I have been TRYING to find the name of the brands of cel paint(s) used in the 80s and 90s so I can find a color sheet for the ideal limited pallet to draw from for good good fake screenshots. I’ve seen Animex and Toei Animation Paints listed but I can’t trust that these are the accurate or only brands of the era. It’s totally possible that the paints used were from now defunct companies. I see a mention of Nicker paints used on backgrounds of Ghibli movies and other series ア-トセル or art cel paints seems to be a brand. Cel Vinyl Paints are listed for Disney in the late 80s with custom paints beforehand

I hope these colors are useful for anyone trying to make fake anime screenshots

Four-leaf Clovers from Real Life are intersex!

The requester elaborates: " I do consider them to be a lot like intersex people recently, I think that would make a good symbol for a community:

1) 4-leaf clovers are NOT as rare as people make them to be (just like intersexuality isn't really that rare and comes in all shapes and forms, AKA there are also clovers that come with many more leaves on them), I've collected them for a few years and I have a pretty big collection

2) While there are some theories on why this may occur, it's still a mystery why some clovers come out with four leaves, just like many intersex variations are still a mystery

3) While in lots of cultures intersexuality is seen very negatively (for shame), sometimes it has very positive connections with divinity, beauty and luck (Ancient Greece for one), and luck is a wide belief with four-leaf clovers