almost finished illustrations for Haruka and Yuno

So I stumbled through the Barbie aisle at Walmart the other day…

…and y'all, I almost cried. Just look at these. LOOK AT THEM.

So many skin tones!

PLUS SIZED BODY TYPES!

NATURAL HAIR STYLES!!! MULTIPLE SHADES OF DARK SKIN!!!

A WOMAN AS A DOCTOR!!!!!

I’M NOT DONE, THERE IS A PHOTO LIMIT!

LOOK AT THIS PROFESSIONAL LADY!

SO MANY SKIN TONES AND BODY TYPES AND LOOK AT THAT MERMAN!!!

FRECKLES!!!

Y'all, I’m just…so so happy.

I’m 35 years old and I’ve never seen a Barbie that looked like me, and then there I am as a Barbie in a purple sweater with thick thighs and evenly proportioned boobs and pink hair and a cat.

I can only imagine how other girls must feel.

Nicely done, Mattel. Nicely done!

Mattel also just announced some new Barbie dolls who have wheelchairs or prosthetic limbs!!!

Like screw anything calling this “politically correct,” this is what the real world literally is.  And the world’s population of children is just as diverse as its adults.  Kids deserve to see themselves represented.  As a disabled person myself, I can’t tell you how much this would have meant to me as a little girl.

BRO HAVE Y’ALL SEEN THE NEWLY RELEASED ONES

IM SOBBING

YES YES YES THIS IS PERFECT!!!

I only ever saw the one disabled Barbie but their is at least two! And look a ramp!

the OP was made a year ago so for fun I went to check what they’re new dolls were

Guys… Even being confident there would be even MORE added to the barbie range of dolls…. I was not prepared.

I am about to image spam you so forgive but there’s just SO MUCH

holy shit. I’m like… not even a doll person and so many of these I want!

There’s LITERALLY too many to add

(who is she?)

Plus sized Barbie with DIMPLES

They actually have a barbie with albinism and bothered to give her a proper face-sculpt!

This one looks like she could kill me instantly if she made direct eye-contact

This one’s smile is just KILLING me

Nubian girl because we’re not messing around

Also… this doll does not have any name on the product listing nor on the packaging so this might just be me but…. help me out here guys… is this.. ….is this a non-binary barbie? Am I presuming too much or is that what I’m looking at here??

Also final note. Just to REALLY drill this all home, Barbie has some photos of kids playing with the dolls and

Ironically, Barbie did not come to play around.

Also I’m obsessed with this Sally Ride doll

Hello. I still don’t collect Barbies but I still love this post and wanted to check for new updates. Here’s a small group of some of the new 2022 dolls

Black lady with Freckles

Behind the ear hearing aids

Vitiligo Ken

Ken with slender body shape

There are several others as well but I don’t want this post to destroy too much of people’s dashes.

Specialty dolls for 2022

I had to check this one because I’m not familiar with the equipment but this is a “Para Alpine Skier” doll

Also there hasn’t been much said about it in the notes on this post but the Skipper and Chelsea dolls also come in various skintones and hair textures now

There’s also apparently a David Bowie doll coming this year (2022, not the 2021 costume only one) but I can’t see if there’s been photos revealed yet.

MILGRAM novel sequel "Virtuous and Justifiable Murder" coming July 24th

This time it seems we're following Torch from the first novel who has now become 'Guard Es' to a new set of prisoners

Protagonist's Awakening - Persona 3: Reload (2024)

Handy reference chart showing the difference between blossoms (ume/plum, momo/peach, sakura/cherry, anzu/apricot, ringo/apple). Note the colors, how the buds sit on branches, and of course petals shapes.

Apricot and apple are veeeery rare as kimono/obi patterns. Morover, what I usually simply call “plum” (ume) is in exactly the Prunus mume (or Japanese apricot/plum) and come with red/white/pinkish flowers.

flowers, sakura, they’re All so pretty and deserve to be known for themselves and not all mistaken for sakura

Haruka with the Omori emotion chart. I didn’t manage to perfectly imitate Omori’s art style, but I think it’s still nice.

TODAY IS THE DAY!

Finally, the crossover I’ve been waiting for all my life!! My two main hyperfixations unite!! Well, not exactly, but close enough!

Today Detective Conan volume 103 was published and, as every other Conan volume, it had a “featured detective” personally recommended by the author.

LOOK AT HIM!

Professor Layton in the Conan style! I never though I’d see this ever!!

It’s fun that he uses the New World of Steam design, given that he announced he had this drawing done before the Vision, so this means he got it from the Nintendo Direct. It’s 2023 and Gosho Aoyama got the design of Professor Layton from the anouncement of a new game, pinch me rn, I’m dreaming. I swear I’m dreaming.

Anyways, I have translated Aoyama’s full recommendation down below! Enjoy! :D

Keep reading

We got new infos on rain code, feels like very few people are hyped about the project but I sure am! Let me share you the 6 detective we got to discover a few days ago! Don’t hesitate to tell me your fav!

