adrian ★

Illustration of a fat bearded mage riding a scooter wearing a pink hat and backpack full of groceries. He's standing by and looking at an ancient ruined statue of a wizard that's now converted into a foothold for a streetlamp. There are a couple of small souther-European looking buildings in the background, one is an old hotel that has a dim light coming through the entrance door. The whole scene is framed by the colours of the dusk.

happy women's day but also let's pray for the women of palestine, congo, sudan, iran, afghanistan & every other women across the world who are having a harder time living than most of us

45 people with $10 could keep a disabled family fed 💸💕

leather knight ⛓️

1910 Women could wear pants 1920 White women could vote 1963 Women gained equal paid rights (sort of) 1965 Black women could vote 19 69 Women were allowed to initiate divorce 1972 Women could get birth control, without a man 1973 Women could choose to get an abortion, legally 1974 Women could buy a home, without a man 1988 Women could own their own business, without Nomesticial protection agains 2022 Women lost the constitutional right to abortion

Strong reminder: women have not been independent for as long as some folks would like you to believe. We’ve lost rights that we never should have lost.

An alpaca is sitting with sketchbook and art supplies. Alpaca: "Today I will draw something NSFW!" The alpaca is busy drawing...

Alpaca proudly shows finished sketch. Alpaca: It's a butt!

Mature art

adding alt text.

stand up for us before it’s too late, cis folks.

Today's doodle is Saturn devouring his Sun

#doodle #sketchbook #art #queerart #dailydoodle

A screenshot of a tumblr post from user actingwithportals. It reads: Alright, because clearly some people need it, let's talk about writing blind characters (again). So. You want to write a blind character for your story or AU, but you yourself are sighted and don't know any blind people irl. The media is not your best outlet for finding good or accurate portrayals of blind people, and you're a little stumped on doing your own research. Maybe I can help fill in a few gaps? (Note: I AM a blind person but I am only one blind person with one blind experience. There will be others with different backgrounds, different acuity levels, different overall conditions, different points in their lives of when they lost their vision, all of these things that will color how their blindness impacts their lives. Please when doing any research into representing a minority group ALWAYS seek out multiple experiences to gain a better, fuller understanding. I will be offering a viewpoint as someone who was born blind (ocular albinism), uses a cane, grew up relying on old school screenreading and magnification tools (and mainly just uses magnification now), reads and writes Grade 1 Braille (but has begun Grade 2), and has participated in many blind programs and communities since I was a young teenager. There is no "correct" way to be a blind person, there are just "different" ways, and they are all equally true and valid.)

First things first, canes: Give your blind characters a cane!!! Most blind people are very interested in being self-sufficient and independent, and one of the best ways for us to achieve this is the freedom to navigate our own surroundings. Your cane is your best tool for this! A lot of blind folks will also want a guide animal and that does take place of a cane, but also there will be a lot of instances where you will not be using your guide animal! They will take breaks!! They will need to sleep or rest!! They will not be suitable for every outing or excursion! Blind folks, even with guide animals, will still own a cane for these instances. (There is also an instance where a blind person will want to use sighted guide. It's most comfortable doing this with people you are familiar with, but it works in a pinch with strangers too who are willing. However, a lot of folks don't know how sighted guide works. So to explain, essentially all it entails is the blind person will hold onto the space just above your elbow, and will walk about half a step in pace behind you. You do not need to do anything with your arm besides leave it relaxed (do not fold it up), and give out some verbal cues of changes in direction, warnings of upcoming steps up or down, or pauses for other passerbys or traffic. Reading out signs or keeping the blind person informed of what street you're on might also be helpful, but ask the individual what it is they desire from the sighted guide. Sometimes we don't need much, just someone to keep us from running into things if the sun is in our eyes.) (Relatedly though do not do not DO NOT grab a blind person without their consent. DO NOT grab them, move them around, or any other nonsense like this. Do not TOUCH THEM without asking first, and if they say no, that means FUCKING NO.)

Now, how do canes work? Most blind folks will use a white cane that is about to the height of reaching your chin standing up straight, so that when you extend it outwards it will reach far enough ahead of you to anticipate things at a distance (and you can also just as easily pull your cane in a little more to better reach things closer up). Canes are most commonly made of metal or fiberglass, and these days a lot of them are folding canes (easy for stowing away while in transit on a car or bus or when seated anywhere). The grip is soft with a cord hanging from its top that is used to loop around and hold in place the cane when folded, and when you are holding your cane outward in use your pointer finger will extend downward for best control over your tool. The tip is made of hard plastic that can be slipped on and off because it will need to be regularly replaced as frequent use will wear it down, and these tips can come in a number of shapes, but the most popular you will see are a marshmallow tip (large and, well, shaped like a marshmallow), or a pencil tip (long and thin, this tip is my preference). People might switch out which tip they use depending on the terrain as well.

