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So I looked this up and the whole story is wild.
Basically, market research for japanese bakeries determined that a) they sell more breads and pastries the more different varieties they have, and b) japanese bakery customers prefer items which are not wrapped, because individually wrapped things give the impression of being like, preserved or something instead of fresh and good I guess? So the obvious solution is to sell as many different kinds of unwrapped breads and pastries as you can.
But! In actual practice, that’s a nightmare. No packaging means no barcodes to scan, so the cashier needs to know all like 200 different (often very similar) items by heart and add them up manually, which means training new employees is a slow and painful process and customer service in general suffers badly. And having a person handle all those un-packaged foodstuffs to count them or examine them, in addition to being slow and clumsy, is unsanitary as fuck.
So one bakery chain owner approached this computer guy in 2007 asking for a system to automate the checkout process. It took five years and the company barely survived a financial crisis in the middle, but long story short they developed a highly specialized AI that will look at the pile of bread a customer picked out and automatically identify everything, tally it up, and charge them correctly, while the live cashier is free to make small talk or help people out or whatever. The whole process is simple, fast, sanitary, and pleasant for customers and employees alike, and to an outsider it looks like fucking magical bullshit.
But then in 2017 a doctor saw an ad for this bakery scanning system and it occurred to him that cells under a microscope don’t look all that different from weird loaves of bread. And it turns out that yeah, you can use almost all of the same code to analyze a tissue sample and pick out any potentially cancerous cells in it. Other people have started buying the same program for everything from analyzing the readout from big physics experiments to labeling charms and amulets for sale at shrines to detecting problems in the wiring on jet engines.
I knew pastry would save the world one day.
This is a good use of AI! Do the tedious work so the worker can socialize with the customer. And then use that same AI to fight cancer. This is fantastic! I hate AI “art” but not AI as a whole.
how you can help palestine
*i regularly update this post with any new info i find so please always reblog the original post*
Donations
donations currently reaching gaza:
donate to get food packages to gaza - care for gaza
donate to ahmed (@/90-ghost on tumblr)
- he is born, raised and based in gaza. please help him reach his goal of $37.5K to get his family to safety across the rafah border into egypt. as of right now… it’s $7.5K per person to evacuate gaza.
secondary donations:
emergency relief for gaza - pious projects
save palestine - islamic relief canada
send medical supplies to gaza - palestinian american medical association
click to donate - arab.org
help bring down israel's weapon trade - palaction
donate for the recovery of hisham awartani - gofundme
- one of the three palestinian students shot by a racist in vermont for wearing kufiyas and speaking arabic. hisham’s injuries have left him paralysed from below the chest.
Petitions
demand ceasefire - amnesty international
invoke the genocide convention to call for ceasefire in gaza - world beyond war
UK to expel israeli ambassador - change.org
gaza healthcare workers for nobel peace prize - change.org
teachers around the world demand ceasefire - teachers for palestine
location specific petitions
gaza call for lasting ceasefire - oxfam (UK)
end israeli occupation - parliament uk (UK)
email your MP - medical aid for palestine (UK)
protect gaza civilians - islamic relief (UK)
stop fuelling genocide - action network (USA)
@ biden: call for ceasefire now - move on (USA)
ceasefirenow.com - jewishvoiceofpeace (USA)
call congress and demand a ceasefire - uscpr (USA - they provide a script of what you should say, so don't worry about it)
- note: you can call everyday. they tally the number of calls per issue. so more calls = higher chance for them to take action. p.s. you mainly go to voicemail so don’t worry about phone call anxiety. fight through it just this once please.
immediate ceasefire and increase in humanitarian aid in gaza - actionaid (AUS)
email your MPs - stand with palestine (AUS)
‼️ australian senate to investigate australian citizens in the IDF for war crimes allegations - fpm (AUS)
‼️ arms embargo on israel - cjpme (CANADA)
sign to send letter to MP for ceasefire - nccm (CANADA)
ceasefire now! - ijv (CANADA)
ceasefire and allow aid to enter gaza - oxfam (CANADA)
call on your local mayor and council to demand ceasefire - LeadNow (CANADA)
cessez-le-feu et un couloir humanitaire - le mouvement (FRANCE)
écrivez aux député-es et sénateurs-trices - association france palestine solidarité (FRANCE)
write to your député - assemblée nationale (FRANCE)
skydda civilbefolkningen i gaza! - mittskifte (SWEDEN)
- template of letters you can send (EU)
- guide on how to contact your MPs in EU
- p.s. if the template is outdated, just use it as a guide and add a few sentences here and there that reflect the current situation. i can’t find any recent templates so :/ at least this is something
multiple actions you can take to help palestine - plant een olifbloom (NETHERLANDS)
- includes: links for donations, emails to MP, emails to media, links to petitions and demonstrations
den haag, maak nú werk van vrede in israël/Palestina - the right forum (NETHERLANDS)
māori call for palestine - ourActionStation (NZ)
special visa for palestinians in gaza with family in NZ - NZ parliament/pāremata aotearoa (NZ)
deem israeli actions as war crimes - NZ parliament/pāremata aotearoa (NZ)
basta ao genocídio em Gaza! - awaaz (BRAZIL)
globo e grande mídia, parem de desumanizar civis palestinos - the intercept (BRAZIL)
Campaigns
‼️ justice for palestine
friends of al-aqsa
❥ UK-specific
- urge your MP to speak up for palestine
- hands off al-aqsa
- stop administrative detention
- petition for UK to stop arming israel
❥ International
palestine action
islamic relief canada
decolonise palestine
text/call campaign for people living in USA
- text CEASEFIRE @ 51905 to call for a ceasefire
- text RESIST @ 50409 to send a letter to your representatives to pass HR3103–a bill that prohibits tax dollars from going to israel
- download 5Calls app to contact members of your congress | (more info)
fax campaign for people in the USA
- go on this website to send 5 free faxes per day
- here’s a link to a pre-written fax copy you can download to send (the first link on the linktree)
- here’s a video that explains how to fax your senator (it’s very easy and all you need is a valid email address)
‼️ BDS movement
please let me know if you have any more links. i will add them in. and please reblog the original post!!
