i might spontaneously combust

it’s called a Hawser and is the thick cable or rope used for towing/mooring a ship

This is a line designed to hold in place a moving object that can be easily in excess of 10000 tons. AND THEY CAN BREAK FROM THAT TENSION ALONE.

You’ve heard of the term, “Going haywire,” right? Ever spared a thought to why that term exists?

See, time was there was a prototype automatic hay-baler. But this was in that magic period juuust before we really got into standardized sizes. So calibration of the machine was handled manually - a mix of guessing and learning from the results of guessing. If you’ve read Raising Steam by Sir Terry Pratchett you know that many people don’t get to learn from the results of their own guesses, due to being dead.

A poorly calibrated hay-baler had the mechanical strength to smush the hay into a tight bundle, wrap the wire around it, and tie that wire off to maintain the bale’s form. But the pressure of the over-packed hay was a constant outward force. Each bale made by an over-tight baler was potential energy in physical form. We have a word for “potential energy in physical form” and that word is “bomb.”

So sometimes, a man would toss a hay bale and it would land with a twang and the man who’d been reaching down to pick it up where it landed was dead.

thank you so so much! I'd really have to think on it a bit more to answer your question, tbh. To simplify silhouettes, starting with a lighter gray or other colour first and then outline the proper structure it in black can help.

Lots of references too, try to take a picture of yourself (you don't have to show it to anyone!) to understand how your body can actually bend and move.

I tried breaking it down into shapes. Think about where the negative space is in relation to the limbs, and where certain things overlap.

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and i didnt get blinded. so clearly lab safety isnt real and you should always risk it cus taking risks is awesome #gambling