Some Signs, a Few Portents, Mostly Misdirection
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Why is every ad I see either "You need to shave your balls" or "You need Jesus"?
https://youtu.be/6sM8pDH-HMc
there are actual people out there who want to genetically modify carnivores so they no longer eat other animals
im going to fly away from this planet goodbye
I approve of this project.
i’m going to start a website and call it “fragile, mediocre white men tell on themselves”
There were two main bonobos used in the tests. This is Ham, who was well known for being very chill and easy to work with. The other, who did a good job but was a nightmare for his handlers was Enos. Or, as they called him "Enos the penis".
Couldn't Marjorie Taylor Greene get in contact with the people with the Jewish Space Lasers to shoot down the Russian planes over Ukraine???
Exactly.
This is astonishing work, and the fact that it's freehand is astonishinger.
Hell, I'm the Old Fart. I'll be 59 in 3 months...
if you’re 26 and older, reblog.
My wife and I have chosen not to have children. We have virtually no experience with babies of any sort. Yesterday, we found an abandoned week-old kitten behind our back fence. It's been less than 24 hours and we are already offering her money if she will go back to sleep.
Why is Smallpox not on that list?
Looking for Something? (Mobile)
Anatomy:
Arms
Breasts
Body Types
Feet
Female
Hands
Heads -Ears -Expressions -Eyes -Facial -Hair -Mouths and Lips -Noses -Tears
Humans
Legs
Male
Muscles
Pelvis
Proportions
Shoulders
Torso
Animals:
Anatomy
Antlers
Beaks
Behaviour
Ears
Facial
Feathers
Fur
Hooves
Horns
Insects
Legs
Paws
Talons
Teeth
Wings
Backgrounds:
Cityscape
Indoors
Organic
Perspective
Quick BGs
Simplistic
Brushes:
Photoshop
Paint tool SAI
Design:
Buildings
Character Design
Clothing
Environments
Folds
Heights
Maps
Names
Sketching
Skin Tones
Drawing and Colouring:
Canvas Size
Colour Palettes
Colour Theory
Comics
Composition
Lighting
Lineart
Painting
Quick Tricks
Shading
Traditional
Fantasy:
Armor
Archery
Horns
Mythical Animals
Mythology
Power Ups
Weapons
Wings
For the Artist:
Copyright
File Types
Exercises
Portfolio
Reminders
Tablets
Tips and Advice
Tools
Languages:
ASL
Ancient
French
German
Grammar
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Morse
Spanish
Misc:
Animation
Commissions
Cosplay
Crafts
Life
Master Lists
Psychological
Resources
School
Writing
Nature:
Blood
Clouds
Fire
Flowers
Grass
Landscapes
Lightning
Metal
Plants
Rocks
Space
Trees
Water
Wood
Poses:
Angles
Animals
Draw Your X
Humans
Movement
Multiple Persons
Programs:
Clip Studio Paint
Krita
Paint Tool SAI
Photoshop
Etc
World Building:
Buildings
Culture
History
Historical Clothing
Video
Links
I believe in free education, one that’s available to everyone; no matter their race, gender, age, wealth, etc… This masterpost was created for every knowledge hungry individual out there. I hope it will serve you well. Enjoy!
FREE ONLINE COURSES (here are listed websites that provide huge variety of courses)
Alison
Coursera
FutureLearn
open2study
Khan Academy
edX
P2P U
Academic Earth
iversity
Stanford Online
MIT Open Courseware
Open Yale Courses
BBC Learning
OpenLearn
Carnegie Mellon University OLI
University of Reddit
Saylor
IDEAS, INSPIRATION & NEWS (websites which deliver educational content meant to entertain you and stimulate your brain)
TED
FORA
Big Think
99u
BBC Future
Seriously Amazing
How Stuff Works
Discovery News
National Geographic
Science News
Popular Science
IFLScience
YouTube Edu
NewScientist
DIY & HOW-TO’S (Don’t know how to do that? Want to learn how to do it yourself? Here are some great websites.)
