The Only Two Genders: Clown And Jester

1. If you see this post, highly recommend taking it as an opportunity to set a timer for 15 minutes and switch over to ACTIVITY YOU ENJOY. if after those 15 minutes, you want to go back to scrolling, that's okay!

2. Huge shout out to this popping up in my notifs often, bc I do go back to activity.

Overview of some topics when it comes to drawing characters who are burn survivors.

DISCLAIMER. Please keep in mind that this is an introductory overview for drawing some burn scars and has a lot of generalizations in it, so not every “X is Z” statement will be true for Actual People. I'm calling this introductory because I hope to get people to actually do their own research before drawing disabled & visibly different characters rather than just making stuff up. Think of it as a starting point and take it with a grain of salt (especially if you have a very different art style from mine).

Talking about research and learning... don't make your burn survivor characters evil. Burn survivors are normal people and don't deserve to be constantly portrayed in such a way.

A good thing to know is that generally, the darker your skin is, the worse your scarring will be. I don't know why that is, but i was told by several doctors that i'm lucky i'm so white, and also seen it on other burnt people- dark skin scar harder. FYI.

Scars take time to set! It takes somewhere betweem 1-4 years for them to heal, and until then, they can DRASTICALLY change shapes(i remember in the early months, my face would completely change in a week. Fun times for an insecure teenager). That's the time when compression garments come into play, and also the time the scars DO have the streotypical pink coloration(not fucking RED. Instead, it'll be a similar color to your blush). The most common time for this to end is 2 years. After the scars calm down, they pretty much set, and get a color that's close to your natural complection, the colors you see in the tutorial.*

*so if the scars are pink, your character should have a compression garment on them! Zuko was NOT listening to his doctors, let me tell you

Even when the scars are constant, there are STILL changes in colors. My scars get super white when I overtax myself physically- instead of going red in the face, I just loose all color. My hands regularly go purplish in the winter, like they loose circulation(they don't. But the color looks like that). Other weather conditions also come into consideration.

goodrx is the most well known one, but if i'm trying to find the cheapest price for a patient i compare it to scriptcycle, and use whichever is offering the best price. you just type in the medication (PLEASE make sure you're getting the right drug, dosage, and quantity) and your zip code and they will spit out some offers for you

some pharmacies may have their own discount card to compare to as well!

if you are getting a name brand medication, you can also look at the manufacturer's website to see if they offer any evouchers for you to use too

A friend of mine was having trouble making reference sheets for her characters, so I made quite a few!

I figure these could be really useful if anyone else was struggling too, so these are all F2U

* body language masterlist

* a translator that doesn’t eat ass like google translate does

* a reverse dictionary for when ur brain freezes

* 550 words to say instead of fuckin said

* 638 character traits for when ur brain freezes again

* some more body language help

hey look at this image i have

Don't be fooled by bullshit like Turbotax. If you make less than $89,000 a year (I'd say confidently that's 99% of Tumblr), you are entitled to use the IRS free file tool for your taxes. This page from the IRS lists all the software providers they have partnered with to provide this service. I have only used one on the list, but it was as good as or maybe better than Turbotax, and I repeat, free for the federal tax return. You MIGHT still have to pay a fee to file a state tax return, but it should be nominal. If you don't want to do it online, you can also go to the IRS to print out the forms directly and turn them in.

so don't get too comfortable.