Welcome To The Art Dump!

My name is Gold (She/Her) I draw Cookies, Ponies, Bugs, Pirates and all my other hyper fixations! Of which I have many... wayyyy too many...

A shameless self promo on my own blog BUT! All of my characters are also on my Artfight account! Hint hint nudge nudge lol

They claim European heatwaves are too intense for us but their teams are canceling practice for the coldest summer some of our southeast states are having (Home air conditioning isn’t stupid now huh?)

And them experiencing our food? Glorious!

Seeing Europeans experience the culture shock we all told them they would is the best thing ever!

I wrote with my left hand for Avery. It hurt my soul but was worth it cause Avery has shitty handwriting

And of course the original meme

“You could have”

The Verity™️ horror mod is such a good genAI warning because it is the most realistic depiction of genAI and the damage it causes to the world.

Ai data centers are purposely placed near towns. They then destroy the environment and taking up all the resources. On top of leaving no clean drinking water for people, data centers also drive locals away by using noise pollution.

There are no villagers in this world because Verity™️ ate them. It needed fuel because Mob kept using it and kept asking more complicated, more personal questions. Mob goes from asking simple Google worthy questions to asking Verity™️ what he should eat in the real world.

Mob becomes dependent on Verity™️. Dependent on something completely unnatural and unneeded in Minecraft, a perfect circle in a game of cubes.

I'll make a more in depth lore post some other time but this whole AU started out of spite because there are really specific things diamond swap au's tend to do that piss me off. So for one, the location of the diamond's gems stay the same because gem placement is representative of personality. Two, the entire aesthetic and vibe of homeworld is changed because Pink is now in charge which leads into point three, the roles of other gems. In my au, pearls and spinels swap places!

And finally, I personally really hate when Steven just gets a new aesthetic and body type, so I made am entirely new main character who is completely separate from Steven (Steven is perfect I love him I will never mess with him) as well as changing the setting. OG Steven Universe's Beach City is inspired by the East-coast (Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia) so this new setting will be on the West-coast, probably in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia) hence Moonstone's more hippy/boho style. I think this means Greg will be more grunge-y than rock-y since grunge started in Seattle.

And finally finally! The new mom squad will of course be Peridot, Lapis, Jasper AND Bismuth and Spinel. Because I am extra like that.

- How the YouTube Minecraft series “My Minecraft World is Deleting Itself…” by Wifies is the best modern example of prolonged childhood grief disorder and how using this method of story telling makes previously stigmatized disorders more understandable and relatable to the general population

-How the Transformers character Starscream represents the trauma and gender dysphoria of intersex people who’s autonomy was taken from them before they’re even born and how Starscream’s loss of autonomy alongside his gender dysphoria explains his behavior in the comics.

-The evolution of human feet being the perfect example of natural selection. Then going into speculative evolution with humans conquering other planets and how our feet would adapt to terrains of said alien planets.

-How the modern world would be different if Icarus died by flying too close to the ocean instead of the sun. (Hamilton and My little pony get referenced in this one)

- Why green themed characters are absent in western media targeted towards little girls and the idiotic marketing strategies of "girls vs boys" for selling toys

- Using the metroidvania “Ori and The Blind Forest” to explain the symbolic use of the color purple in storytelling (Hollow Knight's use of yellow gets mentioned in this one)

- Why “Harry Potter Hogwart’s Legacy” is a Natzi power fantasy

- Pretty privilege affecting endangered animal conservation and why bees are fish in California

-How the use of the harp in James Joyce’s “Dubliners” represents the internalized forced feminization of male characters

-Why the Greek god Apollo does not have a Roman/Italic counterpart

Anyways! Do yall know what these four characters have in common?

Well it's actually- I've gotten genuine death threats (from multiple different people) for saying they're my favorite character from their respective medias. Isnt that fun? Isnt that such a great? Aren't people just so nice?

Almond has already made an appearance and others have been mentioned, but how much chaos could I cook up if I add Late and Espresso as proper characters?