wikiHow
Wonder How To
instructables
eHow
Howcast
MAKE
Do it yourself
FREE TEXTBOOKS & E-BOOKS
OpenStax CNX
Open Textbooks
Bookboon
Textbook Revolution
E-books Directory
FullBooks
Books Should Be Free
Classic Reader
Read Print
Project Gutenberg
AudioBooks For Free
LibriVox
Poem Hunter
Bartleby
MIT Classics
Many Books
Open Textbooks BCcampus
Open Textbook Library
WikiBooks
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES & JOURNALS
Directory of Open Access Journals
Scitable
PLOS
Wiley Open Access
Springer Open
Oxford Open
Elsevier Open Access
ArXiv
Open Access Library
LEARN:
1. LANGUAGES
Duolingo
BBC Languages
Learn A Language
101languages
Memrise
Livemocha
Foreign Services Institute
My Languages
Surface Languages
Lingualia
OmniGlot
OpenCulture’s Language links
2. COMPUTER SCIENCE & PROGRAMMING
Codecademy
Programmr
GA Dash
CodeHS
w3schools
Code Avengers
Codelearn
The Code Player
Code School
Code.org
Programming Motherf*?$%#
Bento
Bucky’s room
WiBit
Learn Code the Hard Way
Mozilla Developer Network
Microsoft Virtual Academy
3. YOGA & MEDITATION
Learning Yoga
Learn Meditation
Yome
Free Meditation
Online Meditation
Do Yoga With Me
Yoga Learning Center
4. PHOTOGRAPHY & FILMMAKING
Exposure Guide
The Bastards Book of Photography
Cambridge in Color
Best Photo Lessons
Photography Course
Production Now
nyvs
Learn About Film
Film School Online
5. DRAWING & PAINTING
Enliighten
Ctrl+Paint
ArtGraphica
Google Cultural Institute
Drawspace
DragoArt
WetCanvas
6. INSTRUMENTS & MUSIC THEORY
Music Theory
Teoria
Music Theory Videos
Furmanczyk Academy of Music
Dave Conservatoire
Petrucci Music Library
Justin Guitar
Guitar Lessons
Piano Lessons
Zebra Keys
Play Bass Now
7. OTHER UNCATEGORIZED SKILLS
Investopedia
The Chess Website
Chesscademy
Chess.com
Spreeder
ReadSpeeder
First Aid for Free
First Aid Web
NHS Choices
Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Please feel free to add more learning focused websites.
*There are a lot more learning websites out there, but I picked the ones that are, as far as I’m aware, completely free and in my opinion the best/ most useful.
i wish birds brought ME presents
You bored, or feeling artsy but don’t have any inspiration...? *updated!*
Do you need to distract yourself? Or are you simply bored? Here are some great websites to make the time pass.
create pixel art
Awesome photo editor and art program, all free…!
Totally free transparent textures
make a cute chibi
draw some cool generative art
be a graffiti creator
create a picassohead (you don’t need to be a picasso to do so)
paint online
another awsome site to create pixel art on
and another one
create your own mandala
or color one
create an avatar
or you can try creating your own superhero
here you can interact with organisms in different environments to see how to music changes
here’s a website that translates the time into hexidecimal colours,
Here is a website where you can travel along a 3D line into the infinite unkown
here is a website where you can listen to rain with or without music
Need a model in a certain pose for drawing? here
Want to build your own planet
here is a website where you can create your own galaxies
make your own pattern (very useful if you need a new background)
create next hit comic
make a city which looks like something from 90′s games
draw a mandala like design
jig saw puzzles
more jig saw puzzles to solve
create a stunning HTML5 animation - no coding!
make a movie
create and dress up dolls
play a piano
you can also play a guitar
create sounds
another sound creator
create a logo
design your dream home
sketch rooms
explore fashion trends and create your own sets
build a website
try this app for building a website
Or maybe start learning how to code!
design your own t-shirt or a beanie or sweatpants and order them
design your own phone case
pretend to be a graphic designer with this cool online tool
Make your own Glitch art
Here’s another glitch art maker
And another!
