Catastrophe in progress

me: yeah i know, they’re all primary colors, it’s perfect

I’ve been working on this for a while, its the first time I’ve ever done one but I’m proud to have finally actually finished it. 

Song (Its a great cover)

The more we get to know, the more questions there are. Yet, Molly’s words hit very close to home…

[  For those interested in the symbolism in this piece: ]

You sure have seen this post. It has spread like wildfire over the past few days so I doubt there is any artist out there who hasn’t seen it. But even if you didn’t, you should read on because I’m about to tell you a handy little thing that can help you to protect your art from such assholes as the anon who submitted this bullcrap, as well as art thieves in general.

The magic word is Metadata.

Metadata is like an invisible signature that is embeded into a file. It can contain all kinds of information, like Title, date, keywords for online seach engines, and copyright information. And the best thing is, since this information is “hidden” in the code of your picture, it’s hard to remove it.

There is a nice basic tutorial on how to add Metadata, or “additional file information” to your images in photoshop. It’s really, really easy so check it out!

“Adding Your Contact And Copyright Info To Your Photos With Photoshop” on PhotoshopEssentials.com

I’m not sure if you can do the same with any other art program. If you know how to do this in other programs / can confirm that it works the same way there, please tell me so I can add the information to this post.

me: /opens metadata

1. Launch GIMP, then open or create an image.

2. Click “Image” near the top of the GIMP window and select “Image Properties” from the drop-down menu to open the Image Properties window. You can also press “Alt-Enter.”

3. Click the “Comment” tab near the top of the Image Properties window to switch to it.

4. Click once in the text box to start adding a comment. I strongly recommend you type it 

5. Type or paste the comment in the text box, then press “Close” to save it and close the Image Properties window.

6. Click “File” near the top of the GIMP window and select “Save As” from the menu to open the Save Image window. (Depending on which version of GIMP you use, you might have to select “Export As” to accomplish step 9)

7. Type a name for your file in the Name box, then select a folder where to save it in the Save In Folder box.

8. Click the small “+” sign in front of the Select File Type option to see all available file types.

9. Select “JPEG image” from the list and click “Save.” The Save As JPEG window pops up.

10. Use the Quality slider to adjust the quality of your image.

11. Click the “Save” button to save the image. The comment is now embedded in the image.

As for the copyright notice, try not to mess around too much. Here is what you really need to put in it:

The year you published the copyrighted content

The copyright symbol ©

Your first name and family name, or your website name if you wish to stay anonymous

The mention “All rights reserved”

His sister tells him ‘You waste all your time playing with knives. You’re not even good!’ and he masters dual swords.

His sister is a prodigy and he’s told he’ll never catch up. He learns from dragons. He trains the Avatar. He takes her down (with the help of a very skilled waterbender)

He’s left behind by his mother, cast out by his father, hunted by his sister, and Zuko still learns unconditional love. 

His father tells him he’s worthless and unloved, that he was ‘lucky to be born,’ and he becomes a man that the world is proud of. 

Anything his family said to him, he managed to turn around and build on it. He thrived on it, exploded from it, turned all the negativity into a positive path and it’s just… it’s amazing.

There’s just no end to my love for this character. No fucking end. 

Bonus: The weak, banished prince has fangirls for all the ages. Take that, Ozai.

make sleeves go all the way to the wrist

stop putting shelf bras in everything

make jeans for short people with big butts

make shirts out of anything more substantial than gossamer

stop putting hanger straps on everything, they’re fn annoying and we’re disasters who don’t use them anyway

fake pockets???!!? FAKE POCKETS??!!?

put pockets on everything i am serious

charge less than half what you’re currently charging for shorts

end ‘one size fits all’ forever

size women’s clothing the way you size men’s clothing: with MEASUREMENTS

Make tall clothes that are in proportion instead of just making legs/sleeves longer.

Standardise your sizes.

Make bigger hats.

Stop putting “cold shoulder” holes in everything.