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Alex is Arting Your Face Off!

@alexisarting / alexisarting.tumblr.com

I'm Alex and this is my art resource/reference/inspiration blog.
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knitmeapony
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renamonkalou
renamonkalou:
The family home of architect Sami Angawi, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Holy shit….
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madgastronomer

Real life solarpunk.

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madgastronomer

I just read the links, and omg this is even better.

So I looked at it and knew it was using the open courtyard and the pools and fountains to do a lot of the work of cooling the house, but it’s also got drip irrigation for all of those plants (which adds more moisture to the air and also helps cool it in addition to being an effective and efficient way of watering the plants), it’s got a roof garden and other eco-conscious stuff. It combines modern construction techniques with classic Arabic art and architecture.

And his home is a cultural center.

He holds lectures, concerts and salons in his home, with guests and speakers from around the world. He’s founded multiple institutions to preserve Islamic history and architecture. He’s an activist against the extremist factions he says are trying to hijack Islam.

His home is going to be part of an international institute offering degrees in Islamic history and science, as his legacy, housing a collection of over one hundred thousands of his photos, drawings and writings about Islam and the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.

This is serious real-life Islamic solarpunk for real.

Tumblr likes the idea of solarpunk, even if there’s not a real body of work about it yet. Well, we’re missing that people are already doing this for real, and have been for a long time.

I am not generally an architecture fan. It’s nice and all, but it doesn’t do a lot for me, especially modern American stuff. But I am totally bowled over by this and must now go look at everything he’s ever designed.

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corviddreams
#solarpunk#environmental design#three little orphans one queue three
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rubitrightintomyeyes
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xdoesthings

When something doesn’t look right, but you can’t figure out why, make a copy of your layer and try some of these tricks.  Staring too long at a piece without breaks is often where I “kill” a piece and lose scope of the work as a whole.  Thanks to letsplaygods for the supersaturate trick.

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airyairyquitecontrary-deactivat
Nudibranchs and worms by half-scientific
1. Coryphella verrucosa 2. Coryphella polaris 3. Dendronotus dalii 4. Nereis pellagica 5. Lepidonotus squamatus 6. Phyllodoce sp. 7. Coryphella polaris juvenile 8. Dendronotus frondosus 9. Terrebellides stroemi 10. Aeolidia papillosa

they are very stylish

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songofamazon
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chuwenjie

A compilation of stuff I know about drawing Asian faces and Asian culture! I feel like many “How-To-Draw” tutorials often default to European faces and are not really helpful when drawing people of other races. So I thought I’d put this together in case anyone is interested! Feel free to share this guide and shoot me questions if you have any! I’m by no means an expert, I just know a few things from drawing experience and from my own cultural background. 

#tips#people of color#asian people#drawing
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