Spiral Out (Keep Going)

I had a lot of fun with them.

The letters of the Skin Tones/Shades stand for:

DTA - Deepest Almond (I added a T because I didn't want it to be confused with DA/ Deep Almond.)

EDA - Extra Deep Almond

VDA - Very Deep Almond

DA - Deep Almond

MDA - Medium Deep Almond

EDG - Extra Deep Golden

DG - Deep Golden

MDG - Medium Deep Golden

MG - Medium Golden

I had to do Medium Golden twice. Because I wasn't sure about the first one (Left one). Which for the first one I shade Light Blue first and then I shade in Medium Golden. The second I did the reverse. First MG and then LB. And repeat. I was wondering if I could get advice for them?

EDG - Extra Deep Rose

VDR - Very Deep Rose

DR - Deep Rose

I decided to practice with Brown (B), again. I think it looked good.

LBWN - Light Brown

T - Tan

So yeh! I took yours and another user on this post to practice:

https://www.tumblr.com/references-for-artists/819685008520380416/and-im-back-i-tried-to-do-light-strokes-like-you?source=share

So yeah!

Here is another picture of the Dark Skin Tones. Just in case!

Is there anything I can do to be better with the Skin Tones?

redid some of her older renders with the finished model

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For donations:

We Love Foundation: Provinding food, water, medical support, hygiene kits, shelter supplies, logistics, and direct support for vulnerable families on the ground. They have worked with global partners and Venezuelan nonprofits for the past 13 years.

The Gio Foundation: Humanitarian and animal aid nonprofit organization accepting donations through their portal.

Aldeas Infantiles SOS: Accepts donations in bolívares (Venezuelan currency) through their Venezuelan branch. Donations in foreign currencies can be sent through Aldeas Infantiles SOS Spain.

Save the Children’s Emergency Fund: Donations will go towards providing urgent, life-saving support to Venezuelan children.

UNICEF Spain: Has launched an Emergency Fund for Venezuelan children.

Miami-based Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce Foundation: Launched a fundraising campaign to provide food, water, medicine, shelter and emergency relief.

World Central Kitchen: Providing fresh meals to communities in need in Venezuela.

Caritas Venezuela: Accepting both venezuelan and foreign donations.

Alimenta La Solidaridad: Activated their humanitarian network to support communities affected by the earthquake and deliver aid where it is needed the most.

International Medical Corps: Deployed members of their in-country team to the affected region to assess needs, working in close collaboration with local officials and emergency responders.

The House Project: Providing emergency humanitarian aid to those who need it most.

Fundación ACNUR Argentina: Independent, non-profit organization that works to raise public awareness and secure funds to support the humanitarian aid programs of ACNUR (the UN Refugee Agency).

Emergency Appeal by Healing Venezuela: Healing Venezuela is a UK based charity focused on alleviating the health crisis in Venezuela.

SOS Venezuela Appeal by People In Need: People in Need is a Czech non-governmental, non-profit organization active all over the world.

Ayudo Venezuela: A website to look up all collecting centers available in Venezuela.

Some collecting centers around the world: Find a near collecting center if there's any and help with anything you can.

For reporting missing people/pets:

Desaparecidos Terremoto Venezuela: If anyone you know in Venezuela is missing you can report them here.

Encuéntralos: You can locate people here.

HuellaScan: Website to report and locate missing pets.

Other resources and articles:

A map to see damages in Venezuela

Earthquakes in Venezuela: What We Know by Caracas Chronicles

Key Information About Venezuela’s State of Emergency by Caracas Chronicles

A Shaken Country and an Exposed State by Juan Carlos Gabaldón

Important video with information about Venezuela by Alex TVzla on instagram

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If you are from the US call your representatives to pressure into aiding Venezuela as much as possible. Please, my country needs all the help they can get.

There are many Venezuelan communities around the world coming together and organizing to help those back home. Find the nearest collecting center and please help with whatever you can! }

Venezuela was already a devastated country, and this just made everything a million times worse.

All these campaigns/fundraisers I'm sharing have been verified.

Bc so many ppl focus on the idea of telling A Trusted Adult, but even a well-meaning individual can fuck up and let abuse fall through the cracks or not know what to do

Whereas if a child tells LOADS of adults AND other kids, there's far less opportunity for an abuser to do damage control

Consistently telling their story and spreading it around disempowers the abuser to control and coerce the flow of information, or to utilise gaps and weaknesses in systems of reporting or welfare to isolate the child

- when you’re jay walking, cars will actively accelerate bc the drivers want to kill you for breaking the rules

- servers in restaurants act very scared and apologetic, so maybe people aren’t nice to them here??? or I could be terrifying

- it’s really cute when little kids have British accents, but I’m unmoved by adults with accents

- extremely good gluten free options. this country is like 20 years ahead of Canada in that regard

- people will give random insignificant buildings names with little plaques. and then that’s the name that shows up on the map. like even a smaller than average family home, you can name it like it’s a dog

- lots of brick and stone buildings. looks cute and charming until you enter one and there’s no air conditioning

cute peculiar jumping(?) spider from texas 🕷

Mothleaf Lagnia

I don’t know how up on film history you are but what’s widely considered the first zombie movie (albeit it never uses the word zombie), Night of the Living Dead, has the heroic lead Ben played by a Black actor, Duane Jones. It came out in 1968 and Ben wasn’t written to be Black, but George Romero just ended up casting him because Jones gave the best audition (and he is really incredible, this is a favorite film of mine and his performance is a big reason). Obviously though, because of the casting choice of Ben (in addition to the era in which the film was made) the lenses you can analyze it through increase (with the way the other characters treat him despite the fact that he’s the only one actively thinking and planning and being competent, and also the ending hits in a different way as examples). One of my favorite horror heroes honestly.

He also decided how the movie would end for his character.

Spoilers for the end of Night of the Living Dead:

While I’m not yet perfect at insect IDs, I think this Missouri bug is a Four-Toothed Mason Wasp (Monobia quadridens)

I was pretty pleased to get some good photos though.

Got nice video of a nerodia looking for tasty crayfish over at our usual fishing spot. He was very polite when he realized we were there. Just kinda popped his head up and chilled.

click beetle i found on a hike recently!! pretty little guy. or big actually. i don't remember exactly but they were at least an inch long, maybe an inch and a half

saw a Mydas clavatus in my garden today!!!! exciting for me