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Mon, 20 May 2013 20:37:50 -0400

A dramatic Shakespearean response to every situation

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:24:43 -0400

When something bad happens: True is it that we have seen better days.
When something REALLY bad happens: O woe! O woeful, woeful, woeful day! Most lamentable day. Most woeful day That ever, ever I did yet behold! O day, O day, O day! O hateful day! Never was seen so black a day as this.O woeful day! O woeful day!
When people say that something is wrong because the Bible says so: The Devil can cite scripture for his purpose.
When my girlfriend abandons me for food: FRAILTY, THY NAME IS WOMAN!
When someone doesn't thank me for holding the door open for them: BLOW, BLOW, BLOW, THOU WINTER WIND! THOU ART NOT SO UNKIND AS MAN'S INGRATITUDE!
When I burn something while cooking: MY CAKE IS DOUGH!
When human stupidity frustrates me: LORD, WHAT FOOLS THESE MORTALS BE!
When someone says I'm going to hell for my sins: NYMPH, IN THY ORISONS BE ALL MY SINS REMEMBER'D.
When I'm broke: My pride fell with my fortunes
When someone turns the light on after a period of darkness and blinding light ensues: OH, SHE DOTH TEACH THE TORCHES TO BURN BRIGHT!
When someone disagrees with me: THERE ARE MORE THINGS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH, HORATIO, THEN ARE DREAMT OF IN YOUR PHILOSOPHY.
When I argue with my girlfriend: The course of true love never did run smooth.
When I'm embarrassed: MUST I HOLD A CANDLE TO MY SHAMES?!
Someone says "Good Night": Good Night, Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.

That's weird...

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:21:46 -0400

Some layers on a picture I was working on in Painter 12 disappeared.

I mean, they were rough initial sketches so I didn’t need them, but it’s still bizarre.

sirprezzatura: Elementary’s finale was absolutely, mindblowingly fantastic. FINALLY a show in which...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:33:17 -0400

sirprezzatura:

Elementary’s finale was absolutely, mindblowingly fantastic. FINALLY a show in which women are not merely shadowy, unidimensional characters permanently impressed by Sherlock and his male nemesis and completely helpless when in the eye of the hurricane.

Finally a show in which genderbending is actually empowering and women are not merely a female version of something. And oh, the way that trans* woman character was portrayed was also a true piece of narrative, non-cissexist art.

Whether you enjoy it or not, this show’s depth and ability to portray women and trans* characters in an accurate and thoroughly humanizing way is simply superb.

I did enjoy Sherlock, though. A lot, I truly did, specially the acting. But I’m sick of female characters being used just in order to make their male counterparts appear grander, better and far more unique than they actually are.

Sis: So I'm making a bento box Tumblr with my friends, and we were coming up with names for it! Wanna hear them?

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:18:47 -0400

Sis: So I'm making a bento box Tumblr with my friends, and we were coming up with names for it! Wanna hear them?
Me: Sure.
Sis: "The Merchant of Bento." "The Taming of the Bento." "A Midsummer Night's Bento." "MacBento."
Me:
Sis: We also had "Bento'd Away" and "Howl's Moving Bento."
Me:
Sis: I came up with the Shakespeare ones!
Me: ...You would.

I just got my sister addicted to Elementary, MUAHAHAHAHA. Just in time, too. She’s going to...

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:04:50 -0400

I just got my sister addicted to Elementary, MUAHAHAHAHA.

Just in time, too. She’s going to love the finale.

SO GOOD.

elementarystan: Opera singer was probably never an option..

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:53:31 -0400

elementarystan:

Opera singer was probably never an option..

I lost a lot of steam halfway through this painting, so parts of...

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:17:11 -0400

I lost a lot of steam halfway through this painting, so parts of it were left very rough. I also made up the lighting source, so any errors there are mine. :P

Adobe Photoshop CS6 (+ minor touch-up in Painter 12). Referenced from this photo of Annie Ilonzeh. Inspired by Mike Tompkins & Christina Grimmie’s mashup of “My songs know what you did in the dark” & “Girl on Fire” (that’s a mouthful!).

I wanted an excuse to paint a psychedelic night sky. Corel...

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:39:28 -0400

I wanted an excuse to paint a psychedelic night sky.

Corel Painter 12 + Adobe Photoshop CS6. Full size @ my dA.

So apparently there’s a movie coming out called “The Purge” which sounds like a...

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:34:40 -0400

So apparently there’s a movie coming out called “The Purge” which sounds like a dystopian story premised on the idea that if there is one day per year when all crime is legal, the rest of the year there would be no crime and unemployment is at 1%. In other words, utopia.

But here’s my question: how the hell would legalizing crime for a day lower the overall unemployment rate???

"In the original Trek, Khan, with his brown skin, was an Übermensch, intellectually and physically..."

Sun, 12 May 2013 18:33:18 -0400

“In the original Trek, Khan, with his brown skin, was an Übermensch, intellectually and physically perfect, possessed of such charisma and drive that despite his efforts to gain control of the Enterprise, Captain Kirk (and many of the other officers) felt admiration for him.

