Caliper-Claw

"I don't have a choice, I'm just following orders"

my brother and his friends in this field trip group were truly great kids. but they were not above run of the mill teenage boy shenanigans. it’s the end of senior year, you and all your buddies are at the amusement park, you’re naturally going to want to act like a complete moron

there was one kid in the group who was especially prone to goofing around. committed to the bit, some may say. my mom knew that if nonsense was going to break out, he’d likely be at the center of it

so she goes up to this kid at the very start of the trip and says “hey, i’m kinda worried about this chaperoning thing. this might be a lot to ask, but can you help me keep an eye on everyone? you wouldn’t have to do anything big, just be an extra set of eyes for me.”

friends, this kid proceeded to run their field trip group like the fucking us marines. everyone is at the meet up spots at the designated time. everyone waits in line for the rides like a bunch of boy scouts. the second the horseplay gets too out of hand, this kid is getting it back under control

it’s incredible how differently people act based on the expectations you set. instead of going to this kid and saying “hey, i know you’re trouble, so i’ve got my eye on you,” my mom went “hey, i know you have influence in your peer group, so i think you can help me.”

the them

just too silly not to draw lol, i love the dichotomy between these two's respective portrayals of each other

definitely not my usual MO, drawing a supervillain, but in my defense...Umbra's cool

also, this was supposed to be a quick doodle.

Drawing RLSH until I can become one myself

Entry 7: Oni Grrrl!

This one was my first commission! Huge shoutout to Oni Grrl for it! ^^

❌️ ableist

❌️ encourages capitalism

❌️ people can be losers and be employed

❌️ makes being jobless sound like a moral failing

"Get a hobby"

✔️ keeps disabled people who can't work in mind

✔️ does not encourage capitalism

✔️ if they already have hobbies you can tell them to get a new one

Drawing RLSH until I can become one myself

Entry 6: Night Stella!

Okay, we're back to art again! I've been trying to lean more towards classic comic book style with my art, still growing into it lol.

From there, go Settings > Gemini > Digital Assistants > Switch to Google Assistant. This disables Gemini, google's AI assistant, and switches you back to the old one. We aren't done yet.

Go back to Settings. From there, we go Settings > Google Assistant > scroll to find General > Google Assitant on/off > turn it off

They really tried their best to make it a pain, but you can eventually disable it. Holding the power button on your phone still pulls up a menu and asks you to turn it back on, but this is the least intrusive you can make it.

Applies to all non-apple phones afaik. For sure Samsungs and Pixels but idrk about others

https://wallmine.com/people/13274/sasan-k-goodarzi

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Moth PSA #01

Art commission scams

It’s probably been said by someone else before, but I might as well say it again.

If you’re an artist (like me!), there are GONNA be people trying to scam and phish you. Here are the red flags for it that I’ve seen here on Tumblr.

Someone COMMENTS on your art post, WITHIN THE HOUR IT WAS POSTED, asking if you’re available for commissions. Normal people that are ACTUALLY looking for a commission will usually just go straight to messages, but scammers can’t do that since you can’t mass-message the same thing.

The person in question isn’t following you and doesn’t have anything on their blog

If you DID message them, they give you an absurdly high budget, unprompted, usually in the hundreds range

Notably poor grammar (though this isn’t really a red flag on its own), and them asking for something generic like a drawing of a pet, family member, or themself

Some sort of ‘technical difficulty’ with payment that requires you to give them some sort of private information or banking info to fix. NEVER trust an email like [email protected], that’s a SURE sign of a scam

And remember, ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS ask for at LEAST 50% payment upfront! It’s just good practice.

And one last thing: you don’t need to feel bad about ignoring, blocking, or reporting a scammer. I know from experience that it’s a bit too easy to get your hopes up with “maybe this actually is a real person that likes my art, it’d be so rude to just stop messaging them.” Just BE CAREFUL.

All that said, sorry for the visit to yapsville. There will probably be more in the future though (notice how this is Moth PSA #01 lol)

Stay whimsical, and stay SAFE!