not to distract from this list of resources, but here's also few gofundmes to help Palestinians escape - you can really make your money count!
Save Sanaa and her Family (Gofundme)
Save Amjad Saher and his family (Gofundme)
Help a family of 13 escape Gaza (Gofundme)
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2023 Bucket
This is a bucket. Anything you don't want to take with you into 2024, feel free to drop it in the bucket. I will be burning the contents (with Hellfire) at exactly 11:59pm on New Year's Eve.
You don't have to type anything, at all. Just reblog the bucket and your intentions will be known by the universe. Or the bucket. Or whatever you like.
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What do you MEAN "too dangerous" for Action Park?!
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good things will happen 🧿
things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿
passionate-lovely-soul
THIS ONE FUCKING WORKS. REBLOG IT.
Okay I reblogged and got into the entrepreneurship program I wanted. This WORKS
I POSTET THIS HALF AN HOUR BEFORE MY JOB INTERVIEW AND I GOT THE JOB OH MY GOD
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WHERE’S MY SWORD OF KINGS? bonus:
Starman Super asked for help, but no one came…
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Magic Knight Rayearth
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Avoiding Fast Fashion: How to Repair your Stuff
A friend texted me asking how to avoid fast fashion and the short answer is: you cant. unless you have the money to make all your own clothes, fast fashion is going to be a part of your life because it has permeated every corner of the fashion industry. However, you can learn basic mending and repair techniques to help your clothes last so that you are contributing far less to the fast fashion industry
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Comments left by Kentaro Miura (author of Berserk) on Young Animal Magazine when he was drawing Berserk and commentaries at the end of the book.
This has been shared before but it is well known that manga authors have brutal schedules they have to work under. So many have died before old age due to health issues.
To quote Junji Ito:
“Sleep is very important. Everyone get enough sleep. Many manga artists die young and it’s because they don’t sleep. Your best ideas will come to you when you’re sleeping. Please everyone get some sleep.”
Remember Manga authors are human beings that deserve better work conditions in their industry.
RIP Master Miura.
Thank you for all the hard work.
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fucked up how colors look different depending on what screen you’re looking at them on. that should be illegal I think
broskepol
this fucking shit, you know
I spend so much time carefully picking and adjusting the colors in every single drawing I make that I’d probably lose my mind if I didn’t just repeatedly push this out of my memory and pretend it’s not a thing. Why am I reblogging a blank empty post that doesn’t say anything??? Weird
good news! you can’t make sure that everyone will see the correct colors on their own device, but you can make sure your monitor is as accurate as possible for printing and sharing by calibrating it!
there are a bunch of free monitor tests, but here’s an easy one you can use. the passmark and eizo tests are also pretty good, though passmark doesn’t work in your browser. be warned that some tests may cause eye strain.
you can either use the settings built into your monitor itself or use the display color calibration settings in your operating system to adjust the settings until everything looks correct, and then enjoy your accurate colors.
REBLOG TO SAVE A LIFE
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anyone else sick of only being able to find years-old art reference masterposts that are just broken links and a bunch of eye shading tutorials? i uh. i sure am. so. introducing:
if trying to bookmark a tumblr post isn’t your speed, there’s a gdoc version you can copy as well!
one-off tutorials
shorter, image-based
- [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] gigi d.g., god of art’s color tips
- eyeball tutorial! not anime coloring, the actual anatomy
- panel flow
- dark skin coloring
- showing expression with the mouth
- color profiles overview
- dos and donts of accessibility in design
- local color adjustment!
- filters for them fake 90s anime vibes
- How to get an automatic outline in clip studio paint!
- Csp auto-action that colors your lines For you……. A lifesaver
longer, mostly typed
- traditional photo study setup 101
- comic panel flow and structure
- how to use ref pics and adapt em
- portfolio tips!
