mostly reposting

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This fabulous bitch

She makes a shit ton of poses (like 16,000 or some crazy nonsense).  I used this lovely lady to draw so much as a teen.  Whether it was some nerdy pose for my Mary Sue as fuck OCs

or for full on fight sequences

or for tragic deaths of my OCs in the arms of a totally OOC main protagonist.  

this bitch hooked me up.  

And with the wildest, craziest stuff that you could see in your head but had no way or resources to reasonably draw like

or this

or this

DUDE!  INASNE SHIT!!  So I was using her for a pose reference and decided, you know what, I owe this bitch some cash.  Lemme dole it out for her.  BUT then, I looked and saw she only has 286 fucking patrons!!  This chick gives out free shit and spends countless hours arranging these shoots and setting this stuff up.  

I’ll fork up the cash, SenshiStock.  You’re worth it.  

Political/informational: 

Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis and Inuit Issues in Canada by Chelsea Vowel

Tsawalk: A Nuu-chah-nulth Worldview by hereditary chief Umeek, E. Richard Atleo (softcover edition and PDF available through UBC Press)

Fiction: 

Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson (highly recommended!) 

Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese

Not in the video, but if you have a middle/high schooler in your life or want to read it yourself, I recommend The Barren Grounds by David Alexander Robertson

Poetry:

This Accident of Being Lost by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

This Wound is a World by Billy-Ray Belcourt (not available at GoodMinds.com - available from UMN Press)

Islands of Decolonial Love by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Comic:

crisis/urgent support lines and sites

hotlines/crisis lines for depression, domestic abuse, alcohol and drug abuse, teens, pregnancy, lgbt and more

mental support community - a forum where you can post that you are in a crisis right now and need peer support as soon as possible

imalive crisis chat - online one-on-one chat for if you’re in at risk of hurting yourself etc

self harm alternatives

si urges alternatives

relaxation/anxiety relief

do nothing for two minutes

interactive silk art

guided relaxation

watch a dream

100,000 stars

thisissand - create sandscapes on your screen with your mouse

calming gif

the quiet place project

the quiet place - find some quiet

the thoughts room - a super calm page to unburden yourself from bad thoughts

the comfort spot - a place for anonymous venting with out anybody judging you for who you are

the dawn room - my personal favourite, especially good for when you feel alone

know that it will be okay - when a moment is too hard for you - come here.

music and sounds

my anxiety relief playlist - on 8tracks

my positivity/recovery playlist - on 8tracks

‘stay strong’ playlists - on 8tracks

coffee shop sounds

rain sounds

calmsound - nature sounds

rainycafe

comfort food

one minute cookie in a mug

brownie in a mug

several cookie recipes

25 hot chocolate recipes

loads and loads of snacks - 533 quick and easy recipes for a range of snacks on studentrecipe

lots of different in-a-mug recipes

chocolate pudding in a mug - my personal fave (lil tip: add mini marshmallows for extra gooey yumminess)

advice and tips

how to be okay with yourself

25 resolutions

life hacks

more life hacks

a hella ton more life hacks - so many life hacks dude soon ur gonna never have a day-to-day stress again

school masterpost - school sucks so bad but hopefully this can help ease the stress

how to love yourself

how to bypass restricted wifi omg

alleviate menstrual cramps

boost your confidence

love yourself!

self help after anxiety

stop biting your nails

stop procrastinating

stop skipping breakfast

videos and movies

cure to sadness (video)

the movie blog - a blog dedicated to movie masterposts you will never be without a movie to watch again

cute roulette - THE BEST PLACE ON THE INTERNET ITS LITERALLY JUST A HUGE ROULETTE OF VIDEOS OF CUTE ANIMALS WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT FROM LIFE

random acts of kindness caught on film

disney movies

movies for angsty teens

distractions etc

rice questions - answer simple questions and donate free rice to people in poverty!!

click to give - just click a button to donate (it costs nothing) food to animals shelters, people in poverty and homeless veterans; mammograms to fight breast cancer; therapy for people on the autism spectrum; alzheimer’s and diabetes research; a book to a child; protect wildlife habitat

break something - good for anger

loads of cute games

how to make a blanket nest

learn something new - a masterpost of hobbies

exercise like a superhero

nice words

things to do when your sad

slap a bald guy with an eel - this is ridiculously entertaining

watch a dog lick your screen - it loops, so you could literally watch for hours if you want

calmingmanatee

daily puppy

how to make a comfort box

download free books

extras

emergency compliment!

lots of compliments - they even include ur name aw

huge list of bloggers who have put themselves forward as willing to listen/chat without judgement

getting anon hate?

