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shrug your shoulders up towards your ears and slowly lower down. repeat.

tilt your head to the side, bringing your ear towards your shoulder. repeat for the other side.

roll your shoulders up, back, down ↩️ a few times; then roll your shoulders up, forward, down ↪️ a few times.

feeling better? more relaxed? wanna go further? don't stress your body too much trying this but i'm gonna keep at it until it's easier for me:

bring your hands behind your back, fingers pointing down

gently flip your fingers up and turn your hands so palms face each other

press your palms together, draw your elbows slightly back, and open your chest

keep spine straight and hold

How to draw underwater settings: make everything floaty and weightless. Done! ✅ Unless you're a geek like me and want to learn all about how to paint the lighting: the highlights of the ripples, the bluish glow, the reflections.. there's a lot to think about but it's so satisfying once you get it right!

I painted these for last month's Patreon challenge on underwater lighting! If you like drawing challenges, join us: we’re studying wrinkles and folds this month. It's time to walk away from those face-smoothing filters and draw some textured skin!

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in spite of it all, happy 2026 pride.

you can download current and past hi-res versions of these over at my ko-fi (ok to print for personal use): https://ko-fi.com/mxmorgan/shop/freedownloads

you can also snag shirts here which go to various orgs: https://mxmorgan.threadless.com/collections/pride

these get reposted a whole lot from here to reddit to twitter to tiktok and on and on, and i don't personally care whether or not i'm credited. i made these for everyone to use, enjoy, and find meaning in them. i appreciate folks who do credit me, but if able, please at least link to the threadless shop in the previous post - folks can get an official shirt where 90% of earnings go to trans led orgs focused on mental health (which is an important matter in general, but very personal to me) and not from a scam bot site selling AI-churned maga garbage where you probably won't get one anyway. i also suggest downloading the files from my ko-fi - they are free/PWYW and you can use them to make your own shirt, patch, embroidery project, whatever. tips are always nice, cuz i do like a pizza now and then, but never required for download.

My orthodontist tells me I can make an appointment with the surgeon. I call the surgeon. They tell me I need a new referral. I call the orthodontist. They do a referral. I call the surgeon. Referral didn't come through. They tell me about their special unique system we have to use. I call the ortho again and walk them through the referral. I call the surgeon. They say the referral was missing some details so they have to do it again. I call the ortho.

The insurance company calls me about repair shops. I give them the name of the repair shop which I already gave them yesterday. They say they're not in their system but I can use them, but I have to call the repair shop to ask them to contact the insurance company. I call the repair shop and they say the insurance company is supposed to email them.

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start with sitting upright and shoulders pulled back

gently let head fall backwards, holding it there

slowly move your head along your shoulders; hold where you feel a stretch

keep your head as the main weight and drop it over towards the front of your body

slowly move your head along your chest; hold where you feel a stretch

go back and forth a few times all around, perhaps using your hand to gently pull your head further (if you do this, i find it feels best to use the arm in the direction you're going, so head sits in elbow)

gently and slowly return to the upright position

rest when you’re tired.

it’s okay if you forgot