Chapter five is going to be just Velvet, Eclair, and the hounds getting closer, but I don’t what I want to do moving forward. It would be fun to explore Velvet and Espresso’s relationship after Ep 15 and Eclair being a professor has been my favorite part to write for him…

Eclair is beautiful, majestic, gorgeous... and Velvet is there ig

The ogs

I have been stockpiling different oshikatsu craft ideas to keep me busy while I hunt for the perfect bag and if I can’t find a bag that matches my vision I will attempt to make my own! Because my favorite child deserves only the best!

Thinking about the oshikatsu and yumeshipping side of fandoms has really been motivating me to keep working! The idea of my work resonating with people so strongly that they dedicate parts of their own living space to it? That they want to go on dates with MY characters? Augh I love it! I’ve already had people yumeship with my ocs before and it was SO much fun! Total ego boost ngl

I have this really bad habit of sleeping on my stomach and months of my face rubbing into my pillow has caused my eyelashes to thin. But no one fucking believe me and I keep getting accused of pulling out my own eyelashes!

My trich has never affected my face and my eyebrows/eyelashes being uneven causes me a lot of distress. So why would I purposely make the inner half of one eyelid all thinned out? That’s not satisfying at all! And I am way too paranoid to get tweezers need my eyes!

Ive been trying to fix my sleeping position, touch my face less, and I have really amped up my hygiene routine, but I also got some eyelash growth serum which seems to be helping! Albeit very slowly but that’s to be expected.

The harp has a seven different notes (A through G) and a standard grand concert pedal harp like mine has around 46 strings with six and half octaves in total, give or take depending on the model.

On top of the insane amount of strings is the large column at the far end of the harp. This column is hollow and contains a complex system of steel push rods that connects all of the strings to the base. This is where the pedals are located.

Now onto the base! There are seven movable pedals corresponding to each note (the pedals on the left side are: D, C, B, and the right side are: E, F, G, A) with three notches used to adjust the pitch of every string for that one note (up for flat, middle for natural, and bottom sharp).

Moving the pedals will either push or pull on a corresponding rod. The rods go up the column and connects to a series of metal arms inside the neck (the top curvy part of the harp). These arms form a linkage system that translate the vertical movement of the pedals into a rotational motion that shifts a small set of discs or levers. When activated, the fretting discs will pinch the top of the strings which changed the length of vibration, adjusting the pitch according to the pedal movement.

The sound in this video is me moving the D pedal, which makes all of the D strings vibrate

I seriously can’t look away from cookie run for TWO days because shit WILL hit the fan… AND AT THE START OF PRIDE MONTH NO LESS!?

Is selfcest a little strange at first? Absolutely! It’s a weird concept to hear about for the first time and the name can definitely make people uncomfortable (which is why mirrorshipping is another name for it). I certainly thought it was strange at first but I got over that!

But shipping a character with an alternate version of themself, something that can NEVER HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE and comparing that to incest? That’s insane! And then to ban victims of incest who bravely spoke out against you? EVEN MORE INSANE!

And they have just being acting extremely childish to all the push back in the official server

Why is this person even the senior social media manager? Based on everything I’ve seen on their own twitter account, they are incredibly biased, petty, and allow that to impact their job seeing how they have deliberately not posted official CRK media that contains fan service for a ship they personally do not like.

This pattern of behavior is incredibly unprofessional for anyone but its even worse when it’s the senior social media manager acting this way!

Of course this is NOT a post encouraging people to go and harass Alyssa! That is the last thing we need because the situation has been resolved and harassment will only make us as a fandom at large look worse. I repeat! DO NOT GO AND HARASS ALYSSA!

I am going to end with this to show just how stupid this whole controversy has been and because it makes me laugh

It’s because orchestras actually consider the harp to be a percussion instrument as it shares more similarities to the drums and piano than it does with stringed instruments!

Stringed instruments, like violins, use a bow to create a continuous sound. Performers can change what kind of sound is made mid note without needing the stop. With the harp, once a string is plunked the sound can no longer changed.