:) tag - all the posts that i’ve tagged for making me happy

7cupsoftea - free, anonymous, confidential talks with trained listeners

get a hug

Calming songs, playlists and instrumentals:

Sing Me to Sleep

The Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Boost your Mood (peppier and happy songs)

The Driving Mixtape

Study

Summer Nights

It’s Going to be Fine

Calm & Collected

Once Upon a December - Piano (song)

Clair de Lune (song)

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (song)

Calming/distracting Websites

The Quiet Place

Rainymood.com

Calm.com

Soundrown.com - calming sounds to mix and match

A website to distract yourself

A recovery masterpost

A post of interesting things

Ungruntle yourself

Press a magic button and fix everything

Play cute games

Almost every movie your little heart desires (i suggest you use with adblocker)

How to love yourself

A website that compliments you

Crafts and activities, easy and fun DYI projects

Glitter calm jars

A list of things to do to curb anxiety

Make a blanket nest

Silky summer legs

Lots of food recipes; mostly desserts  

For bad days masterpost

Make some microwave snacks

Five minute fudge

Make a phone case

A bunch of hobbies!

Self care list!

Pretty gold-dipped feathers (for decorating or anything)

What to do when:

You’ve been triggered

You’re having an anxiety attack

You’re having a panic attack

Your face is red and puffy after crying

You just had a fight

You hate yourself

You want to avoid being stressed

You want to get over your ex

Meditation and breathing

Guided Meditations

Do Nothing for 2 Minutes

Calm Down

Meditation Tips

90 second relaxation exercise

Simple things

Pretty Tree

When You Feel You Have Lost Everything

See Some BLOOD

Press a Button to Make Everything OK

Calming Manatee

Calming Gif

Make Something!

Jump into a Sofa Fort!

Make a Comfort Box

Glitter Jar Or This One

Other Nice Things

A Page To Help You Recover!!!

Coping Skills & Distractions

The Quiet Place. Shhhhh

For When You’re Upset

The Nicest Place on the Internet

Player 2

10 Most Relaxing Online Games

Talk To Someone That Will Listen

Not Having a Good Day?

How-to Love Yourself

Ground Yourself X X  X

Mood Chart

Do Nothing For Two Minutes

Rainymood

The Comfort Spot

Weave Silk

Seed Plant Breeder

This Is Sand

C.A.L.M

Calming/Relaxing Music:

Soft Piano: x, x, x, x, x

The Sound of Waves: x

holy shit

Artists, creators, students, and researchers of all types, take note:

Digitized photos and text. 2D and 3D object renders. Music and other sound files. Videos. Research datasets. Collections metadata.

On a Creative Commons Zero license: Take what you want. Use it. No permission or attribution required. Yes, even for commercial use.

Literally nothing you do is safe from the CIA. There are numerous full-on spyware suites developed by them, mostly for iOS and Windows, but also targeting Android, Linux, OS X, and Solaris. Apps thought to be secure (Telegram with encryption enabled, WhatsApp, Signal) were compromised as well, as were a host of other devices (ie smart TVs).

THIS DOES NOT PERTAIN ONLY TO AMERICANS.

If you live in a Shengen area country, your country likely hosts several CIA backed cyberwar experts. They came in via the US consulate in Frankfurt. If you don’t, you likely do as well, but I can’t find anything without sifting through the files myself.

“I have nothing to hide, why does this matter?”: Because there are now multiple thousand “zero hour”- ie “developers get zero hours to fix”- vulnerabilities floating around that no one had any idea existed. The vulnerabilities themselves weren’t leaked, but it’s the fact that someone knew about these and didn’t say.

