minors, and Minor in the Majors.
ONE of the core things in the ministry work is prayer—having fellowships with God.
THE primary assignment in the ministry is prayer and the Word: "but we [the apostles] will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the Word" (Acts 6:4).
• Note:
Pray more in language of the Spirit throughout the day (1 Corinthians 14:2,4; Jude 20).
PRAY on everything, whatever you want to do.
CULTIVATE the habit of fellowshipping with God through conversational prayers.
SPEND several hours with God in preparation for your meetings, that is, before the commencement of whatever meeting you have.
- A minister who has a meeting would not frolic around all day, and later come to the place of meeting and expect God to move in such a meeting.
IF you want to experience God's presence or the move of His power in your meetings, you stay more with Him in prayer to receive what He would want you to tell His people who are coming to hear you.
YOU should not appear before the people you are ministering to without proper preparation in prayer, that is, staying with God to receive the Word in season for those who are coming for your meetings.
WHEN you stay long with God, the auras of His presence would be noticeable and surrounded you as you go out to minister to the people (Exodus 34:29,30).
29. "Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai... MOSES DID NOT KNOW THAT THE SKIN OF HIS FACE SHONE WHILE HE TALKED WITH HIM [God].
30. So when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, BEHOLD THE SKIN OF HIS FACE SHONE, and they were afraid to come near him."
Exodus 34:29,30 (NKJV)
• Consistency in feeding on the Word.
- You must be well-fed in order to feed other people with the Word of God, especially those who are under your leadership (1 Timothy 4:6).
WHAT you do not have, you cannot give.
YOU can only give what you have (Acts 3:6).
- Some ministers only read the Word of God to preach.
YOU must read and study the Word of God to edify yourself, it is the Word that edifies you that will edify and bless others.
REMEMBER, your primary assignment as a minister is to equip the SAINTS and edify the body of Christ (Ephesians 4:12).
11. “And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
12. FOR THE EQUIPPING OF THE SAINTS FOR THE WORK OF MINISTRY, FOR THE EDIFYING OF THE BODY OF CHRIST."
Ephesians 4:11,12 (NKJV)
YOU are to equip the saints for the work of ministry.
YOU are to edify, build up, the body of Christ.
IF you failed in the things highlighted above YOU have failed in your duty as a minister.
13. “Till I come, GIVE ATTENTION TO READING, TO EXHORTATION, TO DOCTRINE [teaching].
14. Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.
15. Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all.
16. Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. CONTINUE IN THEM, FOR IN DOING THIS YOU WILL SAVE BOTH YOURSELF AND THOSE WHO HEAR YOU.”
1 Timothy 4:13-16 (NKJV)
16. “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
17. THAT THE MAN OF GOD MAY BE COMPLETE, THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED FOR EVERY GOOD WORK.”
2 Timothy 3:16,17 (NKJV)
1. “I CHARGE YOU THEREFORE BEFORE GOD AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, who will judge the living and the dead at a His appearing and His kingdom:
2. PREACH THE WORD! Be ready in season and out of season. CONVINCE, REBUKE, EXHORT, WITH ALL LONG-SUFFERING AND TEACHING.”
2 Timothy 4:1,2 (NKJV)
- The credibility of your ministry is basically determined by how you can effectively use the Word of God to change people’s lives positively.
- Your effectiveness is measured on how YOU affected the people with the Word of God, thus YOU must be thoroughly equipped in order to equip others (2 Timothy 2:15).
IT is by doing this that you will save both yourself and those whom you lead or ministered to (1 Timothy 4:16).
• You will not fail in Jesus' name.
Peace!
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5 Awesome Bridal Makeup And Style Trends For 2022
Though most human beings have a tendency to assume that bridal makeup is accepted and monotone, artists who really examine bridal makeup professionally use the fundamental conventional elements of makeup to function in new styles and developments from season to season. While the normal parlors are anticipated to follow a simple method for wedding makeovers; the Best Makeup Studio in Lucknow and other huge cities need to improvise new variations and mixtures for each bride!
Here are a number of the fantastic styles and trends which might be expected via top bridal make-up guides to function heavily in 2022-
1. Organic Cosmetics: The use of nature-friendly and organic cosmetic merchandise is a not unusual call in present-day instances. However, these cosmetics have quite a restricted range of shades and colorings to pick out from. Artisans who study bridal make-up from the proper beauty colleges are skilled substantially in using natural and natural-based cosmetic merchandise; despite the fact that these have a restrained variety in comparison to chemical-primarily based shades. A talented makeup artist can do wonders in spite of the only herbal sunglasses of any form of truthful or darkish skin tone!
