Hey :)

"Absolutely positive," says Grace.

"You've never even kissed?"

"Nuh uh. Nope."

Dubois joins in, saying, "But if she asked you to... say... get your arm surgically attached to hers. Would you?"

"...huh???" says Grace, raising an eyebrow.

"Well, would you?" asks Yao.

Grace looks thoughtful. "Like. I mean. If it was pertinent to the mission, then..."

Cabin 3 - Poseidon: the god of the seas, storms, earthquakes, droughts, vegetation, and navigation. I think it’s very funny to think about a son of Poseidon writing a paper about how water isn’t required for life. But other than that, navigation. He navigates the shit out of the Hail Mary’s route. I know technically cabin 3 only has expertise in naval navigation but yk.

Cabin 4 - Demeter: the goddess of agriculture, the Earth, and the seasons. Yeah. He’s the guy who kept the Earth from a mass extinction event. Makes sense to me.

Cabin 6 - Athena: the goddess of wisdom, intelligence, civilization, mathematics, strategy, and defensive warfare. We know he’s smart so. I feel like this is a given. But also math!! Bro was doing math before he remembered his name because gravity pissed him off.

Cabin 7 - Apollo: the god of the sun, medicine, plague, music, reason, knowledge, and is known to be the protector of the young. This is my personal favorite for this au(?) Like. He keeps the sun from dimming wtf. The dude has a doctorate so that also gets the reason and knowledge part down. With the music part, his best friend literally speaks in music notes. If he was the son of Apollo, I’d bet that would mean he’d catch onto Eridian language faster and I like the idea of that. I know his petty ass would love to give Dr. Staggering Waste of Carbon a common cold. Also protector of the young!! He loves kids and comes back to the project to protect them from the apocalypse.

Cabin 10 - Aphrodite: the goddess of love, beauty, desire, war, navigation, and passion. Aro/ace children of Aphrodite are cool as fuck. Additionally, he’s a very charming guy. People like him. In a friendly way and in romantic ways. Also navigation again! This isn’t only naval navigation so it fits even better. He’s very passionate about his opinions too.

Cabin 11 - Hermes: the god of travelers, speed, cunning, wit, and alchemy. He’s been places. To other planets and solar systems. If that’s not a traveler idk what is. And. That’s it, really. He’s smart, but not really cunning. I just thought the traveler bit was cool.

Cabin 14 - Iris: the goddess of rainbows, peace, awe, happiness, and communication. Remember that scene from the movie when he’s pinned to the ground looking up at the rainbow? Yeah. That. But also, he is in awe of so many things, like how astrophage functions, Eridian biology, and life in general. I like the communication aspect as well because he was the first person to converse with intelligent alien life.

Cabin 15 - Hypnos: the god of sleep and memories. This is only on this list because I find it funny. Yk. Because he was in a coma for four years and lost his memory. (Okay it’s not that funny at all, but it’s amusing enough to me to not remove this bullet point.)

The Other Option. He’s fully mortal, but can see through the mist. I think this would lead to him trying to help any demigod kids he comes across.

can you explain how you draw real people? you style is really cool, i can immediately tell who you’re drawing. i’m getting kindaaa decent at art but drawing real people in a stylized way is what i struggle the most, they just look nothing life the ref

thank you in advance!! i hope you’re having a great day!! go fishing and stuff

I'll be so real, drawing real life people is usually my least favourite activity, I get very uncomfortable looking at photos of people for extended periods of time. Having to look at ryan gosling's face for longer than 5 seconds gives me hives. Yet I persevere.

This is kind of my process when I first start drawing someone from live action, I start with realistic studies to get down features, from that exploration, I figure out what makes them distinct. Mr gosling has very distinct eyes and nose, so I latch onto that and do more studies but instead of fully trying to capture everything, I go off vibes. Then more and more vibes until I no longer have to look at his face.

I don't have the original studies I did for grace cause I deleted that shit but I do have the ones for carl!

I think I've talked about it before but I'm happy to talk about it again! For learning, personally studying from other artists was the most helpful when learning colour theory and trying to get better with colour palettes/lighting! I also like doing studies based on photos, I have a pinterest board dedicated to photos with fun lighting for inspiration

The way I colour specifically is pretty loose and painterly, I did a lot of painting before I got into digital art so I use similar methods to how I worked as a traditional artist!

I made a little timelapse to show how I work, I start with filling everything in with one colour and work in sections to fill out and render skin, hair, clothes, etc! Then I set the sketch layer as a multiply layer, colour the lineart and add any final details.

The brush I use does a lot of heavy lifting when it comes to colour choice, I mainly use the tiger brush pack brushes from the csp asset store, they're soft and have a lot of hue variation which helps me add colours to my work I might've not thought to add otherwise!

Other little colouring notes:

I try to avoid purely white eyes! Nobody has entirely white sclera and I've found it can look scary in art especially if the rest is fairly well rendered lol

For shadows and highlights, I don't just change the value but also the hue! How I change it depends on the piece but because I like colouring warmer toned stuff, generally I go for warmer shadows. Lots of reds and oranges!

I also really like adding reflective light! Super easy way to do it is to take your drawing, draw some blue (or whatever colour you want) in it, colour pick from that, and then add it where it feels right! Maybe doesn't always make sense but I think it looks good and I like doing it lol

Nathalie, and who’s the mother? Also Nathalie. Single dad-mom until the child turns 5. After that, he has two mothers, a Gabriel, and a brother.

I like to think that Nathalie would be better suited to the role of a father than a mother, like, she’s there for you, supports you, and teaches you, but she isn’t particularly affectionate (Eric doesn't mind, he's not very affectionate either) but, she does value independence and hard work.

Posted by The Library of Congress on Facebook:

Once more, due to annual popular demand, we like to share Rosa Parks’ pancake recipe on National Pancake Day. Jotted down on an envelope, it came to the Library along with the rest of her papers, a gift made possible by the generosity of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation in 2016. Learn more about the Rosa Parks Collection: https://www.loc.gov/.../rosa.../about-this-collection/...

Here is the Library of Congress page for the recipe!

And the full transcription (text) of the envelope!

And the recipe itself:

Featherlite Pancakes Sift together:

1 C flour

2 T B. Powder [presumably baking powder]

1/2 t salt

2 T sugar

Mix:

1 egg

1 1/4 C Milk

1/3 C peanut butter melted

1 T shorting or oil

Combine with dry ingredients Cook at 275° on griddle

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