When in use, you hold your cane extended outward in front of you, and while you want the tip on the ground to be angled centered to your body, you are going to want the grip resting somewhere off to the side around your hip or just above (this way if you encounter a crack or something else in front of you that your cane will snag on, you will not wind up stabbing yourself in the gut with the grip. That shit hurts, avoid at all costs). Depending on your specific needs, the terrain, and other factors such as lighting, crowds, or space available, there are a few different ways you'll actually use the cane. You can either have it running straight in front of you, tapping to the sides of you at 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock, or shorelining (where you keep a regular tap at your center and then at whatever edge your are walking by, whether it be the edge of the sidewalk or a wall, etc). When at rest, your cane should be pulled to stand up straight and held close so that it does not become a tripping hazard for others.

are you interested in writing or illustrating a blind character? check out this guide from my tumblr mutual and Actual Blind Person, awpie @actingwithportals.bsky.social !

#accessibility #blindness #disability

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Kirby smiling gleefully in front of the trans flag, with text: RESKEET THIS KIRBO TO TO MAKE AN TRANS PERSON HAPPY

hey pets, this is your report that we've applied for the brasilian poverty aid, and will be receiving money. in 1 to 3 months.

until then, we need money to buy food and other groceries, instead of plain bread, so we'd appreciate any donations if you people are willing to give.💕💸

ko-fi.com/tabymeow

i've been seeing the r word a lot more frequently lately even by people on the left and personally i think we should leave that one in the past

Mixed media painting of a white and black spotted cat, happily napping in a crate full of clementines

Every spot is a perfect nap spot 🍊

commission for @cattuccino.bsky.social !
#art #caturday #traditionalart

chipmunks climbing over gingko branches encased in a glass chime

Gingko chime

#art

Model wearing black and red cardigan with red wings embroideries

Model wearing black blouse and black and red cardigan with sparkles and red wing embroideries

Demon Cardigan is down to several last pieces 🫶🏽 don’t miss out again! meyocostudio.com/products/dem...

H.R. 7661 would harm so many publishers, authors, and readers. Only the smallest sliver of human experience would make it onto shelves. If you think kids deserve the world, you are against this bill - please read this article and call your reps.

Listened to this at 6 minutes in or so. It’s not directly stated, but it appears the reason that Mamdani has not directed H+H to absorb trans patients is out of fear of the federal government. “It’s part of the game we have to play with the federal government .”

It’s the EXACT logic NYU is using.

Knight oc Dame sketched in Landsknecht inspired outfit. Her jacket is open like and her hat is casting a shadow over her face. She looks furious and confident, and she's dual-wielding a zweihänder and cane.

Sketch of Dame as Landsknecht

[ #oc | #art ]

I don’t think ppl understand just how awesome getting a tip is, even like $1 is enough to put a smile on an artists face.

Most of us are afraid our prices are too much half the time anyways 😭😭😭

Fuzzy octoling art from 2022, I should draw one again sometime!

An image with several smaller illustrations of my gray and black sea cow character, Umiko, against a soft blue background. She is a manatee with a face and tummy like a cow’s, and horns on her head. The various illustrations show her swimming around and enjoying sea grass, as well as her loving her tiny manatee child, who is just as round as she is. She is so rotund…

Sea cows 🌊🐄 #art

Pokopia title card and font saying 'i don't want to get a switch 2'

😔

The thing about all these freak AI execs constantly going "our machine may have gained sentience?!" is that they want slaves. That they are ok with slave labor.

And *then* it always, always turns out their latest AI trick actually used slave labor somewhere in the global south.

They're slavers.

A portrait of a short eared owl face

All of our wildlife patients this year so far have been owls, but this is our first short-eared.
You can help prevent car strikes like this by obeying rural speed limits and not throwing any litter out of cars. Even organics like apple cores attract rodents to roads, which attracts their hunters. 🪶

You better wake the fuck up now. If we don't make their lives ABSOLUTELY FUCKING MISERABLE, we're going be the ones who get shafted. And HARD.

You best believe that everything about the Internet we know is going to die and everything we know and love with it.

I've made my calls today. You need to.

I think the biggest damage to the art community was the obsolescence of gallery sites (y!, deviantart, etc) and the rise of scroll-by social media, like twitter and even tumblr. Art is not ''content'', you shouldnt need to post art every day (or every month!) to be relevant. This mindset sucks.

ppl who still commission their favourite artists even in this era where everyone is broke and genAI is being pushed on us at every opportunity—you are appreciated more than words can express!!!

it’s like a gacha of sorts

If someone with ADHD doesn't respond to you for days or even weeks, it isn't because they don't want to talk to you. They were in their Dragon Form

why do so many apps insist on abruptly scrolling to the very top of your feed and/or refreshing if you just barely accidentally nudge the edge of the screen the wrong way. phone is my enemy

lil h Follow @bigsnugga i was raised on silk shirt rnb so all that incel shit never hit for me, i believe in beggin for the pussy, outside in the rain, crying, throwing up, just for a sniff. thats your role as a man 15:24 - 06 Apr 24 • 168K Views 1,325 Reposts 176 Quotes 5,705 Likes

i miss twitter sometimes