And that’s why the role has been taken away from actors of colour and given to a white man. Racebending.com has always pointed out that villains are generally played by people with darker skin, and that’s true … unless the villain is one with intelligence, depth, complexity. One who garners sympathy from the audience, or if not sympathy, then — as from Kirk — grudging admiration. What this new Trek movie tells us, what JJ Abrams is telling us, is that no brown-skinned man can accomplish all that. That only by having Khan played by a white actor can the audience engage with and feel for him, believe that he’s smart and capable and a match for our Enterprise crew.”

- Marissa Sammy on Star Trek: Into Whiteness.

perfect commentary which parallels what Rawles was saying earlier about the possibility of Moriarty being a person of color:

“…The actual issue is that black people aren’t often allowed to play full and complete characters, and an antagonist who isn’t unintelligent, thuggish cannon fodder is just as much of a rarity for black men as the stubbly hero who saves the world or wtfever. “

“…The stereotype in no way intersects with brilliant geniuses who choose to step outside of the boundaries of society in order to exercise their intellect while having no concern for lesser beings.

Or to break it down further: the problematic stereotype regarding black people is that of being, in essence, subhuman. Characters of the Moriarty (and Holmes) archetype are rooted in being superhuman.”

You see? It’s more complicated than “people of color get typecast as villains.”

Black people get typecast as an extremely specific type of villain - they’re thugs, brutish and animalistic. South Asian actors are similarly typecast as scary oppressive (usually coded Muslim) terrorists.

But when your villain is of the superhuman archetype? When they’re brooding antiheroes, when they’re nuanced, when they’re multi-faceted?

They’re white.

(And check out this post on the glorification of white criminality in shows like Dexter, Breaking Bad, Weeds, Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos, etc.)

boggletheowl: What you went through was awful, anon, and I’m so...

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:03:19 -0400

boggletheowl:

What you went through was awful, anon, and I’m so sorry you had to suffer like that. Working through your feelings about your abuser is almost definitely going to be a part of your recovery. But it’s what you believe that I think makes you feel depressed, not what one abusive person used to tell you. Good luck.

Help I have an exam tomorrow that I don’t feel like studying for

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:15:48 -0400

Help

I have an exam tomorrow that I don’t feel like studying for

Sis: I have a project I want to do over the summer, and YOU'RE going to do it for me.

Sat, 11 May 2013 14:39:56 -0400

Sis: I have a project I want to do over the summer, and YOU'RE going to do it for me.
Me:
Me:
Me: ............

ELEMENTARY!!!!!????!!!!!

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:06:04 -0400

ELEMENTARY!!!!!????!!!!!

Rambling ramble time! I’ve been trying to simulate...

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:23:00 -0400

Rambling ramble time!

I’ve been trying to simulate sumi-e/Chinese ink painting in Corel Painter (for…a little pet project that I hope to start after my finals are over). The problem is that Painter has no presets for this kind of thing (yes, they have a sumi-e brush pack, but they do a poor job of simulating the real ink effects). So, I’ve been trying to figure out my own way, with handy labels to make sure I don’t forget.

As you can see, I’ve figured out something pretty realistic for the dry brush & ink outlines, but I have no idea how to do the watery fadeout effect in ink paintings. I also dislike the fact that everything has to be a Liquid Ink layer, because then I can’t mess with blending on that layer. (Also, fail!flowers.)

If worst comes to worst, I’ll just have to adapt the style to what Painter can do rather than accurately simulate the real thing. :|

My brain is cracked right now, don’t take anything I draw...

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:09:23 -0400

~~My brain is cracked right now, don’t take anything I draw seriously~~

~~Also, I officially hate using Photoshop for lineart~~

Dear project partner...

Tue, 07 May 2013 08:12:12 -0400

Copying and pasting from an existing document IS THE DEFINITION OF PLAGIARISM.

GAAAAAAH.

When I went to watch Iron Man on Friday...

Mon, 06 May 2013 17:25:25 -0400

(Guy) Friend: So, did you watch Iron Man 1 and 2?
Me: Of course!
Friend: What? Really? I thought Iron Man was a guy thing...
Me: STEREOTYPING.

"When I realized that I had ignored something I had been a fan of my whole childhood, I started to..."

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:55:20 -0400

“When I realized that I had ignored something I had been a fan of my whole childhood, I started to wonder why. I started to question what I had been doing to myself as a woman in fandom, to make myself and my interests feel unworthy. It’s time for an internal attitude shift as well as pushing back against the negative portrayal and treatment of women in fandom. Either we shouldn’t be talking about ‘worth’ at all in the context of geek culture, or we should widen our definition significantly to include things that are targeted to all age groups and interests. This is a problem that needs addressing, especially if we want to encourage girls to feel safe flying the flag of the things they love.”

- http://fandomnista.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/archie-and-me/