2. Mild Foundations and Bold Colours: One of the nicely-determined trends of 2022 is the go back of bold colors, together with using slight foundations. This enables to bring about stability to the natural sense of the individual's pores and skin tone; even including the glamour of formidable eye shadow, rouge, and lipsticks. Combined with appealing and vibrant nail polish and a fashionable hairdo; the trends seem to signify a merger among retro and millennial patterns. The top Bridal Makeup Artist in Lucknow additionally recommend the usage of water-proof cosmetics to combat environmental humidity.
3. Chic New Concepts: One of the traits to expose prominence in the 12 months of 2022 is how the wedding get dressed has evolved in India. Both males and females are predicted to wear conventional garments for this event, however, there have been drastic adjustments to the designs of those types of clothes. Though Indian wedding attire is regarded to be pretty opulent; designers and stylists have begun to introduce new Chic standards like wide reduce blouses and new cuts of traditional attire just like the Lehenga-Choli and Sherwanis. Get your make-up artist to locate the suitable makeover for these great new types of traditional Indian put on!
Four. Maintaining Tradition: Many of the best beauty academies and bridal make-up courses in India teach artists the importance of tradition in Indian weddings. Though 2022 may additionally see many new tendencies, sure cultural traditions just like the Tumeric rite will continue to be a part of the occasion! A talented makeup artist will use the trade to your pores and skin tone of their style to convey a radiance; even though the Tumeric may have modified your natural color!
5. Hair Styles for a New Generation: One of the greater seen modifications in fashion for 2022 is the introduction of ambitious new hairstyles for a vibrant generation. The best bridal makeup artists in Lucknow have begun to introduce complicated hairdos which complement the brand new styles of clothes. Try a larger top-bun, and avoid the use of clip-on and extensions as a long way as viable.
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The Ultimate Engagement Makeup Guide by a Famous Artist
Your appearance is one issue that sets aside your appearance on your engagement day. That it desires lots of thought in the back of it's far that during maximum societies it is the primary formal pre-wedding ceremony and that is why you would need to make a very good begin. All the pre-wedding ceremonies that comply with will need you to have special make-up because you do not want to come to be looking equal in all of your wedding photos.
But how do you crack the stunning make-up of engagement? Here is skin services in Lucknow 's guide about the best engagement makeup.
Engagement make-up isn't the same as bridal and birthday party makeover:
1- Party Look: It is a basic makeup typically human beings use with the everyday recurring of primer, basis, contouring, eye make-up, and lip colour. It needs no particular type of products to be applied. Typically, wedding ceremony guests pass for birthday celebration makeup.
2- Bridal Look: If we give you Bridal Makeup then extraordinary techniques along with HD, airbrush and mineral are used to get the proper form of makeup. Special products and systems are wanted for the software. To have a protracted-lasting impact, it is heavier than a birthday celebration or engagement makeup because you will be sitting through your wedding for a long time.
3- Engagement Look: Now come with an Engagement makeup. This is an in-among habitual. It's not as light because of the makeover of the birthday celebration nor as heavy because of the make-up of the bride. Using simple gadgets or even superior techniques, it could both be performed. It all relies upon a whole lot of variables, so right here you go, read all about a way to get the perfect engagement makeup right now. It is pretty exclusive from Bridal and Party appears.
Take a hint out of your universal look: The surroundings in which you'll need to stroll up to the level to exchange earrings with the one you love and make it a respectable statement for all and sundry to listen to and cherish an all the time memory. It could be very critical to help you determine which engagement look you need. If it is a grand rite with a subject like black, wherein people are wearing that hue, then the wonders will give you the results you want with Smokey eyes and some darkish lipstick sunglasses with suitable highlights. But if the setup is more pastel, then the trick is dewy makeup with nude colour lipsticks.
This is why it's far honestly important to study the setting and the environment or temper before making a decision to examine your engagement make-up. Kirti Jotwani one of the excellent and well-known professional makeup courses in Lucknow discovers all the specifics about a way to get it proper if you want to appear to be a myth.
1- Engagement Theme: For the Engagement theme, your get-dressed will decide the make-up type that determines which sort of appearance you placed on your face. For Example, If your theme is Rajasthani then your get dressed will possibly be conventional, and put on make-up thus and don't forget the hairstyle you propose to flaunt along with your engagement dress. With a complicated, you must go with herbal-searching make-up. If you would like to go with ambitious makeup, ensure your coiffure blends flawlessly with the entire outfit as opposed to standing out.
2- Engagement outfit: Your complete makeup relies upon your outfit completely. But the first aspect you want to do is determine an outfit primarily based on the subject matter, region, and time of the day your engagement is going to take region. For example, you might go for a tried-and-tested light lehenga for the ceremony. Decide which colour palette you would love your makeup to be off once your outfit is in the area and speak it with your make-up artist earlier.
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