It’s a wonder that anyone out there could believe they are not the subject of surveillance—everyone has something to hide.

The USA can access personal email, chat, and web browsing history. (Source)

The USA tracks the numbers of both parties on phone calls, their locations, as well as time and duration of the call. (Source)

The USA can monitor text messages. (Source)

The USA can monitor the data in smartphone applications. (Source)

The USA can crack cellphone encryption codes. (Source)

The USA can identify individuals’ friends, companions, and social networks. (Source)

The USA monitors financial transactions. (Source)

The USA monitors credit card purchases. (Source)

The USA intercepts troves of personal webcam video from innocent people. (Source)

The USA is working to crack all types of sophisticated computer encryption. (Source)

The USA monitors communications between online gamers. (Source)

The USA can set up fake Internet cafes to spy on unsuspecting users. (Source)

The USA can remotely access computers by setting up a fake wireless connection. (Source)

The USA can use radio waves to hack computers that aren’t connected to the internet. (Source)

The USA can set up fake social networking profiles on LinkedIn for spying purposes. (Source)

The USA undermines secure networks [Tor] by diverting users to non-secure channels. (Source)

The USA can intercept phone calls by setting up fake mobile telephony base stations. (Source)

The USA can install a fake SIM card in a cell phone to secretly control it. (Source)

The USA can physically intercept packages, open them, and alter electronic devices. (Source)

The USA makes a USB thumb drive that provides a wireless backdoor into the host computer. (Source)

The USA can set up stations on rooftops to monitor local cell phone communications. (Source)

The USA spies on text messages in China and can hack Chinese cell phones. (Source)

The USA spies on foreign leaders’ cell phones. (Source)

The USA intercepts meeting notes from foreign dignitaries. (Source)

The USA has hacked into the United Nations’ video conferencing system. (Source)

The USA can spy on ambassadors within embassies. (Source)

The USA can track hotel reservations to monitor lodging arrangements. (Source)

The USA can track communications within media organizations. (Source)

The USA can tap transoceanic fiber-optic cables. (Source)

The USA can intercept communications between aircraft and airports. (Source)

And this leak shows that the CIA has all of these technologies and proliferates them to other entities who want this information all the time. You need your privacy to protect yourself and your information. If you have nothing to hide, you have plenty to hide:

The line “if you’ve got nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about” is used all too often in defending surveillance overreach. It’s been debunked countless times in the past, but with the line being trotted out frequently in response to the NSA revelations, it’s time for yet another debunking, and there are two good ones that were recently published. First up, we’ve got Moxie Marlinspike at Wired, who points out that, you’re wrong if you think you’ve got nothing to hide, because our criminal laws are so crazy, that anyone sifting through your data would likely be able to pin quite a few crimes on you if they just wanted to.

Julian Sanchez points out:

Some of the potentially sensitive facts those records expose becomes obvious after giving it some thought: Who has called a substance abuse counselor, a suicide hotline, a divorce lawyer or an abortion provider? What websites do you read daily? What porn turns you on? What religious and political groups are you a member of? Some are less obvious. Because your cellphone’s “routing information” typically includes information about the nearest cell tower, those records are also a kind of virtual map showing where you spend your time — and, when aggregated with others, who you like to spend it with.

We simply cannot possibly know when something is going to incriminate us and the State is not above scapegoating individuals or coercing them into submission. James Duane, a professor at Regent Law School and former defense attorney, notes:

Estimates of the current size of the body of federal criminal law vary. It has been reported that the Congressional Research Service cannot even count the current number of federal crimes. These laws are scattered in over 50 titles of the United States Code, encompassing roughly 27,000 pages. Worse yet, the statutory code sections often incorporate, by reference, the provisions and sanctions of administrative regulations promulgated by various regulatory agencies under congressional authorization. Estimates of how many such regulations exist are even less well settled, but the ABA thinks there are ”nearly 10,000.”

