Israel has deployed auto-firing quadcopters that emit the sounds of crying babies.

https://xtwitter.com/jam_etc_art/status/1780038184828608975

There is no possible reality where this is in any way capable of being passed off as self-defense. It was never self-defense. It is, and always has been, a genocide.

Crying babies. Crying babies. This is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, meant to draw out and kill civilians while also making it far more difficult to locate and aid children who are trapped or alone.

If you have money to spare, please consider donating to some of the fundraisers on Operation Olive Branch to help people escape this genocide.

End the occupation. Free Palestine.

I liked this prematurely because I wanted to investigate for myself but yeah, it's true. Here's two news outlets reporting on the matter: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/disturbing-recordings-crying-infants-played-israeli-quadcopters-lure-gaza-residents-shooting https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6271 Normally I try to find a recurring pattern for stuff like this however I think this information is too fresh for there to be a considerable precedent yet.

camille.andre.art

progresssss now i gotta glue everything down and make all the colors more cohesive

and then its time for the wildflowers 🥀🌼🌻🌹🌷

gonna be making a video of the process.

patreon

Been posting progress pics for the commission im doing on Patreon.

Everything is free to view!

but i would really appreciate the support 💚

if youd prefer to support me one time instead of subscribing, i have a kofi as well 💚

4. If the car pulls up to you run in the opposite direction.

5. Walk with your keys in your hands and keep a key between each finger

6. If they put you in the trunk kick out the headlights

7. If you get lost find a woman with a child. Never ask a man for help (this one was drilled)

That scream fire piece of advice is literally life saving

8. Watch your shadows and reflections, especially if someone is walking behind you. A split second notice is better than none and will help you.

Yes this last one really saves lives y'all I do it all the time

girls have to learn to view the world like international intelligence agents just to be safe walking down the street. smh.

guys pls pls pls reblog and girls pls pls pls be safe out there. terrifying and so sad that we have to worry about this on a daily basis

(I’m an enby, but, frankly, this is helpful for anyone.)

- always tell someone where youre at and an approx time when youll be back

Add text replacement words in your phone if possible. Something short and memorable that you can send quickly to people in moments of emergencies.

E.g.

I f ing hate that we need to reblog this, people suck, but this will save lives.

DO NOT SCROLL PAST

Being female fucking sucks but yes this shit is important for everyone

Also, do not walk close to walls. It will be easier for someone so walk past you and push you against it or corner you.

If your gut is telling you to cross the street or change your path, do it. Don’t risk it. Your body knows.

If you can, buy a large umbrella and walk holding it. Studies say that predators are less likely to attempt an attack on someone that could fight back. Keys around your knuckles is fine but you’ll need to get very close to do damage. Umbrellas are more precise.

Avoid wearing headphones if you are alone on an empty street. Look aware.

Again: Stay. Away. From. Walls.

Entering an uber alone? Call your father (or anyone you trust) and say “hey dad! Yep, I’m almost there, I’m sending you the route.” outloud. Then proceed to send them the route so they can follow the uber drive. This will most likely intimidate the predator.

If you see someone in an uncomfortable or possibly dangerous situation, walk up to them and say “Betty, oh my god, I haven’t seen you in so long!”. If she gets slightly confused, you can whisper and let her know you’re trying to help and that she should follow along. Walk together to another station or away from where you are. The man will most likely not follow. I have done this one 2 times and can be very helpful.

If you are unsure she needs help, you can pass her a note saying something like “hey, I noticed this man beside you is making you uncomfortable. If you’d like help, fake a sneeze right now and I will come up to you and pretend we are friends.” This is a long note, but its an example. Be discrete. If she follows along, proceed with the previous tip. This is helpful when you’re in a crowded train and you notice harassment.

Help your sisters. Trust them. Trust yourself. Be safe.

If you ever feel unsafe or need help, anyone is welcome to run upto me and ask me for help! I’ll go all mama bear and keep you safe!!!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/166g6Vo8Fb9H3FIZF2H6faEBHtFQSf7nVn_QxcJ9NMi0/edit?usp=sharing

I made this google doc covering 14 different self defense tips and tricks. it was made on January 15th, 2020 so it was before I decided I’d come back to tumblr jhjshdbjfh.

EVERY TIME I SEE THIS I REBLOG BECAUSE THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT!!!!!

If god didnt want me to be a hypochondriac why did he give me so many syndromes

So Tumblr has deleted my work blog utopicwork, I was documenting my development of PierMesh, a new internet for marginalized people, along with other works. I dont know if Tumblr will restore it, and they provided 0 reason as to why this blog was deleted. Its become a pattern that trans womens accounts are deleted with no warning so I kind of expected this.

If youre interested in keeping up with my projects you can follow me on Bluesky at utopicwork or keep an eye on: utopic.work

If you want to keep up with just PierMesh you can keep an eye on: piermesh.net

Sorry for this inconvenience

shape play w stardew npcs :3

Can I have a cookie?