Holy hell, here’s a third!
make an image look like it was created by a commodore 64
freaking cool text generator!
Easy to use word processor
Make up really cool patterns or run your photos through it :)
Write an essay on anything with no hassle
Wanna see how something you write would look like if it was on JacksFilms YGS((Your Grammar Sucks videos on YouTube))?
Make pictures out of text
ASCII word generator
Need an idea for some fanart-here :D
Still haven’t found something that would float your boat? Try these:
watch a documentary
learn to code
do something yourself
workout with the help of this great youtube channels
learn things
play pokemon or zelda or other awesome old school games
waste your time on miniclip
play games at additing games
or try games at agame
calm your thoughts
the quiet place
it will be okay
vent or listen to someone
pour out your soul
explore the sky
look at art from around the world
virtually visit museum of iraq
explore world with arounder
create a music playlist
list through rare books
scroll useful science website
create sand art
brain games
try out tastekid and discover new favorite band or movie or book
interactive 3D anatomy
random street view
post a secret
create a family tree
find our what’s the difference between x and y
help scientists and become volunteer researcher
create your own font
read a classic short story
In the mood to read, but not sure exactly what book to go for?
scribble on maps
listen to letters
play with acrobots
listen to podcasts
make a bucket list
Ever want to see the most truly useless websites in creation?
Prank a friend with this blue screen of death!
Zone out watching the colors drip down
Maybe none of these peeked your interest-maybe you’ve been wanting to create an o.c, but never really knew how to start-or you just enjoy making O.C’s….
This masterlist is to help you in making your own OCs….it can also apply to developing RP characters i suppose! (´ヮ`)!
How to Write Better OCs:
basic tips on how to make your oc even better
tragic backstory? learn how to write one/make yours great
writing specific characters
a wordier, great guide on how to develop your character
kick out those vague descriptions and make them AWESOME
Character Development:
how to actually make an OC
Q&A (to develop characters)
more Q&As
giving your character a backstory
how to write an attractive character
Need an Appearance idea?
Humanoid generator? check
Here’s another one
and maybe if you didn’t like those this’ll work
Need Monsterpeople?
Well, then here ya’ go
Maybe you need Cats?
Diversity
adding more racial diversity
avoiding tokenism, AKA, how to add diversity to your cast not just because you “need” it
writing sexuality and gender expression (doesnt include non binary, if you have a good ref to that, please add on!)
masterpost on writing more diversity into your story
cultures of the world
guides to drawing different ethnicities (not just a great art reference, but also really helpful in appearance descriptions!)
Mary Sue/Gary Stu
Test to see if your character is a Sue
Explains subdivisions of Sues/Stus
Powerful Characters Don’t Have to Be Sues
Villains
villain generator
need an evil sounding name for your evil character? bam
villain archetypes
what’s your villain’s motive for being a villain?
Relationships
character perceptions (What your character thinks of themselves and what others think of them)
how to write strong relationships between two characters
8 ways to write better characters and develop their relationships with others
OCxLove Interest Handbook
develop your couple with good ol’ Q&A!
how to write realistic relationships
how to write relatives for your characters (this is more OC related to a canon character, but will help in writing family members in general)
ARCHETYPES
12 common archetypes
8 archetypes for male/female characters
female archetypes (goes pretty indepth from two main categories)
a list of archetypes
NAMES
how to name your character
random name generator
most common surnames
surnames by ethnicity
APPEARANCE
tips for better design
basic appearance generator
pinterest board for character design (includes NSFW and images of skeletons/exposed muscle (?) so tread carefully!)
clothing ref masterpost
Clothing generator
Another clothing generator
More clothing generator
Aaaand even more
Steam punk clothing
Char Style preference
Dress Generator
DETAILS
give your character better powers
a list of professions
proactive vs reactive characters
positive and negative traits
interest generator
skills generator
motivation generator
123 ideas for character flaws
list of phobias
Oh shit someone died
Backgrounds and stuff? yep
Quirks
Personality. you need that shit
Need something fandom related?