- pixel art tutorial. geared to pokemon
- comic typesetting! what’s the lore!
- webtoon typesetting! for the scanlators
- webtoon typesetting and background cleanup! for the perfectionists
- remember animation vs animator? yea he made a 30m animation overview
- you know that ghost singin vid that goes around every year? that guy’s drawin ( and music!) process
reference sites
- motion pose ref but actual photos
- figure drawing/pose ref, but they’re all clothed
- free textures. only the neutrals will probably useful, but it’s a good look into early!sites
- skeletons! in detail! doesn’t link to the main page; check out the header bar. SO much on offer here
- correct forms of address in nobility
- movie screencaps
- cinematographer. amazing set photos
- more movie screencaps. cleaner site
- 2mil+ face database. so many search filters. good for facial features in character design
- my personal fav palette generator
- [PAID] croquis cafe. recently became paywalled :( their insta (at the bottom) has some of the stuff. incredible resource if you can afford it
- historical fashion w/ narrow filters
- random gen medieval city overhead map
- random gen 3d model mansion with a floorplan!
- shensi rebranded! pose ref.
- more pose ref! gesture drawing oriented. very unique. love em. op cant really afford to maintain the site tho so certain categories are gone (rip erotica section. how will I draw slutty poses now)
- more gesture/pose ref
analysis
- amazing analysis of shot composition.
- the culture surrounding loss
- “bad” webcomics: what, exactly, makes a thing qualify?
- papyrus is a bad font. intricacies of what goes into a font. very good read
- when and how to reference
- when and how to reference but an even better read. former is more interview, this is 1 guy who GETS it
case study
- splatoon 3 concept. color, style, layout, concept, design
- genuinely one of the best pieces of media of all times. panel flow, color, hUMOR, EXPRESSION,
- also see his stuff in the first few chapters of sleepless domain! Very talented renderer, amazing flow
- INCREDIBLE concept artist. god tier rendering
- traditional artist’s (usually a paint) speedpaints.
- paint-y? super expressive. mmmmm
- mlp (think they’re more general furry now)’s speedpaints. excellent style & shading; good for fur fluff
- paint-y? genuinely no clue how they render like this but I am obsessed w it.
artists’ blogs
- incredibles cinematography guy. lots of different references, tutorials, and analysis, categorizes.
- celeste’s artist’s pixel art tips
- animators’ videos coverin all sorts. genuinely well put together.
- professional lectures on oneoff things. good. hour ½ each. not deviantart eyes-only, like, wing anatomy
- analysis of all sorts of movies, general musings by a really talented guy. you can learn a LOT.
- better photo ref guy. art tutorials in the well written style. more general overviews. highly recommend
- opt in classes! anatomy, figure, and form
- it is in japanese, so go on desktop for chrome autotranslation. case studies, mostly
- [PAID] a storyboarder’s animation crash-course. stuff ranges from 5$-350
- you have undoubtedly seen some of these guys’ stuff. whole lotta quick single page one-offs
- subs, but. watercolor tutorials. korean portrait artist, as opposed to the mostly american animators here; good for a change of pace and also just he is SO good
- character designer’s cartoon fundamentals. has the “what my mom thinks of when you say animation” style
- I admittedly haven’t gone through this one. Incredibly clean and organized. a masterpost itself, it’s got so much
programs
- ref image organizer. Stays on top of all windows. Sexy as hell, wish more people knew about it
- [PAID] gold standard pixel art app. 20$ flat
- human figure 3d poser in the anime style
- most unique painting app ive ever seen. steep learning curve
- a burnt out webtoon artist’s backgrounds’ bread and more bread.
- [PAID] BEST DRAWING APP 100%. 50$ desktop, 4.50$ monthly or 25$ yearly mobile. frequently on sale, always worth it
- adobe suite (or individuals) in the torrenting style. I hate adobe. the site is in russian but I trust it with my life. just use chrome autotranslate. it’s torrenting, tho, so get a good torrent downloader and a vpn. I use windscribe; you get 10g/month free if you let them email you (which theyve only done like three times in 2 years), and you can get only 2 bucks/month unlimited data with their build-a-plan. not sponsored just love em
others’ masterposts
- hate to use pinterest, but it has the only archive of a gigi d.g. tip and seems to source everything
- pinterest rec from a pal. trust em w my life, there’s some good oneoffs and case studies
- reference/stock alternatives to pinterest so you never have to go there again
- found this on a years-old reddit post. art book pdfs. one-offs. sai portable. this is a
- goldmine
- half these links are probably broken, but every good art ref list needs a section of broken deviantart “how to draw a skirt” tutorials. this is the Contained solution
- Excellent, all around! Focused on specific program tips, but has a bit of everything
if anyone has any good art reference links, feel free to drop ‘em, and i’ll update! happy drawing <3
THANK YOU SO FREAKING MUCH LUMA
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I drew a mustard plant. For fun!
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I did some marker drawings of the Final Fantasy 7 Remake designs of Tifa and Aerith! I had some limited colors so it was extra tough.