Vivia twilight!

Japanese VA: Yuichiro Umehara

English VA: Aleks Le

He has a decadent and aesthetic atmosphere about him. Often lying down in various places, such as the fireplace at the agency or under the hotel's grand piano, his personality can be described as self-indulgent.

Forensic Forte (basically their master detective super power): Spectral Projection

Freed from the flesh, the ghost form can pass through walls and floors without being seen by other people.

Aphex Logan!

Japanese VA: Showtaro Morikubo

English VA: Stephen Fu

Born to lawyer parents, he lost them at an early age and lived a rough life in the slums from then on. Due to these circumstances, he tends to be rude and tries to solve problems with violence.

Forensic Forte: Life Detection

The location of any living thing within a 50-meter radius can be found.

Zange Eraser!

Japanese VA: Yosuke Akimoto

English VA: Kurt Bicknell

A quiet old detective with the solemn expression of a battle-hardened veteran. He never talks about his past, but his style of speech suggests ties to a government organization.

Forensic Forte: Thoughtography

Zange’s memory can be transcribed as a Thoughtographic image onto electronic devices, such as a smartphone.

Zilch Alexander!

Japanese VA: Tomokazu Seki

English VA: Y. Chang

He loves the harmony between people and nature and specializes in dealing with those who would try to disrupt it. His tendency toward leading the conversation and moving things along efficiently sometimes gives off the impression of arrogance to those around him.

Forensic Forte: Animal Investigation

Controls animals to gather intelligence, even in areas inaccessible to humans.

Desuhiko Thunderbolt!

Japanese VA: KENN

English VA: Khoi Dao

A young man with a goofball nature who likes hitting on women under the guise of investigation. Desuhiko's goal is to become famous as a mystery-solving superstar detective. He carries a huge backpack filled with tools necessary for his disguises.

Forensic Forte: Disguise

In addition to disguising his clothes and face, his voice, height, and weight can also be changed, allowing him to match the target of disguise visually and psychologically.

Halara Nightmare!

Japanese VA: Yui Ishikawa

English VA: Amber Lee Connors

Halara is always cool under fire and has solved many difficult cases through precise judgment. Halara only believes in money and will not accept a request without payment, regardless of who the client may be.

Forensic Forte: Postcognition

The ability to see how a crime scene appeared at the time it was first discovered.

Awesome Kamane English voice actor and Jaden Japanese voice actor in it

Monarch Rings Redesign series 1/7

Goat Miraculous and Snake Miraculous

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I just had redesign those ugly rings, and I know that it’s probably to make animation better but I just can’t stand the fact that the rings metal color is purple…PURPLE!!

So since these bad boys are gonna appear in my Timey Wimey AU I’m gonna make them more fashionable and resemble something of their old miraculous form. I just started on the Fox and I’m still in the sketching phase but these are so much fun to do.

Not on My Watch

Danganronpa Tarot - No. 21 The World (Izuru)

I can't remember which of my mutuals like Persona 5, but I am sharing for you.

Timelapse of acorn growth into a small oak in six months

Best thing I've seen this year

Need more jewelry like this 🥀⚔️

Danganronpa Tarot - No. 13 Death (Maki)

That’s completely fucking awesome!

I have complicated feelings about marine mammals in captivity but (a) this seal’s tango ability deserves recognition and (b) I’m inclined to think that this level of coordination suggests the seal legitimately enjoys it. 

@gordonthesquid

ok, so I’m not at all an expert, but what I’ve learned from visiting various marine research centers and talking with people who work with these animals:

1) At this point in the US, all of the large marine animals like this you see cannot be released into to wild, and they come to the centers from things like injury and rescue. We do NOT just go out to the ocean and capture random animals. That is super illegal.

2) All performances like this are purely voluntary on the animal’s part. If a seal or sea lion twice the size of a person doesn’t want to do an activity with you, there is nothing you can do about it. You can encourage behaviors through positive reinforcement, but in the end the sea lion does what the sea lion wants.

3) This kind of training is actually very necessary for proper care of large, intelligent animals! The more intelligent an animal is, the more important it is to have sufficient social and mental stimulation, and training with keepers provides both. The displayed behaviors that these tricks utilize are often seen as play and/or social behaviors in the wild.

4) And perhaps most importantly, training large animals to move and position themselves in certain ways is necessary for minimizing stress during routine medical care! You can’t safely manhandle a large sea lion into showing its belly, so if you need to do a medical check without tranquillizing the animal (which carries its own risks and stresses), you need to be able to ask the animal to roll over on its own. If you watch the dance in the above post carefully, you’ll note that a lot of the different “dance moves” are effectively presenting different parts of the body. So what this performance does is take all of the stances/actions you might need it to do for a health checkup and sets it to music!