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IMPORTANT! Gravy Train Dog Food was had a recall.

The food was tainted with and contains euthanasia. 

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A bunch of dogs, including my own, eat Gravy Train. It’s a very affordable wet canned dog food, so many people buy it. and my dog has to eat it because she’s lost most of her teeth and can’t chew.

Please, SIGNAL BOOST THIS! 

Even if you don’t have a dog, your followers probably do, and plenty of them are at risk. You could save a life.

So important for the homeless’ health!

ATTENTION NYC FOLKS: In case you haven’t noticed, it’s very cold outside. The city has issued a Code Blue Weather Emergency, which means no one who is homeless and seeking shelter will be denied. Should you see an individual who appears to be homeless and in need out in the cold, please call 311, give a description of the person and the location, and an outreach team will be dispatched to assist. You don’t have to do anything else but call. You don’t need to approach the person, or wait for anyone to arrive. Just #Call311

Whether you are in NYC now or not, please copy/paste/share! It doesn’t take much effort on your part and could immensely help those in need.

that music took me OUT

What I think makes a character more than just eye color and hair

I see a lot of beginner artists drawing OCs that have lots in common, so I (a not much better artist, if I’m honest) decided to say what I like in a character design that shows more than just their eyes and hair color/hair style.

1. Eyebrows- Most early artists draw their eyebrows to be very similar across characters, and while some art styles can have the same eyebrows throughout, I think variety here can be great! Play with the bushiness, shape, and color a bit and see what happens.

2. Height- For the most part, I find that backgrounds and multiple people in a drawing can be pretty rare for beginners, so they have nothing to compare the character’s height to. However, when drawing multiple characters in a scene make sure that their heights can contrast with each other to make it more dynamic. For fun, try drawing super short characters or taller ones- and even though proportion is a must in these places, practice drawing these different heights can really help.

3. Tattoos (be very careful with this one)- Lots more people have tattoos than one might think. In a story, it could have significant meaning or just be there for stylistic purposes, but not only do they look cool, they can tell a lot about a specific person. However, be careful not to add too many tattoos and keep an open mind as to placement, size, and what the tattoo actually is. These things can get really angsty really fast, and definitely should try not to be a trend throughout most characters in a story. Personally, I don’t particularly like face or hand tattoos, but ones on the back and collarbone feel nice. Be very, very careful about these, and when in doubt, ask a friend if they look too awkward or crowded.

4. Moles and freckles- I can say that almost every person has a birthmark of some sort somewhere, and to make your OCs more realistic it’s a good idea to add some. Change the size and color of these marks, and remember that they can pretty much go anywhere. For freckles, place them not only on the face but wherever the sun hits, such as shoulders, the back, the collarbone, and arms. Avoid doing these marks in heavy black ink, otherwise it can look like pimples or splatters. Also avoid doing specifically shaped birthmarks in my opinion- the cliché of “I was born with this strange birthmark and I have no idea what it means oh shit would you look at that” can rarely be put well to use and a person may as well be born with a tattoo on their face that says “main character”.

5. Noses- Lots of beginner artists do take their inspiration from anime and cartoons, and just drawing a dot for a nose isn’t very creative in my opinion. Plus, when the heads are turned in profile, all these characters tend to have that signature anime nose shape. Try noses that might stick out a bit more, that are hooked, that are angled, straight, bumpy, etc.

I understand I’m not the best artist myself and I probably shouldn’t be giving advice just yet, so take this with a grain of salt- and add on if you like!

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I’ll go home.

i never talk about these things but i can’t remain silent.

i know tumblr doesn’t give a SHIT when things happen in countries outside the “most popular ones” (such as the usa & england). it’s true, don’t lie to me. y’all don’t give A FUCK. not every issue and problem in said countries gets the appropriate exposure but in general shit shows up on the news WORLD FREAKING  WIDE. you set up donations, you help out, your spread the word, you say “pray for x”……

southern europe is burning. 

my country is burning.

people are dying - at home, on the road, trying to run away, in their cars.

yesterday my country had 300 active fires.

people are losing EVERYTHING they own.

i have a friend that is on a train right now passing through places that have been burnt to the ground and she says the smoke is so intense it’s getting inside the train and she can barely breathe.

and yet, even though several people (myself included) have been trying to bring awareness to what has been happening in southern europe… what we get from most of you, those not part of the countries suffering, is silence. we don’t ask for money, we don’t ask for shit other than a reblog to spread awareness… something you can delete in 24/48hrs if you wish. 

i don’t know what to tell you. i’m angry. i’m frustrated. i’m disappointed. i feel like i’m screaming into the void. “a reblog does nothing” - you know that’s a damn lie, you know exposure always helps, you know people start paying attention when posts on social media become popular. my country in particular is a small one, we get ZERO exposure. y’all are only starting to figure out we even fucking exist bc of the shit we’ve been winning lately. 

but hell, if the EU doesn’t give a shit, why should some user on tumblr dot com?

again, i don’t know what to tell you so i’ll let the images speak for themselves: 

An image captured by a Nasa satellite shows a thick plume of smoke blowing southward from the Greek island of Chios over the island of Crete

Torneros de Jamuz, Spain

Duca, Croatia

A helicopter from Italy’s civil protection service drops water on a fire near the railway between Venice and Trieste

Residents take refuge on the beach as a wildfire burns on the mountain next to the village of Lithi, on the Greek island of Chios

Men gather cattle during a forest fire in Vieira de Leiria, Marinha Grande, Portugal.

Charred trees are seen on the hills above the Cloister of Thivaidas on Mount Athos, a World Heritage Site in Greece

Portugal

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