Thank you!

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There are so many ways to make moodboards, bookcovers, and icons without plagiarizing! As artists, authors, and other creatives, we need to be especially careful not to use someone else’s work and pass it off as our own. 

Please add on if you know any more resources for free images <3

recently found out about openverse which i think aggregates a bunch of creative commons images from flickr, wikimedia, nasa etc… pretty handy

I’m shocked so many people don’t know about my go to – Morgue File.

It’s full of searchable, rights free images uploaded by photographers.

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

i hope shein gets shut down i hope ai projects get shut down i hope billionaires go bankrupt i hope public transportation expands fast i am so tired of the world’s bs

idgaf what cutesy shit tumblr tries to pull for April Fools, this is still the same website where the multimillionaire CEO stalked a trans woman across multiple platforms because she bruised his fragile ego, where a moderator took bribes to delete accounts, where moderation disproportionately targets black, transfem, and pro-Palestinian bloggers, where literal hardcore heterosexual pornography can be both posted without consequence and actively advertised to users while trans women posting transition timelines get hit with the banhammer, where outright hate speech goes unpunished but an obvious shitpost results in the associated account's termination, and where its leadership advertises it as the queerest site on the internet while doing all of the above. No amount of silly goofy gimmicks will change that.

Wittyworm Patreon and Website Launch!

Sup, my name is Rosario, I'm a 26 yr old artist and bike technician born and raised in Florida.​ As a person with mixed African and Boricua heritage, my culture is integral to everything I intend to do, and how I intend to live. Free and full of passion, art, music and spirituality. I wish to create and to inspire others to do the same. This is only the beginning of a new journey into the world of freelance and trade, so if you'd like to support me so I can keep creating and helping those in my community, I'd very much appreciate it! I'm excited to be launching my website/ patreon so I can share what I love to do with you all, and hopefully in the future I'll be able to do even more. 

Thank you 💚🍀🦎

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Some art of mine you might recognize, and more to come later!

heres some more of my older pieces that will be available as prints on my website 🙏

and because someone asked, if youd like to just do a one time donation to support me instead of through patreon, i do have a kofi!

Thank you guys all so much

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made a comic about some thoughts! small ways you can empower people, choosing who to empower, and why “don’t make your orientation your whole personality” misses the depth of the issue.

stay cute, stay proud, and love your friends

For folks with readers and/or reading issues like me, have a transcript of this very important message:

1st panel: [image of a person wearing headphones and holding a gaming control] “On a call with a friend recently I said the phrase ‘Yeah I don’t really ever want to pass as straight again.’ And I’ve spent a while since trying to explain to myself what I mean.

2nd panel: I remember two specific moments which defined this feeling in me. [image of 2 people sitting with a box of cookies and a speech bubble that says “these cookies are awful”] Bat and I lived in Notre Dame Indiana for a while. [image of touchdown Jesus] known for football christianity, Mike Pence, and racist wage gaps

3rd panel: [image of 2 people holding box of cookies looking at 2 people holding hands] One day at a farmer’s market I saw two girls spot us and they [image of hands letting go of one another] let go [faceless image of two people standing close together] but then after looking again they relaxed

4th panel: [image of 2 people with cookie box from behind being passed by 2 hands holding each other] They walked by us and they felt safe. It’s a moment I always remember as a concrete time I helped a stranger

5th panel: The other time… my brother asked me to come with him to a dinner with some of the other professors… [image of person talking to a panicking person with a scribbled “renting with him” and “post grad” labels respectively. Speech bubble from person on the left says “that sounds awful” and speech bubbles from person on right say “I know” and “QQ”]

6th panel: We ate at Bonefish [image of the 2 from previous panel among a line of diners at a table] surrounded by white, straight boomers whose opinions determined our future.

7th panel: [image of boomer talking, speech bubbles say “oh no, that’s my student’s partner” and “they’re actually-”] You get that feeling Here it comes

8th Panel: [image of line of diners, with op and brother tiny in front, boomer speech bubbles read: “”They??” and “nonbinary??” “it” “what does that even mean” “just pick one!!” “themselve” “what about grammar” and laughter] You feel Invisible. Bite your tongue.

9th: [image of OP and brother driving home] We didn’t talk much about it | both upset | ‘complicit’ through power imbalance

10th panel: [image of OP trembling at a sink] THEY FELT SAFE

11th panel: [a row of faceless boomers] In a room of white passing straight people they felt similar enough to feel safe in dehumanization

12th panel: So now I fly my flags | I dress more confident | I dye my hair [image of OP as described with nonbinary, trans, rainbow (with black/brown), aro, and ace pride flags wearing rainbow shirt] I will be loud and I will be obnoxious and I will be angry.

13th panel: So people who need protecting [image of hands holding each other] feel safe [image of faceless frowning boomers looking at a couple] DO NOT

trans day of visibility!! reblogging kedreeva’s transcript of my gay little comic.