ラブレター廃棄係
Some Jyggalag adjacent drawings
‘While bats can only sense the outer shapes and textures of their targets, dolphins can peer inside theirs. If a dolphin echolocates on you, it will perceive your lungs and your skeleton. It can likely sense shrapnel in war veterans and fetuses in pregnant women. It can pick out the air-filled swim bladders that allow fish, their main prey, to control their buoyancy.
It can almost certainly tell different species apart based on the shape of those air bladders. And it can tell if a fish has something weird inside it, like a metal hook. In Hawaii, false killer whales often pluck tuna off fishing lines, and “they’ll know where the hook is inside that fish,” Aude Pacini, who studies these animals, tells me. “They can ‘see’ things that you and I would never consider unless we had an X-ray machine or an MRI scanner.”
This penetrating perception is so unusual that scientists have barely begun to consider its implications. The beaked whales, for example, are odontocetes that look dolphin-esque on the outside—but on the inside, their skulls bear a strange assortment of crests, ridges, and bumps, many of which are only found in males.
Pavel Gol’din has suggested that these structures might be the equivalent of deer antlers—showy ornaments that are used to attract mates. Such ornaments would normally protrude from the body in a visible and conspicuous way, but that’s unnecessary for animals that are living medical scanners.’
-Ed Yong, An Immense World
🎨color study note
a comic about OCD
this happened to my friends Jonathan and Thomas actually
Maybe this is a silly statement, but I never realized how much love and care goes into being a dm and it’s made me really passionate about planning my current campaign. It’s like yeah you’re putting in a ton of work learning all the rules to the game and writing the story and planning so much shit, but you’re also making a gift for your friends. You’re sitting down in front of your laptop, energy drink in hand, asking yourself “How can I perfectly curate a world that my friends will love? How can I incorporate their interests and their wants and their needs?” It’s like no matter how hard writing the campaign gets or how tired I get of working at it endlessly, I never ever feel like giving up because it’s not just for me, it’s for my friends whom I love dearly. I love you enough to build an entire world for you, I hope you like it.
it's like writing fanfiction about my closest friends and loved ones' OCs
"We've all grown tired of joking about the Raleigh. No, sorry, I misread that. You've all grown tired of joking about the Raleigh. I still think it's hilarious, and I'll die on that hill - which is a fate I'll share with most of the people who've tried to pilot one in combat. IPS-N have always been obsessed with their down-home, country-boy aesthetic, but actually trying to turn that into a mech? Well, to say that it was 'a bit naff' would, frankly, be rather too generous. Themes and gimmicks have always been SSC's game; IPS-N tried to reach for style, failed to grasp it, and along the way they managed to lose all substance - well, other than the kind you'd flush.
"But. Every failure is a learning opportunity - or that's what my wife tells me, at least. IPS-N took their hard knocks, knuckled down, and went back to the drawing board."
"And this time, they're sketching out a classic!"
"The Tortuga takes nearly three and a half centuries of IPS-N know-how compresses it down into one concentrated brick of mobile armor. Everything that they learnt from building the Drake, every complaint they received about the Vlad, every hard knock the Blackbeard took, every good feature of the Raleigh - yes, it had some! - it's all here. This is a raw, unadulterated fighting machine.
"Ladies and gentlemen, IPS-N have found their substance once again - and it can cut diamonds!"
First
Djak gave the dryad a kiss on her head, grateful of the chance she had given him.
When he was discovered, many of the League Hunters thought he was just a mindless beast with the shape of a man, but not her.
Gratiola knew there was more to him, rational thought.
She was the first.
And she was right.
Thanks to @ockissweek for putting this on!
Exercises for all the homies who want to have a long career drawing.
The true problem with being an artist and drawing all day (as I wanted my whole life) is that human backs are not designed to hold that position, so it is very common for artists and designers to have really stiff shoulder blades, creating a chain of muscle strain towards the arm AND the back… and a lot of pain.
These are some physical exercises for artists and honestly anyone who works at a desk.
(all credit to my physiotherapist)
Mounting for a Tachi type Sword
- Dated: Edo period, 17th century
- Culture: Japanese
- Measurements: overall 109.5 x 15.5 cm (43 1/8 × 61/8 in.)
- Medium: silk, leather, gold Tsunagi (wooden blade): Honaki wood (Magnolia Obovata)
here are some photos of me noticing a wasp nest
1st pic : lookin good
2nd pic: being artsy and looking away (looking at wasp nest)
3rd pic: fully understanding that there is indeed a wasp nest
4th pic: me being outtie
If i ever stop reblogging this it’s safe to assume i died.
moment of silence for tumblr user @benaddictedcumberbabe
crazy timing to be seeing this post on the dash. the girl pictured in this post, cydney, was recently diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer at age 28.
her sister ciara @bubblemaximus is an amazing artist i’ve followed on twitter for almost a decade. i don’t know either of them personally, but i’ve essentially followed both their lives for a long time and felt very affected by this sudden news.
ciara posted a gofundme for cydney’s medical expenses and if this silly, certified iconic post just happens to be going back around, then i’d be remiss not to share the link:
Wow, never thought I would see this post again! This is my sister , Cyd! I took these photos of her years ago! She’s currently battling Stage 3 breast cancer. If any of you could help her out, it would be greatly appreciated!
Going to Turkey on Tuesday, and only mildly freaked out about it.