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Princess Pipp III by Azdaracylius
I am so serious when I say if you want to learn about light, you NEED to at least look at modeseven’s tutorials. even if you’re not pursuing a painterly style, this is all essential theory that can be easily adapted to different coloring styles. notice how none of these ever say ‘light with these colors and shade with these colors’? notice how this is teaching how light works on a mechanical level, and reminding the audience to adjust the actual colors they choose by context? THAT is good advice.
(if you’re thinking ‘wow I want to study more of this persons art!’ I encourage you to do so, but proceed with the knowledge that modeseven draws pretty much exclusively weird as hell kink art. sometimes wisdom comes from horny places)
dad i'm ready to go for a run with you 🐇🎀
Skin Removal Healing Journal 9/19
Removed the sterile bordered gauze and it sucked less this time but it was very much not a pleasant task - it still stuck and peeled the wound in some places. I thought I'd applied enough hydrogel, but even what I applied yesterday wasn't enough - my suspicions about the gauze absorbing it were probably right. I haven't been very active today but it was still soaked. The wound looks a little cleaner today, though.
Reduced mobility continues today, got worn out kind of easily going to the store and another couple shops and I didn't do that much walking. It was nice to be on skates for a few minutes at the skate shop, which I was able to manage alright and without pain.
Worked the gauze off slowly in a kind of clockwise motion - it's easier to pull along a line rather than over it, the less surface area you're peeling at a time, the more bearable it is. Bleeding started from this process but it was pretty minimal and only needed two of the 2x2 gauze pads. The antibiotic soap stings - I repeated the process from yesterday of basically sponging the wound with a damp soapy paper towel and then repeating this process with another damp towel without soap. Did it once more with a dry one to prepare the area for the tegaderm.
I applied the tegaderm once by accident without the hydrogel and then removed it to correct this mistake, which was just fine and didn't hurt. Applying the hydrogel stung a little worse than the soap, but I made sure to apply enough that all the recessed skin was filled and that I could run my gloved hand over it with ease without noticing height difference. Applied the new tegaderm without issue.
young men are experiencing alienation, which is apparently a different thing than transforming into a little green guy with a ray gun
ok youve had ur fun give her a bigger towel right now