Ginger's Are Amazing

Typing this from Graphene now, in fact. But, both of those take the Android Open Source Project, without all the bloatware--and largely de-Google the whole thing. They give you much more control over privacy and what the apps you choose to install can do and access on your phone.

I know Graphene sandboxes everything, including the optionally installed Google Play Services which a lot of apps unfortunately require to run. (Lineage uses an alternative to Play Services instead.) So, you can install what would normally be unacceptably intrusive apps and just lock them away from pulling any funny shit with your data, or phoning home. Including the couple of Google things I do still keep around.

I also prefer running much more transparent, privacy-respecting open source apps where possible. Besides the transparency, I'd rather avoid the shitty tech corps entirely where I can. There are pretty good alternatives available for a lot of the usual suspects.

An alternative app store:

An illustration for the first chapter of @muffinlance​‘s Salvage! :D I promise that Tuluk looking like Hakoda’s long lost brother was an accident. My subconsciousness played a prank on me and I forgot to change that. I’ve been changing and tweaking Definitely-Not-Hakoda for so long that he became my sleep paralysis demon and I still forgot about his face.  I also took great liberty with Akhlut, because while trying to get references for it I realized that canon water tribe warriors move in tiny-ass boats(?) and if so, Akhlut has to be bigger.

(art for chapter 3 and 5)

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Four people, three water tribe members, from the left we have Hakoda with his back to the viewer, facing the others - a random crew member holding a water tribe sword and looking questioningly at his chief. Wet and dripping onto the deck Zuko, the embodiment of pure stubbornness and spite, who barely keeps himself standing but still manages to wave off Tuluk and give his “My name…” speech. And Tuluk, still mid-pat, taking a step away from the angry teen with his eyes on said ball of rage. Everything happening on the Akhlut’s deck with a nice blue sky in the background - the best weather to start an adoption, am I right Hakoda?

Text bubble:  “My name is Prince Zuko. Son of Ursa and Fire Lord Ozai. If you’re going to execute me, do it while I’m on my feet, you cowards.”

I draw Yunmeng Heroes and now it is the turn of Two Jades. I wanted to draw this scene so much 😭😭😭

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“Is she an extraordinary girl?” “No, she’s pretty normal. You’d understand if you met her. She’s kind.”

Bonus:

somebody take my video editing software off me at once

Hey guys, so I now have 176 Spotify playlists so I thought I would share nine of my favorites. 

1. Ace Space (Asexual) - a playlist for my asexual friends and myself. SOngs about either being sick of love songs or being happy outside of a relationship.

2. Are You Game? - Songs that sound like being provoked; a fight ready to start. You are going to win. Is the other team ready?

3. Electro Swing - Exactly whats on the tin. 

4. Riverside Mercy - Imagine standing on the bank of the river, begging the world for forgiveness. That’s this playlist. 

5. Sapphic Sound - soft gay music. She loves you back. 

6. Sea Shanties - There is something about multiple voices singing sea songs that makes me go feral. Come join me. 

7. Softer - The softest songs I could find. Good for calming down or looking at the person you love. 

8. Summer Bops - 297 songs I use to listen to on my radio by the poolside growing up in the 2000s onward. 

9. Years Young - If you like Hozier, Jaymes Young and Years & Years give me similar vibes. 

ZZH: *starred in one of the greatest cdramas of all time*