super special award for every1 who survived š„
Emperor Stone in the style of the Sonic 3 concept art.
Stobotnik deserves to rule the world together with their robot son!! I also loved replicating the style and painting Stone in hanfu.
Original concept art from Tacit Sign Studio
[ID: drawings of a golem animated by a palestinian flag painted on its forehead. it is seen: holding out its arms protectively in front of a crowd of children, the children also hold each other supportively; catching an air strike missile from the air and throwing it away or crushing it in its fist; turning its back so that a child can warm her hands by the earth oven built into its back, food in a pot is cooking on the fire and a boy holds a cup of steaming tea to his face and enjoys the aroma; clearing away rubble so a man can help up his wife who was buried underneath, she is clutching a baby to her chest; stooping down to look at a kitten a young boy is holding up to show it; and dissolving small flakes of clay from its finger into a glass of water, purifying it. end ID]
@fairuzfan asked people to create and share art for the strike. i wrote an artist statement and then set about trying to draw what i envisioned. artist statement below.
This golem is a protector that I wish I could gift to the children and adults in Gaza. The flag on its forehead is to show that love for the Palestinian people is an animating force for people fighting for a free Palestine all over the world, especially for those in Palestine who are trying to free themselves and their people. Love is the motivation for the call for a free Palestine, not hatred like people try to claim. It is very strong and fast and can catch air strikes out of midair and crush them to dust or throw them back in the direction they came from. It can lift all the rubble of a collapsed building very quickly so nobody can get trapped underneath. It has an earth oven in its back with an ever-burning flame that people can use to warm themselves and cook food and heat water to use to bathe themselves or make tea. Pieces of its clay can be crumbled up and mixed into water to make even the most brackish and unclean water pure and safe to drink.
The golem is always a bit of a tragic figure so I don't imagine it staying around forever once Palestine is free and it is no longer needed. I think it would use its great strength to help rebuild the destroyed houses, churches, schools, universities, hospitals, and mosques and then dive into the Jordan river and dissolve. It would clean the river of all pollution and make the water splash up over all the newly replanted fruit trees, causing them to grow big and strong. Its love for Palestine and its people can be tasted in the fruit they grow for generations.
I choose a specifically Jewish icon of protection because of how it feels to witness such horrors done in the supposed name of Judaism and the Jewish people. For many anti-zionist Jews, we feel like we are acting directly within the teachings of our stories and communities by opposing this genocide. It is difficult to understand how the very people and institutions who taught us these values now fight against them so fiercely. While obviously I would still oppose Israel were I not Jewish, the way I oppose Israel is directly informed by my Jewishness. I hope that someday, somehow, Judaism can bring as much joy and support to the Palestinian people as it has brought grief and destruction. That Jewish symbols used in the name of love and justice will bear more significance than the ones used in shows of hatred. Knowing the depth of the harm caused, I do not know if this is possible. But this artwork and everything I have dedicated myself to these past few months and continue to dedicate myself to in the future is born from this hope. I love you. Thank you for being on this planet with me. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free! And it will be beautiful.
It's not cringe anymore (it SHOULDN'T be cringe anymore), just do it. You're doing something you enjoy, who cares what anybody else says! So spread the words my fellow internet brethren.
Spread the Word :)
The prince of the ocean ā
probs the last art of the year. Happy Holidays for those who celebrate! See y'all next year. x
hey netizens! i'm not sure how many people are aware, but youtube's been slowly rolling out a new anti-adblock policy that can't be bypassed with the usual software like uBlock Origin and Pi-Hole out of the gate
BUT, if you're a uBlock Origin user (or use an adblocker with a similar cosmetics modifier), you can add these commands in the uBlock dashboard (under My Filters) to get rid of it!
youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.openPopupConfig.supportedPopups.adBlockMessageViewModel, false) youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.adBlocksFound, 0) youtube.com##+js(set, ytplayer.config.args.raw_player_response.adPlacements, []) youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.hasAllowedInstreamAd, true)
reblog to help keep the internet less annoying and to tell corporations that try shit like this to go fuck themselves <3
Actual image of me fighting for my fucking life on discord
ā have we met before ? ā
Goodness i dont know what to call this au š Maybe itās hundreds of years in to the future? Maybe Astarion meets Tav again after so much time has passed
so i have a mildly popular āreblog and put in in the tagsā post going around and its. very clear how many people donāt know how to interact with a tumblr post
so, first of all, tumblrās culture has changed a lot in the past couple years. thereās a genuine community effort to not start any drama, and ironically a lot of the current hostility is an effort to keep things calm. thereās also a change in how people interact with posts, so if you havenāt been here in a while please skip down to the tags/replies/reblog with text section.
for newcomers: you should be reblogging posts about as liberally as you would like something on twitter. if you only like stuff, people will think you are rude/a bot. youāve probably heard people talk about ācultivating your dash,ā and thats because this platform is 100% centered around your dashboard. trending matters less, unfollowing and blocking in order to shape your dash into itās best form is widely accepted, the majority of the content youāll find and interact with will be because of your dash, and the only way to put things on your dash is to reblog them. tumblr users are deeply distrustful of algorithms and have largely turned off the āsee posts your friends have likedā function (i recommend you also turn of the various algorithms in settings ā general settingsĀ ā dashboard preferences).
so, once youāve reblogged a post, thereās three ways to add content to it. the tags, replies, and reblogging with text. all of them have different connotations
the tags: an inside voice. originally they were meant for organizing your blog (and theyāre still used for this), but theyāve also morphed into a way to share thoughts that arenāt funny/insightful enough for non-followers to be interested in. when in doubt, put your comment in the tags
replies: basically talking to your friends in class. your followers have no way of finding your replies (they donāt pop up on the dash, nobody gets notified except for the original poster) so chances are, only the person who made the post is gonna see your comment. itās for quick one-offs that youāre okay with other people overhearing, but really is only made for one person. theyāre like a public dm
reblog with text: an outside voice. youāre getting up on a stage in town square and entertaining people. make sure itās funny or insightfulā bottom line, add something new to the conversation. you should use this the least
general rules of thumb:Ā
when in doubt, reblog. people will judge you if your blog is only personal posts and you only interact with other content by liking it.Ā Ā
the only things people will judge you for reblogging are personal vent posts. leave a like to give a little virtual hug
if a post is asking about your personality/opinions (i.e: tell me whatās the last tv show you watched, that kind of thing) put it in the tagsĀ
also if you see a nice edit, gifset, or art, reblog and say something nice in the tags! itās that nice sweet spot of common enough that no one will notice but uncommon enough to make the artistās day
YāALL HAVE TIME TO REBLOG THIS. IT TAKES LESS THAN FIVE SECONDS.