Supreme Court Justice Breyer elaborates:

The complexity of modern federal criminal law, codified in several thousand sections of the United States Code and the virtually infinite variety of factual circumstances that might trigger an investigation into a possible violation of the law, make it difficult for anyone to know, in advance, just when a particular set of statements might later appear (to a prosecutor) to be relevant to some such investigation.

i decided to make a masterlist of photoshop resources, for those who want to start making graphics or are looking for new ways to create graphics! there’s download links, tutorials, textures, psds, and other helpful resources. 

DOWNLOADS (PLEASE MESSAGE ME IF LINKS ARE BROKEN)

for windows:

photoshop cs5 (malikmanips)

photoshop cs5 extended (birdysources)

masterpost with tons of ps links/resources (sistaroundpsds)

TUTORIALS

getting started with photoshop (sorrydearie)

learning photoshop’s interface

the ultimate photoshop tutorial (rresources)

how to color without whitewashing 

how to make a coloring psd (yeahps)

guide to gradient maps

texture tutorial

how to use textures

a guide to textures

sharpening workshop

how to add makeup to a picture

lenaofrp’s graphic tutorial

masterlist of gif tutorials

moving pattern tutorial

how to make gifs

how to isolate a color

coloring black and white pictures

colorful gifs tutorial

pixelated effect tutorial

overlay gif tutorial

how to clip mask an image

border tutorial

how to make flower crown edits

how to make manips 

how to make hq pictures

sharpness & grain tutorial

moving text tutorial

typing effect tutorial

how to make a circle edit

how to use actions

what are templates and do you use them?

how to make icons

more tutorials in this tag

TEXTURES

25 textures by plaschka

daenso’s texture pack

18 textures by plaschka

watercolor textures

polaroid texture pack

flicker & fade: 50 textures by plaschka

retro feel textures

daenso’s texture pack 3

watercolor textures

20 large textures by talbots

light leaks texture pack

25 textures by dartagnans

60 nature textures by queencoloring

texture pack by jhnwattson

moonofrp’s texture pack

hayleyofrph’s mega texture pack

texture pack by myungin

all emojis download

this and that textures by plaschka

PSDS

gif psd pack by shycolors

psd by prettycolorspsds

psd 422 by lawynterpsds

jasperhelps manip psd #1

animated movies psd by addictionps

psd 42 gallifreypsd

psd for candids by sistaroundpsds

psd 28 by hipstaps

icon psd by baepreviews

psd 4 by psalpha

psd 33 by gallifreypsd

psd 006 by kwonbaes

psd 1645 by wasirauhlpsds

psd 325 by lawynterpsds

adorkablelena’s psd 3

pswonderland’s tag

psd 10 by quinncoloring

psd 151 by pridecoloring

dirrtylady psds

OTHER RESOURCES

resource pack by whatphotoshop

screencap gallery masterlist

photoshop reference

cs6 shortcuts

photos to use in roleplay graphics

color blender

gryffnsdor resource pack

psbright resource pack

landofmerlin resource pack

psd for text on gifs

font pack by yeahps

font pack by aladdin-s

font pack by whatphotoshop

cursive font pack by yeahps

gallifreypsds favorite fonts

78 different font styles download

pack of 530 pngs

png & brush pack by twiangelz

png pack by daretochase

resource pack by editslovers

template 02 by awfulpsds

template by mixsoucers

simple smart sharpen action by lovotopsds

action #3 by flatinepsds

action #2 by louderps

action #4 by hollypsds

celebrity hq galleries masterpost by fassyy

resource pack by championselenapsds

hello friend!! i have a tutorial i made on twitter a while ago which is more or less how i make my colours more interesting. i still use the technique and in general it’s just a lot of colour adjustment nothing too special LOL here!!

I give it MASCLES

And I wanna stress that when i say “top of the leg” i’m not talking about the crotch (please don’t flag me tumblr it’s an anatomical term) i’m talking about the point where the femur connects to the pelvis, which is higher up on the hips:

It’s easier to see what I’m talking about in this photo of a man squatting: 

So yeah if you use that measurement when using this technique you should get fairly realistically proportioned legs:

But remember! messing with proportions is an important and fun part of character design! Know the rules first so you can then break them however you please!

First music, then voice modifiers... Now this. Perfect.