Sillymodezeenith - ZEENITH !!!

I want to tell a story to the artists and would-be artists out there.

When I was 19, I made a large oil painting of the nerd I would eventually marry. I poured all my attention and care into this painting. It's the only art I have from back then that still holds up as a work I'm proud of today.

I entered it into a judged show at the local art center. It got an honorable mention. I went to see the show with my beloved model. One of the judges came up to talk to me, and highlighted that all the judges really liked the painting. It would have placed, except, you see, the feet were incorrect. They were too wide and short, and if I just studied a bit more anatomy-

I called over my future wife, and asked her to take off her shoe. Being already very used to humoring me, she did. The judge looked at her very short, very wide little foot. Exactly as I'd lovingly rendered it. I would never edit her appearance in any way.

The judge looked me in the eye, and to his credit, he really looked like he meant it when he said "Oh I'm so sorry."

Anyways the moral of the story is that all of those anatomy books that teach you proportions are either showing you averages, or a very specific idea of an idealized body. Actual bodies are much more varied than that.

So don't forget to draw from observation, and remember that humans aren't mass produced mannequins. Delight in our variation. Because it's supposed to be there.

A sneak peak for tomorrow’s blueberry post !!!! this started as a joke and rapidly became very complicated

FART I was supposed to be drawing but I got sucked into the tumblr vortex. How did I get here what happened

Bayverse tranformers when they're transforming is erotic to me

i can’t stop thinking about how acheron remembers the dance thru feelings of warmth and comfort… i love dangerous ladies

HOW MANY BLUEBERRIES?

Day 4

Many plans were tried and failed today; a volcano was built, and a thrift store was visited.

Ultimately, a few ideas had to be shelved for future use, because APPARENTLY there’s only a single plastic dinosaur in my whole house. Co-director was VERY displeased by the change in plans.

Muhammad Shehab’s fundraiser has been vetted here

Donate directly and provide a screenshot for a commission request; or commission me, and all profits will be donated directly to Muhammad’s GoFundMe.

I will provide screenshot evidence that the money was donated.

[PLAINTEXT PRICING]

Bust/Headshot

• 10$ sketch - 15$ flat color - 20$ shaded - 25$ rendered

Halfbody

• 15$ sketch - 20$ flat color - 25$ shaded - 30$ rendered

Fullbody

• 20$ sketch - 25$ flat color - 30$ shaded - 45$ rendered

Complex Background

• 30-80 USD, depending on size/detail

Ref Sheet

• 30-60 USD, depending on size

If you donate to Muhammad’s GoFundMe, the amount you donate = the art you receive!

I am grateful for the assistance I have received so far, but I am still in need of more support to reach my campaign goal swiftly. This will enable me to evacuate my family from Gaza 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸.

Help my family escape Gaza and rebuild our lives My family needs to evacuate Gaza for your safety. My family is struggling without shelter, food or health services. On October 7, 2023, we lost our home and have no plan for the future. Every day is a gamble, we don't know if we will survive. We are launching this GoFundMe for evacuation and basic needs. Your contribution could be a lifeline. Please, help us escape this nightmare. Share our story and stand with us in our time of need. Thanks for your support. Your donation makes a difference. Be the hope the world

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Donate to Help Zaen and Yehya to get out of Gaza, organized by mohammed shamallakh

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toxic yuri

Every user on Tumblr at this point is aware of the transfem focused bans that have gone Severe in the last few days again. Or, every user that is transfem aligned or follows someone who is. Which makes me ask, how/why the hell hasn't the Tumblr staff or @photomatt addressed this at all yet, and how it's still going so hard.

It's very much not like this is the first time this has happened, it's been a prevailing issue for years on this site.

For example, back in 2022, they were made to hire a sexuality and gender bias specialist and reevaluate over 3,000 cases over their clear bias towards queer (especially transfem) users before. It is *almost* surprising how little the staff of Tumblr seem to care about their clear discrimination, after being sued before.

The Verge

Tumblr is settling with NYC’s human rights agency over alleged porn ban bias

The ban allegedly affected LGBTQ users disproportionately.

It's not like this site has a large user base, or is highly profitable (an apparent 30 million dollar loss per year). So it seems that the staff is just going out on a, last minute before the site dies, transmisogynist rampage without real care about lawsuits or even just how the user base responds. I don't know how they can keep claiming it's not discrimination at this point.

TechCrunch

Tumblr is losing $30M each year, CEO says | TechCrunch

Tumblr head Matt Mullenweg also assuaged users fears by confirming that the platform will not remove its chronological feed.

A more recent example was with @/predstrogen, which I think was the banning that got the most attention due to the CEO @photomatt actually commenting on the situation and increasing the amount of harassment she was getting. To the point where Matt followed Rita to Twitter to reveal all of the URLs she owned and also for him to just generally throw an embarrassing hissy fit.

Yahoo News

Tumblr CEO publicly spars with trans user over account ban, revealing private account names in the process

Matt Mullenweg, CEO of Tumblr owner Automattic, is supposed to be on sabbatical. Over the last few days, the situation escalated to the poi

Honestly this shit is just so fucking ridiculous and I hope nothing but the worst for all the people making this stuff happen to the users on this site. I couldn't care less about "ahhh she posed NSFW!! Or she posted something kind of weird or mean!!". Tumblr shouldn't be discriminating against users, and that's what they're doing.

I'm also aware of a lot of POC, specifically black users getting banned as well. So please don't forget to give attention to that. I just can't find any good articles to read, but if I find something I'll add it to the post.

I don't think there's a solution to how shit this site is being run. It would be lovely to have another platform to move to but I, personally, can't imagine a site like this that's also genuinely free of discrimination in the way it's ran.