#mini edition

Now’s a good time for any questions you’ve ever wanted to ask! I’ll find a good ask list to reblog for those who are more comfortable doing things that way.

Endeavour + Cabin Pressure (7/?)

tried out a little curtain from the kit:

went from ooh, beads have been pretty on the timeline recently to I LOVE IT AND MUST HAVE A DELUXE VERSION...so I upgraded and expanded the materials from stash:

and now am deeply into Monet's Irises Phase vibes, with probably 80% of this still to go...

If you look look at all the pioneers of science you'll see a surprising amount that were very much religious people or people who were active clergy of some rank. What else where those monks supposed to do besides read scripture all day? This isn't even like a American mythologized medieval/ranaissance vision of Europe" exclusive thing. There's people from like the 19th and 20th centuries (so the 1800s and 1900s just to remind you because I forget that too sometimes) that very much also fit that bill.

Y’all I am SO tired. So, so, so tired. The whole point of that series was to bring something new to the table while addressing issues I keep seeing, but there is nothing more to say other than: 

stop whitewashing. 

be cognizant of what face claims you use for characters. 

if someone calls you out for not doing your due diligence, don’t get offended, get right!!

if you can’t find the appropriate face claim for a character maybe don’t make the edit/post/art at all...?

colorism is a thing. racism is a thing. if you don’t understand why, or understand the ramifications of the choices you make when you lighten (on purpose or accidentally) a character’s skin, open your mind and have a conversation with someone who is black (or is of the race in question and is open to having a dialogue) or pull up Google and educate yourself. 

I just--