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Bessie Stringfield (1911-1993): The Motorcycle Queen of Miami

She was a great woman. Full entry here. Book here. Art notes after the cut.

UPDATE!!!

Ok guys, they won. they won with 8 millions of votes. but don’t be fooled. Today the polling places were empty, and at 3pm only 1 million of people voted (less than the 2%) My cousin told me that they use information of DEATH PEOPLEto gain votes.

Ten countries don’t recognize this election. Was a fraud election. And the only thing that need matter is the fact that 15 PEOPLE WERE KILLED TODAY, and two of them were just TEENAGERS (13 and 17 years old)

one woman was FIRED of her work for doesn’t go to vote (according to her family, she was an amazing employed). People have crossed the border with Colombia to not stay here

The president is talking now, he’s saying that “the socialism won” that “no one motherfucker (talking about the people who are opposed to this) is going to rule here”. Things are going to be worse.

If you want to help, pray for us. go to the embassies of Venezuela in your countries and don’t recognize this government, this election

Nicolas Maduro is a killer, a torturer, HE IS A LIAR. PEOPLE IS DYING HERE, WE DON’T HAVE MEDICINES AND FOOD AND BASIC STUFF TO LIVE. PEOPLE ARE EVEN EATING FROM THE GARBAGE.

THIS COULD HAPPEN IN THE NEXT HOURS OR DAYS. READ THE IMAGES BELOW

NICOLAS MADURO SAID THAT POLITICANTS AGAINST HIM ARE GOING TO BE IN JAIL

HE SAID THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT TV CHANNELS HERE MIGHT DISAPPEAR JUST FOR SAYS THE TRUTH

Wheelchairs are used for many disabilities; it could be very painful to walk, one may lack the strength to walk, have hyperflexibility, shortness of lung capacity, fragility of joints, muscles, skin etc. 

A few months later, I happened to be with someone in the store and we saw a guy in a wheelchair get up to reach something. The person I was with was really offended and started making some fatphobic comment about how he was probably “just too lazy” to walk. I relied, “How do you know? There’s a lot of things that can make you need a wheelchair that aren’t paralysis. Heck, I used one when I was fifteen and had a really bad sprained knee because the airport wouldn’t let crutches past security and I couldn’t walk.”  “Oh. I didn’t really think of it that way.”  “It’s ok, just… do think of it that way next time. I can tell you from experience using one of those is a total pain in the ass. Trust me, he wouldn’t use it unless he needs it.”

I can tell you from experience using one of those is a total pain in the ass. Trust me, he wouldn’t use it unless he needs it.”

Wheelchairs as tech, are incredibly ignored. We haven’t had major upgrades in manual chairs for years. So a thing people might not know is it’s actually harder to use a wheelchair then walk .

My main issues i use a chair for are standing, walking is not the issue its that standing in place screws me up blood pressure/joint/energy wise. Now most people have tried to ride a bike up a hill, maybe up a wheelchair ramp. Ramps are easy on the bike right?

Wheelchairs do not have gears

What this means, is your ability to go forward is almost an exact 1:1 ratio of how hard you push. The pushrims are nearly the size of the entire wheel, so you need to push from the back of the wheel to the front to make the chair go. Not only that, but no gears means if you take your hands off the wheels you go backwards down the hill. and again, to make the chair goes, you have to let go and put you hands back to repeat the motion.

So basically. Just to STOP on an incline, you are basically holding a shopping cart holding weight equal to yours on an incline. To move up the incline is like, if you had to push it up the hill, while having to sort of push it in short bursts letting go each time and catching it. This is what its like to be a wheelchair user. Additionally sidewalks that REALLY slope to the street? We have to go one handed to compensate for the chair trying to roll into the street.

used a reference for everything

thinner line art (you think thats thin? go thinner….)

sketch, then do a cleaner sketch, THEN start finalizing

THUMBNAILS

color research, picking a set palette or light/dark for each work

you like that pose? redo it one more time

USE A DAMN REFERENCE

do not rely on stylization as an excuse for anatomy

draw the goddamn background you coward

just draw the hand- a bad hand is better than a hidden hand

the rule of thirds WORKS

take a considerable break between sketch and lines/paint

know that art takes longer as you get better at it

draw the seams on clothes

stop aiming for accuracy and focus on fluidity and motion, accuracy will come with practice of those two concepts

just…do the chiaroscuro. just DO IT. no excuses it always works

stop making excuses, make yourself an art schedule/set weekly(or daily) art goals and just DO IT.