City generator hell yeah
location? got ya
World-building?
make your own god damn laws
Landscape.
Need Item names?
Fantasy/sci-fi/etc. medicine names
Stuff to make things more interesting.Weapons, clothes, treasures… whatever your characters need.
Item & Artifact Generators
Other stuffs!
Genre, Plot, & Story Prompt Generators
How did your characters meet?
Fanfic plots. you bet your ass.
FACES
Drawing a face (the circle thing)
How to draw faces
Heads in profile
Drawing heads
A face tutorial
Avoid same facing
Diversify your faces
Face shapes
To make your drawing look like the person you’re drawing
Make your faces look like the person
Expressions
More about expressions
Drawing lips
Lip tutorial
Drawing ears
Drawing eyes
Realistic eyes
Drawing a nose
Drawing kisses
Drawing glasses
Drawing hoods
BODIES
Guide to human types part 1
Guide to human types part 2
Guide to human types part 3
Different kinds of athletic body types
Ladies tutorial (nudity)
Fellas tutorial
Curves on girls tutorial
How to draw necks
Drawing shoulders
Drawing arms
Drawing hands
Hand tips
More hands
Hands tips and techniques
Hands, arms, legs and feet
Legs, torso and expressions
Drawing boobs
How to boob
Boobs and hips
Drawing abs
Beer belly tutorial
Drawing backs
How to draw back views
Legs reference
Drawing knees
How to draw butts
Penis tutorial (nsfw)
Drawing feet and shoes
Sitting reference
Realistic woman body shape chart
Hair
Drawing hair
Hair tutorial
Drawing curls
Drawing braids
ANIMALS & CREATURES
Canines vs felines
Drawing cats
Drawing cats tips
How to draw big cats
Drawing rats
Basic deer tutorial
Deer sketching
Dog anatomy
Dog anatomy tutorial
Dog nose tutorial
Dog paw tutorial
Basic wolf tutorial
Horse tutorial
Sheep vs goats
Drawing giraffes
Basic owl tutorial
Bird wing tutorial
Drawing bird beaks and faces
Butterfly tutorial
Drawing animal legs on humans
Winged people anatomy
Dragon tutorial
Drawing dragons
Dragon wing tutorial
Fur tutorial
Drawing sharp teeth
OTHERS
Drawing clothes
Clothing folds tutorial
Collars, vests and pants reference
Hats reference
Drawing jeans
Drawing bows
Drawing trees
Tree tutorial
Drawing water
Water tutorial
Drawing crystals
Ice
Clouds
Creating form
Perspective tricks
Character design reference
How to draw better (video)
Learn how to draw better
Art reference & tutorials blog
Tutorial masterpost
How to draw anything
The moon landing also got to him. He teared up as he watched Apollo 11 safely touch down on the Moon.
And the rest of the story! Broadcasting School at ASU is named after him. The "Huntley Brinkley Report" was another no hold bar News Reporting. Fact put out there you decided what they meant. But that was when we could think for ourselves! We still can, but have gotten to lazy to do it. Just like everything else
Pong, Space Invaders, Asteroids, Donkey Kong, Defender. Of course most of these came out after I graduated from high school, but there was a great arcade just down the road from my college.
Imagine if the garbage celebs who made that “Imagine” song cover had put half as much effort into their singing as these pro stunt artists put into their own quarantine content: a fight scene performed by over a dozen stunt artists, remotely.
Absolutely true.
We don’t understand the power of our jaws until we try to break an m&ms with our fingers.
i feel it in my bones, i’m on F I R E
FUCK
With a billion dollars, you could spend 34 grand a day for 80 years. It would take a person working full time at minimum wage 2 years to make 34 grand.
In case you are wondering why they are so eager to get Kavanaugh confirmed as soon as possible...
Note from an older person: we fucked up. I apologize. Please unfuck the world, for your own sake.
90s??? I had furniture like this in 1968...